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Pins 38, 39 Vinegar to clean a Microwave & Dryer Sheets to clean a Bathroom
Bowl of Water & Vinegar to clean a MicrowaveI rarely use our Microwave. It is definitely used by the kids in the house most of the time. So imagine what I must have seen when I opened the door to...
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Pin 40 Glittered Clothes Pin Magnets
I had ultimately planned to get a few things done today, but let me tell you this darn Strep throat is kicking my butt! Only thing this Mama has wanted to do for the past week is crawl into bed, and...
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Pin 41 Turning a Bar of Soap into Liquid Hand Soap
Still feeling like crud today, and the fact that I was still staring at my ceiling at 3 am when my alarm goes off at 5 am isn't helping. Stupid cough! This morning my oldest son brings me all the...
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Pin 42 Treating Leather Furniture with Olive Oil
We have leather furniture in our main living room. Between 6 kids, 2 dogs and 2 cats it has had a rough way to go. The couches don't look too bad, but our chair just looks worn. I have used leather...
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Pin 43, 44 & 45 Cookies, Cookies, Cookies (peanut butter blossoms,...
Busy, Busy weekend. Seems like as it gets closer and closer to the Holidays there are less hours in a day. This weekend just seemed crazy. It was a sad weekend, no big time college football. I...
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Pin 46, 47 & 48 Felt Wreath and Felt flowers and keeping Pipe Insulation from...
Pin 46 The Felt WreathI am totally into wreaths right now. I'm not sure why. Could be that I just am happy to cover some of my bare walls, or the fact that I have been really pleased with all the...
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Pin 49 Double Crunch Honey Garlic Pork Chops
With so many picky eaters in the my home I feel like I get stuck on the dinner merry go round. We seem to eat the same things again and again. For dinner tonight I wanted to try something new. I...
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Pin 50, 51 & 52 The Magic Circle, Crocheting in the Round & Crochet Jar Covers
I really like to find ways to re-use items. I get this weird sense of pride whenever I "save" something from the trash or recycling bin. I have re-used glass jars before by painting them, but when I...
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Pin 53, 54 Knocking out Soap Scum on Shower Doors & Turning a Clementine into...
Pin 53 Knocking out Soap Scum with White Vinegar and Blue Dawn It is a rare occasion that I walk into my children's bathroom. They are in charge of cleaning it, since they are the only ones that...
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Pin 55 Using Glue Dots & Glitter To Upcycle old Glade Candle Jars
A little while back I showed how to clean out your old candle jars ( Pin 22). It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do with them. The bigger ones I knew I wanted to put in the kids...
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Pin 56 Reusing/Repurposing Empty Beer or Soda Glass Bottles into Glitter Vases
My husband is addicted to a brand of soda called Ski. Literally addicted to it, I call it his "crack". We special order this soda so he can get it in glass bottles still made with actual cane...
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Pin 57 & 58 Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies and Mexican Wedding Cookies
We are spending our week doing a lot of baking. Tons of tins waiting to be filled up and given as gifts. Usually I like to "test" a recipe first, not try it for the first time when I'm giving it...
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Pin 59, 60 & 61 Cheesecake Cookies, Lemon Crinkles with Glaze, Chocolate...
Holiday baking is all that was on my agenda today.....and let me tell you I do think that I am baked out. It's all fun in the beginning, but after so many batches of cookies the fun is gone!...
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Pins 62-67 Getting Streak Free Windows, Really Cleaning that Kitchen Sink &...
I'm sure I'm not the only one in what I like to call the "Holiday" Crunch. Trying to get all the shopping, wrapping, baking and endless other things done can really make it seem like there are not...
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Sorry there have been no updates. My oldest son had surgery, and we are spending some family time during his recovery.
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Pin 68 Textured Ripple Crochet Blanket
Ok, so all the kids went back to school today! WOOT! WOOT! Now don't get me wrong, I really do love having my kids around, but this Christmas break just felt unusually long. Each child decided to...
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Pin 69 & 70 Homemade Dry Shampoo and Whipping Coconut Oil to use as a Body...
Pin 69 Homemade Dry ShampooNot the best start to a morning, this morning. I have had about 9 hours of sleep in the last 4 days. This does not make for a happy Mom Ever since Jamey's surgery he has...
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Pin 71 & 72, Turning Old Socks into Scented Dryer Balls and Cleaning Your...
I really love it when I can bring two pins together! Is it crazy that it makes the satisfaction of trying pins even better? Pin 71 Cleaning your PillowsEveryone in the house has been sick, and I have...
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Pins 73 and 74 Crochet Owl Hat Free Pattern and the Crochet "Divine" Hat Free...
Yesterday I got all my errands run, and reclaimed most of my house (which took FOREVER) but I failed to put away all the Christmas Decorations! Am I the only one that hates taking down all the...
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Pin 75 Do it Yourself Febreeze with a Printable Label
Mondays are pretty much weekend recovery days. I spend a lot of the day picking up and cleaning. I was finishing up the downstairs, walked into the pantry to grab my handy bottle of Febreeze. I...
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Pin 76 Making your own Tabletop Air Freshener with Baking Soda & Essential Oils
I really am loving today's pin. I really like this one for two reasons. First the scent lasts a remarkably long time (especially since these are natural) and second because I can re-use the...
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Pins 77 & 78 Homemade Fabric Softener and Homemade Liquid Laundry Detergent...
Fingers crossed that this time my oldest Son is actually truly over being sick. We spent the last week shuttling between Dr's, ER, and the pharmacy. It never feels good when the Dr's guess at what...
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Pin 79 Homemade Laundry "Sauce", Easy Super Concentrated Detergent
Now you might ask why would I make another "recipe" for Homemade Laundry Detergent so soon after I just made the "no-grate" laundry detergent, well the truth of the matter is that I just couldn't help...
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Pin 80 Organizing Marabou with a Hanger and Shower Hooks
Anybody who has ever worked with marabou knows that it can be a royal pain in the butt. We use it regardless because there is nothing that dresses up a bow quite like it. It's is even beautiful all...
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Pin 81 FOE Knots for hairties or bracelets
Things have been totally hectic. Wrestling season is in high gear and I can't seem to get all the kids healthy at the same time. They have been taking turns being sick. Crafting time has been hard...
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