Help with Funeral/Cremation for Parents?
First of all, may I offer my heartfelt sympathy to you on your loss. Can you ask the funeral home for a plan for your loved ones? Sometimes you can get help from Social Security, especially since they were disabled and may already have been receiving assistance...
Information On Bassett Dining Set?
Bassett furniture is an old brand! I think that they were associated with Sears at one point in their history. I would say that reaching out to their customer service at https://www.bassettfurniture.com/ you could ask them about it.
Value of Steamer Trunk?
It looks like your steamer trunk has its top tray, which makes it much more desirable to someone who is interested in buying it. Use a bit of plain white toothpaste (if you dont use it in your household, I suggest getting a tube at Dollar Tree, but be sure...
Special Birthday?
Happy Birthday! May I suggest a party with the number 3 - for example3 gifts, 3 cakes, just 3 candles, only 3 guests, and so on. Obviously, even though this particular date has passed, anyone who has a party for a special number sequence should definitely try...
Rolled Cherry Pie
This sounds a lot like a recipe that I had as a child at a Ukrainian friend of the familys house. I have a few questions about the recipe though. Please give us the following: What temperature do you bake at? You dont give a measurement for how much baking...
Repairing Holes In Crocheted Tablecloth?
Oh Violet!! I understand how deeply you feel about your Great Aunt and your mothers hard work suffering such desecration!! It took hours and months of hard work to create something so beautiful, and some fool destroyed it in minutes of mindlesness. But dont...
Blooming Air Plant
Youve never followed up with this post, so I want to ask you, did your plant have babies? Has it ever bloomed since then? Im interested as I have an air plant given to me by a dear friend and I would love to know how you got it to bloom! Did you use anything...
Fixing a Half Stitch on a Counted Cross Stitch Project?
Dimensions and Bucilla kits are notorious for using wonky threads that knot up at the slightest breeze. Heres something to try to help make your threads less knotty, take a bar of Ivory or Dove soap and once youve separated the right amount of threads from...
How To Reuse Ziploc Bags
I have a red and a blue magic marker in my jar of pens on my kitchen counter. I make a big red mark if I used it on meat and a blue mark if I used it for something dry, like mashed potato flakes or rice that didnt happen to fit in my storage containers ( A...
Crochet "Go Back" Bowl
What (another) great idea from Sandi!! I love this idea because I go back and forth using different sized needles for various cross stitch projects. (I get bored and frustrated with the lack of progress sometimes on a major project, so I do a silly little project...
Uses for Banana Peels
I put my morning banana peel in an old pie tin inside my oven, along with tea bags, egg shells and the occasional coffee grounds. When Im finished with baking our dinner, I quickly pull out the dinner and slide in the pie tin back into my oven. The heat does...
Sponges for Keeping Jewelry Safe
What a great idea! I never thought about cutting them in half like that and my jewelry sponge is shot after 30+ years. I wonder if I can put a small piece of satin around it with some fabric glue to make it look like it would have been when it was new? Thanks...
Removing Grape Juice Stains from Dentures?
I regularly drink tea, which stains dentures pretty well. Once a week Ill put 1 tablet of Equate (Wal-Mart, very reasonable), 1/3 cup hot water (let tablet dissolve), then 1/3 cup of hydrogen peroxide (buy the big bottle, its lowest cost per week), then my...
Pet Odors Coming Through the Walls?
Do you have an HOA that could step up and have a tactful conversation with them about it? They may even have pointed by laws that pertain to this subject. At the very least, they could simply explain the problem and their position on the subject. Id hurry up...
Easy Spanish Rice
I do mine the same way, but I add a whole can, juice and all, of corn into the dish with an extra half cup of rice. The corn makes it sort of a street rice dish thats flavorful and delicious! You wont be disappointed!
Easy Dusting for the Elderly
I do something similar, I use a rollator (walker with wheels and a seat). I sit down on it and I use a soft old towel that doesnt owe me anything. Ive stitched it into a three sided bag, and I use some really ugly ribbon (probably from a really old gift), and...
