Your Lesser Known Tips

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How To Repair Burned Foods

Let’s say you burned your spaghetti sauce. Not to worry. Go easy now and take a large spoon , remove the top part of the sauce. Do not stir it up, or go all the way to the bottom. If you do you’ll bring up the burned part also. Just remove the top portion, that comes up easy. Transfer this to another pot. You shouldn’t taste any burned part now. If the sauce is beyond repair, where the whole thing is unsalvageable- sorry you’ll have to start from scratch. But I have helped several out of a jam, where we were able to selvage enough off the top, so there was no burnt taste.

Have several tips of all kinds to share with you.

Been awfully busy with a bake sale, and a raffle. I’m the vice here at this club of 62 people. So I have to participate in all doings. Next coming up is an auction. Will jump on here when I get time.

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Kids Lunches

These are cute and they will eat. Take an freeze a loaf of bread. Now take some cute cookie cutters and cut shapes out of the bread slices. If you use the cutters that are open on each end, they work better. Now spread on, or put on your child’s favorite lunchables. I make a lot of feet, and bugs bunny, bears, and other animals for my grand children and other children. The kids love these and eat their lunches. Who wants a blaw - zay sandwich. Not me.

I also make Mickey mouse pancakes for the kids. I use my turkey baster and make a round circle. Then I attach two ears.

I make French toast. Then cut it in strips with a pizza cutter. Breakfast time is a blast at my house.

Will tell you some other things I do later. Sorry no more time.

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More Ideas

Go to a wall paper store and ask if they have any old catalogs. They only toss these out. Get the one that has prepasted wall paper in it. Go home and check it out. Look for some that has prints appropriate for a baby’s room. Now cut these cute little pictures out. There now just wet the backs and put them on your babies wall. My friends use to put them around the changing table. Keeps your baby amused during the changing periods.

Also keep in mind, that you can glue fabric to a wall also.

You can use sheets to make window curtains, and shower curtains.

If the top of the shower curtain rips out from the rings, just put a strip of duct tape in that area where the hole ripped out. Then take a punch and make a new hole. Volla!

Now if you get a spot on your carpet, and nothing seems to take it out. Well where’s your box of crayons. Buy the large box of assorted colors. Keep it handy just for this purpose. You can usually find a color in there to match your carpets. So doctor it.

Crayon marks on a wall will usually come off with W D 40.

Spray paint will come off with W D 40.

You know those little tiny stuffed bears. There about 2 ½ “ tall. Well you can tie a ribbon around their neck. Then glue a magnet on the back.. Or glue on two if heavy. Put him on the frig to hold messages.

You can hem leather jackets with rubber cement. Apply it to both pieces, and hold to bond until dry.

You can pin socks on a coat hanger, then hang it on the line. Fast removal.

You can set up 10 soda pop cans. Then let the kids throw a ball at them. ‘Bowling”

The kids can do the limbo, hop, or play volley ball through a sprinkler.

Now when tiling , and you have left overs. You could glue some felt on the bottom, for a trivet for hot foods. Or you could break them into tiny pieces, and glue them on a small table, a vase, or a counter.
Or pop one in the mic and place it in the bottom of a bread basket to keep bread or rolls hot. Or you could even paint them with some glass paint, and you decide what to do with it after that.

Kids can stick their hands in acrylic paint. Then press them onto a t shirt.Make sure you put a cardboard on the inside of the t shirt first. . Do a good job now. Then give them to grandparents for X mas. Maybe write something like “ My grandchildren walk all over me. Let it dry good.

Or gather up 12 photos of your kids. Now take them to a photo shop. Tell them you want a calendar made with them. Give these as X mas gifts.

You can even use wall paper for book covers. Or to line your shelves.

Put a trash bag in the bottom of trash cans. Then when you take out the full one, just pull up the new one. I keep several in the bottoms of mine.

