Daily Thrifty Tips
Volume Three, Number 77, July 6, 2004
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Today's newsletter contains:
Today's Tips:
- Use an Old Phone Book for Paint Mess
- Pam or Non-stock Spray on Pizza Pans
- Dip Bacon in Flour
- Fix a Drip Hose that Sprays
- Substitute Water for Butter
- Don't Eat Out, Save for Vacation
- Save on Air Conditioning
- Sharpen Scissors
- Coupon Storage
- Cleaning Cookware
- Shower Maintenance
- Featured Feedback: RE: A Savings Challenge
- Featured Feedback: RE: Guitar Buying Tips
- Today's Recipe: Baked Beans Hawaiian
New Requests:
- Cleaning Sap off Car?
- Removing Urine Smell from Carpet, Pad and Base Flooring.
- How Can Kids and Young Adults Make Money?
- Decorating a Red Bedroom
- Looking for Sunburn Relief
More Reading:
- Creative Container Gardens
- Wedding Invitation Tips and Advice
- 10 Credit Myths
- Before Buying a Home
- Have Your Registered to Vote?
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Today's Tips
Use an Old Phone Book for Paint Mess
This is more of a decorating tip then a craft tip, but when I am faux painting the walls of my home, I use the pages of an old phone book to remove excess paint from my sponge, rag or feather duster. I just keep the flipping pages to get a fresh new surface to dab the extra paint off. By Sandy
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Pam or Non-stock Spray on Pizza Pans
Spray your pizza pans with PAM or non stick spray anytime you use them. I use it with frozen pizzas, homemade pizzas, basically anything that has the potential of sticking to the pan. By Tracy Fuller
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Dip Bacon in Flour
Take a piece of bacon (not frozen) and dip it into flour, coating both sides, then fry as usual. Flour gives it more body and makes a beautiful crust.. Added bonus is that the grease doesn't pop when frying, and shrinkage is less. By Jen
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Fix a Drip Hose that Sprays
Do you have a drip hose that sprays rather than drips? Rather than get rid of the hose, you can re-direct the water back down into the ground where it belongs. Simply take an empty soda or water bottle (clear plastic) and carefully cut off the neck and the bottom. Slit it down one side so it looks like a "C", and push the two cut sides down into the soil over the hole in your drip hose. You can use mulch to hide it and help hold it down. The water will spray into the plastic, then run back down it into the ground. If you have multiple drip hoses joined together that tend to spray at the connection, this is a good solution there as well. The plastic can become brittle over the summer, so just throw it out at the end of the year when you put your hose away, and start over the next year. By QueenBeeCrafts
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Substitute Water for Butter
A few years ago, a dieting buddy of mine, told me one of her cooking secrets. When preparing a recipe that calls for margarine or butter, instead of using one of those products, she used an equal amount of water rather than just omitting it altogether. She said the product would turn out the same as it would have with the margarine/butter, but with less fat and so much better for you. No one would miss the extra sheen or fat the margarine or butter would have provided. She was right! So you can make your own fat free products at home!! By Terri H
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Don't Eat Out, Save for Vacation
At the office, many of my colleagues buy their lunch at the local take-out, spending $4-6 a day! I remind myself that I would rather eat lunch out on vacation with the money I save by brown bagging it--I'd rather have lunch in Venice, Italy than at the takeout in town! Marion
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Save on Air Conditioning
A $15.00 box fan will help move the window a/c air around and save the cost of a second window unit. Sandra
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Sharpening Scissors
Sharpen dull scissors by cutting sandpaper with them.
By Pamela
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Coupon Storage
I get tons of coupons. So place I like to store them is a baby wipes container. There's lots of room and never have to worry about losing the lid. :)
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Cleaning Cookware
Try using an oven cleaner on cooked-on, burnt messes in the bottom of stainless cookware. Works better than scrubbing with SOS pads! Linda
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Shower Maintenance
Wipe down your shower each time with a chamois cloth and you will have a sparkling shower every time. Only a gentle cleaning is then necessary once a week if you do this. Donna
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Featured Feedback: RE: A Savings Challenge
I'm not sure that helps us. We already cut our own hair, don't have cable, don't rent movies, don't eat out, don't use dry cleaners and other expensive services, don't buy much of anything not already on sale, fresh (like fresh veggies instead of frozen), or bulk, don't buy books but use the library....We already don't trickle money out. We're even learning to use a solar oven to not use the stove and oven much. Our electric and water bills (for 4 people) are half of our neighbor's (2 people).
