I have not been blogging obviously! I've been working on the house renovations - old 1920's house that is screaming for love and attention! I have also been trying to start putting in some time to start working on some websites.
My aunt's church asked me to take over updating their website (designed in html only) which has gone well. I have purchased 7 domains and put up the godaddy temp page for each of them.
I've been working on designing the logo for our local animal shelter and the mock websites for them to chose what look and feel they like the best. Our local animal shelter was nearly shut down and a group of us came together to save it. So far, it is coming together much quicker than expected. I'm so happy that people care enough to help our homeless animals and community!
I will start posting links as I get websites up and running. They might be basic sites as I get several up and running, but then I will update them and repost as I can throughout the year. I'm still working full-time for a family member - which pays the bills - but hope to work from home full time (and there part time) within a couple years.
I always burn my candle at both ends. It seems I thrive on having Too Many Irons in the Fire!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Handy Men On The Wall - BBQ Tools Aren't Just For Grilling!
As some of you may already know, I am a divorced DIY'er that is always coming up with creative ways to "get the job done"! With no Handy Man around the house, I do what I can, when I can. (No disrespect to my two teen boys that are never around at the right time, or take too long to come to my aid during my impatient, drama moments!)
Even though no one has responded to My Wanted Ad for a Sexy Handy Man to do free work - for nothing in exchange except be fed home-cookin' (yeah right... still holdin' my breathe!!), I have discovered that I have "Handy Men On The Wall" at my beckon call! That's right! My Handy Dandy BBQ Set! They aren't just for BBQ'ing!! Now if anyone ever breaks into my house, they just better leave their paws of my "Handy Men On The Wall"!! I'm not going to let anyone take off with my loyal, faithful, at-my-beckon-call Handy Men! ;)
This morning I found myself in need of help to fish out from behind my desk the extra internet cord for my design computer. Rather than wrench my back trying to pull the desk out, and do a dis-figuring acrobat act, I just turned to grab up my Handy Dandy BBQ Meat Hook Man! Yep, that was the right man for the job!
Can you imagine having 4 or 5 Handy Men just waiting for you to snatch them up, standing at attention and crying out, "Pick Me! Pick Me!" Well, this Handy Guy is one of my favorites! I always eye him first! Not only is he good for fishing out cords, but he is very helpful with pulling down the economy packages of paper towels, napkins and toilet paper that I store high above on a cabinet in my bathroom! He is very loyal with lending a helping hook! Yep, a one-armed man with a hook for a hand can be very helpful around the house!
Now for one of my other favorite Handy Men, we have the Handy BBQ Tong Man!
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Yes he has long, skinny arms, but he sure knows how to get the job done! I reach for this guy to help me fish out cords as well. There's those wild times in my house that the critters love to play catch-me-if-you-can, and knock the plug-in out of the socket behind my couch from time to time. I just reach for my Tong Man and he grabs it right up... if only I could get him to plug it in for me... but my short arms manage to reach it... just barely.
Other useful things you can use the Tong Man for is to help with your Spring Cleaning Marathon. He can reach up on those high shelves and retrieve the stuffed animals, help you straighten the top of drapes you just vacuumed, etc. He can pull down the sweater that you thought you wouldn't need for the rest of the season... he's just useful for many things!
Upon my photo search, I found another Handy Tong Man that I think I just gotta have! I sooooooo gotta get me one of these! It will satisfy my craving to have an Animal Loving Handy Man around my Critter Oasis Abode!! ;)
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Now as for the Spatula Man and Fork Man, I haven't really relied on these guys to help me out much. But I am sure I will be finding myself in need of their services some day!
