Archive for the ‘Housework Motherlode’ Category

Time Management for Stay-at-Home Moms Series, Part 2

Last week, we started this series on time management for stay-at-home moms (or dads!) with three ways to better manage your time.   Now for three more ways to multiply minutes in these crazy days:
3.  Working in Circles
I am so easily sidetracked by my kids that I have to ask myself all day, “Now where was [...]

Make Money from Home Series…Tips on Consignment

I’ve been inspired by fellow moms in their amazing spring cleaning…Sarah at Clover Lane is hauling off 40 trash bags full for Lent- and she did it last year, too!  So, with my two oldest getting their own rooms, I am on board.  Those rooms are uber-organized now, and it’s thankfully spilling over into the [...]

Top Tips for Saving Money (and Time!) on Laundry

In efforts to save money, don’t overlook that huge pile of dirties!  Hear are some thrifty tips to save cash on the laundry:
*Wash less often
Jeans and towels should be used at least twice, if not three times if no apparent “dirt” is on them.  Other clothes with no obvious “dirt” can be worn twice- just [...]

How to Reuse Swiffer Cleaning Pads

Think you’ve been had by yet another great cleaning product with expensive refills? Around here, our only Swiffer is actually a generic toy that came in a kids cleaning set.  I just had to get that set for Christmas- everyone loves that sort of game (hee, hee, hee!)  And we have found ways to [...]

It’s Mean, It’s Green, It’s Homemade Stain Remover

This stuff does the job just as well as those expensive commercial laundry stain removers- at a fraction of the price.  Mix up a jug of this easy homemade laundry stain remover and it will last you at least a few months.
Ingredients
1 Cup Amonia
1 Cup Liquid Dish Soap (without chloride, or bleach)
1 Cup White Vinegar
1 [...]

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