Tag Archives: clean

Multitasking: Good For House, Good For Baby

My daughter has an insatiable curiosity these days. She wants to know what everyone is saying, doing, eating, and holding. She wants to touch and taste anything and everything she can get her drool-covered hands on. Gone are the days when I would hold her on my lap and expect whatever food or drink was in my hand to remain untouched. These days I constantly have to be on a guard. I’ve always made a point to talk to her and explain everything I am doing, such as “Now Mommy is pouring the hot water into the mug for her … Continue reading →

Preparing for Spring Cleaning

I have to start my spring cleaning early around here. Between caring for young children at home and working at home around their schedules, it can take a while to get everything done. In addition, my plans for spending an entire weekend getting it out of the way usually butts up against all of the spring home improvement projects that my husband has on his list. And the coming of the nicer weather makes us all want to be outside to enjoy it. So, I’ve been sneaking up on spring cleaning this week by getting as much of my preparation … Continue reading →

Welcome to De-Cluttering Boot Camp

All across the world, people are hiding a dirty little secret, or at least a dusty little secret. There homes are filled with clutter. It happens to the best of us. It might start out innocently enough: some mail left on the kitchen counter, an extra group of toys overstuffed into a corner, a couple of outfits that get “stored” on the floor of the closet. But clutter is sneaky. it finds a way to get into your home and breed more clutter until you are either overwhelmed or learn to live with it. Our generation faces a war with … Continue reading →

7 Ways to Have A Healthy Bedroom (2)

If you suffer from asthma or allergies, you’ll definitely want to take some steps to ensure that you have a healthy bedroom. Sniffling, sneezing, coughing and wheezing can all affect your sleep, not to mention the rest of your day. In the previous article, I covered four different steps that you can take to have a healthy bedroom. If you missed that article, click here: 7 Ways to Have A Healthy Bedroom. Now, let’s take a look at the last three ways. 5. Address the mattress. While pillow top mattresses seem to be standard now, they can also trap allergens. … Continue reading →

Quick Ideas for Bathroom Organization

Do you spend precious time in the morning looking for a lost tweezer or lipstick? Do you have two bottles of the same conditioner opened at the same time? Have you been out of tissues for weeks and just using bathroom tissue instead? Here are some quick ideas that will help you organize your bathroom. To instantly transform a messy bathroom cabinet drawer to one that can is neat and organized, without spending hours organizing, simply corral everything with a Lazy Susan. Add the Lazy Susan to your cabinet. It is a round disc that can spin around. Stand everything … Continue reading →

Penicillin: Keeping Clutter Off Flat Surfaces

It is the new year and a perfect time to get things organized. I have been working my way through the front entry, and I wanted to share with you some tips for keeping clutter off of flat surfaces. For me, this especially applies to surfaces that are near entrances (both the front entry and the back door in my case). But, you can apply these strategies for any areas that tend to develop clutter, such as tables, the tops of dressers, on bookcases, etc. Why does clutter collect in these area? Well, the nature of them being flat means … Continue reading →

No More Mildew

Want a way to keep mold and mildew off of your shower curtain? Here is a simple way that will help you avoid those harsh chemical cleaners, well cleaning at all, when it comes to your shower curtain. Isn’t it funny how little things around the house bother one person more than they do the other? Any type of mold on the shower curtain is one of those things for me. I can’t stand it when there is any form of mold or mildew. For my husband, it isn’t as big a deal. I suppose he figures that it is … Continue reading →

Save Money on Dishwashing

Want to save some money when you do your dishes? Believe it or not, you can save plenty of money if you wash your dishes the right way. Here are some top tips you can use to really clean up. For baked on casserole messes, don’t waste gobs and gobs of dish detergent. Simply fill the dish with water and add a fabric softener sheet. You can use one that has already been through the dryer to save even more. Let the dish soak for a couple of hours or overnight. When you come back to it, all of the … Continue reading →

Do You Clean and Disinfect Your Child’s Toys?

I confess I’m a bit of a neat freak–I don’t think it’s scary or compulsive, but I do tend to like things rather clean and tidy. When my kids were younger, I would disinfect and clean their toys thoroughly about 4 times a year. I figured since I had three of my own and usually a house full of extras, chances are the toys could use a bit of a disinfecting just as prevention and basic healthy hygiene. Not everything is washable of course and I didn’t want to spray anything toxic on items that my kids might very well … Continue reading →

Want to Stay Healthy? Wash Those Hands

Experts say that the single best thing a person can do to avoid getting sick and stay healthy is to wash their hands. This time of year when it seems the sniffles are around every corner, we can put extra focus on hand-washing and teach our kids the proper way to wash their hands frequently in order to keep the germs at bay. Washing hands correctly involves using warm water and soap. It doesn’t even have to be antibacterial soap–plain soap works just fine. It is the process of sudsing up and scrubbing the hands under the warm water that … Continue reading →