When buying an item or gift at the mall, always ask for a gift receipt. If you have one, retailers may be more lenient when you decide to return your purchase. With a regular slip, you often have 30 days to take good back, but stores often accept a gift receipt for up to 60 days.
Help retail returns go smoothly
July 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
What a tasy melon drink
July 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Summer Breeze
How about some Melon Breeze?
In a blender, mix 2 cups chopped ripe cantaloupe, 1/2 cup pineapple chunks, 1/2 cup orange juice and 3 cups ice. Blend well, adding more orange juice or water to thin, if desired. Serve immediately.
How do I get dough off my hands quickly
July 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Kneading dough for pies or biscuits is fun, but getting it off you hands when you’re finished can be a chore. To speed it up, rub your hands with cornmeal and give them a brief rinse. The dough will come right off.
Baker’s secret to perfect pound cake
July 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Want a perfect pound cake?
To prevent a dense dessert, leave your butter out to soften for just 30 minutes instead of the standar 2 hours. The “cool room temperature” butter (about 60 degrees F) will aerate more readily than fully softened butter (about 70 degrees F) to produce a light fluffy batter.
Butter too hard or too soft for your recipe
July 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Forget to take your butter out of fridge and your’re ready to start your recipe. Thinly slice the amount you need and lay out the pieces on a plate at room temperature. The butter will be soft by the time you have measured the dry ingredients.
You had taken out the butter prior to needing it. It is a warm day, and it has gotten too soft. Place it in the freezer while you have measure the dry ingredients.
Forget the lint roller.
June 23, 2010 By 2 Comments
And forget about pressing “repeat” on the washer and dryer until the pet hair and lint com off your clothes. Take a yard of cheap nylon net and throw it into your wash with the fuzzy items. Instead of spreading all over the place, the lint and hair will head straight for the net.
Use Tea Bag to green up your grass!
May 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Got bare patches on your lawn? Before laying down grass seed, place some wet tea bags over the spots, and they’ll get green twice as fast! Got a bigger patch to fix? Dust it with powdered iced tea mix, and then lightly water to help it soak right into the soil.
Make wood furniture look like new with Crisco!
May 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
If your wooden deck furniture has faded or dried out, don’t buy a special stain or polish. Instead, rub vegetable shortening into the wood surface and buff with a cloth. The oils soak into treat, protect and moisturize the wood, and give it a shine.
Mildew-prood your deck with vinegar!
May 29, 2010 By 4 Comments
The harsh winter leaves behind stains, marks and mildew on your cushions and deck. Spray with undiluted white vinegar, leave on for an hour or two, then rinse clean. Vinegar is a natural antibacterial, disinfectant and anti-fungal; it not only kills germs and mold on contact, it also stops them from growing back!
Get plastic furniture clean with shaving cream!
May 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
Just foam it on vinyl cushions and plastic, rub in with a sponge and hose it off. Shaving cream is basically just condensed soap, plus skin-softening ingredients that help loosen tough stains so they lift off easily. And it wipes away more quickly and easily than other cleansers. Bonus: is also polishes metal furniture! Us a soft-bristled toothbrush on tough spots.
