for the bread container, leave the bread in the bag when you place it in the container with the open end of the bag draped over the container. As you use bread, pull the bag up in the container to minimize the amount of air that is in the container....just like the "actual" bread container...
My daughter had a brilliant idea many years ago that I still do to this day. I use the "seat belt" in my shopping cart to loop through my purse. Nobody is going to be able to snatch and grab my purse!
I’m a professional plantscaper. I go to offices, lobbies, restaurants and etc and take care of plants. Instead of using rocks in the bottom of your plant pots, which can make them heavy, use styrofoam peanuts!!! Great for recycling. Push the pot down to settle it among the peanuts to crush them up if needed. Use as many or as few as you need. And it keeps the plants nice and light for moving around and redecorating, or, well cleaning.
Use pool noodles instead of the peanuts. Works just as good and a lot cheaper. I have used them for a few years now in my pots. Especially in my big plant pots. With the noodles I use less dirt, I can cut them any size best for the size pot I am working on, and the pot is much lighter once I am done. That is always great because it allows me to move them around by myself. Also, you are not using as much dirt, so you are saving there too. I use them for my small potted plants as well. Where I live, the pool noodles are always cheaper at Wal-Mart than Dollar Tree, so I get them at Wal-Mart. They have the regular-size pool noodles and then the ones that are just a little bigger, I think the jumbo pool noodle, .94-.98 cents. Also, each year as summer is winding down and all the pool stuff goes on sale, is when I stock up on them. So, I never even pay, not even .98 cents for them. I pay .25-.50 cents. Last year, I got lucky. At the end, they had marked them down to .15-.20 cents. I grabbed me a few extra to have. I have found them to come in handy in a lot of ways, task, and some hacks.
Wrapping Paper Hack! 🎁 bc the rubber bands tear the cheaper wrapping paper…take a toilet paper roll (or the inside of empty wrapping paper roll) & cut it lengthwise down the middle, wrap the end(s) of the wrapping paper in the toilet paper roll and put the rubber band around that
A good hack to protect your dinner plates while moving… use those cheap foam paper plates in between each plate. It’s worked perfectly for me in the past moving to another state.
This is in regards to the Pizza Bread. My husband is 73 years old and grew up eating "Edge Ave. Pizza" as mother in law called this inexpensive lunch and she had to feed 5 kids. Our kids loved it and my grandkids love it (oldest is 28). The name came from the street they lived on.
Sewing fabric scraps is great also! Our quilting group saves until spring "for the birds"! They love it. Who knew birds can be designers and soft for babies!💓
Lots of great ideas Andrea! When I buy thrifted baskets or just need to clean my own, I spray them down with a cleaner, use a brush to loosen the grime and just rinse them off in the shower or outside with a hose. Most baskets can take being hosed off, unless they're painted. Dry them in the sun or near a vent in the house. Thank you for all your ideas!
Lorelyn , I clean my baskets just like you do. I try to do this in the summer, hose them off, let them dry in the sun, and finally I spray a clear coat finish ( any brand you like ) That helps for keeping dust and dirt from sticking to the basket. Then it is easier to clean next time. 😀
Good stuff Andrea! Just wanted to add that all those plastic bags can be used for fun. My 2 grandsons stay with us from time to time and the days when its a little too hot to be out we take the plastic bags out and have a snowball fight in the house. I you hold a corner with your thumb and 2 fingers you can wrap them quickly and stuff tail in the hole left by your fingers. This is how I stash the bags too and stuff them into one bag and they hang in my pantry . I also use them in my kitchen when I am prepping potatoes, onions etc, they are my garbage bags. Have a good day!
I am so glad I found your channel. I used to be a fanatic about organization and as I've gotten older or I've become a little relaxed with it. so watching your channel has encouraged Me to get my rear in gear and get organized again. So I thank you for that.🌹
I use 14 bags a week...i double them up and use them for cleaning out cat boxes.. you can also use them to cover up your hair if you are conditioning your hair traps the warmth in and makes it work great!