Here’s the Boo Boo Bunny Song to sing for all Boo Boo’s.
I’m the Boo Boo Bunny and I’m here to say, when you get a Boo Boo I’ll help it go away. We’ll just place a little ice upon the bump, and keep it there, until there’s no more lump.
I use to sing this to my kids, and still do my grandchildren. It helps to make the Boo Boo a little easier.

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Car tips

Before going on a vacation, check out your hoses for cracks, and bulges.
If More than two years old, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to get them replaced.

Flush and refill your radiator every two years.

Check your antifreeze, when you check your oil.

Keep electrical and duct tape in your glove box. A friend of mine back into a stump in the woods. They were getting a Christmas tree. Their muffler came loose and they duck taped it till they got home. Held great. The tape was a life saver.

Remove rust spots on your car’s bumper, by crumpling up tin foil, and dipping into coke.

Use a paste of baking soda to clean away corrosion on car battery terminals without having to use a wire brush.

When you purchase a new car, Spray the upholstery and carpeting with Scotch Guard. Clean up later will be a snap.

Put and old shower curtain under a baby seat, to catch all crumbs when they eat.

You can clean out all hard to get to places with a q- tip.

Put a bag of kitty liter in your trunk in the winter time. Great traction to help you get out of the snow.

When going camping toss a plastic tub with a lid in the trunk.
Then when you need to wash clothes toss in some laundry soap, water and your clothes. Drive around town. When you return your laundry should be done.

You can use coffee filters to wipe windows and mirrors. Their lint free.

You can use a hair dryer on a bumper sticker, for a few minutes to remove them.

If you lock yourself out of your car, use a coat hanger to get in.
Take an straighten a hanger, fashion a loop and work between the window and the door. Use the hoop to hook the door lock and pull it up.

You can coat a clean and dry car battery terminal, with petroleum jelly to prevent corrosion.

You can clean leather upholstery with cold cream. Put some on a rag and rub in then wipe.

Carpet stains you can use club soda.
Bugs on cars. You can use baking soda on a moist sponge.
It stiffens them up.

Rust on the wheels. You can use an S . O. S. pad.

Car white walls. You can use basin tub and tile cleaner. Rub good.

For interior car rugs, you can use plush rubber back bathroom rugs.

Lost gas cap. Usually the attendant will have it. Ask her.

Need gas fill up in the morning, before the hot sun comes out. You’ll get 5 % more.
Gas expands later.
Use Rain X on the windows. You’ll be able to see anything a car splashes at you.

Need your car painted. Call the Tech school. They need the practice, much cheaper, and are supervised.

Frozen door locks, use W D 40.

You can use a polish on your car, and you won’t have any white powder residue.

To stop your car from fading, wax it every 6 months. Wash it once a week.

Caught in traffic snack
1 graham cracker spread with peanut butter.

You can use a dust mop head to wash your car with.

Now scratches you can go across, with a crayon the color of your car.
Fill it in lightly, until you can find something to get it out with.

[Jewelsmom]

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Reading the newspaper on-line for free
Shop thrift stores, garage and yard sales
Packing a lunch/drink for work/school
Carpool
Read the instructions and use half the laundry, dish detergent you've been using
Use buy-1-get-1-free coupons to eat out
Add half the amount of coffee grounds to yesterday's grounds in the basket and make your full pot of coffee.
Don't wash-rinse-and-"repeat". Just do it once.
Bake two potatoes in the microwave (4 minutes for each/turn once), scoop out the inside for mashed potatoes for tonight's dinner and broild the skins with cheese, bacon bits, scallions for an appetizer the next night.
Use online billpay at your bank to pay your bills , they write the check and lick the stamp for free. If your bank doesn't have it, switch banks.
Savings should be kept in a money market account or INGdirect savings, or others (great interest rate!)
Use your companies 401K match and Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement accounts (paid with pre-tax dollars for bills you would have to pay anyway).
Have an early dinner at 3:45pm and get in on lunch menu prices (e.g., Red Lobster).
Save eating out for special occasions. If you must eat out, drink water, share a meal & order an extra side salad.

