I have a piece of trout line hung in what was supposed to be the living room and hang mine up in there. If I need them to be fluffed, I air dry them in the dryer for 10 minutes. Recently I had an arm injury that kept me from raising my left arm above my elbow, so had to improvise - where the left arm couldn't raise up to hold the clothes on the line. Instead I brought coat hangers down to that level, pinned the articles to the clothes hangers and rehung on the line with the right hand. ... View related article.
Good to "paint" with. Using cardboard, plywood, or whatever as your foundation, You can paint on a background color first - if desired. Using Elmer's Glue All, start filling in areas of your "painting" with the yarn pieces. ... View related article.
This is a god idea to share with my best friend. She is into scrap booking. I like all crafts, so can see many possibilities with this one! ... View related article.
For me, the hardest part was the habbits. When I got up in the morning, I went to the bathroom, where I kept a package of cig's, a lighter, and an ashtray, so I sat and enjoyed my first smoke, I then made it to the kitchen, where I also kept cig's, lighter and ashtray, so had cig's with my morning coffee, Next I had to check my email, and of course I had to smoke while I waited on my slow dial up. By the time I got around to doing housework, chances are that I had already smoked a pack of cig's. Doing housework was no break either because I had cig's, lighters, and ashtrays in every room. The habits want to stay with me, long after the desire for the cig's do - and food adds more weight - which I didn't need - but I'm still not smoking ... View related article.
When the girls were young, I used wall paper samples and collaged their bedroom ceiling with them. The girls are now 41 and 36 and still talk about being sent to their room and laying on their bed looking at the pictures. Their kids wants to know why they didn't ever get something like that in their rooms! Difference of incomes I guess - besides that, their rooms has things like tv's, stereos, computers, etc. ... View related article.
I had trouble with milk going south on me. It is cheaper by the gallon, but not if 1/2 of it goes south on you. My sister and nephew drink a lot of bottled water, so I have them to save me their bottles. I now buy the gallon jugs of milk, pour it into the water bottles, being sure to leave 1" to 1 1/2" air space for when the milk freezes. As the milk gets emptied, get another one out of the freezer and place it in the refreigerator, so it will be thawed out by the time the other one is empty. You will always have milk on hand for cooking, cereal, coffee, etc. ... View related article.
I do this with roast Beef, only 1 of me. Only way I can have roast beef. Doesn't pay to cook for 1 unless you can freeze and stretch it out; too much waste in the world as it is. ... View related article.
Way, way, way back when, they used to stuff homemade mattresses with pine needles - free stuffing if you live around pine trees. I do a lot of quilting - I am stuffing and old air mattress with those bits and pieces of leftover batting that are too small for anything else - so free stuffing - look around and then think outside the box to see stuffing from things you would have never thought of before. ... View related article.
On the larger tanks for heating and such - Do Not run your tank empty! I'm with Amerigas, and they want you to call them when you are down to 10%. The larger tanks have gauges on them. Anyway, they have to blow the tank and lines out if you let it run empty and that costs an extra $40! ... View related article.
Try open houses - a lot are free during the holidays. My youngest daughter's mother in law raised 7 kids - they looked for business that were giving out free popcorn and stuff - doesn't hurt to go look around, get free food and catch up on all the latest gossip with the rest of the family. ... View related article.
