Nooooo! Alternate Title: NOOOOOOOOOOO!

A day that I've feared has come.  Rewind to about an hour ago.  Camera in hand, I flounced into the playroom to take a "before" photo for the weekly challenge on A Bowl Full of Lemons.  I adjusted my settings, opened the window for some natural light, aimed to shoot and....NOTHING.  Well, my lens is trying to focus, but the shutter said the equivalent of, "Yeah, no thanks."  I thought maybe I had something set incorrectly, so I switched back to auto.  Nothing.   My camera is going on 4 years old. No warranty. No insurance.  I'm not sure that having it repaired would be worth it at this point.  I have a couple more things I want to try, but I'm afraid my plans for saving up for a new camera may have to be sped up a bit.  NERDS!

Wordless Wednesday

Sabrina scrubs with Shaklee...say that five times fast!

Hello Friends!  In honor of Simply Shaklee Saturday (on a Sunday), I thought I'd share a great before and after from my good friend Sabrina!

Shaklee is heaven sent!

Ok, so I already have the Shaklee Basic H Cleaner and I love it!

I've been curious about the Scour Off and my lovely friend Sally was kind enough to give me a small sample....

So I tried it on my stove...I was nervous about it because we do live in a rental and I didn't want to mess the top of the stove up..but something needed to be done to get rid of this ugliness!!!

I have no clue what it is from but it's there and must be removed!!

...and after! Isn't it amazing!!!!

Just took a small amount of soft scrub and some elbow grease!!

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Purchased!

In anticipation of the new Weekly Organization Challenge over at A Bowl Full of Lemons, I've purchased my Home Management Binder (Challenge #1), some tabbed dividers some MORE tubs for the playroom, a new pair of scissors because I haven't been able to find them all weekend.  Yes, I found them at home 10 minutes after I returned, but who can't use another pair of scissors???

Not essential to the challenge, but essential to my sanity, is some Bath and Body Works Fiji Passionfruit.  I'm in full Seasonal Affective Disorder mode over here and I think at least SMELLING like warmer weather might just set me to rights.  Plus, it coordinated nicely with my green goodies, no?

Scour Off Rules, or The Tale of the Charred Artichoke Pot

Meet Sarah:  mother of four, hard-working professional, gifted singer...oh, and did I mention she's a triathelete?  Recently Sarah purchased some Scour-Off from my Shaklee site. 

A few days later, I received these posts on my Facebook wall:

This is my poor, burned pot - burned while steaming artichokes (long story). I have tried everything to make it halfway decent again. Today, I thought . . . What about my new Shaklee Scour Off??

This is my now decent pot- after a little live from Scour Off. Not perfect, but so much better than anything else I tried!! So happy! And this stuff smells so good! Like Mr. Bubbles bubble bath . . . Seriously.

Doesn't her pot look spiff-tacular? 

Like that word? 

Just made it up.

While I already knew how wonderfully this product works and how a little really goes a LONG way, I love seeing these before and afters.  Sarah admitted that her pot hadn't returned to "perfect," but honestly--I'd forgo perfect for SAFE and GREEN any day of the week!  My family's health far outweighs the value of a perfectly shiny pot.  I think Sarah would agree with me. 

And she's so right about the smell.  It's yummy.  To me, it smells like bubble gum. In fact, I have to resist the urge to taste it.  That's never happened with good ol' fashioned fumey scouring powder.

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Shaklee SPECIAL! Perfect for Cold/Flu Season

Staying healthy and cold-free during the winter has become a priority around here.  Our family is at even greater risk of catching bugs:  we have TWO Kindergarteners who venture daily into a petri dish classroom full of germs, I am a full-time teacher who ventures daily into a petri dish classroom full of germs, and my husband is a network specialist who touches keyboards and the like all. day.long.  And while our girls get lots of quality sleep, the adults in the house...well...not so much.  So even with vitamins and (ahem) semi-good fruit/veggie habits, we need a little more oomph!

Which is why I'm taking advantage of this great offer:

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Now WEEKLY, I can handle!

It's no secret that I sort of pooped out on the 21 day challenge at A Bowl Full of Lemons.  A daily project was tough with the full-time job and the kids, and the job, and the cold, and the job...  I must not have been the only one, because wonderful Toni is now holding a WEEKLY challenge.  I like to think she did it just for me.  I'd be wrong, but I'd like to think that.  I'm IN!

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I already did th....oh.

21 Day Challenge--Day...uh...

Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day!

Upon spying this challenge last night, I thought, "Oh I have GOT this!  It's in the BAG! I did this already!"

Just look at this...

I have got this allll figured ouuuuu......

OH.

Medicine Cabinet: Part Deux

I had already "container-ized" many items, so that was a start.  But I did need to toss some expired items and clean out my bins. 

A little spritz and wipe, and good as new.

So if you're anything like me, you're curious about what people have in their medicine cabinets.  Here's a sampling of my cast of characters:

Aller-Tec.  I live in the Central Valley of California.  These are, unfortunately, a staple.

The girls' fiber gummies.  To keep them going well...you know.

The girls' Pedia-Lax.  For when their fiber doesn't make them ....you know.

Oh, well, hellllooooooo lover.  I need this.  Not every night. But I need this.

Did I mention we have five year-old twins???

I couldn't stand the random boxes floating around, so I made a container for the meds that I can easily identify and know the dosage for.  This might not be the smartest idea for everyone, but it works for me.

The grown-up medicine box.

The kids' medicine box.

And a happier cabinet.