Daily Thrifty Tips
Volume Three, Number 46, May 24, 2004
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Today we have 8 new tips, 8 new requests and 5 new articles in
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Today's newsletter contains:
Today's Tips:
- Cookout Tip: Cut Burgers in Half
- Save Money on Clothing
- Remove Garlic and Onion Odors from Hands
- Maple Syrup Milk Treat
- Reusing Old, Broken Speakers
- Cover the Gray with Tea!
- Save on Space on Road Trips
- Featured Feedback: Make Your Own Diaper Wipes
New Requests:
- Yellow spots on lawn from dog
- Tasty Fried Potatoes
- Homeschooling Books and Supplies
- Black Mold on Lilac Bushes
- Getting Tar out of Jeans
- Nylon Butterfly
- Stained Shirt
- Lip Gloss Stains on Clothing
More Reading:
- Home-made Hand & Nail Treatments
- Slashing Grocery Bills
- Budget Furniture FixUps
- Heavenly Strawberry Recipes!
- Tips for Frugal Travel
Thanks for reading,
Susan
Today's Tips
Cookout Tip: Cut Burgers in Half
When serving food at cookouts, go ahead and put some of the hamburgers on buns, then cut them in half before placing on the serving platter. This helps cut down on the number of kids who take a whole burger, and then waste half of it. By Becki in Indiana
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Save Money on Clothing
- Wear older clothing around the house and save your nice clothing for when you go out.
- Buy clothes off season when they are on sale or even clearance.
- Stock up on items when they are on clearance.
- Buy clothing that can be worn in more than one season.
- Shop at discount stores and outlet stores if you have some in your area.
- Sell clothing that you no longer use at a consignment store or garage sale.
- Buy clothing that can be used in more than one outfit.
- - Change out of your good clothes as soon as possible after
getting home. Hang them up so they can be worn again.
- Treat stains quickly so they don't set and ruin your clothing.
What are your tips for saving money on clothing?
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Remove Garlic and Onion Odors from Hands
Pour some baking soda into the palm of you hands and rub your hands together with water. This also works well for really grimy hands.
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Maple Syrup Milk Treat
For all who adore the flavor of pure maple, when you come to the end of a container of maple syrup, add about 1 cup of milk and let it sit for about 5 minutes. Then shake, shake, shake to get every drop left coating the container to mix well with the mix. I usually save the container until one of my grand kids visits and give them this great maple milk treat. But sometimes I treat myself and gulp away. Happy drinking. By Joesgirl
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Reusing Old, Broken Speakers
We often find those torn speakers at the dump or road side. Take the speaker and separate the magnet from it. Drill a small hole in the center of it and thread an eye hook through the hole. Now attach a good length of strong string or fishing line to it and you have a powerful magnet for fishing, picking up a dropped tool, looking for stuff in water or lost treasures at the beach! And they come in all strengths, depending on the size of the speaker!
You can also use the speaker cabinet on the wall in your shop or garage, either sideways or vertically. Sideways you gain more storage area, both inside of it and on top of it! Attach it to the wall with a couple of screws or nails. You've devised two purposes for the old speaker and recycled two items (the magnet and the cabinet) from extinction!
By Bill
the-hooterville-cultural-society-owner@yahoogroups.Com
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Cover the Gray with Tea!
I homeschool my daughter, and in one of the stories that we were reading (Neighbor Rosicky by Willa Cather), a 1920's frontier woman covered her graying hair with a brew of strong tea. I tried it, and it works! It doesn't completely cover the gray, but it does make it less noticable, and only costs the price of a tea bag per day. Nancy from PA
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Save on Space on Road Trips
We have a pop up tent trailer and I make room by putting items that can be folded in a trash bag and use my vacuum cleaner to suck the air out of the bag and tie it with two twist ties tied together. The air is sucked out and the bag lays flat. When its time to return home I have a place for dirty laundry or a place to keep things clean and dry. It works nice for sleeping bags too. Cindie in CA
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Featured Feedback: Make Your Own Diaper Wipes
My daughter has very sensitive skin and gets a rash easily, so I make my own wipes. I use 1-2 cups water, 1t-1T liquid baby soap and 1t-1T baby oil. I use BOUNTY paper towels, (the roll) cut in half. Mix ingredients in a round covered tub or an old round wipe container. Drop in the towels, cover and turn upside down. Let sit for 10 minutes. Turn upright and pull out the cardboard core then just pull wipes from the center
Liz
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New Requests:
Yellow spots on lawn from dog
Does anyone know what to do about the yellow spots on the lawn from female dogs urinating. Someone said to use Brewers Yeast. Does anyone know about this? Carol from New York
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Tasty Fried Potatoes
I have been trying to make good fried potatoes for a while now with little success. Does anyone have a good recipe? What I am trying to make is the skillet type that are often served with a lot of breakfast dishes at restaurants. Not hashbrowns but cubed fried, crispy potatoes. - ST in UT
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Homeschooling Books and Supplies
Does anyone know of an sources for inexpensive homeschooling books and supplies? Thanks, Larry
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Black Mold on Lilac Bushes
My Lilac Bushes have black mold on them, what is it and is it harmful? Cheryl
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Getting Tar out of Jeans
How do i get tar out of my jeans? Violet
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Nylon Butterfly
Does anyone have directions for making a butterfly out of wire and old nylons? Darlene from Wyoming
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Stained Shirt
I have these new shirts that I got. They are baseball shirts. I made these dumb Iron On logos I was going to put on them. When I ironed them on, the melted to the shirt! it lookes really dumb. I want to know what I can do to get rid of the logo. I like the way the shirt fits me, so I want to keep it. How can I get rid of the logo? Andrew Steele
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Lip Gloss Stains on Clothing
I aciddently put my lip gloss in the dryer and i would really like to get the little "gressy" spots that are on all of my clothes off... can anyone help? TL-from-TX
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More Reading
Home-made Hand & Nail Treatments
By Rachel Webb
Hands are one of our most expressive features that need to be moisturized and cared for to keep them looking their best. Often we spend personal time on your face and hair but don't think twice about the way that our hands look...could it be that our hands are our most neglected feature?
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Slashing Grocery Bills
By Rachel Paxton
Even the thought of spending a lot of time tracking grocery prices from store to store gives me a headache. I know a lot of people who keep detailed notes of every grocery item they regularly purchase and routinely note the price fluctuations at the grocery stores they frequent.
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Budget Furniture FixUps
By Kathleen Wilson
Faced with my own furniture dilemma recently, I thought what a great opportunity for me to share ideas with you on how to turn around that tired piece of furniture, without having to spend big bucks! So here it is, secrets from The Budget Decorator on transforming your furniture from trash to TFTE! (Treat For The Eyes!)
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Heavenly Strawberry Recipes!
By Pearl Sanborn
A favorite among berries, the strawberry makes for a quick delightful dessert! During this strawberry season, be sure to gather plenty, so you can serve these wonderful treats to your family all year long!
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Tips for Frugal Travel
This site has a long list of frugal travel tips.
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