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Archive for December 20th, 2011

I received this in my email inbox this morning. Great tips for taking care of some everyday problems. I didn’t have an original source but I did find the same list with one extra here so that leads me to believe this ‘might’ be the original source. Also the sources for the pictures are at this link also.

Freeze Aloe Vera in ice-cube trays for soothing sunburn relief.

Stop cut apples browning in your child’s lunch box by securing with a rubber band.

A muffin pan becomes a craft caddy. Magnets hold the plastic cups down to make them tip-resistant.

Add this item to your beach bag. Baby powder gets sand off your skin easily, who knew?!

Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.

Forever losing your bathroom essentials? Use magnetic strips to store bobby pins, tweezers and clippers, behind a vanity door

Turn your muffin pan upside down, bake cookie-dough over the top and voila, you have cookie bowls for fruit or ice-cream.

Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or computer screen with WD40.

Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones, so much more fun and easier for kids to eat.

Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting crosses into a box lid.

Use egg cartons to separate and store your Christmas decorations.

Bread tags make the perfect cord labels.

For those who can’t stand the scrunching and bunching: how to perfectly fold a fitted sheet.

Create a window-box veggie patch using guttering.

Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty soles rubbing on your clothes. And you can find them in just about every hotel.

Microwave your own popcorn in a plain brown paper bag. Much healthier and cheaper than the packet stuff.

Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone & iPod in a bowl. The concave shape amplifies the music.

Overhaul your linen cupboard, store bed linen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match.

Install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles.

Hull strawberries easily using a straw.

Attach a Velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys.

Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a stocking over the vacuum hose.

Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes.

Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls against the ceiling, rather than cluttering up the floor.

This week’s menu…

Breakfast

Fruit Smoothies and homemade breakfast sandwich (just egg and biscuit)

Buckwheat pancakes with added flax and wheat germ thrown in (family LOVEs these)

7 grain cereal and boiled eggs

French toast in the oven, fruit

Fruit Smoothies and muffins (batter is in the freezer)

Cereal, boiled eggs, fruit

 

 

Lunch

A little of this and little of that. Alternate between PB& J and crackers with cheese and fruit. Always fruit with lunch.

 

Dinner

Leftovers

Crabcakes (with some alterations), mashed potatoes, and coleslaw

Homemade pasta with meatballs and pesto sauce (this has become a thing with Sweet Peanut so we make the pasta together). Salad

Crock Pot beef stew with fruit on the side

Baked catfish, wild rice blend, green beans

Tacos with all the fixin’s