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New Kitten Hissing at Resident Kitten?
Give them time. They are young and will get use to each other eventually.

 

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Sources of Free Furniture?
You can always search your local Craigslist for free furniture.

 

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Homemade Birthday/Christmas Gift for My Boyfriend?
Are you planning to combine the gifts? If so, I suggest that you not do that. People dont like to have their birthday and Christmas gifts combined, my siblings are December 2,3 and 10. Make him cookies for one gift and perhaps a mixed cd for the other, if you...

 

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Bingo Themed Party Invitations?
Print two bingo boards with the party info on the boards on an 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper. Cut in half, fold, and daub some bingo ink on the fronts. Put in the envelopes, address, and mail them.

 

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Boiling Partially Frozen, Raw Chicken Breasts?
Yes! I have boiled partially frozen or even completely frozen chicken for years. Even as recently as last night.

 

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Grease on Suede Boots?
Try sprinkling baking soda on the grease. Let sit a while. Brush baking soda off. Good luck.

 

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1-2-3 Lemon Cookies
Has anyone tried this with sugar free Jell-o? If you have tried it with both, did you notice a tase difference? Thanks, Ms April

 

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Warming Yourself Up
My son always wants to turn up the heat. I told him, if you have on a pair of socks, and your slippers, pants and a long sleeve shirt, and you are still cold, well turn up the heat. Well, after putting on a long sleeve shirt, pants instead of shorts, socks...

 

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Bananas Turning Brown in Banana Cream Pie?
Are you using cooked pudding? That usually makes the bananas react the way you describe. Try instant pudding instead. Perhaps you are using a homemade crust. Make sure the crust is completely cool before using. If you already use instant, try pouring a little...

 

My Frugal Life: Be My BFFF (Best Frugal Friends Forever)
Polly, Angel Food Ministries is available at Cedar Springs Free Methodist Church 135 N. Grant Street CEDAR SPRINGS, MI 49319 616-696-2970 www.thespringschurch.info Also, I know you said that you didnt like to go to the free places, however, Victory Baptist...

 

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Turn Stuffed Animals into Puppets
That is an awesome idea! I wish I had known about doing that when my son was young. However, I can pass the idea onto my relatives with younger childrren.

 

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Holiday Low-Carb Recipes?
Im not sure what you are looking for, but there are tons of recipes on the web. Try: http://brands.kraftfoods.com/diabetic/main.aspx?s=diabetic&m=main_content for dessert recipes. For appetizers: soften cream cheese, add bacon bits and spread into celery sitcks...

 

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Keeping Hair from Sticking to Dress?
Try Static Guard, and take a clothes brush with you.

 

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Uses for Store Hangers?
You can donate them to any Salvation Army, Goodwill or other organization that sells/gives away used clothes.

 

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Homemade Pudding Recipes?
This should be what you need: Easy Chocolate Pudding 2/3 cup sugar 1/4 cup Argo® or Kingsfords® corn starch 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa 1/8 teaspoon salt 2 3/4 cups milk 2 tablespoons Mazola® margarine or butter 1 teaspoon vanilla In medium saucepan combine...

 

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Carnation Breakfast Bars Recipe?
Try this site to see if the one you want is there. http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/archives.htm

 

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Looking for Simple Baby Quilt Pattern?
Not a quilt, but you can get pretty baby printed fleece and sew or tie two pieces together. Or you could buy cloth with baby prints and sew them together with batting and another piece of cloth.

 

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Refurbished Easy Chair Using Latex Paint!
I would also like to know how to do this. And, is the final result like haveing a leather or vinyl piece that will make one sweat?

 

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Refurbished Easy Chair Using Latex Paint!
What is textile medium and where do you get it? Thanks, April

 

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Protecting Cabinets Above Stove?
Can you put cloth covers over them? Make covers like pillowcases, except leave a long side open to slip them on to the doors. That way when they get dirty you can just throw them in the wash. If you dont like the idea of cloth, you can use vinyl.

 

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Reese Witherspoon Haircut Styling?
Try parting it on the other side.

 

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Donating Ostomy Supplies?
Hospice usually takes those types of donations.

