Get your home under control with these daily habits that help keep your home tidy — then build on them. For some reason, your house never stays clean. You wonder why you can’t stay on top of things, and whether there’s any point in trying. I’ll let you in on a secret: people whose homes […]
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Satisfy your craving for Mexican food in minutes. This easy homemade enchilada sauce recipe is full of the authentic flavors you love.
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Tired of your kitchen taking longer to clean than any other room? Try these 12 tips to keep your kitchen clean with less effort.
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Whether it’s for homework or school at home, here’s how to create a study space for your child that meets their needs and yours. Deep down, when your child misses assignments or doesn’t do them well, you know their teacher blames you. But, meanwhile, you’ve got responsibilities of your own, like a job on topContinue Reading
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It's been a long week. Your home is a wreck. All you want to do is unwind, but you can't relax when surrounded by messes. Or you've found out that company is coming, and hate the thought of them seeing your home looking this bad. You need to know how to speed clean to fake a tidy home. Fast.
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Here’s how to wash towels, so they stay fresh, fluffy, and like new. Plus, steps to revive old towels with a strip wash. Are your towels starting to look dingy or feel rough? Have your family’s bath towels started smelling stale even though you’ve just washed them? Or maybe you’re thinking about upgrading to betterContinue Reading
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This easy, frugal homemade soft scrub cleaner is a versatile scouring powder that gets surfaces clean and grime-free. Homemade Soft Scrub Cleaner Benefits Using a scouring paste is an easy way to get rid of water spots and mineral buildup on glass shower doors. (Related: Homemade No-Scrub Soap Scum Remover.) It also speeds up cleaningContinue Reading
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Don’t let meat shortages and skyrocketing prices keep you from enjoying favorite recipes. Try these ways to make meat go farther or replace it altogether. Have you seen the price of meat lately? Beef is at an all-time high, and pork isn’t far behind, due to processing plant closures throughout the country. With more peopleContinue Reading
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With face coverings now recommended when leaving your home, here’s how to keep your glasses from fogging when wearing a face mask. While personal travel restrictions are slowly easing and we’re all adjusting to the new “new normal,” most of us are still advised to wear face coverings when leaving the house. In some places,Continue Reading
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Using hydrogen peroxide to disinfect and clean your home is simple, safe, and affordable when done correctly and on the appropriate surfaces. Maintaining a clean, healthy home does not require the use of strong-smelling, irritating products. That’s good news for people with asthma or chemical sensitivities, as well as those concerned about indoor air pollution.Continue Reading
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Whether you’re looking for an easy Easter activity for the kids, or don’t want to use food coloring or dye pills, here’s how to naturally dye Easter Eggs using food. Since this method doesn’t use commercial dyes or solvents, it’s kid-friendly. So, pick your favorite colors from the list below, set up your egg-coloring station,Continue Reading
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Don’t bring home more from the store than expected. Find out how to grocery shop without getting sick so you can stock up safely. Until recently, grocery shopping was just another task that kept our households running smoothly but which we did without much fanfare. Maybe you’d decide daily what to make for dinner andContinue Reading
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These recipes using hard-boiled eggs are a great way to feed your family on Meatless Mondays, to use up Easter Eggs, or to incorporate more of this inexpensive yet nutritious protein in your life. Recipes Using Hard Boiled Eggs If you don’t like watching a pot on the stove, here’s how to make dozens ofContinue Reading
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This list of kitchen scraps you can reuse is a great way to trim your grocery budget and cut down on food waste. Every family has a strange hobby. In mine, it’s figuring out uses for kitchen scraps, rather than throwing them in the trash. It all started when we were homeschooling. We were inContinue Reading
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With combatting illness on everyone’s mind right now, you might be wondering what places you should disinfect daily. The good news is that tending to these spots doesn’t take much time and can significantly help keep your family healthy. Read on for the list of places you should disinfect daily and why some areas mightContinue Reading
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During cold and flu season, or any time someone in your home is ill, you may be concerned about disinfecting laundry and handling it safely without spreading illness. The best approach combines safe laundry handling with the use of laundry additives and other methods of disinfecting laundry to avoid the spread of illness. Read onContinue Reading
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Now is a great time to knock out a few of these easy home organizing tasks to keep busy. Whether you’ve found yourself among the millions cooped up at home, or you’re just trying to keep your distance from social activities for a bit, these organizing tasks can help take your mind off of what’sContinue Reading
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Whether your employer has adopted telework or you’ve decided to go into business for yourself, life is very different when it all happens in one place. For many, a struggle sets in once the newness wears off, and they find themselves wondering how to stay sane working at home. Why Working at Home Is HarderContinue Reading
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Those fortunate enough to have a dishwasher are in for good news: you can use your dishwasher to clean many household items, too! Check out the list below for things you can stop washing by hand in the sink, and put that helpful kitchen appliance to work for you instead. Tips on Using Your DishwasherContinue Reading
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The easiest way to get kids to help cleaning is by making it fun. Sure, it would be nice if they pitched in around the house for the sake of being helpful, but children aren’t old enough to have developed that kind of internal motivation. Turn cleaning into a game for them, and your kidsContinue Reading
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This Cauliflower Fried Rice recipe is one of my favorite ways to get my son to eat his vegetables. For the longest time, he had no idea I wasn’t using actual rice. Chances are, your family won’t realize it, either. With cauliflower, both the texture and flavor are the same, but with just a fractionContinue Reading
