Cleaning
- When rinsing dishes, the coldest water helps to rinse things off best, unless you have something really greasy, then hot water will do the trick.
- Water and white vinegar cleans everything!
- Use white vinegar instead of Jet-dry in your dish washer.
- Use white vinegar to get rid of hard water stains in your bathroom.
- Dissolve a dish washing detergent tab in hot water for extra clean windows and cabinets.
- Magic Erasers really are magic!
- To clean your microwave: Place a wet a paper towel in the microwave for 5-8 secs. It loosens the stuff on the microwave and allows you to wipe it clean.
- Use Lysol toilet bowl cleaner in your shower for a great clean. (Don't use on metal!)
- Ants don't like chalk.
- Make dinner after lunch so you don't have to fight with fussy kids during the 4-6pm cranky hour.
- Apple cider vinegar, soap and water kill fruit flies.
- Take pictures of children's artwork and put it in scrapbooks instead of keeping big, bulky art projects.
- During off-seasons, use frozen strawberries and raspberries from Costco for making jam.
- For insomnia, listen to brain wave music to help you fall asleep more quickly. (Binaural Beats)
- Eat almonds to prevent heartburn.
- The "wet brush" (on Amazon) really works for brushing wet hair without pulling.
- Sephora has colored bobby pins.
- Bring eggs to room temperature by covering them with hot water in a bowl for 5-10 minutes.
- Store 1-2 onions in the refrigerator and replace them as they are used. Cutting a cold onion helps you avoid tears as the odor doesn't burn your eyes!
- Check out Pinterest.com for lots of great ideas.
- Check out www.webstaurantstore.com/ for restaurant quality supplies with bulk pricing. They ship to residential addresses as well as commercial ones.
- Use a toilet paper roll cut in half to keep your wrapping paper from unrolling or tearing.
- Dry erase crayons and coloring pages in page protectors are a great quiet activity at church and are easy to clean.
- 1canoe2 for lovely letterpress. (https://1canoe2.com/)
- Always cut stems at a 45 degree angle under running water.
- Choose flowers with tight, firm petals.
- Leave the bottom petals on so your flower opens all the way when it blooms.
- Don't let greenery touch the water. "Less is more."
- Cut flowers at least 1/2 - 1 inch from bottom of the stem.
- After cutting, let roses sit in room temperature water for a few hours, then put ice cubes in your vase to keep flowers extra fresh.
- Use extra flower food (3 packets every time you change the water).
- Costco roses are the best deal. (62 cents a stem.)
*The flowers from the picture above are tissue paper flowers that were used as decorations for our dinner.
Wonderful! Thanks Lauren for compiling this!!
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