What a week-end! As usual, my kids and my cat only ever get sick on week-ends. This week-end was the cats turn. He had ended up with a urinary tract infection and we had to figure out how to remove the smell of cat urine from the flooring. The cat pee’d everywhere. We took him to the vet clinic and they solved his problem and we had to solve the problem of getting rid of the cat pee smell. We [...]

Organic Hardwood Flooring Cleaner Today I decided I would scrub the hardwood flooring in my living room. It was really nasty, you could see every mark on the hardwood, and with a toddler, 4 month old and a husband you can only imagine how bad it truly was. I ended up cleaning it twice. The first time round here is the solution I used. 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 tbsp cider vinegar Mix the ingredients all together in a spray [...]

Organic Sticker Removal on Hardwood Flooring What little kid doesn’t love stickers? What mommy regrets giving their child a sticker package containing 600 stickers?  Well, I can say my daughter loves stickers and this mommy will never leave her alone with a book of stickers again!  I was dealing with Baby Brother and when I turned around I discovered my floor was covered in stickers. Peeling them off wasn’t working so I set out to find a way to remove [...]

I don’t know how Baby Brother does it, but somehow he/we always manage to get poop on his sleeper.  Most stains I can ignore, but I really really hate poop stains.  Usually I use a store bought stain remover, but recently I’ve become increasingly more aware of the chemicals we’ve been putting into and onto our body so I thought I’d do a little experiment and try a homemade stain remover. (more…)