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Science Projects For Preschoolers?
Get an empty metal gas can if you can find one, warm it up with 1/4 boiling water in it so they can see steam emerging, then let it cool with the cap on tight, and they will be impressed watching the vacuum inside crush the can completely within like 20 minutes...

 

Completed necklace.

Pink and Pearls Necklace
Very nice, I cant get enough of the best pink items. I will make that necklace! When I was about fifteen, I made a necklace for my Dad (hey, it was the sixties, he was a pothead..) and I made one small mistake. It fit over my head, but not his, it was too small...

 

Keeping Mini Roses Alive
Ive had four in a row die, so now Ill try this!

 

Wheelbarrow Flower Decoration

Wheelbarrow Flower Decorations
how appealing, I think those are great!

 

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Beverage Tips For Weddings
Youre right, its very poor to charge for drinks, if I could imagine the OPPOSITE of hospitality, that would be it! Let the festivities begin when they walk in the door! Will you come plan my next event? (VBG) thanks!

 

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Camomile Tea for Cat Eye Problems
If all products for human eyes are sold in sterile form with instructions for maintaining sterile technique, why put homemade stuff in your pets eyes? Not for me, I just cant do that.

 

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Student Loan Options Other Than Federal Financial Aid?
Maybe you have a kindly relative who will believe in you. Pray about it, then send out an appeal with a return envelope to all your extended family. Dont belabor the point about your previous efforts. Be sure to plan to repay with interest after you graduate...

 

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Need Instruction Manual For Camera Binoculars?
Just do a general search and maybe find the manual from a different source. Or ask at the store that sold it to you, and maybe even ask at the store that sells them pretending to be interested in one. Give the people a proper tip for helping you.

 

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Why Are Apples Cracking While Growing?
I would use a posthole digger and drill several holes around the tree, then fill up the holes with 2 rocks. This would provide drainage. Make sure that you are applying the compost only out at the drip line, the area straight down from the outermost branches...

 

Wall collage.

Collage As Wall Art
Oh those are great! Ill start one of those. Love it!

 

Ziggy (Domestic Shorthair Cat)

Ziggy (Domestic Shorthair Cat)
Hes a likeable mellow guy. Sorry hes got a serious health challenge, hope he can overcome it and enjoy life a bit longer. What more could anyone, critter or human, ask?

 

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Bottle Your Own Water
Great reminder! I heard that the State of California is getting ready to BAN bottled water because it fills up the landfills and uses tons of plastic. Ive heard that the plastic leaches chemicals in tiny amounts into the water. And those who live in fluoride...

 

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Don't Say It's for Your Wedding and Save Money
Ill remember that, thats so simple its great!

 

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Advice On Using Gold Jewelry Cleaner?
Toothpaste works well. Dont use one that claims to whiten because it is more abrasive. Be gentle and just brush in small circles, not ripping strokes. God bless!

 

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How Can You Tell if a Pot Is Cast Iron?
Go to the store and find cast iron pots. Just pick one up and youll know, they are that heavy. I sure love mine! God bless!

 

Solution for Shoes that Slip?
Very cute! I would try and return them. Just take the receipt you have, tell your story and see if you dont get them returned after all. The attempt is free and you have a 50% chance of success! Could you wear some outrageous pink socks and wear them with jeans...

 

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Removing Bed From Sofa?
Can you keep a mattress topper rolled up in an upstairs closet for when you need it as a bed? Im thinking of an egg-crate foam sheet about four inches thick. I slept on my grandmothers hideabed and survived!

 

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Searching For Surname "Tolley"?
just put tolley in your google search box? Or use yellowpages.com and indicate a certain city?

 

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Help With HP Printer & Windows Vista?
I know with mine, every click I do trying to make it do at least something, all those tries, all get printed eventually, so if it doesnt print on the first try, dont do any more clicks!

 

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Reusing Wornout Capri Pants?
Black linen would be a nice texture to use as a background in a framed picture?

 

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Cloths For Swiffer Mops?
I cut up a towel from the thrift shop and have never thrown it out, so far I just shake it out and put it right back on. Love the Swiffer!

