Phew!

Phew! Today was quite the busy day. But I can't believe what I learned AND accomplished today!

I've been to the store 3 times today, a rummage sale, made Oreo cakeballs, removed the stinky mildew smell from my clean towels AND made a batch of homemade taco seasoning. Phew, and I've been babysitting since 8am and will be until 9am tomorrow morning. *Insert falling on my bed exhausted*

I started my day with a 3am shopping trip to Pick N Save for double double coupon day! Was very successful and saved 77% off my bill!! Then once the kids woke we were going to head to the Farmer's Market but the truck drove us to a rummage sale instead *snickers* I was able to fill a bag of clothes for Rea & Sapphire for $2 and Otis found a 16" bike for $5! He outgrew his 12" bike over the winter but he's been forced to ride it since a new $50 bike is NOT in the budget right now. But I can do $5 and it's a Spiderman bike BONUS!! David returned from work around Noon and the girls and I decided to make our 2nd trip to Pick N Save. I needed lunch meat from the deli and unfortunately the deli's not open at 3am! A bit later we ran across town to Walmart in search of training wheels for Otis' new bike. I'd really rather he'd try to just learn how to ride but he's freaking out. So, training wheels it is..for now. I have a goal to have him riding a bike in the next month! Oh and while we were at Walmart I picked up a few ingredients to make Oreo cakeballs - Yummy!! By the time we returned home it was time to make dinner and work on those cakeballs. While those were cooking/chilling I decided to google getting the mildew stink out of my CLEAN towels. The kids AND David don't understand that you HAVE to hang a towel up to DRY before it can be placed into a laundry pile. I feared I'd have to replace ALL of our towels because they were HORRIBLE!! I found a simple and cheap method online that PROMISED to remove the mildew smell from my clean towels.

Step 1: Make sure it's not your washer that smells like mildew and that it's JUST your towels.
Step 2: Wash your towels in HOT water with 1 1/2 cups white vinegar (NO detergent)
Step 3: When 1st wash is complete wash again in HOT water and this time use your standard detergent. DO NOT use liquid softener (I don't know why but it said that liquid softener can actually contribute to the mildew smell??)
Step 4: When wash is complete IMMEDIATELY transfer to your dryer and dry on HIGH heat.
Step 5: Fold your clean..smell so good towels!

I can't believe it, they don't smell at all!! Not even our bathroom rug that smelled like pee even after washing (can you tell I have boys!) The white vinegar cost me $0.87 and Walmart - WAYYYYYY cheaper than buying new towels!

And then if I haven't done enough already today I decided to make a batch of homemade taco seasoning. This is our first time trying a homemade recipe - it smells WONDERFUL! I'll get back to you with the recipe after we test it out this week when we make tacos!

And now that I've got the 6 kids in bed I think I'll kick back and enjoy an Oreo Cakeball or two and prepare myself for tomorrow's adventure. My parents, sisters and nephews are coming to visit and we're going to Bay Beach to celebrate Rea & Elliot's birthdays!

Nite!