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Don’t let the steps in this homemade bagels recipe frighten you: it’s so easy that even beginner cooks can do it. In fact, my son helps me make them at least twice a month now. This recipe also skips the high-fructose corn syrup and artificial coloring, which seem to be in every commercially-baked food theseContinue Reading
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Knowing how to clean your car’s interior like a pro makes the daily commute so much nicer! It just takes a few hours on one sunny afternoon. When you’re done, it’ll feel like you’ve got a brand new ride. It’s essential to follow these instructions on cleaning your car’s interior in order. Doing so keepsContinue Reading
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These easy steps get burnt food off pots and pans without soaking or using a dryer sheet. They’re safe for all types of cookware, too. The method below assumes that you don’t like the “let it soak until someone else deals with it” approach. That was the default solution in our house when my husbandContinue Reading
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Knowing how often you need to clean things in your home, and building those tasks into your schedule, helps you stay on top of housework without it becoming a full-time job. Clean homes take ongoing effort and diligence. That’s not to say you’ve got to spend hours doing chores every day — you just needContinue Reading
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Don’t let tarnish keep you from wearing your favorite earrings, rings, bracelets, or necklaces. With a few everyday kitchen items, you’ve got what you need to clean silver jewelry and remove tarnish at home safely. Facts About Silver Jewelry For everyday pieces of jewelry, sterling silver is one of the most popular choices around theContinue Reading
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Recently, a reader of this blog wrote to ask if I have any tips on how to make a move less stressful and more organized. Absolutely! Between moving around in search of a better rental rate in my single days, and life as a military wife, I’ve moved over twenty times as an adult. IfContinue Reading
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One certain sign of winter, besides the cold temperatures, is the shock you get when touching doorknobs or light switches. Learning how to get rid of static electricity can stop those annoying zaps, keep your hair from standing on end when you brush it, and put an end to static cling on your clothes. ThisContinue Reading
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Every one of these gifts for messy people can help them get organized. It may seem odd to shop for gifts intended to help messy people get their stuff together, but it doesn’t have to be. Presents that help someone solve a problem keep giving day in and day out. Plus, let’s face it, messyContinue Reading
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As one of the more visible and often-used pieces of furniture in your home, it’s good to know how to clean a sofa and remove stains to keep it looking good. The following guide explains how to eliminate stains on both fabric and leather sofas by deep-cleaning. You’ll also find out how to perform lighter,Continue Reading
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Knowing how to clean washing machines will protect the appliance as well as your clothes. If you’ve been dealing with a smelly washing machine or one that leaves odors on your clothing, these steps will help, too. Washing Machines Need Regular Cleaning Doesn’t it seem like a machine that’s regularly filled with hot, soapy waterContinue Reading
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Even if you enjoy living in a tidy home, making yourself clean house is still a chore. Next time you’re struggling to talk yourself into housework, try one (or all) of these six ways to trick yourself into cleaning. You’ll be surprised at the difference they can make. Some people are natural-born cleaners: they discoverContinue Reading
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When company is coming, you may find yourself wondering what to clean for guests. Sure, you want to create a clean, comfortable environment that also showcases your home’s beauty, but you don’t want to wear yourself preparing for guests this holiday season. If you’re fortunate enough to have plenty of warning, cleaning for houseguests canContinue Reading
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Usually, when a person needs to know how to clean messes in the dryer, it’s because they’ve washed and dried an entire load of laundry only to find everything has come out with unexpected stains. Fear not. Whether you’ve discovered gum in your dryer or candy, or even a broken pen, melted crayons or lipstick,Continue Reading
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Recently a reader, who is setting up her first home, asked for my recommendations of cleaning tools everyone should own. It’s an excellent question because having the essential cleaning tools makes staying on top of messes so much easier. When it comes to basic cleaning tools, there’s no need to spend a lot of money.Continue Reading
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This Halibut Recipe featuring Creamy Parmesan Shrimp is ridiculously easy — just 20 minutes from prep to plate! It’s also wonderfully delicious, low-carb, keto-friendly and gluten-free. What’s not to like about that? Halibut Recipe with Creamy Parmesan Shrimp Low-Carb Recipe for Meatless Mondays Does your family do the Meatless Monday thing? Ours does — orContinue Reading
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Even if you’ve never heard of a “virtuous cycle” before, chances are you’ve already lived through several in your life. You’ve probably lived through their counterparts many times, too. What Are Vicious Cycles and Virtuous Cycles? In economics, there’s a theory known as the Vicious Cycle which refers to a negative event that triggers additionalContinue Reading
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Knowing how to clean lampshades is one of those finicky cleaning tasks that take your room from tidy to truly clean. Between grubby hands, household dust and pet hair, lampshades tend to get grimy. The thing is, lamps are like jewelry for your room: if they’re nice they’ll accentuate your room’s beauty, but if they’re in bad shapeContinue Reading
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One of the first things to know about how to clean electronic screens is that glass cleaner can seriously damage them! If you’re of a certain age, you probably remember how we could get TV screens sparkling clean with a spray of Windex and a quick wipe. But technology has changed, making our old go-toContinue Reading
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Getting the best-tasting barbecue starts with knowing how to clean a dirty BBQ grill. Solid, even grill marks and a quality sear depend on having a clean grill. Your health may, too. Should You Clean Your Barbecue Grill? The short answer is yes. For years, my husband and I argued over this. In his view,Continue Reading
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