Good stuff!

GOOD FACTS TO KNOW:
1 . Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish
2. Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes
3. Mayonnaise will KILL LICE; it will also condition your hair
4. Elmer’s Glue – paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see
the dead skin and blackheads if any (Biore strips work better and don’t pull the fine hair on your face.) 
6. Shiny Hair – use brewed Lipton Tea
7. Sunburn – empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water
8. Minor burn – Colgate or Crest toothpaste
9. Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!
10. Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too
11 Bee stings – meat tenderizer
12. Chigger bite – Preparation H
13. Puffy eyes – Preparation H
14. Paper cut – crazy glue or Chap Stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)
15. Stinky feet – Jello !
16. Athletes feet – cornstarch
17. Fungus on toenails or fingernails – Vicks vapor rub
18. Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet. (Wow, and we drink this stuff)
19. Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint, your kids will love it and it won’t hurt them if they eat it!
20. Peanut butter – will get scratches out of CD’s! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper
21. Sticking bicycle chain – Pam no-stick cooking spray
22. Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage for your hubby
23. Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls
24. When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on
25. Heavy dandruff – pour on the vinegar !
26. Body paint – Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice!
27 Tie Dye T-shirt – mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak
28. Preserving a newspaper clipping – large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia , soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years!
29. A Slinky will hold toast and CD’s!
30. To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste
31. Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.
32. To remove wax – Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel.
33. Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter !
34. Baked on food – fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets , soak overnight!
35. Crayon on the wall – Colgate toothpaste and brush it!
36. Dirty grout – Listerine
37. Stains on clothes – Colgate toothpaste
38. Grass stains – Karo Syrup
39. Grease Stains – Coca Cola , it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from car batteries!
40. Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax – sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again.
41. To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox , or 2 Bayer aspirin, or just use 7-up instead of water.
42. When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you ’squeeze’ for freshness or softness? Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist tie.
They are:
Monday = Blue,
Tuesday = Green,
Thursday = Red
Friday = White
Saturday = Yellow .
So if today was Thursday, you would want red twist tie; not white which is Fridays (almost a week old)! The colors go alphabetically by color Blue- Green – Red – White – Yellow, Monday through Saturday. Very easy to remember. I thought this was interesting. I looked in the grocery store and the bread wrappers DO have different twist ties, and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors. You learn something new everyday! Enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color on the day you are shopping.

Don’t forget Gatorade for Migraine Headaches. PowerAde won’t work. Pass this information on to friends so they can be informed.

 

Funny yet ironic…

Being “green” is going to save me some money!

I’m just going to copy and paste an email that Mégan sent me because its pretty self-explanatory. I like these tips because they don’t have harmful chemicals- something I worry about with my curious little cat of a daughter and they are also a fraction of the cost of the products I use now. I really like the Method products, which are “eco-friendly”, but unless I catch a sale at Target, it can be a little pricey. So I am actually looking forward to my stuff running out so I can start making my own cleaners. I hope you can use these as well- pass them on to anyone you can think of who likes saving money and cares about a chemical-free environment!

Baking Soda

·        Baking (obviously)

·        Add it to the rise cycle of your washer and it works like fabric softener

·        Use some with ½ cup of Clorox on whites – it will get rid of the Clorox smell

·        Mix baking soda and water in baby bottles and it gets rid of the sour milk smell ( I assume it also works for toddler cups)

·        Use it as dry pet shampoo

·        Add it to your shampoo once a week to get rid of product buildup

·        Mix 3 parts baking soda to 1 part water, and use as a facial scrub (it works, Mégan tried it!)

·        Put it on your carpet before you vacuum and it gets the odors out

·        Sprinkle in the bottoms of trash cans and diaper pails to neutralize odor

·        Use some on your toothbrush as toothpaste

·        Dissolve 1/8 teaspoon in a glass of water to combat heartburn

·        Mix (equal parts) with Borax to make dish detergent

·        Mix 3 parts baking soda to 1 part water to make a paste.  Use it to scrub your bathtub.  Unbelievable how much dirt comes up!

·        Dissolve some in a spray bottle of water and use to clean kitchen countertops

·        Use to scrub dirty pots and pans

·        Pour dry baking soda down a slow drain, then follow with vinegar.  It will foam and help unclog the drain.  Wait 10 minutes, then pour boiling water down the drain to rinse. Safe alternative to Drano – you might need to do it a couple times to get it clear.

 Borax

·        Good for washing delicates or baby clothes

·        Add to regular laundry detergent – it works like OxyClean

·        Use on fine china

·        Use in diaper pails

 Here is the recipe I use for the all-purpose cleaner.  I got it from Low Impact Living’s blog:

·        One tablespoon of borax

·        One tablespoon of castile soap (you can get this at Target in the organic beauty section)

·        One tablespoon of lemon juice (can substitute lemon juice concentrate)

·        One quart of warm water. 

·        Shake it up and use it as you would a normal cleaner.  Get a 32 oz spray bottle from the lawn and garden section.  It will keep for several weeks after you make it.

I used it to clean everything except glass.  It even works on wood.  I got the peppermint castile soap, so it makes the house smell nice too. 

By the way – castile soap works as laundry detergent, makeup brush cleaner, body wash, and as a facial pack (think hot towel draped over your face to open pores).  It’s a little expensive, but you barely have to use any to get stuff clean.  A big bottle should last you 2-3 months.  But the money you’ll save on buying other detergents and cleaners will far outweigh the initial cost.    

Happy cleaning!