Please add to these if you have some... and as usual cast any doubt you feel is necessary. Reheat Pizza Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works. Easy Deviled Eggs Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up. Expanding Frosting When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar/calories per serving. Reheating refrigerated breads To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster. Newspaper the weeds away Start putting in your plants; work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers. Picking Up Broken Glass Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of glass- the fibers catch ones you can't see! No More Mosquitoes Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away. Squirrel Away! To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it. MINE!!!!! If you purchase a new bike for your child, place their picture inside the handle bar before placing the grips on. if the bike is stolen and later recovered, remove the grip and there is your proof who owns the bike. Flexible vacuum To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings. Reducing Static Cling Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and - voila - static is gone. Measuring Cups Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry the cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out. Or, put your egg in first and then pour out. Put sticky ingredient in, and it slides right out. Foggy Windshield? Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth! Reopening envelope If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Voila! It unseals easily. Conditioner Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair... Goodbye Fruit Flies To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever! Get Rid of Ants Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home," & can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed! Take baby powder to the beach Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag. When you're ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder and the sand will slide right off your skin.
I use newspaper to clean glass. I don't know what the reasoning behind it is other than I was shown it does a better job on some show.
I do that too! Works great, no streaks. I am definitley going to use the mosquito thing. I always get huge bites on me. I could have used that tip over the smmer! Looks like it is oging to rain tonight or tomomrrow, so maybe I still will have a use for it this year.
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I just know I'm going to only half-remember these. I'll end up spraying hairspray on my beard before I shave and putting newspapers on fruitflies.
The mosquito thing is an urban myth. Probably a lot of the other stuff too. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/bounce.asp
HAHA... I know it's where I live, but I've tried this and from what I could tell I could wrap myself in dryer sheets to no effect. Hell, I get chewed on while wearing high concentration DEET spray. I remember comming home from the marsh one day with 3 mosquito bites on my damn lips. I've had a mosquito bite on my penis while wearing blue jeans and boxer shorts. Dryer sheets... LMAO
Oh, by the way... remember that bike you said someone stole from you when you were little? I put my picture inside the handlebar. Now you can no longer say it's yours because you didn't put your picture in it. Choking on an ice cube? Pour boiling water down your throat. The ice cube will disappear in a flash.
3 bites on your lips is nothing compared to my mosquito horror..... I was in India visiting some family in a small village. Anyways, mosquitos and malaria are huge problems in this area, as wih all regions with poor sanitation. One night while asleep, I got bit 43 times on my face and a crapload more bites on the soles of my feet. I am 6' 3", so most blankets dont cover my whole body, especially Indian blankets. Every region of my body that was exposed got but up BAD! My idiot uncle forgot to close a window in the living room where I was sleeping. It was barely cracked open, and I paid the price. The next morning I was in pain! I oculdnt walk b/c of all the bites on my feet! Needless to say, I got malaria. My bro, who was sleeping next to me, got it too. Bad ****! Luckily my uncle is a physician, so we got treated right away, but I have an insane fear of mosquitos since that day.....I get shivers everytime I am around a lot of mosquito's. Maaria blows! We both had insane shivers and fevers.
