Some tips, tricks and suggestions for home improvement and interior decorating
Tumble dryers are great little time savers because as a general rule (in our house) whatever goes in the tumble dryer doesn’t need to be ironed if it does not get worn in public.
This means that pyjamas, underwear, sheets, blankets, socks, etc. do not need to be ironed.
Why would they need to be ironed anyway?
Continue reading “Quick Tumble Dryer Tip”
Here’s a quick tip for all those people who’s shower floors have marks on them that don’t seem to come off with standard cleaning.
We’re being taken over by ants in our house. But I think I’ve found the cure!
You can’t see the ants, but drop a piece of food on the floor and wait 5 minutes. The food will either be gone, or covered in ants and on it’s way to being gone.
So I splashed out today. I paid R240 for imported Ant Poison. That’s a LOT in my opinion, especially for a 280 gram jar.
But it looks like it works like a charm.
I just thought I’d add a little post to cheer people up.
Here are a few jokes and comics about Christmas and the holiday season. I hope you enjoy them, and if you’ve heard any good ones, feel free to leave them as a comment at the bottom.
Speaking of Christmas, if you’re looking for ideas, go take a look at my other article about “Ideas for Christmas Presents“.
And if you tend to get gifts you’re not always that fond of, make sure you read the last joke on this page. 😉
Please note: This is MY PERSONAL opinion. By reading past this point, you agree that you are entitled to your own opinion, and will not judge me (or sue me) for recounting my own experience and telling you about other peoples’ experiences.
But PLEASE read until the end, and forward this article to everyone you know.
Ok, now that I have that out of the way, let me tell you why I think the Vacation Club are a bunch of con-artists.
If you EVER get phoned and told that you have won a prize for some competition you don’t even remember entering, DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM!
They will ask you to come pick up your prize and listen to a presentation. DO NOT GO!
Have you ever wondered what frog droppings look like? Do you really care? You might if you’d seen something that you previously thought were rat droppings, so here are a couple of photos to put your mind at ease.
In my other posts about how to get rid of frogs I talk about how it’s really just a case of making them choose somewhere else to live.
I did that by waiting for the frogs to leave their holes and then filling it up with river sand. Of course that means you’ll either have to wait until night time for them to come out, or force them out…
I forced them out by filling the holes with water. but it took a long time because apparently frogs can breathe a little through their skin…
Another reader of this site was kind enough to leave a tip for getting rid of fruit flies in the house.
Karen had this to say:
For those dealing with the annoyance of fruit flies in the home, because we DO like keeping a number of fresh fruits and vegetables around the house, my younger brother has stumbled upon this remedy:
Pour a little wine into a cup.
Dip the tip of your finger into bubbly dish detergent and drip a drop or two into the cup of wine and swish it around.
Change the cup of fly-wine every few days until your problem is gone.Works like a charm!!
After a little email exchange, Karen explained the reason this seems to work:
… I know it works. My brother and father have had problems with the fruit flies and this worked for them both.
The amount of detergent is very little [we are not talking about drops of soap, but drops of soapy liquid as when you wash your dishes and the bubbles fall off].
The reason it works is because the surface tension of the liquid is broken. The fruitflies would typically be able to stand on wine and drink it, but the soap changes the tension and the fruit flies fall in when they expect to stand on the surface.
Thanks Karen.
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Don’t quote me on the title, but the SH’Zen product “The Refining Balm for hands” worked like a miracle cure for me.
I’ve written this post in case there are any husbands out there complaining about their wives spending too much money on Sh’Zen products. You’ll read how I definitely didn’t like the SH’Zen idea, to really liking one of their products. It’s long, so if you want, you can just skipt to the section titled “the hand cream works” near the bottom.
I’ve spent the last 3 weeks travelling all over the U.S. with my wife and our friends.
I’m not sure if it was all the travelling in planes, the lack of proper sleep, the amount of alcohol consumed (for a typical “non-drinker”), but whatever the cause, my hands started to peal REALLY badly.
It doesn’t sound too appealing (pardon the pun), but it looked like I was shedding my skin like a snake.
Enter my wife’s plea for me to try the SH’Zen hand cream.
First, a little background of why I hadn’t used it before:
I’ve had 2 previous attempts at growing mint.
My first attempt (which I mention in “Mint – the weed that just keeps going“, I planted it in my herb garden, and very soon discovered that it was a VERY bad idea. So I had to rip it up.
For my second attempt, I planted it in small pots, which you can see here: Planting Mint where you want it.
Planting the mint in pots was definitely a better idea, but the pots were a bit too small. A visitor (June Tate) left this comment:
I’ve tried planting mint in pots, and it gets horribly rootbound–all roots, no dirt. The mint was a gift from a friend, and I’ve passed it on to many people. Maybe I just need a BIG pot to plant it in?
So, I’ve decided to try out the “planting mint in a BIG pot” method.
Continue reading “New Attempt at Growing and Containing Mint”
Have you ever sprayed weed-killer and expected the weeds to die within a couple of days, only to see them carry on thriving?
There are 2 things that I have found may cause this: