Christmas Help for Low Income Families?
We have an organization called the Holiday Bureau. You can probably contact your church or job and family services and they can give you some affiliations to this. Good luck and Happy Holidays.
My Clothes Don't Smell Good?
You might try adding baking soda or laundry booster to your wash. I use this on my sons athletic items, yuck! You could also try soaking your smellier things in a bucket with white vinegar and water before washing them. Good luck.
When Should the Child of a Deaf Parent Begin Learning Sign Language?
I work with special needs preschoolers. We teach sign along with spoken language, whether their needs are speech or not. I think it is very liberating for a child to be bilingual. So from the perspective of communicating with a parent let alone a peer it is...
Baby Won't Drink Formula?
I was fortunate to have nursed my children until the age of 2. It is too bad that you would rather give your baby processed formula vs. natural cows milk. I agree with the goats milk and no matter what you really need to talk to your doctor. In any case aside...
Choosing a Product for Dusting Furniture?
I use a micro fiber cloth and about once a month or so I go over my wood with lemon oil and rub it in well.
Storing an Ironing Board in a Small Apartment?
I bought an old fashioned country looking ironing board at an auction. I lean it against a wall in the livingroom so it looks like country decor.It is cute and it is available anytime, I can iron and watch tv or have a conversation all at the same time.
Balancing Thrifty And Fun
For a moment I thought someone was writing about my childhood. There were 4 of us and dad decided to be MIA. No running water, some winter nights we slept in the living room where the furnace was because the rooms were too cold. Often we had other families...
Safe Flea Treatment for Puppies?
Make sure you are vacuuming the carpet every other day. This is so you are getting eggs and newly hatched fleas.
Homemade Laundry Powder?
You can Google a recipe. I have been told the recipe containing felsnaptha is the better one.
Restoring Paint Hardened Paintbushes
Try soaking them in mineral spirits. You can find this at your hardware store. It is not costly and it works well.
Buying Lamp Oil in Bulk and Inexpensively?
Try looking at Tractor Supply for your lamp oil. Please remember to use caution while burning these lamps. I dont blame you for wanting to cut back on electric. Another idea is to hang your wash on a wooden drying wrack during the winter and on the line outside...
Place to Donate Campbell's Soup Labels and More
You can also donate them to your local schools. Many collect them or possibly your church Sunday school program or preschool.
Cooking for an Elderly Person?
Try some homemade soups. There should be more nutrients than just potatoes. He should be able to eat pasta and sauce, as well.
Training a Pit Bull?
I have found what is called umbilical training. You can Google this. It is a great way to housebreak any dog. Puppies will wrestle with each and play bite. No matter what breed they are. I also think that when you begin umbilical training you will have more...
School Supply Shopping Tips
Instead of hair towels have a bathrobe for each, after they dry off wrap their hair in the towel and put on their bathrobe. 1 towel per customer. Try buying a loofa (different color for each child) then you wont need so many wash cloths. The loofas (nylon) run...
School Supply Shopping Tips
We have parking fees, drug testing fees, book fees, locks to purchase, sports laundry fees, classroom fees, senior DECA fees, and it is never done at that. Throughout the year we have more that comes up. Then if sports are of interest each sport has a fund...
Saving Money When Grocery Shopping
I shop only every two weeks. We have a running list and we clip coupons. I start at ALDIs and get all my cereal and dairy some breads, frozen chicken and some produce there. Then I move on to Walmart and get my other things. It saves a lot of $ especially on...
Straightening a Leaning Tree?
We live in windy northwest Ohio, leaning trees are all too common. My husband uses metal fence posts, pounds them into the ground, using cotton rope he ties to the tree pull the tree to the correct position and secures the rope to the fence post. Depending...
Reuse Backpack and School Supplies
I agree, I buy a sturdy backpack to begin with. Sometimes it may be $30 give or take. By buying this I am usually good for 3 to 4 years. I too save any lightly used supplies and set those aside. I also buy supplies ahead of time when they are at great sale...
Saving Money on Lunch Box Food Items
I have stopped buying individual packages for lunch boxes. I buy the large sizes and put like applesauce into small Tupperware containers. No baggies, we use Tupperware sandwich containers,this saves money on plastic bags and convenience foods as well as saving...
How to Fill a Holiday Stocking for Free
I save the toothbrushes and toothpaste and floss the kids get from check ups, McDondalds coupons,favorite gum, good deals on bath and body works pocket size,clearance items i have found throughout the year. The stocking is first to be opened.
Paying Off Mortgages Quickly?
Read your loan info and that should tell you if you have early pay off penalties. We pay extra principal every month. We have also done this with our vehicles paying them off 2 and 3 years early what a savings!
Clothes Smell Sour?
Try soaking your sour items in a bucket with white vinegar and the warmest water for the items. Do this overnight and then wash and completely dry them. It may be that your washer is holding old water and it rinses through your wash cycle. Use baking soda or...
