Helpful Hints ... add yours!

[Karen]

Candace, I added your post to this thread.

[Catty1]

Thanks! Could this thread be stickied?

[Catty1]

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/18-...ing-cards.html

[Karen]

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/18-...ing-cards.html

I did "Sticky" this thread, and unstuck the holiday card ones now that the season is mostly over.

It is better to post the actual "18 surprising ways" than just a link, as websites may change over time, but text is text!

[Karen]

Thought of one today - an elderly neighbor years ago kept a cardboard salt shaker she had ocne gotten when she bought salt in her purse. After the salt was basically gone, she filled it with a sand/salt mixture, and kept in her purse so if she was out somewhere and encountered slippery sidewalks - which happens often around here - she could sprinkle sand/salt and wait a minute and then pass more safely!

And with the size purses that are currently fashionable, everyone could certainly add that to their bag!

[mon]

Salt is an excellent exfolliant as well (ha-ha, don't know how ta spell it. Put in a wee bowl and scrub it into yer face once a month. dead skin goodbye and no breakouts, cheap, natural and effective. For real

[RICHARD]

I like pickles and anything in vinegar.

After the jar gets some room in it, I ALWAYS have to break out a fork to fish out the stuff in the bottom of the jar.

One day I grabbed a bamboo skewer and used it as a spear - when I was done, I tossed it out.

So now I take a skewer, measure it against the jar and used the kitchen shears to cut it just a little shorter than the depth of the jar and leave it inside.

Now I just have to open the jar and use the shortened skewer instead of using a clean fork every time?