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Healthy, fun lunchbox packing recipes

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Kristin Posted in General Announcement .

Packing school lunch boxes can get boring, fast! Let’s talk about some easy, fun and healthy lunch alternatives.

 

First, be prepared. Do all your shopping for the week. Cut veggies and cheeses ahead of time and place them in individual ziplock bags, so you can throw them in a lunch box that morning. Be careful not to cut apples, pears or bananas too early or they will turn brown. Try packing their lunch as you are cleaning up dinner. The kitchen will already be a mess, so turn their left-overs into a fun lunch!

 

For example, if you made chicken for dinner, cut up the leftovers, grab a wrap, add some cheese and veggies and you’ve got a delicious chicken wrap. Our moms tell us their kids love EVERYTHING in a wrap. It’s fun for them and there are tons of recipes! Spread some hummus on a wrap and add some fresh veggies or try a peanut butter and banana wrap. Got taco leftovers? Send them to school with all the ingredients needed to make their favorite tacos! Or make mini quesadillas!

taco lunchbox

 

Another sandwich alternative is a bagel. Try a half bagel, pack some cheese, sliced pepperoni or chopped ham and a little pizza sauce and they can make their own pizzas. (Bagel Minis are perfect for this recipe!)

pizza bagel bites

 

Crescent rolls make a great lunch, too! Lay the crescent roll flat, add some cheese, bacon or other lunch meat, roll the crescent roll and bake according to the directions. Wait for the rolls to cool, cut them into smaller servings and voila!

crescant rolls

 

Say you have a little extra time while packing their lunch, assuming you are packing it the night before. Try adding a little extra, like cutting their sandwiches into fun shapes. How cute is that?!

shape sandwiches

 

Add a note as a reminder or for good luck!

napkin notes

Kids are messy, so pack them a fun colored napkin they’ll want to use!

 

 

If you are worried about them washing their hands before lunch, pack a moist towelette. These can also be handy for quick lunch time clean-ups!

 

Include a special drawing or picture.

 

Sometimes in the middle of the day, we all get that salty/sweet craving, so do your kids. Pack an extra snack like baked potato chips, dried fruit, pretzels, trail mix, sunflower seeds, pudding cups or jello.

 

If you pack lunches the night before, you can grab them out of the fridge that morning and go!

 

There are a few tips and tricks from us. What are some you use? Any fun or favorite recipes? Tell us on our Facebook page!

Tags: alternatives, bento box, easy to make, fruit, kids, leftovers, lunchbox, miraclean, napkins, sandwich ideas, shapes, taco, yummy .

Curing back to school jitters

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Kristin Posted in General Announcement .

Parents, the time has come! School is back in session! No more entertaining the kiddos with camps, expensive trips to the beach, and day care. (Teachers really do NOT get paid enough!)

jest mom happy back to school

(We love this picture from jest.com. How many Moms can relate?)

While you may be basking in your glory, your kids may be experiencing some back to school jitters.

 

Let’s talk about some ways to help calm your kids’ nerves.

 

First, be prepared. Attend your school’s open house and map out important areas like classrooms, lockers, restrooms, the cafeteria, etc. Your student will know exactly where to go. Being prepared can also mean with school supplies. Make sure your kids pack their bookbags the night before their classes begin. Sometimes just knowing you have everything you need ready and available can help calm their anxiety.

 

Remember, it is everybody’s first day. Teachers are nervous. The new kids are nervous. These feelings are normal.

 

Younger kids may need a little extra attention. Try reading them The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn. The story is about a mama raccoon who kisses her baby’s hand so he can carry her kiss with him all day.

the kissing hand

 

Older kids who have the jitters may enjoy reading First Day Jitters by Julie Dannenberg. This story turns first day jitters into a big joke and reveals that the teacher is the one with the worst jitters.

first day jitters

 

Parents, here is some advice from a teacher’s point of view:

 

  1. Don’t come to the door. Drop your kids off in front of the school. The longer you stay with them, the more you are endorsing the anxiety.
  2. Put a pick-me-up note in their pocket or lunchbox.
  3. Make them a special breakfast with some of their favorite foods or give them an extra treat in their lunchbox.
  4. Allow them to choose their own outfit, that way they can feel confident and comfortable.
  5. Figure out what they are nervous about and start small. For example, is your student afraid they will get lost in the long lunch lines or not have enough time to eat? Have them pack their lunch for the first few days until they get the feel of the cafeteria.

