Pictures of Mom's Remodel - Before and After

These are mostly for Lolly's sake, since most of us have seen the finished kitchen... (not a lot of available shots of the before kitchen.)

BEFORE

AFTER

Bathroom

BEFORE

AFTER

Apple Cider Vinegar

I am learning the wonderful uses of Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) and I thought I would share some of them. First it is the acid medium that I use for soaking my bread. It has the best flavor, and makes my bread really moist, so it doesn't fall apart.

Samuel had a dry cough for months, finally I read on the internet that ACV helps, so I started giving him a drink with water, honey, and ACV, and within 3 days his cough was gone. I also rubbed it on Isaac's feet at night when he had a cough, since I couldn't have him drink it. It seemed to help. Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar is the best, because it is raw. It is a more expensive than the other apple cider vinegars, but for all it's many uses it is worth every penny and more. Plus they have a long shelf life. It's worth getting a year supply. I have heard many other uses, but someone emailed me this list, so I thought I would also pass it on. :)

PLANTS

Grow beautiful azaleas: Occasionally water plants with a mixture of two tablespoons vinegar to one quart water. Azaleas love acidic soil.

Kill grass on walks and driveways Pour full strength on unwanted grass.

Kill weeds. Spray full strength on growth until plants have starved.

Freshen cut flowers. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar for each quart of water.

Rinse your hands liberally with vinegar after working with garden lime to
avoid rough and flaking skin.
Clean pots before repotting, rinse with vinegar to
remove excess lime.

BUGS AND ANIMALS:

Fish bowl cleaner, Eliminate animal urine stains from carpet.
Deter ants. Spray vinegar around door and window frames, under appliances, and along other known ant trails.

Remove skunk odor from a dog, Keep cats away. Keep dogs from scratching ears. Keep away fleas and mange. Add a little vinegar to
your pet's drinking water.

Keep chickens from pecking each other

CARS & TOOLS:
Polish car chrome. Apply full strength.

Clean rust from tools, bolts, and spigots.
Keep car windows frost free. three parts vinegar to one part water.


HEALTH & BEAUTY:
Dampen your appetite. Sprinkle a little vinegar on prepared food to take the edge off your appetite.

Soothe Sunburn mosquito, bug bites, a bee or jellyfish sting.
Hair rinse and dandruff fighterTake 1 cup of vinegar and warm water Hiccups 1 TBSP and swollow. It stops them instantly.

Soothe a sore throat. Put a teaspoon of vinegar in a glass of water. Gargle, then swallow.

Cure for colds. Mix one-quarter cup Apple Cider Vinegar with one-quarter cup honey. Take one tablespoon six to eight times daily.

Treat sinus infections and chest colds. Add 1/4 cup vinegar to vaporizer.

Feel good recipe. 1 tsp of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water, honey,will take the edge off your appetite and give you an overall healthy feeling.

Remove fruit stains from hands. Rub with vinegar.

Remove warts by applying a lotion of half cider vinegar and half glycerin.
Apply daily to warts until they dissolve.

Arthritis. Before each meal, 2 tsp Apple Cider Vinegar .Give 3 weeks

Remove corns by making a poultice of one crumbled piece of bread soaked in one-quarter cup Vinegar. Let poultice sit for one-half hour, then apply tothe corn and tape in place overnight. If corn does not peel off by morning, reapply the poultice for several consecutive nights.

Cure an upset stomach by drinking two teaspoons Apple Cider Vinegar in one cup water.

Yeast infections. Douche 1 tbsp vinegar to one quart warm.
Clean dentures by soaking them overnight in vinegar
Relieve cough 1/2 cup Apple Cider Vinegar, 1/2 cup water, 1tsp cayenne pepper, and 4 teaspoons honey.


LAUNDRY & OTHER CLOTHES CARE:
Use in laundry to cut soap. Get rid of lint in clothes. 1/2 cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle.

Prevent lint from clinging to clothes: 1 cup vinegar to each wash load.

Keep bright colors from running. Immerse clothes in full strength vinegar for 10 minutes before washing. Brighten fabric colors. Add a 1/2 cup vinegar to the rinse cycle.

Freshen up the washing machine. Clean the hoses and unclog soap scum.
Once a month pour one cup of vinegar into the washing machine and run the machine through a normal cycle, without clothes.

Take grease off suede. With toothbrush and vinegar
Remove tough stains. Gently rub on fruit, jam, mustard, coffee, tea. Then wash as usual.

Get smoke smell out of clothes by adding a cup of vinegar to a bath tub of hot water. Hang clothes above the steam.

Deodorant and anti-perspirants stains may be removed from clothing by lightly rubbing with distilled vinegar and laundering as usual.

Cotton and wool blankets become soft, fluffy and free of soap odor if 2 cups of distilled vinegar are added to the rinse cycle of the wash.

Nylon hose will look better and last longer if 1 tablespoon of vinegar is added to the rinse water when washing.

To obtain a sharper crease in your knit fabrics dampen them with a cloth wrung out from a solution of 1/3 distilled vinegar and 2/3 water.
Place a brown paper bag over the crease and iron.
Deodorize a wool sweater: Wash sweater, then rinse in equal parts vinegar and water to remove odor.

After a hem or seam is removed, there are often unsightly holes left in the fabric. These holes can be removed by placing a cloth, moistened with
distilled vinegar, under the fabric and ironing.
Cleans leather.
Clean a scorched iron plate by heating equal parts vinegar and salt in a small pan. Then rub the solution on the cooled iron surface.
IN THE KITCHEN:
Freshen vegetables. Soak wilted vegetables in 2 cups of water and a tablespoon of vinegar.

Boil better eggs by adding 2 tablespoons water before boiling. Keeps them from cracking.

Marinating meat in vinegar kills bacteria and tenderizes the meat. Use one-quarter cup vinegar for a two to three pound roast, marinate overnight, then cook without draining or rinsing the meat.
Add herbs to the vinegar when marinating as desired.

Put vinegar on a cloth and let sit on the back of your kitchen faucet and it removes hard water stains.

Clean the dishwasher, Deodorize drain, garbage disposal, refrigerator, stainless steel, microwaves ,grease buildup, stains out of pots china, glass wear, lunchboxes clean brass , copper.
Deodorize the kitchen drain Unclog a drain. Pour a handful of baking soda down the drain and add 1/2 cup of vinegar .Rinse with hot water.

Eliminate onion odor by rubbing vinegar on your fingers before and after slicing.
Make buttermilk. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to acup of milk and let it stand 5 minutes to thicken.

Replace a lemon by substituting 1/4 tsp vinegar for 1 tsp of lemon juice.
Firm up gelatin 1 tsp of vinegar for every box of gelatin used. To keep those molded desserts from sagging in the summer heat.
Prepare fluffier rice by adding a 1 tsp of vinegar to the water when it boils.
Make wine vinegar by mixing 2 tbsp vinegar with 1 tsp of dry red wine.
Debug fresh vegetables Scale
or determined hopeless.

IN THE BATHROOM:

Kill germs on, Stubborn rings on toilet, bath, unclog shower head, clean bathroom fixtures Clean soap scum, mildew, and grime from bathtub,
tile, and shower curtains.
Cleans woods, steam irons, bumper stickers, grills, softens paint brushes.