I’m getting pretty excited for Halloween night, clean geeks! Almost as excited as my kids have been. Natalie will be dressing as Amelia Earhart, aviator hat and all. Olivia is working on something top-secret (but between you and me, I’m pretty sure it’s a jellyfish!). And Steve and I have been helping Garrett build a…

If there’s one thing everyone in the Porter house can agree on, it’s that fall is fun. This is the season for getting cozy, sharing delicious foods and watching the leaves turn. Autumn is gorgeous — but it’s also the time to prepare for winter. So, even though we’re all thinking about pumpkins and costumes…

If your family is anything like mine, you’re familiar with the particular smell that is gathered by sports equipment by the end of a season. For one thing, you know that to call it a “smell” is an injustice — it is definitely a stench. And it may seem like the fight against that stench…

Before upgrading our kitchen, we went back and forth a lot about the color of our appliances – white, black, stainless – they all seemed to have their advantages and disadvantages, especially when it comes to keeping them in tip-top shape. And since cleaning was at the very top of my list, I made sure…