10/26/2012- Dawn and Vinegar Tub Scrub

I don't have any pictures currently, but I did the Dawn/Vinegar solution to scrub my tub. I was pretty skeptical at first no matter how many people pinned it as "amazing" or "truly wonderful". I mean really, you're mixing soap and vinegar, how does that work!?

Anyway, we needed a clean tub to fill with water in case the power went out. Sandy was coming in and we needed to prep. So, I got my bottle, Dawn and vinegar together and poured in a cup of each. Also, apparently hot vinegar is the key?

I went up, sprayed all over the tub and let it sit for 2 hours and took up my little scrubbing sponge and went to down. Needless to say, I was shocked. For one, our tub was dirtier than I thought. Two, it got so much up! I was so sore afterward, but hey, we had a clean tub. The mixture also got up the nasty rusty stains that were there from the "jets" that have been blocked off. (Trust me, if we weren't renters, that'd be gone). I think it was a great success!

We'll be doing the basement one that Aaron uses, it's gotten backed up and for some reason it looks like rust is coming down from he back. Not sure what's going on there, but it needs cleaned....BAD.

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10/23/2012- Beef Stroganoff, Cold Compress and Cloud Dough

Today was a busy day Pinterest wise. Aaron was home and hurting because he did a 10 mile run a couple days before and his knee was acting up. So, after I started dinner, I made him a cold compress that I found on Pinterest.

First was dinner, Beef Stroganoff made in the Crock Pot! It was VERY delicious. I did, however, forget to put in the cream cheese at the end. I don't know if I would have liked it more or less, but either way, it was yummy!

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The compress is simple, Blue Dawn and rubbing alcohol in a baggie. Simple enough right? Yes, if your bag doesn't leak :-/ Ours did, but I put it inside another bag and put it in the freezer. It'd be good for a quick fix, but certainly not for long bouts of "healing". I took it out and it melted very quickly. I am keeping it to have on hand for helping Noah if he gets hurt. A good 5 minutes should come of it, otherwise it's useless.

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The final project was something called "cloud dough". Basically, it's a crap ton of flour and baby oil. 8 cups of flour to one cup baby oil and it's essentially soft sand like stuff. It's messy but fun!

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