Don’t be scared. The Damsel isn’t going to force you to make soap out of lard and ashes like in the olden days. Come on, it won’t be so bad. The Damsel got this recipe from Christy Monson, a writing friend. (Contact info below) The Damsel would like to say that Christy is a tidy [...]
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fruit flies must die
Posted in cleaning, Uncategorized on Nov 4th, 2010
If you’ve been doing any canning, or even have a bowl of aging fruit on your counter, you may have experienced a fruit fly family reunion. Just for fun, the little pests fly in human faces and crawl all over human food. That’s what brings them joy. That’s what makes their little 48 hour lives [...]
The Damsel wishes she could say she created this severely burned-on mess so she could post about it. In other words, on purpose. Sadly, that is not the case. The Damsel’s crockpot insert is now completely, utterly, physically and emotionally encrusted with a deep layer of concrete food. How can a person clean something like [...]
make your own dishwasher detergent
Posted in cleaning, thrifty, Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2010
Back here, the Old School discussed what happens when you use liquid dish soap in your dishwasher, and what to do to temporarily tide you over until your next trip to the market. But is it possible to make your OWN dishwasher detergent? To use on a regular basis, not as an emergency substitute? Can [...]
old fashioned drain maintenance
Posted in cleaning on Jan 30th, 2010
Want to know how to take care of your kitchen drains the un-nuclear way? It’s easy, as long as your drain isn’t already backed up. If you do this every month or so, your drains will be happier, and you won’t have to use poison. Grease gets stuck on the sides of sink pipes in [...]
clean your dishwasher
Posted in cleaning on Dec 16th, 2009
Seems a little on the obsessive side, doesn’t it? After all, the dishwasher gets regularly sprayed with hot, soapy water. Still, lime can build up in there, and some people complain of rust or iron streaks. The Damsel doesn’t spend a lot of time with her head inside the dishwasher and tries not to think [...]
cleaning an iron (well, the inside)
Posted in cleaning on Dec 3rd, 2009
Have you ever been late to a meeting, only to find out the shirt you must wear is wrinkled? You stand there in your undies, frantically ironing. Just when you are finishing the last section, the iron burps out brown gunk from the steam vents. The shirt is unwearable now, and the day slips even [...]
homemade carpet spotter
Posted in cleaning on Sep 9th, 2009
Here’s a recipe making your own spot cleaner for your carpet. Goodness, it’s cheap. Grandma would approve. Put 3 cups (or thereabouts) of warm water into a container. The Damsel has a lot of quart jars hanging around, so she reached for one of those. Add 1/2 cup plain white vinegar. The thought behind the [...]
make your own soft soap
Posted in cleaning on Apr 29th, 2009
The Damsel loves pretty-scented soap. But when it gets down to a sliver, not so much. And, she’s had only limited success with gluing it to the new bar of soap. Plus, her sprogs don’t know how to use bars of soap. They only know how to use soft soap dispensers, and she feels like [...]
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