Recent content by RedheadErin

I wish USAA would let me deposit cash. I have a cash job, and part of the reason I need a bank account is that when I have cash on hand, I tend to spend it freely. But I am very slow to whip out that debit card. My husband came up with a solution. We want to be able to move money between...

Credit unions are even pickier about credit than regular banks are, anret they? I doubt they would take me, either. I got all my accounts messed up several years ago, so badly that I thought I would never get out. NOw the bank has me flagged as "abusing" my checking accounts. NO one will let...

I had a very nice thing going on with my bank. In one account, I had my VA disability check deposited and my utilities came out automatically. In another, I could deposit my cash on the way home from work, and then I could use my debit card whenever I wanted or needed to. It was awesome...

We have the standard salt water softener and I hate it. Even if I could afford all the salt it takes, it is a big pain to keep it full. LIfe is rough lately, and since the hot water heater finally kicked it, I am thinking to get a new water treatment system installed with the new water heater...

My hot water heater finally bought it. We are now in the market for a new, high-efficiency one. What should I be looking for? Do you have any recommendations?

I really like my swiffer wet jet. I just found re-usable pads for it, that can wash in the washing machine. Now I would like to know if anybody has had any luck filling the bottle of cleaner. I cant figure out how to get the topiff, but if I COULD, i WOULD FILL IT UP WITH APPLE CIDER VINEGAR...

I forgot to mention, it is a propane dryer. ETA: I guess I found my answer:

Last summer when we had fleas, we had to wash EVERYTHING and we hung it all on its proper hangers and put it out on the swing-sets to dry. I was starting to worry that people would start stopping to check out our "garage sale", but otherwise everything worked out great. Unfortunately the...

I am thinking of venting the dryer into the basement laundry room and using the salvaged heat to dry sweaters on a rack. My husband says this will create a lot of carbon monoxide and is a bad idea. If I remember my chemistry correctly, the CO and everything else burned to make heat should...

Oh, good ideas! I seriously hate to throw them all out. Thanks!

I have to wear panty hose at work. Eventually they rip and I have to throw them out. Besides holding soap by the hose spigot, what are they good for? Th fishnet kind are good for making finch feeders, BTW.

Actuality, they are coming to see the house. ANd under duress at that. They dont like to drive out this far...they couldnt get the time off work....aliens landed in their yard and they have to deal with that....:ep.:ep ...whatever. They just bought a big new McMansion (yes, there are still...

What can I say? The recliners are very comfy and get sat in a lot. So of course they are also very mangy. Slipcovers at Wal-mart are $60. I tried to re-upholster one a few years ago, so now it only looks worse. Inlaws will be her ein 48 hours. They think I'm enough of a hick already...

I use the coffee cans and those horrible plastic grocery bags to make tiny trash cans for each room--perfect for tissues and candy wrappers, or for laundry lint downstairs. I have been saving the spares to make candle-light lanterns. You free water in them, then make holes in the side of them...