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As I sat here pecking at my keyboard* (see side note below), I thought of some ideas that I wish I had used them for in the past. There's been several occasions that I needed an Handy Intimidating Man to help me greet the "oh mom he is so cool" wanna-be BF that has come to court my daughter! I always made sure to "get my bluff in" referring to my iron grip on cahonnes... hee hee - you shoulda seen their faces!... but then again I have recently become a grandmother. Guess I didn't snarl enough! ;)
Now wouldn't this make a great first impression on any young lad that showed up on my doorstep??!! Can't you just see me hearing the doorbell, running to slip on my mask, grab a wiener out of the fridge, slap it on the Handy Fork Man and greet this unsuspecting young man?? I can!! =p
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This leaves me to ponder what I am going to do about my sons and the girls that are starting to come around. Having a new baby in the house recently was a good "eye-opener" for my boys, but I don't know if it's enough to keep me from worrying about the next few years. Maybe I need to purchase a set of shrunken female heads and answer the door wearing them laced around my neck?? Hmmmm.... I'm going to have to think about this one!! =p
Hmmmmmm.... I wonder whatever happened to this Handy Meat Probing Guy? I have not seen him around! Did he get tired of me not using him enough and walk out on me? I know... I think my daughter must have thrown him out of the house so I wouldn't be tempted to use my "iron grip" and say, "Nope, you're not done being grilled yet!"
Yeah... I wish I had thought of that back then!! ;)
*As for my side note on the keyboard thing: My only two phone jacks have seemed to let me down on Friday. It's an old house, and I've been experiencing a lot of static from time to time. They put us in the position of not being able to have internet access for the whole weekend.
Well you know me! I said, "Oh Hell No!". After trying various things to figure out what the problem was, I just strung the router cord through the window and plugged it into the "customer side" of the main phone box on the side of my house. When it comes to my internet, where there's a will there's a way! Now if I can just get the repairman to add a couple more junctions inside the box, then I can drill holes in my house and run more phone jacks to make my life easier!
My grandma was the original DIY'er in my family, and passed it on to my mom. Mom still helps me do a lot (such as helping me demo and remodel my unfinished addition - with the help of my uncle and his hired hand - but he is reliable family that will come to my distress). I am learning more and more as each year passes by. And someday, my daughter will be smart just like me! That's my favorite saying now-a-days as she calls me for info after moving back to TX... with that "oh he's so cool" boyfriend I should have used the Handy Meat Probing Man on! ;)
Stay tuned for more Handy Tips from the Creative DIY'er in the Heart of America! My mind never stops tickin'! There's always tons of things I need to do around here, and I am tackling them one job at a time! =p
Got some Handy Tips to share? Leave a comment! I only have so much brain power! You'll have to purchase your own Handy Men On The Wall cause I'm not sharin' mine!! =p
Even though no one has responded to My Wanted Ad for a Sexy Handy Man to do free work - for nothing in exchange except be fed home-cookin' (yeah right... still holdin' my breathe!!), I have discovered that I have "Handy Men On The Wall" at my beckon call! That's right! My Handy Dandy BBQ Set! They aren't just for BBQ'ing!! Now if anyone ever breaks into my house, they just better leave their paws of my "Handy Men On The Wall"!! I'm not going to let anyone take off with my loyal, faithful, at-
This morning I found myself in need of help to fish out from behind my desk the extra internet cord for my design computer. Rather than wrench my back trying to pull the desk out, and do a dis-figuring acrobat act, I just turned to grab up my Handy Dandy BBQ Meat Hook Man! Yep, that was the right man for the job!
Can you imagine having 4 or 5 Handy Men just waiting for you to snatch them up, standing at attention and crying out, "Pick Me! Pick Me!" Well, this Handy Guy is one of my favorites! I always eye him first! Not only is he good for fishing out cords, but he is very helpful with pulling down the economy packages of paper towels, napkins and toilet paper that I store high above on a cabinet in my bathroom! He is very loyal with lending a helping hook! Yep, a one-armed man with a hook for a hand can be very helpful around the house!
Now for one of my other favorite Handy Men, we have the Handy BBQ Tong Man!
