Elise Partin, the mayor of Cayce, brings to our attention (via Pinterest) “17 Tips to Make Your Life Easier.” It originally appeared on a blog called “Aimless Direction.”
It’s a pretty good list. For instance, it offers a much better way to reheat pizza than nuking it in the microwave. Not that I really care, since I don’t eat pizza, but not everything is about me, and I thought y’all might find it useful — unless you prefer soggy leftover pizza.
And had you ever heard of this trick?
11. Unsticky Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don’t dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out…
Mayor Partin particularly recommends tip No. 17. But I’m not going to give it away. Go check out the whole list.
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Now THAT’s news you can use!
The cayenne pepper doesn’t work with all squirrels. I had some that were eating my blush camellia buds just as they opened. No luck with the cayenne….
Yea, I tried putting habanero sauce on the bird suet to deter the squirrels. It didn’t work.
So the moral of the story is – we have all been using dryer sheets wrong. (#7 and 17)
I hate dryer sheets. The smell, the greasy feeling on clothes, and i doubt they actually repel bugs…..sort of Skin So Soft mythology….
A safety pin in your seam will stop static cling, and otherwise, why use them?
I’m not a big fan of dryer sheets either, but wouldn’t #17 be more a function of surface tension than the residual effect of the dryer sheets? One would think that with air being forced through the screen, the water would get pushed through as well. I think it’s not probable.
And, thanks to Bing and Consumer Reports Magazine, we bust the myth:
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/appliances/laundry-and-cleaning/clothes-dryers/truths-and-myths-of-dryer-fires/overview/index.htm
Thanks for checking that out, Silence. I really didn’t want to have to give up dryer sheets. I’m not a fan of static cling…
On the one for getting rid of the ants with cornmeal, I guess I’ve heard the Southern variation on that. I was told that pouring uncooked grits on the ant mound would kill the ants because they would eat an individual grit, then it would swell up inside them and the ant would burst. Not sure if that works or not – I’ve never tried it.