Cleaning-Hard water

I found this idea on pinterest, and it worked like a charm!

My spray nozzle at the sink was all lime scale from hard water.

I used a baggie, put some vinegar in it.  Wrapped it around the front, and held it on with a rubber band.  Let it soak there for a couple hours.

Next, wipe it down, and it's clean as new. :)

So clean you can see the reflection of me taking the picture in the nozzle. :)



 

City Map

I made my own map of my town, for the kids to use in the car.

I looked up my address in google....then printed out part of the map, then move it over, and printed it, and so on until I had all the coverage I wanted.  Then I taped it together and used a contact/laminate sheet on just the top side.  Now we bring it in the car and the kids try to follow along to where we are going.  And if we show them where it is ahead of time they will try to map out all the different ways we could go to get there.

 The red dot shows where we live so they always know where to start on the map.  I made it just big enough to read all the street names, but not too big it's not manageable for using in the vehicle.

 The whole city put together.

Now I'm going to mark numbers with the regular places we go, and put a key in the bottom corner.
1= church
2= bank
3= library
etc.. :)






 

Christmas Wreath-Do it yourself

I was at Hobby Lobby and they had some wreaths that were already put together with some ribbons or other decorative items on them.  But they were very pricy.  Then I went down another aisle, where they have barren wreaths, and gads of supplies to do it yourself. :)  So I decided to find something and make my own.  You can do it to, thanks to the bountiful supply at Hobby Lobby!  And it was all half off....so I actually paid 40% of what the price of the already put together one and I got to make it the way I wanted to. :)

Simple, yet I like it.

My choice of decor....

Put together on the wreath....wrapped around and held in place.

And then it's location!  Yes, you're right, the Chrismtas decor is up at the Wright house!

 

Roto-Rooter?!?!??

Sunday we watched "Undercover Boss". It was about Roto-Rooter. Hence my inspiration for today.

Last night I was brushing my teeth and noticed that my sink in the bathroom was going very, very slow. It seems to always be a little bit slow, but this was much more noticeably slow. So I decided to do something about it myself. This morning, I found the only wire hanger I have in my house. (Which maybe I should get more for such instances as this.) Untwisted it and shoved it down the drain. I pulled up quite a bunch of hair and gunk! Ick! I thought about posting a picture for you all to see the disgustingness*, but I spared you. :) haha

So who needs Roto-Rooter. Just call me! Or not, because it's pretty disgusting. I don't envy that job, that's for sure.

*incase you didn't notice this is not a real word....so I marked it as Stephanie language. This one might not be so hard to figure out, but whenever you see this * after the word, just know it's part of the Stephanie language, and I will try to mark it at the bottom for those who don't know what it means. :)