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Published By Mary Findley

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Today's Date..Sept 3rd, 2007  ---------------------------------------------------------------============================================================

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Monthly Specials:  

    Summertime is over and it's time for fall cleaning before the chill of the winter comes knocking at your front door. Our duo of CleanEz and Benya make these cleaning chores fast and easy. CleanEz is a powerful yet environmentally safe all purpose cleaner. It is formulated to remove carpet stains, clean showers and toilets, counter tops, boats, RVs, cars. It even removed fresh gum from the carpet of my truck! 

Benya's power comes full force when you clean your windows or black faced appliances without tall tale, ugly streaks glaring back at you. Yet it is one of the few products safe enough to clean Marble and Granite. PLUS the best part is that your bathroom mirrors won't fog anymore when you use Benya! This has been true on the 37 mirrors we have tested so far. 

     When you purchase both of these 32 ounce bottles, a $40.90 value, you will receive one of our dynamite heavy duty 4 pound half size hand terry towels (wonderful for cleaning around the stove or bathroom countertops) This $5 value is yours free when you order now. 

     BRAND NEW to Mary Moppins. We now have in stock our brand new 100% cotton diaper cloths. They have been a rave with everyone who purchased them at my summer shows. These soft, gentle cloths are undeniably the best cloth for applying Advantage to your car, truck, motorcycle, RV or boat. Unlike terry towels that can leave an uneven coat on your vehicle, these unbeatable towels glide Advantage on then remove it even faster. 

     They are selling for $2.50 each or 5 for $10 only until the end of Sept. 

NOTE: The Diaper Cloths are not on my website as yet, so order the Swifter Towels then in the comment section let me know you want the Diaper Cloths and how many. Or if you order the CleanEz and Benya, again tell me you wish to add the Diaper Cloths. 

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    Once again I am asking forgiveness for being so tardy in getting my newsletter to you this past month and a half. The back to back RV rallies were a tremendous success - two of them nearly tripling sales from the previous rally with over 350 attending my seminars. Thank you to all of my new subscribers who have come to Mary Moppins from attending the seminars. 

     Four days after the last rally ended, I was blessed with having my son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren came to visit for the week. Needless to say my arms ache already for their hugs. Gracie is now 3 ½ and Josh is 9 months. Josh is discovering his feet take him places quicker than his hands and knees so we enjoyed watching him tour the living room via couch and chair cushions. 

     On an outing to a fair, Courtney and my son wanted to browse through the craft barns so I immediately grabbed the kids and headed to the rides in full knowledge that I would have far more fun watching Gracie than she would riding them - according to me anyway.  

    When we got to the train ride the "engineer" put her in the front car. She has the most adorable smile and sweet disposition and turned it on full blast as he buckled her into the seat. He turned to me and said "That little girl is the most precious child I've ever seen." I told him that as her Grandmother I am quite unabashedly prejudice but agreed totally on his insight into her preciousness. He replied he was not her grandparent and not prejudice but with all the kids he sees day after day, she is precious. The kids on that train ride enjoyed a few extra turns around the track and she thanked him with a hug as she left.   

     Gracie amazed me the entire time she was here and not just because she is charming. She fed her brother knowing instinctively he was hungry when we adults were busy getting meals on the table. We dug potatoes out of my garden and pulled carrots as she hosed off the dirt. The following morning she pulled the rest of the carrots and beets, hosed off the dirt and brought them to me without any adult supervision or me even asking her to do it.   

    What Gracie taught me I wish I had learned from my son when he was her age.  Jason tried so hard to tell me that he too could do these things only I insisted on doing everything for him. I was so wrapped up in anger and self pity I could not see that he was a very capable little boy.  Gracie with all her precious ways and wisdom taught me that children are indeed extremely capable. Children are fully aware of what they can and can't accomplish and we adults need to get out of their way and let them develop confidence in both their achievements and their "failings." 

     Only there is one huge difference between children and adults: Children don't see themselves as failures - that is a label put on them by adults. And it is dead flat wrong. A young child has an innate knowledge that it is not the right time for them to master that skill - it will come later and we adults should keep our noses, comments and labels out of it. I was raised being told I was never good enough and it took most of my life to overcome the handicap the label left me holding. 