Use Ammonia to Power Grow Plants like Grandma
Anyone got an idea of how often you would want to use this recipe for? Once a season, once a month or every two weeks? Im trying this as we speak (last week before Memorial day). Let me know in the comments. Ive bookmarked this page and Ill refer back to it...
Buying an Orange Zester?
I found a great one at my local Dollar Tree! Works fine and cleans up easily. Best of all, it was only $1!
Make Soap Bars Last Longer
Ha! Another person who thinks like me! DH thinks Im mad, but I insist that drying out my soap makes it last a little longer. I love to leave my Bronners lavender soap sitting in my hallway linen cupboard unwrapped and on my towel shelf, and then I take the...
Quick Cherry Slices
A jelly roll pan has about a 3/4 lip all the way around the pan to keep your goodies in the pan. This type of pan was popular in the post-war generation, as jelly rolls were inexpensive to make (and still are!). Hope this helps you!
Quick Cherry Slices
Sorry, my brain was on dinner! A jelly roll pan is what some people call a cookie sheet (but its not) pan that has a 1/2-3/4 lip around it to hold things in. Some people mistakenly call them cookie sheets, but true cookie sheets are just flat sheets of metal...
Add Citrus Peels To Vinegar
Great article! I just wanted to add that your orange infused vinegar is also spectacular for getting rid of of ants and other home invaders! You spray the vinegar on any area that you have found ants and you wont see them there again! Great for outside too...
Cardboard Tubes for Tongs
John, what a terrific idea! Ive used the tip for the embarrassing amount of cords that weve somehow accrued over the years, but Ive never seen a tip for those annoying tongs that inevitably jam up my kitchen drawer. Very clever! And now I have a new reason...
Making Things Easier for the Disabled
Great ideas! I would add one more great gadget to your arsenal - a rice cooker! You not only can make rice, you can find hundreds of recipes for this handy item (I found mine at Goodwill for $5, and you can get one new for under $20 if you look around!). I...
Making Things Easier for the Disabled
Dear Judy, First thing is to find an honest handyman and Jack of all trades, youll recognize soon enough that theres just some things like ladders that are going to require help. Find someone who works by the hour and then go through your house bit by bit and...
Add More Water To Brown Rice
I love to make my oatmeal in the rice cooker that I found for $4 at goodwill. I always stretch it by adding raisins or diced prunes, cinnamon and vanilla. I make the whole six cups by putting two cups of oats and four cups of water/milk milk mixture. I push...
Order Prescription Eyeglasses Online
Im trying to shop around on their website but its so graphic intensive that my computer is timing out and shutting down. Anyone else having trouble with the website doing this? Im really in need of a new pair of bifocals!
Check for Free Trash Days
Our local township does a once a month drop off at their recycling center. They will donate working appliances and technology to goodwill or send non operating cell phones to seniors and abused women so they can call 911 in an emergency. Check with your township...
Christmas Gift Ideas for Elderly Dad?
Ive told my kids the truth about going out to dinner. I hate it! You dont know how they keep the kitchen (I have a good reason to fear this after a night out with the girls ended up with me having to go to the ER for food poisoning). I also have a hard time...
Organize Your Shopping List By Aisle
Dear Anonymous, Please accept my prayers for your continued healing and health! Im going through everything that you are at this time and I want to congratulate you on one of the best articles Ive read here! My husband is 67 and Im 56, so I know how hard you...
Banana Peels and Tea Bags for Roses
Ive only used the cooled water from boiling potatoes. My peels go into my worm bin (they love them!). The water from boiling potatoes is filled with potassium and roses love it. When youre repotting them toss at least one banana peel for every gallon of your...
Cleaning and Managing Your Freezer
Instead of wire baskets, I stocked up on the cloth type bags that my local grocery store was selling up at half price to make way for seasonal bags by the checkout. I bought six good sized bags in different colors and I stocked up my veggies in one color, pork...
The Can Opener
Have you tried a store like Vermont Country Store? They are kinda pricey, but they are known for selling things that your mother or grandmother used to have. Either that or maybe even one of the prepper stores (I cant think of one off the top of my head, but...
Making a Mobile Home Belly Board?
A belly board keeps critters from nesting in your valuable insulation, keeps drafts from moving the insulation around and most importantly keeps your insulation from coming loose from around your pipes. Apart from the skirting boards, its the most important...
