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giveaway: oreck magnesium vacuum.

July 18, 2012 by · 13 Comments
Oreck Magnesium

living with two kids, two dogs, and - let's face it - a not-so-neat husband in a home with tile, laminate, AND carpeted floors means that i spend a LOT of my time cleaning the floors.  i despise using a broom.  mopping is not my favorite chore.  but, vacuuming, well, i don't mind it so much.  once upon a time, i had been using what i thought was the greatest upright on the planet.  but my opinion quickly changed when the oreck magnesium vacuum cleaner came into my life. when the oreck magnesium showed up on my doorstep {months ago...i've been holding out on y'all}, i squealed with delight!  yes, a new household appliance made me squeal with delight.  this, folks, is how you know you are indeed a grown up, but i digress... the magnesium required some assembly, but it wasn't … [Read more...]

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homemade.

January 2, 2012 by · 3 Comments

it's not so much a new year's resolution as it is an effort to be more frugal and more conscious of the products my family is using. for the last couple of months, i have been washing our clothes using detergent that i made myself. in addition, we have been running our dishwasher with detergent that, again, i made myself.if you do a quick google search or waste away on pinterest, you'll see that there are a lot of products - that you use on the regular - that can be made at home. i remember growing up that my mother used distilled white vinegar for everything. sure, our home smelled like a pickle, but my mother was proud of the fact that our floors were spotlessly clean and not one single chemical-laden item was used to clean it. i know we all have our tried & true products that we … [Read more...]

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I HATE LAUNDRY

May 12, 2009 by · 2 Comments

There's a load in the washing machine waiting to be moved into the dryer, but the dryer is full because I had to wash my daughter's sheets. The laundry basket is full of clean clothes that are waiting to be folded and, currently, there are two baskets of clean, folded clothes sitting in my bedroom waiting to be put away.Have I told you lately how much I hate doing the laundry?I realize it's necessary to wear clean clothes, but come on, people, give me a break. I know we don't wear THAT much clothes throughout the week. It's OK to use the same towel a few times before putting it in the hamper. It's not OK to wear a different set of pajamas every night. Yes, it's important to wear clean underwear everyday, but if you took a bath the night before I don't think you really need to change … [Read more...]

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THAT WAS THE BEST SLEEPOVER EVER!

March 25, 2009 by · 1 Comment

I'm on the assumption that the number one sign of sleepover success is a room that looks the same as my daughter's did (see above) the morning after she had six of her friends spend the night for her birthday. And, to think, we spent the morning of the sleepover cleaning her room and putting everything in it's place. I mean, I don't mop before we have friends over for a cookout, so why did I ever possibly think that it would have been necessary to reorganize and power clean an 8 year old's bedroom just hours before her friends showed up?? … [Read more...]

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Budget be damned…I want clearer skin!

March 17, 2009 by · 2 Comments

Well, I guess I should start off by saying that I have pretty decent skin. No, I'm not being stuck up, I really do have nice skin. I've been told that by friends, family and aestheticians. But, I want to take care of my skin and get rid of these pesky blackheads and make my pores appear smaller.Once upon a time I was a faithful facial girl. But, that was many, many, MANY months ago back when I really didn't give a damn about dropping between $60 to $80 at a time to have someone professionally clean my skin. Ah, those were the days! Yeah, those really were the days because I would also treat myself to a pedicure, too. But...Here I am, a 30 something mother of two who has semi-sensitive and slightly temperamental skin (I fluctuate between an oily/normal to dry combo...it's fabulous to have a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: (in)sanity, Babble, beauty, C'est moi, cleaning, Ebates, economics ·
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