Rubber Pizza

Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. (Of course it's one more pan to wash, but hey.)

Easy Devilish Eggs

Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till 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 bag away when done easy clean up. (You can also take this gooey egg mess in the bag, snip off one corner, slide it snip-corner first under the door of someone you don't like, and STOMP the bag. It will EXPLODE egg goo all over the inside room.)

Expanding Frosting

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.

Reheating 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.

Anti-weed Newspapers

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 plastic, they will not get through wet newspapers.

No More Slashed Feet

Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of glass - the fibers catch ones you can't see! (I also use a wet paper towel.)

No More Mosquitoes

Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away. (The cheap perfume odor will also keep most humans away, who think you are tacky and/or hang out at laundromats just a little too much...)

Squirrels (etc.) Away!

To keep squirrels 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. (If it's lettuce, just don't forget to wash it after picking! Duh.)

Easy Thank You’s

When you throw a bridal/baby shower, buy a pack of thank you cards for the guest of honor. During the party, pass out the envelopes and have everyone put their address on one. When the bride/new mom sends the thank you's, they're all addressed!

Prove it’s YOURS!

If you purchase a new bike, place your 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... unless the thief read this advice, of course.

Flexible Vacuuming

To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings. (I used to do it this way, but then I trained my pet Gerbil to go in after things for me. I named him "Spelunky". Rest in Peace (in my air duct system) Old Buddy.

Reducing Static Cling without Killing Yourself

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. (Just don't touch the safety pin. It'll be holding about a million volts of static electricity.)

Measuring Cups

Before pouring 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. (This may be a stupid question, but does this mean that if I want to put hot water in a measuring cup, I should first put in and take out peanut butter? I don't cook much.)

Have a foggy windshield?

Hate foggy windshields? 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! (Of course, keeping a window cracked and/or using the DEFROSTER just MIGHT also work?)

Reopening Envelopes (including those of Others…)

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 unseals easily. (I have always preferred cutting a thin slice off the end of the envelope, and simply taping it back up when done. It takes 30 seconds this way. This is not a good method if you’re illegally opening other’s mail.)

Hair Conditioner

Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's a lot cheaper than 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 you tried it in your hair. (I personally cannot speak to the accuracy of this idea, okay?)

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 dishwashing liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever! (I've also noticed, believe it or not, that there is SOMETHING about those glue traps you set down for roaches that attract those little gnatty fruit flies. Pretty soon you've got a trap that looks like Little Big Horn, and there’s no odor.)

Get Rid of Ants

Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it "home," & can't digest it - so it kills them. It may take a week or so, ESP. if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed! (Of course, there IS that period of time when the Ant-word is OUT, and they’re ALL coming in for the corn meal…)

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. (However, expect everyone at the local McDonald's to stare at your troop who now looks like the Casper Ghost family.)

=======================================================================
Compliments of FUTURES Antiques, the Most Modern Antique Shop in the Civilized World.
=======================================================================