Genius

In an effort to be more Earth-friendly, I've been using white vinegar to clean my house for about a year. Last week, I used baking soda to clean the shower and tub for the first time. I was fairly impressed. The tile spiffed right up. I did have a hard time finding a good way to get the baking soda onto the scrub brush. When I tried to sprinkle the baking soda big clumps plopped out into the bathtub. Then, I'd have to pick up the big clump and try to set it on my scrub brush and quickly pound it against the wall of the shower without dropping it. I decided that I needed a container that would allow me to sprinkle it...like the Comet containers. A couple days later, we emptied a container of grated Parmesan cheese. Aha! Here was my container. I washed it out and poured my baking soda in, labeled it and put it away with the other cleaners. I'm so smart!

Now, there was one particular spot that the baking soda did not remove. Under the old non-slip bath mat (which was replaced during that recent baking soda cleaning), was a dark stain that would not come off. I decided that I would try another trick that I've read about...lemon juice and salt. I bought my lemon a week ago and it's been sitting with the other citrus fruits that are slowly rotting on my kitchen table--no one in my family will eat Grapefruit or nectarines except me and I'm not even that inspired.

All week, as I've been reminding myself that I need to test out the lemon and salt on the bathtub (Yes, I'm a procrastinator), I've been trying to think of some brilliant container to hold the salt. After all, I don't want to take the whole container up there. It would be nice to have some other smaller container--like my Parmesan cheese/baking soda idea (remember, I'm feeling very smart). So, for a week, these thoughts have been bouncing around in my head (did I mention that I'm a terrible procrastinator?).

This morning I realized that my genius has been out done. For some other brilliant person has already come up with a small container to hold salt...a container that has small holes that would allow a person to shake small portions of salt. It's called a salt shaker! Honestly, it took me a week to realize that! So, who's feeling smart now?