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Craft: Cupcake-Paper Flowers

Great for Mother's Day. Use up to a dozen liners for each flower.

This is from Martha Stewart.

http://www.marthastewart.com/cupcake-paper-carnations

By Melanie from NC

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Using a Swinging Cradle as a Toy Box

I made this swinging cradle for one of my granddaughters. Now it doubles as her toy box.

By Karen from Thomasville, NC

Cradle Is Now A Toy Box

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Tiger (Domestic Short Hair)

Tiger is 15 years old. He is a Domestic Short Hair Brown Tabby. I was given custody of Tiger because it was decided I could give him better care.

Tiger loves to lay on me after I cover up with my down comforter; he waits until I settle in then sinks into the comforter and stretches out. He also still likes to chase his tail! Sometimes Tiger likes to groom me; this picture is an example of what happens when his tongue gets stuck. Sometimes he walks around like this for a while until his tongue dries out. Then he remembers to pull it in.

By Kat from Oxon Hill, MD

Tiger (Domestic Short Hair)

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Craft Project: Updating A Promotional Clock
By Debra Frick

A Dog Gone Good Time (Or how to redo a Doctor's Clock) We have all seen them a million times hanging in the doctor's office, some pharmaceutical company wanting to promote their latest drug gave our doctor a free clock. Now our wonderful doctor, not wanting to be rude, hangs it in the waiting room for a couple of months until some lawyer files a suit against that drug and the clock ends up in the thrift store. Lucky us because the thrift store will sell us that clock really cheap because it has advertising on it.

A Dog Gone Good Time (Or how to redo a Doctor's Clock)

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Foxy (Pom/Cocker Spaniel)

Foxy is 2 years old. She is a Pom with Cocker Spaniel. We got her 6 months ago, she was an outdoor dog so we bought her and now she is inside in a nice warm place.

She likes to play with tennis balls and her teddy bears. She is very loving and she also likes to cuddle.

By Diane from Canada

Foxy (Pom/Cocker Spaniel)

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Purple Clematis

This flower is a Clematis. We planted four last Spring so it will climb each corner of the arch that it is planted around. All four are different colors. I can't wait until they are all in bloom and meet at the top. This is our first bloom on this side. I wish to share it's beauty with everyone.

By Connie from Smithville,TN

Purple Clematis

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Planning Your Australian Wedding

Prior to your Wedding Day

Between 18 months and up to 1 calendar month prior to your wedding lodge with your celebrant a Notice of Intended Marriage. This can be send by email, fax or regular mail.

Your birth certificate, or if born overseas your passport issued by your country of birth, will need to be seen by your wedding celebrant.

Your wedding celebrant will also need to see your Divorce Decree Absolute or a death certificate of a previous spouse if you or your partner has been previously married.

You and your partner must be at least 18 years of age

Two witnesses you organise to attend your wedding must also both be over the age of 18

Poem: A Mother's Prayer

Give me patience when little hands tug at me
with ceaseless small demands.

Give me gentle words and smiling eyes, and keep
my lips from hasty replies.

Let me not in weariness, confusion or noise obscure
my vision from life's fleeting joys.

That when in years to come, my house with beautiful
memories, its rooms may fill.

Anonymous

Source: taken from old cookbook, beautiful words and so true.

By Mary from Cocoa, FL

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Cleaning a Textured Bottomed Tub

I have a textured bottom tub. Cleaning it was no use. It was still dingy. Until I cleaned up some spilled shampoo and there was a gleaming white spot! I use Pert but any should do. Squirt some in the tub and wet a stiff brush and scrub lightly. It spreads and gets the crannies. Let it sit for a while. Rinse. It also leaves a pleasant smelling bathroom.

By Jen from North Carolina

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Preparing for Thunderstorm and Tornado Weather

Spring storm season is upon us and storms with straight line winds, hail and lightening can be extremely dangerous and damaging. Here are a few tips to make this time of year a little safer.

Determine the safest place in your home to wait out a storm. Make sure all family members know where to go in the event of a weather emergency. If you do not have a basement or storm shelter choose a small room or closet in the center of the home.

