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  • Cleaning the Laundry Cup #TuesdayTips

    Cleaning the Laundry Cup #TuesdayTips

    Tuesday Tips!
    Do you use liquid laundry soap? How about those clever containers that have a spout and cup?  It’s what I use. I love the easy convenience of pressing a button to get the soap. I do not like how horribly messy and sticky the cup gets, and the waste of soap left in the cup.

    Cleaning the Laundry Cup #TuesdayTips

     A couple weeks ago my mother in law was visiting. I told her about my problem with the cup, and she said “Just toss it in the wash”. Really? I had thought of this before, but I was sure it would melt the cup, or break it into tiny pieces. Plastic just does not go in the washing machine. Well, with everything, I took her advice under consideration, and tossed it into the wash.

    It worked. The clothes get the extra soap from the cup, thereby not wasting it, and the cup gets clean.
     
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  • Sponsor Spotlight: PureAyre Odor Eliminator

    Sponsor Spotlight: PureAyre Odor Eliminator

    Have you heard of Pure Ayre? I love this product! It’s like febreeze, but better! Pure Ayre is your green solution to clean air. No more chemicals in your air, masking the smells. Pure Ayre was designed to break down odors and eliminate them. Who better to tell you all about though, then James Mitchell, creator of Pure Ayre Odor Eliminator. Here is a clip of James Mitchell just before going into the Shark Tank (ABC Channel)
    Isn’t that amazing? Still not sure Pure Ayre works? Well, I’ve tried it, and I’m here to tell you I really love this stuff. We recently had a flood in our basement. Unfortunately, no one was able to come take a look at damage until a couple days had passed. What happens when wet carpet sits? It stinks! I mean mildew smell was permeating every corner of our basement. We turned on the fans, we lit a candle, and we turned on our rainmate with some essential oils in it. Then you know what I did? I grabbed my small bottle of Pure Ayre for Home and started spraying the basement. We gave it a bit of time, and then we were actually able to breathe while we ripped out that carpet. 
    Now yes, I did use other items with the Pure Ayre, but we wanted to be sure to get that smell. The candle worked, as long as it was lit. The rainmate helped, but it was more of a mask. Pure Ayre, I’m positive took out the smell for good.  I’m not stopping there though! Just last night, my 3year old, Princess C, threw up all over the floor. She then proceeded to find a different spot, and go right back to sleep without alerting anyone to this stinky fact. 4 hours after the fact and she had climbed in bed with me. I got up to take her back to bed, and that’s when I caught wind of the stench. It was not good. This time I grabbed my bottle of Pure Ayre for Baby, and sprayed that whole room. I actually started with the carpet, and sprayed at the source of the smell. Then I gave the room a once over. Pure Ayre isn’t just for the air though! Oh no, Pure Ayre works on stains too! Don’t believe it? Just go check out this post, where I put it to the test!
    Convinced yet? Great! Pure Ayre is sponsoring Home Maid Simple in the Christmas in July Giveaway Hop

    Giveaway Closed!

  • Cold Storage

    Cold Storage

    When we decided to buy this house, one thing I loved was that it ad a cold storage room.  It was all decked out with shelves and everything.  However, once we got in there, it wasn’t as appealing. Mark is pretty sure there were mice in it, and the shelves were covered in some black gooey, moldy lookinf stuff.  So we’ve been spending some spare time tearing out the shelves, and just gutting the room.

     See the black on the walls? ~shudder~
    I guess this was the insulation in the walls between shelves.
    Once we have it gutted and cleaned up, we have big plans for this space.  For awhile we will still use it as cold storage for all our food storage.  Eventually though, we plan on tearing down the wall from the laundry area to open this room up. We want to add some cupboards, and counters/tables around the wall for a crafting space for the kids, and easier laundry folding area.  I can’t wait until we get to that point!!
  • EcoFresh cleaner review

    EcoFresh cleaner review

    I won my first ever blog Giveaway at the beginning of this year!  What did I win, some awesome green cleaners by EcoFresh. I finally got around to trying them this last week, and really enjoyed them.  I tried them first out in the bathroom.  Wow, they really smelled fresh!  I was pleasantly surprised.  So after finishing the bathroom up, I moved onto the kids room.  One of my favorite things about this product is that it is safe to use around kids because it doesn’t have any of the harsh chemicals in it.  Now this is where the product really amazed me – You know that strip of wall next to your kids bed that gets gross from their feet, hands and who knows what else.  Well it was time to clean it.  Normally I have to pull out the big stuff like ammonia or Mr Clean Magic Erasers to get this off the wall, and then it still usually leaves a bit of gray stain.  With EcoFresh, I sprayed, left it for about 10-15 seconds, then wiped it with a dry cloth.  NO SCRUBBING!  Seriously it shocked me.  Today I’ll be trying it out on my white chairs (don’t ask why we bought white chairs with toddlers in the house, I don’t know!).

    Dsiclaimer: I won these products.  I was not asked to review them.  I just really enjoyed them and wanted to share the product with you my readers!