It doesn't smell beautiful.

I learn from experience.  I now know for sure that you cannot make a hard boiled egg in the microwave.

I also now know that once I've promptly cleaned up the gallon of spilled milk I should also immediately wash the rags.  3 wash/dry cycles later and every rag and bib I own is still saturated with the stench of rotten milk.

The only beautiful thing is that my husband is monitoring the smell project as though it were his mistake, re-doing the laundry over and over without complaint.  And that - is sort of beautiful. 

Excuse to Iron?

That's right.  I said it.  And I was only 80% kidding.  I do, sort of, like to iron if I can make whatever I'm ironing smell like lavender mint linen water at the same time.  Linen Water.  Who needs febreeze when I can use this diy linen water recipe as linen spray, room spray, couch and carpet freshener, and since I keep it in my bedroom I often spray our bed while I'm making it up.  Mmmm ... fresh sheets even when they're not fresh.  Tricky.   

and yes mom, I make my bed.

I wish you could smell it, but here's the recipe for my DIY Linen Water:

Dump the following into a spray bottle (dollar store) and shake before each use

1/4c Vodka

3c water (distilled if you happen to have it kicking around - I certainly don't)

100 drops of Lavender essential oil

5-10 drops of peppermint, rosemary or basil essential oil

You can tell from the vodka bottle how much linen water I must go through.  I really like to iron.