Stay away from windows

Heavy furniture can provide additional shelter

Designate a meeting spot outside your home where all family members meet in the event of a fire or weather disaster.

If you seek shelter in your basement make sure the path is unobstructed. My basement is a catch all and often times there IS no place to go because of all the JUNK. Clean up an area and keep it clear.

Keep drinking water on hand (a 3 gallon container per person is recommended.)

Keep your flashlights in the same place so you can find them even in the dark when the electricity goes out.

Create a "Disaster supply kit" which includes your water, flashlights, blankets, canned foods and a MANUAL can opener. If possible purchase a battery or crank radio.

Keep your pets carrier or leash in the same spot so you can find it easily in a storm. My golden retreiver WON'T go into the basement and has to be forcibly carried (a hazard to my DH and her!)

Check your batteries monthly and replace as necessary. Nothing is worse than having DEAD flashlights batteries.

A WATCH means conditions are favorable for the development of severe weather.
A WARNING means severe weather has been reported or detected by RADAR. Seek shelter immediately and stay tuned to weather reports.

If severe weather hits, Keep calm and follow instructions from the national weather service.

Do not call 911 to ask "What Happened" Remember that 911 is for (INJURED) people needing assistance in an actual emergency-tune into the radio instead to get up to date information.

Source: Excerpted from LG$E Power Source April 2008 flyer and my own experiences and common sense.

By Diana from Prospect, KY

Preparing For Thunderstorms And Tornados

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Milk Shower For Hair and Skin

Milk shower for silky and strong hair and soft skin. Take 4 cups of milk to rinse. DO NOT USE WATER FIRST. Use regular shampoo and rinse with MILK to get shampoo out.

Take 2 cups of milk, mix with brown sugar for a scrub and clean body. Rinse with milk. Warm milk as needed and let it cool before using.

Tips: Leave in milk for 5 minutes in hair and massage hair good for the milk vitamins to help hair. Goat milk is great too.

Source: Grandma "Mariaelena" As a child, she used this method to shower her hair but with NO SHAMPOO and her hair. As I did it over the years, my hair is STRONG, VERY LONG and shines with no chemicals or effects and natural product.

By Judy from Council Bluffs, IA

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Hard to Hold Nail

If you have a hard to hold nail, secure it with a small ball of plastic putty or clay. After the nail is firmly pounded in place, remove the putty.

Source: Friends

By Randa from San Marcos TX

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Make Maracas For Cinco de Mayo

Having a Cinco de Mayo party? If people are bring kids, be sure to have something to do. Plan a craft like making maracas from empty water bottles. Add a few dried beans or some rice to empty, dry bottle, cap them and cover with a thin layer of paper mache' which will dry quickly in the sun, or even a layer of duct or masking tape. (Kids love tape!) Then decorate as desired with sharpie markers, stickers, beads, feathers, fringes, ribbons, or whatever. Let kids perform to a Mexican tune in a maraca band later in the evening.

By Linda from Vista, CA

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Lemon Juice To Whiten Potatoes

A few drops of lemon juice in the water will whiten boiled potatoes.

By Gary from NJ

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Count Protein To Help Control Diabetes

Did You Know? Very often, diabetics are told to not worry about counting the grams of protein they eat, with the exception of making them as low-fat as possible. But protein grams do count!

Protein does affect the blood sugars, but not as quickly as complex or simple carbohydrates. Most medical personnel believe that because protein takes so-long to break down into blood-sugar, it is inconsequential. First-hand experience has taught me (a 24 year, juvenile-onset, insulin-dependent diabetic) that in the typical Western diet, with a much higher protein content, high-protein meals will not only raise your blood-sugars (and blood-pressure, too), but will keep them elevated over time, and makes the diabetic more insulin-resistant! This is why people with hypoglycemia (low blood-sugars), are recommended to eat protein, to help stabilize their blood-sugars!

