Blessed Beltane

It's rainy and chilly where I am, not typical of a May 1st.  But I am sure the next 6 weeks will be sunny and beautiful! We are going to make some crafts today-- What are your plans?

Happy Earth Day

Happy Earth Day to one and all!

I took this photo of a hawk soaring over the grand canyon in 09.2012, the colors still amaze me!

 Now get off the computer and enjoy outside!

No Housework Day '13 Shining Sink

Today was no housework day, and I meant to post much earlier but I was enjoying the sun and a group of fun slimy worms!  If you're following me on Instagram you already saw them!  If not here they are!

So instead of writing a bunch of new stuff since it's already late here's a bit from a post I did a few years ago, featuring a very cold very wet mouse that I found one morning in my sink.  The sink had backed up over night and I'm assuming the mouse needed a drink, fell in and was still bathing when I woke up.  The mouse I fished out, dried off and set free.  When I last saw him he was alive, however my cat may have and probably did eat him shortly after.  The part of the blog I'm going to highlight however was the "how to shine the sink" after the mouse and back up was removed.  If you're sink is backed up though do go to the original post here.

Shining your Sink


For all the ladies out there who are not yet "flybabies" I highly recommend going tohttp://www.flylady.net/ ! Flylady can also be found on Facebook. She is listed in my favorite pages on my facebook too. There you will find detailed instructions on how to shine your sink. Why do I need to shine my sink? Because keeping your sink shining will magically help keep the rest of your house in order. I know it sounds crazy, but it is so true for the hundreds of thousands of flybabies out there now. The following is how I shine my sink, which I learned from Flylady.

1. Start by getting all of your dishes out of the sink if there are any in there. Then fill up your sink with water and about a 1/2 cup bleach. If your concerned with it being green I use vinegar. Vinegar has the ability to kill many germs and mold. Just like bleach does. Let the water sit in there for a few hours, you may want to do one side at a time so you can fill the water to the top. I also take the nobs off of the faucet and throw these in the water too.

2. Drain the water and grab a soft scrub. If you used bleach first and plan on using something like comet, rinse the sink REALLY well! Or use my soft scrub.

• Take about a cup of baking soda
• Add about a Tablespoon dish soap
• Include 3 drops of Lavender essential oil if you have it
• Use just enough water to make it the consistency of toothpaste.
• Now you can it use a "green" soft scrub.

3. Use the soft scrub in and around the sink with a toothbrush, small scrub brush, or a wash rag. My favorite tool is the electric toothbrushes, as I hate using these on my teeth! Don't forget the knobs if you took those off. Once all the gunk around the edges of the sink, faucets, and drains is gone, rinse it off with a wash rag.


4. Once all of the soft scrub is rinsed off, grab your Windex/window cleaner. I love the vinegar Windex. It cleans great, and it doesn't smell like ammonia (which I always associate with the smell of cat urine). Anyway take your window cleaner and use it on your sink. I remember when I first did this and was amazed at how shiny my sink was. To this day it still amazes me at how doing this every night can keep my kitchen cleaner. It is almost like magic. OK maybe not magic, but it sure is just like having a Flylady hug every morning.







5. Now that your sink is shining, all you need to do to maintain the shine is to dry and use Windex. Oh and keep dishes out of it.  

Be sure to visit the ladies responsible for the No Housework Day party!

New Contest

If you have followed me for a while you know that one of our favorite things is sharing knowledge, and I learn so much from you all! 

So for this contest we are going to have the trivia you all love so much, making participants eligible for the 1st place prize of a $25 Amazon gift certificate.  To win first place you must earn 25 points through trivia questions posted on Facebook (follow me link in the column to the right) I will also accept answers through Twitter or you may also text me @ seven one 9 four eight two 4 six zero two (I'll need to have a name for the points to count though). Point totals will be updated via this page, so bookmark or subscribe if need be.

Now each person who answers a question in trivia (even if it's not the correct answer) will receive one entry into the drawing for 2nd place, which will be a $20 Amazon gift certificate.  You may also enter by following me on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Blogtalkradio, Instagram, and Subscribing.  Each are worth one entry, no limit.  Leave me a comment below telling me what/where you have followed and I will log your entry. (Also if one of my links in the bar do not work let me know, sometimes updates break links just to keep us on our toes!) The only person NOT eligible for this prize is the 1st place winner.  So once the 1st place winner is named, the entries for that person will be removed prior to running the random picking software! 

For questions use the comments, Facebook, or email me Retha at mommybeewisdom dot com.

Thank You all for being such AWESOME fans!!!

First Place Score:
Crystal M: 4
Clara K: 2
Carol M: 2
Jaime L: 2
Marlene R: 1
Judy M: 1

Second Place Entries:
Judy M: 1
Marlene: 1
Clara K: 3
Jamie L: 2
Carol M: 2
Crystal M: 3