Works For Me Wednesday

This week’s tip is a simple little one but it sure does help us. We were having a lot of trouble with the trash bag slowly working its way into the trash can, which created quite a mess at times. One day it dawned on me to use a large rubber band to hold the [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday

My tip this week is: go to Rocks In My Dryer to find lots of real tips!  I hope to have a tip for you next week.

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Works For Me Wednesday

I try to drink 8 cups of water and other healthy liquids each day—I don’t always make it but am usually close. One thing I rely on to help me with this is keeping my water bottle with me all the time. When I’m on the computer, the bottle sits on my desk. Working [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday

Cory and I drink a lot of iced tea—about a half gallon a day. Cory sweetens his a bit with sugar and I drink mine plain. A few months ago I wanted to save myself some time and fell upon a very easy way to make the tea: I put 12 tea bags in our [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday

This spring I started something that has made a huge difference for me. It’s nothing strange or hard to do. It has been life-changing though. What did I start doing? Keeping lists, especially my daily task list. I no longer forget to do things and I even remember things not on the list that I [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday

In order to minimize the amount of trash that Cory and I send to our local landfill, I have been recycling pretty much everything I can for several months now. (I have been a recycler for most of my adult life and have kicked it into high gear again.) I keep baskets on our back [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday

Here are a couple tips for removing stubborn stains from clothes. First, if the stain is blood, try hydrogen peroxide. My mom is a midwife and has been using peroxide on the bloodstained clothes and bedding for years. Just pour some on the stain, let it bubble, and repeat a few times. It often brings [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday

This week I have several small kitchen tips–none of them are really worthy of their own post.1. As some of you know, I do quite a bit of baking. Part of many recipes is combining the dry ingredients. I’ve found that stirring the dry ingredients together with a whisk works better than using a spoon.2. [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday

I’m out of town this week visiting a friend (which is wonderful, by the way!). I hate the way my clothes get so wrinkly when they’re packed in a suitcase. I have learned that rolling them up instead of folding them helps. But I’ve found something even better, especially since I wear all dresses and [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday

This week I have a couple of tips about medications. Many people know and use the first one: Pack your meds in a weekly or daily “pill minder” box in order to keep track of whether you took them or not. Too many times to count, I have forgotten whether or not I took my [...]

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Works For Me Wednesday

(Thanks to Lisa Kay for helping me figure out how to get the WFMW logo into my post!)
I recently had the occasion to buy a package of 5 dozen eggs—in the end it was far cheaper than buying them by the dozen or 18-pack, and I know they won’t go to waste. Here are some [...]

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