Uh - Oh.. pet potty spots

Our Sadey is a really good dog.
She has a fantastic disposition.
She's lovable and we adore her.

However!

Lately, she has been leaving tiny little potty spots on our white carpets.   Grrrr.....

Her potty spots are VERY concentrated and VERY hard to fully remove.

This drives me nuts!

I found this tip for cleaning up potty spots and I am here to tell you it works!!

What's the magic trick?  Good old fashion vinegar and baking soda.

When I find a spot (hopefully its fresh) I use a dry cloth to soak up as much
of the wetness as possible.   Next, I liberally pour vinegar over the spot.
Lastly topping it off with heaping amount of baking soda.    Let the baking soda sit.  I let ours
sit over night.  Cover it up with a towel or a bucket or whatever you have to keep
puppies, kiddies and feet out of it.

You will find that the baking soda really pulls the vinegar, and hopefully the
stain out of the carpet.  When you think its done its job, then vacuum it up
with the hose attachment.  Making sure to pull all the baking soda from
the carpet.   If you have a carpet cleaner a once over for good measure is
what I prefer.

I have tried several of the pet urine removers on the market and I have found
this to do the best job at actually removing the stain as well as neutralizing the
odor.

It goes without saying.... test your carpet first to be sure it is colorfast.  The
last thing you want it to remove any dye from your carpeting.

I have owned carpet cleaners in the past and I've never really been impressed.
They were ok with spot cleaning, but not for cleaning multiple rooms.  We
invested in a Rug Doctor.

We've rented Rug Doctors in the past and they do a really great job.
I like the idea of having my own cleaner.  Not a cleaner that someone else has used.
We really like ours.

I'm hoping to get to the bottom of why Sadey is leaving us little
surprises, but I'm feeling better about having a solution to our problem.

Have you found something that works well for cleaning up spills and / or pet stains?

I won something fun!

I'm excited to share that I won a contest being held by GiGi's Cupcakes.

I entered to win a vacation giveaway, but instead, I won FREE cupcakes for a year!

Yipeeee.... cause I LOVE GiGi's cupcakes.    I grabbed this screen shot from their
website so you can see what I won. ;O)

I think there are a little over 80 stores around the country and I feel pretty lucky

to have been chosen the winner for our store location.   I talked to the manager

today and she said my prize card is in the mail.  SaaWeeet!

If you have a GiGi's in your area and you love cupcakes.. even if you're not sure

you love cupcakes, you gotta stop in sometime and try one. Their menu

changes daily, so there's always something new and fun to try.  OH.. and 

they are so decadent,  I cannot eat an entire cupcake in one sitting.  

Here is just a teeny tiny peek at some of their yummy cupcakes.

source

So..  are you a cupcake lover too??

Happy Spring and Easter!

I've been on a blogging hiatus.
Things are good though.
I'm Thankful.
The sun is shining more lately.
Its getting warmer.
Kiddo's are doing great.   So's hubby.
I'll be popping in and out.

2 new colors

Two new Spring colors.  

They're bright and fun.

You can find them in my shop THE CHEERY EWE.

What I've been up to....

Hey, anybody remember me?  I know, its been forever since I've written a blog post.

Life's been normal on this side of the computer screen.  Just doing the regular routine.
There's a lot to be said for that.

I thought I'd do a little update, so here goes.......

I've been fairly busy helping my dad with a little project I'm calling.....
readying a highly sought after unrestored, historical,  vehicle for a rather large televised
car auction coming up in a couple months.  He has asked me to handle all the
necessaries and there's been a lot!

A professional photographer was flown in to take all the advertisement photos.
It was fun to be involved with that process as well.

This was taken by my phone and is not one of the professional images.
Those are awesome!  I may share those later.

We're excited, but at the same time, its going to be so weird giving "her" up.
For security reasons, I cannot tell you much, but I can tell you that dad has had
her for 43 years.  I'm 38, so she's my "older sister" or the "first baby" you might say... HA!

Ok.... so a few more things.

Sadey wanted to let ya'll know she's doing well.  She's in desperate need of a trim though.
Here she made herself at home on her sisters desk.

OH.. and speaking of her sister, I bought her this lamp at Target... 20 bucks...LUV!

I have been on the library list for months waiting for season one of Downton Abbey.

I've only watched the 1st & 2nd episodes so far, but I really like it.  I'm going

to go ahead and watch the rest on HULU since its gonna take forever to get the

other dvd's from the library.  I've got a lot of catching up to do.  

I've still been crocheting.  I have to give myself a break every so often, its hard on the hands.

Just been playing around making a few things.  I covered a canning jar, making it a

colorful vase.

Been practicing making these african flower squares.  Not bad for my first try.

I've been busy making and selling quite a few of these.  I do take orders and Hot

Pink seems to be quite popular.  This one is still available in my shop.

Have ya'll tried these juices / smoothies?  Oh man... I'm loving this one!  So good for you too.

Of course you've got to balance out the healthy with a little naughty right?  

We have a cupcake shop called Gigi's not far from us.  Maybe you have one in your area too?

This is an orange, cranberry walnut.  Words cannot describe how yummy this was.  

I might need to swing by there again soon.

So.. there you have it!

I'm anxiously awaiting spring to appear.  I planted a number of tulips in the fall, and I can't 

wait to see them begin to pop up.  My girl, the college boy and hubby are doing well.  

We are going to see our boy this Sunday.  He's just about to embark on Spring break,

but its been quite some times since we've laid eyes on him and I'm itch'n to grab

him and plant a big ole kiss on his cheek!  Preferably in front of his friends so I can

embarrass him... LOL!  J/K.. I wouldn't really do that.  Ok.. yes I would.  

Happy Weekend!

Swiper no swiping!

This ones been eyeballing my bird feeder.

And from the looks of him.. he's not starving.

Nope, he's been eating plenty.  

You can have the corn cobs, if you leave the bird feeder alone.

Deal?

I'm such a sucker for my little woodland creatures. 

Valentines, snow, and kids growing up

Happy Valentines Day!

I woke up to this nice little treat from my sweet man this morning.
He knows me well.  I love flowers of every kind and color.
He also knows I have a thing for Monkeys.... LOL!
AND... he was kind enough to NOT give me any candy as I have again, given it up for Lent.

Our of nowhere yesterday we got a snow storm.  I'd say about an inch an hour. Totaling 2-3"

This was a shot at the very beginning I sent J.  It was fluffy and really pretty.  Today it

is completely gone!  50 degrees and sunny.  We have had the weirdest weather this year.

A little something I'm working on.  Large granny square blanket.

She's not really wonky, its just how its laying.

Oh.. and thats brown not black.

Pretty combo in person.

One last thing.

Our son is a pledge for a fraternity.  He's pretty excited about it and 

enjoying the process.  He called me this morning (so thankful for those calls)

to check in and see how we're doing.  We talked briefly as he said

he was really busy and had to get over to the frat house.   I was curious

as to what was going on and he said he has to clean.  I was like, clean?

He said yeah mom, I have a daily check list and today its clean the kitchen.

Excuse me for just a second.........

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Ok.. I had to pick myself up off the floor. 

I don't think my pampered son has ever cleaned the kitchen in his 18.7 yrs.

I have seen a maturity in this kid that I truly never expected.  

I am shocked, in awe and very proud of all the growing up,

responsibility, real life decisions, etc. he is making. 

Proud mama moment....

Even if my son is mopping and scrubbing a kitchen sink that doesn't belong to me.

Have a good one!