Homemade All Purpose Cleaner

January 28, 2012 > No Comments

A friend of mine stumbled across this cleaner while rubbing her counters down with rubbing alcohol. How appropriate, right?! Rubbing counters with rubbing alcohol…?

Anyway, she then got the idea to put it in a spray bottle, add water and dish detergent to make it easier to use.

Equal parts water and alcohol
Few drops dish detergent

After she posted the recipe on facebook a couple weeks ago, I mixed up a batch. I’ve since made several batches! It works great on any surface and leaves no streaks or residue! We still use vinegar and water, but it does seem as if the alcohol cleaner leaves metal and glass especially, sparkling. I have also used it on my laminate floors with great results.

*Note: If you don’t like the smell of alcohol you won’t like this cleaner. Although, like vinegar, the smell evaporates, it is still strong at first. Which I personally like!

Do you use homemade household cleaners?

Simple Daily Bucket List

January 27, 2012 > 1 Comment

I love lists! I keep a list notebook on the counter beside my lap-top and I also use the mini yellow notepads for grocery lists, errand day activities, prayer requests, goals and anything else that needs to be listed. But what I’ve found to be the most effective list is this simple white board.

Save Time Getting Children Ready to Leave

January 26, 2012 > No Comments

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You all know how it is.

You’ve got an appointment (who cares WHERE?) sometime before noon, but not only do you have yourself to get ready – there are little munchkins needing to be roused, bathed, dressed, fed, etc. Exasperatingly, aforementioned Little Munchkin does not understand the concept of time therefore “Please hurry” has no more meaning to them than “caña al mono.”

So you are frantically thinking of everything that needs to be done, making sure everyone has what they’ll need for the outing. Inevitably you forget something…I know. I’ve SO been there.

There’s the time that we all loaded in the van in a rush to be somewhere and 1/2 way there someone realized that we’d forgotten to eat breakfast.
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So much more…

January 25, 2012 > 4 Comments

… than just washing dishes.

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands,

to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good,

obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Titus 2:4-5

This post linked to

5 Minutes for Mom’s Wordless Wednesday

Internet Cafe’s Word Filled Wednesday

Homemade Natural Shampoo

January 23, 2012 > 1 Comment

I shared with you all the laundry detergent I like to make, and I promised that I would post a link to the homemade shampoo recipe that we use. We have been using this shampoo for a few months now, and have no intentions of ever using anything else. Personally, it works very good on my hair type and gives my hair body and manageability unlike any store bought shampoo I’ve tried. The first week or so I wasn’t so sure I was going to keep using it, as my hair felt tacky, but each day it began to feel less tacky and more clean and smooth. I love it!
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A Simple Idea to Help Children Memorize Scripture

January 20, 2012 > 1 Comment

I guess it’s because we have a large, noisy family or perhaps the toilet is very comfortable. Maybe the light is better in the bathroom or we keep all the good books and magazines in there. I don’t know. But our children love to read in the bathroom. If a child cannot be found easily you can be assured they are in the bathroom- reading. …continue reading