HOUSEHOLD TRICKS 101

I was sent an email from a dear friend that had some pretty nifty ideas I had never heard of before so I decided to share. Hope you can use them too!




To 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.



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.



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 or cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat
less sugar and calories per serving. Now there is a diet tip "You can mix your frosting and eat it too"! YIPPEE!



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.



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 glass pieces of
glass- the fibers catch ones you can't see! This is great except for the fact that touching cotton balls gives me the willies!



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



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.



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...



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 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 your
ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder
and the sand will slide right off your skin.


And to you ladies:
Always Remember...."A layer of dust protects the wood beneath it."

A house becomes a home when you can write "I LOVE YOU" on the furniture.

I used to spend HOURS every day making sure things were JUST PERFECT 'in case someone came over'. Finally I realized one day that no one came over; they were all out living and having fun!

Now when people DO come and visit, I don't have to explain the 'condition' of my home. They are more interested in hearing about the things I have been doing.

If you haven't figured this out yet, please heed this advice....
LIFE IS SHORT SO ENJOY IT!!!



Dust if you must ........
but wouldn't it be better to paint a picture, write a letter,
bake cookies/cake and lick the spoon or plant a seed,
ponder the difference between want and need?

Dust if you must, but there's not much time . . . .
with wine to drink , rivers to swim and mountains to climb,
music to hear and books to read, friends to cherish and life to
lead.

Dust if you must,
but the world's out there with the sun in your eyes, the wind
in your hair, a flutter of snow, a shower of rain. This day will
not come around again.

Dust if you must,
but bear in mind, old age will come and
it's not kind......

And when you go - and go you must - you, yourself will make more dust!


Share this with all the wonderful women in your life.
I JUST DID.
It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what
kind of life you have lived.
I've got to go now so scatter dust around this place