Tricks of awesome... Maybe.

Alright time for a new post i guess. I saw this list of things going around on Facebook and for some reason got this strong feeling to write about it and post it on my blog along with little tricks i have picked up in my 4 years of marriage AND i would LOVE and ENCOURAGE anyone who reads this to please leave a comment on things you have tried and LOVE or if you have tried something on this list and know that it is a load of crap and wont work any feed back i can get i will love :) so here it goes

DID YOU KNOW???
1. Budweiser beer conditions the hair
2. Pam cooking spray will dry finger nail polish
3. Cool whip will condition your hair in 15 minutes
4. Mayonnaise will KILL LICE, it will also condition your hair
... 5. Elmer's Glue - paint on your face, allow it to dry, peel off and see the dead skin and blackheads if any.
6. Shiny Hair - use brewed Lipton Tea
7. Sunburn - empty a large jar of Nestea into your bath water
8. Minor burn - Colgate or Crest toothpaste
9. Burn your tongue? Put sugar on it!
10. Arthritis? WD-40 Spray and rub in, kill insect stings too
11 Bee stings - meat tenderizer
12. Chigger bite - Preparation H
13. Puffy eyes - Preparation H
14. Paper cut - crazy glue or chap stick (glue is used instead of sutures at most hospitals)
15. Stinky feet - Jello !
16. Athletes feet - cornstarch
17. Fungus on toenails or fingernails - Vicks vapor rub
18. Kool aid to clean dishwasher pipes. Just put in the detergent section and run a cycle, it will also clean a toilet. (Wow, and we drink this stuff)
19. Kool Aid can be used as a dye in paint also Kool Aid in Dannon plain yogurt as a finger paint, your kids will love it and it won't hurt them if they eat it!
20. Peanut butter - will get scratches out of CD's! Wipe off with a coffee filter paper
21. Sticking bicycle chain - Pam no-stick cooking spray
22. Pam will also remove paint, and grease from your hands! Keep a can in your garage for your hubby
23. Peanut butter will remove ink from the face of dolls
24. When the doll clothes are hard to put on, sprinkle with corn starch and watch them slide on
25. Heavy dandruff - pour on the vinegar !
26. Body paint - Crisco mixed with food coloring. Heat the Crisco in the microwave, pour in to an empty film container and mix with the food color of your choice!
27 Tie Dye T-shirt - mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container, tie a rubber band around a section of the T-shirt and soak
28. Preserving a newspaper clipping - large bottle of club soda and cup of milk of magnesia , soak for 20 min. and let dry, will last for many years!
29. A Slinky will hold toast and CD's!
30. To keep goggles and glasses from fogging, coat with Colgate toothpaste
31. Wine stains, pour on the Morton salt and watch it absorb into the salt.
32. To remove wax - Take a paper towel and iron it over the wax stain, it will absorb into the towel.
33. Remove labels off glassware etc. rub with Peanut butter!
34. Baked on food - fill container with water, get a Bounce paper softener and the static from the Bounce towel will cause the baked on food to adhere to it. Soak overnight. Also; you can use 2 Efferdent tablets , soak overnight!
35. Crayon on the wall - Colgate toothpaste and brush it!
36.. Dirty grout - Listerine
37. Stains on clothes - Colgate toothpaste
38. Grass stains - Karo Syrup
39. Grease Stains - Coca Cola , it will also remove grease stains from the driveway overnight. We know it will take corrosion from car batteries!
40. Fleas in your carpet? 20 Mule Team Borax- sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours. Maybe this will work if you get them back again.
41. To keep FRESH FLOWERS longer Add a little Clorox , or 2 Bayer aspirin , or just use 7-up instead of water.
42. When you go to buy bread in the grocery store, have you ever wondered which is the freshest, so you 'squeeze' for freshness or softness? Did you know that bread is delivered fresh to the stores five days a week? Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Each day has a different color twist tie.
They are:

Monday = Blue,
Tuesday = Green,
Thursday = Red
Friday = White
Saturday = Yellow.

So if today was Thursday, you would want red twist tie; not white which is Fridays (almost a week old)! The colors go alphabetically by color Blue- Green - Red - White - Yellow, Monday through Saturday. Very easy to remember. I thought this was interesting. I looked in the grocery store and the bread wrappers DO have different twist ties, and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors. You learn something new everyday! Enjoy fresh bread when you buy bread with the right color on the day you are shopping.

43. Don't forget Gatorade for Migraine Headaches. PowerAde won't work.  

Now some things that i have learned that aren't on the list 
(These are things i have discovered and learned of while living with my husbands parents so i have his mom to thank for most of these)
1. If you are out of Windex mix equal parts vinegar with water and it works just as well (doesn't smell as good but works)
2. To get rid of black mold (yuck) equal parts bleach and water. Extremely strong so don't let your kiddos in there while you are using it heck i usually use my shirt or sleeve to cover my mouth and nose and i hold my breath while spaying it, then i turn the fan on (cause it's usually in my bathroom, specifically the one corner in our shower) and i close the door. I usually let it sit for a minimum of an hour then i just rinse the shower with HOT water. 
3. Making our own laundry detergent. My mother-in-law found this recipe online for it and it is awesome. However one small suggestion if you are extremly sensitive (which i happen to be) don't put stuff in it to make it smell good. My mother-in-law put some grapefruit oil in it so it would have a good smell to it and i had a horrible reaction to it so be careful. The ingredients are extremely easy and all under $20 and it is probably over a year of laundry detergent, my mother-in-law made her first batch i would say beginning of summer LAST year and it just barely reached the half mark. This lady used a large cookie jar and it fills it full. So here it is:
1 14lb 12oz box Borax found in the detergent isle
1 4lb box Arm & Hammer Baking soda found in the cooking isle
1 box Arm & Hammer Washing Soda found in the detergent isle
3 bars of Fels-Naptha soap, found in the detergent isle 
2 small containers of Oxy Clean or store brand Oxy Clean try to get 3.5 lbs total found in the detergent isle (this is optional)

Mix it all together (obviously the soap bar is crushed up) and BAM you have laundry detergent
Use 1-2 Tablespoons per load. Trust me don't use more than that There aren't any fillers like the store bought laundry detergent has so you really don't need a ton. LIke i said before you can add stuff to it too make it smell good if you want but if you are like me and are extremely sensitive i would not suggest it i would just stick to the recipe. This laundry detergent is also HE friendly so if you Washer is HE (high-efficiency) no worries this wont harm it in any way if anything it is probably better for it because it is all natural no fillers. 

The lady we got the laundry detergent recipe from has loads of recipes on her blogspot so if you have time to kill take a look at it. Who knows maybe you will come across something you have been looking for to try or maybe something will peak your interest and you will want to try it. :) 
http://beingcreativetokeepmysanity.blogspot.com/

Like i said at the beginning of this post i look forward to anybody who reads this to please comment with your input of cleaning supplies you swear by and love or if their is something on the list that you have tried and just didn't list. I am looking forward to trying the Gatorade theory for migraines. I LOVE Gatorade and i am extremely prone to migraines so i will let you know when i try it if it works or not :)