HANDY HINTS

Funny Hints.

Layers of dirty film on windows and screens provide a helpful filter against the harmful rays from the sun.

Cobwebs: Artfully draped over lampshades, they reduce the glare from the bulb, thereby creating a romantic atmosphere.

Explain the mound of pet hair brushed up against the doorways by claiming you are collecting it there to use for stuffing hand-sewn play animals for underprivileged children. (It also keeps out cold drafts in winter.)

Dusting: If dust is REALLY out of control, simply place a showy urn on the coffee table and insist the "This is where Grandma wanted us to scatter her ashes."

Always keep several get well cards on the mantle so if unexpected guests arrive, you can say you’ve been sick and unable to clean.

General Cleaning: -Mix one-quarter cup pine-scented household cleaner with four cups of water in a spray bottle. Mist the air lightly.

Leave dampened rags in conspicuous locations

Develop an exhausted look, throw yourself on the couch and sigh, "I clean and I clean and I still dont get anywhere."

As a last resort, light the oven, throw a teaspoon of cinnamon in a pie pan, turn off the oven and explain that you have been baking cookies for a bake sale for a favorite charity and haven’t had time to clean. Works every time.

Cobwebs anywhere - simply throw glitter on them and call them holiday decorations.

The following are REAL Hints:

Use chocolate flavored Ex-lax to control chipmunks, moles, etc.

Hair Lice - regularly shampoo with Coconut Oil Shampoo. Coconut Oil is the source of dodecylalcohol which is lethal to adult lice and some eggs.

Did you know a burst of spray starch or hair spray will ground a flying insect?

Doggie Deodorant - In between baths, dust your dog with baking soda, leave it on 10 minutes or so, brush it out and enjoy a sweet-smelling dog.

Remove glue and sticky stuff from objects you buy with a little peanut butter.

Reduce Food costs - Very simple: Don’t do your shopping on an empty stomach.

To eliminate odours of cabbage, brussel sprouts or broccoli, place the heel of bread (the whole last crust of a loaf) on top of vegetables while cooking.

Experts tell us that to prevent the top of your meat loaf from splitting, simply brush it with some cold water before you put it in the oven.

Keep a plastic sandwich bag in the shortening can so that you can insert your hand, grab some shortening and grease pans with the same bag over and over.

Plastic Wrap - Keep it from sticking and tangling - Store in freezer of fridge.

To add an interestingly different flavour to gravy, mix in a little instant coffee.

Bacon - Before you open the package, roll it over on itself. This tends to loosen the bacon strips for easier removal.

Fruit sauces sweetened after cooling need half as much sugar as sauces sweetened while hot.

Omit salt when cooking corn because it toughens the kernels. If you must add something, let it be sugar.

Sauteeing with butter, add a little salad oil to the pan to keep the fat from burning.

Add tablespoon of vinegar to oil, before heating, and deep fried food will not absorb as much of the oil.

After working with onions, rub your hands on your stainless steel water taps or something stainless steel. Removes smell.

To correct lumpy gravy, blend a little salt into the flour or cornstarch before adding water to the thickening.

To keep a vegetable salad fresh while standing, place inverted saucer in bottom of the salad bowl before putting salad in.

Popping corn pops better if you freeze it first.

Candles burn longer if they are frozen first