Money-Saving Moving Tips
Experience has taught us from many moves, if they are charging buy weight you may have a nasty surprise when they weigh the truck! If there are lots of heavy items ask for a quote that is guaranteed within 10%. Now you can estimate maximum you will pay and...
Moving Tips
Newspaper, plastic bags, plastic from dry-cleaning are a good for packing and almost free. Plastic bags tied up with air in make good air pillows for void areas. If you have shredder, shred is good. Best in bag to limit mess later. Shred makes a good base for...
Alternative Funeral Gift to Flowers?
My suggestions are partially already mentioned. Nice note cards, or note paper to write thank you notes with stamps are a great help. Nobody wants to shop for that with so much else to organize. Also cards with simple pictures better than any with words. With...
Deboning Chicken Thighs
I do the same but not so good at deboning. But cut 2 pieces from each side. I end up with a bone with meat attached. Use that to make chicken soup. Smaller bit work fine for smaller portions, which as seniors, we eat now.
Streak Free Hardwood Floors
We struggled with cleaning floors too. Found using distilled water helps as we have hard water. We dilute cleaner 1 part to at least 10 parts water in squirt bottle ( recycled dish detergent bottle with pull top). We squirt floor then mop. A little goes a long...
Sour Smelling Clothes?
What type of washing machine are you using? Top load or front load? Also are you on well water or city water. When we first moved to house with HE front loader on well water we had bad smell issues. Found out by asking its a common issue. Had to run machine...
Homemade Seed Sprouter
I have used old panty hose and plastic sleeve from garlic to create mesh at top of jar. Also if you have jar which has flatter sides like pasta jars (often ones that have measuring jar increments on side). It helps to tilt jar with open end down slightly, so...
Growing Sprouts Next to Your Kitchen Sink
I have found old panty hose cut up make a good material to put over top of jar. Also Health Food stores often sell organic alfalfa seeds, lentil etc by weight. So you can buy a very small amount to get started. We sprout in winter mist when lettuce us so expensive...
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Recipes?
Some thoughts to Google recipes for: Butternut stuffed pasta shells, but does use milk, cheeses Stuffed mushrooms or potatoes Vegetable lasagna Vegetable pies or quiche Recipes using lentils, check out lentils.org Vegetable curries Bean and rice dishes. Puerto...
Apples, Apples, Apples
Check out recipes for apple jelly made just from the leftovers when make fall apple dishes. Use those cores and peels. A thirty tip I learnt recently
