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Volume Six, Number 203, October 19, 2007 (Read It Online) There's a few new recalls in the More Reading section. Have a wonderful weekend! Thanks for reading, Susan
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Here's a quick and easy project your kids will love. Use the pencils as party favors or to make homework less of a chore.
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Rate It: Baxter is 4 years old and he is just the average cat. I got him through a rescue center here called "Alley Cat Rescue". They were having an adoption-a-thon at the pet store. I knew he was the one for me when he was sitting there all alone. He was a Valentines Day present to myself.
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Rate It: Use a mini hanger for socks as a rubberband keeper. The rubber bands will all be kept on the area where the socks hung. Take a rubber band, slip knot around the end that kept the socks from sliding off (this will be the hinge area) and then hook the other end on the end that hung on the display (this end you remove to get to rubber bands). It also works with hair bands. Just toss in the drawer or hang. Recycling and organizing in one!
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Rate It: Autumn Leaves in the Front Yard This is my Maple Tree in my front yard with all the colors changing.
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Rate It: I put spent sunflower heads on a hanging feeder. This nuthatch didn't seem to mind that I was standing almost right next to him. By Kflocey from Gladwin, MI
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Packing Baked Goods for a Bake Sale When our church has a bake sale, I take several of the cardboard box bottoms (that cases of canned soda pop comes in from the store). If a bake sale customer buys quite a few plates of baked goodies, all can be placed in the cardboard box bottoms, in a single layer without being stacked on top of each other and flattened, like if they'd been placed in a plastic grocery bag, to carry home. This is crucial in case they're buying the baked items for someone else or to use as a gift. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf93586570.tip.html
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Rate It: Look For Free Calendars Before The New Year Now is the time of year to be looking for the free calendars for the upcoming new year. My husband has come home in the past few weeks with free calendars from one of our local repair shops, some from our insurance man (one being in magnet form and one to hang on the wall. He came home last night with a calendar that his boss man gave him that he got for free from a flower shop. They're all just beautiful. The magnet calendar has an old timey scene on it. The calendar from the repair shop had the old timey pictures on it. The insurance company calendar has some of the most beautiful photos of American landmarks. Local drugstores usually issue calendars with manufacturer's or store brand coupons. Be on the lookout, as calendars are so expensive, otherwise. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf63588801.tip.html
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Rate It: Use Washclothes Instead Of Sponges Instead of buying sponges or "made for cleaning" clothes, I purchase an inexpensive package of white wash clothes from a discount department store. They are good for washing dishes and cleaning the surfaces in the kitchen and bathrooms. The best part is the when they are dirty, I can throw them in the laundry, bleach them and when they are dry, the are ready to use again. No need to keep purchasing sponges over and over again. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf97890673.tip.html
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Rate It: If you have too many tomatoes from your garden, put them in a brown paper bag and put them in your freezer. When you are ready for your favorite tomato recipe, just take them out and run them under cold water. The skins will peel right off. Then just thaw them out and cook. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf69339045.tip.html
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Rate It: Make Sure You Know New CPR Techniques Please, please, please take a CPR course if it's available in your community. I took one last night and found out that the CPR technique has been improved recently. If you took the course a couple of years ago, you'll want to take a new one. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf38732576.tip.html
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Rate It: Add Rope Lights To Top Of Cabinets Use rope lighting on top of your kitchen cabinets or on top of your dining room hutch. It's a very nice and subtle way to show off your creativity Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf52940633.tip.html
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Rate It: Garbage Disposal Can Cause Odors I have lived in an apartment for 3 years. In that time, I could never get rid of a smell coming from the sink. I tried bleach, soda and vinegar, and bought disposal cleaner. Nothing worked. Three times I had them come to repair a leak, the fourth time, it was decided to replace the garbage disposal. Well, low and behold, no more smell! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf93776707.tip.html
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Rate It: Add Food Coloring When Spraying For Weeds A helpful tip for when spraying large areas - put a drop of food colouring in the spray pump and you always know where you have been!! Saves time and money as you are not wasting the product or going over an area twice. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf41426907.tip.html
