Grease stained t-shirt

In my quest to find something to wear this morning I find that ALL my t-shirts have little grease spots all over the front of them. I can’t wear something like that to work!! I don’t use liquid softener so I know it’s not that, that it has to be from cooking.

So my question to you is – can I get that out? And how do I get it out???

Aluminum Foil

A few days ago I posted a tip I got out of the April 14th edition of Woman’s Day. The tip was to put a ball of aluminum foil in the dryer instead of softener sheets, this is supposed to keep clothes from getting static cling. Elizabeth from Small Town Blessings asked it this was a fire hazard (since foil cannot be put in the microwave, is it

According to what I have found it is not a fire hazard. The reason it differs from a microwave is that a microwave gives radiant heat – so that it can cook, since a dryer has blowing heat & NOT radiant heat an aluminum foil ball is very safe.

I actually have did a search just to see what other websites recommend a foil ball instead of dryer sheets. I also found some other cool aluminum foil tips (including using foil for hair curlers! Who thought?!?!). Here’s just a few sites I found. Check them out!

http://www.diylife.com/2007/09/11/15-awesome-uses-for-aluminum-foil/

http://www.hairboutique.com/tips/tip972.htm

http://lifehackery.com/2008/04/22/30-uncommon-uses-for-aluminum-foil/
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf832401.tip.html

This last week I have been very bad at updating my blog. Sometimes I just can't think of things to say. But this last week the reason was mostly because my daughter has been sick. She has to poop (sorry!) about every other hour. Sometimes it just feels like it and nothing happens. She's been getting stomach cramps when she feel she has to go also. We sent her to school 2 days last week, we got calls from the school that she had an accident & we had to pick her up. Poor girl. It's been 9 days of this going on. If it still continues tomorrow we are supposed to take a stool sample up to the hospital for testing. So today I picked up some rubber gloves, just in case.

I received my new Woman's Day magazine last week. I was skimming through it and saw a tip that I thought was very interesting. The tip was to use a ball of aluminum foil instead of fabric softener to help prevent static. How crazy is that??? I wonder how well that works. Have any of you tried it?? I wonder if you can use it indefinitely, or how often it needs to be replaced. Think of all the money you could save with this tip!! I'll have to try it and let you all know how it works. : )

Nothing ever goes as planned!

So the plan to work on the apples did not work out tonight. April ended up getting attacked by gnats or mosquitoes so I had to cancel her dinner with Grandma and Grandpa to take her to the doctor. She has nasty reactions to bites and they get all swollen. I had to give her a dose of benadryl and as you can see from the picture she fell asleep after eating only 1/2 of the english muffin with peanut butter she wanted for supper. Poor girl!

I found this video on Godtube the other night. We watched it in church one Sunday a few months ago and it really touched me, so I'd like to share it with all of you. It shows how all the worldly things take us away from Him, but how no matter what happens He is there to help us and protect us. When I first saw this video it was shortly after coming back to church and Him. I hope you enjoy it and it touches you also.
Here is the link: http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=ee73e63418003b47d7d5

The tip for today: Did you ruin some light colored piece of clothing by washing it with a new pair of jeans or something red? Set the garments aside and head to the store and buy a box of Rit Rust Remover. Put the garments that color bled onto in the washing machine and wash using the Rit Rust Remover instead of laundry soap. It will remove the unwanted color from your garments. This is also work if the clothing has already been dried, even if it has been laundered multiple times. I wouldn't suggest using this on bright/dark colors because it may cause some fading to occur. I've also used this remedy to get iced tea and blood out of clothing. Works like a charm!