 

Aggressive Young Labradoodle

Aggressive Young Labradoodle?
There is another view, which is to Be The Momma Dog. You observe a mother dog with puppies, and when one of them annoys her, she reacts with a roar and a nip that frightens the puppy and reminds the pup that Momma is the Alpha of the pack. Later in the dogs...

 

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Has Anyone Used StickySheets?
I thought my dog wouldnt shed because her coat is short, boy was I wrong! her hair is like hog bristles, and you almost need tweezers to get it out. I use a sheet over my bed so I can shake it out the second-story window. I use the lint rollers from WalMart...

 

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10 Year Old With A "Fresh" Mouth?
She needs to learn that there are places to use smarty talk, and places not to. If all the kids are doing it at school, then of course she learned it, but she can learn to keep it to herself when around people she respects. We all know those words and how to...

 

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Is Extended Use Of Fragrance Oils Harmful?
I am sure that the oil gets breathed, but I decided to get brave and use them, and Im glad every time I step in the front door. What oil gets inhaled that contacts the nasal passages and upper lung passages will be gathered and swallowed, thanks to the cilia...

 

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Using Curtains Instead Of Painting?
You could also use 2x2 lumber to frame the sheets and use them stretched out flat, as huge pictures. I would use some solids and some big florals, maybe. Or hang the sheets as suggested and have big overlapping curves, suggesting theatre curtains opening. Theres...

 

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Inexpensive Decor Items For New Home?
Im here in Washington and I make use of Value Village a lot. Are they in your area?

 

Giant Sunflowers

Giant Sunflowers
Wow, obviously youre a believer in good garden dirt!

 

Giant Sunflowers

Giant Sunflowers
Those are still my favorite kind of sunflower! you must be making up some very good dirt. I read a long time ago that good dirt is 1/3 sand, 1/3 clay, and 1/3 vegetation such as compost. That has worked for me ever since. Enjoy your flowers, especially with...

 

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Stopping a Cat from Scratching a Couch?
Rub the area with a fresh dryer sheet (test on a hidden area first). Too much fragrance for a kitty nose, but it smells nice to us.

 

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Curling Hair Naturally?
While your hair is wet, put mousse all through it, and then lean over so your hair hangs to one side. Put your hand under it and lift, so it gets bunched up, and it will fold according to whatever natural wave it has. This is the same technique I saw a girl...

 

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Advice For Pruning Forsythia Hedge?
Forsythia can be sheared into a ball shape but that looks gross to me. Its meant to have a loose blousy shape, ragged and natural. So you select which branch is to go, reach deep into the bush to where it starts, and take out the whole length of the branch...

 

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Side by Side Freezer Door Not Closing Correctly?
maybe you would be best helped by someone who could see the thing.

 

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Homemade 45 Calorie Bread?
The reason its only 45 calories per slice is that it has food grade cellulose in it. This is finely powdered wood pulp, so indigestible that it passes through and doesnt contribute to the calorie count. Good luck!

 

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Looking For Brown Leather Footstool From Bed Bath & Beyond?
Of course youve gone to the BBB website?

 

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Frugal Wedding Decorations
Hooray for you, a sane bride! Anyone can marry debt free, as it should be. I just know you were so much happier without the mental strain of how much is all this costing!! Good for you, girl!

 

A decopauged tissue box.

Decoupaged Tissue Box Covers
those look really good!

 

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Making Tomato Soup from Fresh Tomatoes?
Recipes.com, and yes, it freezes well. Basically you blender them up and add seasonings. I also like to just freeze the small ones whole and toss them into a spaghetti sauce in mid-winter for a shot of fresh flavor. Good luck -

 

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Sending Someone Fresh Salsa?
I guess I would try freezing it and sending it in a cheep little styro sixpack cooler. He must be a special nephew, to get such preferential treatment! You could use an unopened bag of chips to insulate the box.

 

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Color That Goes with Blue?
I generally use this principle: use one main color, smaller amounts of a close shade of the same color, then zings of an opposite accent color. So aqua blue, then aqua blue paler (mix with white) and then orangey-yellow, or orangey-red. I would use the red...

