Thanks for the tip! I've never had feta. I keep thinking I don't like it. LOL Note to self: try a greek salad sometime. LOL

Cool idea Flamey.
My tip is to recommend that when you get a new electronic device to either use a label maker or use some of those little tags that are attached with a string and mark the cables, wires and adapters to identify which device they are for. This Christmas we acquired a new MP3 player, a portable GPS system, a digital picture frame, 2 small pocket digital frames and a digital camera. Most of them came with several wires or cables. I might remember which came with which device for a short while, but if they are needed a month from now I won't have a clue without them being labeled.
The tags can probably be purchased at WalMart in the stationary dept., but I know for sure they can be bought at office supply stores.

Linda

Anyone still have an electric knife? I use an empty papertowel core to store my blades in. The plastic sleeve for them disappeared long ago.
Leslie

This one is for the RV. Our island bed only has one night stand but it has a closet with drawers on the other side of the bed, we pull the top drawer out and put a wooden cutting board over the drawer. When it's pushed closed the cutting board isn't going anywhere and it's the perfect size and height for a night stand. :0)

We buy body lotion with a pump, because it is handy to use but when the lotion gets low the pump doesnt reach the bottom and can't pump out the lotion. There is still a lot of lotion in the bottle. I cut the bottle in half, I use a sharp knife to do this. Then I put the lotion in a small plastic bottle or jar.

Linda, I store the cables in a ziplok bag, with the info for which gadget they are.

:)

Moni

Here's my tip for those dangly cords that come with hairdryers. Big hair clips which can be bought at the $ stores, clip the cord up neatly:

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I read this in a magazine yesterday while I was waiting for my Mammogram.

Only wash the bottom part of your windows, since usually the top is covered with blinds, etc.

Hmm. I've been doing that for a long time!

Sue

OK, my feta/fork method is the "swivel technique", as opposed to the "cross hatch technique", but if ya make a big ol' Greek salad with extra feta, I don't care which way you crumble the cheese!
I've given this tip before: We almost always have a charity box in one of the closets, so as we find things that we no longer need or use, we toss it in the box.
When the box is full, it is time to go to charity. It sure is easier to constantly cull than to try to do a massive clean out all at one time.

I buy feta at Sam's in 10 dollar chunks so that's a good tip...Here is mine...I always give this one so you have probably heard it before ..But I use plastic baskets/drawers/dishpans for storage...in my panry and in my sewing room, in my bathroom for supplies. It keeps everything organized and neat and things stay put ...for instances small boxes of jello and pudding mix that I use on my diet...they don't seem to want to stay put but in the bin...they are there and don't move...the pantry holds about twice as much as without the bins....and the little bins slide out of the shelf just like a drawer for getting something from the back.....Here's a picture of the bins in my pantry...
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Ruthie I have a couple baskets in my pantry also for smaller items that tend to get lost! I need more!

Tip for removing crayon from walls and not harming paint. Wet rag with baking soda! Works good. (took me forever to remember that one!)

Linda,

How about using folded-over masking tape to mark your wires?

Grammahony,

Do the electric knife blades tend to fall out of the core?

Maybe if you cut a couple of strips from an empty corrugated cardboard box that would fit snugly side by side into the core, it would hold them firmly so that they wouldn't slip out.

Not too much worry about them dulling one another by contacting, as they are clipped into their side-by-side position, aren't they?

I store nuts, candies, etc. in empty containers that brought in frozen fruit juice.

I've had some trouble with grain moths, so slip an individual yogurt cup into the top. It may help a bit for accidental spillage, but not much, for it slips out too easily.

I keep small items in empty envelopes, cutting part way along the end with scissors and folding part of the front of the envelope down inside, then label the inside of the back - and there's usually part of the item showing, so that it's easier to identify.

Store them in an empty paper 1- or 2-litre milk carton that I've cut down the side and folded the two cut sides down, then stapled them. About 3 inch slot, that holds them upright, keeps them from sliding down.

That's all for now - and I'm about out of time at the livbrary.

See you all later.

ole joyful

My tip is similar to Zipper's.When we have family dinners and everyone is here there isn't enough room for everyone at the table.I pull out 2 side by side drawers in my kitchen and put an old wood shelf from a TV cabinet (about 18 inches wide and 2 1/2 ft. long) across the top of the drawers,then slide the drawer back against it.2 people,usually the kids,can sit there comfortably on bar stools and eat.
Ruthie,I do that in my pantry too.I also put all the lids to the food storage containers in an old plastic drawer.I also use them in the bathroom,under the cabinets for storage.Your pantry looks just like mine but mine is a little bigger.I can walk into it.I hate those wire shelves.Do you? Wish mine were wood but didn't have a choice.They came with the house.The brackets underneath waste a lot of space.I also hang plastic pitchers by the handles over the front edge of one top shelf.

my tip is to NOT drink 2 mugs of coffe, then take all your vitamins and have another mug of coffee on an empty stomach.. Blech! lol

Have a lot of people over and need more table space for the food??? Bring out the ironing board throw a tablecloth over it and wala,another table.

Use a basket to store pot lids.
Kathi

Kathi-I'd be Soooo afraid to do that with my ironing board!LOL

In the winter, I really have no one to jump into my bed and warm it up for me in advance. Here's my solution.

I keep a travel size hair dryer by my bed. Not only I use it to warm up my bed before going in but also to warm up clothes and socks before wearing them.

My mom loves this idea too =o) She actually use it to warm her feet before going under the blanket.