[funnyvalentine]

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I take my dog to be groomed at the tech school. They charge 10 bucks (as opposed to 120.00) and they do a very good job.....

Need your car painted. Call the Tech school. They need the practice, much cheaper, and are supervised.

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More Wounderful Tips

Enjoy a cold drink outdoors by covering your glass tightly, with a piece of aluminum foil and sticking, a straw through it to keep insects out.

Now gals if you’re in a painting project, and you want to take a break, just pop the brush in the freezer. Just stick it in a plastic bag and wrap it up first. Thaw it out a bit, and continue. Now if you don’t finish the room in that color, you can pop the brush in the freezer, thaw in out in the morning, and be on your way, once again. I love this trick.

O.k. when your applying an iron on patch, put a piece of aluminum foil under the hole in the garment. Now the patch won’t stick to the ironing board.

You can add a little baby oil to the water, when washing rubber pants. This will keep them soft.

You can get rid of shower door scum and build up, by applying oil to a moist cloth once a week.

You can mix about ¼ cup baby oil, with a few drops perfume, or cologne for the scented bath oil.

To get your rubber gloves to slip on easier, sprinkle them with baby powder.

To cure squeaky floor boards , try dusting powder along the edges.

Clean baby shoes, with baby wipes.

Let your toddler use baby wipes for toilet paper. They easier to use, and will help save laundry.

You can tie a large brown paper bag, over the head of a dust mop. Then shake off the dust in the house.

Give your dog a plastic soda bottle to play with.

You can tie a mesh bag from the tub faucet, or shower head to hold bathtub toys, and allow them to dry easily.

Need to waterproof a mattress? Simply tear open a trash bag, and place it under the sheet.

Play time.” Hawaiian Skirt. “Cut narrow strips to within a few inches, on one long side of a green garbage bag.

Fold up a plastic bag the size of a pack of gum. Secure with a rubber band, and drop into
your purse. Never know when you're going to need one.

Hem comes out of pants at work. Grap that trusting duct tape, or find a staple gun.

[sharonhr]

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we buy great pet supplies at the dollar store.

We have found food/water bowls, leashes and anti-flea shampoo for $1 each.

We also have a pet that we adopted from a rescue agency.

[lrjohnson]

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An eyeglasses case works great to store jewelry when traveling; you can use a hankie to wrap the pieces. I see glasses cases all the time at garage sales, including free boxes.

[sharonhr]

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That's a great idea.

I will try that on my next trip!

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More Useful Tips

You can take beach pails and fill with pretzels, chips, candy etc for a beach party. Then take little colored plastic glasses and fill with a drink. Insert a small umbrella. You can serve salads in ice cream cones for kids.

If you slip a trash bag between the mattress and the box spring, you will find turning the mattress will be easier.

You can cut slits for a head and arms into a plastic trash bag. Put it in your glove box in your car. There an emergency raincoat.

You can hang a hammock up in the garage to hold all the kids toys.

You can take all the clothes that are to small for you, and put them in a new trash can for your next garage sale.

You can store all your clothes in a new trash can.

You can take a board and put it across two trash cans for a party. Toss a nice piece of material, or tablecloth over the top. You can use cans of various heights for food. Just hide them under the cloth.

When cutting hedges outside. Take an put down an old sheet to catch the clippings. Later drag it to the disposing area.

You can clean your phone with alcohol.

If you freeze your meat for about 20 – 25 minutes, you will be able slice really thin slices.

The junk mail that we all hate. Take the envelopes apart. Now turn them inside out, and seal them with a glue stick. Now mail them back out.

Cut the fronts off from X mas cards. Now use the backs for post cards.

Smaller cards. Cut the fronts off, and use for name tags on gifts.

Use pretty colored tissue paper to wrap gifts. Just attach a pretty ribbon.

Now boys like their gifts wrapped up in the comics. Get them out of the Sunday paper.

Kids sneakers wont stay tied. Then wet the laces first, then tie them.

Kids basketball in the house. Roll up a pair of kids socks. Now put the waste paper can on the dresser. Toss away.