Mobile Home Remodeling?
The wallpaper on mobile homes of that era are made of a compressed gypsum material that has a weird texture and an unfortunate floral pattern baked into it you can recover it with another wallpaper or paint, but unless youre really ambitious and physically...
Keep Small Scissors Available When Doing Cross Stitch
Great idea! I have an old lanyard that I now have the perfect use for! Thanks Melir!
Recipes for a Mini Crockpot?
I know its a bit off topic, but Im making my morning oatmeal in my rice cooker, which will hold 5 cups of cooked rice or oats, and you have to be sure that you dont go over that amount because oats will boil up! Ive also been using my little 1 1/2 qt. Crockpot...
Keeping a Trailer Warm?
Letting the dryer heat up the hose in any mobile home made before 1978 will definitely cause damage by mold. Dryers work to get the water out of your clothes and allowing the steam into your room is going to put water onto your walls. Mobile homes dont have...
Product Review: Vicks Vaporub?
For the dog moms and dads out there who may not know, when your pup goes after their paws, they have a yeast infection and you need to take care of it immediately. You know that Frito chip smell? Yup, thats a yeast infection! Your fur kid isnt going to like...
Replacing Trim and Molding in a Mobile Home?
Beware of the mobile home specialty stores! Their prices arent pocket friendly and I can usually find what Im looking for at Home Depot or Lowes for far less money. The only thing that I could ever see myself buying from those specialty stores are doors, and...
Restoring Old Cross Stitch Patterns?
You really need to consult a professional restoration company, theres no way around it. Contact your nearest Art institution and get a recommendation from them for someone in your area that can take a look at it for you. At that time, most dyes came from nature...
Hiding a House Key Outside?
Ive hidden my spare keys in my outdoor grill. I just krinkled up a square of aluminum foil and then un-krinkled it, then I wrapped up the keys inside of the foil and put it inside my grill! Ive shared the location of my spare keys with my next door neighbor...
My Perfume Bottle Stopped Spraying?
I just bought a little purse sized atomizer from a new website called Temu. Its got all sorts of Chinese imports at insanely cheap prices and the stuff arrived within a week. I know this sounds like an advertisement, but Im getting to the point, I promise. I...
Freezing Watermelon
Is it just me or is anyone else thinking about watermelon margaritas? When I was younger, you used to cut a hole in the watermelon and let it soak up vodka in the outside fridge. Delicious! I think Ill put that on my grocery list!
Free Fertilizer With Leftover Tea
Ive been doing this for years now and Im sure that by drying the bags out in the oven (be sure to take the cookie sheet out before you turn the oven on, but once dinner is out of the oven, slide your cookie sheet right back into your oven so that youre taking...
Uses for Two Sided Tape
I bought heavy duty double sided tape from Temu and I cant believe how tough that stuff is! We have vinyl flooring throughout our home (carpet only in the two bedrooms) but I do need some runners here and there and that tape takes a beating from my husband...
Coffee Grounds and Egg Shells
I always keep my grounds (both coffee and tea bags) in my oven in a small, beat-up old aluminum pie tin from years ago. When I turn on the oven every night to cook dinner, I pull out the tin. Once dinner is out of the oven, dont waste that precious hot air...
Coffee Grounds and Egg Shells
I just slide in the pie tin at whatever temperature I was cooking dinner at, for example, 350° F (180° C) is the typical number for most of the meals in my repertoire, but say youre making fries (chips) and youre cooking at a higher temperature, no problem...
Coffee Grounds and Egg Shells
Calcium (eggshells), nitrogen (coffee and tea), potassium (banana peel). Everything your plants are hungry for! Plus you are not going to spend any money in doing this, since youve been throwing these out all this time. As long as your coffee grounds and tea...
Citrus Zest From Peels
Before you grate the orange and after youve washed them thoroughly, even if they come from your own trees.
Macaroni and Cheese Pizza
I agree with the time and the temperature, but Im sure that if you cover the casserole, youd lose the cheese and the other toppings when you peel off the foil. My guess is that youd leave the foil off of the top so that youd have a nice crusty top.
