I wrote this set of moving tips the last time we moved. And once again, I’m not following my own advice. On top of that, we’ve accelerated our moving plans by a week, which means I’m not going to be making most of the meals I’d planned to have in the freezer. I did make the Chicken Pot Pie Empanadas from Real Simple, at least, so I have one ready-to-go meal in the freezer.

Here are the recipes I won’t be making this week:

My sister-in-law Carrie called me all aflutter recently about a product she’d tried. She wanted me to share it with you. But I wanted her to share it with you instead. And she did! She says this will be her “first and last” blog post. -N

When my husband and I bought our first house, we decided on a fixer-upper that was built in the 1920s. One of the first renovations we did to the house — before we even moved in — was to gut the bubblegum-pink bathroom. The only thing that survived was the cast-iron tub — complete with pink butterfly no-slip stickies. Once the butterfly stickies were peeled up it was obvious how disgusting this tub was. We had nice bright white outlines of the butterflies against a goldish-brown nastiness that was the bottom of the tub. Even after two full years of regular cleanings and a lot of Comet and bleach, we still had a nasty-stained tub with butterfly outlines.

Then, as I was strolling through Target last weekend I happened to glance down and see Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Bath Scrubbers. I splurged the $4.53 in hope that it would cure my tub issue. I rushed home (because everyone rushes when they know they have cleaning to do, right?), tore the package open, dampened the sponge and starting wiping down the tub. The first swipe I took? I got pure clean white! I was so amazed I called my wonderful sister-in-law to tell her she needed to do a blog post. To which she replied that I had to write it. I do not blog. I hate writing. But I loved this product so much, I’m willing to deal with it for all of you.

Our tub looks amazing. It’s clean and bright white, and even if I look really hard I can just barely make out those pesky butterflies. I am so very happy with Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Bath Scrubbers. If you have a really bad soap scum problem, try them out! They’re worth the $4.53.