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Tip: Make Monitor Print Larger

Elaine
Bronze Post Medal for All Time! 172 Posts

June 4, 2010

If you have difficulty seeing your monitor, rather than get your reading glasses, hold down the control key with your left hand and with hand on mouse scroll away from you to make the print larger. To make it normal again, scroll toward yourself. This makes life much easier.

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Tip: Keep Medical Information Handy

June 2, 2010

Type or write your name, your medications and dosage, along with any allergies you have on one side of a business card or similar sized card.

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Article: Ten More Commandments Of Dealing With The Blind

Lelia Jo Cordell
Diamond Feedback Medal for All Time! 1,394 Feedbacks

June 1, 2010

Back, by popular demand, here are a few more tips for sighted folk dealing with blind people:

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Advice For Healthy EatingAfter exploring the Atkins diet, Nutrisystem, and various other diets and diet advice, this is the best diet advice I have to offer. This simple advice will keep your weight in check and ensure that you have good health and energy.

Defrost Frozen Vegetables Before CookingWhen preparing dinner in the evening, I pour the desired amount of any frozen vegetable that I plan to serve into a colander, set the colander into a bowl, and add hot water.

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Different Ways to Hang Dry Your ClothingWe live in a 2-bedroom, first floor apartment that has an attached garage. Since we can't hang our laundry outside, my husband installed some wash lines in the garage. During the warmer months I'm able to dry my clothes and save money on the electric bill by not having to use the dryer.

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Beach in Hawaii

Frugal Hawaii VacationThese are some frugal ideas you can use while visiting Hawaii and still enjoy your vacation without paying as much. My daughter who was about 18 at the time, and I took a trip to the Island of Oahu. We stayed in a small room close to the International Market.

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Make Brillo Pad Last LongerTo prevent a Brillo pad from getting rusty, rinse after use then shake out all of the excess water. Make sure no more water comes out when you shake it. I even hit the pad against the sink wall a few times. The pad will last so much longer!

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Mini-Greenhouse From Plastic JugsI set out plants I grow from seed and they need protection from wind and pests. I use clear juice jugs with the bottom cut out and no lid as a mini greenhouse for each plant. The plants get off to a great start! This also works to start seeds in the garden.

Perma Soft II Denture Relining Kit

Product Review: Perma Soft II Denture...If you are like most of us and simply can't or don't choose to pay dentists to reline your dentures here is the answer for you! I had searched everywhere and hounded everyone I knew who might be able to help and finally found the answer on Ebay.

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Restain Old Kitchen CabinetsIf you want to redo or give a face-lift to aged kitchen cabinets, here's an inexpensive way to do it. It does require your time and effort. Try mixing two wood stains together to about the color of wood your kitchen cabinets were originally or if you prefer you can change the wood color altogether.

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Stretch Fast Food Iced Tea With IceWhen you get iced tea from a fast food place, it is often too strong. If you are at the take out window, ask for an extra cup of ice water or just a cup of ice - then you can use it to dilute the iced tea to make it more tasty.

Use Pruned Tree Limbs as TrellisesUse hard wood branches you have pruned to at least five feet long in your garden as a trellis for climbing vines. It's perfect for sweet peas or peas. Looks absolutely pretty too.

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Use Seasonal Napkins in CD Cases for CoastersHere's a cute tip for the frugal and festive folks: Use CD jewel cases as coasters for special occasions. Purchase seasonal/holiday cocktail napkins at a discount from the dollar store after the season has passed, insert them into empty jewel cases, and change with the occasions.

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Buy Magazines Used at Garage SalesI go to yard sales and garage sales and sometimes they have used magazines. I buy them for five to ten cents each. Sometimes they even give them away. They have really nice recipes and fresh ideas too. Cheap is good.

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Buy Used Tuxedo Rather Than RentingMy son plays in several bands and is going to high school next year. With all of his performances and upcoming dances, we bought him a used tux at a local tux rental store. The store sells off their used tuxes at a great discount.

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Cleaning High CeilingsIf your ceiling and walls are dirty, a microfiber mop does a fast and amazing job of cleaning them. I sprayed it with a bit of Simple Green for the first pass, but I don't know if it was really necessary because the smoke residue seemed to come off fine with just water.

Heated Cinnamon and Water for Room FreshenerI love to use a little cinnamon in water boiling on the stove to make my house smell a little homey. Sometimes when someone calls for a unexpected visit to make my house smell like cookies are baking, I just put cinnamon in a pot with water and put it on the stove to boil.

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Socks for DustingUse the lonely lost sock from the dryer as a duster. I turn it inside out and spray furniture polish on it then swipe it where ever there is a hint of dust and voila, the dust is on the sock.

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Tea Cup and Saucer Gift IdeaI have a good gift idea. Buy an old collectible teacup and saucer at an antique store or flea market with no chips, etc. Clean. Fill it with assorted packets of teabags individually wrapped. Put in cinnamon sticks.

