Do you know the difference between being cheap and being frugal? Cheap is searching for the lowest price, frugal is searching for the best value. Copycat recipes are one of the ways that you can be both cheap and frugal at the same time. Many of the recipes are so good that it's hard to tell the difference, except when it comes to cost. Copycat … [Read more...]
Homemade Auto Cleaners for DIY Detailing
Nice weather has arrived, time to think about showing your car a little love. She's been through a lot this winter, blankets of snow, salty roads, muddy boots, if it's dirty, she's seen it. You could take her into see a auto detailing specialist but they're not going to show her as much love as you can. Plus, it's kinda' pricey! It's not a … [Read more...]
Replace Cleaning Products w/Homemade Multipurpose Cleaners
What is the most offensive question you can ask a stay-at-home-mom? "What do you do all day?" Basically they do everything that you have someone else doing for you or you never would've asked. Cooking, cleaning, running errands, wiping little noses, laundry, dishes, school functions, that's just a small taste of what a SAHM does. If you're looking … [Read more...]
15 Ways to Get a Cleaner Oven without Chemicals
FLUSTER: Chemical based oven cleaners. If you have a self cleaning oven consider yourself lucky! For those of us that don't have one we're left with two choices, don't clean it or use one of those expensive, stinky, burning, lung choking, environmentally unfriendly oven cleaners. Personally I used to opt for the first choice, no really you … [Read more...]
Save Money by Making Your Own Bathroom Cleaners
FLUSTER: The high cost of bathroom cleaning products. Do you know how much a year that you spend on bathroom cleaning products? If you've recently been down the cleaning isle then you have a pretty good idea - a lot. It's outrageous how much that we're being charged to have a cleaner sink, mirror, shower, toilet and floor! If your not bothered by … [Read more...]
15 Homemade Cleaning Wipe Recipes
If you love the convenience of cleaning wipes then you are going to want to bookmark this page. We've got all your wipe needs covered; cleaner, disinfectant, conditioner, duster, polisher, shiner. You need something wiped, there's a recipe to cover it. I've been using wipes for years, they were baby wipes, yes for little bottoms, but I also used … [Read more...]