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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Homemade "Fabreeze"



One of our projects this summer was to get the kids' rooms cleaned, organized and re-decorated.  We're about halfway there on the project.  I spent about three days in our boys' room....mostly cleaning.  Then I spent about one day in the girls' room doing the same.  The kids helped and I mostly kept them on task and organized their cleaning.

Boy, my kids are super messy!!!  I couldn't believe we had let it get to the point it was.  Clothes all over the floor.  Little bits of paper thrown around.  Hair bands under the dresser.  Hangers on the closet floor.  Ties tied to the beds, shelves and other things in the room.  Tubby Cubbies that were empty with the toys all over the place.  Bags of "treasures" placed strategically around the room.  Ugh!

One thing that was really, really bad was the trash in the boys room.  It's like they wake up in the middle of the night and have a snack, but fall asleep while eating it.  Yuck!!

And the smell.  Tween-age and Teenage boys and girls are stinky!!!

But......I HATE the smell of most air fresheners.  That chemically, artificial smell. So what to do?  Create my own air freshener, of course!

Lately, I've been using essential oils quite a bit.  I diffuse them.  I do rollers.  I have a necklace diffuser.  I'm really liking the effect they have on my family and my home.

So I created a homemade "Fabreeze"  and it's been working wonderfully!  I spray the kids' beds, their blankets, the curtains....even our couch cushions have received the treatment.  My house smells nicer and there is no funky kid smell in the bedrooms!

You will need:

A spray bottle (glass is best, but use what you have!)
water
essential oils - I used Lavender & Tea Tree (try Eden's Garden Oils.....my favorite!)
rubbing alcohol

My recipe:

Fill the water bottle almost to the top.
Add about 3 TBS rubbing alcohol.
Add 30-40 drops of your essential oils.
Shake before each use.
Spray on surfaces (it seems to dissipate too quickly in the air)
Enjoy!


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Meal Plan Monday 8-15-16


It's Meal Plan Monday!!

Check it out at The Organizing Junkie!!

This week is a bit crazy for us.  We are home for half the week and then will be leaving to go camping.  The half of the week we are home, we are running in six different directions!  So here is our loose meal plan for the week.

Breakfasts
Donuts from Elaine's
Cereal & Milk
Toast & Jam
Eggs

Lunches
Sandwiches
Mac n' Cheese
Cheese Quesadillas
Soup
Fast Food on the Run

Dinners
 Pizza
Veggie Quesadillas
Spaghetti
Nachos
Hot Dogs
Hamburgers
Veggies
Corn on the Cob
Potatoes

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In which I am technologically challenged....





So, since I was back to blogging, I set up a few posts to go last week.  And then I scheduled them to post automatically.......and then they didn't!  Guess I need to figure that out a bit better!

So, I apologize for the mass posting of daily posts.....really, they were supposed to be on different days....really!
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Monday, August 8, 2016

Hello, my old friend!

I've decided to revive this old blog!  

It's been many, many, many years (was my last post really 4 years ago???)  Anyway, I decided I needed an outlet to write and a place to share my ideas.  It also helps keep me on track with projects and such. 

 So welcome back to me!  
And welcome back to anyone who might still be following!  
And welcome to any new friends!!
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Working on a few things.....

Sorry for another post lull.....it's been well, crazy!  I've got a bunch of posts I want to write up and just need to find the time.  And I'm working on re-vamping the blog look as well.  Like adding this signature, for example.


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