 

Just remember, the jitters don’t last forever. In a few days, your kid will be back to normal: complaining about homework and wishing for a day off from school.

 

What do you do to help ease back to school jitters? Tell us about it on Facebook!

Tags: anxiety, back to school, backpack, bookbag, books, first day, first day of school, green, jitters, lunchbox, miraclean, nerves, nervous, scared, supplies, tips .

10 reasons you shouldn’t clean your own house

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Kristin Posted in General Announcement .

You are busy! We know that. That’s why we don’t think you should have to clean your own house. Imagine that. To walk in to your home knowing the bedsheets were all changed, the showers are clean, the floors are no longer sticky. Isn’t that nice? And now you can have some time to yourself before the hubby and the kids come home and destroy it all in a matter of minutes. (Because, face it, that’s what’ll happen.)

 

Here are a few reasons why you shouldn’t be cleaning your own house:

 

1.)                Be honest, how many arguments have you and your family gotten into regarding cleaning? It’s like trying to pull teeth. No one wants to spend their limited weekend time scrubbing toilets. I’m not saying you should let your family trash the house to avoid an argument of cleaning, but straightening up a bedroom or playroom is not the same as cleaning a bathroom. Of course, kids should have some responsibilities depending on their age and how much they can handle, but seriously, how many times have you and your hubby argued over who did the last load of dishes? Avoid the argument completely by having someone else do the work for you!

arguing

2.)                As stated earlier, you only get a matter of hours over the weekend to spend it with your family. Enjoy that time. Go out to eat or take a weekend trip away. Maybe go to Carowinds for the day.

kids in pool

3.)                Try something new. If one of your major complaints is that there isn’t enough time in the day, give yourself more time. By hiring a cleaning service, usually a team can complete an entire house cleaning in about three hours. Take those three hours and meet a friend for coffee, or try a new restaurant that just opened. Go skydiving! The possibilities are endless but wouldn’t you rather do any of those things than clean your house?

skydiving

4.)                Take time for yourself. Could you imagine getting a massage or a mani/pedi, then coming home to a clean house?! You could get a head start on that best seller you’ve been dying to read!

massage

5.)                This is probably the most important piece of information I tell our customers, so listen up. Some people think there is a real stigma to hiring a cleaning company. Here’s my advice. How much is your time worth to you? Think about it. If you can pay between $80-$100 per cleaning and you can have fresh bedsheets and clean bathrooms in less than three hours isn’t that worth it knowing that it will probably take you all day to do what we can do in a matter of hours? How many times have you been cleaning an area and two minutes later your kids dump a box of Legos on the floor. What is the saying? Cleaning the house when the kids are home is like trying to brush your teeth while eating Oreo’s.

clock

6.)                Get rid of that, “I swear I JUST cleaned this!” feeling. You know what I mean. You sweep and mop the kitchen floor and in run the kids, “I’m hungry! She’s looking at me! He won’t let me in his room!” Before you know it you’ve got crumbs all over the counters and little footprints all over your freshly mopped floor.

kids interfere with cleaning

7.)                I don’t know about you, but occasionally I find myself asking “How can we live in this mess?” Not that my house is disgusting, but yes there are areas that get cleaned more than others. Summertime in the South means that my fans are on high circulation constantly! It’s those times where I flip I switch and realize there is about a pound of dust on each fan blade and jeeze someone should clean that. Then the germaphobe in me kicks in “Oh wow, we’ve just been breathing in this mess for weeks! How can we live in this mess?!” Hiring a cleaning company can help because they follow a guideline to make sure areas you don’t think about, like ceiling fans, get dusted on a regular basis.

