Hello! Tis the season for end of school and graduations. The local women’s organization at my church (called the Relief Society) puts together some baskets for the graduating seniors filled with useful things for their dorms and apartments as they leave the nest. I always sign up for stain remover because this truly is the best, I haven’t found anything that works better and it is so simple to make!

The Dollar Tree had these cute aluminum spray bottles in the hair section. Don’t they always come through?? (* update on these spray bottles – some of them were fine, but others leaked! They are cute but you may want to go with different ones for durability, any spray bottle will work!)

Just fill them up 1/3 of the way with blue Dawn dish detergent and fill the rest with hydrogen peroxide and then I give it a good stir with a bamboo skewer. I’m not sure why it has to be blue Dawn but I’ve never questioned it because it works. I wouldn’t go with anything else.

Then I typed up a printable -- here is the link to the printable 4 to a page and the link to the printable 9 to a page. Feel free to print and use for yourself!

I cut them out ( I printed out one sheet of the nine to a page but only used six to leave more space for cutting) and laminated them with my handy dandy laminator that we got YEARS ago on an Amazon special – I have loved that little investment!

And just hole punched it and tied it to the bottle with a ribbon. It’s a perfect size to leave by the laundry to treat stains and a fun gift for a friend or someone heading out on their own for the first time.

If you haven’t tried it, I think you’ll love it!! ♥

The rug in our upstairs family room was looking a little dingy so I thought I’d share a little hack if you want to clean your rug but don’t have a fancy machine.

1. thoroughly vacuum the rug

2. fill a spray bottle with rubbing alcohol (you probably want to test a little area first if you are worried about discoloration)

3. spray a small area 7-8 times

4. use light colored microfiber cloth to rub the area and get the dirt out. I like to use the light colored so you can see what’s coming out of the rug. I love this big pack from Amazon. Keep using the rag until you feel like you are rubbing more dirt in than out, then use a clean one. I used 6-7 rags on this 8X10 rug.

The rubbing alcohol dries quickly and doesn’t attract dirt and your rug will have new life!

Happy cleaning!

I can usually find them at the dollar store.

I posted deals here today if you are interested! Happy Weekend~

purge–verb (used with object)

1. to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.          

2. to rid, clear, or free

We have been purging. We took 3 of these loads to the Goodwill. It feels sooooo good. Originally, I was going to throw it all in the attic and bring it down for a spring yard sale. And I saw how much there was, and I thought of the sorting and the pricing, and I just wanted it out. Out of our house and away from me in case I changed my mind. I was just in one of those throw it out! I don’t care! moods, where everyone in your family is laying over their valuables to protect it from being thrown into the pile. (Except for my husband who was looking on with pure delight)

I’ll show you some pictures soon!

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Last week, I was in Benjamin Moore talking painting kitchen cabinets and the guy suggested getting a quote on having it done professionally. He said it may not be as bad as you might think since it’s usually slower in the winter for painters.

So, we had one of the recommended painters come over and this morning he called with the quote and this is what I scribbled down:

Not going to happen. So, here they sit waiting for me to take them out of their state of oak. I need a perfect white kitchen cabinet color. Not too white, not too cream…just a perfect creamy white. Suggestions?? I need to get going on this dreaded project….

Happy Monday~