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Monday 28 Apr 2008
H is for . . . . .
. . . . Hannah
Since my oldest child provided me with the perfect “A” post, I thought I’d give my youngest a little air time, too.
Cheerleader . . . Outfielder . . . Separated from her true parents at birth, I swear.
Monday 31 Mar 2008
Never Ending
OK, already, I’m sick sick sick of winter.
This morning (March 31st!) we woke up to about 4 inches of snow. Somebody make it stop!
In an effort to turn lemons into lemonade, I took the opportunity to try out a rug-cleaning technique I saw on Mary Lou’s blog. She learned it from Kristin Nicholas. If you go to Kristin’s blog, she explains why it works.
You set your wool rugs outside ’til they’re cold then put them, pile-side down, out in the snow and press them down lightly. Then wait. When you lift them off the snow, supposedly all the grime and dirt is left behind on the snow.
It didn’t quite work for me–possibly because I could only wait 90 minutes or possibly because it’s not really very cold out anymore so the rugs/grime never got really chilly. Or, maybe I’m such a fantastic housecleaner that my area rugs were just sparkling clean to begin with!
ETA: The rugs have been back in the hallway for about 30 minutes now and, you know, they do look much cleaner. I think it worked!
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