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Finding Free or Inexpensive Furniture?
Most Salvation Army Thrift Stores give out vouchers for free items. It is for necessities, not TVs. You have to go to their church office and ask for a voucher for these items from the thrift store. They dont always have the items, but if they do they will...

 

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Christmas Help in Michigan?
The question is how many people do you need help for? Call 211, it is a nationwide program called helpline. It is a clearing house where lists of organizations that help people is kept. You could also call the Salvation Army. When it comes to gifts most organizations...

 

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Christmas Help in Michigan?
You could also speak to your pastor about this matter. The church might be able to take up a special offering to help you.

 

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Nail Fungus and Nail Salons?
From what I have heard and read the tubs dont get sanitized after each use. I know a couple beauticians that wont do nails because of liability. They say the various instruments used should actually be sterilized like hospital instruments and from what they...

 

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Charities to Help With Christmas?
The Salvation Army usually provides some help. They do it different ways, different years. Call them and ask. There is Toys For Tots, however, they arent all over. A lot of the places that help have combined forces and you have to apply in one location. Call...

 

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Cheap Recipes?
If you qualify, income wise, apply for food stamps. Some of the cheap foods that I depend on are goulash(made with hamburger, pasta, can of diced tomatoes, can of tomato soup, and I always add a can of whole kernel corn that way you have a complete meal in...

 

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Cheap Recipes?
Most food pantries require a referral from a food stamp case worker or other non-profit organization like the Salvation Army. Where I live from what different people have told me you can only go once every six months and then you only get about a weeks worth...

 

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Choosing Secondary Health Insurance for Seniors?
Check and see if there is something called SHIINE in your state. They help senior citizens figure out things like social security and medicare. Or else another place to call would be 211, that is a program called Helpline. Im not sure about the SHIINE program...

 

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Dividing Time Among Friends?
Besides making sure there is enough food and drinks out, I would say your next job would be to mingle with all of the guests. The kind of parties I am familiar with is the ones that are small enough that everybody sits in a group and visits.

 

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Dividing Time Among Friends?
Your number one job is make sure there is plenty of food and drinks out, then to mingle with all of the guests. The kind of parties that I am familiar with are the ones that are small enough that everybody sits and visits with everybody. I think the main emphasis...

 

Agencies That Provide Christmas and Thanksgiving Help?
The Salvation Army is great for helping with food and gifts at Christmas. Where I live all of the charitable organizations have banded together and have one central place for people to apply call 211 (that is a nationwide number for the helpline, where they...

 

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Ideas for Paris/Eiffel Tower Themed Living Room?
The Target website has some Eiffel Tower items. Maybe try doing a google search ask for ideas to decorate your living room in that style. In my living room I have a water globe with the Eiffel Tower in it, and I have a metal figurine of the Eiffel Tower, that...

 

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Cleaning Gold Jewelry?
Emeralds arent as hard as rubies and sapphires. They should only be cleaned in warm water with a drop of dishwashing soap. If the band has to be cleaned, use a silver or gold polishing cloth. A jeweler told my Mother this many years ago when she bought her...

 

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Kitchen Paint Color Advice?
Actually black is a neutral too. You see all kinds of colors comined with it, including navy and dark brown in fashion. Any color will work with the colors you mentioned.

 

A row of bridesmaids in pink dresses.

Choosing The Best Color For Your Bridesmaid Dresses
I have seen weddings where the bridesmaids pick their own style of dress, in a givine color. My thought is choose a color that will flatter the women in the bridal party and to heck with the other considerations. A person can get too carried away takingt too...

 

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Removing Nail Polish from Acrylic Nails?
I have never soaked my nails to remove the same number of coats of polish that you stated. All I have ever done is put the polish remover on a cotton ball and use that to remove the polish. I use a seperate cotton ball for each nail. I had acrylic nails several...

 

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Stone Jar Pickling?
The only pickles that my late mother ever made in a stone jar, were the sweet pickles that take 14 days, with a different process having to be done every day for 14 days, then you put them in jars as stated in the recipe.

