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Household Hints

New, Effective Means of Personal Protection - WASP SPRAY

Fri, 11/13/2009 - 11:12am

Weights, Measures and Conversions

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 5:33pm

Weights, Measures and Conversions -

knowledge one needs, WHEN THEY NEED IT!

Use this as your information guide!

General Shelf Lives For Common Items

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 5:29pm

(From The Food Marketing Institute In Washington DC)

Food Substitution Chart

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 5:26pm

Save yourself that extra trip to the grocery store and try these substitutions!  When You Need:

1 t. baking powder   USE:  1/2 t. cream of tarter + 1/4 t. baking soda.

Vodka - It's Not Just for Drinking, You Know?

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 5:19pm

1. To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka. The stuff dissolves adhesive.

2. To clean the caulking around bathtubs and showers, fill a trigger-spray bottle with vodka, spray the caulking, let set five minutes and wash clean.  The alcohol in the vodka kills mold and mildew..

A Great Collection of New-Fangled "Household Hints"!

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 5:13pm

Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do it.

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Tried and True! SAFE, Amazing Cold Relief!

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 5:07pm

Tis the season and we all know someone, if not ourselves that are battling a nasty cold during this holiday season. There can't be any harm in trying this cough remedy, so we publish it with the best of wishes that it eases those nasty cold symtoms!


**VICKS VAPOR RUB**

Helpful Household Hint

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 5:02pm

We learn something new every day!

Look at the end of your aluminum  foil box? How many times have you tried to pull some foil out and the roll comes out of the box?  You put the roll back in the box and start over. Still the darn roll always comes out at the wrong time.

Coffee Filters...The Multi-Uses!

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 4:59pm

COFFEE FILTERS: Not just for making coffee...and you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for almost nothing.
1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.
2. Clean windows and mirrors. Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.
3. Protect China. Separate your good dishes by putting a coffee filter between each dish.

Interesting Household Remedies

Thu, 08/06/2009 - 4:55pm

Simple Household Products Can Make Life So Much Easier!
 Eliminate ear mites. All it takes is a few drops of Wesson Corn Oil in your cat's ear...  massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for 3 days. The  oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and accelerates  healing.

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