Wednesday, October 19, 2011

What I did the last few days

So Monday I set up what I'm going to call "Mom's chemistry cupboard" in the cabinet above my awesome laundry sink (more about that later) to be my formulation station for my cleaners.


The upper left are my not-parting-with-anytime-soon clorax cleaning wand refills.  Upper right are CLR (hard water and rust removing chemical), vinegar, ammonia, and alcohol gel.  Bottom right are my dusting and furniture repair basket and my carpet spill stain basket.  Bottom left are empty spray bottles, bleach, glycerin, lysol concentrate.  Soon my on-order Dr. Bronner's mild castile soap will be joining the club.  Oh and a few essential oils for scenting my stash.  Missing is my Ivory dishwashing concentrate.  It had traveled over to the washer for a few minutes to masquerade as Woolite.

I'm sure I'll weed-out and add-in as I figure out what I need and what I don't.

If you're really bored you can read what is in each of my cleaning baskets below:

Dusting/Furniture repair basket

Carpet spill and stain bucket

  • Old washcloths (I find they absorb and clean better than anything else I've tried)
  • Resolve High Traffic Foam
  • Spot Shot
  • Stiff-bristle brush
  • (yet to find) Small dust pan for getting up *chunks*
Oh and lest you think that my house is an emporium for excellent cleaning and dustless days, nope.  Still messy.  Working on it.  That's why I have this blog.


Yesterday...


...I purged and streamlined our medicine and first aid stuff down to free up the cupboard in the first photo and moved it down to an area half the size.  Now that both kids can swallow pills, I don't need to keep as many children's liquid medications around.

My symmetry-loving self (read: OCD tendencies) is headed back to the Walmart clearance aisle to shell out another 50 cents for the missing pink crate. (Gotta love a bargain).

The lazy susan holds stuff we use often, and then each bin is separated into "Oral Meds", "Bandaids", and "Vitamins."  The last bin will be fore assessment stuff: thermometer, my stethescope, BP cuff, etc.

Oh and the pill bottle on the bottom left?  N1D's (Number one daughter--age 8) baby teeth.  She does that.  Don't ask me.  She has her reasons.

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