 

Rose of Sharon

Successfully Replanted Rose of Sharon
heavenly color, obviously its happy with you!

 

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Use Panty Liners for Bandages
Paper products are considered essentially sterile for first aid, due to the heat of the steam used in making them. At least thats what I was told! Good thrifty idea, Ill remember that!

 

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Summer Home Safety
good advice -thanks - I didnt have a pole in my sliding glass door.

 

Finished trees.

Miniature Pinecone Christmas Trees
These surprised me, they look really great! and would last for years. nice!

 

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Uses for Splenda for Baking?
I went through thirty pages of links looking for bad news about Splenda, and there was nothing of any scientific merit. So I use it freely, and I just adjust to taste. WalMart has a house brand of sucralose that is cheaper.

 

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I Found a Kitten?
Maybe you might let this kitty go to a new home via the no-kill shelter, since she urgently needs vet care. When you are good and ready to CHOOSE the cat of your dreams, with full resources for supporting her, you can get a healthy one and be able to afford...

 

Country Wedding

Country Wedding Background
Nice work! good enough for a wedding day.

 

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Oriental Trading Company For Birthday Goodies
Best part is, they dont contribute to the obesity that all those sugary goodies did. There was love in them, but the love is better expressed this way! The local party store is a good source, but I have a personal rule of always shopping the thrift shop first...

 

Garden arbor

Garden Arbor
Can he come over to Washington State and do one for me? So cool!

 

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Foods for Dry Skin?
Some skin conditions manifest as general dryness and are nutritional related, so be sure you are getting enough of the B vitamins daily. This group of important nutrients is non-toxic, so its safe to supplement. It will take about four months to see benefit...

 

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No Walnuts This Year?
It could be that when the tree was in bloom, the pollinators were suppressed somehow, such as a cold spell or heavy rain.

 

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Safety of and Getting Rid of Bat Guano?
Wear gloves and a face mask when you remove it. Dry bat guano is powdery and you definitely do not want to breathe it, same for any other rodent dung.

 

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Pine Tree Along Leech Bed?
What is a leech bed? Leeches here in WA are swimming vermin that suck on the legs of cattle, drinking blood.

 

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Preventing Growth In Driveway Cracks?
Instead of nuking the dirt every so often, getting trapped into a routine, go to your home center for a patching material and glue the cracks shut!

 

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Permanent Eye Liner in NJ?
I used to really like dyed-on eyeliner, it lasted for several months. My stylist told me that insurance and liability are reducing eye-related services throughout the field of cosmetology. Sorry, hope you find someone!

 

Condo Manager Evicting My Dog?
I know how your dog can be a sanity-saver, mine is for me. I would get a copy QUICK of your landlord-tenant laws. Every eviction involves three months of notices (except for truly criminal activity like arson) and it sounds like you are being denied due process...

 

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Training My Dog to Go on the Grass?
Can of dog repellent spray after a really super cleaning.

 

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Removing The Smell Of Bathroom Disinfectant?
Like the old saying goes, Dilution is the Solution to Pollution. Fresh air will carry the smell away, so increase the fresh air with fans. The fragrance part is oily so maybe a detergent wipedown will take off the worst of it.

 

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How To Keep Hair From Tangling?
My momma told me never to brush it when wet. So I carefully comb it from the bottom up, as mentioned above, and if I come to a snag, I untangle it with my fingers, trying hard not to break even one hair. My girlfriend just violently rips her tangles in half...

 

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Finding Source Of Car Smell?
Years ago a smell was my first clue that little mousies had found their way in under the hood and built a nestie in the heater. I had to pay a service guy to disassemble the heater to remove all the materials they used for nesting. Even after that, there were...

 

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Testing The Reliability Of Remote Cooking Thermometers?
Never thought of that, and potentially its a serious safety issue. Thanks! My Dad is immunocompromised, kidney transplant, so he takes kitchen safety a lot more seriously than I ever used to. Well check ours!

 

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Tips Putting Up Wallpaper Around Power Sockets?
You can either put contact paper on the outlet cover, or just put nice new covers on your outlets in a better color, maybe.