The lint fire starter reminded me of the cheapest fire log hack that i based on an already exsiting boy scout trick.. Keep all the old paper tubing from the house (toilet paper, paper towels, ect.) As they empty; flatten them out and stick them all inside of one open tube until it fills up and packs tightly. Now there are two options from here.. use leftover candle wax and fill the tube this way or soak it in vegetable oil depending on what ur using it for, and it will burn for quite a long time ^.^
Mayo or Miracle Whip on the bread adds tang and crisps up better. Also works on chicken breasts to keep moisture in. Freeze bread that is getting stale to use to thicken tomato sauce and other sauces. Shoe paste wax works great to fill scratches on furniture and you can blend black and brown or cordovan to full maple, walnut, or mahogany. The curtain idea is cute, but impossible to do on flat heavy furniture. You can’t feed it all the way under.
Hi Andrea Jean, ABSOLUTELY LOVE your videos, binge watch them!! I had this tip from a very elderly Uncle years ago, he was an exceptional gardner, he told me to wipe off my garden tools, eg., any snippers, bigger choppers, or any tool used to trim your plants, ,, spray immediatly with WD40 and wipe off with a kitchen towel , or chux and put away, there fore not needing to clean before, and this will stop them from rusting, also will keep them sharp ... may be everyone know this, but I didnt, and have done it for 20 years and my garden tools are still great
With the grocery bags i reuse a lysol wipes container to make a pop up dispenser. After washing/drying it out, keep the lid off. Put the first bag in bottom down, hold the handles both open, take the next bag bottom through the handles of the first one, pull it through about 1/3 and make a “u” shape out of the second bag. Stuff the second in leaving the handles out. Put the bottom of the third bag through the handles of the second and stuff it down, etc. I love to sit one of these containers next to my small trash baskets, in the car and kitchen for garbage or scraps to go to the compost. Ive gotten over 100 into the biggest lysol wipes containers. You can even shut the lid on them in case they roll around in the car. I usually break off the lid on the ones in the house. Its a bit easier getting a bag out with one hand without the lid flopping around! Lol Hope this helps! 😊
My sister uses plastic bags instead of bubble wrap when sends toys to her grandkids in Oklahoma. Then her daughter uses them as trash bags or dog waste pick up bags. As far as keeping my cutting board from moving when using it I put a damp dish towel or dishrag under it. Thank you for the video Andrea Jean!
For hanging pictures. I prefer the tip to use paint tape (I buy it at the dollar store as it’s cheap and I don’t need much) You place the tape sticky side out on the item to hang. Mark with marker where the hanger parts are, you can sort of press the tape into it too instead. Then place the item on the wall and the tape sticks. You then add the nail or screw in the marked places. Works great. Haven’t tried the mayo grilled cheese, my Mom used to add a bit of mustard inside for the tang. Maybe I’ll skip the butter and mustard and try mayo. For softer butter when it’s rock hard, fill up a glass with warm water and drop in the rock hard stick. Butter should soften to room temperature quickly.
I find the after getting the air out of those bags, it’s so much easier and lots faster to hold the middle area while u fold it in half and then fold it in half again whole wrapping it around your forefinger and ending up with a knot. It’s tighter and take 1/4 of the time☝🏼😅
Your rolling up the garbage bags hack had me LOL...that is exactly what I was doing while watching your video! I have 2 huge plastic sacks full of crumpled grocery bags that have only been sitting there for maybe 5 years! But I roll mine into balls, which takes up even less space, and then I put them in a plastic bag dispenser (mesh, w/a loop) from Temu. I hang that on my bakers' rack next to the fridge...outta sight and no more cascade of plastic bags when I'm trying to remove a baking sheet from the cupboard!
To take out the scratches from your cutting board. Use a damp cloth and iron over it. The steam will swell the wood back to original shape. Then clean. I haven’t tried it, but heard it works. 😊
We use our plastic bags for more than shopping. Hubby takes his lunch to work in them. He brings it home, uses it again. For his trip this weekend, I packed his shoes in one. I also pack another one or two to put his dirty clothes. We also use them as small garbage can liners. When we had our dog, I would use the used ones as poopy bags.
Never considered bread bags. Great idea! When I need to move heavy things I use an old blanket. That's a fantastic idea for using drapes for that as well as packing material. Thanks for the tips.
I use them for potty bags as well as salad bags or any food bag as well as frozen veggies bags…I keep them in the freezer door till I need them vs washing them out
I have the spinning chopper & highly recommend it. Tear free onion chopping! I also do a quick vegie chop, then put it in a baggie in the freezer. Leave it out for a few minutes, then I can beak off a chunk to add to meals.
