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5 Hacks To Make Cleaning Easier This Summer

May 1, 2018 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Summer is a time to get outside and start enjoying yourself so thinking about cleaning might be the last thing on your mind. Prepping your home and garden for summer is a great way to make the most of your beautiful exterior areas for family fun and outdoor dining. Starting with a big spring clean is one of the first steps in getting your house ready for the warmer weather, but once the sunshine arrives, there is a host of cleaning hacks you can use to keep your home looking and feeling fresh all season. If you’re looking to make your cleaning routine a breeze, take a look at these handy hacks to get you started.

Lemon power

During the summer, lemon will probably be a permanent fixture on your grocery list. Not only do they add zingy flavors to your favorite drinks, but they can also be used for cleaning too. Using half a lemon, rub it into stainless steel fixtures and wipe with a cloth afterward and it’ll be sparkling in no time. Due to its antibacterial power too, lemons can also be used to disinfect worktops.

Cleaning your outside grill

Barbeques are often a favorite pastime during the summer months and if your grill has seen better days, before purchasing for a new one, why not clean it with oven cleaner? Just like using products in your conventional oven, while the grate is slightly warm use the cleaning products to lift off the grime. You might need a brush for those tough spots, but it’ll be worth the effort.

Removing tough stains

With kids and pets going in and out of the garden during the summer, your carpets might start to look a bit grubby and in need of some revival. There is a selection of non-toxic products that can help lift dried in dirt and grime plus they are safe for both children and pets. For those stubborn patches, turn to experts at My Technicare who can help with deep cleaning ready for summer.

Try rubber gloves to remove pet hair

If you’re vacuumed your home, and you are still having issues with embedded pet hair, why not try using your rubber gloves? All you need to do is put your gloves on and run your hand over the area you want to clean. Doing this helps to create friction that pulls the hair more easily from stubborn spots.

Use baby wipes to clean furniture

Baby wipes are perfect for cleaning a multitude of things, so it’s no surprise they also work wonders on furniture. Due to their ‘gentle on baby’ composition, they won’t ruin the material either.

Use dryer sheets to clean shelves

Dryer sheets are the perfect way to get rid of dust and dirt from shelving and baseboards. Due to their anti-static nature, they repel dust and are a quick win if you’re in a hurry.

These are just few cleaning hacks that will see you through the summer months. Why not give them a try?

Spring Cleaning with JORD!

March 23, 2017 by dadofdivas 2 Comments

After a long winter spring cleaning is a great time to refresh and renew your home and I know for my family this is a time to simplify too. We will go through things to get rid of things as well as to make repairs around the house as well. Below are a few tips that may be able to help you participate in your own spring cleaning.

5 Spring Cleaning Tips

When it comes to spring cleaning, work from the top down, inside to outside, to avoid getting what you just cleaned dirty again.
When tidying, reduce trips around the house by temporarily depositing items in one spot en route to but not at their final destination.
Make small repairs. If you’re not handy, hire someone.
Don’t stand your brooms on their bristles. It will destroy their shape and diminish their effectiveness. Instead, get a broom holder, like the Magic Holder 5-position broom organizer.
Do one room, even one area of one room, at a time to avoid unfinished jobs.

Also, with the end of Winter, you can also wash away their blues by working on your style. One way that I know that I do this is to find accessories that will accent your personal style. JORD watches do this for me. Recently, I have tried out the brand new Conway JORD watches.

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE CONWAY!

The Conway is JORD’s first chronograph watch for men.
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Chronograph watches were originally invented and used for tracking astronomical objects in the sky!
Chronograph watches are now popular in aviation, racing, diving, and most athletics where precise time-tracking can be utilized.
Many fashion chronograph watches on the market, don’t actually work! They just have the chronograph look on the face, but JORD’s Conway is a true operating Chronograph watch and uses the Citizen Miyota 0S10/0S1A movement.

