A Young Wife's Tale » vinegar http://youngwifestale.com/blog Hand me another Diet Coke. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:46:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Homemaking and Other Random Stuff http://youngwifestale.com/blog/homemaking/homemaking-and-other-random-stuff/ http://youngwifestale.com/blog/homemaking/homemaking-and-other-random-stuff/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:42:32 +0000 Young Wife http://youngwifestale.com/blog/?p=914 Tide with Baking Soda with White Lilac fragrance. It's one of the few fragrances I can stand. It's hard to find around here. I usually find it at Target. Sometimes Albertson's carries it. ]]>

Page 194 of the September issue of Family Circle says that a recent study found that people who chew gum regularly report less overall anxiety. Darn. I knew I missed chewing gum!

Check out these blog posts for recipes for making your own seasoning mixes. I’m totally going to start making my own taco seasoning and BBQ seasoning.

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This post and several other sources have got me thinking about switching to vinegar, borax and baking soda for cleaning products. My question is, does this sort of house cleaning method save money, or is it just environmentally friendly? What cleaning products do you use? Would you consider giving up 409?

This blog brings out the shabby chic lover in me! I love the Gooseberry Patch catalog. Sigh. Maybe someday David will come around to my kind of decorating. Eh, well, I guess I wouldn’t like him quite as much if he like antiques and lace.

Okay, now for some real housewife blogging.

David soaks in a hot bath 2-3 times a day because of his arthritis so I do a lot of extra laundry. Not just towels. David doesn’t like to put “dirty” clothes on after he gets out of the bath. He puts on fresh clothes each time. Here’s what I like for laundry.

Tide with Baking Soda with White Lilac fragrance. It’s one of the few fragrances I can stand. It’s hard to find around here. I usually find it at Target. Sometimes Albertson’s carries it.

Our laundry room is at the top of the stairs.

Our laundry room is at the top of the stairs.

Wal-Mart sells the Simplicity brand. It’s hypo-allergenic, fragrance free, phosphate free, non-toxic and biodegradable. I use this because it’s cheap, and it doesn’t bother me when my allergies flare up in the fall.

Having the laundry room upstairs is great. 95% of the laundry gets put away upstairs anyway.

Having the laundry room upstairs is great. 95% of the laundry gets put away upstairs anyway.


Today I bought the Purex Complete 3 in 1 Laundry Sheets in the spring fragrance. It makes the clothes smell nice, but the fragrance does make me sneeze. I probably won’t buy it again unless there’s a super great special, and I have a coupon. And of course, I use Woolite for delicates. I have several beaded or sequined items that need gentle care.

I don’t like the huge containers of laundry detergent with a spigot. I know it’s cheaper, but they’re so heavy! As you can see, all my laundry supplies are stored over my head. Plus, I hate having detergent drip all over the living room. I just watch for good sales on the smaller containers and use coupons.

The drawstring bag is for cleaning rags so they don't touch the rest of the laundry.

The drawstring bag is for cleaning rags so they don't touch the rest of the laundry.

For fabric softener, I use store brand fragrance free sheets. Thanks to Kerri I’m going to try using vinegar as fabric softener when I run out of sheets. I don’t use bleach on our laundry. If I need to get whites white again, I use lemon juice or White Brite.

Anyone else have laundry tips?

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