Have you heard about the award the Scarecrow got? No? Oh yeah, he was written up in the papers, and all over the news. He got the award for Outstanding In His Field.
I know, it's a real good one.
A few short things while I am thinking about them.
>ANTS- they are great outside and no so hot inside the house. For most it seems to be the little ones that work their way into the house, and it seemed to be concentrated by the sliding doors. A simple, easy, and chemically friendly solution is spraying the entire edge or baseboard of the sliding door (or whereever they are coming in) with, once again, PAM olive oil spray. It definitely seemed to work, and when reading about this method they suggested to start spraying under the sink because for some reason or another that is where they seem to congregate. Hope it helps, and get those cute little buggers out of your house and into their little underground worlds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqdtoRHacWw&feature=related
There also seems to be a very big increase of the amount of spiders, all shapes and sizes, in the house so if anyone knows of a reason why that might happen, I would be MORE then happy to know. I again, think they belong outside in their wonderfully designed webs. I enjoy them very much there.
>Just a side note about the shower drain in regards to nasty hair getting sucked down in it..... After I pulled out my disgusting but kinda cool clump of stuff I bought a hair catcher that fits right inside the drain. For some tubs, it will insert into the drain and create a bowl like shape made out of wire, and in my particular shower, the plug for the bath tub jets out above the drain, so there are also ones that are inverted and then will sit on top similar to a top hat made out of plastic. Personally I prefer the ones that sit in the drain like a bowl, but you can't escape the drain design.
The fantastic technological computer whiz that I am just figured out how to attach a link, and now all the ones from past posts should work. Sorry about that.
More stories to come about the things I hear from all sorts of people......stay tuned.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
It's been a long time, shouldn't have left you!
I pulled a Conan, so please pardon the slight hiatus. There were some weddings, good friends visiting, holidays and of course birthdays. I am back and ready to spread house-ly knowledge if you care to read just a little bit more about random things for around la casa.
1. I just want to make a little side note that I have been using my vinegar mixture for cleaning around the house for LONGER then a month, and honestly I am loving it. Yes, if the smell of vinegar does bother you then it is probably not the best solution to you, but I very much have enjoyed to experience, and would recommend it to others.
2. This next one is probably a very well known fact, but it is new to me and could potentially be new to you after reading: Microwaving your sponges for about 2 minutes instantly sanitizes them. Did your mind just get blown? I have to give credit to my dear work friend because she shared this knowledge with me, and I have been using it ever since. The sponge has always been a dilemma with me because it grosses me out how much bacteria can harvest in those things, so this very simple solution was very welcomed with me.
Loofas still kinda gross me out...
C. There was a bad case of squeaky doors, on almost every single one, and at 6:30 in the morning it was starting to become THE Squeakquel! The SOLUTION: Pam olive oil spray on every single hinge you can find that has the 'squeak factor.' Spray it pretty good, wipe off the excess, and BAM you have a silent door opening/closing experience. Unfortunately, on the bedroom door hinges it did a real good job and now slowly closes so we have adapted a new door stopper.
5f. With three girls (my sisters and I) who have a substantial amount of THICK hair we were always very familiar with the plumber coming right up to the bathroom tub to unclog all of the disgusting hair that we had an amazing ability to accumulate. The show is still going on......but this time in a new house and instead of calling a plumber I decided to grab the problem by the proverbial _____ and do it myself. Of course, the first sign of stuff getting clogged down there was the slowing of water drainage. My solution was a hanger! I just unbent that sucker (actually my assistant did), kept a little hook at the end so it would be able to grab anything that was down there, and VOILA!!! It did take a couple times, but be patient and try to put it in as many different directions as possible. The results were astounding, disgusting but so incredibly cool. I wish I took a picture because although some might have vomited looking at it, others might have found it kinda neat. I'm talking a solid 6 inches.
Thanks again for reading and supporting.
Flanagan out.
1. I just want to make a little side note that I have been using my vinegar mixture for cleaning around the house for LONGER then a month, and honestly I am loving it. Yes, if the smell of vinegar does bother you then it is probably not the best solution to you, but I very much have enjoyed to experience, and would recommend it to others.
2. This next one is probably a very well known fact, but it is new to me and could potentially be new to you after reading: Microwaving your sponges for about 2 minutes instantly sanitizes them. Did your mind just get blown? I have to give credit to my dear work friend because she shared this knowledge with me, and I have been using it ever since. The sponge has always been a dilemma with me because it grosses me out how much bacteria can harvest in those things, so this very simple solution was very welcomed with me.
Loofas still kinda gross me out...
C. There was a bad case of squeaky doors, on almost every single one, and at 6:30 in the morning it was starting to become THE Squeakquel! The SOLUTION: Pam olive oil spray on every single hinge you can find that has the 'squeak factor.' Spray it pretty good, wipe off the excess, and BAM you have a silent door opening/closing experience. Unfortunately, on the bedroom door hinges it did a real good job and now slowly closes so we have adapted a new door stopper.
5f. With three girls (my sisters and I) who have a substantial amount of THICK hair we were always very familiar with the plumber coming right up to the bathroom tub to unclog all of the disgusting hair that we had an amazing ability to accumulate. The show is still going on......but this time in a new house and instead of calling a plumber I decided to grab the problem by the proverbial _____ and do it myself. Of course, the first sign of stuff getting clogged down there was the slowing of water drainage. My solution was a hanger! I just unbent that sucker (actually my assistant did), kept a little hook at the end so it would be able to grab anything that was down there, and VOILA!!! It did take a couple times, but be patient and try to put it in as many different directions as possible. The results were astounding, disgusting but so incredibly cool. I wish I took a picture because although some might have vomited looking at it, others might have found it kinda neat. I'm talking a solid 6 inches.
Thanks again for reading and supporting.
Flanagan out.
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