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Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and it’s time for me to start getting ready for a house full of friends and family.

I love Thanksgiving… but it’s not just about sitting down with my family over a scrumptious meal and eating til I’m grateful for elastic waistbands…  Its also about careful planning and preparation.

Each year my husband and I sit down one evening in November and polish all the silverware we will need for our place settings.  Since we have so many guests each year, the silverware comes from two sets, my mother-in-law’s and her mother’s silver (my husband’s grandmother).

Even though he’s never said it out loud, the tradition of polishing and using the silverware is a connection to my husband’s past… a reminder of Thanksgivings spent with his family and, most of all, his beloved mamaw.

These sets have great sentimental value and I feel responsible to take care in how we polish it.

Today I’m sharing my first ever video tutorial demonstrating the method we use to polish our silver and sharing some of our tips.

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The Arm & Hammer Switch & Save Challenge is coming to an end with this post and giveaway.  Arm & Hammer Baking Soda is my longtime favorite product for cleaning (and cookies!), but I had never really tried Arm & Hammer’s other products.  I’ve been so impressed how they’ve matched up both in price and quality with the products I’ve used in the past.

Since the last product I received to review was the Arm & Hammer Spinbrush ProClean Toothbrush, I thought I’d share how our family makes it do by reusing an old toothbrush.

It’s a trick I learned from my mom.  She’s famous in our family for her cleaning prowess and it’s a family joke that she is such a careful cleaner that she cleans with a toothbrush.

It’s no joke though.  An old toothbrush is an invaluable cleaning tool.

My mom scrubs the grout in her showers, the hard to reach spots behind the faucet on a sink, and in the corners of just about everywhere with an old toothbrush.

Nothing beats a toothbrush for getting into crevices and crannies that can’t be reached with a cloth or a sponge.

I even use an old toothbrush and gentle toothpaste to clean my wedding ring.

So next time you are ready for a new toothbrush, be sure to save the old one for the cleaning bucket.  You’ll be glad you did.

And here’s one quick tip.  I like to mark a cleaning toothbrush with a sharpie pen.  That way the kid’s don’t accidentally try to use the one that was used to scrub the tub!

Now for a $25 Visa Gift Card Giveaway:

To enter simply leave a comment on this post answering the question:

“What’s your favorite item to reuse?”

By the way,  I loved reading all the ways you keep your families healthy.  There are some great tips in there that I can’t to try… and many others I said AMEN to.

The Rules:

• Contest closes on Thursday, October 13th, 2011 10:00 MDT

• Only one comment per person please.

• Random winner will be announced on Friday, October 14th

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