YL Spotlight: Thieves Cleaner

Hey Peeps!!!

I should have gotten this post up yesterday but alas, the sun and the pool called my name after a wonderful 2 hour chat with my Abogg.    I really got not much of anything done yesterday and I was supposed to go to our neighborhood Ladies Lunch but if I had gone I'd have missed my sweet boys call and I've been missing him a lot lately so it was good for my soul yesterday.    He may be 35 now but I'm telling you, most days I still see that little boy of mine.   

Moving on before I get all sentimental and teary-eyed today.   I'm a bundle of emotions lately and I really don't even know why.  

Let's talk about keeping things clean in your house and how we can do that without any harmful chemicals to us our our furry family members.

I don't keep an arsenal of cleaners in the house because Thieves cleaner is my one-stop do it all, disinfecting cleaner.   Need to wipe down the counter? Thieves cleaner  How about the shower? Thieves cleaner  Dog bowls? Thieves cleaner   Super gross laundry load? add a capful of Thieves cleaner

You get the idea, it really does it all and without any harmful chemical or odors.

Thieves cleaner

One bottle of this amazing cleaner is equivalent to 3.5 GALLONS of your normal cleaners from the store.  A capful is all I need in my spray bottle for everyday cleaning chores.   I can make it more concentrated if I have some really gross messes to clean.    One capful in my mop bucket lets me get the mopping done and I don't have to worry if one of the dogs roams over and licks the floor while it's still wet.  How's that for peace of mind, now just think about crawling babies and you really can rest easy knowing nothing you've cleaned with is harmful to them.   This cleaner is all plant powered and has a bright spicy citrus smell that will freshen your home in the best way. The cleaner is formulated without any: 

• Parabens, phthalates 

• Formaldehyde releasers 

• Petroleum 

• Synthetic fragrance 

• Triclosan 

• DEA, MEA, PEG 

• Dyes, GMOs, gluten 

You'll find me doing this on my kitchen counters every single day.  A little spray and a wipe down and I know my counters are clean enough to eat off of and it leaves that distinct Thieves aroma that we all know and love.   You can even add some extra essential oils in to boost that cleaning power.   Naturally, Thieves oil blend is the first one that comes to mind but Lemon, Orange, Pine, Tea Tree and Eucalyptus are more great additions but you can add whatever speaks to you. 

Now, if you really want to get started with "cleaning up" your home Young Living has an incredible set to get your started.   Order your Make a Shift Happy Healthy Home kit and start keeping your home cleaner in every way.   This is a new kit and honestly it's an incredible deal.   

In this kit you'll receive:

Thieves Cleaner

Thieves Laundry detergent

Thieves Kitchen & Bath Scrub

Thieves Dish Soap

Thieves Essential Oil blend

Lemon essential oil

Multi-purpose glass spray bottle

You'll be started in the best way possible and a purchase of that kit will get you the 24% off your Young Living items for the next year AND add 10 points to your Loyalty order.   $50 a month on a loyalty order lets you collect your points and use them for more products.   I use my Loyalty points to buy a new supplement I want to try, replace oils I'm running low on, or more Ningxia!  

Let's get you started today with plant powered cleaning tools!

Peace, Love, & Thieves 

Samma

SammaSpot Snapshot- June 2, 2026

Every year I say the same thing about this time HOW is it June already?!!

Anywho my peeps, let's get on with the weekly updates and the clothing and food is definitely short this week.   I'm not sure what I did last week to be honest but apparently it did not involve cooking or leaving the house.

How about a super quick recap until we get to the first pic on my camera roll because folks, there ain't much this week.  

Last Wednesday evening we had homemade pizza for dinner, yes, again.   I warned you, we generally have those at least once a week this time of year.  It's fast and easy.   Other than that I just cleaned up the house and did some laundry.

Last Thursday, I woke up feeling very weird and sleepy and "off".  Don't know how to describe it any other way.   Rouxby Sue and I took the opportunity to lounge around and doze off an on all day on the couch.   Thursday evening our sweet and wonderful neighbors took us to Boo-Rays.  They are moving and we are going to miss them so much.  Hubster and a couple other neighbors have been mowing and trimming their yard and keeping an eye on things while they were living up north.  I'm unsure what I wore to dinner because I didn't know it was time to leave until 15 minutes before we were pulling out of the driveway.  

I was wearing this around the house all the rest of the day while I snuggled with my girl.  

The old Judy Blue shorts and a t-shirt from Kenny D's

in Destin.    Gosh, I miss that restaurant!

