HOUSEHOLD TIPS...ENJOY

[bogey1]

Good tips

PLEASE BE SURE YOU READ THE LAST ONE ABOUT THE CLOTHES DRYER!!!!!!

GREAT TIPS:

1. Reheat Pizza

Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick 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.





2. 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, and cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just

throw bag away when do! ne ea sy clean up.





3. 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 and calories per

serving.





4. 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 rehea t faster.



5. 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 no! t get through wet newspapers.





6. Broken Glass

Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pic k up the sma ll shards of glass you

can't see easily.





7. No More Mosquitoes

Place a dryer sheet in yo ur pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.





8. 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.





9. 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.





10. Reducing Static Cling

Pin a small safety pin ! to th e seam of your slip and you will not have a

clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing

p anty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and -- ta da! -- static is gone.





11. Measuring Cups

Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water.

Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such

as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.





12. Foggy Windshield?

Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box

of your car. When the windows fog, ! rub w ith the eraser! Works better than a

cloth!



13. 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.

Viola! It unseals easily.





14. 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...





15. 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 dish washing liquid, mix well. You wil! l fin d

those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!





16. 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, especially if it

rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about; pets or small children

being harmed!





17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS

The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things

around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he

went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. I

always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told us

that he wanted to show us something; &n! bsp;h e took the filter over t o the sink,

ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure

you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. WELL...the hot water just

sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us that

dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating

unit. You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer

sheets to make your clothes soft and static free - that nice fragrance too,

you know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box, and well

this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also

what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn your house down

with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long

time to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that ! filte r out & wash it

with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six

months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How

about that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer

sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share!

Note: I went to my dryer & and tested my screen by running water on it. The

water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the

mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush &a mp; I had it

done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it the water ran right thru the

screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman knew what he was

talking about!

[mauser]

bogey1, AKA Heloise.

Check your clothes dryer for lint all around the lint filter too. You won't see it unless you're specifically looking for it. Removing a few screws can usually allow enough access to get out an amazing amount of lint that accumulates inside the dryer. That lint can be a fire hazard.

[bogey1]

bogey1, AKA Heloise.

Check your clothes dryer for lint all around the lint filter too. You won't see it unless you're specifically looking for it. Removing a few screws can usually allow enough access to get out an amazing amount of lint that accumulates inside the dryer. That lint can be a fire hazard.

im pretty much mechanically inclined but thats the one thing i missed when my dryer crapped out over a month ago. after taking my clothes to the laundromat to dry them for a few weeks i decided to check the exhaust line and sure enough it was clogged....duhh now everything works fine