 

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Do Horse Shampoos Make Your Hair Look Thicker?
My girlfriend wore an outrageous pink beehive wig when she felt like wearing a wig. The rest of the time she wore a wrap that had a fake pony tail and bangs in it, which she made herself (it was just as easy as poking hair pieces into any old scarf or hat). Every...

 

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Making Fake Food?
I just looked on eBay for fake milkshake, fake food, fake hamburger, fake sandwich and found items for sale under all those. Just go look!

 

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Disengaging Hand Wheel On Brother Sewing Machine?
Have you tried the company website? they usually have Contact Us among the links. You could probably obtain a book for your model of machine, usefull for keeping it oiled and tension adjusted right. I have learned the hard way that those two details make the...

 

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Composting Clay?
Read Ann Lovejoy! Her book turned all my old ideas upside down. You can drain bathtub beds by putting a post hole filled with rocks under them. Good soil should be one-third sand, one-third clay, and one-third decaying vegetation. You can guesstimate how much...

 

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Removing the New Car Smell?
The new car smell is the product of plastic ingredients effusing out of the vinyl and other plastic surfaces. You can greatly speed up the process by putting a gentle heat source in the car with the windows rolled down 1/4 inch, or park it in hot sun. You can...

 

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Quilt Patterns For Drunkards Path?
I just put drunkards path quilt into my browser and got lots of links. heres one: http://www.peppercory.com/drunkard_path.html

 

Harlequin Maple Leaves Browning On Edges?
I think it got good and thirsty once. That or being dehydrated by a frosty night would do it. Either way, the leaves will soon fall. Transplant shock can do that too. No treatment is needed, just assuming you planted in a really big hole after mixing in compost...

 

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Ideas For Recycling An Old Piano?
I can hear the piano yelling No! Please consider putting it up on Craigslist or eBay or running an ad to sell it. You can get nice furniture without destroying a real piano. I never got to have piano lessons as a kid, its on my when I retire list, so please...

 

Guam Waterfall
Nice shot! very inviting on this hot day here.

 

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Ask for Credit for Poorly Developed Photos
Good idea, for those that developed poorly. Those that were useless just because I didnt shoot properly, I could not ask them to refund. They do have money spent on equipment and chemicals and paper, and they deserve to be paid for what they did right.

 

Finished project.

Crochet With Old T-Shirts
Bet that feels nice and cushy when you step out of bed in the morning! good thinkin!

 

Size of Needle for a Lockstitch Mini Sewing Machine?
Since its portable, just haul it to the sewing center.

 

Butterfly Baby Shower Cake

Butterfly Baby Shower Cake
Awesome pretty cake! How did you do the twinkly-sparkly look?

 

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Baskin and Robbins Birthday Club
And happy Birthday to you! hope your day is a bunch of fun, really deep-down fun.

 

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Looking For The Name & Artist Of Late '80s Song?
I just ran that link on You Tube and that was exactly it, way to go! K obviously has no problems with memory loss. That was fun!

 

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Recipe For Bleach Water Remedy For Parvovirus?
Pablo Picassos son was famous for committing suicide by drinking bleach, poor guy, so how can even dilute bleach be good for any living thing??

 

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High Scool Dance With "Black & White" Theme?
How about making silhouettes of all the class members, and hanging them on the walls with a small flap to raise in the corner for guessing who it is?

 

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Basketball Themed Birthday Cake?
Shoestring licorice? You could use thin icing to change the color, but it would work for tying together to make a net.

 

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Christmas Gift Suggestions?
Good for you for thinking how to please your family and friends with gifts. i dont like gift cards at all, all they are is a message that says get your own present, fool, I cant be bothered to do it, and Im only going to spend x on you! The ultimate present...

 

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White Suit Turned Gray At Dry Cleaners?
Dry cleaners reuse their solutions until they are really dirty. Go back and explain, then ask when they will use fresh cleaning fluid, and have it recleaned then. You will probably get your suit restored to the true white it should be.

