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Okay I do have a gardening update. Not a happy one but in the meantime I’ve been doing some heavy duty organizing.

First I made the mistake of visiting the HSN (Home Shopping Network) website. I happened upon the Flip Fold thingy and was hooked.

Now you have to understand I don’t have a television so I’ve never really seen one of these shows.

I have a horrible time folding clothes. Usually my husband comes in and bails me out. He has that military background and can make some mean folds. But I really would rather use this energy to tackle my gardening woes. So after watching the infomercial (and doing a bit of web checking to make sure this was the model I wanted) I ordered.

I was so excited waiting for this thing it’s kind of scary. My husband didn’t agree that this would change my clothes folding life and thought it was a waste yada yada.

So fast forward a week and I have the Flip Fold reg. and junior and my whole house is undergoing a transformation!

I won’t say I love folding clothes but man I do love the results!

It’s a bit more than just being anally neat. It’s about having more room in the drawers and actually knowing what is there. With every day living things were getting a wee bit out of hand.

I re-organize about a drawer or a shelf a day along with the laundry and leave it at that.  I’ve finished the master bedroom dressers, and two shelves in the linen closet.

Meanwhile I decided that the sock drawers could use some help and I found this video.  By the way it does work and I like how they look. It took all of about 5 minutes to re-do my husbands socks.

We all know how difficult stains are to remove. The stains baby’s acquire can be some of the most challenging. From baby formula to pureed foods. Well my sweet baby had a juice fest with her father and got some nice deep purple grape juice stains on her once lovely white onsie and a cute pink top . I was so disgusted I dumped the tops in the laundry hamper and didn’t think about them for about 2 days. Well okay I thought about them but with great disgust.

I didn’t even bother to research my stain removing guides or the numerous laundry tips I have around. In my state of continuing disgust I just picked up my new tub of OxiClean Versatile – The Original! and followed the directions for treating a stain on clothing.

Making a paste with 16 oz of water and 1/4 cup of OxiClean Versatile. I let both of the tops sit in the sink with the paste on them for a about an hour while I did other things and then I dumped them in the wash with a load of laundry (toddler clothes). Again, to make sure I really got the stains, to the laundry I added a scoop of OxiClean Versatile and then filled the washer with hot water. I soaked her complete load of laundry (minus a blanket that likes to color everything) overnight and then completed the laundry this morning.

Boy was I surprised! I truly expected to find a least some trace of the stain because as we know grape juice can be a bear to get out. They were all gone!!! Both tops are like new! The OxiClean Versatile got all of the grape juice out and of course the rest of the laundry is wonderfully clean.

I was and am still very happy.