Category: Home Hints

The toilet brush

Yep the good old toilet cleaning brush, it sits in it’s little holder there beside the toilet just waiting to be used when needed … but the toilet cleaning brush needs cleaning to.  How do you clean yours or do you just throw it away and start anew? I generally take my brush and the …

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Washing the grocery bags.

When I say washing the grocery bags I don’t mean the plastic ones you get from the store. I have what’s termed over here in Australia as ‘green bags’ even though they come in all colours of the rainbow and differing advertising. My Mr25 many yrs ago worked at a car parts etc store, he …

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Dating fridge/pantry items

Yesterday I made up the usual yoghurt mix in my maker and while I was dating it I wondered how others date their fridge items. If it’s stuff I’ve made like the yoghurt I just write the 2 weeks ahead date on some painters masking tape with a permanent marker, cut off at the appropriate …

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Keeping socks paired

Do you have trouble keeping your socks paired?  There is an easy way for white socks grab a permanent marker (sharpie or nikko pen or the like) and pop a dot on the bottom (if you’re worried the marker will mark through to the top layer pop your hand in the sock). 2 dots for …

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Wind burned skin.

It’s that time of the year for us Autumn going into winter. It’s the time that the cool wind picks up when you’re outdoors and dries out your skin. Mr 21 is a very fair skinned, I’m the same. He gets that very dry red skin on his face and for me it’s face and …

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