Daily Thrifty Tips - November 21, 2007

Volume Six, Number 226, November 21, 2007 (Read It Online) I hope every has a wonderful Thanksgiving. We will not be publish on Thursday or Friday so the next Daily Newsletter will be Monday. We would like to thank each and every one of you for your participation in ThriftyFun. It is all of you that make this site what it is. If you have any Thanksgiving wishes for the ThriftyFun community, feel free to share them here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf98781605.tip.html If you have a Thanksgiving related request, feel free to post and we will try to activate as quickly as possible. Have a Question? Submit a request... Thanks for reading, Susan Send to a Friend! Share a Tip (You could win $25!) Share a Photo (You could win $25!) Have a Question? Submit a request... Link to ThriftyFun.com View Active Topics! Edit Your Subscriptions: To edit your ThriftyFun subscriptions, click the Update Profile/Email Address link at the bottom of this newsletter. Today's newsletter contains: Today's Photos: Oregon Boys Playing In Leaves Judy's Wedding Kiya and Keon (English/American Staffordshire) Today's Tips: Happy Thanksgiving Treat Yourself When Trying to Eat Less Use Hard Boiled Egg Water For Houseplants Carpet Cleaner For Canvas Sneakers Season Holiday Cooking With Fresh Herbs Use Neosporin To Treat a Sty Lego Bathroom Decor Save Plastic Fruit Containers For Storing Small Items Extra Cupcakes for the Kids Hit the Power Button Joke of the Day New Requests: Removing Self Stick Tiles Pre-lit Tree Lights Not Working Using a Jar of Red Peppers Water from Well Staining Everything Home Hair Highlighting Kits Teaching a Preschooler Piano Fixing Bad Credit Flavored Brownies Legitimate Work at Home Jobs How to Find Free or Inexpensive Furniture Removing Purple Marker From Lambskin Chanel Purse Kenmore Oven Beeps "F2" Removing Stain On Vinyl Floor From Bubble Nightlight Laundry Additive That Acts As Insect Growth Regulator Humorous Caption For Christmas Card Beauty Advice For Party With Husband How to Change Bathroom Door Lock Getting Rid of My Size Barbie Doll Frizz Removing Candle Wax From Furniture How Do You Clean a Breadmaker? What Size Loom Is Needed To Make a Queen Size Afghan How to Make Lighted Outdoor Christas Ornaments Help Organizing 40 Years of Photos How to Make Legs Look Longer Without High Heels More Reading: Turkey Savings Today's Sponsor: Crafting for Fun and Money! If you are an avid crafter, capable writer and own a digital camera, you are eligible to participate. Submit your craft projects to ThriftyFun and we will pay $15 for any crafts that we publish. More Information: Click Here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/post_craft.ldml Today's Photos: Oregon Boys Playing In Leaves Here are my two boys "helping" rake leaves. It was a beautiful fall day; not too cold, clear skies. Perfect weather for making some leaf angels. Don't worry, they helped clean up afterward. Jess in Oregon Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf97785369.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Judy's Wedding Here are some pictures from our wedding. Weddings are so fun. By Judy from College Park, MD We needed guards to make sure we don't run out! Just another day with the ladies! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf56659084.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Kiya and Keon (English/American Staffordshire) Kiya is 2 1/2 years old and is an English Staffie. Keon is 1 1/2 and is an American Staffie. We got them both in October, Keon last year and Kiya the year before. They like to play with the goats and the sheep. And swim and play tug-o-war. They hate the horses on their land. They love their food and sleep and they love to go for a drive in the back of the ute. By Caroline from Australia Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf86213860.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Contests: Tip Contest Submit a Tip or Recipe! Photo Contest Submit a tip with photo! These contests are weekly. We pick 2 tip winners and 1 photo winner at the end of each week. Each winner will win $25! My Frugal Life Submit a My Frugal Life Essay! Today's Tips: Happy Thanksgiving I would just like to wish one and all a very Happy Thanksgiving and God Bless. Theresa from Hibbing, MN Editor's Note: Thanks Theresa. The staff at ThriftyFun would like to wish all of our readers a Happy Thanksgiving as well. I hope everyone has a fun and restful holiday. We are very thankful to everyone that takes time to read and contribute to this site! One thing that is important to remember about Thanksgiving is it's not how much you spend, but it's how well you spend your time. Here's a feedback that was posted in response to a recent Saving Money On... Newsletter that illustrates this point: "When I was first divorced with 1, 4, 7, 10 year olds, I was overwhelmed with the holidays! When they went to their father's I invited all the "orphans" (people without families) to bring potluck to my home and we had a wonderful time. Another time when they were 3, etc. we volunteered to help at a Houston-wide charity dinner. I ended up holding a baby so the homeless mother could eat in peace, and my children procured clothes for the baby and the mother from the tables of free clothing. My youngest asked why they couldn't come home with us -- 'I share my cwib with baby!" That was truly a moment where I knew my kids were on the right track! It did more for us than anything!" By Lindajean Happy Thanksgiving! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf98781605.