Heated Rice Bag
Rice can last - sometimes - but can become brittle. If you use cherry stones instead, it will last for all your life (and more!), heats more than rice, keep the warmth for a longer time and does not attract insects...
Adult Daughter Does Not Give Mother Gifts?
May be you should stop making some gifts to her and spending money. Why, instead - everytime you think of her - send love thoughts and only that, you will notice after a while that she changes her way of being. Just in case she does not, it is her problem and...
Water Down Expensive Perfume
Sorry, but I do not think it is a very good idea to add water to perfume as water is often polluted by chemicals or even germs which are not armful to drink it but tend to multiply rapidly with heat thus transforming the smell of the perfume... instead, just...
Fix That Mousepad
You could have made it prettier by gluing a piece of your favorite cotton fabric. I was not happy with the picture wich was on mine, so I took a piece of cotton fabric with a decor I loved, spread lightly all over white ordinary glue with a brush, laid the...
"System Fix" Virus Email
This is not the first time I hear that Norton did not stop such a virus. Kapersky is much much safer (no publicity here just a reliable anti-virus. Thank you for the information.
Getting Mascara Off Without Burning Eyes?
If it is not waterproof mascara, you may try to use soothing lotion for eyes such as Dacryoserum. I do not know if you will find it in the US. Use any other lotion special for eyes.
Barbie Doll Clothes Patterns?
I did a Google search and found that place. It is a free pattern http://www.ccoriginals.com/freePatterns.asp
Fall Foliage in Cemetery (Springfield, MO)
Magnifique !! What a color and what a picture... Thank you for it.
Growing Roses from a Cutting?
Prepare a flower pot with dirt and sand (half and half). Cut the stem of the rose about 10 inch long, keeping the stronger part of the stem. It works better if you take a stem on the shrub, a more woody like part. Dip the base of the stem in hormone powder...
Dusting Powder for Greasy Hair
Using powder to de-grease your hair. Be it with baby power or dry shampoo is not a good idea. This makes your hair more greasy (reaction of scalp). If you want to stop your hair greasing, you must supply grease. I mean that once a week, massage olive oil on...
Any Oil To Quiet A Squeaky Door
I am sorry to say, but using cooking oil for quieting a squeaky door is not good after some time as a cooking oil will get thicker and get sticky, therefore will glue the system. Instead, you may use the lead of a pencil. Just sharpen a black pencil and get...
Getting Rid of Moths Without Pesticides?
Take an orange (the fruit - preferably organic) and insert in the skin lots of cloves - you will need a lot! Leave all around a space for a ribbon and hang it in your closets or just put it in the middle of your clothes. It smells wonderfully nice, is moth...
Turning Off the Water Heater to Save Money?
It should not cause any problem to turn it off, but it will need more power to heat the water from the start, so I do not think it will be a great saving. Instead, during warmer days, you might lower the thermostat, you do not need very hot water in summer...
Essential Oil for Homemade Detergent?
Try citrus (lemon) essential oil or eucalyptus or pepper mint, lavender, each of them smell fresh and above all are antiseptic.
Itchy Rash on Top of My Foot?
It looks like hives (urticaria). It comes mostly when you have eaten something your body does not accept. Have you eaten something unusual? It can be as well a reaction to a certain medication. As it is a reaction to something, and you will have to find out...
What is Citric Essential Oil?
Citric essential oil, is Lemon essential oil, which can be used in perfume but as well, ONE single drop in a glass of warm water can be used as a mouth wash as it is a natural and very effective antiseptic.
Toddler Cries Excessively?
Her problem might be a response from some food problems., not exactly allergy. Could you see with a MD in naturopathy, or Homeopathy. Homeopathy solves many problems the gentle way and children love the pellets, so it is no difficult at all for them to take...
Queen Wasp
This is not a queen wasp! it is a hornet! quite dangerous if it stings you. We have now in France, the Asiatic hornet destroying our bees.
Preventing Static Cling
To avoid statice eletricity , first try to wear only natural fibers. For hair, use coconut oil. Take a little coconut oil in your palm (nut size), let it warm to become oily, rub your hands together and pass them lightly on your hair. Dab your fingers in the...
Quilting Foot for Older Coronado Sewing Machine?
If your sewing machine has a low shank you can put any foot. If it has a high shank, like Singer, Bernina, you can use some of these makes. Go at Keepsake Quilting, they have different feet,you might find one for quilting, just look if it is a low or high shank...
Painting a Faux Granite Counter Top
Bravo! well done. Beautiful and very well explained. Congratulations for the job and the pictures.
Table Linen Storage
Good idea to roll them, but rubber bands leave some marks, age badly, get sticky and leave rubber spots on the fabrics. Instead of rubber band, just use strips of fabrics, tear some clean piece of fabrics in 1/2 strips, and tie around, not too tight, loose...
Products Available in the UK for Removing Lime Scale from Toilets?
Use hydrochloric acid, which can be found in drugstores or hardware stores. Wear gloves when spraying in the toilet. The hydrochloric acid you can buy by yourself is NOT very strong, but efficient enough. This is for a thorough clean. Afterward, for regular...
Lubricate Nails Before Hammering into Hard Woods
That could be a nice idea but can leave some greasy marks on the wood. Instead try to scrap a bar of soap (very ordinary soap) with the nail (or a screw) and it works better without leaving stains, no water as well!
Scenery: Flame Trees (Mariana Islands)
Wow! Beautiful picture with lots of details and beautiful color! Congratulations, Lauren.
Removing the Smell of Canned Cat Food From a Copper Box?
Wash it with baking soda: one cup in 1 liter of warm water. If you can, leave the box soaking in it for one hour, rinse and let dry in the sun.
Removing Fabric Dye From Skin?
Use light oxygen peroxyde (old fashioned way to bleach hair to become blonde) you should be able to find that at the chemist shop. Ask for the one used for discoloring.
Put Leftover Ice in House Plants
I do not think that popping ice cubes in your houseplants is good, you give them a temperature shock and your plants will dye, striating to get brown at the stem, or get mildew. To avoid such a temp shock, it is even recommended to let the water sit for a while...
Using Frontline for Dogs on a Cat?
NEVER use Frontline for dogs on cats. The products in it are different. I used a dog frontline on one of my cats. He started shaking as if he had Parkinson. I took him to the vet, on emergency, he had to have a strong treatment, but was fine afterwards. You...
Coffee Filters for Embroidery Machine Backing
Yes, and you can use non-woven fabric (i.e. bibs for child at some restaurants such as Mc Donalds, Flunch (the best..). They are bigger in size than coffee filters. Try it!
