Sunday, June 27, 2010

Oh My Animals! Oh My Children!

There is many joys into having animals as there is with children. One of the less joys is the messes they make to which you have to clean up. If you have children, you know it could just about be anything. It can range from coloring on the walls, tracking in mud, to spilling various substances, etc. One of my  best messes from my cats is hairballs all over the place, like right where you want to step without any shoes.One of my favorite cleaning products that will clean up any type of mess is Sol-U-Mel. It is a all natural product with no harsh chemicals. Safe to use around your loved ones.
Back in February one of my beloved pets, Murphy, a golden retriever who was old and  sadly now no longer with us, couldn't help himself and started having accidents in the house. After cleaning the spots with other products several times and even using a shampooer, the spots would still appear after awhile. I decided to use the Sol-U-Mel. I sprayed each spot and let it soak in and then used a shamy to pat the extra moisture out. I haven't seen those spots again! If only I thought of it first!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Rainy Day Fun

I have three active boys always looking for fun things to do. Rainy days I guess are even more challenging and kids seem to get bored more easily. I am not sure with all the things they have available to them these days why this is so. Maybe they just want to use their own creative minds as they did this one most recent rainy day.
With a big roll of the black plastic that carpenters use, some dish soap, towels and swim suits, they headed down to the reservoir. Guess what they were going to do?
Although I kept telling myself that it isn't that much different than going sledding down the side of this huge hill, my mother concerns and curiosity had to go down and check it out. Needless to say it was quite interesting. The kids rolled out this big sheet of plastic that reached the top and bottom of the hill. Of course the rain kept it wet, dish soap was used to make it more slippery.
They were having great fun taking turns down this black slimy carpet only to have the rain stop. It was a good idea while it lasted.
As I see it, it was good, CLEAN, fun. The only things I would be cautioned with is to make sure it is not lightening, storming etc., wear a shirt with your suit for if you stray the path of the plastic the blades of grass kind of leave its marks and the last is to ensure there are no obstacles in your way that you could get injured.

Have A Great Summer!