sheldon

8.)                Who wants to clean? Seriously. After taking the kids to and from school, soccer practice, dance lessons, cooking dinner, going grocery shopping, doing laundry, planning the upcoming week, who has time to clean anymore? If you find yourself thinking, “if only there were a few hours more in a day,” then we are the cleaning company for you!

overwhelmed-mom

9.)                This is the excuse I used to tell my mom when she would have me make my bed in the morning. “Why? I’m just going to sleep in it again tonight?” I’m 28 years old and I still don’t make my bed….ever….because of this same reason. So what’s the difference between that and the rest of the house? Why clean when it’s just going to get messy again, right?

unmade bed

10.)            Lastly, leave it to the pros. There is no stigma in getting some extra help around the house. We know you are busy and we know you are responsible for an ENTIRE family! That’s a lot to keep up with nowadays! Take some stress off your plate and let us help. We use a 66-point checklist to make sure your home is sparkling clean. (Here it is, if you don’t believe me.) Plus, our customers say we clean their house better than they would any way.

 

 

And there you have it. Ten reasons why you shouldn’t be cleaning your own house. We would love to take some stress off your plate! We use all-natural products that are safe to use around kids and pets. All of our employees are bonded and insured. We have tons of references and we are probably already cleaning someone’s house in your neighborhood! Schedule your free estimate today by calling Kristin at 803-366-1766.

Tags: all natural, arguing, don't clean, green, kids, messy, miraclean, money-saving, safe, spend time, sticky, time .

How young is too young for kids to have a cell phone?

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Kristin Posted in General Announcement .

While cleaning a customer’s house the other day, she did something I had never thought of doing.

 

Her kids, all in elementary school, were planning on walking to the park with their friends. She gave them a walkie talkie and simply said, “Keep in touch. Let me know if your plans change.”

walkie talkie

 

Cool, right?! She said it was her way of keeping them “cell phone less” for a little while longer. What a great idea!

 

My niece recently celebrated her eighth birthday. When I asked her what she wanted, her requests were: “a cell phone, an iPad, a Nintendo DS” pretty much nothing under $100. Of course, she has no idea the value of these items. She sees her friends on a phone, so she wants a phone.

 

So, do you give in and buy the kid a phone?

baby w phone

 

 

How independent/responsible are your kids? Do they need to be in touch for safety reasons or social ones? Some folks have been ditching the old home phone. If you work and your child needs to check in with you once they arrive home from school, then it may be time to get them a cell phone. Make sure you limit the options of the phone. Start with a simple plan, one that only makes phone calls and allow them a certain amounts of minutes.

 

Does your kid understand the concept of minutes and apps downloaded?

 

Speaking of apps downloaded, depending on what age your child, are you ready to open them to the portals of the Internet? Cyberbulling, location sharing (which raises questions about children being stalked), and being on-call to all of their friends are a few concerns parents have when deciding if they should buy their kids a smartphone.

 

WedMd suggests not considering a cell phone until your child is in middle or high school, as the younger kids are more likely to be with you. Before you add a line to your current plan, consider establishing rules and punishments for breaking the rules.

 

WedMd suggests six cell phone rules for your kids:

