| 1. If you can not sleep because a cricket has come to | | | | sticking. |
| call? Here is a sure cure. Put a wet washcloth in your | | | | 6. This cleanup trick works while you sleep! Lay a |
| kitchen or bathroom sink at night, and you will find you | | | | barbecue grill rack on the lawn overnight -- the dew will |
| noisy "neighbor" hiding in the morning. | | | | combine with the enzymes in the grass to loosen any |
| 2. Have fleas invaded your house? If you're afraid of | | | | burned-on grease! Try it with messy oven racks, too. |
| using harsh chemicals/toxins to rid your house of | | | | 7. Next time a plastic bread wrapper melts onto the |
| pesky fleas, try this remedy: fill a shallow cookie sheet | | | | toaster or the coffeepot, try this. Rub some petroleum |
| with 2/3 of rubbing alcohol, and place the cookie sheet | | | | jelly on the spot. Reheat the appliance and use a |
| onto the floor of your infested room after all the little | | | | paper towel to rub off the plastic and the printing. |
| ones have gone to bed. Then take a small lit votive | | | | 8. Newspaper repels moths, which is quite helpful when |
| candle in a glass holder and place it in the middle of the | | | | storing woolen rugs. |
| cookie sheet. During the night the fleas will hop toward | | | | 9. If you're stung by a bee, apply a slice of onion to the |
| the candle's light, and land in the alcohol mixture. The | | | | spot and hold it there for a minute or two. If you are |
| rubbing alcohol will trap and kill them by morning. | | | | outside, or traveling, you can also make a poltice out of |
| 3. Patent leather handbags or shoes can be quickly | | | | fresh dirt and saliva mixed together to make some |
| brightened with a polish of milk. Apply with a soft cloth | | | | mud. Place the mud on the sting, and let it dry. Both |
| and rub into a shiny new-like finish. | | | | these remedies will do the trick! |
| 4. Place some nonslip strips, normally used in bathtubs, | | | | 10. To make your own cleaning solution for windows |
| in painted porch steps to give your family and visitors | | | | that is easy and less expensive than commercial |
| nonslip safety in wet weather. | | | | solutions, add 1/2 cup of rubbing alcohol to 1 quart of |
| 5. Prepare your snow shovel for winter with a coat of | | | | water. Either use it in a pail or pour it into an empty |
| floor wax. the wax helps prevent the scoop from | | | | spray bottle. |
| rusting and also makes the snow slide off without | | | | |