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Those bread bags bring back memories of childhood: When your rain boots or snow mobile boots get the inevitable hole, Use your bread bag as a waterproof liner until you can buy a replacement. Just wear your sock, insert foot into bag, then put bagged foot into boot. Your foot will be dry (or at least now wet from rain or snow, maybe some sweat happens). You're Welcome!
8:05 is so smart... if you need to hang something with multiple hooks/hang something level, my favorite trick is a paint stir stick with a short screw drilled through one end. It makes it so easy and fast to hang things perfectly level if there's more than one hook!
I use the multi packs of colorful elastic thin headbands (which never stay my head) for all the things you use rubber bands for. Also for my storage containers with the snaps closures that pop off.
Instead of olive oil for hinges or stainless steel, use baby oil. It works better, and lasts longer. Also I rub baby oil on my metal shower curtain rod for a quieter and smoother moving shower curtain. 😉
If you have trouble with lifting heavy furniture like me, just a thought. When you put the easy mover curtain under the table you could try spreading the cloth under the middle of the table, then lift and pull the edges out with your foot instead of moving the whole large cloth 'bump' underneath the legs from one side. Great tips! Thanks Andrea Jean!
In the past when I moved , I wrap anything that's fragile in my towels (kitchen & bathroom) and sheets. As a result I'm packing two things simultaneous.
I have an old tarnished breadbox and I believe it’s from the late 70’s or early 80’s. I remember it being in my grandmas house when I was a kid and my Mom said it was there when she was a kid too. I’d love to see a video on cleaning larger tarnished surfaces.
Thank you Andrea, you are a hard worker! Rinse cloths before washing and somewhere I saw professional instructions said no dryer balls, the wool could leave lint in microfiber and plastic was damaging.
I've been making grill cheese sandwiches like this for years. I use to use mayo to marinate chicken for grilling. I'm vegan now so it was over 12 years ago.
I chop up my bread ends and old pieces and put them in the oven with the light on. Or dehydrate them. When they're dry I put them in a glass jar and use them for holiday stuffing or whirl them in the blender for bread crumbs.
I use a paper clip as a book mark. The long side is the page I will start reading next. I love your trick for putting rubber bands around a container to neatly separate items!
I use Walmart bags to keep the heat in when I do a deep moisturizing treatment. I put the product on, wrap my head in the bag and use my hair blower, moving it around for the necessary time. I keep the bag on my head till it cools off, rinse hair and it's silky soft.
Leave the bread in the plastic bag before putting in the airtight container and pull the plastic over the edge and keep doing it until the bread is gone, then recycle the plastic bag.😊
Andrea, Walmart has heard our complaints! Mine has a big box with a big hole in it. They will take your bags back!! They don't pay you for them, but what you don't need for small trash cans or peelings on veggies or something, you can return them to the store!!
Don't use poison, like color markers on your wood, instead get parkers feed and wax for furniture and cabinets and they make a food grade mineral oil for wood boards used for food...the scratches will disappear
I use a plastic container for my bread, but I put the bread with the package inside and pull the package over the edges and put the top on. As I use the bread, I pull the packaging up and it is easier to reach the bottom pieces. Also, If I want a lot of pieces at a time, I can pull the whole loaf out and then put what is left back.
First of all you have a beautiful family. Now to the tips and tricks. I just love all of your helpful tips. I do know some of them and the ones I don't know thanks for sharing them.
you can also wrap your plastic bags in a baby wipe plastic container and just pull the bags through the opening just as you would a baby wipe. Love your videos and tips !!!
I lived in a world before there was Ranch and it was a very sad world indeed. I remember everything about that day, the day that I first tasted Ranch Dressing. My Godmother made it using the packet (that's the only way it was sold). It's a day I'll never forget, it changed my life!😅 I still love Ranch above any other condiment. I look for ways to incorporate Ranch on any number. Pizza is certainly one of my top ten items that Ranch makes even better!
Yes I’ve done that with Duke Mayo. We make pizza on garlic Texas toast. My two youngest grandsons will toast beard , cut the toast into strips and dip in pizza sauce.
Loved the curtain mover, and rubber band skid proof cutting board and storage separator bands. The bread bags and shopping bags make great craft yarn ideas, that can be made into shopping totes, purses or laundry totes, also rugs to catch dirt from ones shoes, so many different ideas. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week, take care and stay safe.
