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Tip: Homemade Oxiclean

coville123
Silver Post Medal for All Time! 433 Posts

November 23, 2011

Make your own oxi-clean using 1/2 cup baking soda, 1/2 cup peroxide, 1 cup warm water. Mix in a jar and shake well. Add it to your regular load, or pre-soak for the night. Works really well on stains! We love it. This works as well as store brand.

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Tip: Helping Someone Else Be Motivated

November 21, 2011

I lived with a mom that had many health problems and was always helping others. So one day I said, "please let's find a way for you to do the organizing part of the cleaning". She had a strong comfy stool that would fit in any room.

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Tip: Take Bulbs to Approved Disposal Center

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Gold Post Medal for All Time! 846 Posts

November 20, 2011

When it comes to disposal and/or cleanup of CFL light bulbs, the most important and thorough information comes from the Environmental Protection Agency.

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"Musgo" Leftover CasseroleI haven't had this in a long time, but I look forward to it as much as I do the Thanksgiving dinner. We have a dish in our house known as Musgo "everything in the fridge must go". At Thanksgiving time, Musgo is a Thanksgiving casserole.

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Paper Tube for Tong StorageEver get those salad tongs stuck and you find you can't open your utensil drawer? Here's a cheap fix. Save paper towel rolls or toilet paper rolls. Simply slide the tongs in the cardboard sleeve, and they will stay together and untangled from other utensils.

Product Review: Advion Roach And And Bait And GelI am very happy with their product and it works. I ordered the first package and put them out according to the video.

Removing Adhesive From SuedeTo get sticky adhesive off suede items, gently run with a pink eraser then wash the suede in the laundry as usual on the gently cycle.

Fitting In When You Move To A New TownWhen I moved to the small town I currently live in (population under 3000), I had extreme difficulty finding businesses and organizations. Not only was the town small, but they were also clicky and tight. I was an outsider, and just didn't fit in.

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Frugal Refurbished EreaderYou may not consider the purchase of an ereader as frugal but in my case, it is. Our "local" library is 60 mile round trip. Then the books have to be returned. Consequently I've not been able to enjoy reading a book in several years.

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Iron Cleaner For Curling IronsUse iron cleaner to clean a sticky curling iron and flat iron.

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Sewing Tips and ResourcesOnce upon a time, every young girl (and a few boys starting in the mid-seventies) took a class at school called 'Home Economics'. The class was required for a time as part of the curriculum.

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Unscented Baby Powder or Corn Starch For HivesI have the same problems as you do. I get relief by applying a mixture of unscented baby powder and corn starch to the affected areas.

Use Coffee Filters To Dry SeedsLine dinner plates with coffee filters to dry flower and garden seeds. When the seeds are dry, discard the coffee filters and store the seeds in a container lined with coffee filters.

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Home Treatment For HivesI have been highly susceptible to hives all of my life due to either allergies or stress. The first step toward getting rid of them is to determine what is causing them. If it's allergies, then the next step is obvious.

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Laundry Washing And Drying TipsI supplement regular detergent with borax, and wash in cold water always. When using the clothes dryer, I throw in a couple clean tennis balls. They move the clothes around more, preventing the inevitable lumping of wet laundry.

Quilt Made from Graphic T-ShirtsI have made a quilt out of my son's favorite graphic T-shirts. I just kept saving the shirts. When we had a few dozen, I cut huge squares with the designs, and the plain sides the same size.

View of small kitchen with white box shelf with many small compartments

Square Box Shelves for Small KitchenMy passion is my kitchen and making it easier to work in, as it is small. I just try different things. I bought one of a set of square boxes from the hardware store, and put it on my upper counter to give me a space to slide things in.

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Use Baking Soda To Deodorize BooksI bought a book at Amazon that evidently was in a fire. It took a year for smell to go away. You could try putting the book in plastic bag with baking soda or flowers to absorb the smell or spray your book with orange oil

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Use Cell Phone to Remember Important Dates and TimesIf you sometimes wonder if you have given your pets their monthly flea treatment, or perhaps a monthly volunteer opportunity you participate in, put it in your cell phone calendar.

Use Clips to Help Glue Items TogetherBinder clips can be used for gluing items together. Some glues require pressing the items together for a few minutes. Binder clips are available in different sizes for different projects, help form a tight bond, and do not leave fingerprints or markings.

Baby Oil As Wood CleanerI've been using baby oil to polish my furniture for a few years now and it works great for me. I have a lot of dark wood furniture. It really shines and there's no oily film left. The shine lasts too, so I polish less frequently.

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Cats Like To Scratch Different SurfacesAfter reading many a book about cats, and observing many cats as a foster parent for the local humane society, I learned that different cats like different surfaces to scratch on. We observed our cats inside and out, and could tell that most of them liked scratching on the trees.

Organizing Emails for Yahoo Email AccountsYahoo has an application which, when allowed, will automatically organize your emails, set up folders, and everything else with just a click. Go to the left of email box, under Apps is this free tool.