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Treat Yourself When Trying to Eat Less I love my chocolate ice cream, but I know too much of a good thing is not necessarily good, so I unintentionally discovered a great way to indulge myself without all the guilt about too much fat and cholesterol, and too many calories. Now when I get the urge, I serve myself a small treat in one of my mother's heirloom tea cups. Eating from something so beautiful makes even a small amount of any treat extra special. By Marie from West Dundee, IL Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf26406472.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Use Hard Boiled Egg Water For Houseplants Cheap and easy feed for houseplants. When you boil eggs - save the water. Sieve out any pieces of egg that may have busted out during boiling. This water, when completely cooled, contains lots of minerals from the egg shell and makes a good feed for houseplants and can be used as often as you water. Kindest regards - By Borasic Lint from England UK Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf30267442.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Carpet Cleaner For Canvas Sneakers A great way to clean canvas sneakers is to lay them on an old towel on top of the washer. Spray them with foamy carpet cleaner (you can get it for $1 at the dollar store) inside and out. Let them sit for a couple of hours, then throw them into the washer. Wash them in warm water with regular laundry detergent. They'll come out much whiter again. By Momof1 from Wilkesboro, NC Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf82336122.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Season Holiday Cooking With Fresh Herbs If you're looking to enliven your holiday staples, skip the recipe overhaul and think minor tweaks with greenery. Fresh herbs are a fast and simple way to enhance tried-and-true recipes, even ones already heavily seasoned with dried herbs. Switching to fresh can give a dish a whole new feel and flavor. To see the rest of this article, follow this link: Season Holiday Cooking With Fresh Herbs Link recommended by Sherry from Silverdale Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf18918173.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Use Neosporin To Treat a Sty I had a really bad sty on the under portion of my eye. I did an internet search that said you needed to go to a doctor. for antibiotics. I found that by using my Neosporin (it has antibiotics in it) it healed up the sty in 3-5 days. I found relief from hot washcloths but this is the only thing that actually cured it. By Karen from Fort Wayne, IN Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf85320772.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Lego Bathroom Decor My son and husband really enjoy building things with Lego - so I decided to redecorate our bathroom in Lego for them as a Christmas surprise. The LEGO website had some embroidered bath towels at clearance prices, so I bought one for each family member. I found a set of twin sheets on ebay - the flat sheets will become the shower curtain, and the pillow cases will become the cafe-curtains for the window. We have a small shelving unit with baskets for our personal items, and I will make liners for those with the leftover sheet fabric. I will probably take a strip and put it on the end of a solid colored hand towel. I am using some yard-sale find blocks to build a box for our tissue box to go in, and if I can figure out the logistics, may also do the same for a toothbrush holder. To make the shower curtain, I will take the flat sheet and spread it out over the top of my existing shower curtain to check the size. If it is too long, I will keep the "cuff" of the sheet as the bottom hem, and cut off at the top, folding it over 3 times to form a new hem. If it is too narrow, I can take fabric from the fitted sheet and sew it vertically to make a wider panel. I will mark button holes in the new top hem to line up with my existing curtain and then put the rings through the holes. I am hot gluing bricks to the outside of plain clear plastic rings. I will post photos when we get it all together (and the bathroom is clean!) By Regina from Rochester, NY Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf64469281.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Save Plastic Fruit Containers For Storing Small Items My wife buys Dole mandarin oranges for my son. The jars the oranges are packed in are a durable plastic, and the label is the kind that can be easily and completely removed. Since it is not glass (and therefore unbreakable), these jars will make great storage for all manner of things in a workshop, sewing room, etc. By Roger from Hampton, VA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf25630633.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Extra Cupcakes for the Kids You can have your cake and eat it too! My three small children used to be disappointed when we made cupcakes for bake sales or school events - all those yummy cupcakes and they couldn't have one! Then I started reserving some of the batter to make 3 mini cupcakes just for them. Now I have 2 dozen cupcakes and 3 happy kids. By Jane from Stone Mountain, GA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf80735619.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Hit the Power Button Has your computer ever been frozen and your just frustrated? Well here is a new way to fix it! Do not, I repeat, do not get a computer dude. Just hit the power button on the control tower and let it reboot. If this doesn't work then it's serious, get a computer dude. Source: This family tip book! (this is only at my house)! By Lauren from Clarkston, MI Editor's Note: Restarting your system like this should be a last resort as it is really hard on the computer and can cause more problems long term. If your computer freezes, grab a cup of coffee and give it 5 minutes to complete its task. You can also force quit individual programs. If you are having lots of problems like this, it is probably time to optimize your hard drive and do other preventative maintenance. