Helpful Hints and Tips

My mom sent this to me the other day so I thought I would pass it along.

1. Reheat Pizza

Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove. Set heat to med-low and heat til' warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy microwaved pizza.

2. Easy Deviled Eggs

Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash 'til 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 the bag away when done for 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/calories per serving.

4. Re-heating 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 fabric, they will not get through wet newspapers.

6. Broken Glass

Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken pieces of glass. The fibers catch ones you can't see!

7. No more Mosquitoes

Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.

8. Squirrel Away

To keep squirrels away 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. ID

If you purchase a new bike for your child, place their picture inside the handle bar before placing the grips on. If the bike is stolen and later recovered, remove the grip and there is your proof who owns the bike.

10. Flexible Vacuum

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

11. Reduce 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 voila static is gone.

12. Measuring Cups

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

13. Foggy Windshield

Hate foggy windshield? 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.

14. Re-opening an 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. It will unseal easily.

15. Conditioner

Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper then 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 tried it in your hair.

16. 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!

17. Get Rid Of Ants

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

18. Take Baby Powder To The Beach

Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag. When you're ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder and the sand will slide right off your skin.