Thursdays at CatholicMom.com begin with a look at the past week’s Small Successes!
A little tweak of the morning routine this week has made things much more peaceful for both me and TheKid. When I take steps to help things run smoothly, everyone is much calmer and the day gets off to a better start.
Just now, I dropped off TheKid’s scholarship application at the Catholic high school he plans to attend. It contains a DVD with a duet he performed in his most recent play: Into the Woods, Jr., where he played the role of Rapunzel’s Prince. There is also the required scholarship essay, his entire theatre resume (14 shows since spring 2011) and the program from a diabetes event last spring where he and I served as panelists to help families decide if a continuous glucose monitor would be a good way to help them manage diabetes.
Hopefully we’ll hear by this time next week whether he has won a scholarship award.
I don’t know why I keep buying laundry pretreaters. I finally got the French-onion-soup stains on Hubs’ NEW (from Christmas) golf shirt, which went through the dryer before I noticed the spots, out. My cheap and effective secret weapon? A generous dose of original Dawn dishwashing soap, scrubbed in with an old toothbrush. Hang to dry until you’re sure it’s stain-free.
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You know, I heard just this past week that Dawn is good for that, and especially for red sauce stains.
I’ll say a prayer for that scholarship to Coke through!
Good Luck with the Scholarship.I use a combo of 1/3 Dawn and 2/3 Hydrogen peroxide. I am always spilling things down the front of me.