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09-12-2007, 10:03 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA
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| Things to know and most of them work well I received this from my mom today and thought I'd share 1. Reheat Pizza Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove , set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works. 2. Easy Deviled Eggs Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal , mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients , reseal , keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly , cut the tip of the baggy , squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up. 3. Expanding Frosting When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store , whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving. 4. Reheating refrigerated bread To warm biscuits , pancakes , or muffins that were refrigerated , place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster. 5. Newspaper weeds away Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers put layers a round the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers. 6. Broken Glass Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily. 7. No More Mosquitoes Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away. 8. Squirrel Away! To kee p squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it. 9. Flexible vacuum To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings. 10. Reducing Static Cling Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and -- ta da! -- static is gone. 11. Measuring Cups Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out. 12. Foggy Windshield? Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth! 13. Reopening envelope If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside , just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily. 14. Conditioner Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair... 15. Goodbye Fruit Flies To get rid of pesky fruit flies , take a small glass fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid , mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever! 16. Get Rid of Ants Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it , take it "home", can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains , but it works &you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed! 17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. WELL...the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets c ause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film , but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free - that nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box, well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire &potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out &wash it with hot soapy water &an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months. He said that makes the life of t he dryer at least twice as long! How about that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So , I thought I'd share! |
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09-12-2007, 10:06 AM | #2 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | How cool was that? Love it, thanks!
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09-12-2007, 10:09 AM | #3 |
2 Pups=Double Trouble! Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Iowa
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| Great tips! Thanks!
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09-12-2007, 10:16 AM | #4 |
Inactive Account Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Arizona
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| I'm going to try the safety pin on slacks...hope it really works. Lots of interesting tips. And I'm going to wash my lint filter RIGHT NOW! Thanks! |
09-12-2007, 10:18 AM | #6 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Georgia
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| Great tips! I'm going to print them out and put them in my control journal so I have them handy. I never knew that about the dryer!
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09-12-2007, 10:22 AM | #7 |
Gina, (Lexi's Mommy) Donating Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LONG ISLAND,NY
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| gotta wash that filter tonight when i get home.. thanks
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09-12-2007, 12:50 PM | #8 |
Mojo, LilyGrace & Me Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: cuddling with my babies<3
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| Great tips!
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09-12-2007, 12:56 PM | #9 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wisconsin
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| Wow..thanks...great tidbits of information! Saved this in my favorites... |
09-12-2007, 01:02 PM | #10 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member | Great tips. I had done the egg one and it does work great. Will be cleaning the dryer lint tonight.
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09-12-2007, 05:19 PM | #11 |
Lovin' Lucy & Rebel Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia
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| I've done the thing with the dryer lint trap before and it's amazing! Water wouldn't go thru mine and then when I washed it well it flowed right thru Thanks for all the tips.
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09-12-2007, 10:17 PM | #12 |
And Mimi's too! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: North Coast of CA
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| Thanks for all those tips. They are great.
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09-12-2007, 11:29 PM | #13 |
Lovin' my Girlies!! Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Orange County, CALIFORNIA
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| thanks.
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09-13-2007, 03:04 AM | #14 |
Donating YT 7000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Alabama, etc.
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| THANKS!!! I love useful tips ... your Mom is a smart lady!
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09-13-2007, 04:23 AM | #15 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| Your one smart cookie. I'm trying the deviled egg things today, and no more dryer sheets.
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