Been awhile...

I am back and will try to update this despite not having very many followers. Regardless of whether anyone else reads this or not, it's a nice place to put all of my tips, hints, recipes and secrets so that when I forget, as I so often do, I can come back and look.

Today, I am making a Homemade Dust repellent out of water and fabric softner. Simply put, it is a mixture of 1 part fabric softner to 4 parts water. Apparently, you are supposed to use an old, gnarly towel and spray it directly on the towel, not the furniture being dusted. So far, it seems to be working well, although on some of my shinier wood, I have to rub a little harder to make sure there are no streaks. Other then that, I like it. It smells good and supposedly will keep dust gone longer then your typical dusting sprays because the fabric softner dispells the buildup of static electricity, which attracts the dust. I will let you know in a week if there is less dust then usual.

I am also told this spray can double as a fabric-refresher a la Febreeze. We all know how Thrift-O-Mom loves a double player! I currently have a bottle of Febreeze sitting on my counter (I know, shame shame!) so I will use that up before I test this spray for fabric refreshing.

And if 2 uses wasn't enough, you can also use this spray as a static-gaurd for your hair. Just spray lightly on your hands and run over the top of your hair... Viola, no more fly-aways!