Unfuck Your Habitat

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December 2011

wildunicornherd asked: I, unfortunately, have some experience unfucking cat pee, and here's what worked for me:
- absorbing the mess with paper towel or whatever (and baking soda will draw it out of cracks)
- spraying with Nature's Miracle and/or vinegar and/or hydrogen peroxide
- for washable stuff, soak it in a dilution of apple cider vinegar first, then throw some baking soda in the...

lurrz asked: Another thing about onions- take a bit of time to unfuck your kitchen knife collection! If you're sobbing over onions, chances are your knives desperately need sharpening. A dull blade crushes the onion, releasing more of that weeping junk than if you have a sharp knife and a clean cut.

thebralesswitch asked: use 1001 of vinegar: it breaks down the calcium in rabbit urine so it gets rid of the smell and the stain, also if your rabbit is pissing somewhere and you dont want it to, you can spray some vinegar on there and it wont piss there anymore. white vinegar is a godsend, seriously.

salroka asked: boisdontcry: I'm assuming from the word "spraying" that you have intact male cats. If that is the case, GET THEM NEUTERED ASAP. That should dramatically reduce the likelihood of them spraying. Natures Miracle does in fact live up to its name as far as animal odors go. Also, find out if there's any reason that your cats don't like their litter box or wherever they're...

contenthousewife asked: Didn't know how else to reply so, to the person with peeing cats: 1) Nature's Miracle IS a miracle. I have 2 cats and it works great. 2) Make sure to take kitties to the vet to rule out a medical problem with peeing places besides the litterbox. 3) Make sure the litterbox is clean - some cats are very snooty about this and won't go if it's not totally clean. 4) There are a few...

Unfucking your eyeballs: Cutting onions

marilynstays: If cutting onions makes your eyes burn, try cutting them next to a lit candle. The flame pulls the oil toward it and prevents it from latching onto your eyes. To ensure that this trick works, I use 2-3 tea lights (or any candle that isn’t in a glass jar, which would probably defeat the purpose a little). It sort of looks like you’re about to lay the onion down and make sweet...

queerlips-queerveins asked: Are there any ways to get rid of the scent of cat pee? My computer room smells like the bladders of a thousand cats (the two we own have been peeing on the computer moniter so we have to cover it with a trashbag which still doesn't defer them) and most of the other places they must have sprayed are invisible. Also, are there any ways to defer them from spraying (I've heard that there are...

misandryspice asked: Also, on white vinegar, I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet, but it works like a DREAM in getting salt stains out of leather and suede.

I unfucked the hell out of my house yesterday!

-skellington: Living room, hallway and dining room: put away everything not in its rightful spot, dusted all surfaces including TV stand, DVDs and stand, fireplace, mantle, desk, table, coffee table, end tables, polished all wood tables, & lamps. Wiped down walls and baseboards, vacuumed door jambs, carpets and window sills. Left to finish: organize the hall and coat closets. Kitchen: all...

Challenge: The Great Hoovering

(That’s sounds dirty. It’s not. Well, it is, but only in the “actual physical dirt and dust” way.) Go ahead, grab your poor neglected vacuum cleaner and get to it. Vacuum every carpeted surface you can get to. Use your hose attachment to get into corners and hidden spots. Look up. Have dust or cobwebs? Use the hose to suck ‘em up. DUST IS THE ENEMY.

Unfucking tip of the day, 12/19:

White vinegar is a fucking miracle. Use it to clean out your fridge! Use it to clean your stovetop! Use it for your mirrors and glass! Use it in the laundry! Use it if commercial chemical cleaners make it hard for you to breathe! Use it if you have kids or pets! I promise, your house only smells like salad dressing for a few minutes. It dissipates quickly.

getinthehandbasket asked: I have come to report MOAR SUCCESS! Of my own volition, I cleaned my bathroom counter, including setting vinegar/baking soda to cleaning my toothbrush cup (OMG those things get nasty) - no orders needed (yay!). Also, DOUBLE success! I think my mother might be slowly getting on board the unfucking train! She actually bought cleaning/disinfecting wipes and a swiffer mop from Costco on her last trip,...

Ah, there you are: Nesting.

babydescant: I was going to make candy today. I like making candy. It’s just intricate enough to be interesting, just delicious enough to be worth all the effort, and just easy enough to be relaxing. But my kitchen was a mess. And it’s the holidays, which means more crazy people, which means my husband who works in the adult behavioral health unit of the local hospital got called for a double....

It's that time again!

Make Monday morning you love Sunday night you. For those of you who are new to this: Wash whatever dishes are in your sink Get your coffee/tea/breakfast stuff ready for the morning Make your lunch Get your outfit together, including all accessories Find your keys and put them somewhere very obvious Pour a little cleaner in the toilet before bed, shut the lid, and let it work its magic...

Achievement Unlocked: Room Unfucked

matildasglassesissweetpete: The hideous before: ^^see that suitcase? That’s from when we went to Florida for Thanksgiving. ^those pictures go on my wall, not on my bed. ^note that my hamper is behind my closet door. This is a terrible location for it, as I forget it exists and don’t do laundry for weeks and weeks. ^makeup table. ^my invisible corner. That corkboard has been...

theoldaeroplane asked: This is more of a general Get Shit Done than a unfuck tip, but for Macs there's a free program called Self Control that will blacklist any sites you tell it to for up to one day. It can't be averted by restarting, either! I find it super helpful when I need to GET OFF TUMBLR, especially with the finals crunch right now, so I thought I'd share~

serketcision asked: So, I need to unfuck my computer room. However, it is a disaster zone, complete with boxes that I still havent unpacked and old wrappers lying around. My house is also very dusty, and unfucking kicks up a ton of dust that gets in my eyes and makes me not want to unfuck. My tools are a playlist of good music (curtesy of youtube) and a couple brooms. Any tips?

cannelledusoleil asked: I need to go get supplies to finish making Christmas gifts, but I can't manage to finish getting ready. Halp!

UFYH has incepted my brain.

nounsandbooks: CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN Oh, I feel like I should take a break. *check time* You guys, I cleaned for 25 minutes and then took a break without thinking about it. UFYH has changed my internal timer to tell me to take a break after 25 minutes. Confession: I’ve never actually seen Inception, mostly because I don’t like that one guy, and so I had to guess as to what an...