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Saturday, August 21st, 2010
Here’s the story …
Sonya, my partner, cut her thumb with a razor blade knife that
we use to clean-up windows (if you know her…you will understand
I gave her one of our cleaning towels which is 100% cotton to
stop the bleeding.

blood stain removal before picture
We were working at one of our regular clients and we were not able
to “wash/rinse” the towel out then.
So, …
We decided to try a few products to see if they really
worked on removing dried blood stains as we have been told.
Below are the products we tested:
- Cola (upper center & to the right)
- Pour directly on stain.
- We let it sit for about 20 minutes.
- Rinse with cold water and launder.
- Popular meat tenderizer (bottom left hand corner)
- Make into a paste and apply to stain.
- We let it sit for about 20 minutes.
- Rinse with cold water and launder.

blood stain removal before cold rinse

blood stain removal after cold rinse
Low and behold!!! …
The dried blood stains came out testing with both products!!

blood stain removal after being laundered
Please try out each of these methods for removing blood stains from cotton for yourself and let us know how they work for you, ok?
I hope that all of my Cleaning Tips help you too!
- Madonna
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Saturday, June 26th, 2010
I have my granddaughter visiting from Indiana.
Her name is Jaraice and she is nine years old.

My Granddaughter Jaraice
Well like most nine year old kids, she likes to put on makeup.
Her father had bought her a package of lip gloss, the one with all the different colors and favors.
She was showing them to me and decided to put on the cherry red one. Within an hour she was in on the bed lying down and rolling around like nine year old kids like to do.
To make a long story short …
The red lip gloss ended up on the pillow sham and not on her.
We all know that a stain with red die is almost impossible to get out.

Tide Stain Release
So here is what I tried:
I used cold water & Tide on the stain to let it start working.
Then I remembered that I had a package of Tide stain release.
So, I thought, ok it might help too, but I really did not think it would.
Well that goes to show we can all learn something new.
We had to go meet with a client, so I left the pillow sham soaking.
When we returned home, the pillow sham was completely clean with no red dye!
I was very shocked, but happy!
So try it on your stains and let me hear your success stories.
- Madonna
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Saturday, June 19th, 2010
In this article you will find Part 2 of Madonna’s Feng Shui Tips regarding how you may use Feng Shui to improve the balance of your bathrooms: 
Traditionally, the north side of the house is considered the best location for the toilet and bathroom.
The bathroom and toilet should not be placed in the wealth fame or career sectors of the house. The death, disaster, six shars, and five-ghosts locations are all good places for the toilet.
The bathroom needs to be kept clean. Unpleasant smells, leaking taps, windows and doors that stick, and any other problems in the room all create negative ch’i, that can adversely affect the wealth and well-being of everyone in the house.
The water pipes should be concealed, if possible. Exposed pipes allow you to see the water-which equals wealth –drain away.
Consequently, this room should not be situated in the north or southeast parts of the house these are the career and wealth sectors.
Keep the bathroom door shut if this room can be seen from the front door, living room, dining room, kitchen, or anyone lying in bed.
A toilet facing the front door is believed to flush away all of the ch’i that enters the house.
The Chinese prefer to keep the doors to the toilet and bathroom closed anyway, as a matter of good etiquette. They also keep the lid down on the toilet as they do not like to see their money being flushed away.
Any upstairs toilets and bathrooms should not e situated over the front door or kitchen. Both of these locations are related to family problems.
A toilet above the kitchen means that water and waste is flushed directly past the most important room in the house.
En-suite bathrooms are not recommended from a feng shui point of view, as they spread negative ch’i out into the bedroom. The remedy for this is to use extractor fans as well as natural ventilation to get the negative ch’I away from the bedroom itself. Ceramic surfaces can also act as a remedy for en suite toilets.
It is interesting to note that ceramic surfaces are frequently used in bathrooms and toilets around the world. Perhaps people subconsciously knew that these surfaces can act as a remedy for negative ch’i. Naturally, there are remedies for any problems caused by the placement of the toilet and bathroom.
A mirror on the outside of the door will remove any problems caused by these rooms facing the front door, or being directly above it.
I hope that all of my Feng Shui tips will help you!
- Madonna
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Thought you might enjoy a sample of what can be done to enhance a front yard.
This is a yard where the extra driveway was just added.
The lady of the house wanted to have a flower bed in the front instead of grass.
So …
We removed the grass and cleaned out the area.
We planted easy to maintain plants.
Simple fix with a Big Impact!
What do You think?
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Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Herein Madonna shares some of her best cleaning tips for cleaning all of your windows:
Cleaning Windows with Vinegar & Water: 
White Vinegar and hot water is the best thing to clean windows or any glass you have in your house.
But, …
the trick is to fill a bucket of hot water.
The water will cool off, and that is fine the mix is already made.
Then add the white vinegar
… and …
Always use a soft clean terry cloth rag.
As the rag gets dirty, get a clean one.
Dry with a soft cloth.
I’m asked a lot …
Can I put it in a spray bottle?
The answer is NO!
It does not work the same.
So save yourself some money and give vinegar & water a try.
I think you will be impressed.
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010
In Part 2 of Madonna’s Gardening and Landscaping Tips, Madonna shares some Gardening / Landscaping Tips regarding Fabulous and “Green” Fertilizers to help your plants and flowers grow quicker, healthier and “greener”:
Fabulous Fertilizers:
1) Crushed eggshells worked well into the soil make a wonderful fertilizer. Terrific for gardens and houseplants. They aerate the soil, too.
2) Bury some used coffee grounds in your garden to provide much needed acid to soil that has a high alkaline content. You’ll notice much greener greens!
3) Fish tank water is loaded with nutrients. Use it for gardens and houseplants.
4) Plants love starch, so save the water each time you boil noodles or other pasta. Make sure to let the water cool down before pouring it on your plants!
5) Dampened newspapers placed on the ground around plants will help keep the soil moist and hold weeds out. Wet the newspapers, the weight of the water to hold them down than sprinkle lightly with soil. The papers are biodegradable, so they will eventually dissolve.
I hope all of my Gardening and Landscaping Tips will help you!
- Madonna
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
Herein Madonna shares some of her first tips for cleaning, and taking good care of all of your clothing:

