For Heartburn/Indigestion – Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar to a small glass of water and drink it after a meal to keep from having heartburn.
Great Ideas
Here’s some great ideas! Helpful household hints and tips for you to use every day. You’ll find helpful suggestions for cleaning chores, gardening, cooking, and more. These tips will help you save time, money, and frustration. Please be aware, however, that we have not personally tried all the tips you’ll find here, so we cannot guarrantee that they will always work for you – many are shared with us by our readers, and seemed to have worked well for them. The home remedies should never replace instructions from your personal physician, and you should use caution when trying any new remedy for the first time.
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Bug Bites & Stings
- To get an insect stinger out – use tweezers. But, if that does not work, try placing tape over the sting and then lift off the tape. It should pull the stinger with it.
- Tape a copper penny over an insect sting. Some people claim this takes the sting (pain) out and keeps it from swelling so bad. Somehow, the copper in the penny counteracts the poison in the sting.
- I’ve heard that Alka Seltzer helps relive itching of an insect bite. Dissolve 2 tablets in a small glass of water, then dab the solution on the insect bite.
- Relieve the itch of a bug bite by dabbing it with antiperspirant. The aluminum salts will reduce the swelling, and help to relieve the itch.
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Diet Tips
- Before sitting down for a meal, tighten your belt a notch. Make sure you can still breathe and everything, but tightening your belt will make it uncomfortable to overeat. You’ll eat more slowly, too.
- When not eating at a table (at cookouts, picnics, parties, open houses, etc.), keep a drink in your dominant hand. You’ll be less likely to graze on high-fat chips and other snack foods. Need a little something? Hope for a veggie platter. But whether it’s veggies or chips, grab a couple and then WALK AWAY from the table before you can hit the dip.
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Dieting at Parties
When not eating at a table (at cookouts, picnics, parties, open houses, etc.), keep a drink in your dominant hand. You’ll be less likely to graze on high-fat chips and other snack foods. Need a little something? Hope for a veggie platter. But whether it’s veggies or chips, grab a couple and then WALK AWAY from the table before you can hit the dip.
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Secure Buttons
Dab clear nail polish on the threads of buttons. This will strengthen them and help to keep the button secured to the clothing. Don’t use super glue, because that can sometimes dissolve the thread – and that would be just the opposite of what you want to happen!
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Silver Polishing
Take an aluminum-foil pan (the disposable kind) and line it with a piece of aluminum foil. Sprinkle in some salt, then add a dash of dish soap and fill the container with boiling water. Put your silver, including jewelry, into the mix and it cleans instantly. Of course, you’ll have to turn the larger pieces, so be careful not to burn yourself.
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Mopping Tips
No-Slip Mop Handles – Cut the fingers off old rubber gloves and slip the tips over the handles of brooms and mops. This will keep the handle from sliding down when the mop or broom is leaned against a wall. And don’t let the rest of the old gloves go to waste . . . You can cut strips from the wrist portion to use as large rubber bands for bundling newspaper or other materials.
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Ant Repellent – Fabric Softener
Supposedly, a fabric softener sheet will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice. Spread sheets around foundation areas of the house.
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Tick Removal
- To remove a tick, use a cotton ball to dab liquid soap on the tick. Swab it for a while with the soap soaked cotton. After about 15 or 20 seconds, the tick will come out on its own, stuck to the cotton ball. The soap smothers it and it comes out looking for air.
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Insect Repellent
- Some mail carriers actually carry a sheet of Bounce fabric softener in their uniform pockets to keep yellow-jackets away. So, when you are working outside, at soccer games, golfing, etc., you might just want to carry a sheet with you. Put it in your pocket, or tie it on your belt loop.
- Here are some plants that are said to repel mosquitoes: Citronella grass (although, this one is tropical and very large), catnip, rosemary, marigolds, horsemint and “mosquito plants.” Plant these around areas where your family gathers in the back yard, to ward off those uninvited insects.
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