Desperate Housewives of ILX

the other one is a spray in a smaller bottle that i bought w/out reading the label. so now i am using it to clean the coffee table, tv stand, etc.

awesome thx jaq

I need new curtains for the window over the sink. What do we think of 2x of these on a simple cafe rod: http://www.etsy.com/listing/81719054/butcher-diagram-of-a-cow-floursack-towel?ref=pr_faveitems ?

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This Tidy Cats Breeze looks kind of amazing. The Smart Cat Box always was a little off putting to me because I don't want to carry around or wash out a container of cat pee.

How is the litter tracking with this thing? We have to sweep cat litter nearly every day (or, well, we should sweep every day) and it makes me crazy.

Also, how many cats do you have and how many boxes do you have? We really only have room for one box, but I would be perfectly happy to change the pee pad twice/week. We already clean the litter box twice/day every day.

The clay pellets are bigger than a normal piece of litter and heavier, so I think they don't stick in between paw pads and they are harder to scrape out of the raised edge of the box. A couple do make their way out though, and they are tubular so one of ours sees them as a fun toy and bats them around. Had a similar problem with the round litter crystals except those were more like little glass BBs.

We have 2 cats and 2 boxes now, because we moved to a place with more room and we are lazy about scooping and changing the pad. When we started with the breeze we only had one box - it has a smaller footprint than the Smartbox which was also a plus at the time.

omg so scary with the smartbox woman on the phone this morning.

i was like i'm returning it and she goes "are you switching to the breeze"

she's like "you'll be sorry later"

We took a look at the Breeze at PetCo and decided against it for now. It didn't seem that cost effective, given that a giant jug of litter is like $13 and lasts about a month. I'm still intrigued and may revisit this later.

Sooooo much laundry to fold and put away :(

If anyone likes folding laundry please come over; I will feed you tacos.

i just picked up my dry cleaning; i can't tell you how nice it feels to have my button down shirts back. i had really let them pile up.

guys i found a miracle cleaning product that i have to share with you: X-14 mildew stain remover.

i was freaking out about the impenetrable black stains around the grout/caulk of our bathtub, bc our landlord is super fuckin strict about that stuff. we are kind of lazy cleaners, so it had gotten pretty bad and nothing was shifting it, not even making a dent. i was convinced we were gonna have to pay for the whole thing to be re-caulked. but this stuff is amazing: i sprayed it on twice a day for 2 or 3 days and the caulk is now perfectly white! without scrubbing!

i'm not sure what it says about me that i am posting about cleaning products on a saturday night.

Amazing! Where did you get it?

I might have a bottle of that? Most mildew-killing bathroom cleaners are bleach-based, I think, and those bleach gel pens are also useful for spot-treating stained areas...leave on overnight, even. Very very hard on the grout, though.

I have a spray-bottle of vinegar water in the bathroom that I keep meaning to use on a regular basis so the mildew doesn't form, but once it does, the only way forward is bleach.

xps amazon!

OMG Thanks for this J, I suddenly needed something like this and saw it in Walgreens and got it! It's good but OH GOD THE FUMES
I used it in a shower cubicle and I usually don't even notice ~vapors~ but these were pretty strog.

tilex mold/mildew is pretty kickass for this
but open all yr windows and wear gloves, shit is hardcore

woah X-14

Xps see, I didn't find it v toxic at all - it smelled like diluted bleach, I was convinced it couldn't possibly work if it couldn't even make my eyes water!

I guess I don't mess with much hardcore cleaners so that was about the strongest I'd come across, lol I r a babby

i sort of have a cleaning lady now

Feel like my house is too messy to get a cleaning lady. If it were about 50% tidier I would consider it.

i mainly need for her to do the bathroom and floors every few weeks

otherwise it's all me

i am resisting a larger apt in part because i dont want to have to clean it

although yesterday i scrubbed my kitchen and bathroom till the sparkled well except the tub i have to do that tomorrow

also i made so much food but i fucked up the barley risotto and its not v good

the last time i cleaned the tub i felt like it saved my life

soo my boyfriend has a hoarding problem. with canvas bags. he just gets them from places, collects them, and lets them accumulate dust. i don't understand it, and it drives me crazy.

omg don't get me started...

omg i knew you'd understand

<3

he's on a conference call right now to help design a new tote bag for work. i'm liiike ...

ok so i'm in the market for some new linens. lately everywhere i go i buy a pillowcase. but i need a couple more comforter covers too.

I love tote bags. Love them! I keep all of mine stuffed in the largest bag, in a closet corner, but they're there when you need them!

Surm, I've been obsessed w the Dwell linen patterns for a while, but they're prohibitively expensive to say the least. Otherwise I buy all my sheets and down bedding items on overstock.com. (Formerly smartbargains.com but I think they've gotten out of the housewares market...?)

And really Target has some great sheet sets for the price.

I'm annoyed that their duvet cover sizing starts at full/queen, though--I need a new cover for my twin duvet, which I'm going to use in the summer because it's less heavy and drapey.

you know, i should look on overstock. i love them. i have actually found some good items at target but i've had to be careful with their cheap cheap stuff bc the thread count is basically like sleeping on paper.

Well yeah. You always have to look at that!

i know. i'm bad at shopping. i've only realized things like this recently.

i bought some CK 300 thrd count sheets in a dusty powder blue

i think they are nice

Enjoy them. I love a made bed with fluffy things and good sheets. Like, a significant portion of my quality of domestic life comes from this one thing. You have arrived!

totally. i have been slowly building up my linen collection. (very slowly). but it does make me happy.

Someday I will have to break down and buy an actual bed frame and mattress, though. Mine is old and sooooo sad. I just cover it up with nice bedding but that won't work forever.

i would really like a headboard. we have one of those wooden frames that has drawers underneath, which i really like, but there's something about a headboard that really finishes a room.

I was just thinking about that, too. No footboard, though. Makes it too uncomfy for tall people plus it's harder to watch tv over it.

My bed is an unfinished pine platform with storage underneath, too, but I'm at least the 3rd owner and it's starting to come apart.

I have a hoarding problem with everything. Except I always throw out the old Village Voice when the new one comes out.

I'm trying to get over my hoarding problem at the moment, mainly by thinking of myself as a philanthropist when I give away books that I haven't read for 10 years.

I've been getting rid of stuff out of my apartment for the last month or so and it feels GOOD

I am going to make a headboard soon!