Simple Genius

This idea may have been used in households all over the world, but I came up with it on my very own and was oh so very proud and excited! (Not to sound too prideful or anything) The other day I made faux buffalo wings which involved chicken and oil. Which means oil splattered everywhere! I tried my usual windex to clean up on our glass top stove, but it smeared it around more than cleaned it up. Then a commercial came to my mind about dish soap cutting the grease, so that is what I did. I got out my handy dandy (My toddler loves Blues Clues!) dish soap scrubbing brush and scrubbed the stove top. Worked like a charm! While I was down there I noticed grease splatter and the walls, with a bit more elbow grease the walls are clean too!

Hard Water?

Do you have hard water stains on your faucet like me? This is after I had cleaned half of the faucet with a lemon! Worked like a charm! I just used half of a lemon as my cleaner and scrubber, some elbow grease and...

Ta Da! A beautiful, shiny, hard water stain free faucet.

Stainless Steel Woes?

For the first time in my life I have stainless steel appliances. At first I had a love/hate relationship with them. Love the shine, the measured water feature on the fridge and a dishwasher that works really, really good. Hate the drips, fingerprints, spots...get the picture? I tried Windex, because what doesn't Windex clean? The answer: Stainless steel. It cleans it, but leaves horrible streaks. I was on the hunt for a streak free cleaner and I found it! Baby Oil! Okay, it doesn't actually clean, but it polishes my stainless beautifully! First, clean with the Windex, then put some baby oil on a white wash cloth, {a little goes a long way} then polish away. Ta Da! Gorgeous streak free, fingerprint free, spot free stainless. Until someone walks by and touches it of course. But the oil lasts awhile so it isn't hard to polish it with a dry cloth as needed.