Author Archives: Elaine Sycks

Happy Wednesday Everyone! Thanks for joining me for this middle of the week post! I hope your week has gone well. Some of you may have been a part of Super Tuesday! Some of you may have kids getting excited for Spring break. I hope all of us are thinking and praying for those affectedContinue reading “Spring Cleaning Makeover – The Kitchen”

Happy new month everyone! Thank you for joining me this weekend as we “leap” into a new week, a new month, and closer to the start of a new season – Spring! YEAH! Tonight’s blog post will be jam-packed and I hope you come away with some great tips, recipes and useful information to getContinue reading “Spring Cleaning Makeover – Getting Started”

Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful and blessed Easter and were able to set aside time to be with family and friends. It is so wonderful to be officially into the spring season. Even though winter keeps showing itself, it doesn’t last long. As I get ready to kick off thisContinue reading “Spring Cleaning Makeover – Introductory Thoughts”

Happy Friday Everyone! I hope you have had a safe, healthy and happy week. We are starting the final week of February, which gets us closer to the start of Spring and pairs well with Part 2 of our Healthy Home series and keeping away the “Creepy Crawlies.” Flea Killer. With two cats and aContinue reading “Welcome to a Healthy Home – Keeping Away the Creepy Crawlies Part 2”

They are almost impossible to completely avoid, even for the cleanest home and tidiest, trimmest lawns: insects, mice, and other not so welcome critters. I will admit that I would be the one to run for the chemical sprays and repellants and insecticides. Then as I began to convert things in my home to naturalContinue reading “Welcome to a Healthy Home – Keeping Away the Creepy Crawlies – Naturally”

Happy Sunday folks! I hope the weekend has been kind to you! Tonight’s post will be the second part of a series for health, wellness and cleaning tips using an often overlooked item: SALT! Blood stains. Salt and water can make an efficient and budget-friendly way to remove blood stains from fabrics. You can eitherContinue reading “Welcome to a Healthy Home – Tips Using Salt – for Health, Wellness and Cleaning”

Happy Saturday Everyone! I hope this post finds you well. Tonight I am focusing on some creative uses for salt, a commodity with a greater purpose that just a table condiment. It can be used in so many contexts: cleaning, cooking, soothing muscles, treating insect bites and more. To clean greasy or food-crusted pans, useContinue reading “Welcome to a Healthy Home – Cleaning Tips with SALT”

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. Here we are entering the last week of July! Summer is flying by. Thank you for being back for part 3 all about great uses for lemon! Make a homemade fruit and vegetable wash! Fruits and vegetables that you get from the store areContinue reading “Welcome to a Healthy Home – Cleaning with Lemon – Part 3”

Greetings Everyone! I hope you all are having a great week! Thanks for joining me for Part 2 of our series to gain some more natural cleaning tips using lemon! From mirrors to windows to sliding doors, glass is everywhere in our houses, and if you have small children or pets, these glass objects canContinue reading “Welcome to a Healthy Home – Cleaning Solutions with the Lively Lemon Part 2”

Hello everyone and welcome to the weekend! Thank you for being here. Tonight’s post will be Part 1 of some great cleaning solutions using the “Lively Lemon” Lemon is considered to be the most effective antimicrobial remedies of all essential oils. Next to eucalyptus oil, it is my most favorite oil. The scent is upliftingContinue reading “Welcome to a Healthy Home – Cleaning Solutions with the Lively Lemon – Part 1”