Good Tips

[Teresa]

Got this from a friend so thought I would share some of these with you..

Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a non stick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm.  This keeps the crust crispy.  No soggy micro pizza.  I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.   

Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag.  Seal, mash till they are all broken up.  Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg.  Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.   

Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes.  You can double it in size.  You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount.  You also eat less sugar/calories per serving.   

Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil.  Wet newspapers put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds.  Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.   
 

No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.  It will keep the mosquitoes away.
 
Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper.  The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come n eat it.   
   

Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress.  Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose.  Place pin in seam of slacks and -- voila -- static is gone.   
   
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, j ust place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two.  Voila!  It unseals easily.   
 
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs.  It's a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth.  It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair...   
 
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid, mix well.  You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!   
 
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants.  They eat it, tak e it "home," can't digest it so it kills them.  It may take a week or so, esp.
if it rains, but it works &   you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed! 

[indygal]

Thanks for sharing these, Teresa. All are very easy and cheap solutions to things that make me go "aargggh."

[MarineMom]

we tired the dryer sheets for mosquitos last summer and it didn't work must have used the wrong brand

[Teresa]

Actually I meant to erase and take that one out of there. I have tried them too and they didn't work.
What DOES work for mosquitoes is pure vanilla extract.

Rub some in your hands and then all over your face etc..and I swear to you that the mosquitoes won't bite.. Excellent for kids and babies.

[Jo McDonald]

   LEFT OVER PIZZA???   WHO EVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING    LOL LOL LOL

[Teresa]

  yeah.. most people like it better cold than hot.

[kfclark]

Teresa, Do you know if Mexican Vanilla will work?  I am about to go on a Scout Camp and I'll bring a bottle or two to test it.  I love the smell and if it works as mosquito repellant. I'll be thrilled.

[Teresa]

Only kind I use..
Mama and daddy get it for me when they are in Texas.

so yep!
It works just fine.

[Teresa]

Tic Removal

A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to share -- And it really works!!
I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best wa y t o remove a tick.
This is great, because it works in those places where it's sometimes difficult to get to with tweezers: between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.

Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball. Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and let it stay on the repulsive insect for a few seconds (15-20), after which the tick will come out on it's own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you lift it away. This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was frequently), and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier for me.

Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call me for advice because she ha d on e stuck to her back and she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used this method and immediately called me back to say, "It worked!"