I am the Samurai Stain fighter! I have battled many persistent stains, and they continue to come at me every day. I have spent innumerable amounts of money on sprays and gel sticks and even pens with bleach in them. I even have Tide-To-Go sticks all over the house. I also have combined the sprays with actual elbow grease and a toothbrush to combat baby food stains, explosive poop diaper leak stains, and whatever disgusting things kids get on their clothes at school stains.

It never ceases to amaze me how much time I really spend in the laundry room with the toothbrush in my hand trying to salvage mustard sprayed, grass stained, marker stained clothing. Adam even called out “Hey Samurai” while I was out there scrubbing the other day. (I might have referred to myself as the Samurai Stain fighter once or twice before).

It is a very good feeling to see it come out of the washing machine as good as new, but every once in a while, there is a stain so bad that it cannot be saved.

I don’t normally have a problem throwing things away, but if it had a stain in the first place it was obviously good enough to be worn. So it sucks really bad to see a really cute shirt or sweet little baby outfit stained beyond repair. Oh well it happens. And sometimes shit happens….literally. I am not sure about formula poop’s staining ability, but there is something about breast milk poop that is very unforgiving on some fabrics even with Spray n Wash with RESOLVE POWER ( which by the way really does work for most everything).

I really love being a homemaker and stay at home mom person, but I do feel like pulling my hair out of my head sometimes. There are lots of little annoying things that become very redundant over time, and I am only a few years into this endeavor. The rewards far outweigh the muttering curse words through my teeth moments, but guess what?… this is my blog, so I can complain if I want to.

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