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Volume Six, Number 129, July 3, 2007 (Read It Online) I hope everyone in the US has a fun and safe 4th of July holiday. We are taking a few days off so the next issue will be next Monday. Have a great week! Thanks for reading, Susan
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Grandson Dylan. "With the cost of gas --look at what I'm driving!"
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Rate It: This is Roxy. She is 7 Months old. She is a Tea Cup Chihuahua. I got Roxy when she was 9 weeks old. We bought her sister CoCo a week before. We fell in love with CoCo and decided to get Roxy. Roxy loves to go outside and run and play with CoCo. She has a little brown stuffed dog that she loves. She will hold it with both her front paws and lick it to death. When we first got Roxy, she would never come to us. She shyed away from us like she had been abused. She is very cute and very loving. She is the best dog that I have ever had. She follows me around the house and if she cant find me she will go through the house crying. When Roxy runs it looks like she doesn't have any ears. She puts both of the back so far it looks like shes earless. By Valaree from North Carolina
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Rate It: Add a little candlelit sparkle to your evenings with this easy-to-make candle holder.
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Rate It: Here is a First Communion Cake that I made for my Grandaughter Abigales's Communion.
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Rate It: Fancy is 14 years old. She is a Tennessee Walker mare. She is my first horse. I bought her 10 years ago. She likes to eat candy and gives kisses. She's a heroine - two times. Once she wrapped herself around my mother to keep another horse from kicking her. Then, she nursed and cared for a foal when its mother died. She wet-nursed her until it was time for weaning. By Neen from Jackson, Miss
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Tankless Water Heater Saves Energy Demand (also know as Tankless or Instantaneous) water heaters provide hot water only as it is needed. They don't produce the standby energy losses associated with storage water heaters, which can save you money. How they work: Demand water heaters heat water directly without the use of a storage tank. When a hot water tap is turned on, cold water travels through a pipe into the unit. Either a gas burner or an electric element heats the water. As a result, demand water heaters deliver a constant supply of hot water. You don't need to wait for a storage tank to fill up with enough hot water. However, a demand water heater's output limits the flow rate. You need to run the water a minute or two before hot water exits. Nevertheless, the money you save on your electricity bill is well worth the initial cost of the unit. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf26807116.tip.html
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Rate It: Final Net Hairspray At Eckerd's Hey everyone. I just found Final Net hairspray at an Eckerd's Drug Store. They even have two types, Extra Hold and Regular Hold. That's the good news, the bad news is Eckerd's is becoming Rite Aid, and I'm not sure whether they'll still carry Final Net. Here's hoping! Now if we could still only get Spatini, life would be perfect! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf92835773.tip.html
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Rate It: Rotisserie Chicken for Several Meals There are only two of us so this usually goes a long way. I will buy a cooked chicken at Sam's Club and use it that evening for our first meal. I will then take all the leftover meat and cut off half of it and cube it for a pot pie. For Two Pot Pies, use the following ingredients:
The second half of the leftover rotisserie chicken can either be used in a chicken salad, I like curried with grapes and almonds, or boil the rest (including the bones) to be used in soup/stew. Again, our favorite is more a stew where I boil the chicken till it falls off the bones, add carrots to the chicken while it's boiling (I usually use 3/4's of a small bag of "baby carrots". I also either add fresh onion chunks or will add a jar of boiled onions at the end. Once the bones and fat and skin are all skimmed off and removed and thrown away, I then add the following: celery, frozen or fresh corn, and, depending on whether I want stew or soup, I will either add some chicken bouillon to make the broth richer or I will again use the cream soups to make it thicker and richer. I have also made it with potatoes for one style and cooked rice for another style, again depending on moods. I've also added chopped cabbage to give it another flavoring and filler. As you can see, a rotisserie chicken goes a long way. By Julia from Richmond VA Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf29584306.tip.html
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Rate It: Pretty gift wrap is very expensive. When I receive gifts, I carefully unwrap my present, fold the gift wrap it came in and put it away for later. Then I put my iron on DRY and COTTON setting. Iron the plain paper on the right side, embossed or shiny on the wrong side. Don't keep the iron on the same area for too long because it marks or burns, long sweeps are best. Roll up, and you have pretty gift wrap for nothing! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf94140468.tip.html
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Rate It: Care Credit For Expensive Vet Bills If you have a dog with an expensive medical problem and you are not the richest person around, you should ask your vet about care-credit. We had a dog with parvo that was loved and not a lot of money to treat the virus so the vet told us about care-credit. It's a credit card made specifically for pet bills. In the end, it saved our dog and even though we had to pay $900 dollars, it wasn't all up front. We paid it as we went! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf26342405.tip.html
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Rate It: Old T-Shirts As Swiffer Replacement I love using a dry Swiffer but don't like purchasing the paper bottoms to put on them as they are quite expensive and once used they are discarded. I save my hubbies old t-shirts and cut them into the size that will fit the bottom of the Swiffer. After using them, I shake the dust into a plastic bag, discard it and then wash the squares and reuse them. No cost to me and they work just as well. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf12215938.tip.html