Rub a raw pecan or walnut half into scratches on wood. In junior high we had to do that on all assembly hall chairs, a very long tome ago. A hair dryer may loosen stickers it works on boxs to remove labels and tape. Soaking bottles or jars in baking soda water helps remove labels. You can also use hair rinse to shave with it softenss hair and helps glide over skin.
I tried the mayo instead of butter and it's just not the same. I would encourage a little patience and add the butter to warm pan to melt then throw in the sandwich. I also take the pan off the burner when it's time to flip. Carefully remove sandwich with spatula, set on plate until next butter is put in pan and melted then flip the sandwich and cook till golden
When traveling and taking bottles with liquid, I take pieces of plastic wrap (Seran, Cling, etc), cut it into pieces of about 3" squares, remove the lid, put a piece of plastic wrap over the top, and screw the lid back on while holding the plastic wrap tightly around the bottle. I have done this with travel size squirt bottles (hair spray, etc) and put a tiny hole in the plastic to replace the sprayer while holding the plastic wrap when screwing on the lid. I then put all bottles into a zip lock bag(s) to store the same bottles for the return trip. By now, many of the bottles will not be filled to the top. FYI: Take extra small zip lock bags to keep squirt bottles separate.
I love, love your plastic bag folding tip! We use the bags when cleaning out the litter boxes (yuck), hence have an abundance on hand. This will condense my bulging bags quite nicely! Also, I clean my broom bristles by sweeping vigorously on my sidewalk! Gets all the dog and cat hair loose 😊. Thanks for what you do. I always get so enthused about cleaning and organizing from your videos!
For the wood tray, you can take a palm sander and sand the scratches out, then put the lemon juice and olive oil on. You can use W-40 for squeaky doors too!!! I like to put blue cheese on my pizza!
I use the binder clips on the shoe bin in car. On the top and hooks or clips on bottom. Also on your cutting board a damp washcloth under it helps not to slide.
Andrea, I had to subscribe... Ref losing socks or small items: SAFETY PINS. Dollar tree has the regular silver color in different sizes but you can look for the different color ones, if you have 2 or 3 kiddos you pin together the socks with a different color safety pin. Or I use a medium size mesh bag. My favorite tip safety pins.
I eat turkey roll ups every day. I'm on a diet and turkey is low calorie but that's not saying much once the cheese and ranch is added..and the wrap🌯 Love it though! Cool tips, thanks Andrea!
We have several plastic cereal containers, mostly from my bf's late mom's collection & I use them now for keeping cat food fresher & storing plastic bags in the bedroom. I have the plastic bag one beside the small bedroom trashcan to keep my kitties out of them & safe. The cat food one is in the bedroom too, since that's where they eat, easier to keep housemates' 2 dogs out of it (they love cat food, but need to leave it for the cats & eat their own!😺🐶) As for the cereal, i just use a cute chip clip on the bag in the box. I like finding new uses for things too. I remember my late mom at least once saying that when I was a baby in the 1980's, they reused bread bags for dirty cloth diapers when out of the house. Then brought them home to wash the diapers. I guess it worked pretty well. I know some will probably think that's gross, but that's how it was done before disposable diapers were a thing & for some still, like my cousin with her daughter. Cloth diapers are also said to help potty train earlier & probably faster since kiddo can feel when they're wet more. Just wanted to share. ❤ Thanks for your videos.
Happy Sunday beautiful lady❤ the bread bag is genius that’s why we love your videos 😅 never use mayo on cheese sandwich 🥪 the food looks so delicious and healthy yum yummy! Thank you for sharing these amazing tips hacks. Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend ❤
I had a great Aunt, born in 1888, and after she passed in her 80's we cleaned out the house. In her bedroom dresser was found tons of bread bags! In the drawers, smashed up behind the drawers etc, enough to fill a lawn trash bag. 😮. She used them to cover shoes/boots when muddy outside, as disposable gloves, stuffing for purses, lunch bags, covering leftovers. I don't think she ever purchased zip type bags and why should she when bread bags were free😅🎉.
Awesome video, as usual!! RE: those scratches on the wooden tray: try rubbing a walnut over the scratches. It is said to blend them in a lot. Will Olive Oil remove the labels from milk cartons? I filter my water and pour it into 1/2 gal cleaned milk bottles to be stored in the fridge for COLD water to drink. That gray drying rack would also work for reusable bags. I LOVE those black boots!!!
