I think I'll start backwards and chat about this neat product that WORKS.
We saw these at Walmart last week hanging in the plastic storage box area, one aisle over from clothes pins etc. This is a tiny Walmart, very old fashioned so your Walmart may have them in a slightly different place.
If you have pets of any kind and have a little trouble getting the fur off at times? This is GREAT.
FUR ZAPPER
This is what it looked like hanging up in the plastic packaging.
You get 2 in a pack.
Re-usable, non-toxic, fragrance free and made in the USA.
Yesterday evening, I looked at two of my doggy bed covers. I make little removable covers for them. Let's put it this way friends, they should have been washed before Christmas. I'm thinking as I see literal sand on top of them along with a sea of fur that this needs to be done. I quickly undid the diaper pins to secure them, went on the porch to shake the sand out and popped the hairy little covers in the wash with two of the FurZappers. Put it on my normal quick 15 minute auto wash with extra rinse and my normal soap and borax. It was so nice when I looked at my covers and hardly any fur at all on them! Maybe several little hairs and that was it. No fur was in my washer barrel either! I normally have to wash that type of thing twice and then have to clean my barrel out with a towel too! Then popped them in the dryer with the two little FurZappers and we're pleased as punch. They came out beautifully!
The price was $12.88. So. Worth. It.
I also purchased a pet lint roller brush but haven't tried that out yet, I thought that would be good for quick pick ups off of one of my black turtlenecks.
No, I didn't get paid for this, but I thought it was very worth sharing!
It's New Years and I still have my Christmas Lights up, my mom always kept everything up until January 6. Epiphany.
I leave much of my stuff out beyond that too, perhaps later removing some icicles and putting those around cardboard because they are becoming increasingly difficult to find at normal stores! My Wonderful Life buildings stay out year round and the white lights on the trees are a comfort to my heart. I also leave my doggy ornaments on to look at. They are a little more neutral and even go with cut-out Valentine hearts or vintage Valentine cards I scatter around on trees or the kitchen area.
I Love Vintage Antique Cards...
In our guest bathroom I put them around...It's like a little museum in there.
The front.
Open it up and this is what you see!
Many of the old antique cards contained New Year's Wishes too!
Front
Inside
Front
Inside.....We always wonder who the people were...
Front
Inside
A very old Scrabble game with a Wonderful Life card, bulbs from Dollar Tree, a wonderful book on Lucy and lessons about loving God, book of beautiful photos of Shelter dogs and one of my Uncle Wesley's manners books from Rice University, probably from 1938. ...And of course my Pitbull art, we had a loving Pitbull, a gentle giant named Buddy.
Lessons from Lucy About Loving God, a wonderful little book.
Da moon..... George Lassos Moon?
That is just a small portion of antique Christmas and New Years cards and old photos in our guest powder room.
I hope to show more another time and my kitchen too, it's just a fun thing for me. I love yesteryear and the joy it brings. We can make our little parts of the country just in this same way, we can go back to the 40s if we like in different ways. Why not? We don't have to buy what culture tries to tell us. Let's be like the little boy who asked Why? : )
In this day and age where women seem to think they need to escape from some imaginary trap...Let's think a bit and ask, Why?
I feel truly liberated to be a homemaker and mom. If it meant I were to go without a vehicle for a time and my husband and I had to share a vehicle that was fine by me. Our children and a peaceful and sweet home were more important. : )
I read this, this morning from one of the books by Mrs. Sharon White, Homemaking for Happiness. Her blog is The Legacy of Home. This little paragraph speaks of mottoes and scripture and beautiful little pantings and things around our homes but I loved most what it referred to as in the spirit of the home as follows:
A humble home is a place where materialism is not the focus. It is a place of rest and old-time values. It is where the simple life originates. Filling our surroundings with old-time mottoes of comfort, and encouragement, is a precious way to build our courage and faith. It will bring a smile of cheer, and a nod of contented peace.
I hope everyone is doing well, I felt led to post this most practical but important reminder and sharing today.
I'll close with two beautiful and touching pieces that mean so much to me, the first... this beautiful song and tribute to a wife and mom, Ruth Bell Graham by one of my favorite artists:
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The second by Sara Groves, He's Always Been Faithful, a very, very special song to my heart, you will see why when you hear the song...
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Take care Friends, 
~Amelia
