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Tips in How to Clean Your Pet’s Mess

May 18, 2009

Pets are nice, they are cute, cuddly and most of the time they are irresistibly lovable.  But these cute creatures can leave little nasty surprises around the house.  A trace of three P’s that is for Poop, Pee and Puke that your pets leave around can be really embarrassing and disgusting.  So, here’s how to remove every trace of the three nasty P’s

POOP

Among the three nasty P’s your pet’s poop is the easiest to handle.  Simply scoop it up and blot the area with the dish detergent solution which is composed of 1 teaspoon of clear or white dish detergent and 1 cup of warm water.  Use a pet-odor remover if necessary.

If the stain remains, try using the ammonia and water solution, then the vinegar and water solution.  Clean the area with soap and water, and treat with an enzyme cleaner.

PEE

Animal urine, especially the cat urine tends to linger with a strong odor.  If you don’t clean it right at the first time, your pet might use that spot again and again.  Pets like dogs and cats have a habit of peeing in the same location which they mark as their peeing territory.  To clean it, wipe up the liquid with a towel then blot it with the solution of 1 tablespoon of ammonia and a 1/2 cup of water.  Blot it again with the solution containing the mixture of 1 tablespoon of clear or white dish detergent and 1 cup of warm water.  

To eliminate the foul smell, you may use an enzyme based pet-odor remover that can be bought in pet’s stores.  If urine had lingered for more than 24-hours, use the mixture of 1/3 cup of vinegar and 2/3 cups instead of ammonia mix mentioned earlier.

PUKE

For pet’s puke, scrape up the mess, and then blot it with detergent solution.  Use the ammonia solution mentioned above to get rid of the stain and use the enzyme-based pet-odor remover if necessary.  Some dog foods can contain red dye that can leave heavy stain on the carpet.  If that happens use a red-dye remover which can be bought on stores, if the stain is stubborn leave the cleaning to the pro.  

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Taking Some Wine Serving Pointers

While I was browsing some old magazine I found at home, I came across this article which I found interested.  So, I decide to share it with you.  This is about some tips on how served wine. Well, I found this tips easier to follow than learning on how to play poker (grin).  So here it is.

Get the right glass.  Each type of wine has an appropriate glass to serve with.  You can buy a different style of glass for just about every type of wine.  You have to remember that wide glasses are the best for red wine.  They give you the room for swirling to release the wine aroma.  The slender wine glasses are good for white wine, because they don’t need the extra space to breathe.

Let Red Wine Breathe.  It is advisable to let the wines to breather, but do it in the glass not in the bottle.  Uncorking a bottle and letting it sit exposes air to too little of the wine’s surface to make a difference.  Instead, pour the wine, swirl it around the glass to aerate it, then sniff, sip and enjoy.  As for decanting, save that for separating an older wine from sediment in the bottle.

Practice Proper Etiquette.  Instead of grabbing the bottle by the neck and tilting it into the glass, position its mouth just over the top of the glass and lift the bottle’s lower half to pour.  Have a napkin on hand to wipe off any spills and you’ll really impress your guest.  

Don’t Fill It Up.  Do not serve wine in a glass-full mode.  Leave some room in the glass for swirling to release the aroma.  Dip your nose into the glass (but don’t let nose touch the wine), to inhale the aroma of the wine.  A glass that’s too full will spill with a swirl and get your nose wet.  
 
 

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Five Ways to Reduce Your Electric Bill

Small changes in your home routine could really make a difference in slashing your electric bill.  These small cut can add up into a big savings.   

1.  Wash Wisely.  More than 90% of the electric power you use to wash a laundry is spent in heating the water.  Cut the heating cost by using the washing machine’s cold-water setting with detergents that is made for cold-water setting.  They’ll clean just about everything.  But run a hot wash with bleach for time to time to avoid soap-scum buildup.

2.  Take Microwave Oven Seriously.  Use your microwave more often.  A conventional over guzzles electric power like crazy.  It can consume about 5 times electricity than a microwave over.  

3.  Your Car.  A loaded roof rack can cut an SUV’s fuel efficiency by 5%, and about 15% in a smaller car.  If your roof rack is removable and you’re not using it, lose it.

4.  The Dishwasher.  Pre-rinsing can waste about 20 gallons of heated water a day.  Switch to an enzyme-based detergent so that you can simply scrap off the big chunks and throw the dishes in the machine.  Enzymes get off the stuck-on stuff, which means you don’t have to scrub.

5.  Smart Computer Use.  If don’t use computer in more than 30 minutes set it to go into “sleep” mode.  Setting your idle computer in a “sleep” mode can save you about 80% less electricity consumed in your usual computer electricity consumption.  Click on the “Control Panel” of your computer then go to “Performance and Maintenance” option.  Look for “Power Setting” an option from there you optimize the power setting of your computer.  

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