     As a result of being left to her own doing, Gracie hauled out the hose to water plants, picked beans and helped with dinner. She accomplished each with greater skill than most adults. Those things she couldn't master she simply said "Grandma help me." Wow - what wisdom and confidence to go along with that precious attitude and "engineer" melting smile.  

     It is only our frequent use of the words "you are too young" or "you can't do that" that we discourage a child's participation. I broke down my son so bad by doing things for him that he lost the will to try. He had the right to try and he had the right to discover his own limitations not the limitations I placed on him though my meddling.    

    What I would give to go back 30 years with the knowledge and skills I now have and raise Jason all over again.  A friend of mine told me something though his father passed onto him: "Forever forwards - never backwards." Thank you Jerry - you have been a guiding light in my life and I am forever grateful. I can't go back and undo the mistakes I made raising my son but I can pass along my knowledge to my grandchildren. If some of it rubs off on my son and helps him from repeating these same mistakes - then the hard work I've put in to correct these mistakes and shortcomings in my life has not been for naught. 

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     If you are new to Moppins Mail and want to catch up the past several issues, they are available on my blog. http://amazingcleaningtips101.blogspot.com/.  Remember to check my blog weekly for updates and useful tips you may never need J  

    Be sure to pick up a copy of Woman's Day magazine Sept 12th issue that is now at the stores. They have a wonderful article called "Our 50 All-Time Top Tips." Yours truly is in the magazine with several of my tips.  

     Recently a woman wrote in asking how to get rid of the "dirt" marks that collected along the top of a few garments that had been hanging in the closet for several years. She had lost weight and now fit back into these clothes and was elated to be able to wear them again. Only they live in a dusty area and the shirts and blouses gathered dirt along the area where they came in contact with the hanger.  

     She purchased a bottle of my CleanEz and away went the dirt along with the soap residue on her shower walls a several stains in her carpet. 

     If you are going to be storing clothing for any length of time, it is far easier and safer to purchase the "space bags" that you find in places like Bed Bath and Beyond. Easy to use, the clothes can be stored without worry of bugs or dirt getting into the bag. Use them for storing little used or seasonal items such as Christmas and Thanksgiving linens. They fit quite nicely under a bed to stretch storage space.  

     Fall is the best time to do those cleaning chores we all tend to ignore. Next time you shower remove the shower curtains and toss them into the washer with the floor mat or a few towels. The towels or mat will help "scrub" them. Dry by simply hanging them back up. 

    Remove your bed spread or cover then launder it along with the mattress cover if it can be laundered - do read the directions. They collect dust and dust mites. Dry the bed spread until it is about half dry then finish outdoors draped over your outdoor furniture or a fence. That fresh outdoor smell will linger a long time.  Vacuum the mattress after removing the cover. This is an excellent time to flip the mattress and then pull the bed out to thoroughly vacuum under the bed. Yes we all tend to ignore this part of our housecleaning including myself. Yet we spend more of our time on our beds than on any other piece of furniture in our homes. 

     Remember it is wise to flip or turn your mattress each time you wash your sheets. I know the manufactures say to do this monthly maybe for the first six or seven months but for long wear, flip and turn each time you wash sheets. 

     Next on your list is to remove your curtains and launder them if they can be washed. If they are dry clean only and don't need cleaning grab a friend or spouse and take them outside for a good old fashioned shake down. You will be amazed the amount of dust that comes flying from the crevices and corners.  

     Now that you have pulled the furniture away from the wall to remove the curtains it provides a wonderful opportunity to run one of our dry sponges along the baseboards to clean both the baseboards and edge of the carpet. I know you vacuum this area regularly but a vacuum just does not collect all the dirt in the crevice between the baseboard and carpet.

[[[[[[[SHORT CLIPS: One of my readers had a postscript on a recent email that said "The truth is that there is no better time to be happy than right now -if not, then when? 

Your life will ALWAYS be full of challenges....

It is better to admit as much and to decide to be happy in spite of it all....

There isn't any road to happiness...

HAPPINESS is the road"

Grins,

Mary Findley

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