  • Buy them a basic phone: Yes, you can still get a phone that doesn’t include a camera, Internet access, games, and texting. If you’re passing one of your phones down to your child, turn off all the extra features. And if your child complains, remind her that phones are tools, not toys. It’s about safety, not social status or games.
  • Set limits: Most cell phone companies allow you to cap the number of texts a user can send or receive as well as the number of minutes the cell phone can be used. If a child goes over the designated plan amount, have her pay the extra charges. (Older teens can be responsible for their entire cell bills.) You also can block Internet access and calls from unapproved numbers on most phones.
  • Set more limits: Designate times that the cell phone needs to be turned off — for instance, during family meals, after 10 p.m., and during school hours. If your teen is a driver, insist that he or she not use the phone when driving. Some families don’t allow cell phones in children’s rooms at night to keep kids from texting or making calls after bedtime. Insist that your child answer your calls and texts right away, and teach your child not to answer or return calls and texts from people they don’t know.
  • Follow the same limits yourself: Let’s face it: You have to walk your talk. If you don’t want your child to use the phone during meals or while driving, follow those rules yourself. If you don’t want him or her to compulsively check the phone, don’t do so yourself. You are your child’s No. 1 role model, whether your child admits it or not.
  • Create some distance: For now, until the radiation risks are clearer, use ear phones instead of holding the phone up to the ear. Also, don’t let kids sleep with their phones under their pillows. He also advises against carrying cell phones in front pants pockets, due to a potential radiation risk to the reproductive system.
  • Teach good behavior: Children aren’t born knowing the rules about how to use cell phones respectfully, including not using them to spread rumors, not taking (or sending) photos without people’s permission, not sending inappropriate photos or texts, not having personal conversations in public places – and, of course, never communicating with strangers, no matter how they present themselves. It’s up to you to teach them.

 

According to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study, 85% of those aged 14 to 17 — have cell phones. So do 69% of 11-14 year olds and 31% of kids aged 8-10. That’s twice as many kids who had cell phones in 2004!

 

Be responsible. You know your kid and you know their maturity level.

 

What are your thoughts? How old should kids be before they get a smartphone?  Tell us at www.facebook.com/Miraclean

Tags: cell phone, emergency, kids, lines, middle schoolers, minutes, money, money-saving, plans, teenagers, tips, walkie talkie .

10 alternative uses for baby powder

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Kristin Posted in General Announcement .

‘Tis the season for fun in the sun, beach vacations, and lots of sand! One essential beach item is baby powder. It is perfect for getting sand out of…hard to reach places. It is also great when you want to put on your flip flops but don’t want to get your feet wet.

baby powder sand

Here are nine other ways baby powder can help you around the house:

1.)                Sprinkle the bed sheets to cool down before you go to sleep.

bed sheets

2.)                Use it as a dry-shampoo for yourself and your pet!

dry shampoo baby powder

3.)                Rub it in your clothing to absorb grease stains.

grease stains

4.)                Sprinkle baby powder to help fix creaky hardwood floors.

baby powder hardwood floors

5.)                Spruce up your stinky shoes by making baby powder satchels to eliminate lingering odors.

baby powder shoes

6.)                Use it to help detangle your necklaces.

baby powder necklace detanlger

7.)                Clean playing cards in a plastic bag with a little baby powder and shake the bag.

playing cards

8.)                Freshen vintage books and moldy pages. Let the pages air-dry, sprinkle powder and let it sit for one hour. Dust powder off.

old books

9.)                Sprinkle over kitty litter for a quick refresh.

stimpy

 

 

Do you have baby powder tricks? Please, share them on our Facebook page!!!!  

Tags: baby powder, books, cards, cat litter, clean, easy, hardwood floors, jewelry, miraclean, natural, safe, sand, shampoo, shoes .

Entertaining your kiddos on the cheap

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Kristin Posted in General Announcement .

Summer is here! It can be expensive keeping your little ones entertained! We wanted to prepare our mom’s with a few ideas on how to keep the kiddos busy. Of course there are always summer camps and other activities they can attend, but here are a few ideas if you are on a budget or just want to spend the day with your munchkins. 🙂

 

1.)                Our friends at www.notimeforflashcards.com suggest a find and count bug hunt in the backyard. You’ll need a clipboard, a list of bugs (I like the picture next to the words! How fun?!) and a pen to keep a tally. Walk around the yard and tally each bug you find, then count your tally marks and circle the number.

Bug hunt

2.)                One of my favorites is to host a book and snack party. Choose a book, like Dr. Seuss’s One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish and serve a snack that correlates to the book, like Swedish Fish.

dr seuss goldfish

3.)                Grab a tarp (or painter’s plastic) and a hose and create your own slip and slide!

