Daily Thrifty Tips
Volume Three, Number 91, July 26, 2004
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Hello,
Boy, summer really flies when you are having fun. Next month we will be dealing with the back-to-school shopping and ways to save money on clothing and school supplies. If you have any tips for parents dealing with back to school spending be sure to submit them on our contest page.
On Saturday, we published the ThriftyFun News. The subject for this weeks issue was Cooking From Scratch. You can find the content from that newsletter in the More Reading section.
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Today's newsletter contains:
Today's Tips:
- Use for Old Brissle Brooms: Shoe Cleaner
- Removing Grease Stains from Clothing
- Plant Seedlings in Cracked and Chipped Cups
- Use for Serrated Edges from Foil and Wrap
- Prepaid Phone Cards as a Reward
- Removing Sticker Goo
- Using Dryer Sheets
- Featured Feedback: RE: Jelly Making Prices Seem High
- Featured Feedback: RE: Weed killer for flower beds?
- Featured Feedback: RE: Battery Operated Toothbrush for Stains
- Today's Recipes: Cool Snacks for a Hot Summer
New Requests:
- 50th Anniversary Party Question
- Removing Nail Polish from Carpet and Bedskirt
- Keeping Mice Out of Vehicles?
- Getting Mold Stain Out of a White Shirt
- Leather Suite Cleaning
- Weed killer for flower beds?
- Charcoal Colored Formica with Faded Stain
- Looking for Maroon Tulip Wallpaper
- Ice Cream in a Can
More Reading:
- Cool Summer Savings
- Problems with Commercial Flea Killers & Traditional Flea Bite Treatments
- Help in the Garden--10 Frugal Tips
- Cooking from Scratch
- Cook From Scratch
- Make Your Own Flour Tortillas
- Make Your Own Frozen Foods
- Cooking and Baking from Scratch
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Today's Tips
Use for Old Brissle Brooms: Shoe Cleaner
I saw this tip in action recently, when I find a brissle broom at a garage sale I will try it myself. You can make a shoe cleaner using an old brissle broom. Just cut all the warn brissles off and most of the handle (leave a foot or so), then stick the remaining handle in the ground so that the brissle end of the broom is sticking up. You then can clean dirt out of your shoe treads on the broom.
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Removing Grease Stains from Clothing
To remove grease and/or oil stains from clothing I prerub the areas with TIDE liquid detergent. If the clothing has been previously been put in the dryer your chances of removing the stain will be poor as heat sets the stain. This remedy only works on a freshly set stain. Happy clothing stain removal.
By joesgirl
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Plant Seedlings in Cracked and Chipped Cups
Start seedlings in cracked and chipped cups. They are cheap, can be reused year after year and actually look pretty cool. I buy cracked tea cups for dirt cheap at garage sales so I my seedlings have a tea cup theme. :-)
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Use for Serrated Edges from Foil and Wrap
I have yet another use for the serrated edges that I cut out of the boxes of foil or plastic wrap. I cut them into different sizes and use them for scraping up hard pieces of dirt off the floor.
But the most rewarding use for me was to scrape the burnt part off toast.
It did the best job ever! It was also really quick. 2 passes with an edge the same size as the toast was all it took. I usually burn my toast often: but from now on I might even do it on purpose just for the satisfaction! lol
By tiny bop
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Prepaid Phone Cards as a Reward
Students need to read every day. To encourage teenagers to read try the following:
As with the prepaid phone card teenagers can earn minutes of phone time. For example: Michael reads 15 minutes he earns 15 minutes of telephone time.. Works like a charm!
By Gwen
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Removing Sticker Goo
To remove leftover sticky stuff from stickers, simple use a little babyoil.
By Renee V
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Using Dryer Sheets
I use my used dryer sheets to dust off my television and pc monitor. I also use them to dust off my mini blinds with.
