Trei Johnson's Blog

I got this as an email from my friend Bernard and thought I'd share them with you! They sound great.  Good Luck

GREAT TIPS:

  1. Reheat Pizza
  Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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
  and calories per serving.

  4. Reheating refrigerated bread
  To warm biscuits , pancakes , or muffins that were refrigerated , place
  them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will
  keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

  5. 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.

  6. Broken Glass

  Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass
  you can't see easily.

  7. No More Mosquitoes
  Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.

  8. 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 near it.

  9. Flexible vacuum
  To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an
  empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be
  bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

  10. 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 -- ta da! -- static
  is gone.

  11. Measuring Cups
  Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot
  water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your
  ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right
  out.

  12. Foggy Windshield?
  Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the
  glove box of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works
  better than a cloth!

  13. Reopening envelope
  If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include
  something inside , just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an
  hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.

  14. 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...

  15. 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 dish washing liquid , mix well. You
  will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

  16. Get Rid of Ants
  Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it , take it
  "home", can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so,
  especially if it rains , but it works & you don't have the worry about
  pets or small
  children being harmed!

  17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
  The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things
  around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and
  he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean.
  (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He
  told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to
  the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh
  material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like.
  WELL...the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through
  it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh
  that's what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film , but
  it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft
  and static free - that nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel
  waxy when you take them out of the box, well this stuff builds up on
  your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer
  units to catch fire & potentially burn your house down with it! He
  said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to
  keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with
  hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six
  months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long!
  How about that!?! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know
  dryer sheets would do that. So , I thought I'd share!
  Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it. The
  water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the
  mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had
  it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it the water ran right Thru
  the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman knew what
  he was talking about!