We Got a Pet… Vacuum – And It Changed Our Life

I think we all would agree that as we get older we learn how valuable our time is.  After spending a good portion of both 2016 and 2017 with little to no energy, I’ve come to realize even more how precious time is.  I don’t want our evenings at home or our free weekends to be spent doing chores the whole time.  When I have bursts of energy, I want us to be able to do something and have fun!  This was a huge struggle trying to do everything ourselves, so sometimes you have to ask for help or outsource.  Enter the robot vacuum.

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How to Remove Chapstick Stains

How to remove chapstick stains

I didn’t think I’d post so much about laundry but when you feel like you conquered the Mount Everest of stains, you have to share in hopes of helping someone else.  I’ll be honest, I’m not much of a stain person – I just don’t get messy.  But when you’re married to a preschool teacher, stains happen.  Thank goodness for Crayola washable markers but sometimes a kid gets ahold of a pen.  A couple years ago I mastered how to remove pen ink from clothes that have been washed and dried.  So when a tube of cherry chapstick decided to stain some whites in the dryer, I used my same method but with a boost. Continue reading “How to Remove Chapstick Stains”