 

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Craft Projects with Old Calendars?
We use old calendars as puzzles in our special education classroom. We laminate them and then cut them up for the kids. Perhaps you could donate them to a school for that purpose.

 

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Straightening Wavy Hair?
Long hair that is wavy usually is very curly when cut short.

 

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How To Keep Hair From Tangling?
Brushes are bad for hair. Use a wide tooth comb and comb from the bottom of the strands up.

 

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Ideas for Goody Bags and Food for Pamper Party?
I would like to suggest rich, decadent food. Fruit and fruit dip, brownies topped with ice cream, and the choice of warm fudge or warm caramel sauce. Stuff like that.

 

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Avoiding Static Shocks on Metal Chairs with Microfiber Seats?
try grabbing the metal part when standing, that should take care of the shock.

 

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Buying a Hair Frizzer?
Do you mean a crimper, or a defuser? Ive not heared of a frizzer.

 

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Busy Day Chocolate Cake
This is great. You could make up a couple of zip lock baggies with the dry ingredients in them and store them in the freezer to make this even quicker. Just take the baggie out of the freezer when you set out the hot water and shortening.

 

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Does Watermelon Have To Be Kept Cold?
Unless cut, watermelon is sold from a display. You can take your watermelon to the picnic whole and not cold. Cut the rind off and section it at the picnic.

 

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100th Birthday Gift Ideas?
Can you crochet or knit? Perhaps you could make her a lap throw or shawl. Of a fleece lap throw.

 

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Family Reunion Centerpieces?
Before you go, collect photos of each person from childhood to adulthood. Get or make long picks that hold photos and take them with you to Florida. When you get to Florida, buy plants or little pots of flowers and put the picks in them with the photos. Be...

 

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Baby Shower Locations?
If you know someone who lives in an apartment complex or mobile home park, they can usually rent the club house for a small amount of money. That is what I am doing for my sons grad party.

 

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"Impossible" Chocolate Pudding Pie?
I found this: Impossible Chocolate Pie Ingredients (8 servings) 2 Eggs 1 c Milk 1/4 c Butter 1 ts Vanilla 2 oz Melted chocolate 1 c Brown sugar 1/2 c Bisquick Instructions Preheat oven to 350. Put everything in blender for 1 min. pour into pie plate. Bake for...

 

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Church Fundraiser Ideas?
I suggested to our church that we hold an inside rummage sale. Rent out tables for local residents to put out their stuff. Have church members donate stuff to sell too.

 

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Cleaning a Coffee Urn?
Have you tried using very hot water and table salt ? Just put the water and salt in in the urn and swish it around. It may take a few tries. You can try the hot water and baking soda also.

 

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2 Year Old With Chickenpox?
A bath with baking soda in it is soothing and relieves itching. Putting bath toys in helps keep them in there for a while.

 

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Easy Holiday Recipes?
2- 8 ounce packages of cream cheese, softened 6 green onions, chopped 1-8 ounce package shreaded cheddar cheese 1 jar dried beef, chopped mix everyting together with your hands. form into two balls. You can coat them with finely chopped walnuts to make them...

 

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Christmas Bulb Teddy Bear Ornament?
My son made one of these when he was a little guy. You use those pom poms that come in a bag. Glue them on the ornament. 2 legs 2 arms head with googlie eyes glued on. I am doing this from memory,its packed with the other Christmas things right now.

 

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Baby Oil In Hair?
Wash hair with Dawn dish soap. It is safe to use, its used to clean wild animals after an oil spill.(i)(/i)(u)(/u)

 

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Recycling Broken Jewelry?
What type of jewelry is it? Can you glue, or attach a pin to it ?

 

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Making Yellowed Plastic White Again?
Hi, First, take them down and clean them really well. Still yellow? Try soaking in bleach water. Still yellow? Use some Krylon paint for plastic and spray paint them white again. When my father in law passed away, a distant family member, who is a firefighter...

 

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Long Hair Tips?
comb from the bottom up with a wide toothed comb.

 

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Unique Christmas Gifts?
Im making Church journals for a family at church. Ive taken composition books I bought at the dollar store, covered them with paper in their favorite colors, used stickers of things they are interested in, and other matching paper to decorate them, and plan...

 

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