Dog Bowls: I was visiting with a bunch of young professionals involved in dog rescue, and they were discussing the fact (?) that plastic dog bowls can cause a dog's nose to turn pink. I would not have given this any credence except that they are engineers - rocket scientists to be exact - and tend to analyze things before repeating them. They claim it is a chemical reaction as the nose touches the bowl. My dog bowl system: I was experiencing wrist pain and realized how much wrist movement is involved in handwashing the dog's bowls. I bought a third bowl for the dog, and now I pop both his food and water bowls into the dishwasher at night. The dog gets a fresh clean bowl of water at night, the two used bowls come out of the dishwasher in the morning. One bowl is used for food and the clean bowl sits on the counter all day until evening when it is filled with water.

Stump grinder..I need that! This house came with 12 stumps...most are cut nearly to the ground though..but some are nearly 3' across.. That morning tree/sun shot is stunning beauty! Christine, I only used the fine steel wool after it had "dried" out a bit..I don't have any high 100's sand paper at the moment. It was pretty crazy to watch the CS work..as I was slathering it on, it was moving the spray paint around in flecks instantly. Yes, it was a good thing it doesn't stain I forgot what I was wearing and went out to slam some more on one evening and sloshed all over a pair of new black yoga pants...but all is good.. :) I think next week I will take a door off the cabinet run I want pulled down..and give 'er a whirl with the CS. Can't be worse than the crap layers of soft chunky white paint. We are going to attempt to figure put how to open the gutters and flush them out..they have a knock off Leaf Guard on them..and I am quite sure full of Fir needles..as there is a weed growing out of one of them..lol Hmmmm something has agitated the neighborhood crows..they are fussin like nobodies business. It was peaceful on the deck...

I'm a lurker here but I learned this from my MIL and it works better than anything else I've ever tried: a blow dryer on the low setting, and a little patience! It's amazing. You just aim the warm air onto your label/sticker for a couple of minutes then start at one corner and slowly peel. Takes it off like magic with no residue. I use this to get price stickers off too and at Christmas it's a godsend; I keep a blow dryer as part of my wrapping station in fact. Hope this helps.

I always use a pre laundry treatment like spray and wash to remove residue from stickers on windows and furniture. Just spray it on and wait about 5 minutes. Rub the area with your finger and the residue will ball up and come right off. No harm at all to fabrics. Works like a charm everytime! The nice thing is, most of us have it readily available in our homes. Trin