DIY slip and slide

4.)                Our friends at www.sixsistersstuff.com had this awesome idea! Use an old sheet or drop cloth to make art on the lawn!

kids drawing on sheet

5.)                Who doesn’t love sidewalk chalk? Color a pretty picture. Write words on the driveway. Make a hopscotch board.

sidewalk chalk

6.)                Grow a small garden in the backyard.

kids garden

7.)                Have an ice cream or banana nut sundae party. Invite friends and have them bring their favorite toppings!

ice cream sundae bar

8.)                Make a scavenger hunt with leaves, rocks, feathers, dandelions, etc.

Scavenger Hunt checklist

9.)                Create your own bird feeder. I remember rolling a pine cone in peanut butter, then bird seed. I’m sure there is an easier (and less messy) way to make a birdfeeder nowadays. 😉

toilet paper bird feeder

10.)            Plan a night under the stars. Grab a blanket and find stars, constellations, and planets.

star gazing

Do you have any more ideas on the cheap? Tell us at www.facebook.com/Miraclean

Tags: cheap, children, entertain, fun, ideas, kids, love, miraclean, money-saving ideas, spend time, summer .

Money-saving gardening tips

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Kristin Posted in General Announcement .

Last night my mom sent me this picture of her herb garden. I love that she said Take #1. Green thumbs don’t run in this family!

Mom's herb garden

 

This week’s blog is for my mother.

 

Here are some cute and handy ideas for your garden:

 

1.)                Use an old ladder as a growing support for cucumbers, beans, and tomatoes.

plants growing on ladder

2.)                Check out these cool plant potters! Use glow in the dark paint and place the potters around the edge of your patio or garden.

glow in the dark planter

3.)                Speaking of paint, paint a few rocks to look like strawberries. Place the rocks near your berry patch to chase the birds away. They hate pecking on stones and they will assume all the berries are hard.

rock paint like strawberry

4.)                Use left-over coffee grounds to acidify the soil of acid-loving plants like azaleas, rhododendrons, camellias, gardenias and blueberries. A light sprinkling of a quarter-inch applied once a month will keep the pH of the soil on the acidic side.

coffee as odor eliminator

5.)                Another awesome use of coffee filters are to use them in the bottom of your potted plants to keep the dirt from leaking out of the drainage hole.

coffee filters bottom planters

6.)                Turn a rake or other long-handled tool into a measuring stick. Use a permanent marker and a tape measurer to write inch and foot marks on the handle. Perfect for those plants that need space!

measuring stick rake

7.)                Create natural markers by writing the names of plants on flat faces of stones of various sizes and place them at the base of your plants.

rocks to identify plants

8.)                Keep your garden twine handy by placing it in a small clay pot and pull the end of the twine through the drainage hole and set the pot upside-down in the garden.

twine in pot

9.)                Dry your herbs by arranging them on a sheet of newspaper on the seat of your car. Roll up your windows and close the door and they will be perfectly dry. Plus, your car will smell great!

dry herbs on newspaper

10.)            Next time you boil or steam veggies, let the water cool and use it to water your potted plants. You’ll be amazed at how the plants respond to the veggie soup!

Boiled potato and carrot

 

Do you have tips to add? Tell us about it at www.facebook.com/Miraclean.

Tags: clean, garden, gardening, green, herbs, miraclean, money-saving, natural, tips .

Surviving Lent

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Kristin Posted in General Announcement .

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! Easter is almost here, which means Lent is coming to an end.

 

I gave up alcohol for Lent, specifically wine. I am a wino. My mom and I started our “research” a few years ago. We’ve been to various wineries. We always drink a bottle when we go out to dinner. We cook with wine. Basically, if we are together, we are drinking!

 

My mom was raised Catholic. She went to Catholic schools, Mass every Wednesday and Sunday, the whole shebang. She made the decision to let us (my two younger sisters and I) discover our own religion instead of us following in her footsteps. Thus, I am not a practicing Catholic, but I do like a good challenge and a 40-day challenge seems right up my alley!