If you have hard-to-control diabetes or blood-sugars, keep a close eye on the amount and types of proteins you eat. Red meats have the longest digestion times, followed by pork, poultry, fish, seafood and
vegetable (beans, lentils, legumes, nuts, and seeds.) In contrast, the easier it is for the body to digest, taking into account the amount and type of protein, the better the long-term control of your blood-sugars.

For example, you will see the end results of eating that bowl-of-beans much sooner than that steak, but your blood sugars will also come down sooner, more like the normal physiologic action of the body. That steak will raise it slower, but keep it elevated over a much longer, period of time. Just be informed.

By Wallace from Little Rock, AR

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Problem with a Spoon Sliding into the Batter

To keep spoons from sliding into the batter, wrap a rubber band around the top of the handle so the spoon can rest on the bowls edge instead of sliding into the mixing bowl.

Source: Friends

By Randa from San Marcos, TX

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Dear Webby's Joke of the Day

An enormously wealthy 65-year-old man falls in love with a young woman in her twenties and is contemplating a proposal.

"Do you think she'd marry me if I tell her I'm 45?" he asked a friend.

"Your chances are better," said the friend, "if you tell her you're 90."

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Getting Rid Of Weeds In Flower Beds

How can I safely get rid of weeds in my flower beds?

Wilda Scott

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Athletic Banquet Centerpieces

Help! I am in charge of our annual Year End Sports Banquet. I am looking for centerpiece ideas for about 45 tables with various sport themes.

Joan S. from Lula, GA

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Mosquito Repellent Recipes

Recipe to keep away mosquitoes? Maybe plants or some kind of home remedy? Thanks for any information.

Tammy from Florida

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Growing Aloe Vera

I want to grow and process aloe vera by planting aloe vera plants. For this purpose, kindly guide me accordingly.

Naveed

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Storing Leftover Nacho Cheese

Is there a way to "can" nacho cheese? I bought a gallon can of it and we can't eat it all at one time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

Francene from Bremerton, WA

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Interior Design Themed Graduation Party

I am graduating this May with a BFA in Interior design. The graduation party is in June and I would like to incorporate Interior Design into the party. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this? Thanks.

Jenn from Johnstown, NY

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Cigarette Smoke on Plastic

Could you help me get cigarette smoke out of a plastic covering on a used baby changing table?

Thanks,
Janine

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Removing Dye That Transferred in the Wash

My son is pretty upset with me. Somehow when I washed his very nice yellow shirt something blue apparently bled onto it. Don't have any idea what happened. Nothing else in the load was affected. Somehow I didn't catch it and it got put in the dryer. Is there anything I can do to get the blue stains out or do I owe him a new shirt?

Robin from Indiana

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Cloth Diapers Pattern

Does anyone have good cloth diaper patterns that have really easy instructions? I'm sewing challenged! I need to make cloth diapers for my grandson. Any suggestions and information would be extremely helpful. Photo instructions would be helpful too. Thanks.

Phyllis from Grand Prairie, TX

Editors note: Here is a link that might helpful:

Make Your Own Cloth Diapers (From Recycled Clothes)

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Holly Tree With Yellow Leaves and Black Spots

HELP! I have a beautiful 10 foot tall American Holly tree that has been extremely healthy until the beginning of April. The holly is at least 20 years old. Now it has lots of yellow leaves some with black spots. I am afraid it is dying. What can I do to save it?

Hardiness Zone: 7a

Hilda C. from Alexandria, VA

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What to do With Collard Stems

Does anyone have ideas as to what I can do with collard stems? I have an Iguana who I only feed the leaves so I am often left with stems that I discard. I actually discard all the stems of all the greens for him such as watercress,dandelion and whatever but the collards are large and it seems like such a waste.Too bad I do not have something I could feed them to :) Thanks for your help!

Best wishes,

Toni from Northern NJ

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Can a Spider Plant Survive Winter Outdoors?

Will a spider plant survive outside in a flower garden in the winter and come back in the summer?

