Recently, I got Lance hooked on tea (moi-ha-ha **evil laugh**) No, seriously though, he had no idea how many different kinds of tea there are and we now enjoy tea morning and night and in between. I drink it mostly in the afternoon because its been a little chilly around here but when he starts boiling that water... i just can't resist a cup of some rooibos chai!
ANYWAY, although tea has more caffeine in it per ounce than coffee does... you add more water per tablespoon than you would with coffee, so apparently the caffeine shouldn't affect you as much. Not so much the case with me. I have noticed MORE energy during the day and LESS sleep at night. A trade off, i suppose, but I think less tea (or white tea) is the better option for me (the bags under my eyes aren't the most attractive).
So... i decided to blog a little to wear off my little brain and hopefully go off to dream land.
Vinegar! Yes, it is my new best friend. Putting the many health benefits of adding it to your food aside, the stuff is awesome!! I recently read an article about cleaning with vinegar and the many other uses of vinegar, so I decided to give it a try. I put 50/50 vinegar and water in a bottle and cleaned my bathroom and windows. They look great! I can't say it cleans BETTER than the other stuff but just the same. No streaks on the mirrors. The bathroom was clean. Didn't wreak of the yucky vinegar smell either, just clean.
But, here is where i am totally SOLD.
Everybody knows that you should only wash your hair every other day, but I can't stand that greasy yucky stinky hair on the "other" day. So, this week I started putting straight vinegar on my scalp on the "other" day. "washing my hair with vinegar", I suppose. It all started because I know from experience that vinegar helps with dandruff, which I struggle with every winter and I was on a vinegar kick.. so why not? Well, i've never done it consistently every other day like this and I have to say... MY HAIR LOOKS AWESOME! Its so shiny and smooth, I can't even believe it!! And the "other" day greasy, stinkyness is no more. MAN, I love this stuff. There are a lot of other ways that we have grown to love us some vinegar, here are just a few:
1. We put it in our washing machine rinse cycle for soft towels. Plus, I heard many plumbers recommend running vinegar down your drains to clean calcium build up from hard water. Which, I believe is true because we put it in our humidifier and the filter was all crusty from the calcium and now its all clean. Which leads me to my next point.....
2. We put it in our humidifiers and vaporizers. Probably a combination of the moist air and the vinegar but Lance's allergy's are soooooo much better!
3. Its CHEAP!!!!!!! Like $2 for a HUGEMUNGO container
4. I don't have to worry about overspray when I am cleaning near our toothbrushes or on our counters. Even just thinking about the chemical buildup that is on our kitchen counters where I am always rolling out some kind of dough... yuck.
5. I don't have to worry about Harrison getting into the cupboards and accidentally poisoning himself with our cleaners.
6. I can now get rid of the 500 different bottles and condense down to just 2. Vinegar and Vinegar and water (ok, there are a few other combos I can make.... but you get the picture....)
Now, that I have shared my vinegar excitement, maybe I can sleeep ;-)
Tomorrow morning we are heading up to Lance's parents house so Lance can help his dad on some projects and then Sunday Lance's Aunt that lives in Washington is in town so we will be having lunch with them AND THEN drive back to Overland Park to have some cake with Luke for his birthday. You know we will do anything for a little cake ;-)
I'm sure more pictures and blogging to come.
Oh, in other news... Lance sold his HOUSE!! woot woot. Had to drop the price but at least they are breaking even and we don't have to pay that crazy mortgage anymore.
Life is good. Now off to bed!
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