 

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Retirement Party Theme Ideas?
You can use all the Happy New Year theme to make it into Happy New Life!

 

Uses For Soldering Cylinder?
They could be shelving supports, anchored in place with screws, the same way people make plank-and-brick shelves. Stick them under your bed, because a great idea (better than mine) will come to you. Enough of them could be a trellis for a vine in the garden...

 

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How Do You Affect The Growth Of Marigolds?
Affect? as in... cause them to grow sideways or something? Anyway, they are hungry things, and if you mean you want them to grow big and bloom a lot, use plenty of compost worked into the soil to make it nice and rich. Dont let them get too dried out. Good...

 

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Ideas for Combining Boy's 1st Birthday and Baptism Party?
I would just decorate for the birthday, and not try to work in baptism imagery. The little one will not understand baptism and it will be solemn, so let the birthday party part be for fun.

 

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14th Birthday Party With Hawaiian Sleepover Theme?
If your official birthday is in the cold months, then do the party in the warm months! Many people will do the party on the weekend when it falls mid-week, so more people can come. Well, why not stretch that concept? Just tell people My birthday is in October...

 

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How Long Before Using Newly Painted Bathroom?
The drying time should be printed on the can of the paint, or you could go to the paint manufacturers website and find out. If you waited two whole days, you would be extra safe.

 

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Removing Beetroot & Mayonnaise From Cotton?
Hello Tebo! I have been through Joburg on the way to Durban, many happy memories of that trip. I would use a peroxide product on the beet stain. You did not say what color his shirt is, if it is white then bleach will work. Just use it well diluted, like 5...

 

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Is Paint Still OK To Use After 2 Years?
You will probably be okay with it. If you end up not liking it, you can just paint over that, but at least you will not be guilty of throwing out good paint.

 

Dad with party hat over nose

Family Birthday Photo
cool- obviously she had a good time!

 

Oscar (Turkish Van)
Oscars a lucky boy!

 

My Frugal Life: Live Within Your Means
You did well to put the kids needs ahead of convenience for yourself. I think cake tastes much better when its made by a loving person, rather than just another machine-made thing full of artificial stuff. You have my respect, and as youve already seen, none...

 

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Turn a Tight Sweater Into a Cardigan
Thats so clever! really frugal and smart!

 

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What Is Graham Flour?
Graham flour is a type of whole wheat flour named after the American Presbyterian minister Rev. Sylvester Graham, an early advocate for dietary reform. According to the Larousse Gastronomique, Graham despised processed white flour and believed that bran was...

 

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Unique Group Halloween Costume Ideas For Work?
Use a refrigerator carton, roll it into a cylinder, cover it with a bedsheet, keep a hole in the top and bottom and there you are: a giant roll of toilet paper! My dad did pretty good last year with his long silver beard, in a black bathrobe tied with coarse...

 

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Unique Group Halloween Costume Ideas For Work?
Also: wearing a dress from a thrift shop with a large apron I sort of roughed together, I decorated a hat with glue-gun and fake flowers, more fake flowers along the hem of the dress, a silhouette of a black lamb attached to the hem, and then I carried a PVC...

 

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Help finding Vehicle Grant/Donation Organization?
Stand up in church and ask! someone can either lend or give an extra car for a while. You can approach the church board privately if you like and ask about their benevolence fund. Its what churches do!

 

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Housetraining 1 Year Old Min Pin?
Sorry about your dog getting hit! Of course you cried - not like a baby but like a person whose dog got hit, its a loss! My dog got house trained pretty fast by my taking her right outside (always on leash, she is never outside offleash) even once an hour, and...

 

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Suggestions For 4-H Craft Project?
Best idea source of all is to go to a nearby Fair and see their 4H department. Its not too late to make a trip to a Fair and get ideas!

 

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Health Advice For "Dirty" Spot On Arm?
If you dont know what it is, you cant fix it! Having had a dirty spot that was an eyelash away from me going through chemo and radiation, I am screaming at you, GO to the doctor! Dont make an appointment, just GO, walk in, GO! Dont wait until Monday, just jump...

