Reusing Deodorant Stick Containers?
Try making your own stick deodorant! If you google make it yourself deodorant you will get a bunch of web sites for making your own deo. That way you can reuse those containers that you already have!
Entering Toddlers in Beauty Pageants?
Good advice from the others. Remember this, if you have to ask how much, you cant afford it!
Getting Rid of Boxed Spring Water Liners?
Try www.myrecycledbags.com maybe they would work for the items on that web site!
Use Lemon to Clean Electric Jugs
Thank you - my question also - so glad that I am not the only ditz this morning!!!
Loose Hinges and Screws
Thats a good idea Repair Guy . . . . but from a Fix-it MoM, I have been fixing loose screws with match sticks and toothpicks for years! Putting a knife to wood is not a good idea for me! Would cost me way to much in Band-aids and trips to the Drs office! But...
Saving Money on Steak
WoW - some great ideas - now heres mine! We are meat eaters, but have now learned to eat smaller portions. To start with, most of the time we marinate well (sometimes overnite). This goes for steak, chops and chicken. Then my husband bar-b-qs (year round, even...
Scented Sleepy Time Pal for Kids
Heating the lavender will make it degrade faster than if you just give the area a good squeeze. I had some old lavender eye pillows left over that were a few years old. I just squeeze them and hand a couple to my granddaughter to hold and most times she quiets...
All-Mozzarella Lasagna Recipe?
Making the Lasagna, and just omitting the mozzarella sounds like a good idea! I just came across a recipe that caught my eye, but I havent tried it yet. Go to(Goggle) Christina Cooks and look for the Rich, Tasty, Creamy, Yummy Lasagna. It uses tofu - my grandaughter...
Paint Suggestions for Tan, White and Gray Kitchen?
WOW - sounds like this Kitchen will take just about any color! Good for you! Heres a thought, choose a theam and not a color. A few years back I changed my Kitchen from Blues to Fruit, Fruit on the Dishes and some of the cook-ware. Fruit on the throw rugs and...
Using Blank Place Cards?
Looks like that you have a never ending supply of gift cards (for any occasion!). Change them up with stickers or stamps (if you are not into stamping, bet you know someone who is)!
How do I overwinter Dogwood seedlings?
Hello Lisa! - I have lots of plants that I will be healing in for the winter (I do it every year). Useing my garden squares, I dig a trough, starting at a short end, and then set in my pots, push the souil up to and around them. Then dig your next trough and...
Best Slug Repellent Ever
GOOD FOR YOU!!! I have been using Bug Juice for years - I also do not remember where I got the idea, read about it someplace I guess. But instead of grinding, I blend! I get garden blenders at yard sales for about a buck. A blender is much quicker. Just pop...
Sickly Honeysuckle Plant?
Your pictuer looks like you have used sawdust for mulch (?), that could be the problem. Get rid of the sawdust - water and feed well - if you really have a need for the mulch, try compost - good luck with your honeysuckle.
Using Beets
WoW - There are just a few things that I wont eat - and beets are one of them. Now if I make the cake, I can take them off my wont eat list!! Thanks
Attracting Hummers To Your Garden
Ellen a wonderful artical - but I would like to add - The picuter that you used is of a hummer on a Maltese Cross - I have quite a few in my yard and my hummers just love them. and for the feeders, when temps reach over 60 degrees, pathogens tend to multiply...
Recipes Using Citrus Fruits?
Hi There - looks like you have gotten a lot of good ideas - but I have one more. Try making marmalade. There are lots of good recipes on the net - just google marmalade recipe and pick one - they are all good - I have tried a few, but forget which ones!
Whippoorwill Pea Seed?
I found wippoorwill seeds at this site: http://www.victoryseeds.com/catalog/vegetable/peas/peas_southern.html
Spray Vinegar on Underarm of Shirts Before Cleaning
Good Idea! But I think that I can do you one better. Several months ago I noticed that some of my washcloths and towels had a bit of a funky order after washing (I think that they stayed in the bottom of the hamper a little to long) - I had read a few things...
Vietnamese Avocado Shake
Stella - I know what you mean about what your mouth expects when you put avacodo into it!! I think I will try your shake. You should check out Avacado Fudge (posted on 12-3-07) - Its not bad!! Thanks - Sheri
Help Filling Lotion Pump Bottle?
When one bottel of lotion gets low, I set it aside and open a new one. After about a week of use with the new bottel, I add a little, just a little olive oil to the old bottel,shake it up well to mix, then put the two bottels together, using duct tape. Make...
Cheap or Homemade Anti-aging Products?
I use olive oil. I put about 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons of dried lavender buds in about an 8oz bottle of olive oil. It takes about a month for the lavender to get saturated enough to all sink to the bottom, but I start using it about a week after I put the lavender...
Supper Casserole
Hi Robin - So happy to see this recipe. At least 45 years ago my dad found this in a magazine - it was called 7 layer casserole. He cooked it all the time (it was the only thing that he cooked that I would eat, but I was quite young then!!). I had lost the...
Help For Invisible Eyebrows?
My cousin does the tatoo thing - eyebrows and liner. I had to be told that she had it done as it looked very good! But check around for a good place with an even better reputation. My mother is a redhead (white now), but growing up I can remember her dying...
What Can Be Added to Water For Boiling Chicken Before BBQ?
We use Mrs Dash and a bay leaf. We always par-boil our chicken before putting it on the bar-b-q. We use the same for turkey also. We boil then put it in the smoaker.
WD-40 for Removing Stickers
I use my hair dryer! Start at the edge of the sticker or label and start peeling as you apply heat. But be careful as your fingers can get a little warm. Sometimes I get my husbands help. I heat and he peels. Then when his fingers get to warm, we switch! Happy...
Removing Tea Stain From Ceramic Pot?
My husband has a disgusting tea pot he uses everyday - when I can find it empty - I use good ol bleach to clean it. I try to let it soak overnight and then give it a good scrubbing. Works pretty good.
