Clean n' Save
Cleaning the house is really a tough job. So I guess me and my hubby have to make the best of a bad situation, ... and broom vacs, upright style, carpet cleaners and other designer series that are available [more...]
Date: 2008-06-20 06:46:27
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Clean carpet, interesting vocabulary
Poor Otto had kind of A Day, yesterday, and so after dinner he settled into our comfy armchair with a magazine and I just gave him wide berth for a ... bit. After the kids were settled into bed I decided to do a little cleaning, because my dad and stepmom arrive tomorrow and my house ... [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 14:28:47
Something old is new again... perhaps
I just ran across an article from this media outlet, talking about the old local theater on Stockton Hill Road opening again in December ... the old theater back into a movie house."We’re cleaning the place up," Daugherty said. "We're putting in new carpet, new tile, new concessions, new digital sound, new drapes [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 20:47:00
Misc
I haven't had very much to blog about lately. Election is over, work is going alright, marriage is great ... for 20 people in a house of 5. This January we plan on cleaning out the back yard, this spring ... the carpet for a week to get cat smell out of it. I really hate the smell of cats. Festivus is on it's way [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 22:47:00
Baking soda: Do more with less
Baking soda is a major player on any money-saver’s team ... ways to use it around the house; you’ll save money on cleaning supplies and be a few steps closer ... up the carpets. Sprinkle baking soda on carpet and upholstered furniture, let it sit for about half an hour [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 04:03:24
busy weekend
Our weekend was spent helping the stepdaughter move to her new house ... in the inside. It was not really that bad but there was not harm in cleaning it some more. And yesterday ... have to get it tonight because I need to clean our carpet. It looks nasty. But it can wait a little :) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 14:21:51
Use Dirt Devil To Keep Your House Clean
As a wife and mother, I am in-charge to keep my home clean and tidy. I have a 16 month old daughter who loves to play in the carpet and is very messy when eating so I end up cleaning it all the time. It is really time consuming but I have no choice but to clean them [more...]
Date: 2008-07-02 12:15:49
Flip House pictures....
I mentioned a while back that we bought a new house to flip. We've been steadily working on it. It was nasty. Really nasty ... our previous ones too. It just needed a MAJOR cleaning. We've already demo'd the kitchen, removed all the cabinets, removed carpet throughout the house, torn down some walls. It already looks [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 15:43:00
Okay, Now I Feel Better!
Yesterday, I got to the point where I couldn’t stand it anymore! I’m talking about my house ... /straightening/dusting bookshelves, cleaning the yucky space in between the wall and the carpet [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 16:52:54
messy nook
Do you like carpets or Rugs for your house? Because I do! I used to hate it actually, especially when my mom asks me to clean it everyday, I used to hate ... more inviting, as Richard Gomez said, carpets are really nice they practically grow on you, whatever [more...]
Date: 2008-09-08 07:38:21
Mr. Yuk: He's in my house, is he in yours?
So this is a little embarrassing. On the one hand, I'm pleased with myself for getting the Mr ... , no errors!) Chlorine bleach (brightens whites, removes stains, cleans and deodorizes) Carpet spot ... , and includes this straightforward recommendation: Use greener cleaners & avoid pesticides. Household cleaners [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 09:22:53
Friday Linkfest: Moving Edition
Living Room In Progress We’re making progress on the house. At this point the carpets are ripped up and the walls are primed ... called Spring Cleaning for Normal People. I skimmed through it quickly last night, and it’s really [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 11:00:39
I’m Ready To Jingle My Bells
Not only did I survive serving Thanksgiving dinner at my house two days in a row, but my family members all survived it as well. ( ... t it? a I’m Ready To Jingle My Bells Similar Posts:We Have A Homeschool Classroom! Time To Steam Clean My Carpets Teaching Kids About Thanksgiving What Do You Mean Christmas Is Over? Stress Coming [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 21:52:40
Grateful
Wow.That is all I can say at this point. I am humbled by the outpouring of generosity ... attack. Yes, sadly I really did have green shag carpet in my house, in the very room where the fir ... you.For the last few days I have been concentrating on digging through the debris and cleaning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 04:29:00
29 Things in 2009
My friend Anna made 28 goals in 2008 last year, as well. She called hers concrete aspirations - a name that I love! ... for the basement. Piece and begin hand quilting. 10. Use only natural cleaners for cleaning the house. 11. Have a date night (at home or on the town) once a month. 12. Paint, carpet, decorate [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 14:31:40
My Doctor Says to Buy a Miele Vacuum Cleaner, Why?
