Skeptical

I am always amazed when things work the way someone says they would. Not normal everyday things, mind you. I mean, I'm not amazed when my car starts or when hand soap gets the dry erase marker smudges off my hands, but when someone shares a less than well-known use for something and swears that it works...well, I'm a little skeptical.

Brian and I have tried every bathroom cleaner in the store in our attempt to combat the mildew buildup in the corners of our shower (you know, the place where the bathtub edge meets the tile wall). Nothing has worked. Last night, my latest issue of Real Simple offered another option. A reader suggested that you can soak cotton balls in bleach and wedge them into the aforementioned corners for an hour. She swore that this removed the mildew completely. I told Brian, but cautioned that it might just lighten the mildew as other chemical cleaners have done.

This morning while I was running errands, Brian put this new method to the test. I couldn't believe what I saw - clean white grout where mildew had once been. Thank you, lady from Lindenhurst, IL, for sharing this wonderful cleaning tip. Who'd have known?