Heathie's Homemaking Hints

I'm no Martha Stewart or anything, but here are a couple little things I learned today while performing my housewife-y duties:

--If your house seems stuffy, just open the back door and sweep the kitchen floor. The moment you start sweeping, a nice breeze will come in and scatter all your dirt, but the house will feel much better.

--If your cat is missing, just start mopping your floors. Your cat will show up immediately, with his dirty paws, and might even bring a grasshopper friend or two.

--If you notice your dog running back and forth from the house to the yard and seemingly eating grass, there's a good chance someone left the pantry open, and he's going to town on the milk bones.

--I read somewhere that automatic car washes are more eco-friendly than washing your car at home, but chances are if your kids are still afraid of the vacuum, they will not like the car wash. They will cry [Drew] or give the car wash dirty looks [Owen] throughout the whole experience and be very glad when it's over.