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Cleaning and Deodorizing Shoes:
This is a method that will work with any shoes.
First, sprinkle some baking soda in the shoe, and then place it in a plastic bag and freeze it for a night or two.
Allow the shoe to come to room temperature (unless you want to cool your feet) and then shake out the baking soda and wear.
It is a good idea to leave the baking soda in the shoe until the next wearing.
Stretching Shoes:
Here’s another freeze tip for the pair of shoes that pinches your toes.
For each shoe, use a heavy-duty zip-closure bag, or double up two of them and put them in each shoe. Carefully pour water into the bag, until the toe area is full. Close the bags securely so that the water doesn’t seep out and wet the shoes.
To help prevent the outside of the shoes from getting wet, put each shoe in a plastic bag.
Place the shoes in the freezer for at least 24 hours. As the water freezes, it expands. And as it does, the shoes will expand and stretch.
You will need to allow the shoes to defrost enough to remove the bags of water when you take them out of the freezer.
Buttons:
To keep buttons from falling off, dab a little clear nail polish on the thread in the center of the button. This will keep the thread from wearing through so easily; you may need to reapply the polish after repeated washings.
For buttons that get hard wear, sew them on with dental floss. It may not be as pleasing to the eye as thread, but the buttons won’t fall off!
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
In Part 9 of Madonna’s Feng Shui Tips Madonna shares some Feng Shui Tips regarding how you may use color to improve the positive energy (ch’i) flow in your home: 
The effects different colors create is very powerful.
This is a fact that has been known for thousands of years.
Primitive humans used colors to ward off evil and to increase luck and virility.
The ancient Chinese used colors as symbols to represent the different seasons.
Green symbolizes wood and represents spring.
Red symbolizes fire and represents summer.
Yellow and orange symbolize the sun casting its warming glow on the earth; they represent the end of summer.
White symbolizes metal and represents autumn.
Blue symbolizes water and represents winter.
Colors have both positive and negative effects upon us.
Faber Birren, a color psychologist, reported that normal people tend to find favorable qualities in different colors, but neurotics are more likely to notice the unfavorable.
We all react to color whether we are aware of it or not.
Imagine sleeping in a bright-red bedroom or cooking a meal in a jet-black kitchen.
Colors provide the emotional tone to the room.
Some colors excite us, others make us angry. Still others calm us down. An interesting experiment was done some years ago when violent prisoners were kept in cells that had been painted pink. This color drained the inmate’s aggression, and they became model prisoners. As this experiment shows, color can have dramatic effects, so we need to be careful with what colors we choose and how we use them.
In feng shui, colors control and assist reflected light.
The combination of color and light should provide the best possible conditions to live in.
It is best to choose your color schemes in the rooms themselves, as colors have a habit of changing when looked at under different types of lighting.
Warm lights, for instance, make warm colors appear even warmer, while cool lights do the opposite.
Naturally, you should have the colors relating to the different elements of the people living in your home, but you should have a variety of other colors simply because you like them.
Be careful not to have opposing colors, though. For instance, too much red would not be a good choice for you if you belong to the water element, as fire and water do no harmonize.
Choose the colors of your ceilings carefully. Light colors are generally better than dark. Dark colored ceilings remind the Chinese of dark rain clouds overhead. Dark colors also prevent the ch’I from rising. Consequently, the ch’I does not circulate the way it should and your wealth, health, and good luck can all be affected.
I hope all of my Feng Shui tips will help you!
- Madonna
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Sunday, April 4th, 2010
In Part 1 of Madonna’s Gardening and Landscaping Tips, Madonna shares some basic Gardening Tips to help make your gardening activities more enjoyable for you: 
1) Try latex gloves in the garden instead of cloth. They’re easier to clean you can just rinse them under the hose and let them air dry and they don’t stiffen up like canvas gloves do.
