The Cloth Diaper Report is hosting a giveaway for Crunchy Clean natural laundry detergent (and some sprinkles) on her blog. I’m already a faithful user of this great product so I’m entering.

Yes you could make your laundry detergent but why try when Crunchy Clean has so many fabulous scents. I’ve been using the Everyday Detergent Hard Water, Diaper Detergent (no longer needed wahoo!), and linen spray in Crisp Cool Clean. I also have the deodorizing sprinkles in grapefruit which you can sprinkle and then vacuum up for a nice clean scent. Since I no longer have a laundry need for the diaper detergent I’ve been mixing with vinegar and using it to wipe down walls and flat spaces when the mood arises. It gives such a delightful scent to the home! I had also purchased the lavendar and eucalyptus in diaper detergent but since I don’t need it for that right now I want to use it on something. It is fabulously strong (I love that scent combination).

Anyway drop by The Cloth Diaper Report and follow all her detailed directions for entering numerous times. I admit I sometimes get confused with all the follow me and tweet me here and blip it twice or whatever. But I did set up a twitter account (twitter.com/momtools) and have attempted to do some things there.

Off you go now. Go enter.

So today is Tackle it Tuesday time. This is the time when you get something done that you’ve been meaning to do or better yet procrastinating about.

My main goal for today is to unclog the bathtub drain. I keep forgetting to add the drain cleaner to my weekly grocery list. If I’m not walking past the list when it’s on my mind then sheesh! Forget it!

I make these wonderful detailed grocery lists and keep forgetting this one small badly needed item!

I think that is a clue to try another method. So I’m going to do just that!

This month in honor of my Vintage Homemaking site I’m going to attempt to unclog our bathtub drain using natural methods.

I’m trying not to think about what is making it clogged in the first place. My goal is just clean it!

Want the recipe?

1/2 cup baking soda
1/4 cup vinegar (I’ll be using white)
1/2 cup salt
Pour them in this order down the drain and let gurgle and bubble for 15
minutes.
Then, wearing gloves, and holding your face waaaay back pour a pot of
boiling water ever so slowly in after them.

* I can’t be held responsible for any accidents or unforeseen problems
so please use this with caution meaning be careful of splattering hot
liquids etc. Hold your face and your hands back from the happenings please.

For more Tackle it Tuesday people visit 5 minutes for mom here.

Update: I did the drain unclog and sat waaay back as I was really expecting Mt. Vesuvius but it was not so. It did gurgle and toil but I was extra zealous and kept pouring half cupfuls of vinegar down there (total of 3 to be exact). I did the salt too as I have a big box left over from last Thanksgiving’s brining.

I now need to fill the tub and watch it empty. Pretty cool. I’m going to have to share this with my sister. I also need more baking soda…