By miss lynne
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Featured Feedback: RE: Jelly Making Prices Seem High
You can make your own pectin from apples!! Wash, peel and slice the apples and boil for 15 min-1 pint of water/pound of apple slices. Strain off the juice thru cheese cloth(don't squeeze the pulp). Add 1 pint of water to each pound of remaining pulp and simmer for 15 min. Let stand for 10 min and then repeat the straining, without squeezing. Allow pulp to cool and then squeeze out remaining juice by pressing on cheese cloth. Combine all of these. This should produce about 1 quart of juice/every pound of apples used. This can be used immediately, or you can can it or freeze it-to can, heat to boiling point, and pour immediately into hot, sterilized canning jars. Seal and invert jars to cool. To Freeze: allow stock to cool, and then pour into freezer containers. Allow 1" headspace for expansion. 4 cups of this homemade pectin will replace approx. 3 oz of liquid pectin in most recipes.
HTH!
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Featured Feedback: RE: Weed killer for flower beds?
I use newspapers to mulch with. Lay papers down around your plants and saturate with water. You can tear these sheets to fit, shred the paper if you want to, or just put several whole pages together around your plants. Be sure to saturate them well with water. This helps to break down the paper. Then you can "top dress" this with more decorative mulch such as bark if you choose to do so. This keeps me from using any chemicals on my plants or around my children and pets. I find that any stray weeds that make it through can be easily pulled out because my soil seems "fluffier" with the broken down papers in it.
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Featured Feedback: RE: Battery Operated Toothbrush for Stains
I used to work in a dry cleaning establishment and the one thing that I remember is to always turn the garment inside out to work on the stain as this way you are pushing it out --if you work on the right side you are pushing the stain into the garment--hope this is a help to you.
Donna
By Donna
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Today's Recipes: Cool Snacks for a Hot Summer
By Deborah Shelton
Beat the heat with these cool summer treats!
Mouse Popsicles
It's not what you're thinking! The name refers to the size of the
popsicle - not the contents. Wash a bowl of seedless grapes, and
then set the grapes in the freezer for about an hour. Poke
colored toothpicks into the grapes to serve.
Juice Pops
Summer isn't complete without homemade juice popsicles. Simply
fill a popsicle mold or an ice tray with your favorite fruit
juice. Cover the ice tray with clear plastic wrap and poke a
toothpick through the plastic into each square. Place the tray
into the freezer until the popsicles are frozen solid.
Frozen Monkey Treats
Here is a healthy snack that your kids will go bananas for! Peel
a banana and cut it in half. Insert popsicle sticks into the cut
ends. Dip the bananas into yogurt or melted chocolate, and then
roll the bananas in chopped nuts, crushed cereal, or coconut
shavings. Place the bananas on a small waxed paper-lined baking
sheet and set the sheet into the freezer for an hour or so. Fun
to make and even more fun to eat!
Fruit Fizzy
Don't plan your summer party without this refreshing drink. Pour
one can of Sprite (it doesn't have caffeine) into a blender,
along with small ice cubes. Add several large strawberries, a
handful of blueberries, or other favorite fruit to the mix. Blend
the mixture until it has the texture of a slush. Pour into a
glass and garnish with a cherry on top.
About The Author: Deborah Shelton is a mother, freelance writer,
and author of the brand new book, "The Five Minute Parent: Fun &
Fast Activities for You and Your Little Ones." Visit Deborah's
website for more family-friendly ideas:
http://www.fiveminuteparent.com
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New Requests:
50th Anniversary Party Question
I have a question! I am planning a 50th for my folks, and they don't want a 'big blow-out' either. We got a deal (free..good deal, huh?) on a beautiful banquet room overlooking the falls. We're putting together some Memory scrapbooks and will have some of their fav 50's music playing in the room (background music)... Love the gold and white balloon idea! We are ending the evening by having a vow renewal ceremony (hope they are ok with that LOL) But, here's my question ... we are trying to decide if it should just be immediate family, (kids, spouses, grandkids) or if we should invite a select few to join us.. what is the protocol when paying for dinner. If we invite them, are we obligated to pay for their meal/drinks? And if not, how do you tactfully let them know? Yikes.