 

Christmas decorated curtain rings

Christmas Ornaments From Curtain Rings
that really works! I like the simple red ones. Thanks!

 

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Make Sure Ebay is Actually Making You Money
thats pretty much what my experience was when I sold my collection on eBay, you really have to watch that your enterprise doesnt turn into a charity benefitting eBay. And I had not heard of Diaperswappers, thanks! I just need some old soft diapers for cleaning...

 

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Using Instant Coffee to Color Wood Scratches
Awesome tip! Ill use that tonight! thanks so much, amazing good timing for me here!

 

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Recycling Ideas for Old Televisions?
Give it to the local senior center helpline, or thrift shop (assuming it still works).

 

Detail Mini Lamp Shades
Much more interesting than it originally was!

 

Reinforcements
That one is worth blowing up for a big wall version! and youre all set for Christmas for the grandparents with that one, you lucky snapshooter! talk about being there at the very instant of the perfect photo!

 

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Make Your Own Toy Food
Very smart, and true to the toddlers real life experience. Great thrifty tip. The fake food that the sell in toy stores barely lasts five minutes before its stepped on or whatever anyway.

 

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Rubber Band to Remove Excess Paint from Brush
That makes all the sense! You just changed the way I paint. Thanks!

 

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Cleaning Tips with Recycled Materials
Love the dryer sheet in the bottom of the can idea. I also like to keep a pile of new bags in the bottom of the can under the liner, that way they are right where I need them. thanks!

 

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Decorating with Old Fashioned Dollies
That really shows how pretty they are, but it also keeps them from being laundered to death. They were made by hand, so many hours in each one, they are deserving of being featured. Great tip.

 

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Straightening Wavy Hair?
You could save empty orange juice cans and jumbo bobby pins, and set your hair on these as curlers. For bangs, use a gel and stick your hair down (be careful not to frown until it dries). The orange juice cans can all be bound into a mesh scarf. This is the...

 

boy posing with balanced golf balls

Balancing Golf Balls
Too cool for words! what a guy!

 

Morning Glories: Not Just A Weed

Morning Glories: Not Just A Weed
Those look healthy, and I like the purple-flower ones. There are two types, hedge bindweed and field bindweed, that are not only weeds, they are legally recognised in your area (Im in Moses Lake) as Noxious Weeds, meaning the county has the authority to levy...

 

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Party Game With Shoe Theme?
Balloon volleyball while wearing high heels on the guys?

 

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Advice For Stopping Spam?
Time to just get a new email address.

 

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Advice For Dealing With a Frizzy Mohawk?
I saw a product in the store called (x brand) putty, for anchoring roots so hair stays lifted. It was thick like school paste or something. Try that? I wanted super-straight hair years ago, and now I find Im sanest and happiest when I cooperate with the kind...

 

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Does The Power Rider Provide Effective Exercise?
I checked it out and saw pictures of it on eBay, and I cant recommend it. Looks like something that would strain your back, and not enjoyable enough to stick with for long. BTW, the eBay one for sale was for only $20. Grab that baby, pop her into a stroller...

 

Birdbath Play
Good for you for respecting her process of discovery, and celebrating the beauty of that moment. Youre right, the colors in the water droplets provide fascination!

 

Three napkins hung on the point over the curtain rod.

Use Napkins as a Window Treatment
Excellent, that looks great!

 

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Advice For Putting Queen Size Bed On Risers?
What about those covers that go from the top of the box springs to the floor? are those things called duvet covers? Im not sure about the name, but many bedding sets have that one skirt for the bottom half of the bed to the floor. You could make one by hemming...

 

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Where To Find Earth Shoes?
eBay!! Ive checked them out myself, they are the real thing. The ones at WalMart are EarthSpirit and not the same, I think youre thinking of the negative heel height that made Earth shoes famous.

 

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Removing Food Stains From White CorningWare?
Leave the dishes in the oven next time you run the self-cleaning oven cycle. My grandmother said that all the old stain was just a bit of powdery ash that blew away, and the dish was back to white again. If you dont have the self-cleaning feature, ask around...