..Yes he has long, skinny arms, but he sure knows how to get the job done! I reach for this guy to help me fish out cords as well. There's those wild times in my house that the critters love to play catch-
Other useful things you can use the Tong Man for is to help with your Spring Cleaning Marathon. He can reach up on those high shelves and retrieve the stuffed animals, help you straighten the top of drapes you just vacuumed, etc. He can pull down the sweater that you thought you wouldn't need for the rest of the season... he's just useful for many things!
Upon my photo search, I found another Handy Tong Man that I think I just gotta have! I sooooooo gotta get me one of these! It will satisfy my craving to have an Animal Loving Handy Man around my Critter Oasis Abode!! ;)
..Now as for the Spatula Man and Fork Man, I haven't really relied on these guys to help me out much. But I am sure I will be finding myself in need of their services some day!
..As I sat here pecking at my keyboard* (see side note below), I thought of some ideas that I wish I had used them for in the past. There's been several occasions that I needed an Handy Intimidating Man to help me greet the "oh mom he is so cool" wanna-be BF that has come to court my daughter! I always made sure to "get my bluff in" referring to my iron grip on cahonnes... hee hee - you shoulda seen their faces!... but then again I have recently become a grandmother. Guess I didn't snarl enough! ;)
Now wouldn't this make a great first impression on any young lad that showed up on my doorstep??!! Can't you just see me hearing the doorbell, running to slip on my mask, grab a wiener out of the fridge, slap it on the Handy Fork Man and greet this unsuspecting young man?? I can!! =p
..This leaves me to ponder what I am going to do about my sons and the girls that are starting to come around. Having a new baby in the house recently was a good "eye-opener" for my boys, but I don't know if it's enough to keep me from worrying about the next few years. Maybe I need to purchase a set of shrunken female heads and answer the door wearing them laced around my neck?? Hmmmm.... I'm going to have to think about this one!! =p
Hmmmmmm.... I wonder whatever happened to this Handy Meat Probing Guy? I have not seen him around! Did he get tired of me not using him enough and walk out on me? I know... I think my daughter must have thrown him out of the house so I wouldn't be tempted to use my "iron grip" and say, "Nope, you're not done being grilled yet!"
Yeah... I wish I had thought of that back then!! ;)
*As for my side note on the keyboard thing: My only two phone jacks have seemed to let me down on Friday. It's an old house, and I've been experiencing a lot of static from time to time. They put us in the position of not being able to have internet access for the whole weekend.
Well you know me! I said, "Oh Hell No!". After trying various things to figure out what the problem was, I just strung the router cord through the window and plugged it into the "customer side" of the main phone box on the side of my house. When it comes to my internet, where there's a will there's a way! Now if I can just get the repairman to add a couple more junctions inside the box, then I can drill holes in my house and run more phone jacks to make my life easier!
My grandma was the original DIY'er in my family, and passed it on to my mom. Mom still helps me do a lot (such as helping me demo and remodel my unfinished addition - with the help of my uncle and his hired hand - but he is reliable family that will come to my distress). I am learning more and more as each year passes by. And someday, my daughter will be smart just like me! That's my favorite saying now-a-days as she calls me for info after moving back to TX... with that "oh he's so cool" boyfriend I should have used the Handy Meat Probing Man on! ;)
Stay tuned for more Handy Tips from the Creative DIY'er in the Heart of America! My mind never stops tickin'! There's always tons of things I need to do around here, and I am tackling them one job at a time! =p
Got some Handy Tips to share? Leave a comment! I only have so much brain power! You'll have to purchase your own Handy Men On The Wall cause I'm not sharin' mine!! =p
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Blessings of the Beast! Pet Odors!
I take care of 20 cats... most are outside, but I let some in whenever they want. But that isnt the reason for a new product I discovered. Recently, I had a bag of dog food in my car that I was feeding a homeless dog with. While at work, I forgot to roll my window up. There are quite a few feral cats there, and an old Tom decided to help himself to my dogfood.