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Facebook Shares Best Practices for Spring Cleaning

March 19, 2017 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

It’s official, Spring is (finally) in the air, and you know what that means: Spring Cleaning is upon us. For many people, the new season provides a great opportunity to organize their home and online life.

It may sound surprising to turn online to tidy up offline, but Marketplace, which Facebook launched late last year,is a great place to start. Marketplace allows millions of people to discover, browse, buy and sell items with one another locally. Now getting rid of items that no longer serve you has never been easier. From the kids’ old toys to the furniture you’ve out grown, Marketplace offers a simple way to sell products in your neighborhood in an ultra-convenient way.
Spring Cleaning can be just as much about sprucing your digital space as it is your physical one. Stay connected with the people, places and things that inspire you by refreshing your News Feed Preferences and Ad Preferences. You can prioritize who to see first to make posts from the people and Pages you love appear at the top of your News Feed.
To stay organized through the Spring Cleaning season and beyond, keep your activities planned and organized with Facebook Events – You can send invites, see who’s going/interested/invited, share directions or a map, distribute messages to the guest list and share photos all in one place.
Facebook Groups provide inspiration, ideas, advice and support before Spring Cleaning even begins. More than a billion people use Facebook Groups every month to connect in meaningful ways – including around things they are passionate about – whether it be something universal like home organization tips (Home Organization 101) or more specific like Konmari Adventures, a group about Marie Kondo’s book: The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. You’ll be surprised how many people are experiencing the same things as you!

Getting My Daughter To Clean Up Her Room With The Dirty Dunk

June 25, 2016 by dadofdivas 2 Comments

Getting My Daughter To Clean Up Her Room With The Dirty Dunk

Do you have child that does not like to pick up their laundry? Is their room starting to look like a war zone? The Dirty Dunk will help your kids want to clean up! This was the issue that we were dealing with in our home with our oldest daughter. We would badger her and badger her to no avail and in the end if we wanted clothes picked up we would have to do I ourselves. Recently I learned about a great new product, the Dirty Dunk. The concept is that they have put together a basketball hoop that can go on the back of a door, but attached to the hoop is a laundry basket.

My daughter is a Basketball player so this concept was completely up her alley. When we got the Dirty Dunk to review, it was set up and all I had to do was place it over the back of her door. While it was a bit tight in the door jam, the door still closed as well. My daughters’ first reaction was one of awe. I think her first words were “awesome.” This is better than her being upset because she sees through our attempts to keep her room clean.

We have had this now for a few weeks and I can say that it is making a difference. We are seeing that she is having fun shooting her laundry into her basket. While we have warned her about actually dunking on the hoop, she has been good about it and the Dirty Dunk is really helping us get her room back under control!

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You can also purchase this on if it sounds like the right product for you!

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Leave a comment telling me the biggest challenge you have in keeping your kids’ room clean!
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Scrubbing Bubbles Helps You in 2014 #letsbubble

January 14, 2014 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

The new year is a time when 90% of Americans resolve to do and act better in the months to come. But let’s be honest, who actually sticks to those lofty resolutions? This year, Scrubbing Bubbles^® is helping to give people an easy way to be active in their communities with the launch of Let’s Bubble™.

Let’s Bubble™ is a nationwide call to action for Americans to help others by cleaning messes big and small in 2014. You can nominate places in your community most deserving of a clean-up powered by the Scrubbing Bubbles^®clean-up team.

Eligible locations could include a deserving family’s home, the bathrooms at the local community center or the greasy kitchen at your child’s school.

Until mid-February, people can nominate a location in need by submitting their text, photo or video entries via#letsbubble or by visiting ScrubbingBubbles.com/letsbubble.

Reynolds Holiday #Cooking Tips for the Crazy-Busy Dad

November 16, 2013 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Holidays are all about getting the whole family together. Whether the kids have moved out, are away at college, or spend way too much time studying or at practice, it’s important for parents to take advantage of the few days of quality time. For mom & dad, that means not spending hours in the kitchen fussing with the meal preparations or taking on the task of cleaning up.

