Keeping it Clean

How Often Should You Change Your Central Air Filter? (Plus, Win $30,000 Worth Of Home Repairs)
There’s one place in our house that I’ve never been into: the attic. It’s huge, dark and despite hiring people over the years to clean it, it’s dirty. Our expensive, high-efficiency central heating and a...
Add This Home & Garden Resource to Your Daily Routine
I have a new role as the Channel Leader for Tree.com’s Home and Garden Channel.  While the site is new and working out some final kinks, I would love it if you’d add it to your reader.  We’ll talk about laundr...
Glue Gun the Rubber Ducky
Bath toys can get gross.  I’ll never forget the first time I saw flakes of black mold floating around in La Jolla Girl’s tub.  It took me a while to figure out where the mold was coming from.  She had received a gia...
Free House Cleaning List and Checklists for Your Home
I landed on Stain Removal 101 via a Google search for pomegranate stain removal.  I was writing a post about pomegranate cupcakes. Since then, I’ve been following the site along with it’s sister site, Household Mana...
How to Rescue Your Laptop from Wine or Water Spills
If you are unfortunate enough to spill on your laptop keyboard, there may be a solution.  Our first marital laptop was lost to a major wine spill.  I wasn’t around so I have no idea what La Jolla Dad did to clean it.  Whe...
How to Keep Your Ugg Boots Clean
Ugg boots are the ultimate winter accessory. I have several pairs of ugg boots and every winter I struggle with how to keep them clean.  I took this information from the Whooga Ugg website: Ugg Boot Stain Removal: How do you cl...
Useful Laundry Gadgets From The Container Store
As you know, I spent a few days last week living and learning about laundry. While we were at the impressive Bosch showroom, the general manager of The Container Store in Scottsdale, Jackie, told us about several laundry produc...
Front Loading Washer Maintenance Tips from Bosch
During my trip to the Bosch showroom, I was most interested in finding out how to maintain a front loading washer.  I suppose I was told pretty much exactly what I thought I’d be told, but it was nice to hear it from some...
Why I’m Back in Love with Front Loading Washers – Bosch Vision
As you know, we’re in the market for a new washer, because we’re unhappy with the mold issue in our LG. I just can’t seem to get rid of the mold and now the washer is leaking. I was fortunate to be invited to ...
Freezer Burned? Tips For A Well-Stocked Freezer
By:  Aviva Goldfarb, author and founder of The Six O’Clock Scramble®, It’s a new season, so it’s time to take a closer look at your family dinner routine for the Spring months ahead. (If you said, “What routine?” this article i...