A few months ago, I got a kitten at a rummage sale. She was free and a Calico. I love Calico cats so I couldn’t resist. When we got her, she was flea-free. We plan to keep her that way.
We had a real problem with fleas when we had cats inside a few years ago. [...]
What do you do with an old particle board desk that has seen better days? I had temporarily set it on the porch until I could haul it off to the thrift store. Then the rain came and ruined it even more. I then noticed that the cat seemed to enjoy lying on it. We [...]
It’s the pitter patter of little feet that is not music to my ears. When it comes from inside the walls, I know the culprit is a mouse who will cause me unrest and grief until he is caught. So after hearing the mouse, I set a few mouse traps with peanut butter and peanuts. [...]
We are slowly replacing all our of regular light bulbs with compact florescent bulbs or CFLs. The first CFL bulbs we bought about 4 years ago. Two of the three recently burned out. I replaced them but knew that CFL bulbs contained mercury and had to be properly disposed of. So I turned to the [...]
We have very limited space and since I have a laptop, I thought I would just break down my desktop. We built both our desktops a few years back. The other day I moved the monitor to my husband’s PC. It’s so nice to have two monitors.
His video graphics card can handle two monitors, so [...]
When I run the washing machine, I smell something like rotten eggs. After an Internet search, this could be sulfur since we are on well water. Today I’m going to try a few of the suggestions to get rid of the smell just in case it isn’t sulfur.
One suggestion is to use bleach. This makes [...]
It has been raining for the past four days. We usually have problems with ants. Those suckers are always in the yard, on the porch, and make it into the house - usually in the bathroom. It is just so frustrating.
This summer I plan to do all I can to beat down the ants. I [...]
We have an old green couch that has seen better days. It’s falling apart so we have finally decided that it is time to say goodbye to the couch.
Now we have to find some type of furniture to take its place. What we really want is a comfortable recliner since it will take up [...]
While it may not feel like it outside, (we had light snow yesterday!) spring is right around the corner. March is Spring Cleaning Month as many households look to clear the clutter and dust from their lives. We have a few major spring cleaning projects. Most of ours involve clutter and storage. My goal [...]
It seems every year I have at least a half dozen ornaments that do not have a hanger. What happens to these hangers? I have no idea. It’s not like I remove them each year when I store them.
Packages of hangers are really cheap but are a mess to keep up with. They just seem [...]
