Cleaning Your Gas Grill
May 31, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Cooking, Outdoor Home
Last week, I mentioned a resource for grill recipes. Then it occurred to me that some of us don’t know how to properly clean our gas grills. What are the proper steps to ensuring a clean and healthy grill? No worries. It’s pretty easy.
If this is the first time this year that you are using your grill, then it’s a good idea to do a more thorough cleaning. Turn on the burners, close the lid, and let the grill run for about 30 minutes. It needs to cook long enough to burn off the residue. Brush the grates with a brass …read more
Our Family Rules of Cleaning
March 23, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Cleaning, General Housekeeping and Homemaking, family
Each family has a set of rules and expectations for keeping the home clean. Some families like everything put into it’s proper place, some have a loose ‘anything goes’ philosophy, and some fall in the middle. While I like a neat and orderly house, I have a 3, 5, and 10 year old so it’s really hard to keep up each day. I’m working on nagging teaching them these rules. Maybe one day it will stick into their brains and all will be good.
Here’s a list of expectations that we have in our home. If these were all done today, …read more