2) For a moisturizing treat while gardening, rub your hands with hand cream or petroleum jelly before donning your gloves.
3) Don’t like to wear gloves? Scraping your fingernails over a bar of soap before you get started will prevent dirt from collecting under your nails and will protect them from breaking.
4) Tie a used fabric softener sheet around your belt to keep mosquitoes away.
5) Use a little wagon to haul your supplies around the garden. Check garage sales for a good deal on one.
6) Carry a quart size spray bottle filled with water and a squirt of liquid dish soap. Makes a great bug spray, for bugs on flowers.
7) Need a kneeling pad? Take a 2 or 3 inch piece of foam, wrap it in plastic or a large re-seal-able bag, and you’re ready to go!
I hope all of my Gardening and Landscaping Tips will help you!
- Madonna
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Saturday, March 20th, 2010
It’s spring!
The flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, everything’s fresh and new, and you can’t wait to get started with your spring cleaning.
Yikes!!!!!!! 
Did I say that?????????
Spring Cleaning!!!!
Spring Cleaning started many years ago when log cabins were boarded up to keep out the winter cold. The arrival of spring presented the first opportunity to clean out all the dirt of the winter. This is how the phrase “Spring Cleaning” started.
But in the 21 century spring cleaning is anytime you home needs to get a good cleaning from top to bottom.
So here is where you start when you spring clean.
1) Don’t clean your CLUTTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2) The hardest part of cleaning is working around the accumulation of all those things you’ve somehow acquired. If you really want to streamline your cleaning process, take a few minutes, go room to room, and take stock of what’s in sight, as well as what’s hiding in your cupboards.
3) Eliminate smells in old trunks and drawers with a slice of white bread placed in a bowl and covered with white vinegar. Close the trunk or drawer for 24 hours, and when you remove the bread and vinegar, presto— the odor will be gone!
4) Dryer fabric softener sheets will leave a clean, fresh scent in luggage, storage containers, closets, and drawers.
5) Decide on your approach and be consistent. If you decide to clean for an hour, stick to it. If you decide to clean one room now and another tomorrow, stick to that. Indecision and distraction can really affect how well you clean. If you start out doing one thing and end up doing another, you’ll have a houseful of half-finished projects, and you won’t feel as if you’ve accomplished anything. That can be very frustrating, to say the least!
6) Generally speaking, work from the top, don’t backtrack. Finish one task before moving to another. Put on some high-spirited music t set the pace and keep you going.
7) Don’t use a feather duster. They just scatter the dust all around. Use a furniture polish and soft cloth. When the cloth gets dirty get a new one.
8 ) After you’ve dusted your electronic equipment, it’s a good idea to give it a wipe with some rubbing alcohol. Apply with a clean, soft cloth, then buff dry. Make sure to turn the power off first, though!
9) For underarm stains on T-shirts and other cottons, dissolve 8 to 10 aspirin tablets per cup of warm water, then saturate the underarm area of the garment. Allow to sit for 30 minutes, and then launder as usual.
10) Need to know which eggs are boiled and which are raw? Just give them a spin on the counter. A hard-boiled egg will spin easily, whereas a raw egg will wobble.
11) If you are going to allow your colored Easter eggs to sit out in baskets, don’t eat them! Eggs spoil rapidly at room temperature and can cause anyone who eats them to become very sick.
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- Spring Cleaning Checklist (organizedfamilies.com)
- Spring Cleaning the Attic (1-2-3getorganized.blogspot.com)
- Spring Cleaning Shortcuts (homeownersinsurance.org)
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Sunday, March 14th, 2010
We all know that WD-40 is Great for lubricating things, like squeaky hinges and car parts, right? 
but …
Did you know that you can also use WD-40 for a wide variety of house cleaning tasks?
The following are just a few more of Madonna’s Cleaning Tips regarding how you may clean various things around your home using WD-40:
Cleaning uses for WD-40 – Part 2:
5. Keeps your ceramic/terra cotta pots from oxidizing
6. Keeps your glass shower doors from water spots
7. Helps to keep your shower curtains from staining
8. Removes grease on stoves
9. Keeps your bathroom mirror from fogging up
