1. Get up REALLY early. Ok, just kidding...Wake Up at 5:30 am. Lay in bed and take a 1/2 hour to talk yourself into working out.
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The Daily Grind and a Girl Baby Blanket in Brown, Green, and Salmon Pink
It's been one of those weeks. You know the kind. It goes something like this:
1. Get up REALLY early. Ok, just kidding...Wake Up at 5:30 am. Lay in bed and take a 1/2 hour to talk yourself into working out.
1. Get up REALLY early. Ok, just kidding...Wake Up at 5:30 am. Lay in bed and take a 1/2 hour to talk yourself into working out.
Top Stitchers-Interview with Janette from Merri Poppins
Who's the lucky girl that got picked to join in on Top Stitchers this season?
This girl!
There are a few changes that were made to this season from last year. One of those changes are that the competitors get to interview their challenger.
So today, I want to introduce you to my new friend Janette from Merri Poppins.
This girl!
There are a few changes that were made to this season from last year. One of those changes are that the competitors get to interview their challenger.
So today, I want to introduce you to my new friend Janette from Merri Poppins.
Book Reading Suggestions for 3rd-5th Grade ~ Boys and Girls
The other day I sent out a plea for help with my 3rd grader. She reads at close to a 5th grade level and needs a challenge but also something that isn't too advanced. She loves to read and either gets bored with a book easy or she reads it so fast that she is looking for another one. So far she has read the first 2 books of Fablehaven, loves Geronimo Stilton and Thea Stilton, and she got bored with Little House on the Prairie
So here is a compilation of the books suggested by everyone. If you have any to add to it, let me know in the comments and I will make sure to add it to the list.
Frances Hardinge
Trenton Lee Stewart
Shannon Hale
Pseudonymous Bosch
Lemony Snicket
Maryrose Wood
Maile Meloy
Roald Dahl
So here is a compilation of the books suggested by everyone. If you have any to add to it, let me know in the comments and I will make sure to add it to the list.
PS. I have tried to link up most of them to Amazon. They are my affiliate links, just FYI.
Book Titles for 3rd-5th Grade Reading
Author Suggestions for 3rd-5th Grade Reading
Blue BalliettFrances Hardinge
Trenton Lee Stewart
Shannon Hale
Pseudonymous Bosch
Lemony Snicket
Maryrose Wood
Maile Meloy
Roald Dahl
The Cleaning Benefits of Vinegar- 7 Ways I Use Vinegar to Clean
I use vinegar all the time when I am cleaning. I think it makes things smell nice and fresh. Plus, its pretty darn cheep, and not so hard on the brain cells if you know what I mean.
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So here are a few ways that I use vinegar to make my life easier:
- I use it to wipe down my kitchen counters. It doesn't leave a residue like some cleaners. If I want to kill germs, then I will sometimes use hydrogen peroxide, but most of the time I don't have enough on hand. So I will use a disinfectant wipe.
- I use it to mop my floor. I grew up using vinegar to mop my moms hard wood floors. It was the only cleaner that she had found that didn't leave a smoky look to her floors. I still to this day use vinegar on my floors. I have linoleum now and it works great!
- Whenever my towels or clothes start to get that funny mildewey smell I wash them with 1/2 cup to 1 cup of vinegar depending on the size of the load. It takes that smell away right quick. I first wash them like normal, and then I do another cycle of just vinegar. Works wonders.
- Whenever I get that greasy residue in my cupboards I will fill the sink up with a little vinegar, water, and baking soda. Then wipe all the cupboards down inside and out. It cleans that greasy residue right up
- I always clean out my fridge with the same mixture of vinegar, water, and baking soda. Same thing. It always smells great and is nice and clean!
- To wipe walls walls down. I will fill up a 1 gallon ice cream bucket with vinegar and water and wipe the walls down. Unless its during the winter and I want to kill germs.
- Whenever my glass top stove gets nasty then I will take baking soda and vinegar and make a paste and rub that stuff all over the stove top. I'll let it sit for a little bit and come back and check to see how well the stuff has come up. If not very well, then I will take my finger and rub it all over again giving extra care to the bad spots. It works really well. All in all I don't spend a lot of time doing the actual cleaning. More, just letting the cleaner do its work.
I took this info from the Vinegar Wikepedia page (so take the info with a little grain of salt:)
Cleaning
White vinegar is often used as a household cleaning agent. Because it is acidic, it can dissolve mineral deposits from glass, coffee makers, and other smooth surfaces.[55] For most uses, dilution with water is recommended for safety and to avoid damaging the surfaces being cleaned.
Vinegar is an excellent solvent for cleaning epoxy resin and hardener, even after the epoxy has begun to harden. Malt vinegar sprinkled onto crumpled newspaper is a traditional, and still-popular, method of cleaning grease-smeared windows and mirrors in the United Kingdom.[56] Vinegar can be used for polishing brass or bronze. Vinegar is widely known as an effective cleaner of stainless steel and glass.
Vinegar has been reputed to have strong antibacterial properties. One test by Good Housekeeping's microbiologist found that 5% vinegar is 90% effective against mold and 99.9% effective against bacteria,[57] though another study showed that vinegar is less effective than Clorox and Lysol against poliovirus.[58] In modern times experts have advised against using vinegar as a household disinfectant against human pathogens, as it is less effective than chemical disinfectants.[27]
Vinegar is ideal for washing produce because it breaks down the wax coating and kills bacteria and mold. The editors of Cook's Illustrated found vinegar to be the most effective and safest way to wash fruits and vegetables, beating antibacterial soap, water and just a scrub brush in removing bacteria.[59]
Vinegar has been marketed as an environmentally-friendly solution for many household cleaning problems. For example, vinegar has been cited recently as an eco-friendly urine cleaner for pets.[60][unreliable source?]
