An old friend calls and says she’s in the neighborhood and wants to drop by in 20 minutes. Or you arrive home late from work just before a scheduled holiday dinner party – that you’re hosting! You look around your house and wonder how you’re going to get it clean...
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Clean Out Your Fridge… and Make Room for Turkey!
This week, all across America, family and friends will join together to celebrate one of the most beloved holidays: Thanksgiving. And how do we celebrate our thankfulness? We cook up a glorious feast, of course! With Turkey Day – ahem – I mean Thanksgiving Day just around the corner, it’s...
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Host a Green Cleaning Party
Move over,Tupperware! Green-Cleaning parties are the new trend! Women in neighborhoods across the country are meeting together for these fun events to make their own home cleaning supplies. Woman’s Voices for the Earth is a national environmental health organization that started this new movement. They compiled research which found that...
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The Black Light Experiment
It’s Halloween! To celebrate this frightful holiday, I thought I’d share a fun (but icky) exercise to do next time you clean your bathroom. I warn you: this might be scary. Oh, and if you have kids, let them join in… all kids love gross stuff! First purchase a black...
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Vacuum Beads
I used to toss vacuum powder all over my carpet every time I vacuumed.The kind of vacuum powder I loved said it was good for attracting pet hair… but I didn’t exactly have a dog or cat. The truth is, I couldn’t stand the smell of vacuum exhaust. After months...
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