Cool Bathroom Shelving
I pick up glass bricks, usually $1-2 at thrift shops. When I have two or four, depending on your shelf depth, I have a shelf base. I keep adding until I have the number of shelves I need.
Storage Box Keeps Produce Fresher Longer
Does this work for lettuce? I have quit buying lettuce because it spoils within a few days. I think the lettuce industry should find a bag which would store it efficiently.
Home Remedy for Heart Burn?
Take one sip of pickle juice, not even a teaspoon. It has electrolytes galore, 20 times more than energy drinks. Immediate relief.
Space Bags For Storage
Excellent idea but watch out! The jumbo size bag separates at the zip side when picked up. It is 51 long and the second it bends, it separates and releases all the vacuum. Best if two people pick it up. The smaller sizes are inclined to do this as well so be...
Make Your Own Vegetable Wash?
I use a solution of 3% peroxide, 1 tablespoon peroxide per gallon of water. Soak two minutes, then rinse.
Make Your Own Vegetable Wash?
Have you noticed that green grocers always have a fine mist spraying on the vegetables? Then, why do they tell us to wash and dry thoroughly before storing? Why? So it will spoil and you need to buy more! I began to wash and store mine in a large baggie, add...
Link: Hemming Jeans
I have successfully hemmed three pair of jeans with iron-on tape. They have been through three washings with no sign of coming apart. It takes two minutes per leg and is not bulky. Simply cut off an inch or whatever you want, turn the hem up 1/2 inch or so...
Using a Scarf as a Decoration at the Head of the Bed?
Buy three unfinished 30 table legs at Home Depot, around three dollars each. Attach them to the wall over your bed in a triangle as you indicated that you did (one each at bed edge about 3 high over the mattress, the third one 10-14 higher), drape the scarf...
Where Can I Buy Inexpensive Work Jeans and Slacks?
Goodwill has jeans for .99 cents at the end of each month. They need $$$$, you need stuff. A win-win situation. Go there, buy, enjoy.
Fixing a Wobbly Ceiling Fan?
Go to Home Depot and buy balance tabs which come in the ceiling fan box. Stick one to each blade (on top) until you get the right balance. Or cut some tabs out of cardboard or duct tape a washer to the blade. easy fix, just try one on each blade until it balances...
Use Sock as Pot Holder
Yes, I especially like mens heavy socks like red wing. I dont even own a regular pot holder! Glad you thought to share this idea. My kids think I am silly! Lilac: buy new socks at dollar tree. Less expensive than a quality pot holder.
Remedies for Post Nasal Drip?
Forget the Neti pot, too messy. Use NeilMed. Just squeeze the bottle into one nostril after inserting a packet of solution and warm water. It will return out the other nostril bringing out the stuff with it. Wonderful. Make it your daily routine.
Clean Pots and Pans with Glass Brush
What is a glass brush? How does it differ from a bottle brush? Never heard of a glass brush. Thanks!
Toddler With Diarrhea?
Give her a cookie with coconut in it. As an adult, I eat a few flakes of coconut or sprinkle it on my cereal but a toddler might not eat that as easily as a cookie like a macarron. A natural remedy.
Organization Ideas For Small Bedroom?
I live in a beautiful penthouse, only 450 sq. ft.! I bought ELFA basket storage system from Container Store and placed them in a closet eliminating the need to use a normal bedroom dresser. My closet is half baskets and half hanging space. Baskets systems can...
Reducing the Cost of Feeding a Family
Please, please advise folks of the uselessness of those silly use-by dates on foods. Manufacturers admit it is a marketing ploy for the grocer to have a sale so more product can be delivered to the store. An article, I believe it was on 60 Minutes, stated that...
Lick Your Fingers to Open Plastic Bags
I lick a tiny spot on the bag top edge near the perforation then rub.together. The manner in which the dispenser holds the bag precludes anyone has touched the bag in that spot. Perhaps a machine roller did touch it but that is harmelss.
Eliminating Leftovers and Food Waste
Fools who pay attention to best by due dates are being conned by marketing gurus who use this gimmick to get grocers to place their items on sale so a re-order can happen. 60 Minutes recently had a 20 minute segment Americans throw away 4 billion dollars worth...
Eliminating Leftovers and Food Waste
Any family member refusing to eat anything put on the table, should be assigned the chore of cooking for the family for two months. Add: do the dishes, too!
Drying Freezer Bags
I hang my washed baggies upside down on the side of my refrigerator with a magnet inside. The bag hangs open and quickly dries.
Use Junk Mail to Mark Dates on Cans
Marivan is right. Manufacturers date their cans simply to tell the grocer to mark down and have a sale so we can sell you more. It is a money thing.
Use Junk Mail to Mark Dates on Cans
Dates on canned foods have nothing to do with what is inside. It is a deceptive way of selling more product by reducing the price and creating a need for the grocer to reorder.
Uses for Bacon Grease
Best of theses foodie comments on bacon: add bacon grease to hot spinach with salt and pepper. Yummy!
How To Create A Monthly Budget For...
Being single, I buy myself a grocery store gift card, $150 at a time, and make it stretch for a month. Budget? Indeed!
My Frugal Life: Cooking For One
After living the good life on the Pacific Ocean beach for 13 years, I discovered that we Americans do not need 90% of our stuff. I sold everything, felt free for the first time in 70 years. Now, at 80, I live on $600 per month in downtown Paradise, in a 350...
