First things first, it's frugal Friday. And it's also Floors and Family room cleaning day.
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I found a great floor cleaning recipe on Pinterest and I was very happy to watch it work. I mixed it up in my sink, filled just over half full with warm water, 1/4 cup of vinegar, 1/4 cup of baking soda and a tablespoon of dish soap. I may use less soap next time to cut back on the suds.
I'll admit that my laminate flooring was pretty dirty. But in no time I wiped away all those spots with a string mop and this mixture. Not to mention the baking soda and vinegar is deodorizing and my house was beginning to smell fresh and clean.
I keep the living room pretty clean, so really all it needed was to be vacuumed. I remembered seeing something for carpet on Pinterest, so I looked and found the most amazing carpet stain remover!
2 cups of hydrogen peroxide + 1/4 cup of baking soda
Spray onto carpet, scrub with sponge if neccessary, and vacuum dry.
I was very skeptical, but I had a peanut butter smoothie stain that had been staring at me for months. It was time to fight back. I gave it a few good squirts of my stain fighter and left to tend to some more chores. The kids were sleeping, so I couldn't have vacuumed it up any way. When I came back, the spot was gone! BAM! vanished! I didn't even scrub! I'm horrible at before and after pictures. I always think about them after the fact, which is only half of it. So you just need to take my word for it!
Here's the star of today's frugal tip, and it has nothing to do with Friday's cleaning schedule. Loading the dishwasher is a daily task, however this morning I discovered that I was out of detergent packets! Oh no! Yes I know the cheapest way would be to just wash them by hand, but with a toddler and a newborn, I simply do not have the time for that. So instead, let's make our own!
found this recipe a while back. I didn't have any ice cube trays, so for now my mixture is in a small mason jar and I use about a tablespoon. I'm very pleased with how clean my dishes were! I didn't have full boxes so I broke it down into ratios best I could. Here's what I used.
2 cups of Borax
3/4 cup of washing soda
1/2 cup of epsom salt
1/2 cup of lemon juice
That's it. It's that easy and that cheap! I haven't done the math myself, but the site says $10.36 for over 300 cubes of detergent, that's about 3 cents per "packet" versus 35 cents for the brand I was using. Not to mention it smells fabulous!
And when it comes, it finds the house swept and put in order.
Luke 11:25
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