Handy Household Tips

[SOS MIOW]

I received the following by e-mail today and thought I'd share these tips with you guys:

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. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
>
>
> 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/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar/calories per
> serving.
>
>
> 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!
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> Easier thank you's
> When you throw a bridal/baby shower, buy a pack of thank you cards for the guest of honor. During the party, pass out the envelopes and have
> everyone put their address on one. When the bride/new mom sends the thank you's, they're all addressed!
>
>
> MINE!!!!!
> If you purchase a new bike for your child, place their picture inside the
> handle bar before placing the grips on. If the bike is stolen and later
> recovered, remove the grip and there is your proof who owns the bike.
>
>
> 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. ..
>
>
> Good-bye 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 you're ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder and the sand
> will slide right off your skin.
>

[Angeleyes]

I got this email... I think a lot of those tips are GREAT. If only I'd remember them all, lol.

[Joey]

cool tips!

[Melinda]

a lot of those I already use, but some I never heard of before!! I save up my newspapers if I'm about to make a new flower bed, instead of buying the fabric under the soil, I line the whole bed with 8-10 layers of newspapers, this way, weeds don't get through and if I forgot to dig the roots of others out, it kills them..

[SOS MIOW]

You can "copy and paste" the tips and print them up to stick on your refrigerator. That's what I'm going to do (too many to remember).

[Kandy]

I do have to say that the one that says use a dryer sheet in your pocket to keep mosquitoes away does not work! I read a thing on other uses for dryer sheets - and it said that if you carry one in your pocket it would keep away mosquitoes & bees. I tried it this summer and I think it actually attracts them.

I had never heard the one about the pin in a seam controlling static. I'll have to try that one!