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How to DIY the ever living SHIZZ out of home cleaners

While I Big Puffy Heart Norwex, this post is NOT about that magical product, nor the similar e-cloth product. This is about making your own cleaners for that nice fresh clean. First, you need The Internets and a Search Engine.  Like Google. Type in "DIY home cleaners." Pick one.  GO. I'm partial to Clean Mama recipes .  She's brilliant. For my counters and appliances, I use this .  Or just Norwex. I like the daily shower spray concept, but since we are budgeting, I didn't want to purchase a new bottle.  So I made this and mixed it up in the old bottle.  I use it in all showers, and have been for about a week now.  Smells delicious! For my fridge, I use Norwex then goob it with oil .  I thought it was supposed to resist finger prints, but my brother immediately poked it and produced a giant print, so there goes that theory.  But boy, does it shine!  With a finger print.  For my tile floors, I use the lemon peppermint tile cleaner in this post .

Life Update

I just found out from my latest interview with that I did not get the job. In another instance, I checked up on an unmoving resume online to find out that the company that I submitted it to in August finally decided that they were not going to pursue candidacy with me. Needless to say, my employment endeavors have been humbling.  Very humbling. I've always identified with my job.  Even during my first stint as a voluntary stay at home mom, I was very much uncomfortable with the homemaking making lifestyle.  Mostly because I had no idea what to do to help myself feel fulfilled. I find myself in an extended period of unemployment.  It's no longer a joking matter. What do I do? I find myself embarrassed.  Am I not interviewing correctly? Am I unlikable? I've been deluding myself on how my work ethic has come across? Why doesn't anybody want to employ me?  The reality is likely that the climate for an environmental scientist/geologist is not exactly friendly. Maybe the