I love your videos. You have taught me so much. If you want a really tasty, crispy grilled cheese, after spreading mayonnaise on your bread lay your sandwich on a plate of shredded parmesan cheese on each side and cook as usual. You will love it!!
I've been doing a plastic bag shower caps for years. Or eat it if I'm conditioning my hair I put the plastic bag over my hair for a deep conditioning or if I'm coloring my hair I put the plastic bag over my hair. I save my plastic bags also I made a plastic bag holder and I made my done one also cuz he has lots of plastic shopping bags too
Yes 🙌 I make my grilled cheese with mayonnaise for over 3 years now! I saw someone on RUclips suggest it. It’s a game changer! Wow that chopper is great for making Pico de Gallo! I need that in my life 👍
Alternatively, you can lay your bread container on its side and stack it. I usually buy about 4 loaves of bread, because everyone loves bread in my house.
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for the bread container, leave the bread in the bag when you place it in the container with the open end of the bag draped over the container. As you use bread, pull the bag up in the container to minimize the amount of air that is in the container....just like the "actual" bread container...
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My daughter had a brilliant idea many years ago that I still do to this day. I use the "seat belt" in my shopping cart to loop through my purse. Nobody is going to be able to snatch and grab my purse!
That's a great idea!
Thank you for the safety tip.
I did that to until I actually bought a cute little chain that looks like decoration for your purse but it keeps my purse secure to my cart.
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I’m a professional plantscaper. I go to offices, lobbies, restaurants and etc and take care of plants. Instead of using rocks in the bottom of your plant pots, which can make them heavy, use styrofoam peanuts!!! Great for recycling. Push the pot down to settle it among the peanuts to crush them up if needed. Use as many or as few as you need. And it keeps the plants nice and light for moving around and redecorating, or, well cleaning.
Thanks for sharing!
Make sure you don't use the kind that dissolve when they get wet!
Use pool noodles instead of the peanuts. Works just as good and a lot cheaper. I have used them for a few years now in my pots. Especially in my big plant pots. With the noodles I use less dirt, I can cut them any size best for the size pot I am working on, and the pot is much lighter once I am done. That is always great because it allows me to move them around by myself. Also, you are not using as much dirt, so you are saving there too. I use them for my small potted plants as well. Where I live, the pool noodles are always cheaper at Wal-Mart than Dollar Tree, so I get them at Wal-Mart. They have the regular-size pool noodles and then the ones that are just a little bigger, I think the jumbo pool noodle, .94-.98 cents. Also, each year as summer is winding down and all the pool stuff goes on sale, is when I stock up on them. So, I never even pay, not even .98 cents for them. I pay .25-.50 cents. Last year, I got lucky. At the end, they had marked them down to .15-.20 cents. I grabbed me a few extra to have. I have found them to come in handy in a lot of ways, task, and some hacks.
And that will prevent stealing from other people's lawn displays!
Do those peanuts or pool foam get moldy ?
Wrapping Paper Hack! 🎁 bc the rubber bands tear the cheaper wrapping paper…take a toilet paper roll (or the inside of empty wrapping paper roll) & cut it lengthwise down the middle, wrap the end(s) of the wrapping paper in the toilet paper roll and put the rubber band around that
Mayo for grilled cheese is our family's way for over 40 years! Love the idea of adding seasonings!
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A good hack to protect your dinner plates while moving… use those cheap foam paper plates in between each plate. It’s worked perfectly for me in the past moving to another state.
They also work well for protecting your fine china when stacking in the cabinet. Prevent scratches.
Awesome idea!!
Andrea when moving put your plates on the side and none will break. My Dad was an auctioneer and had to pack sometimes and there was no breakage.
Sandpaper works great on cutting board scratches
This is in regards to the Pizza Bread. My husband is 73 years old and grew up eating "Edge Ave. Pizza" as mother in law called this inexpensive lunch and she had to feed 5 kids. Our kids loved it and my grandkids love it (oldest is 28). The name came from the street they lived on.
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My mother would put dryer lint outside in the spring, birds would use it to add to their nests.