Hardiness Zone: 5b

Fred from Akron, Ohio

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Instructions For Beaded Plant Hanger

I am looking for instructions for a beaded plant hanger. I have many many craft books and have searched everywhere without any luck at all. Would appreciate if anyone may have or know of where to obtain these directions. TIA

Elaine from Michigan

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Removing Candle Wax From Patio

Last summer I stupidly left some candles out on our brand new patio and of course they melted onto the patio itself. We are wanting to pressure wash and paint the patio but I can't get the old melted candle wax off. Any suggestions?!

Sarah from Chattanooga, TN

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Where can I buy ZOTE soap?

Does anyone in northern Oakland county in MI know where I can find Zote soap? I have checked Dollar General. I am willing to drive some to find it. Thanks so much!

Nicki from MI

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Table With Leaves That Run Lengthwise

Have found an old wood dining set with 6 leaves that go with it. The leaves run lengthwise, as opposed to across the width of the table as I am used to seeing. Is this unusual?

Tammy

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Ridding My Yard of Moles

Does anyone know how to eliminate ground moles and woodchucks from taking residence in an and around our home. They can make horrendous holes. They have already made their presence know here in Charlotte, MI

Thanks,
Grammamare from Charlotte, MI

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Grandma Brown's Baked Beans

I live in the Daytona Beach, Florida area for 6 months out of the year and am originally from New York State. I LOVE Grandma Browns Baked Beans, and would like to know if there is anywhere in Florida that I could purchase this product. Thanks so much.

Junie S.

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Advice on How to Train Maltese Shitzu

I got a Maltese Shitzu and I need need some advice about how to train her. Can you please give me some advice?

Regan from WA

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Recipe Substitute For Cocoa

My husband gets migraines when he eats chocolate. What could a person use to replace cocoa in recipes -eg. - I have a brownie recipe. Should the cocoa be replaced with flour or something else. Thanks

Gloria from Saskatchewan

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How to Unblock a DVD Player

Does anyone know how to "unblock" a DVD player? My husband hit the eject button to remove a DVD we had watched. He removed the DVD and the door closed and now it says "Blocked" The only thing it will allow us to do is turn the power off and on. We've tried unplugging it hoping to reset it but to no avail. The manual was of no help either. Any suggestions on how to unblock it would be appreciated. Thanks!

Angela from Wilkesboro, NC

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How to Make Papier-Mache Mountains

How do you make papier-mache mountains?

Debbie from Chino Hills, CA

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How to Get a Start From a Flowering Almond Bush

Can I get a start off my moms flowering almond bush, or do I have to go buy my own? and how do I?

Cher from Utah

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Mysterious Bleach Stains on Clothing!

I keep getting bleach stains on all of my clothes, I no longer use bleach and have washed the washing machine. Please Help?

Emma from Tas, Australia

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Speakers Don't Work On My Dell

Speakers won't work on my dell.

Steven from Chicago, IL

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Bissell Powersteamer Recipes

I have a Bissell pro-heat 2x and I need the measures for the borax and vinegar combo to use in the solution tank. The cleaning formula is way to expensive and the carpet seems to attract dirt quicker. Is that because I`ve steamed up the scotch guard? My neighbor has used this site for help and recommends you.

B. Lou from Durham, NC

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Mysterious Grease Stains on Clothing

I keep getting 'grease' marks on freshly laundered clothes. The stains aren't there when I put the clothes in and then I only notice them when the clothes are dry and I am about to iron them. They are always round dark coloured spots that look like grease. Machine is top loader and two years old.

Seasider from Aus

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Crafting for Fun and Money!

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Saving Money on Onions

Tips and ideas for saving money on onions from the ThriftyFun community.

Saving Money on Onions

Children's Storage Bins Sold at Lowe's Stores Recalled Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Hazard: Surface paint on the storage bins could contain excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard.

Children's Storage Bins Sold at Lowe's Stores Recalled Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard

Growing Tomatoes In Black Plastic Bags

Question:

Another poster on here mentioned using black plastic bags as containers for growing tomatoes. I was wondering if anyone could elaborate on that method?

Growing Tomatoes In Black Plastic Bags

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