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Spray Hot Vinegar On WeedsSpray hot vinegar on the weeds. No chemicals, and very organic. To help prevent germination of weeds, scatter corn meal around before a rain.

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Stop Run with Clear Nail PolishTo stop a run in your stockings, use clear nail polish at each end of the run.

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The Secret to a Moist TurkeyDon't wait for your Thanksgiving turkey to make its own juices for basting. Give it an extra-moist start by adding your favorite broth or bouillon.

Use Alcohol in a Spray Bottle To Clean EyeglassesWe were told when we purchased our eyeglasses to just use alcohol in a small spray bottle. We both have special non-glare finishes. The lenses had been damaged on past glasses by other cleaning methods, but this one works beautifully!

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Use Binder Clips in the KitchenI use binder clips in my kitchen. They keep chip bags closed tightly. Along with using on cold cereal bags or any bag that needs to stay closed inside of a box or on it's own.

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Use Bitter Apple Spray To Deter CatsTwo adult cats (2 and 13) own me and I also foster kittens from the Wisconsin Humane Society, so I am always aware of the problem. Two years ago, at Christmas, a kitten we had just adopted bit on an electrical cord from the Christmas tree.

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Use Bread Bags to Store FabricI use bread bags to store my fabric. I roll the fabric in a tube, place it in the bag, and add a piece of masking tape to the bottom with the yardage. When I use the fabric, I tape the bag to the edge of my sewing machine.

Use Clips To Keep Food FreshI use these clips for closing bags of anything from herbs and spices to frozen veggies. They are easy to use and never come undone.

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Use Jewelry Cleaner on GoldCleaning your gold jewelry is a very simple process and should be done to clean off the oils from your skin, hair spray, etc. to bring back that sparkle and shine. When I worked for a jewelry store, we used commercial products that we also sold for home jewelry cleaning.

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Use Soapy Dish Water For EyeglassesThis is so simple, inexpensive and effective. After I've finished washing up the breakfast things in hot soapy water, I dip my glasses into the washing up bowl and swirl them around, then dry them on the tea towel before drying any of the cereal bowls.

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Window Cleaner For Spot Cleaning CarpetIf you have marks on your carpet, try spraying the mark with window cleaner then giving it a bit of a scrub. It worked for me.

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A Personalized Half BirthdayWhereas a birthday celebration might include friends and extended family, as well as a cake and perhaps some special outing, the half birthday could be more personalized.

Add Carrots to Mashed PotatoesAdd shredded or finely chopped carrots, 1/4 to 1/3 the amount of potatoes. It adds a great color, and extra little sweetness!

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Prelit clear tree with red skirt

Add Colored Lights To Clear Prelit TreeWe have a clear prelit tree. Then we take a strand of color lights, and start at the top. We run them up and down as we go around. It is best to have 2 people for this. Then if we want more lights, we run a set starting at the top going around until we get to the bottom.

Add Colored Lights To Clear Prelit TreeWe have a clear prelit tree. Then we take a strand of color lights, and start at the top. We run them up and down as we go around.

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White flower with a purple throat, maybe a Rose of Sharon.

Ask For Plant CuttingsI usually ask friends and family for starts off their plants. When I go to a nursery or store that sells plants, I look on their floors. A lot of times you can find broken stems that can be rooted in water.

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Boxed to Motivate Yourself to OrganizeHaving some perfectly sized rectangular, open cardboard boxes with handle holes on either side is motivating me to organize closets and under the bed areas.

Copy Recipes And Store In Protective SheetsYou can take all your recipes and copy them with a scanner to a computer, print, or use copy machine at library and they become the same size page. Some pages will have more than one recipe, so make sure they are in the same category.

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Saving Energy On Hot WaterHere are some tips from the U.S. Department of Energy for making your hot water use more efficient.

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Spray Foaming Bleach or CLR for MoldGrout lines in the bathtub/shower stall are notorious for growing mold if not kept in check. I have found that keeping a spray bottle of Clorox foaming bleach or a spray bottle of CLR (or Lime-Away) in the bath area reduces clean up time.

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Use Store Receipts to Figure SavingsAn easy way to keep track of how much you are saving is to hold onto your store receipts. Major grocery stores show how much you save by using their customer card, plus you will have all the subtractions from coupon savings.

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Use Weed Cloth Under RocksI have lots of rocks around all my flower beds in my yard. Some are really large, and weeds always found a space to come up in between them. It was difficult to move them each time this happened.

Mold Prevention TipsMold is everywhere in area I live. It is in every closet, under cabinets, and linens. It can ruin everything, if you aren't careful. I have a couple ways I deal with it.

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Shelf with plastic containers stored with lids.

Organizing Tupperware and Plastic ContainersI keep the lids with the containers. This is just one shelf, the others are similar. Although it's not Tupperware, this system should work with any group of containers.

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