[AGL] Fwd: GOOD HINTS

Fri Oct 27 10:42:11 EDT 2006

My neice sent me this list. I knew most of them but there were some new ideas.
  Frances

Mary & Cecil White <mcwhite02 at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:31:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mary & Cecil White <mcwhite02 at yahoo.com>
Subject: Fwd: GOOD HINTS
To: Frances Morey <frances_morey at yahoo.com>

  Thought of you as I read through this list - kinda like things Martha Stewart might tell us to do.

  Mary

> Bed Sheets 
> 
> After drying my sheets, put both sheets and one 
> pillowcase in the other 
> pillow case.  Fold neatly in a square.  Next  time
> you change sheets, you just 
> take the one pillow case and all the sheets and 
> pillow case are inside.  No need 
> to look for matches. 
> 
> Clean Your Shower Glass 
> 
> To clean the glass in your shower easily, apply 
> lemon juice to the glass 
> with a sponge.  Then, take newspaper and wipe the 
> lemon juice off the glass.  It 
> will be clean and sparkle with no scrubbing!

Something I saw in Atlanta was to hang a squeegie 

in the shower/bath. It works, too.  
> 
> Reheat Pizza 
> 
> Heat up leftover pizza in a 
     non-stick skillet on
> top of the stove, set heat 
> to med-low and heat till warm.  This keeps the crust
> crispy.  No soggy micro 
> pizza. 

  I do half and half time in both microwave and skillet, same results, faster if frozen, too.  
> 
> 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 easy clean  up.

  Great idea. Hadn't heard this one. They make good icing decoration bags too, with an ever so tiny tip cut off at a corner. 
> 
> Expanding Frosting Wow, good one.
> 
> 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.  You also eat
> less sugar/calories per 
> serving. 
> 
> Reheating Refrigerated Bread [10 to 15 seconds is usually enough for bread products, too.]
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Newspaper Weeds-Away 
> 
> Start putting in your  plants, work the nutrients in
> your soil.  Wet 
> newspapers, 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. 
> 
> Broken Glass 
> 
> Use a  dry cotton ball to pick up little broken
> pieces of  glass - the fibers 
>  catch ones you can't see! 
> 
> No More Mosquitoes 
> 
> Place  a dryer sheet in your pocket.  It will keep
> the mosquitoes away. 

  New one on me. Of course we also have the bats.
> 
> 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. 
> 
> New Bike 
> 
> If you purchase a new bike for your   child, place 
> their picture inside the 
> handle bar before placing the grips on.  If the 
> bike is stolen and later 
> recovered, remove the grip and there is your proof
> of  who owns the bike. 
> 
> 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. 
> 
> Reducing Static Cling 
> 
> Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and 
> you will not  have a 
> clingy skirt or dress.  Same thing works with 
> slacks that cling when wearing 
> panty hose.  Place
 pin in seam of slacks and  --
> voila --  static is gone. 
> 
> Measuring Cups 
> 
> Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring
> cup, fill it  with hot 
> water.  Dump   out the hot water, but don't dry the
> cup.  Next,  add your 
> ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how
> easily it comes right  out. 
> 
> 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! 
> 
> Reopening Envelope 
> 
> If you seal an envelope and  then realize you forgot
> to include something 
> inside, just place your sealed  envelope in the
> freezer for an hour or two.  
> Voila!  It unseals  easily. 
> 
> 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. 

  Wonder if it's also good for men's faces?
> 
> Good-Bye 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 dishwashing liquid, mix
>  well.  You will find 
> those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever! 
> 
> 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, esp. if it 
> rains, but it  works & you don't have the worry
> about pets or small children 
> being harmed! 
> 
> Take Baby Powder To The  Beach 
> 
> Keep a small bottle of baby 
 powder in your beach
> bag.  When you're ready to 
> leave the beach sprinkle  yourself and kids with the
> powder and the sand will 
> slide right off your skin  .  
> 

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