Laundry Detergent Caps For Bathroom Organizing
I wonder if it is a good idea to use the caps for drinking glasses as the container contained laundry detergent, not food. Just to be safe, I would say not to.
Creative Sink Storage Ideas
I my dish washing liquid in a pump bottle. It is so much more convenient to give it a tap than to have to lift up a bottle of dish soap upside down every time I want some. It probably saves on the amount used too. You can use one you buy or recycle one from...
Use Dishwater in Garden
If dishwater or other water from the house is used on the garden or lawn, biodegradable organic soaps should be used. Two years ago we had a flood in town which broke down our sewer system. Everyone was asked to let very little water down the drains and to...
Ceiling Tiles for Quilt Staging Wall
There is a store in Valley City, ND, called The Quilted Ceiling. When they opened up the business they had people decorate the ceiling tiles to look like quilt blocks similar to what you were talking about with your wall. Look the stores web page up on the...
Set Up a Week's Coffee on Sunday Night
Have you ever considered that you could save a lot more time and money by not drinking coffee, not to mention being in better health? The caffeine in it is addicting and can cause one to be agitated, to get headaches, etc. if ones daily dose is missed. Also...
Packing Kids For Multi Day Trips
I think that an early teenage boy should be old enough to choose what clothes to pack. My husband is a Boy Scout leader and they expect them to make a list, (Often suggestions are in the handbook for winter camping, weekend campouts, etc. or a list is given...
Cut Foods Right in the Can
Another way to cut up items without dirtying a cutting board is to use a kitchen scissors. I hate to contaminate my cutting boards with poultry so if chicken is already thawed and needs to be cut in strips or diced, I leave it in the styrofoam meat tray. If...
Oil Free Soap Recipe?
My father James Lades soap recipe: 1. Save fats that are solid at room temperature from meats, bacon drippings, Crisco, etc. You may be able to obtain discarded fats from restaurants. Clean lard by adding water and boiling it. The fat will rise to the top. Put...
Take Your Plastic Bags Back to the Store
I found several You Tube videos on making plarn or plastic yarn and have crocheted handbags and other articles out of it. This link seems to be be best method. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESQbELunPZg&feature=related I have found that the filmy plastic...
How I Save Money By Keeping a Clean House
I agree that a certain amount of cleaning is necessary to keep a household running smoothly, for sanitary and to make ones home a pleasant place. You give some great tips but I believe that a person must strike a balance between attention given to family, recreation...
Food for 2 Years for $5 a Week
A lady I know just started a website that talks about food storage and other ways of being prepared. It is: http://www.providenthomecompanion.com/ She gets into the reasons for storing food and info on how to do it.
Uses for Bacon Grease
I like bacon but eat it in moderation (sparingly, actually) and fry it crisply. I blot bacon with paper toweling to absorb the grease. Animal fats contain saturated fats that can combine with cholesterol to form plaque deposits which clog our arteries so we...
Freezing Strawberries
I freeze a lot of applesauce and other soft or liquid food items in plastic sandwich bags. I first put the sandwich bag into a 8 oz. measuring cup or margarine container, add a cup of applesauce or whatever, and close with a twist tie. If I have enough 8 oz...
Cleaning the filter on a vacuum.
I posted a tip a while back on cleaning the filter on a bagless vacuum cleaner. In the winter I couldnt reach a cement wall outside due to so much snow where I usually banged the dirt out of the filter. So I used another vacuum cleaner that I keep upstairs...
