House Cleaning Tips

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you may already know that vinegar has a ton of uses around the house. Maybe you’re like me and keep loads of it around. Even our cleaning crews use it when cleaning houses, so we keep gallons on the shelves at work, while I keep gallons at home. Besides all the proven uses of vinegar in the home, did you know that regular old vinegar is also an effective weed killer? I have a patch of garden where I haven’t planted anything for quite some time, and the weeds get totally out of control. I thought I’d save myself some backbreaking work and use a vinegar solution (recipe below) to kill the weeds. It works really well and when the weeds are brown, dried, and dead, I’m a happy camper—it makes cleaning them up a bit easier! Vinegar Weed Killer Recipe 1 gallon white vinegar (regular household strength) 2 tablespoons Dawn liquid dish detergent 1 cup salt Add the salt and vinegar to an empty sprayer, the garden variety kind. If you don’t have one ...

Are you one of those people stuck in the house on Saturday morning cleaning before you can get out and enjoy the day? Maybe its summer and you want to take a trip to the zoo, farmers market, or the movies, but first you feel compelled to get the house picked up and cleaned. I can’t say I blame you—I absolutely hate coming home to a dirty house. On the other hand, who wants to clean their house first thing in the morning? There have been times when we’ve left a messy house to go enjoy our day, then walked back into that same messy house hours later. Then, it’s like all that great adrenaline and giddiness from all the fun we just had has been taken away in one fell swoop! Darn. We have to clean! When I come home from an outing, all I want to do is kick back, relax and talk about what we did. But no, if I didn’t get the house clean earlier - I gotta get it clean or the mess will drive me nuts. Is this the way you feel too? Why not consider hiring a house cleaning service? It can defin...