 

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Asking a Friend to a Sadie Hawkins Dance?
If this is a guy you know fairly well and are friends, just ask him, no matter who he is it is best to just ask. All he can do is say no.

 

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Putting Rhubarb to Bed for Winter?
I am 71 years old and have never known anybody that did anything to their rhubarb to get it ready for winter. They have always had bumper crops of it too.

 

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Putting Rhubarb to Bed for Winter?
I am 71 years old and have never known anybody that did anything to their rhubarb to get it ready for winter. They have always had bumper crops of it too.

 

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Putting Rhubarb to Bed for Winter?
Im sorry about all the replies to this, before I got to move on a toddler came up and started slapping on the mouse. Kids! lol

 

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Shaping Eyebrows?
Everybodys eyebrows grow in a specific way. When you pluck them you have to follow the natural shape. If they are extremely bushy on the bottom you might could pluck an arch into them. If you do that, you run the risk of not getting them the same. You could...

 

Ideas for Opening a Small Home Based Sewing Business?
Number one you would need a room set up specifically for this purpose. You would need a good quality sewing machine and a serger. People now, dont want to pay for clothes that have the basic homemade seams. Although being a senior citizen that has been sewing...

 

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Shortening a Pleated Wool Skirt?
Any dependable tailor should know what to do without you telling them how to do it, other than how short you want it.

 

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SSD and Child Support Arrears Garnishment?
Contact your social security office, and also your child support enforcement office. Something sounds fishy, but he shouldnt have been able to just go to the social security office and demand money. Also it wouldnt hurt for you to see if you can find an attorney...

 

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Resolving a Medical Bill When on Medicare?
Does the bill say if it has been turned over to medicare and your supplemental insurance. It could say that, or does it say this is the balance. Call they billing office and ask these questions.

 

Built-in shelf unit with three shelves and lower doors.

Repainting a Built-in Shelf?
I would remove the scalloped edging on the shelf unit and replace it with molding that you can buy at lumber yards/home improvement stores, for not too much. Being I have a tendency to rush in where angels fear to tread I would paint the edges to match the...

 

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Ideas for Meaningful Gift Bags for Wedding Guests?
I have never heard of doing something like that at a wedding. All I have ever heard of is putting a small momento of the wedding at each place setting at the reception. If it isnt a sit down reception you could have a couple people had them out as people arrive...

 

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Kitchen Paint Color Advice?
The colors you mentioned are all neutral colors, therefore any color you want will work for the walls.

 

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Kitchen Paint Color Advice?
The colors you mentioned are all neutral colors, therefore any color you want will work for the walls.

 

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Making Extra Cash?
A lot will depend on the area where you live. In order to sell stuff you have to be the type of person that can sell. Not everybody is that type of person. When my money is short, I cut back on things. One thing, I start my Christmas shopping in January and...

 

Adding Dry Fruit to Cake Batter?
That would depend on if you want the fruit actually in the cake or on top. If you want it in the cake you have to put some flour in a bag and put the fruit in it and shake it up before adding the fruit to the batter. If you dont do this the fruit will sink...

 

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Ideas for Out of Town Wedding Guest Bags?
I have never heard of giving out gift bags at weddings. I have heard of small, meaningful favors, but not gift bags.

 

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Inexpensive 10th Birthday Ideas?
Have it at home, and play games like pin the tail on the donkey, etc.

 

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Dyeing a Polyester Wedding Dress?
For a costume it shouldnt have to turn out perfect. Because of the different types of fabric, each type will turn out to be a slightly different shade of pink. As will any areas that have unnoticeable stains on it. Is the dress washable, because for dying, if...

 

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Dyeing a Polyester Wedding Dress?
For a costume it shouldnt have to turn out perfect. Because of the different types of fabric, each type will turn out to be a slightly different shade of pink. As will any areas that have unnoticeable stains on it. Is the dress washable, because for dying, if...

