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Tips and Tricks for Bedroom Deep Clean

February 15, 2013 By Tammilee 2 Comments

I can’t get the quote “Does your house rise up to great you” out of my head lately. As I have been looking around our house I realized that it really did not look the way I wanted it to. We moved in a little over a year and a half ago and it does not look like I want it to. This year I am focusing on making our house a place I want to relax in and enjoy. The first room I decided to attack/clean was our master bedroom. I want this room to be a relaxing sanctuary that is not cluttered or filled with random stuff.

Here are a few of the tips and tricks I use for deep cleaning our bedroom.

Cleaning your mattress

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Filed Under: Cleaning and Organization Tagged With: baking, clean, cleaning, soda, Tips

How to clean your Dishwasher

February 5, 2013 By Tammilee 4 Comments

I was recently reading an article that said that dishwashers can harbor fungi and black yeast. I am honestly not sure what these do but they sound disgusting and I wanted to make sure that my dishwasher was as clean as humanly possible! Yuck! Just the thought of fungi makes my stomach a little queasy.

I decided to scrub my dishwasher inside and out and make sure it was sparkly clean and fungi free.

Here are the steps I took to clean my dishwasher

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Filed Under: Cleaning and Organization, Frugal, Frugal Living Tagged With: baking, cleaning, deal, free, Measuring Cup, soda

We saved $4352.40 giving up soda over the past 3 years!

January 9, 2013 By Tammilee 2 Comments

Today is the 3 year anniversary of me giving up soda. John was able to give it up a week or so before me. I had to slowly work my way off of drinking it. Last night we sat down and figured out how much money we saved over the past 2 year by giving up soda. These numbers are rough estimates. It was probably a lot more money than what we figured out last night. We went with an average price and average soda drinking over the year. There were times that we drank a lot more than the average. Did I mention that we drank a lot of soda! I always had a soda in my hand or near me at my desk.
I am amazed that it has already been 3 years since we gave it up. I can’t think of the last time a soda sounded good. I am now trying to give up Crystal Light and Snapple Iced Teas. I find myself picking them up when I am out and about and they are an expense I would like to get rid of.

1 year without soda saved us:

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Filed Under: Frugal, Frugal Living, Our Life Tagged With: gas, money, savings, soda, vacation

Funfetti Cake Batter Bars Recipe

January 7, 2013 By Tammilee 5 Comments

One of my good friends is a Funfetti Cake freak! She would gladly enjoy Funfetti Cake every day if she could get away with it. I thought it would be fun to make an adaptation of Funfetti Cake that was easier to eat. I searched through Pinterest and the Web and found a recipe for Funfetti Cake Batter Bars. These were a lot of fun to make and turned out great. I think next time I will add in extra funfetti sprinkles to make them even brighter and colorful.