Tested: Bathtub cleaner

Alright, I am going to show you a before and after picture, and I don't want any judging :)

We've all been there people.

 We moved into our new house about 6 months ago.

Everything was so new and clean.

I almost had anxiety from it, because I knew it wouldn't last long, but I wanted it to.

A few months after moving in we unexpectedly had the opportunity to put grass in our backyard.

It took us one very busy week to get everything finished, and at the end of the day we would be covered in dirt and mud and we were exhausted.

It was so hard trying to keep everything clean.

One thing that didn't survive well was our bathtub/shower.
I had some Clorox cleaner on hand that I have used plenty in the past, but this time it didn't do anything.
So I decided to turn to Pinterest.
It has all the answers :)
I found this blog post about cleaning a bath/shower and I already had everything on hand, so I figured I would give it a try.

You will need:

Quiet Book: Garden Page

Back when my oldest was younger I really wanted to make him a quiet book, but I somehow never got around to it.

Now that my second is a toddler I am getting my butt into gear and getting it done!
Slowly but surely :)
I'll be posting the 'pages' one-by-one with a step-by-step tutorial.
Also, I should mention that I made this a no-sew version, the whole thing is put together with a hot glue gun.
Here is the first page I made.
We'll call this one 'The Garden'

What I love most about this is that I was able to use felt scraps that I already had on hand!

Bathroom Scale Review

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I have a review for you today!

Today we are talking bathroom scales.

Really? Yes, really.

I have never had a 'nice' scale before.

I've never really put much thought into purchasing a scale in the past, we have just purchased a cheap one on sale and been good to go.

For a little while.

Then the scale would get old and worn out and not really work well, and it would just sit there in our bathroom.

So I was really excited to get the change to review this COOSH CBS001B Precision Digital Scale

It looked sturdy and of high quality.

This is how it came in the mail.

Well packaged, and ready for use!

The scale comes with a lithium battery, which will obviously last a while, but I like that when that does die, you can remove it and there is a space for 2 AAA batteries as well.
Because those I have on hand :)

Tested: How to clean a shirt collar

There are so many cleaning tips on Pinterest.

It can get a little overwhelming.

I had some shirts I needed to clean and my regular bottle of Shout just wasn't doing the trick, so I thought I would try out some different techniques and see what worked.

Here are my before and afters of two collared shirts.

How to fix footie jammies

During the winter months my older son lives in his footie jammies.
I'm not even kidding.
Needless to say they didn't last long before these holes started showing up.
Since winter is only half-way through I knew I needed to fix them before they got any worse.

I could have just cut the foot part off and we wouldn't even be dealing with this, but my son is a master at being warm and snuggly, and his feet needed to be that way as well. Seriously. :)

So, here is what I did.

Roasted Tomato Soup

It's been chilly here for the last couple of weeks and as I was scrolling through pictures I stumbled across these.

The moment I saw these pictures I was reminded of how amazingly delicious and creamy this soup was!

I haven't made this soup in a couple of months because I usually like to use this recipe as a good way to use up tomatoes from the garden...after reminiscing here for a minute though I may need to add it to this weeks menu...

Mmmmm.

Look at those colors...

Fabric Flower Tutorial

Welcome to a new year!

My first post of the new year is a tutorial.

If you were here a few weeks ago you might remember the post I wrote for my new Christmas stocking I made. (If you didn't get a chance to see the super awesome tutorial, you can find it here DIY Burlap Stocking) I had added this beautiful flower to my stocking as a finishing touch.

I am back now with a step-by-step tutorial to show you how it all came together.

I had some brown scrap fabric in my stash so I just cut off a corner.