Trying something new

It has been raining in Houston continuously for almost a week now, and the forecast says that there is still a weeks worth of rain ahead... all of this staying indoors has got me cleaning more than my crazy amount of normal.... Which led me to my bathroom. (or spa retreat... a girl can dream!) I am for the most part disgusted by my bathroom... I mean, men are gross! My shower in particular... I clean it often but the grime (a word like grime should never be associated with a ladies bathroom...) just never went away.... which led me to Pinterest... I made one of those homemade bathroom cleaners today that every week someone I know posts. You know, the one that promises even the most frugal of moms can enjoy a naturally clean bathroom.. Vinegar and dish soap... sounds easy enough... so I try it. I only had the "crisp apple" scent of soap which is lime green. When mixed with the vinegar looked like sludge. I went TO TOWN spraying down the tub/shower/sinks whatnot... with the sludge. (By now my bathroom looks a TON worse than it did before, only now it smells like a combination of beer battered fish and chips with malt vinegar/dying easter eggs/hint of granny smith)

Results- The tub was SPARKLING! cleaner than I have ever seen it before! Yay! With the shower however, I did not have much luck... I just don't think my sludge was strong enough for the amount of soap scum I had accumulated, and I just resulted back to my trusty clorox. (which added a sterile smell to my beer battered fish, chips and malt vinegar/ dying easter eggs/granny smith)

After all that cleaning it was time for some self pampering...

One thing about Charlotte going to bed in her own room, is that she is ready to be put down and have me get out of her hair around 7pm... LOVING the down time/breather I am getting in the evening... gives Jordan and I a chance to eat dinner/watch tv/ or make cookies at 10 pm... (like I did last night.) BUT, Jordan is out of town for a trip that he won with work.... so it is very quiet around here tonight. I didn't know what to do with my time! This NEVER happens! So I decided to give myself a pedicure (Because Lord knows I need one) and save us the 40 bucks this month. I even made a foot scrub, soaked my feet in salts... mmm.....

It was nice, but it was a lot of work! First off the scrub (honey, brown sugar, lemon, olive oil) was VERY messy.... Yes, I got it all over my freshly cleaned tub...sigh. And some how I think I have honey in the crease of my elbow.... don't ask me how that got there. This recipe PROMISED I would have feet ready for summer.... nope. Just oily honey scented feet. It was relaxing though just sitting there in the quiet, reading, waiting for the salts to "attack my dead skin" And I do feel like my feet are a little softer. Always good. But there is something to be said about just going and getting a pedicure... and one of those is not having honey in awkward crevices of your arms : )

Emily