Category Archives: Cleaning and Laundry

Magical Messy Microwave Cure and Busy Bag Swap

By Angela | Published: January 26, 2013
I haven’t forgotten about the magical messy microwave cure,  but first I wanted to tell you about a wonderful party I’ve been invited to–A Busy Bag Swap!  So far there are more than 40 ladies coming and the hostess is having it at a church so we can all be together.  The huge group is [...]
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Oven Cleaning–Ewww

By Angela | Published: January 21, 2013
This is not my favorite topic.  It brings the bad emotions I mentioned back in the child room cleaning post.  Mostly because I usually put off the chore until the burned food smell fills the house and sets off the smoke alarm. It happens because some recipe goes totally wrong and spills over on everything.  [...]
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Natural Vinegar Alternative for Cleaning

By Angela | Published: January 20, 2013
I’ve had a list of homemade cleaning recipes for several years. It’s not advertised anymore, but anyone who signs up in the form on the right, gets the cleaning recipes emailed to them for free on day 2 . Every recipe is tested by me, works, and is super frugal to make. A lot of [...]
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Update on Cleaning Week

By Angela | Published: January 19, 2013
I blinked and lost a week!  I’ve been crazy busy here making the final switch over to a new menu website.  And I’m super excited about it.  The menu service is now being hosted at http://www.groceryshrinkplus.com which gives me the ability to offer discounts for subscribing for longer periods at once.  You know how I [...]
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Not a Swimming Pool

By Angela | Published: November 16, 2012
But I’m excited. Here’s a before shot: This is actually a picture of the twin closet in the adjoining room. But they were set up the same. I painted it ultra pure white, even the ceiling. It helps reflect the most amount off light in the windowless space, and shows the clothes in their true [...]
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The Best News!

By Angela | Published: May 14, 2012
The following is not the best news…..that comes at the end, lol. Grant has the chicken pox…I think.  Fever for 2 days, spots starting in the diaper area, spreading all over….  He was pretty miserable before the spots broke out yesterday evening.  But feels a lot better now. This is perfect timing for us.  I [...]
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Meet a Superstar and enter a Giveaway

By Angela | Published: April 30, 2012
The Giveaway is now Closed.  What a great group of entries! Sandi Sullivan, AKA Mom CEO,  helps mothers start their own home businesses in the natural household products industry.  One of my readers, Danielle Ray, took a risk, clicked on the square button ad and sent Sandi an email.  Now she is head of the fastest growing [...]
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Office Inspiration

By Angela | Published: January 20, 2012
I’m so thankful to have the space above the garage for my office.  It’s a large room with a triangle ceiling and very little wall space.  This is a recipe for creativity when it comes to finding places to put things. Here’s another triangle shaped room.  I love the way they built shelves around the [...]
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Porch Update

By Angela | Published: July 25, 2011
It was too hot to paint over the weekend, so my chairs and door still aren’t done.  I tried and the paint bubbled up like it was boiling, lol.  It looks like next Friday will be cool enough to paint again. I got up early enough to paint my new house numbers before it got [...]
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How to Organize Your Kitchen Drawer in 10 Minutes or Less

By Angela | Published: April 26, 2011
I’d like to introduce you to Sinea.  She blogs over at Ducks in a Row and loves to be organized.  Here’s her step by step method for organizing a kitchen drawer:  Many thanks to Angela for the privilege of guest posting on The Grocery Shrink.  I was thrilled when I found out that April was “Organizing [...]
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