 

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Decorating With Dust Allergies?
Make the walls interesting with painted graphics. Use an overhead projector to put an image up there and paint it onto the wall. If you hate it, you can always paint some more! Also any decor you do with fabric, such as window headers festooned with sheeting...

 

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Help With Constipated Puppy?
Call the vet, this can be life threatening! Even if you try the tips here, please make sure you let the vet know what youre doing. Six weeks!

 

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Preventing White Residue At Lipline From Lip Gloss?
Its not the lip product, its dried saliva. You would otherwise lick your lips often enough to keep it collected. Just tiptoe to the ladiesroom, tissue off the lip gloss, wash with moistened tissues, and reapply, then step out looking dewy and lovely again. Im...

 

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Pruning Potentillas?
Must you cut them into shapes? Not attractive or natural, and the regrowth looks deformed, like someone growing out a perm. Maybe its time to move them to a place where they can grow to their proper size instead and then plant a new plant that is naturally...

 

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Homecoming Float Ideas With "Of One Body" Theme?
Use music, and have the theme be Of One Body, Many Melodies.

 

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Advice On Painting Ceiling Dark Red?
Use the dark plum for the crown moldings at the top of the walls, but leave the main ceiling lighter. Otherwise, youll be saying to yourself Im too proud to say my husband was right but dayum its dark in here...

 

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Getting a Companion For a Dog?
I would try talking with a trainer or other knowlegeable animal behaviorist, start at your vet for a referral, or a long-time dog obedience teacher. Something is making your dog fearful. Dont get a second dog until you really have to, because as you know it...

 

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Front Lawn Overrun With Weeds?
You can get free advice at your local home and garden center. Im dealing with the same weeds here in central Washington. I have had great help for free also from the Master Gardeners at the local Cooperative Extension office (your tax dollars at work!) I would...

 

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Moth Ball Odor in Washing Machine?
Spray a rag with pan coating oil. Wash it in your washer, because you need the oil to collect the mothball substance. You could even wipe the insides of the washer with oil first. Be sure to use enough detergent to get the one inch of suds after two minutes...

 

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Saving Labels from Beer Bottles?
Contact the company and offer to buy new labels?

 

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Do Hand Sanitizers Contain Sulfur?
There are many people who confuse Sulfur with Sulfa. There is a class of antibiotics with sulfa- for the beginning of their name, like sulfamethazine and sulfabendazole (sulpha was the older spelling). Sulfur is a natural atom like oxygen or water, some sulfur...

 

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Required Documentation For Bringing Dog Into USA?
The official who governs the importation of animals is the State Vet, and your local vet will know how to contact them (you can call and ask the office for nothing). Each state has their own policies, but are all under Federal regulations too. The whole idea...

 

Old Baby Gate For A Trellis

Old Baby Gate For A Trellis
Very pretty, I will watch for those in my area!

 

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Power Of Attorney For Elderly Parent
Spoken from experience, Im sure. Im thankful to still have both my parents in pretty good health when Im up to 54 years old. I will check it out.

 

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What is a "moberly" room?
I tried to search, rolled through ten pages of links, and all I got was Moberly Missouri.

 

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"Parade of Lights" Christmas Parade ideas for Brownies and Guides?
And all the fifty girls also dressed as lighted trees?

 

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Stubborn Ingrown Hair?
D - E - R - M - A - T - O - L - O - G - I - S - T ?

 

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Sunflowers Theme Decorations?
Sunflower fabric shouldnt be too hard to find, for tablecloths. A church is a great place to find lots of pitchers. Heres a link for paper sunflowers to make quickly - http://www.ehow.com/how_16357_make-paper-sunflowers.html They show applying the petals one...

 

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My New Job Doesn't Offer a Retirement Plan?
Youre 17 years old, right? Or is it 57? makes a big difference. Make sure youre getting your Social Security Statement twice a year. If not, call them and say so. It will say how much per month you will receive from them, so start with that.

 

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"Girly-Girl" Centerpieces?
Quick - trip to thrift shop! Buy outrageous shoes, all kinds, even cowboy boots, spray paint them white, then pink and green! Fill them with fake flowers, set them on a paper plate with outrageous pink floral paper doily, and yell VOY-LAAAAH!

