Daily Thrifty Tips
Volume Four, Number 107, April 27, 2005
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Today's Photo Contest Entries:
- Lake Shelbyville, Illinois
- Amarelinha and Sailing
Today's Tips:
- Deviled Eggs Tips and Recipes
- Read ThriftyFun Before Shopping
- Treating People Kindly
- Dealing with Loose Face Powder
- Preventing Odors in Your Refrigerator
- Keeping Cook Books Propped and Open While Cooking
- Taking Care of Your Feet
- Vinegar and Paper Towels
- Crockpot BBQ Wieners
- Clothing That Never Goes Out of Style
- Organizing Stray Socks
- Parking Beside the Cart Holders
- Freezing Bread
- Keeping the Washer and Dryer Clean
- Conscious Decision to Have Leftovers
- Rotating Tires Tip
- Make a Child's Wading Pool Safer
- Uses For Cornstarch
- EZ Red Beans and Rice
- Ham and Cheese Delight
- Russian Dressing Chicken
- Smoked Sausage Noodle Bake
- Spiked Watermelon Lemonade
New Requests:
- How to Get Hair Dye off of Skin
- Static Cling on My Computer Keyboard
- Removing Goof Off Stains on Vinyl Windows
- Cleaning Spray Paint Off a Driveway
- Kitchen Moths
- Cleaning a Polyurethane Rain Jacket
- Theme For a Mother/Daughter Birthday Party
- Caulking Around a Bathtub
- What happened to Corn Silk makeup?
- Gift for a Blind Woman
- Using RIT Dye In A Washing Machine
- Patterns For Girls Sundresses
- Creative Ways to Give Money as a Gift
- Potty Training Advice
- Removing Pine Tree Sap From Glass
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Today's Photo Contest Entries
Lake Shelbyville, Illinois
The photo was taken a few years ago at Lake Shelbyville, Illinois.
I thought it was really beautiful so I took a picture of it.
I hope you enjoy it.
By Wendy
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Amarelinha and Sailing
Have a camera with you all the time, because there is a beauty in everything.
The cat in the pictures is the same one. It is called Amarelinha, she is about 4 years old. She was a street cat that we brought in when she was still a kitten. The Christmas picture was taken last Christmas and the other picture was taken two weeks ago.
The water picture was taken last summer Lake St. Louis, Ile Perrot, Quebec, Canada when my husband and I were sailing.
By Flavia dos Santos
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Today's Tips
Deviled Eggs Tips and Recipes
Post your favorite deviled eggs tips and recipes.
Deviled Egg Substitutions
Substitute pickle juice for vinegar in your deviled eggs. It has a tangy flavor, and the juice usually gets poured down the drain, anyway. Use it and save on vinegar.
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Read ThriftyFun Before Shopping
Just before going grocery shopping, log on and read the latest ThriftyFun tips. You'll be inspired to keep your spending down, so you'll save lots of cash!
By zballoongirl
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Treating People Kindly
One of the thriftiest things you can do is to treat people kindly. Offer your help and talents wherever you can. It's very much like planting seeds -- you're growing goodwill for the future. When you need help with a project, they'll be more likely to come to your aid.
Working together often accomplishes the impossible.
By zballoongirl
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Dealing with Loose Face Powder
I have found an easy way to deal with loose facial powder. I put it in a clean saltshaker, and that way I can sprinkle it onto a powder puff and apply to my face with little waste.
By truerblue
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Preventing Odors in Your Refrigerator
Tips for keeping your refrigerator smelling fresh. Post your ideas.
Charcoal Briquettes for Odor
I keep a dish of charcoal briquettes in my refrigerator to remove food odors. It seems to work better and last longer than baking soda. Note: Do not use the charcoal that has been treated with lighter fluid.
By truerblue
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Keeping Cook Books Propped and Open While Cooking
If you need to keep a recipe book propped open while cooking, take one of those wooden pants hangers from your closet and clamp it over the pages at the top of the book. If the book is light enough, you can even hang it by the hook at eye level on a cupboard door knob!
By truerblue
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Taking Care of Your Feet
When looking for shoes, an expensive pair of shoes will often last longer than a cheaper pair. Plus the better shoes will be better for your feet, especially if you're on your feet a lot. I got this advice from my Doctor. It's better to take care of your feet while you can, rather than later on wishing you had.
By Terri
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Vinegar and Paper Towels
To keep cleaning time to a minimal, I keep a bottle of vinegar and roll of paper towels in the Kitchen and both bathrooms. I squirt the surfaces, sinks, toilets, floors, windows, mirrors with it and wipe with a paper towel. Less than 2 minutes each day. The vinegar is a natural disinfectant and deodorizer and is much safer than using commercial products.
By Michell
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Crockpot BBQ Wieners
When my Aunt needs a quick, hurry up entree to have at a last minute, whether it be for unexpected company dropping in or for a church fellowship she might have not known about, she does this. At all times she keeps several packages of wieners in the freezer, just for this reason. She can microwave them for a quick thaw, drain, cut in bite-size pieces and put in a crockpot with BBQ sauce. She says they're always a big hit.
