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Put your grates into a heavy black bag with some hot water mixed with Tide. Set it out in the sun and let it cook in the sun all afternoon. Most of the crud will just rinse right off.

Ammonia and hot water are awesome cleaners. I just recently updated my kitchen (grandmother's house.....40 years since it was done.....scary). We pulled up the glued down foam back carpeting which was actually pulling up the carpet and leaving the foam behind. We used an big ice scraper (like...

Cheese blintzes....yum!

I didn't save money today...actually spend $155 for the plumber to install new kitchen faucet, water filtration system and replace a leaking shutoff in the basement......but probably saved my marriage by not attempting to do the work ourselves. I guess I could say that I saved the tens of...

OMG!! I am SUPER claustrophobic and reading the list of clothing that you had on almost made me pass out! I would have a panic attack with that many layers of clothing. I usually choose to be somewhat cold when going outside for short periods because I have to have loose clothing. If I am...

We work on an annual budget. We pay our house insurance, car insurance, and license plates annually; taxes are paid bi-annually; sewer is paid quarterly; utilities and telephone/internet are paid monthly. These are all of our bills. It has taken a bit of time to get into a rhythm with this...

He is doing really well. I know he is feeling better because he is finally coming around and letting me pet him (as opposed to just hiding under the bed and growling). The wound is closing really nicely - and a lot quicker than I had anticipated. It is a nice pink color with no swelling or...

Just an update. The cat seems to be keeping the wound clean (:sick There are no signs of pus at this point. I am planning to continue to flush with the betadine and use some raw honey tonight and then take it day by day. If the honey seems to be aiding with healing I will continue. If it...

<<Contains some grossness, stop reading now if you have a weak stomach>> I am currently dealing with an abcessed anal gland on a cat. Yeah, it really is as fun as it sounds.:/ Over the weekend he was acting like he didn't feel good, didn't want to be touched, etc. We could tell it was his...

I take baking soda whenever I feel something coming on....except this past November when we were moving and I just didn't take the time...and ended up with pneumonia. Colds and other junk just doesn't seem to hang around with the baking soda. YMMV. Here is the original article I read: In...

I got a whole new set of Pyrex measuring cups...nice, but I really wanted (and asked for) a chainsaw. I promised hubby a pair of flannel lined jeans - man, they cost almost as much as a chainsaw!

Honeyville Grains has lots of options for freeze dried. Also, Chef Tess has a blog where she posts lots of "meals in jars" using freeze dried products that are supposed to be shelf stable for a number of years - sort of homemade convenience meals.

Sorry, I was off for a couple of days...school starting and all. We get Awesome Cleaner at both Dollar Tree and Dollar General. I believe I have also seen it at Family Dollar. We originally got it because it was recommended to take the leaf stains off of the awning on our camper. It worked...

Awesome Cleaner from the dollar store may work. I had sharpie marker on my countertop that I tried to remove with everything I could think of...goo gone; alcohol, skin so soft; nail polish remover, gasoline...nothing worked. I was using awesome cleaner on something else and thought what the...