Page 8 - Giv'er Miramichi magazine - Spring 2017

Household Tips and Hints By Anthony McLean

With a month into the season of vinegar and the essential oils, will keep
Spring, I like to check out tips and hints for a long time, under your sink.
to use around my home. I found these
ones to be worth sharing with readers. Never blow balloons up again!
Each of them are simple and easy to All you need is: Baking Soda, Vinegar,
make with ingredients that can be found Plastic Bottle, Balloons, 2 Funnels
in your home! Check them out, be 1. Using a funnel pour vinegar into your
innovative and have fun while doing it bottle. You only need to fill about 1/3 of
on your own, or with family or friends spray clothes. The vodka smell goes the bottle.
... and save money!
away when the clothes dry completely. 2. Using another (dry) funnel pour
Do you have dangling power The vodka helps to remove any baking soda into your balloon. Fill the
cords around your home that could be unwanted odours. balloon about 1/2 way.
hazardous? I have a safe and reliable Stain Remover - Vodka effectively 3. Cover the top of the bottle with you
solution to remedy this in one step! gets rid of ink, grass and lipstick stains. balloon. Make sure you don't let the
Take a paper towel, plastic wrap, wax Dab stain with vodka and rub the stain baking soda spill into the bottle
paper or foil wrap core and push your away. Add the stained garment to the prematurely.
cord or bar through to keep them laundry afterwards for a more thorough 4. When ready, lift your balloon and let
covered and protect your children or clean. the baking soda fall into the vinegar.
pets from harm's way! 5. Watch as the mixture fizzes, bubbles
Don't burn fingers with a short and expands your balloon!
match or lighter! With matches or 7. Repeat! Believe me, your kids will
lighters, light candles or grills with a want to do this more than once.
dry spaghetti noodle. It is a lot safer and
simple.

Cleaning floors with peppermint tea!
Keep power cords neat and tidy. I never thought one of my favourite
hot beverages/ flavoured teas could be
used to clean hardwood floors. Here’s
Did you know that vodka can be the recipe:
used for things other than a drink? Steep 6 peppermint tea bags into a
Flower Preserver - Spray flower quart of water. Add one-quarter cup of
stems with a 2:1 ratio mix of vodka and white vinegar.Add 10 drops of tea tree
sugar. Repeat every few days. oil as a disinfectant. Store in a spray
Laundry Freshener - Fill a small bottle, and spritz your mop and clean.
spray bottle with vodka and lightly This mixture, because of the A unique and fun way to blow up balloons!

8 www.GiverMiramichi.com Spring 2017