• Household tips

    Time to clean the dishwasher

    Our ten-year-old GE Profile dishwasher has always functioned well enough, though at times we are a bit disappointed by its performance. Upon unloading the appliance, we find a bit of dried on food (cereal bowls seem to be the biggest culprits). So, this morning I decided to see if I could solve the problem, and after watching a couple of online videos, I decided to take the plunge. I proceeded to take it apart, removing the lower spray assembly, connector pump assembly, nut hub for fine filter, and the fine filter assembly (btw, it was easy!). Many of the parts…

  • Household tips

    My fave “green” cleaning products

    A few years ago, I decided to go “green” and slowly but surely tossed all our old cleaning products, throughout the house. After a while, even my husband grew to like the organic replacements (he really loves the shampoo bars)! Here’s my current list of faves. You can buy directly from the company or other places such as Amazon.com. It pays to shop around! ======================================= Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day Dish Soap, Lemon Verbena Zum Clean – granite and countertop cleaner – orange-bergamot – This is my absolute fave and man, does it ever smell good. Cleans, mirrors and a ton…