By Terri
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Clothing That Never Goes Out of Style
The following are clothes that almost never go out of style. If you're out and about shopping, whether it be at a name brand store or mall, yard sales, thrift stores, or at a relative's house and they're getting rid of some of their clothes look for these.
Ladies: A-Line Skirts, solid color tailored blazers/jackets, solid color shells/blouses.
Men: Neutral color shirts and tailored to semi-tailored sports coats.
By Terri H.
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Organizing Stray Socks
I keep a cork board hung up in the laundry room. Each time I fold socks I take the strays and pin them up to the board. Next time I have strays, I check the board which usually has the match.
By Amy
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Parking Beside the Cart Holders
I have parked beside the cart holders in the parking lot for years for several reasons. At first I did it because I had an infant carrier, and rather than carry it into the store and then get the cart, I put it on the cart and pushed the whole thing inside. Now I use it so that I cut my risk of a door ding in half, and I can put the kids in the van and put the cart away without leaving them!
By Amy
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Freezing Bread
Living about 35 miles away from the nearest grocery store, we usually buy three loaves of bread at a time and put it in the freezer until we're ready to use it. To make them last longer we individually wrap each loaf (still in it's original packaging) in the plastic grocery store bag we brought them home in. This seems to insulate the loaves from freezer burn. When we need a loaf, we take it out of the grocery store bag and lay the loaf upside down on the counter to thaw. This seems to help the edges of the bread slices to not be too dried out.
By Sharon in Texas
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Keeping the Washer and Dryer Clean
I've found a way to keep the exterior surfaces of my washer and dryer cleaner most of the time, and it's almost effortless! At the end of the day when my dishcloth is on its way to the basket I keep in the pantry for dirty kitchen towels, I use it to wipe down the tops (and once in a while the fronts) of my washer and dryer on the way (assuming the dishcloth isn't greasy.) I change my dishcloth daily so it's never very dirty. This way the washer and dryer stay cleaner and if I want to fold towels on top of my dryer, it's a clean place to do so.
By Sharon in Texas
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Conscious Decision to Have Leftovers
As I was preparing dinner Saturday night, I made a conscious decision to have leftovers. I was sauteing chicken breasts for our meal and included one more than I would need, planned to cook frozen peas and included as a side dish a box of chicken flavored rice. After dinner, all the leftovers were refrigerated individually.
Today, I defrosted and heated homemade chicken broth, added a diced carrot and cooked, then added the peas to the pot, then the rice and finally the diced chicken meat. I adjusted seasonings to our preferences (more pepper, more parsley, a touch of onion salt) and with next to no effort, I have homemade chicken rice soup.
There won't be so much as a morsel of that pot left over!
By Ronsan
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Rotating Tires Tip
When buying new tires or having the ones that are currently on your car rotated. Ask to have the rims installed by hand, instead of with an impact wrench. With an impact wrench, sometimes they'll cross thread them. If this happens and later on you have a flat tire out on the roadway, you'll not be able to get the wheel off to change it. Or, the next time you have your tires rotated they'll have to break the bolts off to get your wheel off. (this is from experience)
By Terri H.
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Make a Child's Wading Pool Safer
Apply bathtub decals to the bottom of your child's wading pool to keep your children from slipping. You can even apply any leftover decals to the side for better gripping of little hands.
By truerblue
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Uses For Cornstarch
Tips for using cornstarch around the house. Post your ideas.
Super Shiny Finish on Your Car
After you apply polish or wax to your car and it has dried to a haze, sprinkle some cornstarch on your buffing cloth while you are working to rub off the wax. The cornstarch helps remove any polish build up and makes the finish super shiny!
By truerblue
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EZ Red Beans and Rice
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons A1 steak sauce
- 2 tablespoons Heinz 57 steak sauce
- 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 large onions
- 5 (15-16 oz.) cans red kidney beans
- 2 lbs. smoked sausage
- Red Pepper flakes to taste
Directions:
Place all sauces in bottom of crockpot. Put in 1 can of beans and 1 layer of smoked sausage, cut in bite size pieces and 1/2 of 1 onion (chopped) and red pepper flakes. Continue layering till crockpot is full. Cook for 1 hour on high and 3 hours on low. Stir well and serve over rice.
By Terri
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Ham and Cheese Delight
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup finely chopped cooked ham
- 3 slightly beaten eggs
- 1 cup shredded sharp process American cheese
- 2/3 cup fine cracker crumbs
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- Dash of black pepper
Directions:
Cook onion in butter till translucent. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well; pour into a 10"x 6"x 1 1/2" baking dish. Bake at 350F for 45-50 minutes. Serves 6
By Terri
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Russian Dressing Chicken
Ingredients:
- 6 or 8 chicken breasts
- 1 (8 oz.) bottle Kraft Russian Dressing
- 1 medium jar apricot preserves
- 1 pkg. Lipton onion soup mix
- Garlic salt
Directions:
In a medium bowl, mix dressing, preserves and soup mix together well. In a 9"x 13" baking dish sprayed with nonstick cooking spray, pour dressing mix over raw chicken, sprinkled with garlic salt. Bake for 1 hour (covered with foil the 1st 1/2 hr., then uncover, baste. Leave uncovered for the last 1/2 hour of baking.
