I had another happy trip to Cost U Less. This time, I brought my whole family and we had a blast looking through all the cleaning materials. Yes, we are a quirky family. Even if it was Mother’s Day, my Mom gave me a cleaning product treat. See, I really wanted to get this one […] Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘tips’
Rediscovering Orange Wipes
I wrote about my favorite cleaning wipes two months ago. Ironically, after that container ran out of wipes, I could not find that same product in True Value anymore. Not in Ace Hardware either. Nope. Not in SM. Not in any other stores I searched. Darn. I thought that was the end of my love […] Read more…
Orange Wipe Heaven
I have a new favorite — Orange Clean Wipes! I saw this in True Value, Park Square 1. I was getting sick and tired of using rags or paper towels to clean my kitchen counters and some spills. This one looked really promising so I bought one container. I tried it. I LOVED it! Why?1. […] Read more…
Apples in the Bathroom
Cleaning the bathroom is usually assigned to my ever-industrious H. To be fair though, I pitch in once in awhile. Haha! During one trip to Ace Hardware a liquid cleanser caught my attention. Apple-scented? Sounds interesting. I bought it and started cleaning the bathroom the next day. What can I say? The scent of apples […] Read more…
Chop chop!
Don’t use wooden cutting boards. Cutting into the wood opens up its pores. This is a trap for bacteria (salmonella, streptococculoccus ek ek ek…), especially if you use it to chop raw (worse, bloody) meat. The meat’s blood and raw pieces can seep into the wood and contaminate the other food you’ll be chopping. It […] Read more…
Wax out!
To take candle wax off your shoes or jeans, do this simple procedure:a) Put a cube of ice over the wax stains to make them a bit harder, a bit more solid.b) Place a paper napkin over the wax stain.c) Iron over the paper towel — the stain’ll stick to the paper towel. — Advice […] Read more…