10. Removes glue that is left after removing tape
11. As we all know it’s great to stop squeaks from fans, doors, windows, car doors, etc.
What other uses of WD-40 do you know of for cleaning around your home?
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
In Part 7 of Madonna’s Feng Shui Tips Madonna shares some Feng Shui Tips regarding how you may use Feng Shui to improve the balance of your bathrooms: 
The toilet and bathroom are extremely important rooms in the house as they are places where water (money) drains away.
The ch’s should be allowed to flow smoothly into and out of these rooms without impediment.
Consequently, overly ornate bathrooms are not good from a feng shui point of view as they tend to hold the ch’i inside the room.
In fact, the Chinese prefer relatively simple, functional bathrooms with little in the way of ornaments or other decorations.
All the same, you should make this room a pleasant one with delicate colors and one or two objects that you find attractive.
A potted plant can also help encourage ch’i into this room
Green and blue colored towels help you relax, while at the same time, encourage the water to flow freely down the pipes. Blue is also a good feng shui color for the bathroom and toilet as it relates to the water element.
If the bathroom is located in the middle of the house in the good luck area, it will send negative ch’I through out the house. It will also send all your good luck down the down the toilet. If the toilet is located here, it is known as a “dead” toilet. The remedy for this is to place mirrors on all four walls inside the bathroom, which symbolically make the room disappear. It is also a good idea to place a mirror on the outside of the door to a dead toilet.
The other unfavorable locations for the toilet and bathroom are in the southwest, northeast, south, and beside or facing the front door. It is believed that if the toilet and bathroom are placed in the southwest and northeast the occupants will squabble and not get along with each other. If if is placed beside or in front of the front door. It is believed that the occupants will get a bad reputation
The bathroom also should not be located at the end of a long hallway, as this creates a shar heading directly toward it. This means that the beneficial ch;i that has come in through the front door ends up in the toilet! The remedy for this is to keep the lid down on the toilet and to keep the toilet door closed. It would also be beneficial to place a mirror on the outside of this door to make the room symbolically disappear.
These are traditional interpretations, and there is a remedy for each of these locations. A mirror on the outside of the door reflects the ch’i away from the toilet and bathroom.
Mirrors are necessary inside the bathroom, of course. Avoid mirror tiles though, as they create a netting effect that constricts the flow of money.
Light colors are better than dark ones in the toilet and bathroom. Different shades of blue to represent the water, element make a good choice. However, any color works well here. Except for red ( as water and fire oppose each other)
The one exception to a simple, purely functional bathroom is when it is located in the marriage sector of your home. If it is located here, make the bathroom as beautiful and as attractive as possible. Display favorite ornaments and hang a crystal from the ceiling to encourage the ch’i.
Ideally, the bathroom should have a window to allow light and ch;i to enter. This is because the bathroom is considered a negative location in feng shui. We do not want all the love and romance to be symbolically flushed down the toilet.
Enhance and beautify this room by encouraging ch’i in and effectively remedying what is normally a negative situation.
I hope my Feng Shui tips will help you!
- Madonna
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Herein Madonna shares some of her first tips for quickly, easily, safely and cost effectively cleaning, drying and ironing all of your laundry / clothes:
Tip for drying clothes:
Keeping a tension curtain rod or shower rod set up in the laundry room or in your shower makes it easy to hang your clothes up for drying. (and will also save you $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)
Energy-Efficient ironing: 
Put aluminum foil-Shinny side up- between the ironing board and the ironing board cover.
The aluminum foil will reflect the heat upward onto the garments you are ironing, so it will iron both-sides at one time save you time and energy.
Keeping ironing boards clean:
To keep your ironing board clean longer, spray the cover with spray starch and iron over it. This will let the iron move easier, and save your ironing board from wearing.
