Once a month or so I use 1/4 pad of the FINEST steel wool, wet the pad and the door, give it a light, brisk rubdown, rinse with water and enjoy the sparkle. Even works on chrome faucets, door frame, track, etc. Cheap, fast, easy, no chemicals, and never a scratch. ... View related article.
Cheapest, easiest thing I've ever found: once a month or so when I'm detail cleaning in that bathroom, use the FINEST grade of steel wool. Using only about 1/4 of the steel wool pad, wet the pad and the shower door, give it a brisk rubdown using light pressure, then rinse. They are perfect and sparkling. I've used this to clean old doors with lots of buildup, and to keep our brand new doors looking new. Cheap. No chemicals. Very little muscle. Very little time. Great results with never a scratch, even on the chrome faucets and door track. ... View related article.
I posted a similar question a few days ago and received an idea I'm going to use. I'm giving "Need Cookie" postcards. I'm making postcards that the graduate can mail to me when they want some homemade cookies. Do a quick search and you should be able to find the reply someone posted. This way your graduates can drop a postcard in the mail to you at some point through the next year letting you know they're ready to receive some homemade cookies. The postcard has a place for them to check a box to tell you what kind they want, or you can let them choose, or not. Have your address pre-printed on the card, but leave their's blank - you never know where they'll be in the next few months! Go ahead and put the postage on for them. I'm planning on adding a $10 bill with 3 of the postcards for each student - the cash will be called "milk money." Let me know if you don't find the original post with the graphic and I'll e-mail to you. CJirby at sbcglobal dot net. The cost to make homemade cookies is low (especially if you use the cake mix cookie recipe, which also travels well, and the postage cost won't be too bad with it being spread throughout the year. ... View related article.
We got three of their trees about 14 years ago. Yes, they grow quickly. HOWEVER, like all trees that are fast to grow, they were very susceptible to disease and other problems. (They also littered the yard with lots of little sticks.) They all three are now gone (first two from disease and the final one blew over in a storm). We'd have been much better off and would have wonderful big hardy shade trees by now if we had started with a slower growing but sturdier, hardier type of tree. ... View related article.
