Showing posts with label Pinterest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pinterest. Show all posts

Thursday, February 13, 2014

The 52 Week $ Challenge

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You know how some years are spendy and then you have some where you save?! We have had a couple of spendy years so one of our goals this year is to pay of debt and build our savings. There are lots of ideas on how to do this, we are doing Dave Ramseys debt snowball but also this idea.
I found this on Pinterest. The idea is each week you add money to the jar. $1 for week 1, $2 for week 2, $3 for week 3 etc. By the end of the year you will have over $1300 in savings. It could get tricky come next November and December but we are committed to the challenge. Think of how good it will be to have that in savings!
 I quickly learned that I needed a way to keep track of the weeks and if my hubby had put in the weeks savings yet or not. I simply printed the plan off, put the Sunday dates by each week then put it and a pen in the jar. I keep this on our bathroom sink so we see it all the time. We are several weeks into this challenge and still going strong. I get psyched to see the dollars building up in the jar.

Here is the original pin if you want to give it a go too. The great thing about this challenge is you can start anytime, just go for 52 weeks from when you start. And don't forget to add the dates so you can keep track. 52 week money challenge
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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Pinterest FAIL: First aid tubes

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So we all know that not all Pinterest ideas turn out. I wanted to share on of my fails. I actually deleted my pin (I don't want clutter on my board) but here's another one I found. Make single use antibiotic ointment packets using a straw, pliers and bic lighter
I had hoped it would work for a first aid class I was teaching our ward youth. 

I had everything I thought I would need. Antiobiotic ointment, straws, sealer, lighter, and Pinterest link.
Test after test failed. The straws melted to the outside rather than inside sealing themselves. I even tried my food sealer but the moist ointment prevented it from sealing at both ends. I tried sealing one end prior to putting the ointment in but then it would go IN. The air left in the straw prevented the ointment from going inside. I tried various size tubes, trying to keep the moisture away from the seal, nope, still didn't seal. After numerous attempts I passed on to another idea.
Just chalking this up to a Pinterest FAIL!
Hope you have better luck. ;-p
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Chemical free cleaning success

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 I have seen this recipe all over pinterest. After working so very much lately my housework has fallen behind, especially my showers. So what better time to give it a try. 
Equal parts white vinegar and blue Dawn. 
Don't know why the specify blue Dawn but it needs to be the original. 
Warm the vinegar and mix it in with the dawn.
 A while back I picked up a large brush just for my showers. It is so much nicer for the larger areas.
 Just spray it on. You can wait a bit but I just set in running the scrubber over the tile. I am not feeling well today so trust me, I wasn't exactly "scrubbing". Can you see the difference?!
 
Ok, here is a better picture. No more yucky soap scum. I love my tile color cuz it hides the scum pretty well but my nose can tell. (I am allergic to soap scum, go figure)
This kind of improvement without much effort at all, perhaps just 5 minutes, and definitely no elbow grease. Yeah, I am a believer now. I think I will spray it on after I shower in the morning then let it sit for a bit before scrubbing.
Give it a try, let me know whatcha think.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Wire Trees

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A Pinterest Fail!
We had good intentions.
The pin looked so EASY.
No Problem we thought.
We picked up all the supplies we needed....
BTW: Copper wire is a bit pricey....
And got started making our own set of wire wreaths.
Just wrap them around the styrofoam cone.
Ok, uhm wait, like this? Oops, let's try that again...ugh, this is harder than it looks.
The wire is kinda digging into the styrofoam....
Ok, there we go. Got it started.....there DONE.
Now to pull it off the styrofoam.
ARGH! They won't stand up nice and pretty like the picture.
Ok, so the copper ones are too bad but they are also small.
Not what we pictured.
The silver one won't stand up at all.
Now we have a pile of twisted wire.
Time to search Pinterest for something to work this into.....
Hopefully next time it WILL work and perhaps....
just maybe....
please....
be as easy as it looks.
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