by Kristina Brown Do you own a house that never feels clean because your vacuum cleaner does not seem to be able to pick up the pet hair on the ... floor in the kitchen and then the mess on the living room carpet? In many cases it is the vacuum ... than any other vacuum cleaner. How could this machine be beneficial to me if I have bare floors [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 16:43:30
Things to Consider Before You Sell
If you’re ready to put your house on the market, you know what you’d like to price it at and how to advertise, ... for an afternoon and tackle your carpets to leave them clean and fresh before you invite strangers in to look ... in a while, hose them off along with the home exterior. If you have a pool, it should be clean [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 12:40:04
‘My favourite room in my house’ (a ‘meme’)
This is my first ever ‘meme‘. Thanks Ellen at ‘To The Max’ for introducing me to the concept.The topic is ‘your favourite room in your house’ ... that has threadbare carpets, a broken griller, a shower door that doesn’t close properly and a living area that is an oven in summer and a refrigerator in winter.It’s not all that bad. It’s clean and it’s [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 11:01:48
Avoid Spending Energy on Cleaning
I avoid spending energy on cleaning by inviting my eighty-year-old uncle to the house ... of all you have to understand that he has two vacuum cleaners in the house, one kept upstairs ... me. He's such a cleaning fanatic, he invariably takes out my vacuum and begins vacuuming my carpet. Maybe I've [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 05:50:43
Day one with the Roomba
We ended up purchasing a Roomba 410. This is an older model which was cheaper ... it to last. The Roomba arrived on Wednesday. Saturday we spent all day cleaning the house and sweeping the floors ... out of most jams and he definitely knows how to get on and off of carpet. He went behind our TV [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 19:27:31
My Pest Control Headaches Now Gone!
The previous house we had in Manila was a headache. The main reason we stayed there was because of its location ... and Carpet Cleaning Woes (1) ... . We have tried the services of several pest management companies and most of them would be effective [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 06:14:47
Frugal house cleaning
This article is part of an ongoing series called Money Saving Monday. Each Monday, I share tips and techniques you can use to start saving money ... . Be careful though, it will whiten any fabric including carpet. I personally hate the smell [more...]
Date: 2008-09-06 15:04:04
Oh Honey, Please Change the Vacuum Celaner Bag!
As a stay at home mother, I always make sure that our house is always clean especially since I have toddlers who are always making a mess after I ... he is off from work which makes me happy. He went to vacuum the carpet and the vacuum cleaner smells ... cleaners bags belts filters brushrolls machines at www.ezvacuum.com. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 14:57:00
Putting The House Back Together
Here's a short run-down of the progress on my trashed rental. -Neighbor scrubbed the oven all day ... but it does a good job. -Tried my carpet cleaner. First 3 rooms cleaned up pretty well but now they smell like wet dog and pee. Some stains won't come out (looks like Kool-aid?). Carpet guy will give [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 04:22:00
American Idols: Pre-show Madness
American Idols: Pre-show Madness Jul-14-2008 By Kris Have I bitten off more than I can chew? ... that, the sprinkler repair and carpet cleaning were able to get done with out a hitch. The flower ... up and dressed and we had to be at our house in West Jordan by 7 to meet with ChemDry [more...]
Date: 2008-07-14 22:54:31
Impromptu Shorty: Fraud and…Redheads
Last night, a company came to my house. They called themselves Ladybug Steam Cleaners Inc ... . For normal people, this should be a red flag. They said that in order for them to clean the carpets [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 17:36:37
Scrub a dub dub
We arrived late Saturday night. Determined to stay in our house, ... nice. We've done a lot of cleaning. Don't get me wrong. The previous owners left it clean. However, we had a bit of renovating done, and granite dust combined with grout to sprinkle our new carpet [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 01:52:00
Galileo Lane, Murrieta California: Real Estate Owned (REO) Move in Condition.
