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Daily Thrifty Tips - June 6, 2005Daily Thrifty Tips Volume Four, Number 140, June 6, 2005 http://www.ThriftyFun.com Hello, We have a lot of new requests that were posted over the weekend. Be sure to check them out and see if you have any advice to offer. You can read today's issue of ThriftyFun Recipes online at: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf708830.tip.html This is the last time I will mention the ThriftyFun Recipes in this welcome message, so be sure to subscribe to the ThriftyFun Recipes if you want to receive the recipes. To subscribe, reply to this newsletter with "recipes" in the subject. This Friday's TF News will be about Recycled Crafts. It should be a great issue. If you have any recycled craft ideas to share, feel free to share them. Thanks for reading, Susan Tip Contest!
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By Zaufishan Post Feedback: Click Here My dogs name is Onyx. He is almost 1 year old. He is special because he almost died at birth. He's a Poodle and they have to clip their tails. Well, they clipped it too short and he almost bled to death. It was horrible. He was about 6 weeks when I finally got him. He's still a puppy and he loves to run and play. But most of all he loves his mommy, he is always by me, ALL the time.
By familyov6 Post Feedback: Click Here My daughters name is Amanda and I wanted her quilt to be special just for her. So I made her an "A quilt". She loves animal prints. Again cutting a ton of strips in many different colors I sewed them together to make the "A". Using an old blanket for the batting and a black full sized sheet for the backing. She loves it and while we were watching "Extreme Home Makeover" on night, I asked each of my four children what they would NEED to take from our home if we were the family on TV that had a home makeover, she replied..."my A-quilt, Mom" : ) By Tracey
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Today's Tips Simple "Easy Cleaner Uppers" Recipes (Cleaning Wipes) Contents:
For quick clean-ups I make these cleaner containers. They're fun, no mess, and OLDER kids (notice I stressed older because these cleaners are toxic if ingested) love to use them, too! They save money, time and waste. I taught this method to my employees at my Daycare Center to save costs. NOTE: Buy Ziplock or Glad disposable and reusable containers and a roll of "Select-A-Size" paper towels for this project. For window cleaners, all-purpose cleaners, bleaching, de-grease cleaners: For all recipes: Take about 30 paper towels and fold individually into squares. Place them into the container. Pour the bottle of cleaner using just enough to wet all the towels, but not saturating them. Seal the container. When you're ready to clean, just remove a paper towel, wipe the area, then dispose of the towel. For bleaching only: Add one part bleach to 4 parts water. For furniture polishing: I pour Liquid Gold's furniture cleaner (the liquid soap kind) into the container with the paper towels. For Just Soap: Use 1 part soap and 4 parts water for washing items with just soap. follow the paper towel and container instructions above. Cleaning Up Babies: For cleaning up messy children or dirty bottoms on babies I use a mild baby shampoo like Johnson and Johnson Baby Shampoo. Use 1 part shampoo to 4 parts of water. For just cleaning bottoms I add a bit of baby oil to the solution to help prevent diaper rashes, but don't add the oil if you're going to use the same wipes for other messy children clean-ups! TIP 1: If you would rather have a container that you can easily pull wipes out individually (like "Wet Ones") you can do this: Take a roll of paper towels and cut the roll in half. Remove the inner cardboard core. Place one of the rolls in an empty cylinder-shaped baby wipe plastic container that has a "pull-out top". Pour in the cleaner. Then, pull out a towel from the center of the core and feed through the opening in the top of the container. This method will last you for a longer time and save you money in buying the plastic containers. TIP 2: If you don't want to use toxic cleaners, there are cleaners out there that are non-toxic and safe for smaller children to use. Just be sure to read the label and directions carefully, because even though they may say "non toxic" they can still cause irritations. FINAL WARNING: NEVER ALLOW ANY CHILD TO USE ANY CLEANER UNTIL YOU ARE SURE THEY HAVE NO ALLERGIES TO ANY OF THEIR INGREDIENTS! (or will put them in their mouths.) Before using wipes for messy children, test on a small area on their arm before using on any other part of their skin to make sure they aren't allergic to the ingredients in the solution. Hope you enjoy my Easy Cleaner Uppers! : ) By Dyanna Post Feedback: Click Here Large Parrot Clean Up and Raising Tips For easy cage clean-ups I place newspapers on the tray on the bottom of their cages. Post Feedback: Click Here Write down chores you need to do on a regular basis on index cards and divide them by daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, yearly, etc. Include yearly home system maintenance upkeep which will save your home down the road. Post Feedback: Click Here
Three Pronged Method for Grocery Savings