Upon licking his chops (I presume!) he "blessed the whole car with his scent! The nerve of him! I assume he smelled my dog in there and wanted to let him know that he ate all his food! LOL. I treated it with Febreeze and pulled a towel out of my trunk to drive home. I used a product I have called OdoBan that I get at WalMart in the cleaning isle.
Click the pic for the product website!
Product Benefits
* Eliminates Smoke Odors
* Cleans, Disinfects & Deodorizes
* Controls Garbage Area Odors
* Safe for Use on Washables
* OdoBan is not a Masking Agent
* Use on Pet Odors
That just didnt seem to cut it, but I kept using it several times a day. I do like it for regular animal cleanups though so maybe I just didnt use enough?? OdoBan has a Eucalyptus Scent, is an air freshener, fabric freshener, and kills 99.99% of germs! Its a staple in my house for regular cleaning.
A few days later, my son had taken my car down to my moms, but upon returning he left the windows down for the night. I had warned the boys that all the stray males in our neighborhood would do the same thing, especially since the first Blessing of the Beast was from a totally different neighborhood! Sure enough, I went out the next morning to leave for work and bailed right back out! I sprayed it down, re-toweled my seat then headed for work, leaving the windows cracked to air out. After work I went to WalMart and checked the pet isle to find a new product:
OUT! Multi-Cat Urine Odor Destroyer.
Click the pic for the product website!
OUT!™ CAT STAIN AND ODOR REMOVER
* Permanently removes pet urine, vomit, feces, spilled foods and more
* Effective on old or new stains and odors
* Unique natural bacterial enzyme formula
* Use on carpets, pet bedding, upholstery, concrete and other water-safe surfaces
It worked very well. Unfortunately, my son did it again the next week and the inside of my car was sprayed for a third time! My mother's cat was the culprit this time... he laid there about 10 feet from my car, cleaning his privates and legs, and looking up to smirk at me in between licks. I just glared at him and mumbled under my breath about my mother criticizing me in the past for (back then) not getting my cats fixed... and I pay the price now for her hipocrisy! It's a good thing I am a cat lover! And a good thing my mother has a new car! He would have been returned home quite quickly, and I might have decided HER car needed to be aired out! :)
Thank goodness I had vowed to keep towels on all the seats... which helped with the cleanup. I totally saturated ALL the fabric in the car, and used paper towels to wipe ALL the plastic surfaces down. It seemed to do the trick.
People with a sensitive nose can pick up on the smell but only slightly. Its only been a couple weeks, and I have not retreated. **Note to self: Do one more treatment in the a.m.** I added some of the OUT! to the washer with the detergent and let them soak while I was at work. They came out just fine. I also added a little fabric softener to the rinse just for good measures!
The scent of the OUT! is hard to describe. The only thing I can say is it is a neutral scent, yet with a "industrial" smell. I prefer the OdoBan scent all in all, but OUT! truly is a neutral scent. It says it combines enzymes and pro-bacteria to combat urine odors once and for all. It can be added to carpet cleaning machines as well. My cat litter room isnt the best of surfaces, so I spray the room down several times a week and it has made a difference.
Hope you can find it to test out. Let me know what you think of it if you try it out.
And dont forget to click on the Coupon to print out!
OUT! coupon
You have to enter your name and info, but then you can save the coupon PDF to print as many as you like.
http://www.outinternational.com/
And for one more product I do use regular is Clorox Cleanup in a spray bottle.
I have several rooms that are just plywood subfloors. If I see there is a pet-mess, I spray it on and let it set a minute. The area that has urine that may not quite be visible will turn white... sort of like peroxide in a way. It really helps find hidden pet urine. I wipe it up, spray again and let sit about 5 minutes to soak in, wipe it, then do a final spray and wipe. This is a great product as well... but oh the bleach odor! Make sure you ventilate if you use very much at a time!