Dust the inside of your shoes with baby powder. Keeps them dry, and comfortable.

You can use a dampened bag as an emergency damping cloth for ironing.

Shine bathroom fixtures with alcohol.

Now lets save some time from scraping snow and ice, off our car’s windshield when parked outside. I want you to place a ripped paper bag, beneath the wipers when you park the car. Then in the morning just peel it off.

Those that crochet. Take bread wrappers and cut them into long strips. Now tie them together. Grease up a crochet hook really good, and crochet a round or oval rug. Put this outside the door. Spray it off as it gets dirty from feet being wiped off.

String up pretty colored Xmas lights. Take 12 small juice bottles. With the lids. Now cut an x in the lids. Next take a small string of lights, and insert one down into each lid. Now string these up across a front porch, balcony etc.

You can take a nice filled out branch and spray it white or silver. Now insert it into a pot of sand, or plaster paris. Something tall and secure it. Now hang ornaments or lights on this. Maybe for a sunporch, or a balcony with outdoor furniture. You decide.
When traveling keep a stain stick in your purse. When ever you spill something you can treat it right away.

When traveling put your shoes into an old pair of socks. Then if the bottoms are a little dirty, your clothes won’t be.

You can place a rolled up mesh bag, in the bottom of a flower vase. It will help hold the flowers in place.

Take a mesh bag to the beach to hold all the toys. When you leave dunk the whole bag to remove sand.

So you can see your recipe card. when cooking. Invert a fork into a tall glass. Now stick the card between the tines in the fork. There nice clear instructions.

Store small amounts of food in zip lock bags. Then you will have room for other things. Containers take up too much space.

Freeze a cookie sheet of grapes. When frozen put in individual zip lock bags. Give to the children as snacks.

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Let’s Have FunPainting Tips

If you have dark walls and you’d like a lighter color do this. Prime over the dark color, then you can paint your lighter color over the prime.

Now warm colors like blue, green , and violet remind you of an ocean, and relaxation. So figure out what room you want these colors in. Remember they go in a room with no direct sun.

Then comes the cool colors. These look great in a sunny room. Reds, yellow, oranges.
Red would be nice in a sexy bedroom. Orange in a family room, or child’s room.
Yellow I’d put in a hallway.

Blue good for a bedroom also. Green in a livingroom.

Violet is good for a play area, or a child’s room. Kitchens are pretty in a sunny yellow, then do the cabinets and trim in chocolate brown.

Use semi - gloss on woodwork, cabinets, and doors.

Want the room to look bigger. Use a light color, and one color scheme.

If the ceiling is low, paint it a bright white.

Dark walls and ceiling, will make the room look smaller.

If you have a long narrow room, and you want it to look wider, then paint both of the short walls a darker color, than the longer walls.

Remember what I said in another set of tips. Put the paint brush and roller, in a zip lock bag and into the freezer, when not in use. Or if the project hasn’t been completed in the color your using, at the end of the day.

Now let’s paint the trim in a room darker than the walls.

All door knobs cover with aluminum foil.

Keep a zip lock bag next to the phone when painting. If the phone rings, put the bag over your hand and answer the phone.

Put plastic bowl covers over your shoes. Remove them when finished painting.

Now when you purchase a can of paint, have them mix it up. I don’t care if it’s right off the shelf or not. They will mix it. Saves you time and arm work when you get home.

Have Fun! I Love To Paint

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Nice Breasts Tips For Ya’s

Eat onions, garlic, carrots, tomatoes, broccoli and cauliflower.

Cut back on chocolate

Eat more oily fish, and olive oil.

What you need is Selenium, Vit C, Vit E, and Beta - Caratene. The foods, not the supplements.

These foods cover these vitamins.

[sharonhr]

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A great diet is the best.
Lots of fruits/veggies in lots of different colors = a great long-term and short-term strategy for fiscal and physical fitness.

[Ima saver]

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I should have been dead years ago, the way I eat!