I use a three-pronged method to saving money at the grocery store and it can work for you, too. Post Feedback: Click Here Tips and ideas for using hanging shoe organizers, other than for organizing shoes. Post your ideas. Use for Plastic Shoe Bags I bought a large plastic shoe bag with the large pockets and hung it in the basement. It will hold several small tools, paint brushes etc. Keeps items organized in a small space. By C. H. Post Feedback: Click Here When you have tried everything else to get that stain out try this: Kerosene! Kerosene will bring out just about any stain there is. Post Feedback: Click Here One way to prevent Christmas from being a financial burden is to plan ahead. Here are some tips to help you save money on Christmas by planning ahead. Post your ideas. I can't thank you enough for all the tips and wonderful suggestions. I have saved so much time and money! Instead of waiting for holidays, I buy gifts whenever I see what I think a friend or relative will enjoy. I place the gifts in boxes and mark the outside of the box and just keep adding all year round. When birthdays and holidays roll around, I am always prepared. My budget is intact! By Sandy Post Feedback: Click Here An airline captain was breaking in a very pretty new stewardess. The route they were flying had a stay-over in another city, so upon their arrival, the captain showed the stewardess the best place for airline personnel to eat, shop, and stay overnight. Post Feedback: Click Here Tips and ideas for making your own wind chimes. Post your ideas. Making Wind Chimes I use all sizes of natural wreaths as wind chimes. Going to a thrift store or yard sale, I look for the wreaths and gold dinner ware, or any unusual utensil. I drill holes in the dinner ware and using fishing line, tie them on the wreaths. The wreaths are level, which sometimes I use leather strands to make a "hanger" or I keep using the fishing line. There are so many ways to make wind chimes. I use colorful beads, odd chime tubes, one inch tiles that are glued to a one inch piece of wood. Dig through your jewelry box. Those old pearl earrings could possibly be a piece to a wind chime. By Tina Harrell Post Feedback: Click Here I use paper towels when pulling the skin off of chicken before cooking. It has a great grip, and you can throw the whole thing away. Post Feedback: Click Here Saving Money on Teenage Driver's Insurance We have found that having a teenage driver was a big drain on our insurance premiums. One thing that has helped a lot, though, is that we have her restricted to driving the oldest car. That has saved us some money on insurance and I highly recommend it! Post Feedback: Click Here Use Listerine to remove pet urine. Put 3-4 cups of Listerine in a bucket of hot water. After cleaning, no Listerine smell will remain. By Terri H. Post Feedback: Click Here Dicing Chicken Into Uniform Cubes If you are to cut up chicken for a recipe and it is too soft, I just put it in the freezer for about 15 minutes, just enough to freeze it but not too hard and then it is easy to cut. By lizluvs2cook Post Feedback: Click Here Tips to help you at the grocery store. Post your ideas. Calculating Savings At The Store Always keep a small calculator at hand when shopping so you can quickly figure the sales out. By Brandi Morgan Post Feedback: Click Here How many times has this happened to one of us? Post Feedback: Click Here Organizing Your Upright Freezer Ideas for organizing an upright freezer. Post your ideas. Frozen Food To eliminate second guessing on how old food is in the freezer, just write with permanent marker on the bag or use a label and the date and year when you bought it, then when you buy new items put the old ones in the front and the new stuff in the back. This way you won't forget about those items and they will be used up and not forgotten. I do this in my pantry also. By lizluvs2cook Post Feedback: Click Here Be sure to check out our active topics page to follow the discussion. http://www.thriftyfun.com/board.html New Contest - More Prizes We are giving away 16 $25 prizes in the following categories! Tip Contest Prizes!
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New Requests: Planning a Party For Teen Boys (and Adults) I am planning a 16th birthday party for my son. We will be having a cookout at a swim park (lake) with many of his friends and also family (ages ranging from 2-65). Some of the kids are not so well behaved and I need something to occupy them so they don't terrorize everyone! Post Feedback: Click Here How can I get rid of the magpies but keep the rest of the birds? We have all sorts of beautiful birds in our backyard: finches, wrens, quail, robins, and they all seem to get along just fine. We enjoy watching them and feeding them. But now a group of magpies has settled in the area and chase the birds away from their feeders, and will even divebomb our dogs if they get too close! Any idea on how to chase the magpies away but without killing them and to ensure that the rest of the birdies stay? Post Feedback: Click Here I am looking for crochet cabbage patch clothes. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Post Feedback: Click Here I'm having a baby shower in late June for a niece. I'd like to decorate with Rubber Ducks as a theme. I know it will not be hard to get decorations together, but I'd love invitations with ducks on them. Has anyone seen them or has a cute idea of how to make them? Post Feedback: Click Here I kept smelling this faint urine odor and could not find where it was. When I was moving furniture to bring my Christmas tree in, I found a big dried spot of dog urine. I immediately got the carpet cleaner out and went to town with baking soda and carpet cleaning detergent. Now the smell of urine overpowers my front room! How do I remove the odor, there is really no stain after I shampooed the area but PEEE EWE!!! Tina Post Feedback: Click Here Removing a Scarf From a Knifty Knitter I am first time user of the Knifty Knitter. I am trying to knit a scarf. When I am done, how do I get the scarf off the kniffty knitter with out it coming undone? Post Feedback: Click Here How do you clean stucco? Post Feedback: Click Here My name is Carla and I am planning a June wedding of 2006. My problem is that I can't find any information on any Good Bakers or other