housewife on May 12th, 2007

a bloody nose, a skinned knee, or an accident can lead to blood stains on clothing. Blood stains can be a real hassle to remove.
Here is a mixture that should help make removing blood a little easier. Mix 1/2 cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide and 1 teaspoon of ammonia. Apply the blood stain. Wash [...]

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housewife on May 11th, 2007

Every once in a while, I cook something that uses brown sugar. I don’t cook with it that often, so my brown sugar is usually hard as a rock or clumps together. This makes it somewhat challenging to measure the amount needed.
A simple solution is to soften the brown sugar. Do this by breaking off [...]

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housewife on April 19th, 2007

Baking Soda is one of those essential products that we have on hand all the time. It ranks right up there with rubbing alcohol as a versatile and useful household item.
I had bought a used electronic toy that wasn’t working. I noticed the battery compartment was somewhat corroded. After using a Q-tip, a bit of [...]

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housewife on April 13th, 2007

Never again will I buy cheap trash bags. I thought I would save some money and buy a cheaper trash bag. I’ve learned my lesson.
I’ve had a few tear on me, which means doubling up on bags. They are also very small, and you can only fill it half-way if you want any hope of [...]

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housewife on April 11th, 2007

So, I went to use my timer on the microwave oven, and it did the same fast countdown as earlier when I tried to heat up something.
It is -apparently as I had suspected - been baby tampered with. Since finding the child safety lock was engaged by holding down the zero button, I decided [...]

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housewife on April 11th, 2007

Rae can now reach the microwave oven. Because of our kitchen’s limited counter and outlets, the microwave sits on top of a small table tray.

Well, I’m not sure if Rae pressed something she shouldn’t have or if my microwave oven is broken, but when I put the time in to cook food, it counts down [...]

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housewife on April 10th, 2007

My husband just can’t throw out a glass jar. He will use the last of the mayonaise jar, then stick the jar and lid in the sink. After having accumulated more jars than we ever used, I took an oath not to wash anymore jars. If it is a jar he wants to keep, then [...]

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housewife on April 8th, 2007

Food is attracted to my chest, especially when I’m wearing either A) a new shirt or B) my favorite shirt. It’s gotten to where I’m almost afriad of eating baked beans because I know some will wind up on my shirt. It seems nothing I try gets out the stain either.
Over the next few weeks, [...]

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housewife on April 2nd, 2007

I switched auto insurance companies in February. Our once reasonable rate seemed to get higher every six months. Determined I could find a better rate, I collected a few quotes and went with the best deal. I made what I thought was my first months payment and was surprised when I received a bill within [...]

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housewife on March 26th, 2007

I bought some shoebox size storage boxes a while back. They have a pullout drawer and are very versatile. I have used them at work where I shared a cubicle space with another person, so there was really no space for any personal items. When I left that job, I added those boxes to a [...]

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