 

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Organizing Nails, Screws, Nuts and Bolts?
For the ones you have the smallest quantities of, use ice cube trays that stack, and put them into an open-ended box so he can slide out whatever he needs to see into. My jewelry is all in ice cube trays, except for the big long necklaces. You can label the...

 

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In Memory of BeffieKat
I do understand that kind of pain. I hold onto the Bible verse in Isaiah about the peaceable kingdom, saying the lion will lie down with the lamb, proof that our animals are going to be in Heaven with us. After all, would it be Heaven if Beffie werent there...

 

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Getting Out of Debt?
You can get a real live counselor for free to meet with you and work with you in person, for FREE, did I mention its free? Its a group of volunteers who like to help people because its rewarding to see lives unlocked and freed from the monkey. Look online for...

 

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Problems Laying Flat During a Massage?
Im not that large-breasted and I was uncomfortable too. Breasts are not meant to be squished like that! For me what helped was a small rolled-up towel placed vertically on my sternum between my breasts. Good luck, and I know how massage therapy can help.

 

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Locksmith Themed Christmas Parade Float Ideas?
How about a Santa stuck in a tight chimney and a locksmith zooming in to save the day? The floor of the float would be the roof of the house, with deep snow and the sleigh standing near. A locksmith in a cape and mask, in flying pose? And all the other locksmiths...

 

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"I'm rocking my baby" Poem Pattern?
I hope my children look back on today, And see a Mother who had time to play! Children grow up while youre not looking, Therell be years ahead for cleaning and cooking, So quiet now, cobwebs; dust go to sleep. Im rocking my baby, and babies dont keep. unknown...

 

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"I'm rocking my baby" Poem Pattern?
I also found this: ...The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow, for children grow up, as Ive learned to my sorrow. So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep. Im rocking my baby and babies dont keep. from Song for a Fifth Child by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton

 

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"Wake Me Up" Breakfasts?
Uncooked old fashioned oatmeal, with a good heaping scoop of cinnamon, sugar and milk. Im munching that as I read last nights paper. I love the chewing! I get a break about 10:00 and then I have some protien, usually cottage cheese and canned fruit. Sort of...

 

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Using Bed Sheets As Tablecloths?
All bedsheets say on the tag how big they are. Look in the store for the size you want. Since our table was round, my Mom just put a mattress pad on the table, cut around it with a wide margin hanging down, then took it up and folded it into quarters, then...

 

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Looking For Review of Cover Girl Advanced Radiance?
Remember this one very valuable tip: if you get it at Rite Aid, you can take it back for a full refund. No kidding! They actually guarantee cosmetics, and they are the only ones! Find it at Rite Aid, and if it looks bad on you, take it back! Even if the lipstick...

 

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Health Advice For Dealing With 2 Year Old With Ink On Body & Face?
Any that doesnt come off easily, will just wear off. What is near his eyes will not bother his eyes, so no worries. Thats one of those two-year-old moments. Hope you got the picture, please put it up for us!

 

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How To Tie Dye?
Good idea, Birthaleen! good luck!

 

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Ideas For Quick Workout?
There is just no substitute for getting out early in the morning. You have to set your alarm earlier, put your feet on the floor, dress, chug coffee and go. You will come to love the smell of the air out there, being sneaky and seeing who is up early, and enjoying...

 

Tall leafy stem with pink flowers.

What is this plant? (Phlox)
Definitely not a butterfly bush, it looks like our fireweed that we love out here in WA. Ask your old neighbors, ask at church, ask your local county extension office (they have a program called Master Gardeners whose job it is, on your tax dollars, to answer...

 

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Use Conditioner Instead Of Shampoo
true! works for me, I got fed up with the way conditioner doesnt stay in my hair, so I figured out that it would emulsify the oil out, and lift dirt, so why not? So one Saturday morning I got brave and tried it, and loved it!

 

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Make Up A Loaf Of French Toast For Later
Wow, that made me hungry immediately. I will try it, thanks!

 

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