Enter smart dad’s secret weapons: Reynolds oven bags and disposable bakeware. The combo of oven bags and disposable bakeware allow for an effortless, but delicious turkey and side dishes – with quick and easy clean up.

Behold the awesome benefits of Reynolds oven bags:

Turkey cooks in less time and is juicier all the way through
Toss all of your veggies in the same oven bag for a ridiculously easy side dish
No messy pan to scrub

And with disposable Reynolds bakeware:

Dishes are easily served via non-stick surface
Sturdy frame eliminates juice spillage
Easy to transport from room to room
Disposable = no tough grease to scrub, just toss it!

For me, a dad who works full time and also works to help around the house with cooking and the like, I am all about time saving techniques and these products do just that. Too many Thanksgivings in the past were followed by much time spent scrubbing the turkey pan. No more! This year we are using the Reynolds Wrap bakeware (Disposable baby!) and the oven bags, keeping everything clean and worry free. If you have never tried these yourself, you should…they are the perfect size and the hassle that they remedy is so great, I cannot say enough great things!

To learn more about oven bags and bakeware check out the Reynolds Kitchens website.

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Keep Your Home Clean With BISSELL

October 3, 2013 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of BISSELL Homecare, Inc.. All opinions are 100% mine.

As a person with two children that are getting into everything everyday our home is always getting dirty and my wife and I try hard to keep it clean with the time that we have, but it is not always easy! On top of this we have two cats in our house and their pet hair is always an issue especially because they go anywhere that they want to whenever they want.

With that in mind I am always looking for ways to make life easier and to clean better as I know all parents are!

In regards to pets in general, I was excited to see that BISSELL now has a new POWERGLIDE Pet Vacuum. Too often the vacuums I have tried in the past just cannot capture the pet hair that our cats shed. I am always amazed to see how much hair we do pick up, but I know there is even more lurking beneath, so having a vacuum that is made with this in mind is perfect for my family and I and I for one am looking forward to picking one up soon!

The BISSELL POWERGLIDE is lightweight and portable and with the two sets of stairs that we have in our home this is perfect!

As I was learning more about BISSELL and this new product I was excited to see that they also have some great cleaning tips that they provide on their website.

If this sounds like a great vacuum that you would like in your own home you can enter to win one for yourself – so head on over and upload your best image!

If you don’t win but want to grab one for yourself, use the promocode: POWERGLIDE and you can get $20 off plus free shipping on the following products by ordering the item on the BISSELL website:

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Offer is valid from September 12 – November 30, 2013

Rug Doctor ( @RugDoctor ) Makes Carpet Cleaning Easy

September 13, 2012 by dadofdivas 5 Comments

About the Company

From its beginning, Rug Doctor has serviced both the professional and the Do-It-Yourself carpet cleaning market through the manufacture, sale, and service of carpet cleaning products and machines.

Originally established in Fresno, California, Rug Doctor relocated its corporate headquarters to Plano, Texas, a suburb just north of Dallas, in 1998. The company has grown from a regional west coast operation to an international manufacturer and marketer of the most convenient, compact, and powerful hot water extraction carpet cleaning machines and products available today. Present-day U.S. operations include a main manufacturing facility in Fenton, Missouri and more than 35 warehouse distribution points and service centers around the United States.

Expanded distribution and sales of machines have allowed a growing number of vacuum cleaner sales and repair shops to offer Rug Doctor carpet cleaning machines for sale. These shops also serve as repair centers for machines if needed. Rug Doctor carpet cleaning rental machines and a full line of Rug Doctor carpet cleaning products can be found in over 33,000 grocery, drug, hardware, and home center stores across the U.S. To find a Rug Doctor rental location call 1-800-Rug Doctor or visit our carpet cleaner rental store locator.

International operations include a product manufacturing facility in the United Kingdom, plus warehouse distribution in Canada, Puerto Rico, Australia, and over 20 other countries.

