WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS ...
Scrub the Microwave
L emons don’t just add a tart flavor to your favorite desserts or cool you down in a refreshing drink on a hot summer day. In addition to bold flavors, lemons also have powerful cleaning properties. Their acidity and oils cut through grease and can sanitize many of your household items. The best place to clean with a lemon is in the kitchen. For the microwave, simply juice a whole lemon into a bowl of water, then plop the used peels into the bowl. Microwave the mixture for a few minutes, let the bowl cool before removing it, then wipe away the grease in the microwave. You can also use this method for your oven.
For odor-blocking properties, you can use a lemon as an air freshener. Leave half of a lemon in your refrigerator to trap and block potential smells and toss old lemon rinds down the garbage disposal. Run the disposal to clean the blades and freshen up the sink. As for your kitchen tools, don’t toss them out without trying this lemon trick first. Start by sprinkling salt on a wooden cutting board, then slice a lemon in half. Using half the lemon (flesh- side down) like a sponge, scrub the board really well. Wipe and remove the leftover lemon juice and rinse the board before using it again. Not only will the board appear cleaner, but it also won’t smell as bad, and the bacteria will be gone. You
can also use this method to polish dining ware, spruce up copper, and even remove stuck-on food from plates. Now, here’s the real secret: Once you master kitchen cleaning a la lemon, you can use these same principles to clean other parts of your house. For example, salt and lemon can be used to scrub grimy sinks and faucets, while a few squeezes of lemon juice in a cup of water makes an excellent cleaning solution for mirrors and windows. You can even make your own reusable cleaning spray by fermenting lemon peels — and the peels of other citrus fruits — in white vinegar for two weeks. Remove the peels after two weeks and spritz the mixture over surfaces you need to clean!
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Chris Cobb Intake Specialist
Did you know there are health benefits to thinking positive? According to the Mayo Clinic, optimistic people live longer, have lower rates of stress and depression, have healthier hearts, and can even fight off the common cold better than Debbie Downers. If you want to take advantage of those benefits, Johns Hopkins Medicine has a few suggestions for you. Try smiling more, reframing bad situations (e.g., enjoying your favorite songs while you’re stuck in traffic), building strong relationships, and taking action when you come up against a problem. All these tactics will help you keep your worries at bay. Here at Emery Law Offices, we try to stay upbeat every day and take a positive approach to our cases. And since March is National Optimism Month, we’re cranking up our rose-colored glasses to 11! Here are just a few things our team is looking forward to this spring. Kristen Hawthorne Paralegal I am looking forward to my parents’ apple orchard opening this fall in Central Illinois. They have spent all of the pandemic building the barn, installing a kitchen, and setting it up. I can’t wait to see it all finished and full of people (pending COVID-19).
Chris’s new pup, Chai!
I am optimistic about the new dog we got on Jan. 29. She is a beagle/bulldog mix, also called a beable, and her name is Chai, like the tea! Libby Thorngate Administrative Assistant I’m feeling optimistic because my husband and I just bought our first house!
Joel Franklin Attorney I feel optimistic about the fact that spring is coming. I’m looking forward to better weather and more daylight. So, what are you feeling optimistic about? This month, our Optimism Challenge for you is simple: Every day when you catch yourself worrying, think of something you’re excited about. By the end of the month, you just might boost your health and immune system! To prove that you’ve joined the challenge, post today’s good news on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/ EmeryLawOffice/ . We can’t wait to hear what’s keeping your chin up.
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