Cleaning Mildew From Concrete?
Rent a pressure cleaner from Home Depot. Also, hot water helps a lot when cleaning. Bleach, is the very best, or muriatic acid. If you apply them to the non-grass portions it will really help. Depending on what your patio looks like, you might happily find...
Why Do Potatoes Turn Black After Cooking?
It is something to do with the starch; it oxidizes when the air touches it. To correct the problem, wash the potatoes with cold water when you peel or slice them to remove the starch.
Inexpensive Birthday Gift Ideas for Best Friend?
If you all have cellphones, go onto one of the many sites that allow you to create your own ringtones. Most phones use micro sd cards. If you are tech savvy you can buy the memory card (or borrow from your friends) and pre-load the free ringtones and wallpapers...
Shopping for Asian Style Furniture?
You sound just like me! I love everything asian, with an emphasis on Japanese design. Your best bet to do this frugally is to focus on a few key items; the rest of the room items need only be within your color-scheme for the room, so they can be generic. I...
Problem With Buffering Streaming Video?
Press pause; go away for 20 to 30 (this allows it to buffer while paused.) you can generally have the whole thing buffered if you use this technique. When you return (after lunch or whatever) you might have a nice clean playback.
Removing Sharpie from Closet Doors?
Rubbing alcohol will take sharpie off almost every type of surface. even clothing. Its a miracle sharpie-remover.
Cheap Project Ideas?
Get some books from the library that will give instructions and guidance on anything from: feng shui for your home, flower arranging (focus on the ones that use existing plants in your yard) Volunteer - if you can work with an elementary class by selecting...
Surviving Family Thanksgiving?
You have three options: 1. Go ahead with the plans of a joint thanksgiving, buy benadryl. Put the kitties in the bedroom. Under NO circumstances take them out of the home to a sitter or kennel. Your kitties are part of your family. If MIL gets sick; thats her...
Using Your TV as a Computer Monitor?
Depends on the TV, and depends on the computer. Newer tvs have what is called an S-Video input. Its a little round port; usually on the back or the side next to the a/v inputs. Most laptops and newer computers have the S-Video output. You can connect the two...
Stew Is Too Sweet?
This happened to me just this week (soup was too salty). what worked well for me was straining about 1/2 of the liquid and replacing it with water. it sounds kind of wasteful to drain off the broth, but its a whole lot wasteful than not being able to eat the...
Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas for a Toddler?
Outfits that worked for my kids: football player (just get the jersey, you can even paste fabric numbers onto a plain teeshirt and write the name on the back. sneakers. soldier; khaki or olive green pants with a camo top. the good thing about this one, is that...
Decals on a Leather Recliner?
goo gone. Its with the cleaning products at most grocery stores, and home depot. I could not live without this product, it is gentle yet removes the stickiest stuff (labels, stickers, the yukky sticky old oil spots....pretty much anything). Its a miracle product...
Selling Cars and Parts?
Ebay, check the item you are selling; find someone on ebay that is selling the exact same thing to get an idea of how to describe it and how much money to charge. Go to advanced search and check off the box that says completed listings and see how many and...
Staining Concrete Patio Pavers?
Muriatic acid (home depot is stocked there with the pool supplies in gallon bottles. The muriatic acid causes tiny pits to form in the stone (when i say tiny, I mean you cant see the pits at all, they are almost microscopic). Then buy the stain of your choice...
Charging Roommates to Use My Washer and Dryer?
Check the local laudromat and see what they charge for wash and dry. Check how many loads they generally run per week. Do the math, then reduce the laundromat charges by about 50% and charge them that much extra on their rent.
Light Yellow Walls in Kitchen with New Black Granite Counters?
Pros: the black counter tops look amazingly beautiful and sophisticated Cons: the black color makes the kitchen look far darker Go with a very light yellow color and make sure you use lots of lighting in the kitchen. Black is great tho, it always looks wonderful...
Considering a Copper Kitchen Sink?
I have a copper sink (put in by the previous owner). You do not have to have copper pipes or copper fixtures. Beware of anything acidic as it will temporarily discolor the copper. I love my copper sink. Its low maintenance and looks great. No harsh abrasive...
Old Fashioned School Salad Dressing?
one egg one cup of oil vinegar seasonings honey blender Put the egg in the blender and pulse for a few seconds. Take the plastic thingy off the blender top, while blender is running, stream in the oil slowly. It will emulsify and get a great thick creamy mayonnaise...
Holiday Stress?
Buy all your gifts throughout the entire year, promising yourself that you will be done by Halloween. Wrap everything between Halloween and Thanksgiving, then you can watch the holiday shopping craziness instead of participating in it. Keep a notebook of who...
Recipes for Diabetic Ice Cream and Frozen Yogurt?
You dont need the ice cream maker for these: sugar free cool whip layered with sugar free pudding. Serve frozen. Throw a few of your favorite nuts in to the cool whip or pudding for an awesome decadent flavor.
Color Advice for Exterior Light Fixtures?
Just keep in mind: very shiny brass or chrome hardware can end up looking messy and corroded as years pass. Go with satin finish on a coppertone or pewter hardware.
Black Bugs in Rice Products?
To Prevent: freeze all rice and pasta products overnight right away after you buy them. then take them out and put on a clean shelf (not in the cabinet with the already infested stuff). And clean out your cupboard of anything that might already have the black...
Homemade Breakfast Gravy Mix?
2 cups of evaporated milk 2 tsp salt (more or less, to your taste) 1/4 cup of flour margarine 2 Tablespoons ground sage black pepper There are two ways to make this; you can go either method, whichever you like best. Melt the margarine in a skillet, stir in...
Placement of Kitchen Canisters?
Trick I learned from mother in law: if you can store everything in the cabinets; including the kitchen top small appliances and canisters, they will stay nice and not get grungy and sticky. I know it sounds really stupid, but if you can store the crock pot...
Finding a Discontinued Fuller Brush Product?
ebay You can even do a saved search on ebay and they will email you whenever your needed item is put on auction. ebay is the best place to find hard to find items; and usually the price is way cheaper
