Mosquito Repellent from SurvivingtheStores.com

Here's a link to the page -- there are variations on the ingredients available too. Homemade Mosquito Repellent – Lavender, Vanilla, and Lemon Juice!

Web Site Recipe: 

Ingredients

• 15 drops of Lavender Essential Oil
• 10 drop of Citronella essential oil
• 3 – 4 Tbsp Homemade Vanilla Extract (which is why I recommend making your own so it’s inexpensive!)
• 4-5 Tbsp. Lemon Juice or 5-10 drops of Lemon Essential Oil

Instructions

1. Mix all of the above ingredients in a spray bottle and fill the rest up with water (or a mix of water and vodka, or a mix of water and witch hazel).
2. Spray away!!

Here's the Facebook recipe:
Yay!! It's Spring!! Time to get ready for Mosquito invasions. ;-) Here's an easy & pleasant repellent recipe you can make at home:

Combine in a 16 oz bottle:
15 drops lavender oil
3-4 Tbsp of vanilla extract
1/4 Cup lemon juice.
Fill bottle with water.
Shake.

Ready to use. Make some extra to gift to your neighbors, family & friends. (Trust me.. it'll be appreciated!)

Share this on your Facebook wall so you'll have it handy when it's needed. 

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Stain remover - carpet

Okay, so this is a magic flying carpet and that isn't quite what we are talking about here, but I liked the image and it is a carpet. Besides all my photos of the various alcoholic carpets that I have had over the years are all in the PODS container...

In my mother's notes was a old yellowed piece of paper with this information on it:

This mixture helps remove stains from carpeting, use detergent-water-vinegar solution. Mix 1-teaspoon liquid dish or fine fabric detergent, 1-quart warm water and 1-teaspoon white vinegar.

From the look of it, we are to be intuitive enough on cleaning to know we should put this one the stain and then blot it off. I would use a white towel just in case so you don't transfer colored towel onto the carpet making matters worse.

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