 

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Celebrating a Child's Birthday When You Have No Money?
At that age a child doesnt know what a birthday or a party is. All you need to do is bake some kind of cake, put two candles on it and sing Happy Birthday. The idea that kids need big showy parties is just plain rediculous. Kids wouldnt expect that type of...

 

Rustic looking bookcase.

Redecorating on a Tight Budget?
Unless the shelf you took out was horrible, I would have left it, for storage and display of knick-knacks. No matter what you build you will probably need more than just basic tools. I consider basic tools to be: hammer, pliers, screw drivers, a skill saw. If...

 

Rustic looking bookcase.

Redecorating on a Tight Budget?
For Holiday decorations go to freecycle.org and look for freecycle groups in your area and post on there that you need an artifical Christmas tree and the decorations for it. You might be surprised at what you receive. The thing is before you can ask for something...

 

Planning a Large Family Birthday Party for a Two Year Old?
As far as your kids getting to know relatives better, you could serve the same purpose, maybe even to a better extent, if you visited these family members on a regular basis. Once a year parties arent going to serve the purpose. Also when there is a whole group...

 

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Contacting a Lawyer After a Fall in Apartment?
That would be up to you, but I dont see how it was anybody elses fault other than yours. If it happened in the common area of the building and there was a puddle of water it would be a different matter. But in your own apartment, unless there was a flaw in...

 

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Wedding and Honeymoon on $5,500 Budget?
Only you know the price of things where you live. Price the things you want and then buy accordingly. Have the wedding at a time of day where the guests wont expect to be served a meal. Just have cake, coffee, tea, and punch. You dont have dance and you dont...

 

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Freezing Bell Peppers?
I just remove the seeds and dice them, and freeze them without any cooking. I use them in chili, casseroles, etc.

 

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Finding Out How Much Child Support Owed?
Wasnt it court ordered? If not contact your local child support enforcement office.

 

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Take Your Own School Pictures
We did this a few years ago for my grandaughters senior pictures. She is really into tie-dyed stuff, so she wore a tie-dyed t-shirt for some of the pictures, some were taken on my patio, using a friends shower curtain that looked like blue sky with palm trees...

 

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Asking a Guy to Homecoming?
Just go ahead and pop the question.

 

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Receiving SSI?
I dont know about SSI, but if it is retirement social security, you will get enough to add to yours so that you will be drawing half of what he gets. However, if your social security, alone would be more than his it wouldnt work that way. I have a friend whose...

 

Asking Boyfriend to Winter Formal?
Why cant you just ask him? I assume you are going steady, therefore it should be taken for granted that if you plan on going to the dance, he would be your date. Anyway that is the way it used to be. Maybe times have changed. I dont understand why people now...

 

Asking Boyfriend to Winter Formal?
I should also say, I wonder if your school has a policy against students from other schools attending dances. When I was in school, that was standard policy.

 

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Use Medical and Vocational Schools For Services
Where I live dental students only do exams and cleaning. If you need a filling or something, you have to go to a regual dentist. Several years ago, when I was attending a technical school, my car needed some work and I took it to the automotive department and...

 

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Living Room and Kitchen Paint Color Advice?
Its your house, therefore you can do anything you like. You have to live with it, dont worry about what others think. People never used to worry about have one room match the one next to it. Im kind of a free thinker.

 

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Shop Multiple Grocery Stores in One Trip
How much does the gas and wear and tear on your car cost? A person also needs the room to store this stuff. A lot of people that I know only have room for about a weeks worth of frozen stuff.

 

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Finding a Pro Bono Attorney?
Call the attorneys in the phone book. I dont think any of them advertise doing pro bono work. I know they dont here, but some of them do at times. It probably depends on the case being discussed. If your friend is a third time offender, maybe the best thing...

 

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Use Chuck Roast for Stew Meat
It is even cheaper to substitute hamburger and make hamburger stew. I am 71 years old and have never used anything but hamburger. You crumble it up and brown it and go from there. My late Mother taught me this when I was a child.

