~*How To Get Wax Out Of Your Carpet*~

 

 

 

 

 

 

So the other day my husband decided to plug in our new candle warmer in the living room and got one of my Yankee candles to put on it.  The problem is he put in a place where our 3 year old son could reach it! Yep you guessed it!

He dumped the whole candle all over our sub to our surround sound, all over half the DVD's and a bunch all over the carpet!

I freaked out when I saw it. Since we are renting the place we are living in the last thing we want is to ruin the carpet and get in trouble with the landlord.

 So my husband and I sat and looked at in awhile and talk about different things we could do to try and fix this problem. But I felt that it would only ruin the carpet worse.

 I eventually gave up and got on my Facebook and asked for help. I had a few people come to the rescue with some good idea's. I picked one and decided it was the best way to go about things.

 

The Paper Bag Trick is what I chose to do. 

 

Here is what you will need

 

 

Brown Paper Bag

 

 

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An Iron

 

 

 

 

 I heated up my iron on a medium heat.

You don't want it to hot or it will either burn the carpet or melt it depending on what kind of carpet you have.

Once heated up I layed the paper bag flat over the spot of wax. I began ironing the paper bag like I was ironing a piece of clothing. You want to keep the iron moving... You do not want to just sit it on there. As I was ironing I began to see what looked like greasy spots coming through the paper bag. Sure enough it was the wax melting and being pulled up through the bag. I just kepting ironing and checking it every little bit and then I would rub the carpet to help break it up and bring it out. I wore a rubber glove. You don't have to though.. I just wanted to. Because I had a pretty big amount of it splattered on the carpet it ended up taking me almost and hour or so to get it all out of the carpet. I went through about 3 or 4 paper bags.

I am happy to say it was a success and it worked out wonderful!

The carpet looked just as good as new and it really did pull all of the wax right up. Not only was I surprised it worked... but I was happy enough with the result that I wanted to share this idea with everyone.

I wished I would have taken pictures for you guys to see but I didn't think of it at the time. Plus I didn't know this crazy idea would have worked.
 

 

So there you go if you ever have this problem. This is how to fix it.

I hope someone finds this as helpfull as I did.
 

 



~*Being a Mother*~

With Mother's Day around the corner I started thinking about being a mother. This will be my 3rd year being a mother and the time for me just seems to be going by so fast. Time will never go faster then when you have kids. They grow and learn so quickly. Nathan being a new born seems like a faint memory to me now. If it wasn't for the pictures.. It just seems so hard to believe that he was that little at one time. I thought things like that would always stick in my mind forever. But truthfully they slowly leave you because of how much you focus on them and how they are now. That is why I am thankful for camera's to capture as many memories as I can. So that I can always have them and remember what a blessing I have.

When I first started being a mom it took me alittle while to get into the groove of things. Taking a shower, getting clothes washed, and most anything seemed hard to get done. I was so tired from the sleepless nights that most days I said screw it and didn't care. There were times I didn't know if I was going to make it feeling as crazy as I was. But then I would hold my sweet little boy and see his smiling little face and somehow I knew that I was going to make it and I could do this. It is not easy being a mother but it is so worth it. There are alot of hard times that get you to those awesome little moments that you wouldn't trade for anything in the world. I have learned alot about myself from being a mother. I learned about my strengths and weaknesses. I am alot more patient then I ever thought I was and to be a mom it is almost required to be so. Everyday I am learning something new in my walk as a Mommy. While there are alot of crazy moments... To me they are all worth going through for the sweet little face I wake up and see everyday. I Love My Life As a Mommy and I wouldn't want it any other way.

It has been a Stressful, Sleepless, Happy, Funny, Crazy time and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

Nathan and I

41 weeks

I was getting ready to go in and have him.

2 hours after birth.

7 pounds 11 ounces 18 inches

The day we brought him home.

1 week 

I hadn't slept most of the night or all day.

1 Month

1 Year

1 year and half

Nathan's first hair cut

 

 

 2 and half years old 

~*The Ninja*~

My husband is alittle obsessed with smoothies and he some how talked me into getting this blender called the Ninja. I wasn't sure about it at first but after we got it and brought it home... I played around with it alittle bit and I really liked it. It is perfect for ice crushing, blending, pureeing, and controlled processing. My husband just about everyday is whipping up some kinda fruity thing. However the one day I said something about really wanting something chocolatey and if you know me that is not very often because I am not much of a sweet eater... My husband came up with this Chocolate peanut butter banana smoothie for me. It is sooo goood!

Because my husband is a dash of this and a pinch of that kinda guy... It was hard to try and kind of figure out the recipe for it. I watched him make it and from what I saw this is what he used to make it.

 

 

 

 

1 whole banana

1/2 cup of coconut milk

2 table spoon scoops of peanut butter

1 1/2 table spoons of cocoa baking chocolate

1 table spoon of sugar in the raw

4 swirls of honey

1 full 2 cup measuring cup of ice

blend and enjoy!