Every Kind of Mom

Having a garage/yard sale is exhausting, and its a real drag to spend the whole day in your yard having people haggle over a quarter and still have a bunch of stuff left over at the end.  I will never have that problem again.   The sad thing is, it took my 12 year old to teach me this lesson.  You see, although my stuff is technically worth more, its only worth what the people who show up are willing to pay for it.  I already knew that, but I kept thinking I’d rather give it away than sell it for too little…  WHY???  I shouldn’t care whether or not its worth more. I am trying to get rid of it, and it needs to go at any price. This stunning revelation … Read entire article »

If you have carpet in your rug or carpet all is not lost.  You can get it out.  It just takes a little patience and a little elbow grease.  I thought I was going to have to throw out my favorite area rug, and I hadn’t attempted to clean up the massive amounts of dried Play-Doh because I assumed it to be too daunting of a task.  Turns out, its pretty simple.  If you have Play-Doh in your carpet, you can get it out too, just by trying these three simple solutions: 1.  Try to brush it off.  Wait until the Play-Doh is dry and then using a stiff scrub brush, loosen the Play-Doh and break it up until it is ready to be vacuumed.  You can also try using a … Read entire article »