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Rate It: Instead of running the sprinklers on a timer, I only turn them on when needed. Been doing this for years. Since we have water restrictions in our city, we are limited to T and F. Every time we get a substantial rain, I write "BIG RAIN" on the calendar, to avoid watering unnecessarily. After rain day in and day out, and then a dry spell, then too much rain, it's easy to forget when it last rained and was enough to actually penetrate the yard. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf36320121.tip.html
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Rate It: Sell On Ebay During The Summer July and August is the time to get your things ready to sell on Ebay. Ebay shoppers shop during these two months for school clothes and they might purchase some things for Christmas too! I've had great selling success during these months! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf77784171.tip.html
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Rate It: Move Cool Air In And Warm Air Out Another cooling tip - try to be aware of the direction of the ventilation where you are - and if it is, say, for example cool outside, but still warm inside, direct the cool air in (and the warm air out) rather than just moving around the warm air inside! Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf94122548.tip.html
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Ideas for Tile for Kitchen Remodel I am remodeling my kitchen. Cabinets will be cherry wood and countertop will be black speckled with beige. I have a tile floor with small black specks. I also have a step up ledge that is tiled like the floor. On the wall in back of the ledge there is the opposite tile of the floor (black with very small white specks in the middle of the wall and on both sides of the black tile there is a section of the same tile that is on the floor. The step up area has a woodburning stove. I want to replace the kitchen tile as many are cracked but the tiles are no longer made so I have to go with a new tile. My problem is what color tile? I don't want to take down the tile on the wall (big job) and tile would need to be replaced there because of the stove ducting on the wall. I need a tile that will go with the cabinets and countertops, but not clash with the wall tiles. Suggestions PLEASE? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf26094185.tip.html
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Rate It: How to soften stiff blue jeans? I bought some new Levi's and they could stand on their own! I've tried washing them several times, but they are still stiff as a board... fabric softener doesn't help Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf14381348.tip.html
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Rate It: Outlet Doesn't Work After Cutting Through an Extension Cord While I was trimming hedges I cut through my extension cord, now the outlet doesn't work. I've checked the breaker box and attempted to reset the outlet by pushing the reset button, nothing is working. Does this need to be replaced? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf74496772.tip.html
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Rate It: Gift Ideas for a Child Undergoing Chemotherapy I need ideas for fun inexpensive gifts to send to my nephew who will be missing first grade this year due to illness (undergoing chemo). I'm thinking he will not be outside very much. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf93494835.tip.html
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Rate It: Instant Swiss Mocha Coffee Recipe Does anyone out there have a recipe for instant swiss mocha coffee? Maxwell house international coffees makes the original but it's way too expensive (when you gobble up as much as i do). Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf64226655.tip.html
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Rate It: We recently adopted a puppy from the pound and when we took her home she had horrible fleas. Now the cat, house and family have them too! I've tried sprays for the dog and house, salt, lemon water, dawn dish soap, shampoos, EVERYTHING! I have no more money to keep buying products that don't work! I need a sure solution.
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Rate It: Putting Pictures on a Backpack My daughter wants a backpack for school that no one else has and would like for me to custom make her a backpack. Is there a way I can print pictures of her favorite character from the computer and put them on a back pack? What kind of special printing paper would I use and how would it be applied or fused onto the backpack? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf44250701.tip.html
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Rate It: My sister and I are throwing a surprise 60th Birthday party for my parents and we don't know what to do for favors. Since I am moving into a new house in the same month as the party we need to make them inexpensive. We also want them to be "usable", not dust collectors. Any and all ideas are appreciated. The party is informal and about 65+ guests. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf39781742.tip.html
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Rate It: Cheap and Easy Party Appetizer Ideas I have a party to go to but I am looking for a good, cheap, easy, fun appetizer to bring? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf28395577.tip.html
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Rate It: Moving to Asheville, North Carolina I would like to move to Asheville, North Carolina and I'm wondering if anyone has some helpful tips on how to get a job there before you move. It seems a little difficult to go on interviews from another state. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf41412156.tip.html
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Rate It: Stain from Price Tag on a Shirt I have a dark colored dress shirt with a white collar and white cuffs. However, the white cuffs each have a light gray faded stain left over from a sticky price ticket that used to be stuck on for a long time. I've already washed my shirt, but the stains are still apparent. My shirt is coton. How can I remove these stubborn stains?