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf83707087.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Dear Webby's Joke of the Day The pro football team had just finished its daily practice session when a large turkey came strutting onto the field. While the players gazed in amazement, the turkey walked up to the head coach and demanded a tryout. Everyone stared in silence as the turkey caught pass after pass and ran right through the defensive line. When the turkey returned to the sidelines, the coach shouted, "You're terrific! Sign up for the season, and I'll see to it that you get a huge bonus." "Forget the bonus," the turkey said. "All I want to know is, does the season go past Thanksgiving Day?" Read More Jokes Here: http://webby.com/humor New Requests: Removing Self Stick Tiles I am having a heck of a time trying to remove self stick tiles on kitchen floor and ultimately removing the sticky stuff that they leave behind. I would really appreciate any suggestions. Thanks Linda from, New York City Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf58680713.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Pre-lit Tree Lights Not Working The lights on the pre-lit tree I bought last year won't come on, except for a small section near the top. I have checked fuses with no luck, but would like to avoid checking each bulb if at all possible. Anyone else having this problem? Gwen Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf57196567.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Using a Jar of Red Peppers You always help me with this kind of thing...thank you. I got a jar of red peppers at the food pantry. I like bell peppers, I just don't know how to use these. Are they in vinegar like pickles with a long shelf life or what? Sandy from Baltimore Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf23450776.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Water from Well Staining Everything I recently purchased a home that has a well water. It has a nasty sulfur smell and anywhere the water has touched is rusty and tarnished. I am having to learn to do housework all over again at the age of 48! I am lost. I have no idea of how to clean anything as my old ways are now gone. The smell, well I have researched a bit and the only way I'm going to get rid of the proverbial rotten egg smell is to get an indoor Greensand or some kind of indoor aeration system to cleanse the water before it reaches the pipes. That is so expensive that I can't do that at the moment so I'm going to be satisfied if I can at least get things to sparkle again! Thanks in advance for any advise from "a kindred sulfur soul". Kate from Vermont Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf87343220.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Home Hair Highlighting Kits Are there any professional hairdressers here? I need to get my hair highlighted and want to know if the at home kits are safe. I only need a few done and it's so expensive in the salon and even the beauty school charges the min. of $30. Last time I had my hair done, the stylist went on and on about the home ones not being safe- that some contain lead and copper? Any suggestions? thanks Mindy Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf27467536.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Teaching a Preschooler Piano I want to teach my preschooler piano. He's three - should I wait until a bit older to have lessons? I've seen the program you can buy that puts numbers on the keys and the music notes are the numbers - has anyone tried this? He knows his numbers so that would work. Thanks! Mindy Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf69197243.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Fixing Bad Credit I am trying to rebuild my credit, and would like to know if there are any sites that I can go to that does pay later plans and also help with credit because I have bad credit and need help please. Maureen from NY Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf43357633.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Flavored Brownies What is your favorite brownie recipe (or mix) which doesn't include frosting, marshmallows or caramel? I'm seeking both standard brownies and embellished ones - cream cheese, raspberries, cherries, etc. Liz from Maryland Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf17287823.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Legitimate Work at Home Jobs I'm looking for a REAL work at home opportunity. Any suggestions? Hayley from La Place, Louisiana Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf778209.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print How to Find Free or Inexpensive Furniture I am looking for free furniture or furniture under $20. Living Room furniture is my preference. Emily from Youngstown, OH Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf30725891.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Removing Purple Marker From Lambskin Chanel Purse I got purple magic marker on my lambskin Chanel purse. How do I get it off? Kelly Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf85401681.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Kenmore Oven Beeps "F2" My Kenmore oven keeps beeping F2. I lost my manual. Without calling the repair man, which will cost a fortune, does anyone know how to fix it? Bonnie from Zion, Illinois Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf36475723.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Removing Stain On Vinyl Floor From Bubble Nightlight My husband broke a bubble nightlight on the vinyl flooring. Now we have a red patch that so many people think is blood. Any suggestions? Thank you Ann from Defiance, OH Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf81989195.