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Removing Nail Polish from Carpet and Bedskirt
Please advise how I would get nail polish off my dove grey carpet and my white bedskirt. Any advise would ge greatly appreciated! Thank you! - Denise
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Keeping Mice Out of Vehicles?
How do you keep mice out of your car when it sits for a while? We have a camp truck that sits for period of time. Mice seem to get into the car. Is there a way to keep them out? - cory
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Getting Mold Stain Out of a White Shirt
I was wondering if any one has had to get a mold stain out of a white shirt if so please contact me at moonb203 (at) hotmail (dot) com and let me know how you got it out if you did thank you. Bambi from Illinois
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Leather Suite Cleaning
Can anyone give me any advice on how to clean a leather suite? I bought a leather suite 2 years ago and I made a big mistake buying the suite in an egg-shell colour. Now the suite is quite discoloured. I have bought leather cleaners but I dont find them much good. Thanks Tina Manchester UK
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Weed killer for flower beds?
What can I use in by flower beds that will control/eliminate weeds, but will not hurt the flowers? Karen from Rochester, NY
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Charcoal Colored Formica with Faded Stain
Hi, My formica countertop has a faded stain on it. It appears to be bleached out. I have gone to Home Depot and they tell me there is nothing I can do. I find this hard to believe that there is not a product to buy, maybe a stain or touch up marker to darken it. Please help me. Thank you Ms. Fletcher
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Looking for Maroon Tulip Wallpaper
I am looking for wallpaper that was carried by Sherwin Williams about 4-5 years ago. I believe the designer was Julian Davis and the paper had a maroon tulip design - sort of contemporary - on a faux crackle background of a sepia tone. thanks, kat
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Ice Cream in a Can
I am looking for a recipe for making ice cream in a can. I know you put a mixture in a small can, sealed tight, and then put that into a larger can and pack with ice and rock salt. Seal that tight, as well. The ice cream is made by rolling the can back and forth between two children (or two adults acting like children.) I need the recipe for the mixture and the proportions of ice to rock salt. Hope you can help. Utah Grandma
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More Reading
Cool Summer Savings
By Jeffrey Strain
The summer heat is here in full force and that means BBQs, swimming pools and higher energy bills as you try to keep your cool. The good news is that if you apply a few common sense ideas and solutions to tackle the heat, that energy bill doesn't have to be near as high as it has been in the past.
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Problems with Commercial Flea Killers & Traditional Flea Bite Treatments
By Deena Caruso
Chemicals that act as poisons are strong enough to kill fleas, but the long term effects on pets are unknown, although they are probably not safe to use. (Employees manufacturing these products must wear protective clothing and use respirators. Plus, the product labels warn against skin contact. So,if the chemicals are potentially harmful to humans,they are probably not the most healthy product for pets. )
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Help in the Garden--10 Frugal Tips
By Cyndi Roberts
Whether you are an avid vegetable gardener, a beginning herb gardener or just like to have a pretty yard, these frugal tips may help you save a little money!
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Cooking from Scratch
Making bread, spaghetti sauce and turkey dishes from scratch!
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Cook From Scratch
Cook from scratch. It is really not that hard or inconvenient. Once you do it for a while, it will seem like you've done it forever. The savings are great and this way you know what you and your loved ones are eating.
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Make Your Own Flour Tortillas
There are a lot of items you can make yourself. I usually stock up on tortillas when they are on sale at the store. I have had success freezing them. Sometimes it's fun to make a couple batches of your own and they are quite cheap to make.
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Make Your Own Frozen Foods
I use my stock pot to make huge pots of soup, or chili, or spaghetti sauce to use for one dinner and freeze the rest in meal-size portions and use one a night when there is not time to cook and you still need a hearty meal.
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Cooking and Baking from Scratch
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