 

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Freezing Beets?
Google the topic to find the directions. No matter what you do with beets, you have to scrub them and cook them with the skins on them, and leave two-three inches of stem on them, or else they will bleed the color out, and they wont be the nice deep color that...

 

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What Can I Make With These Ingredients?
Google the ingredients and see what you come up with.

 

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Tightening T-shirt Sleeves?
The only way I know how to tell you to do this, would be if you have access to a sewing machine. Then turn the shirt inside out, and on the edge of the sleeve where the hem is, start sewing there, when you first start, sew about 1/2 in and then back up and...

 

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Painting Walls in Room Two Colors?
I dont understand what you mean tallest or shortest wall. Do you mean widest or narrowest? I guess that would be up to you, do you want the wall that is a different color to be the focal point of the room?

 

Shoes and handbags stored on bookshelf.

Store Shoes And Accessories On...
Thats a good idea if you have enough room in the closet. But half of my closet has my clothes in it, and the bottom of that half is used for general storage, along with the other half. My closet is probably 6ft. wide. For my shoes and purses I use one of those...

 

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Freezing Bell Peppers?
I clean them as if they were going to be used immediately. I then dice them into small pieces and measure them in about 1/2 cup measurements into baggies and put the baggies inside a plastic food storage container; so that they dont end up all over the freezer...

 

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Canning Beets?
Go to your store and find the department that displays their canning jars and you should find a book for sale that is either produced by the Ball company or Kerr company. Those books are full of directions for canning all kinds of things. Or else you could...

 

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Craft Ideas for Wheelchair Accessories?
You can google the topic. Every now and then I find a website, when I am looking for other things, that will have printable patterns for making bags to attach to the side arms of wheel chairs, and other things. I have also noticed that the companies that make...

 

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10th Birthday Party Ideas?
Some beauty schools let groups of girls in that age group have birthday parties in their school. If I remember right it was manicures and pedicures. Cosmetology students do the work on the girls. But my thought is why not just do a family get together, with...

 

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Best Dye to Cover Bleach Spots on Clothing?
My experience is that nothing will completely cover the bleach stains. I think your best bet would be to buy the Rit color remover and completely remove the color and then redye them the shade of brown that you want. Just follow the directions on the packages...

 

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Building Materials Store Near Cadiz, Kentucky?
Look in your local phone book, most phone books have surrounding towns in them too. Also a lot of small towns have a lumber yard of some kind. Anyway that is what they used to be called. Larger towns, starting at about 12,000 population usually have some type...

 

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Financial Assistance for Roof Repair for Seniors?
Habitat For Humanity builds homes, I have never heard of them doing repairs, unless it is a house that they have bought and are refurbishing for a family to purchase. I have worked in non-profit offices and each office is aware of what other organizations do...

 

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Hearing Aids for Low Income Seniors?
Easter Seals used to do this, I dont know if they still do. When they do have hearing aids that people can get, most of the time they arent the fancy little ones that are popular now. These are larger ones that people have donated, and they have been refurbished...

 

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Choosing Bedding Color to Coordinate with Beige and Espresso?
Those are neutral colors, therefore any color you want will work with them.

 

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Helping My Sister Deal With an Abusive Relationship?
The best thing to do would be for your sister to pack up what she can in her car, take the kids, and go to their bank and withdraw a reasonable amount of money to get her out of the town that she lives in and into a battered womens shelter. This will have to...

 

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Hummingbirds And "Four O'Clocks"
I have had hummingbirds in my petunias, for many years.

 

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Free Computers for Seniors?
Does she want one or is that something that you think she should have? I have never heard of any place that gives away computers to anybody. You could try calling thrift stores like the Salvation Army, Good Will, etc. It used to be that they couldnt sell used...