Navy shorts from Wallyworld and an old Boston Red Sox t-shirt.

Friday evening we walked down to the neighbors for taco's from Rosa's and to hang out on the back porch and have a couple of adult beverages.   I felt better but didn't have much of an appetite so it was perfect.

Saturday I had high hopes of leaving the house and doing something but alas, life had other thoughts.   Hubster needed to help the neighbor (where we were the previous evening) with a drainage issue in the back yard.   The skort and top are from last year, Academy Sports and the brand is Freely.  They are so soft and fit so well.   They are both a size Small and I'd say they run true to size.  Too bad I couldn't get a picture of the back, it has a little small cutout that makes it fun.   I ended up putting on my swimsuit and sitting in the pool for a few hours, Hubsters 2 hour job turned into an all day ordeal.  It was 6 in the evening before he got home, I found a jar of spicy marinara and boiled some pasta and that's what we had for dinner.   

Sunday, we headed out to run a couple of errands and grab a couple of chairs for the pool.   The recent hail storm that is responsible for the new roof and solar system we'll be getting also destroyed the chairs that we keep on the tanning ledge in our pool.   They aren't expensive and they work perfectly because they are all plastic so nothing rusts and messes us the pool surface.  

They usually last about 2 years and are so inexpensive we could easily replace every year.   

The pool looks gloomy because it's raining and thundering out there right now.  See the lengths I go to for you?   Lowe's has them and I wanted the yellow but no one had those in stock near me so Blue Stone it is.

Incidentally, we also have to get new chaise loungers because the storm messed those up too.  

We stopped at a farm stand in Weatherford and picked up some fresh veggies so we had Tomato Sandwiches for dinner.   My big tomato plants are not quite producing yet but cherry tomatoes are going like gang busters!!  

It's Monday and another new week.  I had to clean the house, water all the flowers on the front and back porch because it's been in the mid 90's.   I also completed my first of the summer pool cleaning rituals that I do pretty much every day so it's full on pool time around here now!  Water was 82 degrees and feels so good!   Hubster needed to mow the lawn again, the rain and the heat is making the grass grow like crazy so we had an easy supper of Baked potatoes, roasted green beans and some sliced tomatoes. 

The green beans had to sit in the oven to stay warm and they got a little overcooked but it was all pretty yummy for a last minute effort.   I REALLY need to go to the grocery store.

Today I've just been trying to catch up on paperwork to send to the mortgage company regarding our hail storm claim, we need to get them going so the roofer can get started here soon.  I also installed our new camera bird feeder we picked up on Sunday and I finally got a little visitor. 

Tufted Titmouse 

Yes, we have fully entered our bird watching era around here.

One more fun thing before we start winding down.  
My little Rouxby Sue loves the water and if you know anything about English Bulldogs, buoyant they are not.   She's wearing Sir Winston's old lifejacket, which he hated, and it's a bit too big for her but we are trying to make sure she knows how to get to the tanning ledge to get out if she falls in.  She mostly just hangs out on the tanning ledge and that's really all we want her to do.  

Ok, let's wrap up today because I have ZERO clue what we are having for dinner!

Watching:  We did end up starting the new Dutton Ranch series. 

We've only seen two episodes but apparently Beth & Rip haven't changed since we last saw them on Yellowstone.  I'm reserving my thoughts until we are a few more episodes in.  

I did finish the last episode of Inn This Together and was so sad to see that fire destroyed that beautiful hotel in Laurel before it could even open.  

We also finished up the series Hacks....I'm still processing the end of the series.  I'm not sure how I feel about it all other than Jean Smart is brilliant in the series.  

Movies:  I did watch a couple of cheesy movies I had on the DVR last Thursday when I was laying around and honestly, that's why I always have a few corny Hallmark-ish types of movies saved.  I don't have to pay close attention and I'm not upset if I doze off and have to rewind.  

Reading:   I did finish up the My Sister is Going to Kill Me book.  It comes out August 18th and this was her sophomore effort for a fiction novel.  It was about a 3.5 rating for me and you can see my review here.

I have started the last ARC book in my NetGalley queue: Murder Unabridged: An Old Juniper Bookshop Mystery #3.  This one releases December 1, 2026.  

Also, I'm STILL listening to The Goldfinch, it's forever long and has become a chore to finish. But finish I will!!!  

That's all for today, I probably have more but I just realized it's 6:30 and I need to feed the dogs and the peoples in this house!

Peace, Love, & Titmice!

Samma