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Use Baggie as Thrifty Pastry Bag for Deviled EggsWith summer almost here and graduations parties, barbecues, and holidays near, a good thing to make for the parties is deviled eggs. Not only are deviled eggs economical, they are easy.

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A woman sitting on a covered bucket while weeding in the garden.

Use Covered Bucket as StoolA plastic bucket with a tight fitting lid makes a wonderful stool in the garden! You can sit on it while picking produce or weeding and store gloves, small tools, and more inside.

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Use Tea to Keep Wire Worms from CarrotsSprinkling dried used tea bags over your carrots will keep wire worms from infesting your carrot crop. Don't forget to remove paper from the tea bag first,

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Add Orange Peels To Your LaundrySave your orange peels and put them in your washer to do laundry. This does something good for mother earth and your clothes will come out smelling fresh and clean.

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Drive Through ATM SafetyI prefer using a drive up ATM machine because I have a car full of kids and I feel safer. Even though I'm in a car, I can never be too safe. I keep my doors locked. If there is a car in front of me and I am waiting, I also keep my windows up.

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Glass Jars for Food StorageI do not throw away any glass or plastic jars that can be reused. I save the small ones for spices I buy in bulk at the store for a fraction of what they cost in bottles on the shelf. I also use them to store taco mix, gravy mix, beans, etc.

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Keep Paint Samples to Coordinate Home PurchasesI always keep paint chip samples from the paint I have used in various rooms of the house in my purse. I write the room on the back.

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Storing LettuceTo make your romaine lettuce last longer, rinse well, then wrap it with paper towels and put it into a food storage bag. It lasts a long time this way!

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Use Broken Flip Phone TemporarilyDid you know you can still use your flip style cell phone if it breaks in half? Well mine did and I'm using it until my replacement gets here. I don't have use of the display but I am able to put it on speaker phone and I'm using the speech commands.

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Use Damp Towel to Keep Neck CoolOne of the best ways of dealing with summer heat as you work outside your home is to wear a clean wet towel around your neck.

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Stones on earring wire.

Use Earring Wire For Odd Shaped Stones and BeadsI wanted to make a necklace, but the layout of the stones wasn't functioning well on the grooved necklace board from the craft shop. The doughnut shaped stones with a hole in the middle kept on falling over onto their flat sides.

Beware Misleading Produce PackagingI just purchased red grapes in the plastic clam shell package from Sam's Club. While washing them, my mother noticed that they were two different variety. The few on top were plump. The rest were regular to small sized grapes. Let the buyer beware.

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Cleaning Your Garlic PressAfter using a garlic press, clean it out using your vegetable scrubber brush. Place the bristles on the part where the garlic comes out and push bristles into the holes several times while holding under running water.

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Google's Back Button Issue In Internet ExplorerBack-button not working in Google? If your back-button has stopped going back to the previous page(s), you can do one of two things:

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A pet bird sitting in its cage.

Have Your Vet Clip Wings, Nails and BeaksWhen it comes to clipping wings and trimming nails and beaks on pet birds, my vet recommends that you bring the bird in and let the vet do the dirty deed.

Managing Email AdvertisementsI love to receive email advertisements from the stores where I shop, but I seldom really need to buy anything. Instead of opening each email and looking through it, I have created a folder for "Advertisements." I move each unopened ad directly into the folder.

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Product Review: ArmorAll ProtectantArmorAll is a product sold for use on vehicles and I recommend it for that and much more. The labeling tells you this product will clean, protect, and shine rubber, plastic, and vinyl surfaces. It helps to block harmful UV rays and slow the aging process.

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Reuse Backpack and School SuppliesIn most areas of the US, school will be over soon. The last thing on everyone's mind right now is the next school year. But this is a relatively painless tip that doesn't take much time and will surely save you money.

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Reuse Food ContainersA great way to store things without spending a lot of money is to use the tubs that butter or cookie dough comes in. When the butter is all used up, I microwave the container for 30 seconds to melt away all the leftover butter.

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Use Damp Newspaper to Clean WindowsIf you have run out of window cleaner, use a damp newspaper. They work really well and do not streak the glass. Be sure you only use it on glass and do not use newspaper with colored print on it.

Use Dog Nail Clippers On Flower StemsA great tool to use for cutting flower stems diagonally when changing the water is the nail clippers made for clipping a dog's nails. The stems fit down into the hole and the clippers are sharp so you get a nice clean cut.

Use Kitty Litter Tubs as Garden PlantersThis is for fellow cat owners or anyone who knows a cat owner. If you purchase kitty litter in the plastic tubs with wire handles, do not throw away the tubs - use them as flower pots.

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Use Microwave as BreadboxMost of us have a microwave oven in our kitchens. Most of us have a loaf of bread in our kitchens. Where do you keep your bread when you are not using it? Most of us just leave it on the counter. Better place - put it in your microwave oven.

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Butterfly image.

Using Rubber Stamps Without Ink PadsThere's been a lot of discussion recently on many of the scrapbook boards about using Goo Gone or baby oil along with blending stumps to color stamped images for scrapbooking and card making.

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