 

In doing my research, I confided in her, especially when I crossed my fingers hoping Lent was over on Holy Thursday. Turns out we are a Holy Saturday kind of family. Even worse, Lent is over so late on Saturday that it is basically Sunday, Easter Sunday.

 

Rats!

 

I already have a bottle of my favorite wine ready to go on the kitchen counter. I was hoping to crack that baby on Thursday.

 

So, why am I telling you all this?

 

First, let me say that I was inspired by a friend to participate in Lent this year. My friend wrote this heartfelt status on Facebook about how she is too involved in other people’s lives and she needed to focus on herself so she was giving up Facebook for Lent. How true?! I find myself on Facebook stalking my friends and then I snap back into reality. “Hold on. What was I going on here to do?” Sometimes, I click the app on my phone out of habit and before I know it, 30 minutes have passed. Where does the time go?!

 

Anyway, I was inspired. So, I sent her a text and told her how she inspired me and that she wasn’t alone on her journey and that I was going to give up wine for Lent. We made a pact. We were in this together. We sent each other encouraging messages, mostly a countdown for when we could drink/Facebook stalk people again! 😉

 

I started this journey to see if I could do it, but it ended up changing my outlook on things.

 

A lot of my friends are bartenders. My boyfriend works in a bar. I was at the point where I would walk in the door of my favorite watering hole and they would have a glass of wine on the bar, ready for me. (They were not happy the first couple of weeks when I explained that I wasn’t going to be drinking for next few weeks. Lots of wine went down the drain, which broke my heart a little.)

 

Not drinking is tough! Especially on those long work days when all I wanted was a glass of wine and a bubble bath at the end of the day. I thought about cheating so many times! Who cares? Who would know?

 

The fact is, I would know and I would fail, epically. I always think that people are out to get me or that they are waiting on me to fail. (Paranoid much?) Anyway, I don’t want them to win or for them to think, “I knew she couldn’t do it.” So, onward it is.

 

Forty days of not drinking and what did I learn? SO MUCH!

 

I learned that drunk people are not funny to sober people nor are the drunks as funny as they think.

 

I learned how to save money. I know that may sound silly. I’m almost 30 years old. I have no kids, I’m no longer married, I should have all the money in the world. But a glass of wine at my favorite bar, almost every day adds up!

 

I took this time to catch up on my personal finances by getting caught up on a few bills that I may have let slip to the 60-90 day pay period. No worries, I’m now caught up and following a scheduled payment plan.

 

Of course, it was difficult. But, I survived. I made it through to the end. I reassured myself that I am still a strong person who follows through on her promises.

 

Did you participate in Lent this year? Tell us your story at www.facebook.com/Miraclean

Tags: Catholic, Easter, Holy Saturday, Lent, miraclean, sacrifice, wine .

That’s why they call it work and not fun

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Kristin Posted in General Announcement .

Like most teenagers, I would complain…about everything. I didn’t want to go to school, I didn’t want to go to work. (At the time, I was an A-B student, always on the honor roll, and I worked after school at a local McDonalds. That was actually my first job.)

 

My mom, a single parent of three girls, would always say “that’s why they call it work and not fun.”

 

I can’t count on my fingers and toes how many times she told me that. So much so, that I started telling other people that when they would complain about having to pick up an extra shift or someone called out so now they had to go in to work.

 

Most of my jobs were little $8 an hour cashier or secretary jobs, until I decided to start Miraclean. (To get the whole scoop on how and why I started Miraclean, check out my previous blog post here.)

 

Anyway, the other day I reminded of my mother’s famous saying while I was cleaning, except my work WAS fun.

 

Let me start over. Scrubbing soap scum from a leaky shower…not fun. Wiping all sorts of fluids from the bathroom, buggers off of walls, ok, ok, that’s not fun. But, the feeling you get from cleaning is fun.

 

I’ll put it to you this way. I have been procrastinating on cleaning out my second bedroom. I just don’t wanna! It’s stupid, I’m never in there and I keep the door closed so I don’t have to look at it….BUT I know what’s behind that door. Tons of crap that just needs to be tossed, but who has the time for that? Apparently, my boyfriend and I because I told him that was our plan for the weekend and he held me accountable.