My Take on the Rug Doctor

I was excited to see what the Rug Doctor could do in my own home as it had been about 3 years since our last carpet cleaning. I made the below review to talk about my experience with the machine!

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5 Tips for Spring Cleaning with the Kids

March 31, 2010 by dadofdivas Leave a Comment

Refinish Refresh:

Instead of throwing out an old piece of furniture, let your kids paint it and keep it in their room. This doubles to let the kids express their creativity and as a piece of furniture. Set up shop in the back yard to enjoy the warmer weather!

Quick Cover Up:

Freshen up your furniture and protect it from muddy feet and melted popsicles with a semi-custom slipcover. Leading slipcover provider Sure Fit has an extensive selection of fitted and tailored styles in an endless array of colors and materials for couches, chairs, recliners, futons, ottomans and more. They also provide “Tuck-Once” tools and grips that help to lock your slipcover in place for a natural, fuss free solution.

Make it a race and time the kids to see how fast they can get the slipcover on the furniture.

(www.surefit.com)

Rearrange Change:

Moving furniture may be the easiest way to change the look of your space. Try rearranging a room, or trading out furniture from one room to the next. That unused rocker could look great by the front window, it just needs to get brought up from the basement!

Tell the kids that every item that they help move, earns them a point. Five points equals an ice cream sundae at the end of the day.

Do it Yourself Details:

Tell the kids that as a reward for cleaning up their room, they get to decorate it with their own personal style. Let them choose the colors to cover up throw pillows with sunnier colors and textures, and coordinate the colors with craft projects that will bring the room together. Think brightly painted picture frames, finger paint artwork, and colorful crafts.

(www.surefit.com)

Turn It Up:

Play your favorite music and turn it up to clean while you dance. When the music stops everyone has to freeze. Anyone caught moving has to put away one extra item. This makes the time fly by and the kids won’t even realize they are helping you clean.

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Mr. Clean Eraser Review & Giveaway

March 29, 2010 by dadofdivas 18 Comments

About the Products

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Bathroom Scrubber with Febreze fresh scent is the latest cleaning innovation from Mr. Clean and provides superb cleaning with a pleasant scent. It removes soap scum and grime better than the leading bathroom spray and helps reveal the natural shine of bathroom surfaces.

What do you get and how does it work?

-A scrubber that removes tough dirt and grime-All you need to do is wet it; no need for gloves, buckets or additional cleaning implements-30% larger than previous models-New Febreze scent-No fumes-Useful on tubs, ceramic tile, grout, sinks, counters, showers and shower doors

My Take on the ProductWe have always loved using the original magic eraser as it was one of the products that actually removed some of the craziest marks on the wall that the kids can place on them. While we have never used the eraser before in the Bathroom, but in receiving this product to try out, we were excited to see if it worked as well as the ones we had used in the past.

As we tried out this product I will say that we had high hopes. We have pretty hard water and it at times does leave a bit of soap scum that is quite difficult to get rid of and I was hoping that this would help with this problem.

In trying this product, I can tell you that it did do a good job to clean the bathroom and to take off much more of the soap residue that other cleaners seemed not to touch. I also liked the scent that was infused into the eraser as well. The scent was pleasant, unlike many of the cleaners that leave a bleach smell behind.

Overall, I was impressed by the eraser and I believe that we will continue to use this product into the future!

If this product sounds like something that you would like to have as a part of your own home, you can find it on Amazon!

Giveaway

How would you like to win a copy of this product for yourself? I will be giving away a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to a lucky reader! All you need to do is let me know why you would have an interest in this book to be considered. The contest will run for one week and will end on April 4, 2010.

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Spring Cleaning with JORD!

5 Spring Cleaning Tips

Facebook Shares Best Practices for Spring Cleaning

Getting My Daughter To Clean Up Her Room With The Dirty Dunk

Getting My Daughter To Clean Up Her Room With The Dirty Dunk

Scrubbing Bubbles Helps You in 2014 #letsbubble

Reynolds Holiday #Cooking Tips for the Crazy-Busy Dad

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