I’ve done lots of hints, tips and recipes on this blog. I found lots of other sites with the same sort of stuff by searching on a web site directory. You can find lots of things by searching those kinds of directories.
Directories are useful if you have a website or blog that you want to get more traffic to. Most are very easy to submit your site to. Actually I need to submit my blogs again. The last time I submitted them was several years ago.
I don’t remember if I posted on this blog about taking a vacation or not but I found a few things on my cpanel that shows how people got to my blog. I found things like cruises Royal Caribbean, vacation, packing for a trip, etc. I didn’t find too many strange things… this time.
I mostly get searches for recipes, tips for making your own Febreze, baking soda, crochet, hair color and stuff like that. It’s all stuff I’ve posted about on this blog. I probably have posted tips on packing a suitcase, although I can’t find that post at the moment.
I think I’ll go and check out my stats some more and see what else I can find.
I’m on a rampage changing the looks of my blogs again. I’m into the “grunge” look and have changed 2 of my blogs (including this one) to grunge themes (no acne scar cream needed). I changed South Jersey Fun… NOT!!! to a ranting blog and changed the theme. I’m not going to change the focus of this blog. It will stay a recipe/tips blog and I’ll try not to rant and complain here anymore.
I hope you like the new look… I know I do.
I take my used dryer sheets and use them to clean the lint filter before I use the dryer. The dryer sheets hold the lint and you can throw away the lint and dryer sheet in one shot. I also use them to clean off the dust/lint from the top of the washer and dryer. It works nicely.
Here are some other things you can use used dryer sheets for:
1. Use it to dust your television screen. They are anti-static and will help to repel dust and lint.
2. Use old dryer sheets to easily wipe up powder, flour, and other powdery type messes.
3. Used sheets usually have enough smell left in them so you can put them in tennis shoes, closets, laundry hampers and in your luggage or any place in your house.
4. Run a sheet over a piece of thread when you’re sewing. The thread won’t tangle up as easy.
5. Wipe pet hair off of your clothes with a used dryer sheet! It works on cloth furniture too!
6. Clean the dust off your computer screen by carefully wiping it with an old dryer sheet.
7. Do you have old, musty books? You can make them smell good again by placing the books in a sealed plastic bag with a used dryer sheet. Let the bag to sit undisturbed for a day or two, then remove the contents. The musty smell will be gone!
8. If you have mice… find where they are entering your house and stuff the hole shut with a used sheet. Mice won’t chew through the smelly material.
9. Put a used dryer sheet in the bag of your vacuum. Sweep your house, and, once you’re done, the air will smell as fresh as your
clothes do.
10. Dryer sheets are also supposed to be able to repel mosquitoes as well as other annoying, flying insects. Don’t rub it on you. Instead, stick a used sheet in your belt loop.
11. You can use dryer sheets to clean and polish the chrome on your vehicles.
12. Use an old dryer sheet to clean soap scum off of your glass shower door.
13. Place a few used dryer sheets under the seats of your vehicle to help deodorize your vehicles interior! No need to find someone with sales training to sell your stinky vehicle.
14. Use sheets to clean and polish the glass lens of your eye glasses. They’re not recommended for plastic lens!
15. Is your hair dry and full of static electricity? Gently wipe a used dryer sheet over your head to get rid of it. (I’ve done this.. it works)
16. Dryer sheets make great dusting cloths for your wooden furniture.
17. Put a used sheet inside every furnace/AC register in your house to keep dust and other contaminants out of your house. Make sure it covers the openings and replace once they are dirty.
18. Clean your window blinds by wiping them with used dryer sheets. This will help to repel dust and dirt.
19. Are your scissors not cutting as smooth as they should? Wipe the blades clean with a used dryer sheet to remedy this problem.
20. Use dryer sheets to clean and shine your chrome faucets.
From Kat:
You can also use a used dryer sheet to get off stuck on or burnt messes in a pot or pan. Put some hot water in the pan and 1 used dryer sheet. Let the pan sit for a minimum of 2 hours, and then wash as normal with dish detergent. The stuck and burnt on messes come right off and washing it cleans off any fabric softener residue so no worries about ingesting any chemicals.
I do this all of the time when I make bbq chicken legs because the sauce always burns and sticks to the pan. They come perfectly clean every single time.
Here are some tips that involve the use of magnets.
Keep a strong magnet on your workbench and if you spill a lot of small items like nails, screws, tacks, washers, etc use the magnet to pick them up quick and easy.
You can use a refrigerator magnet to place over the lock of you car in winter to keep the lock from freezing.
Put a magnet in your desk drawer to keep your paperclips together.
Use a screw to attach a magnet to your broom’s handle and then when you’re done sweeping just hang the broom on the side of your refrigerator between the fridge and the wall.
This blog has been around for 618 days now and I’ve made 251 posts (including this one). I’m surprised that I’ve been able to come up with that many hints, tips and recipes. There have been a few other posts, like this one, thrown in from time to time.
This blog has been through a lot of visual changes since I first started it. I think I used between 10 and 15 different themes since the beginning. That’s just something I do. I get tired of looking at one thing for so long then it’s time for a change. I do really like the theme I have now so maybe there won’t be any changes in the theme for awhile.
Are your picture frames dull and boring? They don’t have to be. You can use scrapbook supplies to spice up the photos in your picture frames. You can use foil embossed emblems, small banners, cut outs and other papers. Use alphabet letter stickers, around the actual picture frame, to spell out “Baby’s 1st Birthday”, “Our Wedding”, “Our Anniversary”, etc.
Put the picture in a frame that’s much larger than the picture then use a colored piece of paper as the background then apply stickers, writings, banners, cut-outs and other things to decorate around the picture, across the bottom or top, or down the sides of the photo.