By Terri
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Smoked Sausage Noodle Bake
Ingredients:
- 1 and 1/2 pound smoked sausage or kielbasa
- 1 12-ounce package medium egg noodles
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 15-ounce can cream-style corn
- 8-ounces sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- black pepper to taste
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook noodles according to package directions. Melt butter in small saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute onion until crisp-tender. Cut sausage into serving sized pieces. Combine sausage,noodles, onion, celery, corn, sour cream, salt, and pepper in large bowl. Pour into buttered 2-quart baking dish. Bake 40 minutes or until hot. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
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Spiked Watermelon Lemonade
Ingredients:
- 2 cups vodka
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups fresh lemon juice
- 4 cups seeded and pureed fresh watermelon
Directions:
Mix well. Chill and serve.
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How to Get Hair Dye off of Skin
I dyed my mother's hair and I got it all over the side of her face, hairline and ears. I need to know how to get it off. Please help me. Thank you Deanna
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Static Cling on My Computer Keyboard
I have a static cling problem on my computer keyboard. It attracts dog hair, and it's virtually impossible to pull the hairs off -- they seem to hang on for dear life. Any suggestions?
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Removing Goof Off Stains on Vinyl Windows
I used goof off on a vinyl window to remove paint which it did.
I cannot get the stain goof off left on the vinyl windows. What do you suggest I use? Thanks for any help you can give.
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Cleaning Spray Paint Off a Driveway
Is there anything that will take spray paint off a driveway?
Laurie
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Kitchen Moths
How on earth do I rid my cupboards of Kitchen moth, I live in a rather humid climate and in summer we have NO AC and so flies, moths and critters find their way in my house as well as others. I do not like using harsh chemicals like Raid and those aresol things as they are highly toxic, are there home tips for this? I know Yes, I clean the place often, it has nothing to do with that. It is the climate and the humidity. Also silverfish, the little buggers keep coming back, I have even replaced all carpets and put in Pergo flooring yet I have still spotted a few.
HELP,
pipsqueak
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Cleaning a Polyurethane Rain Jacket
I have a rain jacket that looks like fabric but is mostly polyurethane and it can't be laundered or dry cleaned. Any ideas on what I could use to sponge clean it with that wouldn't require rinsing and would make it smell nice? (It has no stains, just needs some freshening.)
Claudia
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Theme For a Mother/Daughter Birthday Party
I need suggestions on theme for birthday party. Also need help with menu. My mother and I have a birthday one week apart. I would like to throw a party for the both of us together. She will be 70 and I will be 50. This party will take place during the winter months.
Sharon
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Caulking Around a Bathtub
I need some advice on how to apply caulking around my tub, I've done it 2 times in the last 6 months and it continues to crack, I've left it to dry 24 hours, filled the tub for weight and it continues to taunt me. Please give me a hand.
Thank you,
Angie
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What happened to Corn Silk makeup?
Does anyone know what happened to Corn Silk brand makeup? I can't find it in stores any longer, I miss it!
Alica
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Gift for a Blind Woman
Do you have any ideas for types of gifts to give a blind person that has enough money to buy herself anything she could desire? She doesn't wear jewlery or go shopping, so gift cards are not worthwhile. Any suggestions?
Yilbit
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Using RIT Dye In A Washing Machine
I always turn all my jeans and pants inside out before putting in my washing machine. My question is: How safe is it to use RIT dyes in your washing machine? I've never done this. I would like to restore the color to some of my navy blue pants as they are still too good to wear but the color has faded somewhat.
Las Vegas Angel
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Patterns For Girls Sundresses
I would like to try and make my Granddaughter some sundresses out of fabric this summer. I've been searching the internet and haven't found any. Does anyone know of any sites that has free patterns or directions for a lil girls sundress. Size 3 or 4T.
I'm also the lady that wanted a pattern for a crocheted bodice. Well I made one and put on the skirt and my Granddaughter loves it. It was a bit big, but I slip stitched across and it fit perfect then. Thanks for your help.
Thanks,
Pam
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Creative Ways to Give Money as a Gift
My sister-in-law wants money for her birthday to have highlights put in her hair. Friends and family are giving money to her towards this. I want my gift stand out, any ideas on how to do this. How to give money and still make it stand out? Thanks for the help,
Kristen
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Potty Training Advice
My grandson just turned 3. He is a smart child, but he refuses to use the toilet. He tells me that he is a baby and doesn't have to use the toilet. Can anyone gives his mother and I some ideas on how to get him to use it.
Thank you,
Barbara
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Removing Pine Tree Sap From Glass
How do you remove pine tree sap from Glass?
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'I Didn't Know These Are Slowly Destroying My Scrapbooks!'
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The Meaning Of Success
One man began a speech to his fellow college alumni with the statement, "Some of you are successes, and some of you are failures -- only God knows which are which!" There are many kinds of successes, many kinds of winners; and which is which may not at first be apparent.
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