FReeper Canteen ~ Household Hints ~ 17 May 2007

May 16, 2007 | Entertaining the Troops Committee

[beachn4fun]

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

HINT & TIPS

Welcome to the FReeper Canteen Hints & Tips that can be make your life easier. Or not! Hopefully, you'll find something here that will make your life easier. Or maybe someone you know could use one of these ideas. If you have a hint or tip of your own, be sure to leave it behind before you leave the Canteen.

Ma can always use helpful ideas on how to keep the Canteen clean with all the youngsters running around.

Let's start with some general household hints.

*** Use of soap wrapper: Don't throw away the wrapper after removing a bar of soap. Place it inside your shoe cabinet or shoe box. It's a cheap way of filling the air with a nice smell.

*** If your polished furniture has small scratches: Try rubbing them with a shelled walnut. You'll see the scratches just disappear!

*** If you have problem with slippery shoelaces which refuse to stay tied: Rub them with a candle and make them less slippery so that knots stay put.

*** To keep lint and dust off glass top tables, wash them in a solution of warm water and fabric softener. Add one tablespoon of liquid fabric softener to one quart of warm water. The fabric softener will clean the glass inexpensively and will help keep lint from gathering on the glass. Also great for computer screens and TV's

*** Don't throw away odd socks or socks with holes in them, use them to make a mop. Tie several socks (10-12 works best) to a mop or broom handle and use just like you would a regular mop. White cotton socks work best for this project and by the time the "sock mop" wears out, you'll probably have plenty more socks to make a new one.

***Get rid of pet hair on upholstery effortlessly by wiping the furniture with a slightly dampened sponge.

(All hints found on websites. Management makes no claims to the effectiveness of any hints)

Join us again next week for more hints.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Awwww.....they can be pretty sneaky. Our town is threatening fines for folks that feed them so feeding is way down. They still get some corn, but we’ve seen only one pair.

[TASMANIANRED]

Happy Birthday to you.

Must be hard with it being on the heels of your dad. I know you miss him.

[SandRat]

070512-N-8629D-039 PUERTO BELGRANO, Argentina (May 12, 2007) – Sailors from Partnership of the Americas (POA) Task Group clean the grounds of Casa Del Niño (Home for Children) during a community relations project. POA Task Group 40.0, which includes USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), USS Mitscher (DDG 57), USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) and Chilean Frigate CS Almirante Latorre (FFG 14), is underway for Partnership of the Americas 2007. POA focuses on enhancing relationships with regional partner nations such as Argentina with events at sea and ashore. U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Brett Dawson (RELEASED)

[TASMANIANRED]

Good luck...Itching is insanity producing.

[MeekMom]

Hey girlie. Glad you got some rain. We sure did yesterday. It sounded like a freight train went right by us. Lots of trees uprooted and parts of roofs laying in other peoples yards. We were without power from 3:30pm to 11:30pm. Not fun when you’re too dumb to buy candles! :)

[HiJinx]

She sure does...was just noticing the pudge of baby-fat.

Piper has lost hers in the last 6 months or so...she’s really lanky now.

[TASMANIANRED]

Mine is getting tall and both lawn mowers decided to croak.

[MeekMom]

re: 228
Looks handsome from what I can see.
Woo Hoo! Happy Birthday Kathy’s Dad!!

((hugs to you and your Pops))

[StarCMC]

Oh no! Prayers going up Ma — has there been any news?

[TASMANIANRED]

What a beautiful photo.

[MeekMom]

My son? No, but he sure is grounded for staying out all day/night long!

[AZamericonnie]

What a thoughtful son you have!

Now you two can spend some quality time together using the new gear. I miss fishing! lol

I hope you have a lovely day! *Hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

That sounds like a good way to get the outside cleaned. Good hint.

[SandRat]

070511-N-8724D-004 ATLANTA (May 11, 2007) - Children wait outside Hanger Five on board Naval Air Station Atlanta for their fathers after a year deployment to the Middle East with Embarked Security Detachment 223. ESD-223, a component of Mobile Security Squadron Two, is an operational asset of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command and its mission is to deliver expeditionary anti-terrorism/force protection capabilities to combatant commanders in support of the National Military Strategy. U.S. Navy photo by (RELEASED)

[SandRat]

070511-N-1082Z-003 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (May 11, 2007) - Radio talk Show Host and Author, Laura Ingraham, gets fitted for flight gear by Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 1st Class James Dickerson assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 106. Ingraham was scheduled for a VIP flight in one of the squadron's F/A-18 Hornets, however, the flight was postponed due to weather conditions. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jason R. Zalasky (RELEASED)

[AZamericonnie]

Oh...just look at those sweet childrens faces! Thank you for posting such good stuff Sandy! *Hugs*

[Randy Larsen]

Good, we need to change your name to “MEANMOM”, High Fives!

[SandRat]

Senior Master Sergeants Scott Wilcox and Scott Gomer straighten headstones May 15 at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. This process aligns and straightens all the headstones and prepares the cemetery for funerals and the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. Sergeants Gomer and Wilcox are assigned to the Air Force News Agency in San Antonio. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Larry A. Simmons)

[luvie]

I have noticed that she has gotten thin and very leggy.
I’ll bet she never stops moving! LOL!

She’s gorgeous, too!

[luvie]

Had to buy hubby a new one last year...or was is year before last? It’s self-propelled and he actually doesn’t gripe about having to mow now.

Thank goodness! LOL!