Mental Sampler 44

We have tried so many bathroom cleaners over the years, but I saw a YouTube video for a simple fix, decided to try it, and it actually worked. So I’m passing it along to you.

Take an empty spray bottle. (I used the bottle from a spray cleaner I just finished.) Fill it about a quarter of the way with blue Dawn. It needs to be the basic, original Dawn. Add three times the amount of white vinegar. Shake it until the two liquids are mixed together.

Go to the bathroom, wet the walls (if they are tile) and tub, and spray down all surfaces. Just heavily spray it with the solution. Then walk away and set a timer for an hour. Go back with a bristle brush and scrub. You won’t have to scrub that hard, but you’ll have to go over the surface with a little effort. Rinse the walls and tub, and the vinegar scent disappears along with stains and soap scum. It was kind of amazing.

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A friend of mine died many years ago. He has been on my mind because the twins go to college near where he grew up and where I know he is buried.

I was recently Googling for a song, and a website came up, created by a friend of his, capturing my old friend’s version of that song. His friend had put 8 songs — new arrangements of common songs — that my friend recorded before he died up on the site. And when I hit play, I got to hear him singing it.

It was such a happy surprise because even though I knew he was a musician, I didn’t know this site existed. And I only have photographs, no videos, because it was all film cameras back then. So it felt extra special to stumble upon it.