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Baking Soda is Not Just For Cooking
March 1st, 2010 | 
Author: by Russell Cope
Baking soda is such a wonderful product because it has many uses other than just cooking. It is also a wonderful cleaner. Mixed with water you can clean counter tops, stoves, and even get out laundry stains.
Most of us know the normal uses for baking soda such as making a paste out of soda and peroxide for brushing our teeth and keeping a box in the refrigerator to keep odors down. But let me tell you about some more uses.
Just two tablespoons mixed in baby’s bath water will relieve diaper rash irritations and making a paste out of baking soda will relieve insect bite pain and itching. It will even relieve the pain of bee stings.
Use soda as a mouthwash and relieve the pain from those awful cancer sores or mix one half teaspoon of it with one half glass of water and drink to get rid of heart burn. The uses are almost unending for this product.
One use for baking soda my mom taught me years ago was to keep it on hand next to the stove for putting out grease fires. I have actually had to use it just for that! Some people also keep some in their garage and boat for the same reason. There is nothing more frightening than fire and having something close to help put it out is important.
Do not forget to keep the odor out of the kitty litter box by sprinkling the bottom of the box with it. Keep experimenting and I know you too will come up with lots of uses for this wonderful, and not to mention cheap, product.
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A Daily Schedule for Working Moms
by Inez Haythorn
If you work outside the home, you know how hard it is to keep up with housework, laundry, and meals. You come home from work tired and start in on your “second job”. Here are some suggestions that may help you feel less frazzled by the end of the day.
Before you make out your daily schedule, think seriously about what your priorities are. This will depend a lot on the age of your children and your family’s activities. My priorities are God, family, and then home management. This is a suggestion for a sample daily schedule.
MORNING
1. Try to get up a little early and spend some time in Bible reading and prayer. I have found that the rest of the day goes so much better when I do this.
2. Prepare a healthy breakfast for yourself and your family. Make beds. Get everyone ready and off to work and school.
AFTER WORK
3. If possible, take a little time to unwind and catch up with your children’s and husband’s day.
4. Start dinner. Meanwhile, unload the dishwasher and throw in a load of laundry.
5. Have a relaxing, sit-down dinner with your family. Make this a pleasant time of closeness and communication.
6. After supper, do the dishes, tidy up the kitchen, take out garbage. Set up the coffee for the next day.
7. Put laundry away, do a quick tidy of your living room.
8. Enlist the help of your children if they are old enough.
9. Make sure homework is done, backpack and supplies are ready, and clothes are laid out for the next day for your children.
10. Now relax and have some family time. An immaculate house may be nice, but not a requirement. Don’t waste precious time with your kids being a slave to your house. The time passes too quickly. The house will still be there when they are grown. Read together, play games, or just sit and talk. What you invest in your children now will reap great benefits and rewards later.
NIGHT TIME
Finish the day with a Bible story or Bible reading and prayer with your family. Get to bed early for a good night’s sleep.
Inez Haythorn is a Christian wife, mother, elementary school teacher, pianist, and freelance writer. Her goal is to glorify and honor God, and bless and help others.
Reprinted with permission.
