5 Ways to Make Your Home Look Fresh and Clean

1.Use baking soda:

You may not even notice certain "home" smells anymore, but visitors will. Sprinkle the baking soda on carpets and rugs, leave in place for a few hours, and vacuum it up. Sprinkle baking soda in the bottom of trash and garbage cans.  Open the small boxes and put them in the refrigerator, or in a mildewy bathroom.






2. Counteract cigarette smoke:

Kill the smell of stale smoke by leaving a bowl of vinegar on a tabletop or counter.

3.Change the light bulbs.

And old, dusty bulbs throw off even less illumination than when they were new. Your entire home will instantly look better if you switch out those dim bulbs with new, full-spectrum or "daylight" bulbs.

4.Clean the windows.

Ten minutes with a glass-cleaning spray bottle and some paper towels will give you sparkling windows and lovely light in your home. Try doing one room or even just one window at a time. Clean windows make a big difference in the look of your home.

5. Fast way to a fresh scent:

  If you like the perfume of fabric-softener dryer sheets, just leave one out in a bathroom wastebasket or on a shelf.

 Health Hints - Dicas de Saúde

 Some of the Health Hints I have tried myself , and I can tell you  "WORKS"...  Hope you enjoy! 

*Soothe a sore throat with a mixture of apple cider vinegar, water and honey.

* Soak your feet in white distilled vinegar to stop athlete’s foot. 

 

*Drink a teaspoon of white distilled vinegar to stop the hiccups.

 

* Pantyhose last longer when rinsed with water containing 1 tablespoon of white distilled vinegar. 

*Massage white distilled vinegar into your scalp, rinse, then wash with regular shampoo and watch dandruff disappear. 

To Brighten your day:

"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."
~ Alexander Graham Bell

SURPRISING USES WITH BLEACH AND VINEGAR!

Cut flowers

 Flores Cortadas

Add 1/4 teaspoon Regular-Bleach to

each quart of water used in your vase to extend the life of your freshly cut flowers.

 

The Cat’s Meow 
O Meow do Gato

Spray white distilled vinegar on furniture to stop the cat from scratching it.  








A Breath of Fresh Air

Respire  ar fresco

 An open dish of white distilled vinegar will help remove paint smells from a room.

Here are some quick ideas for less work tomorrow.

  Clean as you Go!  

When cooking, you can save yourself the headache of a pile of dishes and cleaning up at the end of the meal by cleaning as you go. Wipe away any spilled grease or sauces immediately, it will be easier than waiting until the end of the evening as the stains harden over time making it harder to clean later.


 

Fast After-the-Feast Cleanup

Keep a large bowl near your prep area for trimmings and garbage so that cleanup is as quick as tipping the contents of the bowl into the trash can – it’s that easy!  Wash prep dishes, measuring spoons and jugs as you are done using them so that by the time you and your family sit down to eat there won’t be any dirty dishes in the sink.

                                                            

Make It Easier Next Time

Double- or triple-line the trash can, so you already have a clean bag in place when a full bag is removed.

                                                            

 Microwave Miracle

Clean the microwave by mixing 1/2 cup white distilled vinegar and 1/2 cup water in a microwave-safe bowl. Bring it to a rolling boil inside the microwave. Baked-on food will be loosened, and odors will disappear. Wipe clean.