Monday, August 19, 2013

Kid-Friendly Coats Solution

Hi there! Back to School is in the air as the fall chill is starting to break through the August heat. If you haven't already started back to school then you are about to.  :( And with school starting that means coat weather will soon be upon us once again.  So I thought I would share a light bulb moment I had last winter on how to store our coats so they were easily accessible and the kids could get them and start to get ready when mommy said its time to go.

Are you ready.....this one was REALLY DIFFICULT!!! Just kidding ;)
I purchased this coat rack from target (I wanted one that the rungs did not stick out far) and hung it at kid-level next to the front door. Instant storage for coats and hanging them low and by the door gave the kids ownership and now they can start getting ready without mommy having to open the closet to grab coats to high up for them.

Friday, August 9, 2013

How I save $100 a year on Dish Soap


This stuff is like liquid gold!! Not only does it clean my dishes with one tiny drop, but it gets them cleaner than any other dish soap AND one bottle LASTS for like TWO MONTHS!!!

Besides its cleaning power it is biodegradable, safe for the environment, gentle on your hands and non-toxic. Other soaps would make my eczema flair up when I washed dishes, NOT Shaklee.
 
The Clean side was with Shaklee Dish Soap and their Miracle Scrubber Pad.

If you join Shaklee as a member, the dish soap costs only $6.90 and I go through one bottle roughly every two months. I was using one bottle of Dawn foaming dish soap every week/week an a half before I switched at around $5.80 a bottle. So you do the math! OK... I'll do it for you; let's be conservative and say I went through one bottle of Dawn every two weeks that would be roughly $11.60 a month, with Shaklee Dish soap at the end of the month I still have about 1/2 a bottle left, but even if I used the whole bottle I have already saved $4.70, using half the bottle for the month means you spent $3.45 a month on dish soap giving you a savings of $8.15 a month. $8 a month adds up to just under $100 a year.

Pair it with Shaklee's great Reusable Microfiber Sponges or their excellent Miracle Scrubber Pad for those tough jobs and toss out those toxic Brillo pads!

So get yours today and start cleaning healthy and saving!!