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Laundry Additive That Acts As Insect Growth Regulator What can I use in the laundry that has the same effect as an IGR (insect growth regulator)? Loretta from Vermont Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf90366335.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Humorous Caption For Christmas Card I am making our Christmas cards this year and I need help with the caption. On the front of the card is a picture of out tree knocked to the ground in our famliy room. When you open the card, our one year old is next to it wrapped up in lights. I need a funny saying to go with this. Any ideas? Laura from Tinley Park, IL Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf67529946.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Beauty Advice For Party With Husband I am a married woman of 23years. I have a medium complexion, I am a bit fat and weigh 83kilos. I have to attend to a party on December with my husband. I prefer wearing saree which doesn't show my body figure too much. I request you to kindly help me as to what type of makeup and hairstyle should I put on that day so that it would look good on me? Kindly waiting for your opinion. Bony from Kuwait Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf37205742.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print How to Change Bathroom Door Lock I would like to change the door lock on my bathroom door. The lock on it now will not lock. I want to put a plain bathroom lock on it. Nothing fancy. Never changed a lock before. Could anyone give me any ideas on how to do this or should I call a locksmith? Onesummer Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf12122164.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Getting Rid of My Size Barbie Doll Frizz How do I get the frizz out of my size Barbie doll? Wynter from Galloway, N.J. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf33617079.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Removing Candle Wax From Furniture How do I get candle wax off a glass coffee table? Shirl from Palm Desert, CA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf803282.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print How Do You Clean a Breadmaker? The canister and paddle I can throw in the dishwasher, but what about the rest of the machine? I have burnt bread and crumbs and mess stuck to the bottom directly under the heating element, how do you clean this thing? Thanks! Robin from Marietta,GA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf38432133.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print What Size Loom Is Needed To Make a Queen Size Afghan What size loom do I need to make a queen-size afghan and instructions for making one? Mary Hough from Boise, ID Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf71816309.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print How to Make Lighted Outdoor Christas Ornaments Does anyone know how to make light up outside Christmas Ornaments to hang from a tree? I have seen ones made from what looks like small plastic cups, string of lights, somehow shaped into a ball. Has anyone heard of these or made them? Janet from Pennsville, NJ Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf91418077.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Help Organizing 40 Years of Photos Help! I am putting 40 years worth of photos into albums! What a mess, and its so difficult to categorize them.. according to ages and which grandchild age to put where when they are all together w/family! I wish we could have afforded picture albums then! I've been doing this for 2 weeks and every room of my house is mess picture piles everywhere on every table! All of that to ask you this; my daughter is on her 3rd marriage (and her last!) so the problem is, do you put the pictures of the children's fathers in the album too? I don't want to offend my son in law now. The mom and dad are in the pictures with the kids too. I'm trying to leave out the ones where they are standing too close etc. But the pictures are so good! What do you do in this case? I think my grandsons should be able to see their dads in the pictures from their *babyhood* along w/ their mom. One of the dads we DON'T care for.. but I want to be fair to the child. I even thought of carefully cutting out his face or something lol but I don't want to ruin the picture. OR making a private album and keeping it hid. Then at least one day maybe the kids will get to see it...or not. I can't be the only one who this bugs. What do you do in this case? Ariela from Jax Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf53280177.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print How to Make Legs Look Longer Without High Heels My legs are REALLY short, how do I make them look longer without wearing high-heels? Emma from Seattle, WA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf32063635.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Today's Sponsor: Crafting for Fun and Money! If you are an avid crafter, capable writer and own a digital camera, you are eligible to participate. Submit your craft projects to ThriftyFun and we will pay $15 for any crafts that we publish. More Information: Click Here: http://www.thriftyfun.com/post_craft.ldml More Reading: Turkey Savings By Kelly Ann Butterbaugh There are dozens of ways to make every penny of the Thanksgiving turkey count. Enjoy the holiday savings, whether you're the cook or the one who takes home the leftovers. Read More: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf23252190.tip.html Email to a Friend | Get Responses | Bookmark | Link | Rate It: | Print Interactive Coupon Swap! Swap coupons with other ThriftyFun.com users. Seed Swap! Swap seeds with other ThriftyFun.com users.