I have some more tips that you can keep in mind and use it when you have a chance. I tried the #5 this pass spring and so far no weeds coming out from that spot… They worth a try.

1. Reheat Pizza

Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy microwave pizza.

2. Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add
remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the
baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done for easy clean up.

3. Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store , whip it with your mixer
for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes
with the same amount AND you eat less sugar and calories per serving.

4. Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated: place them in a
microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and
help it reheat faster.

5. Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers and put
layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds.
Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.

6. Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can’t see easily.

7. No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.

8. Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper.
The cayenne pepper doesn’t hurt the plant, and the squirrels won’t come near it.

9. Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel
roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

10. Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress.

11. Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don’t dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as
peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

12. Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box
of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!

13. Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something, just
place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.

14. Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It’s a lot cheaper than shaving cream
and leaves your legs really smooth. It’s also a great way to use up the conditioner you
bought but didn’t like when you tried it in your hair…

15. Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2 with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2
drops of dish washing liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

16. Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it ‘home’,
can’t digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but
it works & you don’t have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things
around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went
over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean
the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to
show us something; he took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it.
The lint filter is made of a mesh material – I’m sure you know what your dryer’s
lint filter looks like. WELL…the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It
didn’t go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that
mesh that’s what burns out the heating unit. You can’t SEE the film , but it’s
there. It’s what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static
free – t hat nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel waxy when you take
them out of the box, well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint
screen. This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn
your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a
very long time (& to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out &
wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every
six months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long!

We learn something new everyday! I newer knew dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I’d share!

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For some very organized people already knows these I’m sure but some people like me need a list…Here’s a list of handy tips. None of them are guaranteed, but many work or are worth a try. I admit a few of them may seem too outrageous to work.

*To fit more food in the freezer, cut out the cooking instructions from the pack and seal them, with the food, in clear plastic bags . The rest of the outer packaging goes into the recycling bin.

*When hanging a picture, put corn plasters on the corners at the back and you’ll prevent it leaving any marks on the wall.

*If you’ve got small nail holes on white walls and don’t want to repaint, fill them with some white toothpaste.

*Keep a roll of plastic bags in your beach bag. They are handy for taking home wet bathing suits, keeping sand out of your sun lotion or camera, storing litter and holding leaky containers.

*Hold a kitchen match in your mouth when peeling an onion and it will stop the tears.

*To take away the onion smell on your hands afterwards, rub your hands with a stainless steel spoon.

*Soak your new shower curtain in a salt water solution and it will stop mildew from forming.

*If you are abroad and go on an excursion, take a photo of the pick-up point with your digital camera. If you get lost, all you’ve got to do is show the photo to locals for directions.

*Try brushing your teeth with a mashed strawberry to get rid of yellow stains.

*Freeze a selection of summer berries to use instead of ice in party drinks.

*If kids leave hard to remove stickers on furniture, cover the stickers in mayonnaise for ten minutes to loosen.

*Put cling wrap over an opened tub of ice cream before replacing the lid and putting it back in the freezer. The contents won’t frost over.

*To help cats get used to a move to a new house, hand a wind chime in the old house, then re-hang at the new place. The sound helps them find their way home after they’ve been out.

*Use plain white paper tablecloths for kids parties. Put out some crayons, too. Fast eaters can sit and draw while others finish their food.

*Throw a mothball in the bottom of your garbage can and it will smell fresh.

*Keep a new toothbrush in the kitchen for cleaning the grater and the sieve.

*When camping, store cereal in washed plastic milk bottles. It will keep it from getting damp.

*Add a little white vinegar to your dish washing water. It will make cutlery and glasses sparkle.

*If you have an old freezer that needs defrosting, line it with waxed paper after you are done. The next time you defrost the ice will come off easily.

*Use chilled, sliced tomatoes on sunburn. It draws out the heat and feels very soothing.

*If you don’t have a shredder and need to dispose of important documents, soak them in water. Once they turn into pulp and start to break up, then form them into balls and toss away.

*If the tops of your feet get burned faster than the rest of your legs, put on some short tennis type socks while tanning. It’s not pretty by the pool, but it works.

*When you get a haircut you like, get a friend to take pictures of each side of your head. When you go back to the hairdresser, you can show them exactly what you liked before.

*Before leaving for a holiday, email yourself details of your passport, flights, credit cards and so forth. If anything bad happens, you can log on anywhere to retrieve your information.

*If you get lipstick on your clothes, put some Vaseline on the mark before washing and it will soon disappear.

*Keep your recipes clean and easy to read by putting them in a photo album with plastic page covers.

*When going to the supermarket without a car, use one of the hand baskets instead of the shopping cart. You’ll know if the contents become too heavy to carry home.

*If you need to undo a Phillips screw but don’t have a screwdriver, use the point of a potato peeler. With some sizes and patience it works.

*Are mice a problem? Place several drops of peppermint oil on a cotton ball and place at the problem locations. They hate it!

*If you have fresh herbs, cop them and freeze in ice cube trays. They will stay fresh until you need them.

*Coil a garden hose in a figure eight instead of a circle. No more kinks!

*An old carving fork is great for weeding around delicate plants, especially when you need to get close to the stem.

*If you drop an egg on the floor, add some salt and leave it for five minutes. It’s easier to clean up.

*Another onion idea-when chopping an onion, take a sip of water and keep it your mouth. There’s less chance of tears.

*After packing a suitcase, put in a couple of perfumed tumble dryer sheets on top of your clothes to give them a nice fragrance.

*Also, keep tumble dryer sheets in empty, stored suitcases–they will smell better when they are opened.

*Tumble dryer sheets can also be put in stored sneakers and shoes to make them smell better.

I hope these tips can help you and if you know anything that can be added to the list don’t hesitate to send…

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