I have been using Homemade Carpet Freshener for years. So, today I decided to include it on my blog. Whenever I make carpet freshener, I will sometimes make air freshener. I use most of the same ingredients with a little special addition for the Homemade Air Freshener. I really like this homemade carpet freshener. Plus, I have a dog and I really don’t like using the store-bought carpet freshener due to the fact that she’s
Growing Potatoes in a Bag!
April 1, 2014 by 19 Comments
I’m so excited to try my hand at growing potatoes in a bag this year! I have a raised garden bed, also. Due to the amount of space, I decided to try growing the potatoes in a bag this year. My other vegetables that I am planting will be grown in the garden bed. I’m planning on planting onions, tomatoes, squash and……a blackberry bush (somewhere in the backyard). I normally plant the vegetables or fruits that we eat on a
Neat Way to Remove Lotion Remaining at Bottom of Containers
March 23, 2014 by 49 Comments
Why does so much lotion remain at the bottom of the containers? The pump stops pumping, but you can tell by the weight of the container that there is still a lot of lotion in the container. Obviously, the pump is not long enough or designed in such a way that it will pump up all the lotion. So, in our house, we do the obvious. At least, I do. You know…take the pump off and hit it in your {Read More}
Cabbage Cooked in Chicken Stock
March 8, 2014 by 21 Comments
Whether you like cabbage as a side dish or as a main dish (which is how I like it), you’ll love it even more if it’s cooked in a tasty chicken broth or stock. Sometimes, I will have a meal with just greens and cornbread, cabbage and cornbread or any type of beans with cornbread. Today, I wanted cabbage. To really enjoy cabbage, I cook it in chicken stock/broth. It gives it that savory flavor. So delicious! If you
Homemade Sock Drawer Divider
March 2, 2014 by 25 Comments
(Video tutorial included at end of post.) How many of you are tired of your junkie (unorganized) sock drawer? I was folding clothes and was about to put away the socks and I realized that I was totally tired of having a junkie sock drawer. It was so hard to find a pair of socks to put on each day. Not to mention, the socks were never paired up to its match. (I must admit that I throw them in {Read More}
Storing Plastic Grocery Bags
February 17, 2014 by 32 Comments
When it comes to storing those plastic grocery bags in our house, I normally just stuff them in the side part of our closet or pantry. (Do people really say pantry these days?) I don’t have a large kitchen closet for storing my groceries. I know that some people like using the reusable bags and not using the plastic store bags when they’re shopping, but I like the store bags because I used them as liners for my garbage cans {Read More}
Homemade Glass Cleaner
February 8, 2014 by 65 Comments
I ran out of Windex cleaner for the mirrors in the bathroom. I could run out quickly and get some but it’s cold and I hate to run an errand for only one or two items. So, I’m making a glass cleaner to clean the mirrors. Glass cleaner is not that expensive to purchase, but I found out that it’s not that expensive to make, either. Plus, when you’re in a pinch, you can easily make it at home with {Read More}
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
February 1, 2014 by 32 Comments
Yesterday, I opened a can of chicken noodle soup and had some with a slice of homemade cornbread. It was so good! So, of course, you know what I was thinking. I can make this myself. Who needs canned soup when you can make it homemade. I think what really made it so good was the homemade cornbread. In our house, you can’t have soup, unless you have homemade cornbread. It goes
Cleaning Between the Mesh Screen and Glass Door on Your Microwave
January 25, 2014 by 49 Comments
This is how my microwave door looks. It’s not that I don’t occasionally wipe the front of the microwave when I’m cleaning. The problem is that it won’t come off. This yucky look is trapped on the inside of the door, between the glass door and mesh screen. You can’t reach it by the usual opening of the door. I found out that in order to ever have a door that I can actually see through, I would need to {Read More}
Cleaning Your Basesboards
January 19, 2014 by 29 Comments
Okay. I’m finally getting around to attempting to clean my baseboards. It is one of those “don’t-really need-to-get-to chores.” If you’re like me, you look at them throughout the year and silently say in your head, “I need to clean those one day.” Which outside of my head means “never.” Well, I actually cleaned them today. I’ve come to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter what kind of baseboards or what