Tub cleaner

As i've said before, I hate to come across a great idea and then try it myself only to find out it is never as easy as the blog/pin or whatever, said it was or that it didn't work as well as it was suppose to. I have to say that I've set out on a journey to try these things myself and tell it like it is.

Tub Cleaner
For those of you who know me, I've got a 15 year old son. He's a great kid who usually does what he is asked! Every weekend he and his sister have a list of chores written out that they have to do. I generally trust that they have done them when I ask. However, one day I was in Nolan's bathroom and noticed his tub looked horribly dirty. I got my trusty magic eraser out and went to scrubbing. I have to say, my arm killed me and then went numb. I was not able to get much of anything off of the tub. When confronted Nolan said he did clean his tub each weekend like I asked. Upon closer questioning, it seemed that the just sprayed the cleaner in the tub and rinsed. I jokingly reminded him that scrubbing bubbles to NOT actually spin around and clean your tub for you, you have to put some effort of your own into it.

I decided to try something i read about in Pinterest. 1 cup of baking soda, a teaspoon of liquid soap, and a few drops of an essential oil (I used peppermint), add water until it turns into a paste. Holy cow, the stuff started coming up with a little scrubbing. I eventually used my hands and spread it around the tub, let it sit for a min and then had Nolan scrub it down.
The house, not to mention his bathroom, smelled great! It worked. Should have taken before and after pics!!

If you have bad build up, use this mixture!!

WOW

Last year I bought some pom pom snow ball hanging things. They were way too cool to pass up. I've had them put away with the Christmas things all year long and then couldn't decide where to put them. I have three in all but found the perfect spot for two of them.

Snow balls outside the french doors.