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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Alternate uses for Norwex Ultra Power Plus Laundry Detergent

Did you know that there are more uses for our Ultra Power Plus Laundry Detergent than just washing your clothes?  Take a look at what other Norwex customers use it for. 



-Mix 1 Tbsp with gallon of water and wash your garden pots at end of season.

-Mix a pinch of UPP with a few drops of dish washing liquid in small bowl of warm water.  Soak jewelry in mixture and clean using a soft toothbrush (NOT recommended for opals and other soft stones).

-My customer told me it was taking out the gray from her bras and underwear. That gray was from her previous detergent.

-I love to sprinkle a little on my wet Enviro Cloth and clean my stainless steel appliances.  I cleaned my kitchen floor tile and grout by mixing 1 tsp. of UPP with water in an old spray bottle.  Spray it on and clean with a grout brush or toothbrush. Cleaned as well as Oxyclean but safe for the earth and my kids!

-I use it to clean my HE washer on the sanitize cycle & the same with my dishwasher.

-I also put it in a spray bottle with water for my floor with extra muddy footprints before using my mop system.

-Had a client tell me she put it in her floor steamer, about 1 tsp.

-I use a teeny bit (1 tsp. in a little bit of very hot water). Dissolve it and dip in your enviro and carpet stains come right out. You will be shocked at how dirty your enviro rinses out. Pulls that dirt right out of the carpet.

-I bought a white sweater at Goodwill and it had an orange stain on the sleeve. I made up a solution like above and just stuck it in there. It was gone in the morning!! Love that stuff.

-I love to shampoo my carpets with it! They have never been cleaner and my shampooer doesn't stink!

-Teeny bit on the bottom of my shower floor! Scrub with a scrub brush.

-Soak metal/mesh filters (from hood vent over my stove) in warm water and 1 tsp. UPP. Use rubber brush to clean the mesh part so you don't snag your cloth. Wipe edges with enviro cloth. Then use the soak water and an enviro cloth to clean all of the grease/dust off of the top of the hood range and then wipe the inside to remove the grease. We have lived here for 10 years now and this is the first product that ever removed everything. Effortlessly, I might add. My cloth looked pretty bad, but I just sprinkled UPP on it and scrubbed the filthy spots with a clean portion of the cloth. The cloth doesn't look new, but my hood range does!

- I soaked my screen from under my range hood in a solution of 1Tbsp. of UPP and hot water and I didn't have to use any kind of brush on the screen. Just soaked it for a few minutes and I've never had it be so clean and no greasy residue afterwards!!!

-Puppy didn't make it outside? Sprinkle on enough UPP to cover it, allow it to completely soak up everything, allow it to dry completely & vacuum up.

-I soaked my 3 yr old’s “Toms” (shoes) in UPP today. They are washed regularly because she refuses to wear socks with them, and I could not believe the color of the water after the soak! Ewe! Hope they don't get stinky so fast now!

-Sprinkle in white porcelain sink. Put in just enough water to cover the bottom. Let sit overnight and in the morning you have the whitest, sparkling sink in town!

-I saw pictures from a lady who cleaned her microfiber couch cushions with it...

-I cleaned my stainless fridge and white plantation blinds and they look great!

-Wanted to add cleaning out your paint brush. I just did and can't believe how quick it cleaned the paint out of it plus used a lot less water because it was clean so fast.


-I made a paste out of the upp & used it to clean a stubborn stain off of my laminate floor. I let it sit for 15 minutes, scrubbed with a spirinette & the stain came right out! It had been there for months, I thought there was no hope for it! 

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Meal Planning Made EASY!

OK, when I say meal planning a lot of thoughts come to mind; such as "ugh, I don't have time for that" "is she crazy?" and "This is too overwhelming!" just to name a few.

However let me assure you, once you get in the groove, it is easy!



What you will need:
-a dry erase calender
-dry erase markers
- your recipes (whatever way you have them: cards, ipad app, in your head, find them here, find them online, ect..)
-pen
-paper

optional supplies:
-thumb tacks
-clips


OK this is SUPER simple, you can plan out your meals weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, whatever works best for you.

1. Pick your favorite recipes, write them in which day you want to eat them; I generally schedule in 1-2 crock pot recipes a week, because we are a busy family. ( here is a link to some really cute recipe cards that I use! http://www.thesweetestoccasion.com/2010/12/cookie-swap-recipe-cards-download/)



2. Take the recipes that you are making, using your pen and paper, create your grocery list from there and you are ready to roll!

The total cost for our menu board was around $40, with the most expensive thing being the board itself. If you want to save money you can always print off a calender or use one you all ready have around the house.

If you are like I was, all of this was staring you in the face. Like most new things it takes a couple of weeks to get use to; but once you start it gets easier and quicker!  I usually spend about an hour on the weekend planning the weeks meals, making my shopping list & shopping for everything I need for 2 weeks.

I think the menu board, planning & with all the leftovers you will have for lunches (not to mention the occasional night you don't feel like cooking!) you will be pleasantly surprised at the money, time and chaos you will save by not always wondering "What am I going to make for dinner?"