Happy Mother's Day

My children have been asking me "Mom, what do you want for Mother's Day?"  Hmmm nothing, I have everything I could want.  Knowing kids they always tell me I am lame.  But in all reality I really do not need anything material for any holiday.  Too often as we celebrate a holiday, material things are purchased.  We have been trying to teach our children that you do not necessarily have to purchase something to show your love or appreciation for another.  We are asked often by our children what can we get you for..........
My answer now is memories.  So today we are going to have a family dinner with those that can attend, a kind word is shared, hugs, and retelling stories.  Memories not only for me but for those around us today.

As I get older, I too have asked my mothers over the years what do you need. But I already know the answer, nothing I already have very thing I need. A lesson that they too tried to teach me.

HAPPY MOTHER's DAY

Create some wonderful new memories today or relive older ones.

Awesome cleaning product.

When you husband comes home from work and walks into the kitchen and say "Wow the stove looks brand new."  You know you have found a cleaning keeper.

I have seen the pin several times on Pinterest about this product and was trying to find something to clean our gas stove without the chemicals.  I found it in our local Walmat and brought it home.  I actually tucked in under the kitchen sink cupboard and said I will try this later. 

Well later became today.  I was waiting for some stain to dry and decided to do something so I wouldn't keep checking or touching the drying stain.  I had been putting off trying to get the grime off the stove top burners.  I had tried the Mister Clean erasers and other products and I had this last product that came with the stove which has this bright red warning on it.  Hmmm those just scare me. 

Out comes Bar Keepers friend, read the directions, not much to them similar to Comet.  Sprinkled it on the green scrubber and added a bit of water.  I started with the burner least used and I couldn't believe it, it came totally clean.  I them worked on the rest and I now regret not taking before pictures, but with a husband noticing that the stop top was like new was enough for me. 
I have a self-cleaning oven and have never used the setting, besides my oven isn't all that dirty.  The glass and the inside door were though.  I sprinkled a little on it and in less than 2 minutes the whole things was clean.  As I was cleaning the glass I was talking to a daughter and I kept saying, You really do need to try this,  she asked what and then I told her I was using that pin Bar Keepers Friend.   I told her it cut through the grease on the stove and I even tried it on the walls around the stove.  Grease came off, paint stayed on.  She was out and was going to stop by her local Walmart to get some too. 
I wanted to see if it would work as well without using the green scrubber and so I took the knobs off the stove and with just a kitchen cloth and a little Bar Keepers Friend it took all the grease off with very little scrubbing. 
I will be using it on different things over the next little while to see what else it will clean.  The best part is that this product is by far cheaper than the chemical sprays.  It is a KEEPER in this household.

I am going to be adding a board on my pinterest site, Products that I have tried and the results.

Have you found something that you have tried and it turns out to meet or exceed your expectations?

Do Share.

New Year's Resolutions

 

 

 

 

So what really is a resolution.  Every year you make a list of things you would like to change, start, save for, pay off, etc, etc.  Most if not all of my resolutions last at least a month, I have had some go as long as two months but not much longer.

 

 

 

 

Well this year I am aiming for something a little different that I hope can help me stay on track of more realistic resolutions. 

 

My standard ones are still going to be there but I am not going to put a time frame, a weight limit, a save amount, or anything else that will help me fail. 

 

 

Each day I am going to get up and start the day with a positive attitude.  There will be no list of things to do just an idea of what I can do.  I am not going to stress when something does not get done knowing I have done my best to do something. 

 

 

 

 

For Christmas I was given a wonderful new camera and I plan on learning and playing with it.  I have a handful of children and an even bigger handful of grandchildren and I am going to have fun taking pictures and creating memories along the way. 

 

Yah, I have some wonderful projects that I have planned to get done this year and I am not going to stress out if they do not all get done. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I plan on spending lots of time with our grandkids and spend more time creating memories with them.  So you are going to see ideas and activity that you can do with children or grandkids and most are not going to cost alot.   We are trying to teach not only are grandkids but our children also that you don't need to spend a ton to have fun as a family. 

 

I am excited to start this year with a positive frame of mind.  I am well aware that not all of my days are going to stay positive but I plan on having as many as possible. 

 

 

 



 

 I hope that as you make your New Year's Resolutions that you have some fun planned also.