Some of My Favorite Home Tips!!!

I wanted to post a few tips that I have found along the way. Hope some of them help you.

If you have a picture that wants to fall sideways all the time, you can take a piece of tape and wrap it around the center of the wire where the picture hangs. This when placed on the wall hanger will not slip and slide! 

When planting in pots you can use a coffee filter to line the pot with, and this will help keep the soil in the pot when watering. 

Want to save a little money on potting soil when planting a large pot of flowers. Save those packing peanuts and use them in the bottom of the large pots. This gives good drainage and helps fill up the pots so you do not have to use so much soil and the pot will not weigh so much. 

You can line a flower bed with newspaper, and then lay your mulch on top. This helps keep weeds from coming up through the mulch. 

If you have a set of glasses that are stuck together try putting cold water in the top glass and setting the bottom glass in warm water. This should let them slide apart. 

Painting around a window glass can be made easy if you cut a piece of newspaper to fit the window. Wet the newspaper and stick it to the window before you paint.  Take the newspaper off when finished painting. 

Have a drawer full of appliance cords and have to search through to find the right cord. Save the cardboard rolls from toilet paper. Place a cord in the roll and write on the roll what the cord goes to. 

Be sure to run cold water when using the garbage disposal as this helps keep fats solid and lets them be chopped up instead of re-solidifying  later in the pipes.  

Want to save some money on drying clothes. Try putting a couple of dry wash clothes or a towel in the dryer when you dry your clothes. This can cut the drying time by as much as 20 minutes. This saves time, and money on the electric bill. 

One of my favorite tips is about making tuna salad, chicken salad, or ham salad. I hate to peel eggs for these and while on vacation at a very nice restaurant a chef told me his secret. Don’t use boiled eggs for these. It is too time consuming. Put just a little butter in a non-stick pan and scramble the eggs till just a little dry. Chop a little and use these! It taste the same and takes a fraction of the time to do.  Also on the cans of tuna open the lid all the way around but leave the lid resting in the can on the tuna. Run cold water over the top of the lid and then press the lid down forcing the water out of the tuna. Do this a few times making sure to press all the water out. Your tuna will have a light taste.