Organic Cleaning Products
I may sound like a Woolworths fan boy, but I’m only using their products as an example in this article because we actually use them (and love them) in our house. I try not to write about things I can’t personally vouch for. Woolworths has a range of organic cleaning products (which it looks like they’ve named “earth friendly“) that has a couple of benefits. Save the Planet! The first benefit is the obvious “I feel good because I’m helping the planet”. I don’t really know if organic products are always better than their non-organic...
Read MoreQuick Tumble Dryer Tip
Tumble dryers are great little time savers because as a general rule (in our house) whatever goes in the tumble dryer doesn’t need to be ironed if it does not get worn in public. This means that pyjamas, underwear, sheets, blankets, socks, etc. do not need to be ironed. Why would they need to be ironed anyway? Well, I’ve heard MANY horror stories about how flies and other bugs can land on clothes that are hung out to dry, and if they aren’t ironed, may have deposited eggs/larvae that may work their way into your skin! So anything that is hung out to dry must get ironed, in...
Read MoreCleaning the Shower Floor
Here’s a quick tip for all those people who’s shower floors have marks on them that don’t seem to come off with standard cleaning. Soap and skin and oil and a whole lot of other nasty stuff can really leave stains on your shower floor, and what better way to remove them than with drain cleaner? Drain cleaners tend to be a pretty strong acid whose actual goal is to remove things a lot tougher from your drains, so it’s really ideal. What I do is: buy a bottle of drain cleaner from Pick n Pay for about R30, pour it onto the floor of the shower using the bottom of the...
Read MoreSimply Amazing Home Remedies
Ok, time for a little humour for Friday. Enjoy the jokes… If you’re choking on an ice cube, simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself. Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold the vegetables while you chop. Avoid arguments with the females about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure on your veins. Remember to use a timer! A mouse trap placed on top of your alarm clock...
Read MoreHousehold Services Maid Service Sucks
This is another “get the frustration off my chest” type of article. It’s similar to my Coricraft articles in that this doesn’t benefit you, the reader, unless you were planning on using the company and wanted to know my experience with them. Household Services Review If you’re looking for a maid or domestic cleaning service to come and clean your house, PLEASE consider using someone else. IF the maid arrives on the day, she does a fair enough job. At least Zodwa did. But out of the 5 times that the maid was supposed to arrive, she only pitched up twice....
Read MoreDefy Dishwasher is stuck on Rinse
Do you ever find that your Defy Dishwasher doesn’t wash? What happens is that after doing a rinse cycle, (you ARE doing a rinse cycle first, right?), I put the dishwasher dial onto the Wash Cycle option, but it just does a rinse again. This can be REALLY irritating, and very possibly only happens to me. But I’ve FINALLY “cracked the code” that ensures that my dishwasher washes when i want it to. There are 2 things you need to ensure: The “END” light should be OFF The “END” light comes on to tell you that a cycle has completed. But it must be...
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