Galileo Lane, Murrieta California: Real Estate Owned (REO) Move in Condition. Cameron Wilson | Century 21 Tri Valley Realty | 951) ... for easy cleaning and the stairs has long lasting upgraded carpeting. The gourmet kitchen is beautiful ... large bedrooms with hardwood flooring and walk in closets. The house features custom wood blinds [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 01:44:55
Carefully with the mold in your home
Do you ever feel breathless while in the house? Breathless can be caused by several things, in addition to dust and dirty air can also be caused by a fungus or molds in the wall next ... suspicious-smelling carpets, and using white vinegar or bleach to clean mold from garbage cans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 13:56:59
A "Somewhat" Bittersweet Day
The children, except for Grace, started school today. It is a small, Christian school, only 10 minutes from our house ... pencils and crayons were strewn about and/or crushed into the carpet. Dirty clothes were everywhere ... , just doing the boy's laundry and cleaning the kitchen. I found more broken toys amongst their dirty clothes [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 01:50:00
Photo Hunt: Blue
My little boy touching at his big brother’s PSP light colored blue :) And of course that blue shirt:) Sorry about that mess in the carpet..lol I have 2 lil boys in the house. Anyone knows how to get off that stains? It’s chocolates that both boys made a mess last week. I tried cleaning it off many times but it just won’t. They were [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 07:16:41
Sprayer
6"x4" oil on door skin. This pour guy was kidnapped from the house on my way out the back door ... nose. As you can probably tell from this bottle, we take the carpet bombing/take no prisoners approach to some of the cleaning in our abode. Whenever the question comes up, "What is that? — Honey [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 23:40:00
Do It Yourself?
I’m not big on DIY, I have to admit. I haven’t got clue one about how to change a faucet, change the oil in my car, or clean my eaves troughs ( ... , or the ladder, the nail-gun, the steam carpet cleaner. First, we’d all have lot less stuff in our houses [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 10:46:42
Glamour Reel Moments--A Final Recap
I'm afraid there are really only two events in my life right now--the remodel on the house and my recent Hollywood adventures. I'm afraid the rest is just macaroni and cheese and cleaning bathrooms so if you'll forgive ... us on the red carpet--or rather what it all looked like from behind the photographers. Our driver [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 08:00:00
Featured: Snapshot Sunday
Sarah at The Napping House hosts a Mama to Mama photo challenge ... ...? - but no setting up, no cleaning first, no fixing things 'til they're pretty. And no fixing carpet stains with photoshop.Just walk around and shoot - Mama to Mama.In this beauty-promoting world we live [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 16:33:00
Feeling good
*We’ve decided that we’re going to spend an hour every Saturday morning (no matter what time, we just have to start before noon) blitz cleaning ( ... this morning: 1) Pick up all the trash in every room 2) Vacuum the carpet 3) Sweep the hardwoods and tile ... ). I like that our rent house is 2200 square feet, but dang, it seems like 4000 when we’re [more...]
Date: 2008-09-27 21:28:03
The (Freakish) Things We Do When Family Comes to Town
My father and step-mother live in a preternaturally clean house.I'm not casting aspersions, just stating facts (enviously). Their house is many shades of tan, and cream, and beige, and off-white -- with lovely dark wood furniture and color on the walls in the form of paintings. There are never any spots on their cream carpet [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 20:46:00
Winner wife.
November 24, 2008 — geohde Really, I am. Let me list the ways: Babies ritually dunked bathed. Babies fed. Babies clothed. Yes, in clean items. Washing done. Of clothes and dishes (thank you various machines of dishpan/washerwoman hands avoidance). House vacuumed to within an inch of the rather cheap and mysteriously stained carpet’s life [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 11:13:22
Amann Hired by Donovan: Is That Wrong?