 

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Planning a Thrifty Wedding Anniversary/Belated Reception?
Isnt somebody else supposed to offer to do a reception? My now ex and I eloped in 1964 and within a month his parents hosted a reception for us and a month later neighbors of my parents threw a reception for us where my parents live. They were nothing fancy...

 

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Planning a 25th Wedding Anniversary Party?
You dont need a lot of decorations. Balloons, special paper plates and napkins, maybe one floral centerpiece. For food, sandwiches, cake, coffee, and punch would be enough. Unless you are having the party at somebodys home, you will also have to rent a place...

 

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Chicken Recipes for a Large Group?
Google the topic and see what you find. Also some cook books have quantities for large amounts of food.

 

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Pekingese Won't Eat Dog Food?
Several years ago we had a Chinese Pug, that was given to us because the owners were going to be traveling a lot and they didnt want to drag him all over or board him. All he would eat is people food, and he wanted catsup on his meat, chocolate syrup on his...

 

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Freezing Stewed Tomatoes?
I dont know why not, it shouldnt be any different than freezing any other left over cooked food. If the texture turns out a little different they can always be used in casseroles. I kind of have a tendency to freeze anything that is cooked and doesnt run away...

 

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Decorating Scrapbook Paper And Cardstock
You want to make sure the glitter glue you and fabric paints are acid free.

 

A baby's onsie with a fabric paint design of a paw and the words "Born 2 B Wild".

Fabric Painted Shirt
A person can do that with a onesie (as I call them). I think most people now call them one piece underwear. Ive been painting t-shirts for myself and daughter for years. Several years ago I even did a thigh length denim, winter coat for myself. I have a tendency...

 

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Cake Mix Cookies?
I dont know why these cookies wouldnt be good. The cake mix includes most of the ingredients. All you have add is the moist ingredients. I would go to the sites like Pillsbury, Duncan Hines, etc. and look at the cookie recipes they have that are made from cake...

 

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Making Money Using Twitter?
Are you on disability. Im sure anything you sell on line, you will have to count as income and maybe pay taxes on it. What kind of things do you plan on selling online. There is etsy.com where people can sell craft items. There is ebay where people sell all...

 

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Eliminating Static in Fleece Blanket?
I have a fleece blanket that has the same problem. However, being the headboard of my bed is against a heat register, no matter which wall I put it on, I rarely cover up. Therefore I usually have the top sheet and blanket folded way down with my legs and feet...

 

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Getting a Divorce When the Other Party Won't Sign?
Where I live, it used to be and probably still is that when divorce papers were served on a person, that person had 60 days to respond, and if there was no response, the divorce was granted to the person wanting the divorce, by default. I would be surprised...

 

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Freezing Corn?
I dont remember how long the corn is supposed to be blanced for freezing, but everybody that I know has always cut it off the cob before blanching it.

 

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Putting Contact Paper Over Wall Tile in a Bathroom?
I think you can buy paint for tile, it seems like I have seen that done on some decorating shows.

 

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Repairing a Cigarette Burn in a Faux Leather Corner Seat?
You used to be able to buy repair kits for vinyl in the hardware/automotive departments of discount stores, I dont know if they still have them, but it wouldnt hurt to look.

 

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Buy Now Pay Later Website for Bedroom and Bathroom Items?
Do you need all of that stuff at one time? If not buy one item at a time and you will save a lot of money. For example buy 3-4 towels and wash cloths at a discount store. The same applies to sheets, buy one set at a time. A lot of people only ever have one...

 

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Freezing Cooked Beets?
You should be able to cut the beets after cooking, then freeze them just like any other cooked food is frozen.

 

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Child Support and SSD or SSI?
If you want the amount of child support you pay decreased you have to ask for a child support modification. Talk to somebody in the child support enforcement office. When my daughter was a minor she received SSI and my ex husband still had to pay child support...

 

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Adding Small Shelves to a School Locker?
You used to be able to buy plastic shelf units specifially for lockers. The school lockers that I have seen have one shelf near the top, and if you need more storage space, you could use a couple heavy duty magnet type hooks and put a tote bag on each of them...

