Monday, December 3, 2007

You'll be amazed...

I promised my dad I'd blog this (he emailed it to me!) ... Plus I added one of my own... #17! (I just couldn't resist!)

IMHO... These are not just GREAT tips... THEY ARE FANTASTIC.





GREAT TIPS: 

In case you haven't received these before, these are really excellent tips. 
PLEASE BE SURE YOU READ THE LAST ONE ABOUT THE CLOTHES DRYER!!!!!!

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 micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

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 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. You also 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.

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.

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. Same thing works with slacks that cling when  wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and -- ta da! -- static  is gone.

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 inside, 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. Coffee Cans...
When your next plastic coffee can is empty take the label off (if desired) & put it in the fridge. Next time you have a banana or onion peel, or something else stinky put it in the can & close the lid. Then your next trash day, dump the stinky garbage out. If you go through a lot of coffee containers, then throw out the container & stinky food. (If not, just be sure to rinse the container out after throwing away the odor ridden food.) The lid on the container is air tight & keeps your fridge (& the contents, like butter), garbage can, & house from getting stinky.

18. 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 took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lin t filt er is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. WELL...the hot water jus t 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 - that nice fr agrance 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!
How about that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share!

Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it the water ran right thru the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman knew what he was talking about!

Please feel free to link to this blog to share with others... not only could it save someone's home, but it could save ssomeone's life!!

3 comments:

  1. Those are great tips. Thanks for sharing. HUGS

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  2. If you have trouble getting melted candle wax out of a glass jar or votive container, put it in the freezer for an hour or so...the wax should pop right out. I've tried this myself, and it works ;-))

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