Introduce fresh tulips from your garden or from the store slowly into the house by putting them in water for an hour or so in a medium temperature place (like the basement or garage). Then bring them into the main house, add a little fresh water and drop in a copper penny. Your tulips will normally last a week and will continue to stand tall!
Earrings Stay in Pairs
Pill boxes with compartments for days of the week work perfectly to keep your earrings organized when traveling.
Glorious Shiny Hair
Mix a small amount of baking soda with your regular shampoo in the palm of your hand. Do this once a month to take the residue of products off your hair.
It’s raining (again) but my umbrella is dry
Always losing the cover of your tote-size umbrella? Avoid soaking unassuming strangers or your bag by keeping small plastic ‘cd-size’ shopping bags in your handbag or briefcase with the umbrella. So easy and yet another way to recycle!
Keeping the ‘bubbly’ in champagne
Leftover champagne? If you don’t have a metal champagne stopper on hand, keep the bubbles at least 24 hours by dropping a spoon handle into the open bottle and refrigerate. That said, true champagne connoisseurs never have trouble finishing the bottle!
A dash of sugar to bring out flavor
To bring out flavor in soup, potato salad and tomato sauces, add a touch (‘a little bit’, ‘a dash’, ‘a skosh’ ‘un petit peu’) of sugar.
Car rental: What side is my gas (petrol) tank on?
Look at your car dashboard. Find the gas (or petrol) pump icon. Look for a little arrow on the drawing that indicates the gas tank side. If there is no arrow, choose the side with the ‘pump hose’. 99% of the time, you will pull up to the correct side of the pump.
Plastic wrap rolls on the floor – no more
Plastic wrap and aluminum foil boxes in your kitchen drawer? Follow the ‘press tab’ directions on each end of the box, push the tab in to hold the roll in place.
