Thanksgiving and Cars

Happy November!! I hope everyone is having a good November so far. We are enjoying the slightly warmer weather, and I am hoping the snow stays away a little bit longer.

Last week, I mentioned I was going to take a little vacation from blogging during the holidays, it is still planned, but I think I might have a couple of posts here and there.

This week, look for posts about cars. The car maintenance series is getting finished this week! (No rain forecasted!!) Here is what you will have to look forward to with those:

Tuesday: Fluid Check
Wednesday: Jump Starting
Thursday: Lights
Friday: Emergency Kits

Because, it is November, and we all tend to think about things we are thankful for this month. There is a new tab at the top call the Thankful Tree. For the months of November and December, I will be adding to the tree things I am thankful for. It will get updated about once a week, and will stay all year round.

Finished Friday: Baby Sweater

It is Friday again, and I am so grateful! It has been a busy week.

Today, I want to show you another baby item. I will try to finish something this week that isn't baby related...

Baby's First Sweater

Notes on the Project:
I reclaimed some yarn for this project from a sweater my mom made. I made the newborn size sweater and hat. This was super fast to knit, and I hope our little one enjoys wearing it.

How to Clean an Oven Part III: The Finished Product

Oops! I forgot to publish this on Thursday!

It is finished! I have finally cleaned an oven. And it wasn't too hard. It did take me a couple of days, but that is because kneeling, leaning, and scrubbing was doing a number to my already sore lower back. Then I would get some Braxton Hicks contractions... But it was worth it!

So continuing for Tuesday with Step 5.

Step Five: Scrub Away!

I got a bucket and put some hot water in it to rinse my scrubbie out with. Please do not us steel wool, it will scratch the oven's coating. Use a nylon scrubbie. You can scrub in any order that you would like, I did door, side, top, back, side, bottom. It worked nicely for me.

Scrubbing away

Before Rinsing

Step Six: Rinse

Spray some vinegar water around the oven, to get all the cleaner out. I sprayed until there wasn't any bubbling around the bolts and things that are hard to get clean. Wipe down the oven and leave open for a couple hours to air dry.

Step Seven: Burn it!

Well, not really. Set you oven to the highest temp setting to burn off any cleaner residue, let it go for an hour or so.

Step Eight: Polish it

 After you let the oven cool, wipe it out again with a damp cloth and replace the racks. Now you are done and should back something wonderful in it!

Before and After

So it isn't perfect, but it is way cleaner!

Bottom of oven, before on left, after on right

Oven door, before on left, after on right

One side, before on left, after on right.