 

I came home from work on Saturday and he already had everything pulled out of the closet. (What a guy!) So now there was no excuse. “Fine. Let’s just do it and get it over with.” Three overstuffed trashbags later (seriously, where does this crap hide?!) we have a place for everything and everything in it’s place. It literally took an hour, maybe a little longer with the both us working together. Afterward, we stood back, looked at our room (oh, hi floor…it’s been so long since I’ve seen you!), high-fived each other and took a nap.

 

The point being, we felt that feeling of accomplishment. In with new, out with the old. Now, my skin doesn’t crawl when I know I need something from that room.

 

It’s the same way when you’re cleaning houses. Usually, someone hires us to clean because they either don’t have time or they would much rather spend their free time at home with their family than yelling at the kids to clean up, upsetting the husband for making him work around the house on his day off, whatever, whatever. It’s just easier to hire a company like us to get everything done in a matter of hours.

 

The customer comes home to a clean house and BAM all of a sudden their entire weekend opens up. They can go to the park or take a weekend trip or visit friends and not have their skin crawl thinking they have four dirty bathrooms at home that still need to be cleaned and 100 loads of laundry that need to be washed.

 

That’s what makes me feel good inside. Those families that are absolutely grateful and thankful to have us clean and make their lives easier. So many tell me on a regular basis, “AHH!!! We love Miraclean days!” And that’s what makes it worth it.

I can’t tell you how rewarding it is to know that you are helping someone. Whether it is helping them spend more time with their family or helping them with a problem around the house. We clean for a lot of older folks, too. I can’t tell you how many times we’ve walked into a bathroom with a black tub, not because that is the color of the tub but because it is dirty-dirty!  We get that tub back to its original shade of color, after a lot of sweat and scrubbing, but it is worth it to see the look on their face when they walk into their bathroom and don’t even recognize it because it is so clean.

 

The other day, I was cleaning probably one of my favorite family’s house. They are adorable. Southern belle momma, Daddy brings home the bacon, they have two girls and a boy and a big, beautiful home in Fort Mill. The house takes a crew of two girls a little over three hours to clean, but we absolutely love it! We gawk at the chandeliers in the bathrooms and check out the new coats of paint in the kids’ rooms. It is such a nice house to clean and that’s when my mother came into my brain.

 

“That’s why they call it work and not fun.”

 

But, this is fun. Ok, for the most part it is fun. I get to work with people I enjoy working with, I get to feel appreciated at work (most of the time), and I get to help families. What is more fun than that?

Tags: chores, cleaning, fun, green, house cleaning, kids, melaleuca, miraclean, parents, work .

Help me, help others

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Kristin Posted in General Announcement .

Polar Plunge pic

 

We are so excited to announce our participation in the Area 11 Frozen Fans Polar Plunge! This unique event raises money for over 1,500 athletes in the Chester, York and Lancaster area.

 

These athletes are some of the most amazing people we have ever met! Their motto is “Let me win. But, if I cannot, let me be brave in the attempt.”

 

According to their website, the mission of Special Olympics is “to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for individuals with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympic athletes and the community.”

 

These athletes have seen improved physical fitness and motor skills, they gain self-confidence and a more positive self-image from their participation.

 

The Frozen Fans Polar Plunge is a way to raise money so these athletes can train in the sports they love. Each Polar Plunge participant sets a goal to raise a certain amount of money. Then, at noon Feb. 22 at Ebenezer Park in Rock Hill, we take the plunge into freezing, cold Lake Wylie!

Want to help? Miraclean has set a goal of $500 and we need your help! To donate, please visit our fan page at https://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/Miraclean/2014-frozen-fans-polar-plunge

Kristin Malone will represent Miraclean in the plunge.

Everyone is invited to watch (or take) the plunge!

Come on out and support our athletes.

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Tags: charity, cold, February, lake wylie, miraclean, polar plunge, special olympics .

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