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I've seen many suggestions for dicing or chopping eggs for different meals, but never mine. For years now I've used the large holes of a grater. It is fast, you have uniform pieces of egg and it is great for egg salad sandwiches, sprinkling on top of spinach salads, and even stirring into your potato salad. If you're like me you don't like large chunks of egg whites in your food and when you use a grater there's no big chunks to deal with! Fast and clean up is a whiz!
-Thissie
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You can make your own handsoap from one bar of soap. Grate one (1) small bar of any kind of soap and add 3 cups of water. Put mixture in a microwave safe container and zap for 3 minutes. Pour into a handsoap container with a pump when cool. Makes 24 oz.
-sewingmamma
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Papaya Skin Treatment for Dry Skin
1 wedge of papaya
Scrape out the seeds, scoop out the fruit and mash it. Smooth over entire face. After 5 minutes, wipe off with washcloth. Follow by splashing face with cool water.
(*also works well on flaky skin)
By Suzanne S.
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Easy & Good Crockpot Beef Roast
1 Beef Roast (sized for your crockpot)
1/2 Cup of Water
1 Packet of Ranch Dressing Mix
1 Packet of Italian Dressing Mix
1 Packet of Brown Gravy Mix
I have used other seasoning mixes with great results, garlic and herb, au jus mix, onion soup mix etc.
Put roast in crockpot, pour water around the base. Sprinkle all 3 dry seasoning packets over roast. Cook for 6-7 hours on low.
By Anna
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Using Twist Ties from Kids Toy Packaging
Use the "twist ties" from kids toys for holding together wires, closing bags, etc.
By Teresa Carlucci
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Laundry Soap for Front Loading Washers
You don't have to use the expensive low-suds laundry soap for a front load washing machine just use 1/4-1/2 the recommended amount. Has been working great for mine and saves loads of money
By Kara Grantland
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Have your own tool box for in the house. When ever I needed a tool I had to go out to the garage and get one of my husbands. If I forgot to put it back, I heard about it. So, I went and bought myself an inexpensive tool box. Then every so often I would buy some basic tools to put in it. I keep the tool box in the house in the pantry. Now, hubby knows better then to touch "MY" tools.
By Aria Rogers
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Cooking Oil - To stop the drips from your cooking oil bottle messing up the cupboard shelves, try keeping the bottle on an inverted jam (jelly) jar lid ~ I find the lid from 'Nutella' spread is just the right size.
Pet food - now that I'm down to only 1 cat, I find the can of cat food lasts much longer, but she hates cold food from the fridge. To keep the flies off the food, I use a jam jar (jelly) lid ~ the best size seems to be from 'Nutella' spread. When the can is empty the lid gets washed ready for the next one.
By Lizaixi
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To help save money on groceries, start by making out a menu plan for the upcoming week. Once the menus are made, check your cupboards for the necessary ingredients. Make a list of what you need to buy. Stick to this list. You'll be surprised at the money you'll save.
By Aria Rogers
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Candy and Cookie Gift Packaging
Maxwell House Coffee cans, 13 oz. size, have an inner metal ring just under the lid that strengthens the can and avoids sharp edges. Also, the thin plastic covering peels away easily leaving a shiny container that needs no other decoration. I use these to pack my best candies and cookies for gifts. I use a circle of waxed paper between layers and top the container with a bow.
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Looking for Christmas photo ornaments. I have snowflakes and like them but would like others. Thanks
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What to do with Cardboard Cigar Boxes
I need some ideas on what to do with about 30 cardboard cigar boxes I got at an auction this afternoon. Some are pretty old and some are not. Any ideas?
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What to Do with Queen Sized Comforters
What can I do with the queen size comforters I have lying in a linen closet--we don't have a queen anymore and I don't want to toss them out. One is a leopard print that I adore, but have no use for.
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Getting Basement Smell out of Clothes
How do I get "basement smell" out of clothes? Febreeze did not work.
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I was wondering if anyone has heard of using vaseline on a cat for a bad infestation of fleas and eggs or nest? My cat lives in my basement and he comes upstairs at night, he was outside for 1 day and got a bad case of fleas, which I just found. His poor genitals and head and ears had hard crusty eggs, I guess is what they are. He had even a sore on his tail where he had scratched and bit the hair off. I rubbed him down with vaseline to soften the places and worked my hands through for a long time to loosen up the eggs and worked them out. I hope this won't do any harm, I know the flea collars and the over the counter flea medicine did not work. Also, they say to use a little vaseline on them to relieve hairballs. Would anyone know if this is safe and will not harm my cat? I had to do something when I saw his condition. Thanks ... View related article.
- Becky
Help! My pomeranian has been taken hostage by fleas and he won't stop chewing. What can I do to get rid of the fleas?
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Do you have a sofa that has seen better days?
I have one that the material was really worn and had started to rip in places. It was second hand when it came to us but my children were very young then and helped it deteriorate.
It was the type that had a wooden frame with cushion seats and backs that had zippered covers. Easy to take off and wash, but expensive to have recovered professionally. We were quoted $1,500 by a re-upholstery company.
If you aren't sure of how to do this, why not join a sewing class and get them to help. That's what I did and am still in the process of making the covers one by one, but they were a success the first time.
What you have to do is unpick two covers. All the others will be same so all you need are two covers (the seat cushion and back cushion) unpicked.
Buy some tracing paper or better still, get the Vylene type white material to use. Stretch your unpicked covers out and measure along, making sure that any contours are taking into account. I then cut out the Vylene pattern pieces (or paper if you are using tracing paper.)
It took me the whole sewing class to trace and cut out the two covers and pin and cut the material, ready for sewing. I started sewing them last week and was so pleased with the result.
I did look for some decent upholstery fabric but because I live in a regional area in Western Australia, I found it difficult. I ended up buying a study navy denim which will endure my children...lol. At $6.99 a metre (about a yard) it was a bargain, especially when it was buy 2 metres and get one free as well.
The beauty of it all is that I can keep the pattern pieces and when and if I want to change colours to suit another house or decor or worse case scenario something dire happens to the covers, I can then recover them all over again.
The wooden frame is still sturdy so why waste the money.
All up I think I've paid out about $100 Australian for material and zips. which is about $73 US. I think that's a very big difference to the $1,500 I was quoted and could be well worth your while.
A lot of us end up changing furniture when we move house because the decor is different to the last house. If you are renting and moving house at least every 2-3 years, that can be very costly changing the colour of your sofas. So why not change it to suit the new house by recovering it yourself. You can keep the old covers just in case you end up moving to another house that suits the old covers.. and so on and so on..
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Bev in Oz
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