~Back to School Contest~ Win Amazon $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE

[cheetah]

15 Ways to Use Salt

1.Fresh eggs: Want to know if your eggs are fresh? Put an egg in a cup of salted water. If it sinks, it is bad, if it floats it's fresh.

2.Ants: Sprinkle salt at doorways, window sills and anywhere else ants manage to get into your house. Ants won't walk across salt and they will stay outside where they belong.

3.Cooking apples: You can improve the taste of cooking apples by adding a little salt.

4.Mix - matched hose: Can't find a pair of hose the same color? They will become the same color if you boil them in salted water.

5.Oven mess: Ever have a problem with pies bubbling over while baking? Next time this happens, put enough salt on the mess to cover the spill. This will stop the burnt smell and will turn light and crusty from the oven's heat so you can just wipe it off the oven floor when cool.

6.Stop discoloring food: Apples and potatoes won't discolor after peeling if you cover them in salted water.

7.Frost: If you hang your clothes outside during winter, you will like this one. Use salt in your final rinse to keep your clothes from freezing on the line. You can also use salt water on your clothes line to keep it from freezing too.

8.Shelling nuts: Nuts such as walnuts and pecans are easier to shell if they are soaked in salt water first.

9.Artificial flowers: Clean artificial flowers by putting them in a bag containing salt. Shake bag for well for about one minute. Take flowers out, shake off excess salt.

10.Boil water: Water will boil quicker if salted.

11.Windows: Keep your home and car windows from frosting in the winter by wiping them with a mixture of salt and water.

12.Cheese: To keep cheese from going moldy in your fridge, wrap it in a cheesecloth dampened with salt water.

13.Fresh flowers: A pinch of salt added to the water of fresh cut flowers will make them last longer.

14.Garden pests: If you find you have cabbage worms in your vegetable garden, make a mixture of 1 cup flour and half cup salt. Dust the garden morning and evening when they are damp with dew.

15.Oral care: For cankers, abscesses and other mouth sores, rinse your mouth with a weak solution of warm salt water several times a day.

[cheetah]

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

[cheetah]

I am going to try this one myself tomorrow!!

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

[skylark]

here's my tip for the day"


Did puppy have an accident?(for your rug) Sponge the area with a solution of 1/2 cup of white
vinegar in a quart of warm water. May need repeat application :spot:

[ameliamarie]

do you have a little rust on your car or appliances? use coca cola on it then use warm water to clean the area then treat with paint or other metal overs to prevent any more rust

[bebelili]

If you have ants trying to get in your house spray Windex at the bottom (outside) of the door.

[skylark]

tip of the day: Baking Soda. 1/4 to 1/2 cup baking soda per wash load makes clothes feel soft and smell fresh.

[bebelili]

If you have some trouble openning a wood window, use some (white) candle wax on the window sides. This work great and it's cheap too.

[ameliamarie]

got a tooth ache? A clove of garlic with a little rock salt should be placed on the affected tooth. It will relieve the pain and, sometimes, may even cure it. A clove should also be chewed daily in the morning. It will make the cure teeth making it strong and healthy.

[ameliamarie]

this is a tip for people who have inkjet printers and find that their ink carts dry out fast there are 2 things to try, one, take them out of your printer and put into a zip lock bag when you are not using the printer also if they have started drying out you can also take a wet paper towel and flip the cart upside down, take the wet paper towel and push the water through the paper towel into the print heads, then take a dry paper towel and dab it dry for excess water. this especially works on lexmark ink cartidges

[bebelili]

If your bread baguette gets to hard to eat, put it 10sec. in the microwave.
Next time (while it is still most) put it in a plastic bag (with the original paper bag) it will remain most.

[skylark]

to keep fridge fresh from odors put a open box of baking soda in lasts about 30 days and baking soda is cheap to buy

[ameliamarie]

if you have a spill or for those with pets or potty training children who have accidents to help get rid of the oder use backing soda on the spot while it is still wet, let it dry with the baking soda for about an hour then vacuum up the baking soda. this will help get rid of the smell

[HappyCappy]

Winner is lilj with post #31 thanks to my son whom picked the number between 1 and 64

[chicky82]

yay!! congrats lilj

I was wondering when this contest was going to end since it's been more then a month since school's been back in

[cheetah]

[liljj07]

Oh wow!!!!!

[skylark]

congrats

[bebelili]

Congrats, your lucky!