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Helpful household tips:
- Cut your dryer sheets in fourths they will last you four times longer! A little goes a long way!Or better yet, don't use any, they are full of chemicals.
- Use tennis balls in the dryer to avoid dryer sheets.
- Use baking soda instead of cleanser to scrub the stove, sink, counters, tub, etc. it is not harmful like cleanser. If you spray the sink with peroxide (food grade) first then sprinkle it with baking soda, let sit for 5 minutes then come back and scrub, it will be very clean and stain free without the use of bleach or bleach products. Add a touch of organic dish soap and your favorite essential oil like lemon oil. You will be very satisfied.
- Use vinegar to clean the house instead of 409, it is not harmful and will clean very well.
- Use lavender oil to clean the house, a few drops in hot water will clean and disinfect almost anything.
- Use tea tree oil for burns, wounds, mouth sores, toothache, it works wonders!
- Make your own baby food it is less expensive.
- Make your own yogurt, you'll save money!
- Make your own granola, it is tastier too! (See recipes)
- Grow your own herbs and plant a vegetable garden you'll save big bucks!
- Put your kitchen sponge in the microwave for 1 minute to disinfect.
- Build your own website with Office Live, you'll save tons of money and it's user friendly.
- Use Picasa by Google for your photos, it is user friendly too!
- Use Vista Print for all of your business cards, they are free, you only pay for shipping.
- Use Blurb.com to self publish, it is free to download Booksmart
- Cancel your cell phone account and get a pay as you go account instead (if you don't have to pay the ugly disconnection fee, for a large money saver.
- Get a MagicJack instead, you'll save lots of money.
- Quit Smoking! you'll save big bucks.
- Prevention is worth a pound of cure, exercise for better health, something I plan to implement now.
- Don't hesitate to ask the Dr. about everything he prescribes, understand your treatment!
- Understand what you are taking and the risks involved first!
- Use clean pantyhose to store, plastic grocery bags, onions, potatoes, other pantyhose, anything else.
- Save old bar soaps and grate them into a pretty bowl for re-use at the bathroom sink
- Save old bar soaps in a 6" piece of panty hose and tie in a knot at both ends use as a bar of soap to finish it off.
- Do your own do it yourself jobs around the house, take a class at Home Depot
- Learn to garden!
- Learn to cook!
- Learn to sew!
- Learn to can! Call your County Extension Office for help.
- Be humble, go to the Food Bank if you need to.
- Be humble, apply for Food Stamps if you need to.
- Be humble, take a lower paying job, if you need to.
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