Buying a Pumice Stone?
Pumice stones are available at hardware stores. My favorite are oval shaped that fit well in your hand. The black wet sand paper works even better, thats what pros use to clean the nastiest bowls when they flip houses. I use it on my rings here in the country...
Using Craigs List?
You go to your local craigslist and look for the list on the left hand column. One of the buttons is post. Click that on,work through the category (eg, furniture by owner) and then write your ad. It is easy and free. After writing it you have to send it, craigslist...
Finding Free or Low Cost Furniture?
Join www.freecycle.org in your area. All stuff is free, ask for what you need, donate to others what you dont. People are very generous and will help you out. Also churches have resources, yard sales are great for furniture.
Shredder Making Mess on Floor?
I put my shedder on a cookie sheet. After emptying the big bucket, the scattered scraps are easy to slide off cookie sheet into trash.
Finding a Lost Relative?
It should be easy for you to find him as you have his ss number I expect and know where he is living. Look him up on www.zabasearch.com. for free. Other search engines will give his whole background for about $30 like Intellus. They will give you his cell number...
How Do I Build a Kitchen Island?
Buy two identical dressers unfinished. Put them back to back and put a table top, slab of stone or wood as the top. Finish the dressers any color you like, then you have a really sturdy island with drawer storage. Looks wonderful and not too expensive to do...
Dental Work Done Without Insurance?
We have a dental school here that does work for very little money or free. The students need to practice on patients. Same with massage schools, that have a clinic where I get a $20 massage weekly.
Creative Ways to Give a Child a Trip for Christmas?
Print the picture of The Great Wolf Lodge from their online site and make it into the front of a greeting card. Then write the invitation inside and dates for her to look forward to. Include things in the area you plan to do as well as the Great Wolf attractions...
Cheering Up a Friend with Cancer?
There are a few wonderful books of poems and stories by breast cancer survivors which are cheerful and will encourage her as she progresses through treatments and recovery. Also bath gifts/lotions to pamper herself will be appreciated at this difficult time...
Changing the Battery in a Smoke Detector?
There is a door in the side that when depressed opens. The whole cover does not come off. When you get the door open (not easy), slide out the old battery and insert a fresh alkaline one, close door and test it. Mine are sensitive and dont work with all batteries...
Cutting Patio Pavers?
Stone cutting is done with a ceramic blade on a circular saw. It gets very hot unless you use a professional water saw, so saw slowly and wear eye protection. I cut a bunch of pavers for my last project this way. Ceramic blades are in the saw section next to...
15th Birthday Party Ideas?
How about a bowling or miniature golf outing with food included. Most sports places have a room to rent where you can party and eat before or after the sports part at a reasonable cost. Waterpark sounds like fun in July but would be crowded if that matters...
Dog Bakery Business Name Ideas?
I love the Barkary too. Another one I think is good is Canine Confections. Jill
Adjusting the Float in the Toilet?
This is an easy fix. Take both hands and hold the arm of the float, bend it downward slightly until the angle provides cutoff correctly. They are easy to bend to the right shape. Jill
Planning for Retirement
Practice having free or cheap fun. Join the Y. Shop at thrift stores, buy reduced or on sale groceries. Take vacations off season, learn to do more repairs yourself. Help others which helps yourself, stay healthy in mind and body. Share a positive outlook on...
Storing Quilts in Large Space Bags?
This is correct advice. Make a pillowcase of muslin for each quilt. Fabric must breathe , never do you store quilts or any fabric in plastic that you value. Never put a quilt on a wooden quilt rack without muslin beneath it. The oils from the quilt rack would...
Quilt Patterns For Drunkards Path?
Denim would be too heavy for this pattern as turning the curved portion under would be difficult. It is a pattern you have to finger to get the larger piece to fit into the smaller piece and use lots of pins. I would choose a lighter fabric which is hard enough...
Moving to Asheville, North Carolina
Hi, Its a real problem. My son wanted to move from Charlotte, NC to Richmond, VA and couldnt get any interviews until he had moved here. The employers wont pay moving costs anymore, so they wont interview you. You have to use a friends address and pretend you...
Giant Lima Beans Seeds?
The Henry Fields site above has a few varieties of the Forkhook, my favorite too. The exchange person wants them, doesnt have them to trade they say.:>) Yum Lima beans, nothing like a Forkhook. Jill
Travel Tips for Savannah, GA?
We love eating at The Pirates House too. Park down near the waterfront and just enjoy walking the aterfront and shopping the little stores. Write the chamber of commerce, they will send you lots of info for free. We love the casual beach out at Tybee Island...
Buying Trophies?
I would give her a Barbie doll with a card sayingwinner best dressed woman and gift certificate to a clothes store, humor and a present. Jill
Moving To Wichita, KS?
Find a local Realtor, she will send you a package of information for the area with lots of housing to pick from included. You can price house yourself at www.realtor.com to get an idea of areas you can afford and like to househunt in. A huge timesaver.Go to...
Places to Have a Party Near Silver Spring Maryland?
Katrina, How about parks and their covered picnic areas? You can reserve one in advance near your area and then if the weather isnt good you still have a covered area to meet and cook.We went to Cameron Run for a wedding picnic on the Potomac near DC (in Alexandria...
Places to Have a Party Near Silver Spring Maryland?
Hi Katrina, I meant Northwest Park,lol. It is a huge park and cose to Silver Spring. It is Montgomery County Parks & Rec. A rec center costs $152 for 4 hours on a weekend, that sounds reasonable. Here is their website to look over facilities and charges. you...
Removing Grime From Shower Walls and Caulk?
