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Tips-n-Tricks: Squirrel Proof the Birdfeeders

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Squirrels are cute, but can quickly empty bird feeders throughout the winter months. Here's a simple remedy to prevent squirrels from getting on your feeders and eating all the seeds.
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Tips-n-Tricks: Cutting Melons Quickly

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Preparing fresh melons can make a mess, with juicy running everywhere and take ages to peel. Here is a simple tip that will cut the preparation time in half!
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How to Remove Hot Spots/White Marks from Furniture

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Not too long ago we bought a beautiful mahogany table, during dinner one evening, someone passed a hot dish and set it down on the table, with nothing under it. It didn't take but a second and the damage was done, our once gorgeous table now spotted with a permanent ugly white heat stain. Or so we thought, until we discovered that we could easily remove it with this simple do it yourself tip . . .
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Anti-Nausea Flu Cubes

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AngryLioness
Published on 02-04-2013 06:44 AM

If you've got the flu you know how hard it is to keep anything down. Here are some herbal ice cubes that can be easily prepared at home to help battle the nasty bug that's running rampant through your home.
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Remove Dark Circles under Eyes

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It only takes a couple of long days at work (or really busy weekends) to takes it toll and leaves Dark Circles under the eyes. If you're thinking of heading off to work or out for the evening, here's a quick pick me up fix that will instantly lighten those dark circles and reduce the puffy bags!
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UnExpected Flu Prevention and Cure

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Liss

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Is the Flu making it's rounds in your household already, leaving your family members with a hacking cough that seems to linger for weeks, sinus pressure and pain, and other various maladies? It hit our house too, and here's how we got rid of it in under 48 hours flat . . .
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Bread Flops- Troubleshooting Broken Bread

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Liss

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Fresh hot steaming bread from the oven or bread maker is one of the best smells in the world, but what if it ends there? Sometimes when a loaf comes out, it smells delicious, but could double as a hockey puck, or maybe the top is caved in, here are some troubleshooting tips for figuring out why your bread flopped, to keep it from happening again!
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Windshield Washer Fluid

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Windshield washer fluid is ridiculously expensive - often $3 or more per gallon. Here is a simple, do it yourself recipe that works better than the store-bought counterpart
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Tips-n-Tricks- Opening Plastic Packaging Easily

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Frustrated with packages that are sealed up like Fort Knox? Here is a simple, dirt cheap, tried and true method for getting into those packages easily and without getting painful cuts/scrapes all over your hands!
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Candy Thermometer Accuracy

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Homemade candy can be finicky . . . a couple degrees in one direction or the other can mean the difference between melt in the mouth perfection or a flub you can't scrape out of the pan- which, incidentally, is exactly how "Fudge" came into existence! Here's a simple, dirt cheap tip for ensuring that your candy comes out every time . . .
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Reduce Eye Puffiness
Thread Starter: JVallaincrt
Eye Puffiness Easer 2 teaspoons grated raw potato (no skin) 1 teaspoon...
MaraJadeC 05-08-2013 05:20 AM

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Re: Question about homemade laundry detergent

It depends on which recipe you're following- are you using the Laundry Sauce recipe?

Regardless, you're best bet is to presoak diapers in a bucket of white vinegar to break down the uric acid...
FreebieQueen 05-28-2013 05:56 AM

Re: Question about homemade laundry detergent

Which homemade laundry recipe are you using?
Have you tried the Mom`s laundry sauce Liss posted a bit back?
MrsPaws 05-27-2013 11:10 PM

Question about homemade laundry detergent

My husband and I are using cloth diapers for our daughter. However, the homemade laundry detergent doesn't take the urine smell out of it and it is rank!! Normally, we use bleach when we wash them...
lmitchell 05-27-2013 09:04 PM

Re: Reduce Eye Puffiness

Gonna give this one a try. Thanks for sharing! :)
MaraJadeC 05-08-2013 05:20 AM

Re: Homemade Oven Cleaner

If your oven is really, really dirty and this won't budge anything, try adding vinegar into the mixture (for a max of 30 minutes) but please check if this is harmful to your particular oven (when...
cheerylcanete8 05-07-2013 11:36 AM

Re: Extension Pipes And Valves For Healthy Living

I don't know what he means by extension tubes (the only extension tubes I'm familiar with go on a Camera :camera: but the actuated valves are in your toilet and they don't have a ballcock or float....
Liss 04-16-2013 11:45 AM

Re: Extension Pipes And Valves For Healthy Living

I'm curious, how exactly does this save money and energy? I've never hear of actuated valves and extension tubes before, tbh, I'm not sure I understand at all what you're even talking about. ...
Candace 04-16-2013 11:41 AM

Extension Pipes And Valves For Healthy Living

The healthy living depends on the surrounding we live in. A green and clean surroundings is what keeps today's generation motivated. Nobody wants to work or sleep in a polluted or bad smelly...
kewinvilson 04-16-2013 07:51 AM

Re: Get rid of spiders -- naturally --

we had tons of spiders last year!! (hate bugs) On the bright side, we had few mosquitoes thanks to the spiders...

With that said -- we get what seems like MILLIONS (though it's close to hundreds...
CulArtStudent 04-15-2013 10:00 PM

Re: Get rid of spiders -- naturally --

We don't usually get many...as in very few. Good thing too. I'm EXTREMELY bugaphobic!! lol I SO don't like the creepy crawlies...:011:
BUT just in case, thank you for the remedy!!!
MrsPaws 04-15-2013 07:19 PM

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