Today's tip

[pegkerr]

A quick blast of cooking spray, like Pam, will prevent snow from sticking to your snow shovel.

Give me a clever tip that makes your life easier. Any subject.

Comments

Easy Duvet Re-assembly

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

Turn the duvet cover inside out, grab the corners from the inside, then slip it over the duvet.

Re: Easy Duvet Re-assembly

[psychic-serpent.livejournal.com]

Doing that with pillow cases/pillows works well, too, instead of trying to jolt the pillow back into the case.

[knitmeapony.livejournal.com]

To take those annoying stickers off the top of a CD case, unhinge the CD and peel.

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

Those drive me INSANE. Why do they even exist, anyway?

Thanks for the tip!

[aome.livejournal.com]

To clean your microwave:

Heat one cup of water on HIGH for 3 minutes. At the end of cooking time, leave the door SHUT for another 5 minutes. Open door, wipe down surfaces with a damp sponge or paper towel - almost everything will have steamed right off.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

How Heloise.

B

[cmpriest.livejournal.com]

Blistex will remove that stay-put lip color that's so damn hard to get off your mouth once it's on there.

[magicwoman.livejournal.com]

Great tip!

[cmpriest.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I figured it out the hard way ;-)
Just smear it on thick, leave it on for 45 seconds or so, and everything will wipe right off.

[magicwoman.livejournal.com]

I love it! I'm usually stuck with just a ring around my lips of the remaining "perm" lipstick colors. This will be very handy!

Susan

PS: Happy New Year to you and yours!

[dreamflower]

Put spoons in the dishwasher handles down and knives and forks handles up to avoid crowding.

[aome.livejournal.com]

We usually do spoons/forks handle-down, and knives handle-up to avoid stabbing ourselves. :D

[(Anonymous)]

I usually stab myself with the forks. But then I'm talented. :)

[wilfulcait.livejournal.com]

If you keep your flour and cornmeal in the freezer, it will never hatch moths or weevils.

[tabithajones.livejournal.com]

One I use regularly: Sprinkle a little bit of baby powder in your hair the days you don't feel like washing it. Smells pretty and takes away any oil.

[von-krag.livejournal.com]

To keep partial cans of paints, stains glues, etc fresh and usable make sure the lid is on tight and turn upside down. I also and clean glass marbles to fill up the volume used. There yah go two tips in one. :-)

[glinda-w.livejournal.com]

To polish silver easily and quickly:

Crumple aluminum foil in the bottom of a glass dish. Sprinkle a handful or so of baking soda over it, then place the silver on top of the foil. Pour in boiling water until the silver is covered - and most, if not all, of the tarnish goes away! (Ventilation is good, though, the sulfur smell can be pretty intense...)

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

This will come in handy--I have some silver jewelry that's impossible to clean properly.

[jeanineers.livejournal.com]

When stored in the refrigerator nail polish will last for years.
I have polish that is at least 5 years old, it hasn't become gloppy.

[jeanineers.livejournal.com]

I could use some tips on removing red nail polish from white carpet.

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

Adding liquid to a solid when cooking prevents lumps if you stir in a bit at a time. For instance, when making gravy, add your liquid to the flour in a cup, stirring in a bit at a time so no lumps, and then pour that into the pan.

Voila.

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

And to get the wrap off a CD quickly, run the bottom of the CD along the edge of something--the edge of the kitchen counter or a table.

[catmcroy.livejournal.com]

Baking soda and apple cider vinegar makes my hair softer, silkier and shinier than any shampoo or conditioner on the market. and for pennies, too

[castiron.livejournal.com]

When changing a child's diaper, take the wipe out of the wipe box before unfastening the diaper.

And until I fiddled with enough mechanical stuff that it sank in, "lefty-loosey righty-tighty" was an extremely helpful mnemonic.

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

If there are no toddlers in the house, tie a marker to the refrigerator door. Foods sold in an air-tight package (preserves, ultrapasturized milk, soy milk, many condiments) are labelled something like "use by Nov 15 2008," and they have another label, elsewhere on the package, that says something like, "best within 4 days after opening." If you label them with the date when you break the seal, it's easier to keep track of how long the stuff will stay good. And of course having the marker handy may encourage you to mark leftovers with the date when you put them away.