 

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Adding Molding to Laminate Cabinet Doors?
I dont know how you would do it, but Im sure if you ask at your home improvement store, they could tell you. Myself I just want the plain front doors, for easier cleaning.

 

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Getting the Best Buy on Toilet Paper?
I have had several people tell me the best buy is the Scott 1000 sheet rolls. However, I have visited where people use it and I dont like it.

 

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Asking a Friend to Sadie Hawkins?
Just out right ask him. You dont need a clever, cutesy way of doing it.

 

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Buy Now, Pay Later Websites?
Try fingerhut.com But be aware that when you buy things from places like that, you end paying an awful lot more per item, than the amount listed. Im sure there are more, but I refuse to buy from places like that because of the huge amount of interest that they...

 

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2nd Birthday Party Decoration Ideas?
Use balloons (they go quite far for little money). Use colorful paper plates, glasses, and napkins. If you can get crepe paper over there, cut that into streamers and string them from the ceilings.

 

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Combining a Baby Shower and Wedding Reception?
As far as the shower goes, this morning I was reading in an etiquette column, that it isnt proper for family members to give showers. Call around to different places like VFW, American Legion, Senior Citizen Center, church fellowship halls, schools, etc. and...

 

Elvis with Bride and Groom All Giving Thumbs Up

My Elvis Wedding (Graceland Wedding...
Myself I would prefer to be married in the chapel at Graceland. But each to their own.

 

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Planning a Large Sweet 16?
Im sure there are places where you live that would meet your needs, but I am wondering who is paying for this large party. Why have that large of number of guests?

 

Looking for Buy Now Pay Later Companies?
There is a company called Fingerhut. Go to fingerhut.com I dont buy from those companies because by the time you get done paying for the item, you have paid at least twice as much as the initial cost.

 

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Using Alum for Canning Pickles?
Your pickle recipes should tell you this information, or else google it. Im sure the amount depends on the recipe.

 

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Treating Leg Blisters?
Do you have trouble with edema? Have you went to a doctor? My sister has lots of trouble with edema in her legs, and several years ago she had leg ulcers, that she was positive werent because they didnt look like what a lady she knew had diagnosed as leg ulcers...

 

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Organizing Photos and Keepsakes?
What is wrong with just putting them in photo albums like people used. You can buy photo albums that have pockets in the pages for 4x6 photos and a border on the side to write information on. I have these photo albums and when I have smaller photos I put two...

 

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Store Batteries in the Refrigerator
I have heard that about make-up too. What I cant figure out is who in heck has room in their fridge for non-food items?

 

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Free Home Repair After a House Fire?
I have worked in a couple different non-profits that helped people with different things and all of these organizations know what the other organizations do, and a lot of the questions we received pertained to housing. I have never heard of free home repair...

 

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Painting Over Wallpaper?
About 40-50 years ago when I was a really young kid, people just plain painted over wall paper. Of course back then the paint was all oil base, and I dont know if that would make any difference or not.

 

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Helping a 6 Month Old Sleep Through the Night?
Not everybody has the same sleep patterns. Maybe your son isnt ready to sleep all night yet. See if you ignore him a little longer each night, if that helps. Otherwise my guess is that he just isnt ready to sleep all night. I have an adult daughter who slept...

 

A saucepan of gravy.

Thickening Gravy
Instant potatos work super good.

 

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What to Wear to Renew My Vows?
Wear whatever you want, it is your day, and if it is just the two of you, who cares.

 

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Determining the Most Cost Effective Lighting Source?
I dont know about cost effectiveness, but I do know electricity puts out more light, plus you can determine which wattage bulbs to use for given tasks. There was a couple years when I was a young kid, that all we had for lights were kerosene lamps. When we...

 

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Removing Ink from Clothing?
I have always heard that hair spray works. I would imagine some of those spray ons that you use before doing the laundry would work too.

