Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Vinegar and its uses.

Have you seen this list yet? I stumbled upon this today. I never knew you could use vinegar for so many different things. Wish I would of seem this before buying the expensive weed killer. 

I have been looking for the perfect cleaner for many glass stove. Hope this works.

Here are 50 uses for vinegar.

  1. Make all purpose cleaners by pouring with equal parts into a spray bottle
  2. Clean dirt off your computer and mouse with a little vinegar and a q tip
  3. Clean your drains with vinegar and baking soda
  4. Wipe away mildew
  5. Clean and polish chrome and stainless steel
  6. Use as a fruit wash-rinses away germs
  7. Erase ballpoint-pen marks
  8. Erase crayon marks from clothes
  9. Remove stickers and price tags
  10. Disinfect cutting boards
  11. Restore wood paneling
  12. Remove carpet stains
  13. Keep car windows frost free
  14. Remove candle wax
  15. Conceal scratches in wood furniture
  16. Get rid of water lines on furniture
  17. Freshen your kitchen
  18. Trap fruit flies by placing some in a small bowl
  19. Wash out your washing machine and dishwasher with 1/2 cup
  20. Wash away mildew from your shower curtain
  21. Put the sparkle back in your china
  22. Remove mineral deposits from shower heads
  23. Whiten your grout
  24. Clean a coffee maker
  25. Remove stains from pots and pans
  26. Help bruises heal faster by applying a little vinegar
  27. Sooth a soar throat by gargling 1 Tb of apple cider vinegar with 1 tsp of salt
  28. Soften your cuticles
  29. Clean your toothbrushes
  30. Erase scorch marks
  31. Unset old stains
  32. Soak out blood stains
  33. Keep cut fresh flowers fresh
  34. Revive your paintbrushes
  35. Kill weeds in the yard
  36. Peel off wallpaper
  37. Clean cloths and sponges
  38. Keep unwelcome guest out of the garden
  39. Clean counter tops
  40. Clean and freshen the smell of the refrigerator
  41. Clean and disinfect baby toys
  42. Get rid of stubborn bathtub residue
  43. Spray vinegar along doorways to keep ants away
  44. Treat stained Tupperware stains with vinegar
  45. Shine porcelain sinks
  46. Pamper your skin by blotting it on with a cotton ball
  47. Treat a bee sting by pouring some undistilled vinegar on it
  48. Relieve sunburn by lightly rubbing it with vinegar
  49. Boil better eggs by adding 2 TB vinegar to the water – keeps them from cracking
  50. Make fluffier pancakes by adding 2 TB of vinegar

Have you tried any of these do you have more to add?


Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Flubber


Flubber

Mixture 1

~ 1 1/2 cups very warm water

~ 2 cups Elmer’s glue (I’ve tired it with generic white school glue and it never works as well)

Food coloring

Combine in a small to medium bowl and stir with a clean spoon.

Mixture 2:

~ 3 teaspoons Borax (you can buy it on Amazon or at the grocery store)

~ 1 cup very warm water

Combine in a large bowl, stir until dissolved (or almost dissolved) with a clean spoon.

Pour mixture 1 into mixture 2. Because of the science behind this recipe, the borax combines with the PVA in the glue and makes a polymer. You could do nothing at this point and it would turn to flubber after a while. But what fun would that be? Your kids will want to stick their hands in immediately and start mixing. It will take about 10 minutes, but eventually all of the water will be absorbed, and you will have flubber





Basic Puppy Chow Recipe

Basic Puppy Chow Recipe


Ingredients
  • 3 cups Rice Chex Cereal
  • 1/2 cups white chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 cup Powdered Sugar
Instructions
  1. Microwave white chocolate chips and butter in a bowl for 30 seconds on high. Remove from microwave and stir. If the mixture is not melted together yet, place back in the microwave at ten seconds intervals until melted together.
  2. Add vanilla to the mixture and stir completely.
  3. Add cereal, one cup at a time, until the cereal is covered with the butter mixture.
  4. Place the cereal in a sealable bag with the cup of powdered sugar.
  5. Shake until the cereal is completely covered.
  6. Pour the puppy chow in another bowl or in containers.

From this point, making the Princess Puppy Chow is easy. Pour the Basic Puppy Chow mix in a large bowl. Grab the shiny pink covered chocolate and another 1/2 cup of white chocolate chips.