helpful vendors in the state of Nebraska for a wedding. Am I just stupid or what. Please Help. Post Feedback: Click Here Making a Skirt from Men's Shirts I am looking for instructions on how to make a skirt using mens shirts. Post Feedback: Click Here Please someone help. I have a 4 year old Granddaughter that cries when she doesn't get her way. It's getting to the point where I'd rather have her not come and see me. Her crying really bothers me. She'll cry over the simplest things. Not opening the car door, Daddy going outside to get something out of the car and he tells her he'll be right back in. She cries cause she can't go out with him. Post Feedback: Click Here How do you get mildew smell out of a flooded car? My daughter's new (used) car smell of mildrew. We are afraid it was a flooded car. How can we get this odor out? It didn't smell when we bought it. It has been about two months now and the odor is very strong. They must have used something to hide the odor at the time of the sale. Post Feedback: Click Here Hi, Post Feedback: Click Here Finding Nemo Centerpiece Ideas I will be having a birthday party for my son who will be turning 2 and I would like ideas for centerpieces. The theme will be Nemo and I just can't think of anything. Please help. Thanks. Post Feedback: Click Here i removed a grease spot from a green shirt with shampoo and now the shampoo spots are yellow. Can anyone gime me tips to remedy my problem? Thank you, Post Feedback: Click Here My daughter is 2 and has down syndrome. We are planning a party for the 15th of June. I am planning a care bears party. I have invited quite a few older children as we don't know too many 2 year olds. As a matter of fact, none. Therefore, my daughter will be the youngest. The party is in our backyard where there is a swingset. Any tips for the party? We are on a tight budget of $150.00 total party favors, gifts, etc. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks, Post Feedback: Click Here Chocolate and Butterscotch Scone Recipe The other day, I tried a scone that was delicious, and would like to find a recipe. I have searched the recipes sites, but to no avail! The scone had chocolate and butterscotch chips in it, and had a glaze. Yummy! Anyone know of this type? Thanks! Post Feedback: Click Here Why does my husband's head stink by the end of the day? Why does my husband's head stink by the end of the day? He uses soap on his hair and washes it everyday. Post Feedback: Click Here My Pit Bull Pup Thinks my Hands Are the Enemy Hi all, I have an 8 week old Pit Bull pup. I love the little guy to death but he's a spritely fella and bites EVERYTHING he puts his mouth on. I made the MISTAKE and gave him a tap on his mouth one day when he was biting my feet. Since then he looks at my hand as the enemy. Also, when I'm bathing him he cries and thinks I'm punishing or harming him. He used to be very responsive, but now when I call him (and he sees my hands gesturing this) he's a bit apprehensive. How do I correct this and rebuild his confidence in me? Post Feedback: Click Here Keeping Baking Soda from Clogging Pipes Years ago I used baking soda to clean my kitchen sinks and countertops. But then we found out that the washed away soda had over six months become a rock in my kitchen sink pipes. It cost almost $200 to have it snaked out and it broke two of the plumber's snakes before he could break it up. Post Feedback: Click Here I was wondering if anyone had any low fat, low calorie dishes to share. Post Feedback: Click Here Does anyone know how to get silly putty out of material? My child had silly putty on my sofa throw and the throw was sat on. I have picked off what I can pick off but its still there. Post Feedback: Click Here I would like to make my own crocheted curtains. Does anyone have patterns or tell me where I can find some? Post Feedback: Click Here Tire Recommendations for a 2003 BMW Mini Cooper S I own a 2003 BMW Mini Cooper S. I am considering changing from 17" wheels run flats and 205/45 tires to 16" wheels and performance tires. I want to cover as much of the same wheel well area as the 17" 205/45/17 tires did. Post Feedback: Click Here My only Daugter is getting married in july. I am looking for some good websites to help with the planning, decorations and parties. If any one could help me out, I would be grateful. Post Feedback: Click Here I recently bought a home and one of the closets with a crawl space entry door has a very musty smell. I tried open dishes of vinegar, but it is still slightly musty. Any suggestions? Post Feedback: Click Here Looking for a frugal solution to an everyday problem? 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Here is a totally decadent dessert - Brownies covered with cream cheese and chocolate chips! Hey! It's summer- We can walk it off. Post Feedback: Click Here
Why Classic Styles Offer the Best Clothing Value
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Star Wars Party Planning for the Whole Family
I was about ten years old when a friend and her dad took me to see the very first Star Wars movie, you know, the one that is referred to as Episode Four these days. As a child, I had an irrational fear of robotic things (seeing the Terminator a few years later didn't help!) and my seven year old son laughed at me as I recently told him how I lost it in the theater and my friend's dad had to sit with me in the lobby during almost the whole movie. The reason I told him this is because he has his little heart set on getting a Darth Vadar voice-changer mask. I can see it now, he will stand over me in the morning as I sleep and wake me in Darth Vadar's evil voice with "Luke, I am your father!" (which is a running joke here these days). Post Feedback: Click Here
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