Vinegar is effective in removing clogs from drains, polishing silver, copper and brass as well as ungluing sticker-type price tags.[61] Vinegar is one of the best ways to restore color to upholstery like curtains and carpet.[59]
Vinegar also can help remove wallpaper. If the paper is coated with a mixture of vinegar and boiling water, it breaks down the glue for easy removal
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Umbrella's and Life
Its amazing the sense of security an umbrella brings us. Its been an especially rainy year for the area that I live in. My 5 year old daughter wanted to go outside and brake the wind, rain, and hail, all because of the umbrella the "Easter Bunny" had gotten her from pickyourplum.com this spring.
I know, and you know, that the umbrella doesn't really protect her from much. BUT it did give her the courage and strength to Weather the Storm.
There are so many things that have helped me Weather the Storms of Life, just because I have had them near me. These are just a few of them
I know, and you know, that the umbrella doesn't really protect her from much. BUT it did give her the courage and strength to Weather the Storm.
There are so many things that have helped me Weather the Storms of Life, just because I have had them near me. These are just a few of them
- God and Christ!
- My Husband
- My little Girls
- My family
Daughters Church Drawing
I hope no one finds this terribly inappropriate.
Let me give you a little background. We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...Mormons.
Anyway we were at sacrament meeting yesterday morning and my 5 yr old was drawing pictures during the speakers. She whispered to me that she was going to draw a picture of herself.
This is what she drew
oh man...I about lost it right there. I was laughing so hard that I was crying. But of course it is not appropriate to laugh out loud. So here I am laughing between my legs, trying to not make a scene.
Then after I composed myself, I explained to my daughter that we are supposed to draw modest pictures of people. So only draw things that aren't covered by clothing. I thought she got it because we often talk about modesty and such.
Then she took the black colored pencil and scribbled over those 3 spots...making them worse. Oh man. You think I was laughing before. This REALLY got me.
On the bright side...I think my daughter is such a little artist. Most pictures she draws I can actually tell what it is. Lets just say that my stick people don't even look like a person.
Let me give you a little background. We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...Mormons.
Anyway we were at sacrament meeting yesterday morning and my 5 yr old was drawing pictures during the speakers. She whispered to me that she was going to draw a picture of herself.
This is what she drew
oh man...I about lost it right there. I was laughing so hard that I was crying. But of course it is not appropriate to laugh out loud. So here I am laughing between my legs, trying to not make a scene.
Then after I composed myself, I explained to my daughter that we are supposed to draw modest pictures of people. So only draw things that aren't covered by clothing. I thought she got it because we often talk about modesty and such.
Then she took the black colored pencil and scribbled over those 3 spots...making them worse. Oh man. You think I was laughing before. This REALLY got me.
On the bright side...I think my daughter is such a little artist. Most pictures she draws I can actually tell what it is. Lets just say that my stick people don't even look like a person.
Essentials for Cleaning
Now I am not going to pretend that I have a clean house 100% of the time. I don't. I feel like 90% of the time my house looks like the above picture. Thankfully, I really know better that it is not that bad.
I hate cleaning. I put it off for as long as I possibly can.
I do like to be organized though.
Weird I know.
So when I do clean, here are the things that I HAVE TO HAVE to get the job done
I hate cleaning. I put it off for as long as I possibly can.
I do like to be organized though.
Weird I know.
So when I do clean, here are the things that I HAVE TO HAVE to get the job done
Water:
I think this is the 1 most important element in cleaning. If you have water you can clean almost anything. It may be a little more difficult without some of the following tools, but one can always manage as long as you have water. At least that is my opinion.
I think this is the 1 most important element in cleaning. If you have water you can clean almost anything. It may be a little more difficult without some of the following tools, but one can always manage as long as you have water. At least that is my opinion.
Rags:I like to have rags like this, but I know many people that use old clothing that they would have thrown away instead of wash rags. I like this type of rag because it holds in lots of water and it can scrub fairly nicely.
I use rags like this for many things like:
- cleaning bathrooms
- mopping floors
- wiping baseboards and walls
- cleaning out cupboards
- cleaning the fridge
- etc
Bucket:
When I am really doing a good cleaning job (like washing walls and floors and everything in between) I want to have a bucket next to me. That way I am not running to the sink in the bathroom or kitchen all the time and then dripping water back to where I was working at. It just makes life tons easier. One could also use a pot or a large bowl, but make sure to clean it really well before eating out of it later on.
I LOVE Windex. I have not really tried other window cleaners. Very rarely do I stick to a brand, but I have stuck to this brand. 
I ALWAYS have an antibacterial cleaner handy. This is what I use to clean my bathrooms and kitchen counters. Everything just feels so much cleaner afterwards.
Vacuum:Isn't this vacuum dreamy?!? I think I might actually vacuum everyday if it looked this good. But seriously, this is essential!
Broom:
Gotta have it. I use to to sweep the floor (obvious I know), but I also use it to get cobwebs down (yes I have them too) from the ceiling. My mom even defended herself from a mouse with one
Scrub Brush:I love having a scrub brush to scrub the floors and the bathtub. They do a great job with those harder to clean jobs.
Now I think I have motivated myself enough to have a cleaning day. What do you use to clean?
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