July 5, 2009

Lexus (Labrador Retriever)Lexus is a 1 year old Labrador Retriever. This is actually my nephew and his wife's dog. On Mother's Day, at my mother's house, my grand daughter threw the ball into the quarry and she retrieved it all day.

 

Hair Dryer PaintingCreate cool designs on paper using just a little paint and your hair dryer. Dryer paintings can be made into greeting cards, party invitations, bookmarks, or anything else your imagination can dream up!

 

Pumice Stone for Cleaning Toilet RingsUse a pumice stone (similar to the ones women use for feet) they have them made for cleaning purposes. They work great but you have to make sure the toilet surface and stone are wet before you use or you will scratch the bowl.

 

Car Makes Creaky Sound When Going Slow?Sometimes my car makes a creaky sound in the right rear when it is going slow. A friend said it sounded like my axle or wheels. Anybody got any ideas?

 

Organic Weed Killer?I moved into a new house during the winter. Summer has revealed that the yard is just full of weeds. They are taking over. I want to sterilize the soil, but organically and cheaply. Any suggestions?

 

Painting an Antique Bed?How do you paint a large 4 post antique, white bed with leather head and foot board?

 

Inexpensive Wine Making Recipes?Does anyone have any cheap wine recipes, please? Maybe using rice or anything not too expensive, many thanks.

 

Leaves Turning Yellow on Purple Robe Locust?I noticed some of you writing about a purple robe locust (robinia ambigua) tree. A landscape company planted one in my yard about five years ago.

 

Area Rug to Coordinate with Red and Yellow?I am moving to a new home. My couch and chair are a bright red and my walls are a golden yellow. I am wondering what color area rug and curtains I can use to accent the red furniture and yellow walls? Thank you.

 

Aquarium Air Stone Not Bubbling?I have 2 air stones in my aquarium. In one of them the bubbles are coming kind of intermittently, getting fewer and fewer. What can I do about this? The air stones are only about a week old.

 

Cleaning Shower Curtain Liner?How do you clean a shower curtain liner? I try to be frugal and would like to clean mine rather than buy another.

 

Pool Vacuum Not Filtering Water?The vacuum filter is putting back dirty water into the pool. Every time we vacuum the pool, within the minute even after we cleaned the filter out, the returning water from the filter is just as dirty as the water that was vacuumed out.

 

Using Cayenne to Control Garden Pests?My friend told me that sprinkling hot cayenne pepper on plants will keep away animals and insects that will eat them. Is this true? And if so, do you sprinkle the whole plant?

 

Slow Growing Loquat?I planted a Gold Nugget Loquat tree two years ago. It is growing at an extremely slow rate, much less than the dwarf naval orange tree next to it. The trunk remains very thin.

 

Preventing Root Growth in Drain Pipes?How can you prevent root growth in drain pipes?

 

Looking for a Good Non-Stick Skillet?Could someone please recommend a non stick 10 inch -12 inch skillet? Suggest one that you love and provide some idea of cost and how long you've used it. Thanks.

 

Cleaning Chintz Fabric?How do I clean Chintz fabric?

 

Leaving Spider Plant Babies on Mother Plant?How long can babies stay with the mother Spider plant?

 

Removing Cat Spray Odor from Sneakers?How do you remove cat spray odor from sneakers?

 

Plastic Bag Melted onto Toaster Oven?Someone left a plastic bag on top of my red toaster oven and it melted into the finish. How do I remove the melted plastic without damaging the red finish?

 

Do Hibiscus Leaves Close at Night?Do Hibiscus leaves close at night and reopen during the day?

 

Removing Pollen Stain from Clothing?I was cutting flowers today and forgot about being careful of Lily pollen. Anyone know how I can get an orange pollen stain out of my tan slacks?