Wednesday Chore List!

Today's chore list comes with a caveat!  With temperatures soaring near or above 100 degrees for most of the nation today, please only clean your car in a garage or covered area.  Those cheerios in the back seat can wait for a cooler day!

Tuesday's Chore List

Don't forget if you have a Glue gun in your Hands

Even Fabulously Clever crafts can sometimes be a huge failure.
 Come see our Fabulous Failures, Funny video clip flubs and epic Pinterst fails!

We would love to see your Crafts Go Wild!!

~Dawn

~~~~~~~~~~~~UPDATE~~~~~~~~~~
Kelleys Take

You know Dawn, I'm not posting pictures of my fails
I'll gladly share all yours
But I ain't posting a bat dropping in hades of my fails

Oh hey! Did you catch my latest cleaning issue!
Spiders!
I just do not understand
When I go to clean the ceilings w/ the handy dandy $1store Mops
Why's them there spiders falling on my face?

Anyhow I think I posted the video over on the other page
You'll have to go look
If I find it first, I'll Link the video page to the word SPIDERS!
okay! Okay whatever! Bye!

Kelley
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Become Fabulously Clever!

Tip of the Day

Keeping a clean home is a key part to having a happy home.  However, cleaning and keeping up a home can be a painstaking and exhaustive process.  Each day, Kelley and I will provide you with a Fabulously Clever quick tip that will help cut down on your cleaning time.

Today's Tip of the Day:  Cleaning for last minute guests.

Your sweet husband just called from the golf course to say that he and his buddies are heading over so he can show them his new man cave.  The little noodles trashed the house while you were catching up on the Facebook drama.  You panic!  Take a deep breath.  Fabulously Clever has you covered for this one!!

Now that you are breathing again.  Let's start with the "Panic" areas.  Kelley and I call the Family Room, Kitchen, Guest Bathroom, visible Stairwell and Foyer the panic areas.  These are areas that guests are most likely to encounter during their visit.  We also encourage you to clean a "runway" area.  This is the area that includes the central strip through your house linking front door, hallway, stairwell and kitchen. 

Focus on removing all visible items like toys, books, and clothes.  A laundry basket is perfect as a catch all for these items. You can place the basket in a bedroom or laundry room until after the guests have left and can put away later.  For dirty dishes, just toss them into the dish washer unwashed.  You can rinse them later when you have more time. Straighten pictures.  Remove visible dust, dirt and finger prints.  Quickly run the vacuum.  Attempt to leave vacuum "cuts" in the carpet throughout the runway area.  Nothing screams clean like a nicely vacuumed floor! 

Finally, head over to the Guest Bathroom.  Wipe sinks.  Close the toilet lid.  Ensure hand towels are folded with military precision.  Lastly, fold the toilet paper into a little "V" like they do at hotels.

See what you accomplished in less than 15 minutes?  Of course, this is no substitution for a typical full cleaning.  Watch our upcoming tips for that!

Now, go slap on some fresh coat of lipstick and enjoy your iced coffee until your guests arrive!

Welcome!

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Put A Stop to the Sock w/ Sarah Noodle

It is 7:25 A.M. and little Sarah Noodle is screaming like a banshee.  She refuses to leave the house unless she can wear her favorite rainbow socks that goes perfect with her brown outfit and black shoes. 

Does this sound like your house?  If so, I've got a quick solution for you!

Head on over to the Dollar Tree or your favorite dollar store and pick up a lingerie bag for every member in your family.  While there, grab a pack of laundry clips. 

With a permanent marker, write each Noodles name or initial on the bag seam or label.  Attach lingerie bag to their laundry basket using the laundry clips. 

Make each Noodle deposit their socks into their bag upon removal.  On laundry day, just toss the zipped bags into the washer.  Once dry, throw a sock matching party.  Each Noodle receives their bag back and matches the socks together.  Not only will Sarah Noodle now have her favorite pair of rainbow socks each time she wants she will enhance her attention span and improve her memory!

~Kelley says
She'd ground the girl for throwing a fit and not having her clothes set out the night before.
I tried to Tell Kelley, sometimes the Socks just end up disappearing.
She told me that If I was to Pick up the socks and put them in the wash as soon as they are taken off
There's less of a chance for them to get lost.

I told her, "Well what do you know?"
She told me, "I know a bratty kid when I see one"
I said "HEY that's my neice your talking about"
She said, "So You are telling me Your last name is Noodle"
I said What? No!
She said What?
I said, Like whatever
She said Yeah

And then we finished labeling Greggs sock bag
(We Luvvels You Gregg)