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I like having a sponge in the kitchen to clean up with, wash dishes, etc., but they can get kind of gross after awhile. They aren’t like dish cloths that you can just throw into the washer when they start to smell or get dirty. But I learned this little trick awhile ago, sanitize them Read More >>
When we built our house, the guy who installed the granite countertops told me not to waste my money on expensive granite cleaners–which are like $7.00 a bottle, so it wasn’t a hard sell to get me not to buy them. He told me I could make my own with rubbing alcohol, dish soap, and Read More >>
Did you know avocados are one of those fruits that ripen fully after picking? I didn’t. I thought that when I grabbed a rock hard avocado it was because they hadn’t allowed it to ripen before picking it. Nope, nope, nope. It turns out, it just means I have to take it home and help Read More >>
My daughter loves Camelbak water bottles, but sometimes she puts milk in them {gasp!}, and well if you’ve ever had to clean day,week, ahem, month old molding milk from a water bottle then you know how tempting it is to just toss ’em. But, since that defeats the whole purpose of a reusable water Read More >>
Did you know you can get garlic to easily last for months? I didn’t either until I stumbled onto this little trick: put them in a regular paper bag with holes punched into them and paper clip them shut. It gives them the dark dry environment they need to stay fresh, without limiting their air Read More >>
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