Simple Hack to Fix Shelving Issues

If by chance you have metal shelving, and items fall through them, you can cut pieces of cardboard to the size of the shelf and place them on the shelf. That way nothing can slip through the slots made by the metal shelves. If you can’t find one piece of cardboard that is large enough, …

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Extra Counter Space

If you are one of those people like I was, living in a small apartment with very little room for anything, then you know where I am coming from. The counter space was very limited. Well, I will tell you what I did. First I measured the only space where I could put a board …

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Ways to Clean Athletic Shoes

There is more than one way to clean these shoes.  Most people might think that the good old washing machine is the only way to get them clean.  They would be wrong.  If the shoes are white an old rag with some bleach will do the trick very well.  In a hurry, a Mr.Clean Magic …

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Pierced Earring Secret

When you have pierced earrings, and you have lost the back to them, there is something you can do to keep them on. The little erasers on mechanical pencils can serve as very handy and yet very secure backs for them. Simply take the eraser out of the mechanical pencil and stick the post of …

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12 Uses for Lavender Oil (You May Not Know)

Here are 12 personal body uses for Lavender oil that you may not have ever thought about. There is even one for pesky insect bites. 80 Uses of Coconut Oil Disinfectant for cuts and scrapes.                                                                                 Did you know that Lavender oil is a disinfectant that “will not kill good bacteria” on the skin? It will …

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12 Surprising Uses for Vicks Vaporub

Kelly Bagnasco is a great resource for many things; these include great recipes, handy DIY projects, and life hacks that tell about numerous uses for many things. She has given me permission to use any of her posts that I think would be useful for my readers. She has been a blogger that I have …

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 80 Uses of Coconut Oil

The hacks below cover many different conditions that arise at some time or another in most people’s lives. There is nobody that I know of personally that has not had some of these conditions. Some of my friends may have had only a handful of them. However, most of my friends have had many of …

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Ten Easy to Do Life Hacks

Here are some life hacks that are as simple as simple can be. They take very little time to do. 1. Keep wet shoes in shape – put scrunched up news paper inside the wet shoes to make the shoes keep their shape. I have done this many times. It works great. Easy Easter Hacks …

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How to Make Christmas Tree Beaded Garland Yourself

You can see in the picture that there are some small multi colored beads, and a disk with thin picture hanging wire. This is a visual of two of the supplies that you will need. The beads can be all one color if that is the kind of garland that you want. Most any craft …

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Making A Board for Jigsaw Puzzles

A lot of people think that I am very strange for the items that I keep. I try to recycle them in ways that are not generally common. One of the things that I keep, as you already know, are cardboard boxes of many different sizes. Whenever I keep corrugated cardboard boxes, the first thing …

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