So, you write with permanent marker on your dry-erase board….
you’ve got no bottle of alcohol anywhere in site…
what do you do?
Well, you take your dry-erase marker and color over the mistake.
and then…
You simply wipe away the mistake. Voila!
Category: Clean It
Clean Your Mattress
Cleaning a mattress is a relatively easy job and can take as little as thirty minutes, plus the actual laundry time for the bedding. Strip the bedding off the mattress, even the protective mattress cover. If the mattress cover is made out of cloth, put it into the washer. (Make sure you read the tag on the mattress cover to see if there are any special cleaning instructions.) Add some bleach and laundry soap to the machine and wash in hot water. When finished, place the articles into the dryer.
If the weather is nice outside and you have help,now would be a good time to take the mattress outside and let it air out. If this isn’t the right time to air out the mattress, just go on to the next step.
With nothing on the mattress take out your vacuum and put the hose on it. Vacuum the mattress and make sure you get into the little crevices and seams. If there are a few stains on the mattress, take time to try and remove them. Using a good disinfectant like Lysol, spray the mattress. This will help get rid of all those little dust mites.
Turn your mattress over and repeat the cleaning process. When you are finished vacuuming, keep this side up. Rotating the mattress every season prolongs the life of the mattress.
When the cleaning process is finished put the protective mattress cover back on. Not only does the cover protect the mattress, it also gives some protection from the dust mites. Place the clean bedding back onto the bed. Now you have a really clean bed from the mattress up.
It has been recommended to do this process at least two times a year, but four times a year (every season) would keep those dust mites away and reduce your chances of related allergies.
Clean an Attic
This is Too Cute NOT to Post on Do It And How!
How to Have an Empty Attic:
1. Have a super-mouse infestation from leaving an open bag of field corn in the garage.
2. Conquer said super-mice.
3. Find rat-turds when you go up to retrieve the Christmas Tree.
4. Buy new tree and refuse to go in attic for six months.
5. Make appointment to have a garage sale with neighbor because she’s an expert and the very idea of selling or bartering makes you want to drink…heavily.
6. On a 102 degree day, unload entire contents of attic. (The temperature is very important!)
7. Shop vac the rat-turds and admire the empty beauty of it all. Relax till lunch. Have a taco.
8. Sort the crap into five piles: Stays Downstairs, Un-Recyclable Garbage, Recyclable Garbage, Garage Sale, Returning to Attic….remembering the temperature up there.
9. Keep only those treasures that are worth a trip back into a bazillion-degree attic.
10. Restock attic, garage sale everything else.
Dishwasher Stain Remover
It kind of makes one concerned about the thought of actually drinking something like Kool-Aid lemonade, but the citric acid in one drink packet is enough to clean the lime stains and calcium deposits that build up over time in the dishwasher.
Use Peanut Butter to Remove Bubble Gum
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The natural oils in peanut butter work to dissolve chewing gum on fabrics, carpet or on hair. Remove as much gum as you can with a dinner knife, putty knife or comb. Apply a liberal glob of peanut butter to the chewing gum. Work the peanut butter into the gum with your fingers. Use a dinner knife or comb to scrape or comb the gum from the fabric, carpet or hair along with the peanut butter until the gum is removed. If the gum is on washable fabric, spray the peanut butter and gum location with a stain treatment and wash as usual in the wash machine. Examine the wet fabric for complete stain removal before placing it in the dryer. Wash hair as normal to remove the peanut butter and gum residue. Spray carpet cleaner onto peanut butter and gum residue and scrub as indicated on the carpet cleaner product to remove residue.
Do It And How 