The unexpected things are like a car repair, a medical visit (rare), a school activity or project...We've removed all of the little things we can think of. I'm not sure where else to look for pennies or dollars! :-)
By Allison
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Featured Feedback: RE: Guitar Buying Tips
Hi Dan,
The better the instrument you buy for your son, the easier it's going to be to play, and the better the quality of sound. Just those two elements are going to be great incentives for him to progressat a faster rate, and to experience the joy of a fine instrument. I just hate to see a parent go out and purchase the cheapest instrument they can possibly find, then wonder why the child loses interest so rapidly. They say, "Well, when he learns, I'll get him something better". Wrong approach. It's almost like tying up one of his legs when he's six months old, and saying, "When he learns how to walk really well, I'll untie his other leg".
Take your son to a good music store, and let him "feel" the difference in neck sizes and height of strings from the frets etc. Listen to the resonance of the instrument, and your ear will tell you which sounds really good. Talk to the experts while you're there, but let your son try the instruments.
Wishing you the best. Julia (a really old musician)
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Today's Recipe: Baked Beans Hawaiian
- 1 - 19 oz can crushed pineapple
- 2 - 14 oz cans beans in tomato sauce
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp dry mustard
- 1/3 cup ketchup
Mix in a casserole. Bake @ 350F for 60 minutes.
Makes 6-8 servings.
Perfect for a summer barbeque.
From: http://www.CanadianCountryGifts.com
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Elegantly Frugal Costumes: The Poor Man's Do-It-Yourself Costume Maker's Guide
This wonderfully practical book literally shows you how to make costumes for plays, pageants and musicals at the lowest possible expense! Over 150 detailed illustrations work with the easy-to-follow text to walk you through every step of the process. Just about every basic period is covered: Biblical to Medieval, Renaissance, Angels, the Fabulous Fifties, 1800s to World War I, The Roaring Twenties and more. Many helpful hints on making or buying realistic period theatrical costumes on a shoestring budget from cast-offs, donations, scraps, and other easily-obtained materials. Also included are "special effects" costumes, helpful hints for getting into and out of costumes, and a glossary of costuming terms A book that will pay for itself with its first use.
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New Requests:
Cleaning Sap off Car?
I have tree sap from a blue spruce on my car. What can I use to clean it off and what possible damage can happen to the paint?
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Removing Urine Smell from Carpet, pad and base flooring.
We have dog urine into carpet, pad and into base plywood flooring. What do I use to remove foul smell. - James
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How Can Kids and Young Adults Make Money?
We have been getting a lot of requests from young folks looking for ways to make money before school starts. So lets Brainstorm some ideas for them. That way I can just direct them towards this article when we get the request. What are your tips for what kids can do between now and when school starts to make money? Susan
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Decorating a Red Bedroom
I'm a male university student currently renting a house with a few other guys. I'm stuck with a bedroom with blood red walls which I can't paint over. What can I do to my room so it doesn't seem so weird? I currently have a pine desk, double futon, navy blue sheets. Advice on how to decorate this room would be greatly appreciated. Ray from Canada
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Looking for Sunburn Relief
Needing sunburn Relief. What will work? Thanks Lu-Lu
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More Reading
Creative Container Gardens
By Deborah Shelton
Container gardens are so much fun, because the possibilities are endless, and the entire family can participate. You don't have to commit a lot of time to plant: Create one new potted plant each day until your garden is complete! Just about anything that will hold soil can be used. GROWN-UPS: It's your job to drill a few drainage holes into containers that don't already have them. Here are a few neat ideas to get you started:
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Wedding Invitation Tips and Advice
By Rose Smith
You're well into planning your wedding and have finally decided on the design of your wedding invitation. The wording has been chosen and the guest list is well on its way to completion. Here are some additional wedding invitation tips and advice that you should also be aware of.
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10 Credit Myths
By Scott Bilker
As they say, "Knowledge is power." Many times people either act on false information or fail to act because they didn't know what could be done to their benefit. This is the case in many areas of life, but on the top of that list is money. And in the money category you will find lots of misinformation about credit.
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Before Buying a Home
By Mark Bordo
Before Buying A Home Check for the Following:a
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Have Your Registered to Vote?
By Susan Sanders-Kinzel
Are you currently registered to vote? If you have moved recently or have just reached voting age, make sure you are registered for the upcoming U.S. primary elections usually held in September.
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