 

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Planning a Wedding?
This is unusual, a male planning the wedding. Location, type of wedding you want, attendants, etc. A lot will depend on the type of wedding you are having and the rest will depend on yours and the brides tastes.

 

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Choosing Clothes to Wear to School?
Have them pick out their outfits the night before and make the rule that they cant change their mind. You are the boss, when they know they can no longer control you, they should shape up. If this doesnt work have them get up an hour earlier in the morning...

 

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Determining Canning Time for Smaller Jars?
I havent canned for 23 years, that is the last time I had a garden or had a place to store home canned goods, from what I can remember it depends on the type of produce you are canning. Either google the topic, or go to your local library and look for books...

 

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Early Retirement and Medical Insurance?
I was uninsured from 1983 until 2005, because I couldnt afford insurance of any kind, It was a real relief when I turned 65. There is a free clinic where I live, but that doesnt take care of hospital stays. Most counties will help people in the event of an...

 

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Landscaping a Treeless Yard?
Weeping willows grow fast, and if you plant a larger one, you will have a good sized tree in little time. They do take a lot of water to get them going real good. When we had one we watered a lot every week.

 

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Buy Sale Clothes Year Round
Another advantage to buying new over used, is that the new doesnt wear out as quickly. No matter how good a used garment looks, there is bound to be some place on it that has more wear, that is un-noticable to the naked eye. I also dont have the patience to...

 

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Saving Newspaper Cuttings
When I want to preserve a newspaper clipping, I just make a photo copy of of it. They dont yellow or anything. I use these in the genealogy scrapbooks that I am making, along with family photos, and little stories and historical facts that I can find about...

 

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Looking for Grants for Heath Care Costs Not Paid By Medicare?
Check with your Department of Social Services and see if they know of any available help for your Mom. They also have a section in their office called Adult Services for Aging. Im familiar with that because I am 71. They also help with homemaker services. I...

 

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Looking for Grants for Heath Care Costs Not Paid By Medicare?
The Lions Club only helps with eye glasses.

 

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Freezing Tomatoes?
That is the way my late Mother did it. As she got older she never planted more than three plants, and when she had more than she could use that is what she did, even if it was only a couple tomatoes. She kept a good sized bag that she would just toss the tomatoes...

 

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Free Computer Training for Senior Citizens?
I was in my late forties when I took a two year secretarial course, but any job I had after that didnt allow me to do anything other than data entry, which is basically typing. Back when I took that secretarial course, computers didnt even have a mouse, and...

 

Getting an LTD Catalog?
From what I understand with LTD is you have to have a business name in order to order from them. There is a catalog that is very similar called Lakeside Collections and you dont have to use a business name to order from them. In fact most of the merchandise...

 

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Shopping for Reasonably Priced Men's Jeans?
I know that feeling. I have a 25 year old grandson who is 68 and needs a 34 waist with a 38-40 inseam. The only jeans we have ever been able to find where we live are Wranglers and regular stores dont handle that size. Occasionally one or the other of the two...

 

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Making a Skirt and Decorating It Like a Christmas Tree?
All you would have to do is find a pattern for a circle skirt (like they wore back in the 50s, they ones that when spread out in a complete circle), and use that or else just use a straight piece of tulle and gather it onto a waist band. For the waist band...

 

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All of My Flowers are Dying?
I had three pots of flowers on my patio, that only gets partial sunlight. I used the regular potting soil for them. Two of the pots were inpatients which are supposed to be good shade/partial shade flowers. They were gone before the 4th of July. I also had...

 

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What are the Birthstones Most Commonly Used?
February is amethyst, March is Aquamarine, April is diamond or another clear substiture. May is emerald, June is pearl or alexandrite, July is ruby, August is peridot, Setember is saphire, October is opal, November is topaz, December is either turquoise of...

 

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Freezing Corn on the Cob?
You can google the topic, or in the morning call your Home Extension Agent for your area. I think you will find them in the phone book under your county or a neighboring county.

 

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