Cleanliness has side effects
When we built our home a few years ago, it was with one main goal… carpet-free. Our house is a carpetLESS zone. After years and years and years and years of extracting hairballs from carpet fibers I...
View ArticleWhat’s your Cleaning Style?
I was recently sent some interesting statistics about women and cleaning from the people at Scrubbing Bubbles…and it made me wonder could they possibly be true?? I consider myself an average cleaner- I...
View ArticleTik Tok: Mommy version
Ah, fall cleaning. The time of year when you open the drapes to let the autumn sunlight illuminate the disastrous condition of your home. The smudge from the dropped slushie you told her to clean up...
View ArticleFun in the Tub with Bathtub Paint
Kids love to painting. Moms don’t love to clean up the mess. What if you could combine painting with cleaning the bathtub? The answer is bath tub paint! You can make it thick and use it as finger...
View ArticleAnd then I cleaned the fridge…
I do pretty well with basic house keeping. I mean, nobody is handing out homemaking medals to me, but I get by respectably in every area…except one. The refrigerator. *insert ominous chilly music* I...
View ArticleAffordable Home Cleaning?
A new company called Homejoy has expanded into Dallas that offers home cleaning for ANY size home at a low rate of $20/hr. I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical. In my experience, finding someone...
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Storage Ideas: Cleaning and Ridding Your home of Clutter
I don’t know about you, but my storage areas were seriously lacking in organization or neatness in this house. Usually, about 6 months in to a house, I go through and put up hooks, baskets, buckets,...
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Organizing the Home, On a Dime!
My house has clutter, lots of clutter and I am often in awe of some of those super organized mommas! Nicole from Restrained Chaos has offered to guest post a few of her organization tips… I love them!...
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Sock Mopping: Exercise and Clean at the Same Time
The gals over at Mom Loop are helping keep me accountable this week! We are spring cleaning and I get to show before and afters of our Quirky House. Yesterday’s assignment was the dining room. As...
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Chore Charts & Allowance: Teaching Kids Financial Responsibility
It is important to start teaching kids at a young age how to earn money, save money and spend it wisely. One of this month’s sponsors, Manilla, wants to hear about our financial struggles and successes...
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How to Get Kids To Clean
How to get kids to clean up after themselves and be part of the family cleaning schedule is one of those things that seems overwhelming to me as a mom. Thanks to Method today, I have researched and...
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The Favorite Chore
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of BISSELL Homecare, Inc. for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I am sure I am not alone when I say that my kids don't really like chores. But I...
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A Complete Guide to Kids Chores
Kids and chores don’t always mix well. But today we’re going to give you lots of ideas to get started motivating them and making cleaning fun! We have something for everyone and every age. If you are...
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How To Trick Kids Into Cleaning
It’s summer, which in my house means a constant mess. The kids are making messes faster than I can clean them. But that’s okay, because I know the trick. I know how to trick kids into cleaning. I am...
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DIY Air Freshener Recipe
We are trying to limit the chemicals in our home. Time to make a batch of Air Freshener Recipe. One-by-one we are throwing away th synthetic gunk! We are starting to use homemade cleaners, Shea...
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How To Disinfect Your House During Flu Season
It’s that time again when everybody you know are sick and trying to fight the flu. Or maybe you already have someone sick in the house and are afraid that now every family member will be ill. When it...
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10 Kitchen Cleaning Hacks
These kitchen cleaning hacks are hopefully going to make your cleaning time just a little shorter. We all need to do a deep cleaning now and then, but adding in a cleaning hack is a fun way to make...
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Time-Saving Cleaning Tips
Cleaning the house can be so tedious sometimes, but these time-saving cleaning tips should help. The mess can take over our homes and our emotions, but cleaning the house with these little cleaning...
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30 Natural Cleaning Recipes Using Essential Oils
We have been cutting out chemicals in our house and doing a lot of our cleaning using essential oil products. There are so many great recipes using natural ingredients to get your place spick and span....
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And then I cleaned the fridge…
I do pretty well with basic house keeping. I mean, nobody is handing out homemaking medals to me, but I get by respectably in every area…except one. The refrigerator. *insert ominous chilly music* I...
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