The new Speaker of Connecticut’s House of Representatives, Chris Donovan, has hired as a senior advisor, at a salary of $120,000-per-year, ... s buddy George, who finally gets a decent job, has sex with a cleaning lady on his desk. He is found out and called on the carpet by his new boss, who promptly fires him, eliciting the following [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 14:36:00
6 Steps to Prevent Mould in Your Bathroom
Despite regular cleaning mould can always occur in areas of high humidity around the home ... of the house. Mould will not grow on a dry surface so ensure you have an extractor fan fitted ... carpet when getting out of the bath or shower can lead to it getting wet, which will keep the humidity [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 08:27:13
Rotonda Home for Sale. House FSBO in Rotonda, Florida 33947 (USD 219,900)
Rotonda home for sale, Florida, 33947. 3/2/2 Pool Home in Rotonda West Broadmoore. Home has 3 bedrooms,2 baths, 2 car garage an a familyroom ... ,with side by side refrg, ice and water in the door, self cleaning range,microwave rangehood,dishwasher,disposal, pullout faucet, granite countertops, recessed lighting and more....All tile floors carpeted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 15:35:55
The Lease of My Concerns
Random stuff floatin around in my head: A reader asked if what I wrote in The Spoiled Rotten Adult is an “original analysis,” i.e., my own ideas ... people, title companies, home owner’s association folk … it’s like one huge administrative train wreck ... . Then, in short order, we have come in the air conditioning installer man, the painter man, the car [more...]
Date: 2008-08-07 13:56:35
Teach Your Daughter To Vacuum
I adore having children for a variety of reasons. One of them is that, when they get old enough, you can give them responsibilities around the house ... was a cleaning sort of morning. I cleaned the kitchen, stripped beds, and started laundry. I decided to mop ... one of my in-laws obliged by getting her a toy vacuum for Christmas, we set about cleaning th [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 17:47:00
Where have I been?
Well first off, I have been working. I loss one of my staff, so I am busy working hours in my home doing things like this....... ... meatloaf today. I have people that don't like to eat veggies so I pulverized a zucchini,onion,green ... on it. Opps.Then another reason I couldn't blog was......................................I was cleaning house.No [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 01:29:00
Whassup?
Well that was an interesting weekend.......Went out for a pint or three in the local meat market with Moz on the Friday. Do you good says she. Moz was fine company indeed but still felt like my right arm was missing. Not used to going out without the dearly beloved & kids. I've not missed much by all accounts, half cut women on the razz/stalk [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 05:41:00
One Pissed-Off Dude
I’m an American. This has always been my favorite label, but of late even that has seemed to mean less and less ... that now apparently is dated and passe. How else can one explain the rash of America-haters in our midst who only ... I need to learn how to get along with the Left, learn how to compromise. I need to be more open-minded [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 20:47:47
Better Than Attila
This week, Fiction Friday is at Lynn's blog, Faith, Fiction, Fun and Fanciful. Be sure to join us there for links to more fun fiction! ... you run me to school?”Today I planned on cleaning and organizing the living room and dining room since ... , and my patience with them had run out a week ago. My schedule was painstakingly kept clear for today [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 13:50:00
there are things in that paper which nobody knows but me.
i just got home and opened the door to the smell of cat spray and blurted out 'i'm beginning to think i don't deserve good things' ... and cleaning and probably after i have shampooed the carpets ten times. okay, lets get the happy ... my mental health with it's floral green flooring and freezing single paned windows. ever read [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 09:00:00
My 2 Precious Jewels
My two children woke up very early this morning around 6:00AM, they went to my bedroom and wake me up ... the entire house and vacuuming the carpet while my in laws are not home yet. It was really a good ... an hour but I cannot go back to sleep while my other son is playing with Chester. So, grandpa came home [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 15:33:00
Changes you should invest in when selling your home
People ask me ALL the time about what they should do to their homes before they put it on the market: i.e ... for it - HomeGain did a study in which they found a 587% return from cleaning and decluttering! Other big ... on homes that I list), landscaping (curb appeal is SO important these days), new carpet and paint, etc [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 22:22:00
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