Upon licking his chops (I presume!) he "blessed the whole car with his scent! The nerve of him! I assume he smelled my dog in there and wanted to let him know that he ate all his food! LOL. I treated it with Febreeze and pulled a towel out of my trunk to drive home. I used a product I have called OdoBan that I get at WalMart in the cleaning isle.
Click the pic for the product website!
Product Benefits
* Eliminates Smoke Odors
* Cleans, Disinfects & Deodorizes
* Controls Garbage Area Odors
* Safe for Use on Washables
* OdoBan is not a Masking Agent
* Use on Pet Odors
That just didnt seem to cut it, but I kept using it several times a day. I do like it for regular animal cleanups though so maybe I just didnt use enough?? OdoBan has a Eucalyptus Scent, is an air freshener, fabric freshener, and kills 99.99% of germs! Its a staple in my house for regular cleaning.
A few days later, my son had taken my car down to my moms, but upon returning he left the windows down for the night. I had warned the boys that all the stray males in our neighborhood would do the same thing, especially since the first Blessing of the Beast was from a totally different neighborhood! Sure enough, I went out the next morning to leave for work and bailed right back out! I sprayed it down, re-toweled my seat then headed for work, leaving the windows cracked to air out. After work I went to WalMart and checked the pet isle to find a new product:
OUT! Multi-Cat Urine Odor Destroyer.
Click the pic for the product website!
OUT!™ CAT STAIN AND ODOR REMOVER
* Permanently removes pet urine, vomit, feces, spilled foods and more
* Effective on old or new stains and odors
* Unique natural bacterial enzyme formula
* Use on carpets, pet bedding, upholstery, concrete and other water-safe surfaces
It worked very well. Unfortunately, my son did it again the next week and the inside of my car was sprayed for a third time! My mother's cat was the culprit this time... he laid there about 10 feet from my car, cleaning his privates and legs, and looking up to smirk at me in between licks. I just glared at him and mumbled under my breath about my mother criticizing me in the past for (back then) not getting my cats fixed... and I pay the price now for her hipocrisy! It's a good thing I am a cat lover! And a good thing my mother has a new car! He would have been returned home quite quickly, and I might have decided HER car needed to be aired out! :)
Thank goodness I had vowed to keep towels on all the seats... which helped with the cleanup. I totally saturated ALL the fabric in the car, and used paper towels to wipe ALL the plastic surfaces down. It seemed to do the trick.
People with a sensitive nose can pick up on the smell but only slightly. Its only been a couple weeks, and I have not retreated. **Note to self: Do one more treatment in the a.m.** I added some of the OUT! to the washer with the detergent and let them soak while I was at work. They came out just fine. I also added a little fabric softener to the rinse just for good measures!
The scent of the OUT! is hard to describe. The only thing I can say is it is a neutral scent, yet with a "industrial" smell. I prefer the OdoBan scent all in all, but OUT! truly is a neutral scent. It says it combines enzymes and pro-bacteria to combat urine odors once and for all. It can be added to carpet cleaning machines as well. My cat litter room isnt the best of surfaces, so I spray the room down several times a week and it has made a difference.
Hope you can find it to test out. Let me know what you think of it if you try it out.
And dont forget to click on the Coupon to print out!
OUT! coupon
You have to enter your name and info, but then you can save the coupon PDF to print as many as you like.
http://www.outinternational.com/
And for one more product I do use regular is Clorox Cleanup in a spray bottle.
I have several rooms that are just plywood subfloors. If I see there is a pet-mess, I spray it on and let it set a minute. The area that has urine that may not quite be visible will turn white... sort of like peroxide in a way. It really helps find hidden pet urine. I wipe it up, spray again and let sit about 5 minutes to soak in, wipe it, then do a final spray and wipe. This is a great product as well... but oh the bleach odor! Make sure you ventilate if you use very much at a time!
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