At the end of last week I received my gift from Michelle in the Much More Christmas Swap and, just as in her blogging sweetness, she sure didn’t disappoint! Check out all of my new Christmas goodies in the pic above! Lots of ornaments, Christmas towels, a mug, a door hanger and a special book that Kayla picked out for the boy! She seemed to know that I really like snowmen. Thanks so much Michelle, and Merry Christmas! (She also blessed me with an easy delivery which y’all know how badly I really need this time!)

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Nothing like cramming it all into the four minutes I have to blog…

I was recently sent a bottle of Dawn Direct Foam to review. The claim is that you pump just one pump of foam onto the included (or any) sponge and it washes your whole sink of dishes. Here’s what I thought…

*I received the fresh rapids scent and it was very light – hardly noticeable even – which I appreciated. I hate strong chemical smells and I really hate fake smells trying to cover up chemical smells. This was actually pleasant!
*A sponge? Gross.
*It did wash a lot of dishes with one pump on the sponge, so that claim was totally true. A sponge isn’t “scrubby” enough to get off the tough stuff, but for things that were just greasy it worked great.
*I need soap in my water to feel like the dishes are really getting clean. And, honestly, if it doesn’t fit in my dishwasher it usually sits long enough that it needs a really good soak in soapy water to come clean. The Dawn Direct Foam doesn’t work worth a crap in the dishwater. However, it doesn’t claim to so I suppose that’s okay! You’d need to have two bottles of soap though, which sounds like too much work for me.
*I won’t be buying it, but for those of you who wash your dishes promptly it seems like it works very well. Just remember to boil your sponge or toss it in the dishwasher daily because those are dirty little suckers.

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