Archive for May, 2007
Thursday’s tip: Shine your sink!
Have you ever noticed how much difference it makes when your sink is clean and shiny? It makes the whole kitchen look cleaner! And even better, you can have that clean, productive, instant gratification in only a couple of minutes! It’s so worth it.
And it’s easy! Use a bit of Bon Ami, Bar Keeper’s friend, [...]
Home-made recipe to polish wood furniture
The Green Guide’s tip last week was most helpful! They suggest making a furniture polish with a vinegar or lemon juice base, so that it doesn’t make your furniture ‘gunky’ like an oil-base would. Check it out here! I just tried it – and I love the results!
Edited 7/5/07: The first time I tried [...]
Careful with those sanitizers!
Shovel and pail for the beach: $2.11
Pocket-size container of hand sanitizer: $1.65
Trip to the ER for alcohol poisoning: Priceless.
Are you aware that hand sanitizer is poisonous if ingested? With an alcohol content of 62% it’s comparable to 120 proof alcohol! Thanks to Suburban Turmoil for pointing this out to us! How many [...]
How’d you get here?
It’s always fun to look at my stats and find out what search terms brought people to the site. Lately there have been a lot of people here searching for “mix bleach with” x, y, or z. So here’s my rule of thumb.
Public Service Announcement
(Drum roll) Please, folks. For your own sake, and the [...]
Thursday’s tip: Sweep entryways to control allergies (and asthma too)!
Truth be told, I only sweep my front porch and back deck once every several months. Well, once or twice a year to be brutally honest. But times, they are a-changin’! I just read at the IIRC website (they have some great cleaning tips) that regularly cleaning the outside areas of your home that people [...]
Worst baby-making months
Joni Mitchell said it best, “…Hey, farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now. Give me spots on my apples, just leave me the birds and the bees, please!…” Now we can add to the birds and the bees line, babies and brains too!
News this week? Babies conceived in the summer months don’t do as well [...]
Spring cleaning tips
The IIRC (Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration) has some great tips to keep your home healthy this spring and into summer. Check this out:
Spring into Cleaning
With April showers and May flowers come dust and pollen that can leave your home in desperate need of a seasonal makeover. Spring cleaning may not be one’s [...]
Energy saving tips for the summer
If you live in the sweltering south, one of your primary struggles each summer is to keep your living space reasonably cool. And at this time of year you watch your energy bill shoot through the roof as you’re running your A/C pretty much without stop. Not to mention, everyone’s home from school, using more [...]
Thursday’s tip: Plan it! (part 2)
Last Thursday we talked about using your home for a purpose. Plan the purpose of each room and storage space. Make your home fit the purpose you need it to – and restore your home to proper function.
But you can do the same thing for your life! Think long and hard about what your values [...]
Alleive asthma
It can be so frustrating to go through the day with asthma – always conscious of triggers, coughing for seemingly no reason. The EPA has reported that indoor air is multiple times more toxic than outdoor air. So what to do? A new study notes that the critical time to keep your windows closed is [...]
