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How to Unshrink a Cotton Shirt
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Oh no! You accidentally washed your favorite cotton shirt in hot water, then dried it on high heat. Now, as a result, your once pristine favorite shirt is more suited to a child's doll than to an actual human, and you're pretty sure that teacup chihuahuas might fit in it pretty comfortably. Lucky for you, we've all been there. Even more lucky, there is a way you can try to reverse the ... ...more
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Keep Your Keyboard Clean
I spend a lot of my life at my keyboard. I write, I edit, I spend late nights and early mornings at the computer, and many, many meals. As a result, occasionally I look down and get a little disgusted. I live in a place notorious for dust, and it all finds its way onto and inside my keyboard. Spills can happen around my workspace, and sometimes they happen right on my keys. And even the oil ... ...more
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Microwave Gunk be Gone!
Anyone who has ever worked in an office or had a busy home knows how easy it is to forget the microwave. At least for me, it isn't until there's baked-on food all over the inside of the microwave that I remember to clean it! But it's such an awkward angle to be using a lot of scrubbing power, and wouldn't we all rather use that scrubbing time doing pretty much anything else? Well here it is: ... ...more
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My White Window Blinds Turned Yellow!
Honestly, I hate cleaning my window blinds. Even the quickest wipe down seems to take an eternity, and even more if they're in a hard-to reach window. Typically, I've always had wooden blinds, but a set of white blinds in my house seems to gather the most dust, more than my kitchen, and that's including the grease, oil, and grime from cooking! Since I hate cleaning blinds so much, I nearly ... ...more
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You Don't Need to Pre-Rinse Dishes Anymore
I didn't get my first dishwasher until I was an adult, so I spent my early years hand washing. When we finally got a machine, I was excited to try out the time and water-saving contraption. "But wait," said my parents, "rinse the dishes first, or they won't get clean!" But as it turns out, you can actually save more time, money, and water-- and get cleaner dishes, by not pre-rinsing at ... ...more
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Use Cola to Clean a Toilet
Where I live, hard water is a big problem. It forms a film on the inside of my toilet which can be extremely hard to scrub off, and makes the porcelain more susceptible to rust stains. Now, I could spend a huge amount of time and money scrubbing my toilet bowl with expensive cleaners and a pumice stone, or I can use a trick my grandma taught me from years of living here: Coca-cola. What? ... ...more
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Killer Mixes: Household Cleaners You Can't Combine
I like supercharging my cleaning power, but not at the expense of health and safety. To the unaware, mixing some simple household products can cause dangerous and even deadly, chemical reactions, even in small amounts. As always, keep cleaners out of reach of children and pets, and when in doubt, don't mix any cleaners, but never, ever mix these common solutions:1. Bleach and AmmoniaThis is a ... ...more
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Win the Fight Against Pet Hair for Pennies
As many of my readers know, I have a beloved dog. I am a great animal lover, and I love to snuggle my pup, but she gets hair all over me, the floor, her bed, and everywhere! Who doesn't hate it when an unfortunately positioned piece of hair stabs you through your jeans. While I'm resigned to have a little dog hair on me most of the time, you don't actually have to buy countless lint rollers ... ...more
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It's Time to Clean Out Your Spice Rack
It happens to the best of us: you buy a specific spice jar for one recipe, and forget it in your cabinet for about a decade. From under cobwebs and enough dust that you seriously considered hiring an excavator, you unearth the jar. 'Spices are expensive,' you think to yourself, 'and I don't like being wasteful. Is this still good? Is it OK to use?' Having just rediscovered a spice collection ... ...more
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Make Your Mattress Last Longer
I think we can all agree that mattress shopping is a giant pain. It's expensive, and comparing across retailers is dang near impossible. Therefore, it's in everyone's best interest to make their current mattress last as long as possible. You already don't let the kids jump on the bed or the dog dig in your sheets, but are you doing everything you can to ensure maximum mattress life? 1. Flip ... ...more
