In the interest of full disclosure, I have to tell you, I didn't come up with this out of my own amazing brain, it was my husband's idea. I'm not sure if someone at work told him or he read it somewhere, but it really is the best air freshener EVER! What You Need: A Tablespoon of the Unstopables, a small glass ramekin (4/$1 at Dollar Tree) and a candle warmer. That's it!
One spoonful will last several days, you can re-melt it until it loses its scent, just make sure to swirl it around each time.
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How adorable are these sweet little baby chicks?! I am a huge sucker for any baby animal, real or of the chenille variety. Micah and I had so much fun making these cute, little, hatching chicks and it made for the perfect opportunity to teach him about Spring, recycling and new beginnings.
DISCLAIMER: This is a sponsored post, written by me, on behalf of SheSpeaks/P&G. It's no big secret that Spring cleaning sucks, majorly, but it doesn't have to be quite as bad, with these six easy tips and a few awesome products from P&G. 1. Make a list. Make a list of all the rooms in your house, then think of all the things that need to be done and write them down. Don't just hope you'll remember it, write it down and keep your notebook close, in case you think of something else that needs to be done. 2. Don't be afraid to toss out old stuff. I am the world's worst when it comes to keeping things for emotional reasons. I have the hardest time getting rid of stuff, but I am slowly running out of room, so it's either let it go or be overrun by crap, I choose the former. When trying to decide what to throw out and what to keep, I use a 6 month rule. If I haven't seen it, worn it or used it in the last 6 months, I toss or donate it. 3. Use the right tools for the job. As with anything, to do a job properly, you need to have to right tools. I am a huge fan of saving money when and where you can, but when it comes to cleaning products, you just can't skimp on price, because the money you saved, you'll have to spend on physical therapy due to straining your arm from scrubbing too hard. To avoid all that, I use a Magic Eraser for every job, from the kitchen to the bathroom. With five of us sharing one bathroom you can imagine how often I have to clean it and the new select a size are perfect for large jobs, like the tub or small jobs, like the sink (or the red hair dye your daughter splattered all over the wall). 4. Don't over-do it. Face it, you're human, you are not Superwoman. What has taken several months to accumulate can not be fixed in one day. If you get overwhelmed, enlist help from your family. Sometimes, it's better to just kick them all out and storm your way through it and sometimes you want them to feel your pain, so you ask for help. Either way, you got this and if it takes more then a day or ten to get it done, who cares? Unless you are hosting company, no one will know. 5. Break it down. If you find yourself getting bogged down or overwhelmed, break it down to a room/day. Start with the hardest and work your way down from there. Getting the worst room out of the way first will give you the motivation you'll need to get the other areas done. 6. Don't stress it. If you can't get it all done as quickly as you want, don't bug out. Rome wasn't built in a day and I'm sure it took longer than that to clean it up too. I mean, the mess and dust bunnies have been there for the past few months, what's one more day, besides, even when you do finally get it clean, the family will just mess it all up again anyways.
DISCLOSURE: This post contains affiliate links. I will receive a small commission on purchases made, using my link. Thank you for your continued support! Since I started my blog, almost two years ago, I have been asked a million times... "Do you really make money just for writing stuff and putting it on your blog?!". The short answer is, "Yes", I do make money from my blog, but it's not just as easy as writing a cool post and getting paid for it. It takes a lot of work and requires a lot of effort from the blogger. I am definitely not a marketing genius, but I have picked up a few pointers along the way that will help you, if you are looking for ways to monetize your blog.
DISCLAIMER: I was provided with product samples to facilitate this post, however all opinions and experiences are my own. Can you believe it's almost Easter already? In less than three weeks, Peter Cottontail will be hopping down the bunny trail and kids everywhere (and maybe one adult in particular) will be in a state of diabetic coma from eating too much candy. I really get into Easter. The candy (especially thePeeps), the egg hunts, the pastel colors, the family traditions, all of it. I really like to decorate for the holidays, but due to our lack of ample storage space, I need to have things that can be used for multiple holidays, like this wreath, for example. I know it's Easter themed now, but I will show you an ingenious way to change it up, according to the holiday/season. I have been using Weebly for over a year now and I can honestly say there is not much I don't like about it. With its drag and drop layout, it is super easy to learn and use effectively. I had absolutely no experience with site building or code when I started using Weebly and I quickly realized I didn't need any. Weebly is very user friendly and pretty much fail safe, but in the event you do run into an issue, their support staff is very helpful, even if the problem is your own fault. *cough*guilty*cough*. Weebly has plenty of themes and if you can use Picmonkey, you can design your own header and sidebar buttons, for a more customized look. For those of us who aren't very techy, it is the perfect blogging platform, in my opinion. The only issue I have found, when using Weebly for blogging, is the inability to easily add the "no follow" attribute to links, which is a must for any post that contains sponsored content or when a product is received in exchange for a review. (This isn't my rule, it's Google's rule, so I tend to do what they say, as they are, for all intents and purposes, the governing body of the internet) So, how exactly do you "no follow" links, if Weebly doesn't offer an easy way to do so and you can't write HTML code... You improvise.
As I was writing a post one day, I thought to myself, "It sure would be easier if Weebly were more like Blogger". When using Blogger, all you do is tick a box and the link is coded "no follow", so it hit me... Weebly allows custom HTML, Blogger will convert your post into HTML automatically with one button... why not write the post, as you normally would (using weebly), then when you're finished, copy/paste it into Blogger, "no follow" your links, convert it to HTML and add it back to your post, using Weebly's custom HTML element.... |
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