Tips
to Help You to Live Life to the Fullest
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December
2007
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That much
like duct tape, aluminium foil has many uses?
Don't have
a saucer to put under that potted plant?
Tear off a
piece of foil longer enough that you can wrap it completely around
the bottom
and up the sides of the plant on all sides
a Crinkle
it around the pot so that it stays and water your plants as usual.
Hate cold
left over pizza and plan to throw it away?
Why not wrap
the leftover slices tightly in foil (you may need two sheets) and pop into
your oven
at 350 degrees for 25 or 30 minutes.
Be careful
as the foil will be cut.
Tear foil
away and you will pizza as good or even better than when
it was first
delivered from your favorite pizza place. Enjoy!
Lastly, don't
have any wrapping to wrap that last minute gift.
Wrap it in
aluminium foil,
tape the ends
like regular wrapping paper,
add a red
bow or some other pretty colored ribbon
or bow and
people will applaude your style and panache.
November
2007
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That a spatula
(rubber scraper with long handle)
will allow
you to get the last of condiments like mayonaise,
catup and
mustard from hard to reach jars and containers?
This often
results in as much as a table spoon worth from the bottom and sides of
containers.
October
2007
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That a drop
of nail polish remover can thin out your favorite nail polish if it has
gotten thick?
Put a drop
in the bottle, screw the cap back on and shake a few times.
September
2007
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That Peroxide
is a great substitute for Clorox Bleach?
Simply fill
a spray bottle with 50% water and 50% of Peroxide and keep it
in your bathroom
to clean and disinfect it without harming your septic
system like
other cleaners often do.
August 2007
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Do you have
a perfume that you loved at first and now you don't really care for it,
and it cost
too much to throw away?
Why not use
it as a bathroom spray or room deoderant?
Scents like
vanilla, musk or floral combinations work well in the bath and in your
bedroom.
Try spritzing
a little on the sheets in your guest room to make guests feel extra special.
But only a
"little" in the event your guest have allergies.
July 2007
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That Peroxide
will take out blood stains.
Simply pour
a few drops on the stain.
Let sit for
a few minutes.
You may need
to rub the Peroxide on the spot for a few minutes with your fingers.
It should
take out the spot.
June 2007
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Want a nice
picture frame without investing a lot of money?
Why not purchase
a picture that has a nice frame at
one of the
discount stores like Family Dollar, K-mart or Wal-Mart
(the picture
can be ugly, or a design not of your liking).
Simply replace
the ugly one in the nice frame with the one you love.
In the end
you get a nice frame for little money.
If the old
picture included a matting (card board frame around it),
use it on
your new picture.
The cardboard
can be trimmed to fit your picture and
it may be
spray painted a color to complement your artwork as well.
May 2007
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Don't throw
away those small brown plastic bottles that medicine comes in.
Remove the
labels, wash and rinse thoroughly and reuse them for the following:
1. Small
Sewing Kit.
Cut a small
piece of cardboard to fit inside the container.
Wind several
strands of thread in basic colors:
white, black,
gray, red etc. around the cardboard.
(Wind 20 or
30 times around cardboard).
Insert a sewing
needle or two inside the thread/cardboard combination.
Add several
sizes of buttons in select colors.
Also add a
couple of different size Safety Pins.
Screw the
cap back on. You can carry your kit in your purse.
Or leave in
your car or desk drawer at your office for emergency sewing repair.
2. Use clean
bottles to collect loose change that collects in the bottom of purses or
pockets.
The larger
ones can hold a number of quarters.
You can also
keep in purse, car or desk.
April 2007
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That droping
three or four Alka Seltzer tablets in water will clean
'hard to reach'
items like tall vases,
thermos bottles
and other long neck containers?
Simply put
the tablets in a water to cover the inside of the
container
and let soak for about one hour (longer if necessary).
Then rinse
well.
March 2007
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Did you know
that using newspaper to dry mirrors and windows will alleviate streaking?
Wash mirrows
or windows as you normally do,
then crumple
up several sheets of clean newspaper
and wipe as
you would be a cloth and admire the shine.
February
2007
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That brushing
your diamond rings and other precious stones with a dab of
toothpaste
on an old tooth brush will give them a wonderful shine?
Rinse under
water and the sparkle will blind you. Try it, it works.
January
2007
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That by adding
several drops of Baby Oil (any brand) to your favorite hand
and body lotion
gives your dry skin some extra lubricant.
Simply remove
the cap from both bottles and squirt one or two squirts of Baby Oil into
the lotion.
Replace the
caps on both bottles and shake up your Baby
Oil/Lotin
mixture and apply as usual.
(Really combats
the hard water and harsh temperature equals dry skin
issues from
which I and others suffer in the winter).