Sunday Social: Weaknesses, Vices & Guilty Pleasures

This Weeks Questions:

1. What is your shopping weakness?:
Vera Bradley, Vans, UGGs, Marc Jacobs, M.A.C.

2. What is your food weakness?:
Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Biscuits

3. What is your go to movie to watch when nothing is on?
Zombieland, Napoleon Dynamite or any Madea movie

4. What is your go to breakfast food?
Sausage Biscuits, Fried Egg Sandwich or Blueberry Toaster Strudels

5. Do you drink coffee? If so, how do you take it?
Occasionally. I like mine Cafe au Lait with Cinnamon.

Next Weeks Questions: When I Was Young
1. Did you sleepwalk as a child?
2. Did you ever try to run away or sneak out of your house?
3. Did you have any imaginary friends?
4. Did you ever go toilet papering?
5. Did you ever sneak tv shows you weren’t allowed to watch?

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Tipsheet: Cleaning Green (w/ Recipes)

5 Ingredients for Less-Toxic Cleaning

With five ingredients — baking soda, washing soda, liquid soap or detergent, distilled vinegar and an antiseptic essential oil — you can clean everything in your house.

Baking Soda and Washing Soda The magic of these minerals is that they neutralize many stains and odors. They are alkaline, cut grease and can even dissolve wax. Baking soda also serves as a mild abrasive. Washing soda is the best heavy-duty scourer, but it is slightly caustic, so you need to wear gloves when using it.

Liquid Soap or Detergent Soap is better for your health and the environment than detergents, but because water reacts with minerals in soap, washing clothes with it can leave an insoluble film and turn clothes grayish. If you wash your clothes with detergent, select the most biodegradable brand.

Vinegar and Essential Oils Vinegar neutralizes many stains and odors, dissolves scale and pulls dirt out of wood. Use only white distilled vinegar for cleaning; apple cider vinegar could stain some materials, such as upholstery. Antiseptic essential oils — such as tea tree, sweet orange, lemon-grass, rose, clove, eucalyptus, cinnamon, birch or lavender — kill bacteria and mold.


5 Recipes for Less-Toxic Cleaning

Soap for Sparkling Dishes
This cleaner works well except in hard water, where it can cause soap scum.

1 ounce liquid castile soap
2 cups water
1 teaspoon vegetable glycerin
5 to 10 drops lavender essential oil (optional, but lavender is antibacterial)

Combine the soap and water in a jar. Add the glycerin and lavender (if using). Stir to blend. Pour some on a sponge, or add a few teaspoons to a sink full of warm water.

Magic Window Wash

1/4 cup white distilled vinegar
1/2 teaspoon liquid soap or detergent
2 cups water
A few drops of essential oils, for scent (optional)

Combine the ingredients in a spray bottle and shake to blend. Spray on surface, then remove with a squeegee, paper towel or newspaper. Makes 2 1/4 cups.

Toilet Bowl Tidy-up

1/4 cup white distilled vinegar
2 cups water

Vinegar is an, underused but effective disinfectant. Combine the ingredients in a spray bottle, shake and spray along the inside rim of the toilet. Leave on for 15 minutes and then scrub with a toilet brush. Makes 2 1/4 cups.

Baking Soda Oven Cleaner
Baking soda has never failed for oven cleaning. Even heavy grime lifts off with this formula.

1 Small- to medium-sized box of baking soda
Water

Sprinkle the bottom of the oven with baking soda to cover. Spray with water until very damp, and keep moist by spraying every few hours. Let set overnight. In the morning, simply scoop out the baking soda — all the grime will be loosened — and rinse the oven well. Baking soda needs a lot of rinsing, but it is well worth the effort because it produces no toxic fumes. For really tough jobs, substitute washing soda for half the baking soda.

Gentle Shower Scrub
This is an effective formula on Formica counter tops, sinks, the bathtub and the shower stall.

1/2 cup baking soda
Enough liquid soap or detergent to make a frosting like consistency
5 to 10 drops essential oils, such as rose or lavender (optional)

Place the baking soda in a bowl; slowly pour in the liquid soap, stirring all the while, until the cleaner has a frosting like consistency. If you're using any essential oils, be sure to add them last. Scoop the creamy mixture onto a sponge, wash the surface well and rinse. Makes 1/2 cup.



Shop Amazon Earth Day - Green Solutions
Source: Annie Berthold-Bond for Mother Earth News 2004

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My Favorite Things: Camper Style

Time to get back on the ball with Friday's 5 Favorite Things! So to kick off the Spring posts, it's gonna be all about CAMPER STYLE!!


ONE. Happy Camper Set
Every little one needs their own special plate and cup set, this set is 100% melamine and 100% precious!
• Lead free, PVC free, and Phthlate free, No BPA.
• 100% Melamine
• Dishwasher safe
• 9" diameter plate , 8oz cup
price: $12.00



TWO. DiY Print from Crafted Love
What you'll need for this art project is.... a canvas of any size, a road map, mod podge or glue, scissors, paint, a few brushes and a natural sponge brush. You'll also need a little bit of drawing capabilities for the stencil.

Follow the easy step-by-step instructions here: DiY Print from Crafted Love

THREE. Road Map Wallpaper
Such a cute & simple idea for camper wallpaper!!!






FOUR. Keep Calm and Camp On Pillows
• Sizes 20”x20” (square) and 13”x21” (lumbar)
• 100% grade A woven cotton
• Made in the USA
• zipper enclosure; synthetic-filled insert included
• Machine washable.
price: $59.95




FIVE. Great ideas from One Sweet Appetite




Aside from that, check out my Pinterest board on everything CAMPING!

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Sharing is Caring Y'all!

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Also, please visit & "LIKE" our Facebook page!

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God & His Bountiful Blessings

Image Credit: Miss Birdy@Zombirdy Designs

Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.
--Job 22:26

For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
--Matthew 7:8

"Good days are right around the corner when you begin to wield the powerful weapon of worship! In this revelatory sermon by Joseph Prince, learn how you can, like David, go from despair and fear to peace, joy and strength in the Lord as you look to Him and magnify His name. Get acquainted with the beautiful psalms of David and see how God can, in an instant, turn every negative situation around as you worship Him through these anointed songs of praise. Watch the Lord destroy every enemy and be a shield to you as you learn to praise Him at all times!"

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Sunday Social: Twitterfied

This Weeks Questions:

1. When did you join twitter?:


2. Who is your favorite non-celeb to follow?:

@christielici0us

3. Who is your favorite celeb to follow?

@ShannonLeto

4. Have you ever had a celeb respond to a tweet?

@THEREALBANNER


5. What is your favorite store/brand to follow?

@verabradley

6. Give us three Tweeters we should be following...

@ZombirdyDesigns
@JosephPrince
@TheLazyPitBull


Next Weeks Questions: Weaknesses, Vices & Guilty Pleasures
1. What is your shopping weakness?
2. What is your food weakness?
3. What is your go to movie to watch when nothing is on?
4. What is your go to breakfast food?
5. Do you drink coffee? If so, how do you take it?

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Choosing Joy (Thank You, Chrissy!)

IMAGE CREDIT: Miss Birdy@Zombirdy Designs

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