Sparkle & Shine

My goodness. Today’s weather is perfect. It’s 65*F, sunny with a cool breeze, and not a cloud in the sky. Amazing.

In fact, the weather is so nice, I couldn’t wait to get outside and take Murphy for his long walk. I ended up walking him before lunch instead of afterwards like I usually do.

I also wanted to air-dry my hair.

Blow drying my hair is one of my least favorite activities. I avoid it as much as possible.

After a relaxing hour-long walk with my favorite dog, I got a little crazy with the toothpaste!

Ok, that’s a lie. I had some tarnished silver jewelry that needed cleaning.

Did you know that many silver cleaners include a mixture of baking soda and water? The formula is similar to what’s in most tubes of toothpaste, so now it’s what I use to clean my silver jewelry– well, the cheap stuff. I don’t use toothpaste to clean my “fancy” silver jewelry.

Here’s what my silver jewelry looked like before:

Unfortunately, my camera didn’t capture the tarnish very well, but, trust me, it was pretty bad.

So, here’s what I did:

I squeezed out a little bit of toothpaste and rubbed it all over the jewelry. The tarnish immediately started to come off. I added more toothpaste as needed and continued to rub until it my jewelry sparkled again. Then, I rinsed each piece in warm water and dried them with a soft towel.

Good as new!

Check out the difference between my two earrings. The right one is tarnished; the left one was just cleaned with toothpaste. Pretty cool, right?

Today’s lunch rocked! I had two seeded spelt crackers with buffalo sauce, melted mozzarella, and green bell pepper.

On the side, I had a small bowl of plain yogurt with honey and walnuts on top.

Sweet + savory.

Tonight, I’m having dinner with my mom and sister at my mom’s new house. I can’t wait to see it!