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Rate It: I have petunias in a hanging basket. It seems to have leaf mold. We have been having some hot and humid weather lately. The plant does get full sun and looks beautiful but the center the leaves are dying and the mold is spreading. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remedy this and ways to prevent this problem? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf65125071.tip.html
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Rate It: What can I use to make homemade corner guards for my walls/corners, the cat at my house has ripped the walls to the bare wood and I need to repair or at least a cover it up for now.
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Rate It: Does anyone have a recipe for what I think was called "Crab Bake"? I recently had this at a buffet in a Chinese restaurant. It consisted of chunks of imitation crab legs and cheese in a white sauce and was served in a casserole dish. My family really enjoyed it and I would like to try it at home. Thanks for your help. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf87451013.tip.html
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Rate It: I purchased a toy pom from a local pet store on 6/18, which now I know was a complete mistake. They received him from the breeder on the 6/16 so he had his first series of vaccinations. On the third day of having him he had thrown up in his crate it looked like a murder scene. I took him that night to the vet ER because I thought he ate something. They did x-rays saw something in his stomach so they gave him barrium. That didn't help. I brought him back the next day, they did another x-ray and it still showed some barrium left in his stomach so they gave me i/d food. He ate it drank water and threw up around 2 am next morning. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf89629843.tip.html
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Rate It: First I want to say thank you to the person who had the recipe for homemade ice cream that uses 1/2 and 1/2 and whipping cream and sweetened condensed milk, wonderful, wonderful. LOVE THIS RECIPE. What I want to know is, how do I go about making it chocolate ice cream? This stuff gets hard like store bought, I gave a small amount to the owner of our grocery store, and she could not believe it got hard. She said she loved the flavor. So, what do I put in this to make it chocolate? So as I said before, thank you my lifesavers. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf98672106.tip.html
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Rate It: I have a dark wood table, that has what looks like oil spots on it but it will not come off. I have used mild soap and water and furniture polish. Any suggestions? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf79396893.tip.html
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Rate It: I need to find a free, easy web site that will let me print out a newsletter that I want to do for a club I belong too. Not the e-letters but one I print off myself off my computer. I need to find one that is easy to do.. is there one out there? I can't seem to find one. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf98178881.tip.html
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Rate It: What is the best way to remove dead branches from crape myrtles? Should I cut at the base, or higher up if it is green?
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Rate It: Nail Polish Remover on Leather My daughter has got red nail polish on my black leather couch. I used nail polish remover in a panic and its taken the shine and some of the blackness from the leather. Any idea's on what to do? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf34690685.tip.html
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Rate It: We got a chihuahua-dachshund mix pup months ago and she still won't potty train. She goes in closets, cabinets, even in the middle of the rooms! It is starting to smell! Does anyone know how to not only train her but to get rid of the odors too?? Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf569061.tip.html
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Rate It: I just found recipes for homemade Thousand Island Dressing, and Ranch Dressing, Does anyone out there know the recipe for Blue Cheese Dressing? My husband just loves Blue Cheese Dressing. Thanks so much folks, Jamish from Ransom, Kansas Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf481069.tip.html
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Rate It: How do you get a tomato sauce stain from cotton dress? It is a week old. I have tried oxy clean, and other stain removers . It's very stubborn. Post Feedback: http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf000264.tip.html
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Lights, Camera, Action! - A Children's Stage Do you have a child that is longing for the bright lights of Hollywood? Do you have a budding playwright in the family too? Well, here is a way to build her or him their own stage so you can enjoy the fruits of their labors. Any child would love to have this in their backyard to put on performances for you and your friends. But be warned, this may make your house the most popular on the block. This can be made any size that you want as long as you have that many same sized pallets. I have given instructions for a square that can hold a couple or three children acting or three children seated playing instruments.
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Rate It: During the summer months, child care costs can skyrocket for families with kids getting out of school. What are your tips for saving money on child care
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