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Rate It: I use the containers from 35mm film to store my yarn needles in. That way they are handy and I don't lose them anymore. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf70160001.tip.html
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Rate It: We happen to have an old swing set in the backyard. So this year, I took the gourds off the vine, and took a hammer and long nail and punched 4 holes in the bottom of the gourds. Took twine and attached it to the stems and hung the gourds on the swing set and let the sun dry them. They are drying just fine. Last year I put them in my basement and had a mess on the floor as they dripped from the holes in the bottom, and lost quite of few from rot. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf34579491.tip.html
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Looking for a recipe to make cornbread on stove top. Thank You Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf46892005.tip.html
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Rate It: Many years ago I had a recipe for "Mayetta's Chili"; so different and so good. Does anyone else out there have it, too? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf68332907.tip.html
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Rate It: Greasing Garbage Disposal Wheel My garbage disposal won't turn. The motor is not burnt out and there are no obstructions. If I take the bottom plate off, is there somewhere I can grease or WD-40 to make wheel turn freely when wall switch is turned on? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf45356133.tip.html
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Rate It: I need your expertise here on hardwood flooring. We are going to be building a new home and I need to know which is the best color and most durable hardwood floor we can get. I want a color that doesn't show every foot print, every speck of dirt and dust shortly after it's cleaned. We built the house we are currently living in and we made a big mistake by putting in cherry hardwood flooring in 1800 square feet of this home. It is a nightmare. I no sooner wash it and there is foot prints and dust visible 5 minutes later. I have given up. Not only that it isn't very durable at all if you have children. Please advise me on what floor to get in our next home as I don't want to live this nightmare again. Thanks in advance. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf48358621.tip.html
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Rate It: I started making homemade fabric softener (baking soda, vinegar). It works really well in making clothes soft! I also add lavender essential oil, as described in the recipe. It stated 5-8 drops. Well, it smells wonderful until I use it in the rinse cycle. The finished laundry has no smell at all of the lavender! I then used 1/2 bottle, still no smell on the clothes. Am I buying the wrong oil? I bought the kind you can use in making soaps, etc., at a craft store. Does anyone have any ideas why my clothes don't have the wonderful lavender smell? Thanking you in advance. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf29566020.tip.html
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Rate It: I am expecting my second baby in 6 weeks and need to clean up a palm moses basket which has been stored in the loft. It needs disinfecting thoroughly before I place a newborn in it - is there a way to do this without soaking it in chemicals?! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf17280284.tip.html
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Rate It: I would like a candle light ceremony and reception. My linens are ivory and gold. Ivory plates, light pink rose petals, with candle centerpieces. My mother's dress is auburn, brownish orange. It's a Spring wedding. What would look good for my bridesmaid dresses? My matron of honor just told me she is pregnant. I need advice on colors and material, for total of 3 girls. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf93831889.tip.html
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Rate It: I'm looking for patterns and instructions for tin can crafts. My mother use to make mini furniture out of tin cans, also people (like robots) and all sorts of things. Of course, as a kid, I didn't pay any attention on how she did it. I do know that she would cut the cans in strips and then curled them. They looked like wrought iron furniture. Please help. Thanks in advance. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf67552251.tip.html
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Rate It: Help! My cats are using my mulched rose garden as a potty box. What can I do to make them stop. These are not house cats, they are all strays that have taken up residence. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf72284606.tip.html
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Rate It: Putting Pictures on Lighted Glass Bocks I have 300+ glass blocks in my yard and have seen the posts for the beautiful lit blocks for Christmas and other holidays. I understand how to drill the hole but how do I get graphics (pictures) on the front? Can you print something from the computer and glue it on? Paint it on? Can anyone help? Thanks! Carol from Huntington Beach, CA Editor's Note: There is a great deal of information in the following article, including attaching pictures to the blocks. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf70777158.tip.html
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Rate It: Keeping Cats Out of Flower Beds Help! My cats are using my mulched rose garden as a potty box. What can I do to make them stop. These are not house cats, they are all strays that have taken up residence. Any suggestion will be appreciated. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf60749016.tip.html
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