JsSweet

I did alot of research over the internet and bought a carpet cleaner that had some good reviews. Its pretty easy to use and I tried it with both the detergent it came with and a home-solution of vinegar, water and essential oils. The vinegar solution left the carpet a lot softer feeling and shinier, while the area I cleaned with the detergent stayed dingy looking and kind of dense feeling.

So far, it was a great purchase!

This weekend we bought a new shower curtain! Hooray! Hubby and I went for a frosty vinyl one with large blue and green circles on it. In feng shui, circles are considered to represent metal. Since our bathroom is in the family corner of the house, where metal is not a good thing, I attached some bright red clip-on flowers to the curtain rings so the fire would “consume” the metal. laughs It sounds kind of tacky, but my husband spontaneously told me he liked it, so it must look good!

There are several, however mundane, things that I would love to do currently to enhance my home.

1) A new shower curtain (I bought one of those cloth ones, to avoid getting mildew and make it easier to clean – lo and behold, it has a plastic lining on the bottom strip…which mildews).

2) Carpet cleaned. Two dogs, three years, zero cleanings. ‘nuff said.

3) Get rid of some stuff. Our little home is packed to the roof. Go through some more of my hubbies ancient clothing relics (which have three years worth of dust on them). Craigs list the wedding flower arrangements I still have from a year ago. And donate/dispose of anything else that we seriously don’t need.

I don’t feel like I should bring more stuff in, till I make a little breathing space.