I use ZAP, it works great. My favorite all around cleaner is 1/3 pinesol, 1/3 ammonia/ 1/3 water in a spray bottle. It is cheap to make and cleans almost everything. Best carpet cleaner I have ever used. I make up my own and keep a bottle in every bathroom...
Saving Favorites When You Get a New Computer?
On AOL you go to Favorites in upper right corner, click it on, go to bottom manage,click it on, pick one of the four options to move your favorite list. Easy as pie. Jill
Decorating My Carport?
I would buy a few strings of festive mini party lights to hang around the ceiling edge. They have a nice variety now, Japanese Lanterns, Christmas lights,etc. and all on sale here. Music piped in on speakers would be very festive also. Jill :>)
A Good Tree for a Wedding Gift
I would buy them a gift certificate at your favorite nursery,for them to buy the type of tree they want. Since it is a gift that will live with them many years, hopefully. It is important they love it and have the happy feelings of love and joy you want it...
Weight Watchers Chocolate Muffins
WW has a wildly popular carrot/pumpkin muffin recipe. Take 1 can pumpkin( not pie filling),l box carrot cake mix, 1/4 cup water, 1/2 c walnut pieces, 1/8 tsp. Vanilla. Mix all ingredients, do not add any others listed on cake box directions. Fill muffin paper...
Retiling My Shower?
Home Depot and Lowes have an excellent selection of cheap plain tiles. Perfect for your shower project. Put in dark grout and reseal it yearly. Worst mistake I made in this house was the light grout which is impossible to keep clean not matter how hard I scrub...
Directory of Products and Companies That Own Them?
Brand name products have the manufacturer on the label, just look it up on Google after you find out the parent company to find out any other information you need.
Should The Dry Clean Deal With Ring Around the Collar?
My drycleaner insists I pretreat all shirt collars with spray & wash. They wont do it without asking and certainly not all collars without charging you extra.The goop for laundry also works well, apply some then scrub it into the soiled area. Wonderful stuff...
Stretching Leather Clogs?
Shoe stores also sell a spray called shoe stretch that you spray inside the shoe. I spray it and then put on my shoe and let the leather conform to my foot, so much more comfortable. I also have a wooden foot with attachable callus spots, you can stretch shoes...
Kitchen Cabinet Magnetic Latch?
I would scrub the latches with steel wool to get them clean and then paint them with a varnish. That should make them magnetic but still release properly and the clear coating will keep them from getting dirty and rusting. Jill
Pink Countertops?
You dont have to live with the pink countertops. Home Depot Or Lowes has special paint to redo countertops and make them any color you want. I would repaint them myself or hire a home improvement service that does refacing of countertops or repainting them...
Having a Good Christmas Without Gifts?
Even small towns usually have a church or organization that helps families in need. Do you have a thrift shop that might have something for a small gift for each child? Baking, helping serve a meal to the homeless, playing in the snow in Maine, making snowflake...
Water Build Up in Dryer?
My dryer vent outside has a cover to prevent rain entering. They are sold at the home stores and easy to install. I agree to wash the screen, mine works much better sense I did this too.
Wooden Window Shutters?
To make them bifold you take two sets on each window side, four shutters needed.Buy the sets to fill the space desired when they are flat to window. Join them with small hinges so the edge folds inward as you open them and to the side of each window. Home depot...
Setting the Colors on Tie-Died Shirts?
I am a quilter and we set dark colors with a vinegar rinse. Use white vinegar, a cup per gallon cool water, soak each shirt 15 minutes, then rinse out by hand and dry out of sun. Sun will bleach any color. I hang them over a sink on a plastic hanger after ringing...
Wallpaper Border Thybony #B08753B from the book "Ship, Shape"?
In the back of Southern Living used to have ads for discontinued wallpaper sources.
Computer Stationary with Cats and Dogs?
I have found stationary stores like Office Max has an excellent selection of computer papers for special occasions.Mine sells them in packages or individual sheets. My Office Max has a copy area which is where this stuff is located.Kinkos has them also. I have...
Sofa Repair Information?
Look under upholstery repair in the yellow pages, You can buy new spring units and do it yourself or take it to a upholstery repair shop and they will replace them. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=upholstery+repair%3BSan+Francisco%2CCA&btnG...
Recipes and Freezing Instructions For Red Onions?
They freeze fine if chopped up. I keep bags of onions in my freezer to add to soups, omelets, salads, hamburger helper, etc. I freeze Vadalia sweet onions every year, and make & can sweet Vadalia relish, yummy! I love them so much I bought a Vadalia onion cookbook...
Buying a Wedding Ring With Bad Credit?
I agree with the previous posters that you arent ready to get married, if you cant even afford a ring . Marriage is expensive and living together also. If you need a reasonably priced ring, go to pawn shops near gambling areas or military posts that have lovely...
Removing Odor from Newspapers?
Sprinkle the newspaper with dry baking soda, seal in a plastic bag for a few days. Vacuum on low with a brush attachment to remove the baking soda. That should make it smell good again.
Cat Pee Doesn't Dry?
You can get urine neautralizer at janitor supply places. It will make the smell go away, then shampoo the rugs well. Of course cat pee dries. They just want your security money instead of returning it. I bought a house from a vet that had ten cats & dogs living...
Train Baby Quilt?
Keepsake Quilting also had a kit for Thomas the train a few issues ago.1-800-865-9458. The fleece one froim Walmart sounds cuddly and easy.
Outrageous Meat Prices?
Check your supermarkets for those ones that reduce lefovers and place them in the meat cases early Am and buy the discounted meats. I have one that has all leftovers including bakery and meats every morning at half price, others reduce meat about 1/3. I make...