Pressing embroidery:
Lay the piece of embroidery face-down on a towel, and iron it on the reverse side. That way, you won’t flatten the embroidery.
Handling large items:
Before you start ironing, turn the ironing board around so that you are using the wide end rather than the point. You can cover more area if you iron this
way.
Fold items, such as large tablecloths, in half and iron this way. Fold items in half and iron one side, then fold in half again and iron the both sides.
Cashmere:
This is an expensive fiber that comes from the undercoat of cashmere goats.
Treat it with respect.
Dry-clean these prizes or hand-wash with care in cool water and well-dissolved gentle soap. Rinse well, and do not wring. Dry flat, reshaping the garment as it dries. Iron on the wrong side while still damp with a cool iron, if necessary.
Down:
Down is the soft under feather of waterfowl that is often combined with adult feathers. It is machine washable and dry-cleanable. Just be sure to follow the care label closely.
Do not air-dry down. It dries too slowly, and mold or mildew in the process.
Dry down items in your dryer, or use a large capacity dryer if needed. Set temperatures low (under 140 F) fluffing and turning the item often.
To remove butter or margarine:
Scrape off the solid concentration of butter with a dull edge, such as the back of a knife on washable fabrics, work in dishwashing liquid and wash.
(Do this only on washable fabrics)
Please Post / Share Your Tips for
cleaning, drying and/or ironing your laundry and/or any of Your other Great Cleaning Tips
here, ok?
and …
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and
Yes Madonna’Staging will also
Help You clean all of
Your laundry as part of our comprehensive
cleaning services!
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Madonna’s Cleaning Tip of the Day Today is How To Clean Lampshades:
Most of you probably ignore lampshades when you’re cleaning, …
but take it from me …
Lampshades are loaded with dust and dirt.
You need to treat each type of lampshade differently when you’re in cleaning mode so you don’t damage it.
Fabric-covered and stitched shades :
I find the easiest way to wash these shades is in the bathtub!
Put enough cool water in the tub to allow you to roll the shade on its side.
Add some mild soap or detergent.
Gently swirl the shade in the water and soap combination.
Drain the soapy water and rinse the shade with cool water, using the same swirling method.
Shake the shade gently to remove excess water and allow it to dry upright.
Drying can be speeded up by using the blow dryer. This works particularly well on the corded areas that are hard to dry.
Paper shades and shades with glue :
You can not wet paper shades or shades with glue, …
so …
Your best bet is to vacuum them frequently with the small brush on the vacuum sweeper.
Please Post / Share Your Tips for cleaning lampshades and/or any of Your other Great Cleaning Tips here, ok?
and …
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010
We were asked by a friend to help her with the landscaping for her yard.
Madonna is also trained as a Master Gardener, so …
As a favor to her we agreed to provide a landscape design for the front of the property and part of the back.
We decided to do it pro-bono to decide if we want to and should also offer landscaping services to our other clients.
She wanted a yard that was very low on care (water, weeding, and etc.).
So …
We used mostly native plants and eliminated most of the grass.
The landscape was designed as a “zero landscape,” meaning that all plants were to be native to South Florida with no watering system.
The plants that were picked are drought resistant and need little water once the roots are established and are therefore very low maintenance.
Here is one of the Before Picture of the front yard prior to any of our landscaping work there:

Here is one of the After Picture of the results of our landscaping of this same front yard:

What do You think of the Results of this Landscaping Project?
Pretty Dramatic difference!, isn’t it?
and doesn’t this home have a lot more “curb appeal” than it did before?
We had several helpers in the execution of this now beautiful ‘yard.’
Paris and his helper hauled and placed the materials for us.
I don’t know if we could have completed it in the 11 days without you Paris!
Please Post Your Comments Here and let us know what you think of the results of this landscaping project and to help us decide if we should also offer landscaping services to our other clients, ok?
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