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Great idea! I'm totally going to do this👍
Sewing fabric scraps is great also! Our quilting group saves until spring "for the birds"! They love it. Who knew birds can be designers and soft for babies!💓
Lots of great ideas Andrea! When I buy thrifted baskets or just need to clean my own, I spray them down with a cleaner, use a brush to loosen the grime and just rinse them off in the shower or outside with a hose. Most baskets can take being hosed off, unless they're painted. Dry them in the sun or near a vent in the house. Thank you for all your ideas!
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Lorelyn , I clean my baskets just like you do. I try to do this in the summer, hose them off, let them dry in the sun, and finally I spray a clear coat finish ( any brand you like ) That helps for keeping dust and dirt from sticking to the basket. Then it is easier to clean next time. 😀
Headed to Dollar Tree today! So excited, thanks to you!
Good stuff Andrea! Just wanted to add that all those plastic bags can be used for fun. My 2 grandsons stay with us from time to time and the days when its a little too hot to be out we take the plastic bags out and have a snowball fight in the house. I you hold a corner with your thumb and 2 fingers you can wrap them quickly and stuff tail in the hole left by your fingers. This is how I stash the bags too and stuff them into one bag and they hang in my pantry . I also use them in my kitchen when I am prepping potatoes, onions etc, they are my garbage bags. Have a good day!
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I am so glad I found your channel. I used to be a fanatic about organization and as I've gotten older or I've become a little relaxed with it. so watching your channel has encouraged Me to get my rear in gear and get organized again. So I thank you for that.🌹
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I use 14 bags a week...i double them up and use them for cleaning out cat boxes.. you can also use them to cover up your hair if you are conditioning your hair traps the warmth in and makes it work great!
I have been using bread and bun bags in my car for years! People make fun of me, but they work SO well! And I get rid of garbage often! ❤
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The lint fire starter reminded me of the cheapest fire log hack that i based on an already exsiting boy scout trick.. Keep all the old paper tubing from the house (toilet paper, paper towels, ect.) As they empty; flatten them out and stick them all inside of one open tube until it fills up and packs tightly. Now there are two options from here.. use leftover candle wax and fill the tube this way or soak it in vegetable oil depending on what ur using it for, and it will burn for quite a long time ^.^
Mayo or Miracle Whip on the bread adds tang and crisps up better. Also works on chicken breasts to keep moisture in. Freeze bread that is getting stale to use to thicken tomato sauce and other sauces. Shoe paste wax works great to fill scratches on furniture and you can blend black and brown or cordovan to full maple, walnut, or mahogany. The curtain idea is cute, but impossible to do on flat heavy furniture. You can’t feed it all the way under.
Hi Andrea Jean, ABSOLUTELY LOVE your videos, binge watch them!! I had this tip from a very elderly Uncle years ago, he was an exceptional gardner, he told me to wipe off my garden tools, eg., any snippers, bigger choppers, or any tool used to trim your plants, ,, spray immediatly with WD40 and wipe off with a kitchen towel , or chux and put away, there fore not needing to clean before, and this will stop them from rusting, also will keep them sharp ... may be everyone know this, but I didnt, and have done it for 20 years and my garden tools are still great
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With the grocery bags i reuse a lysol wipes container to make a pop up dispenser. After washing/drying it out, keep the lid off. Put the first bag in bottom down, hold the handles both open, take the next bag bottom through the handles of the first one, pull it through about 1/3 and make a “u” shape out of the second bag. Stuff the second in leaving the handles out. Put the bottom of the third bag through the handles of the second and stuff it down, etc. I love to sit one of these containers next to my small trash baskets, in the car and kitchen for garbage or scraps to go to the compost. Ive gotten over 100 into the biggest lysol wipes containers. You can even shut the lid on them in case they roll around in the car. I usually break off the lid on the ones in the house. Its a bit easier getting a bag out with one hand without the lid flopping around! Lol Hope this helps! 😊
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I love this idea! I'll never look at my Lysol container the same way again. Thanks a bunch!
@@carolbatchelor5855 im glad this can be useful to you! Have a great day! 😊
My sister uses plastic bags instead of bubble wrap when sends toys to her grandkids in Oklahoma. Then her daughter uses them as trash bags or dog waste pick up bags. As far as keeping my cutting board from moving when using it I put a damp dish towel or dishrag under it. Thank you for the video Andrea Jean!
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For hanging pictures. I prefer the tip to use paint tape (I buy it at the dollar store as it’s cheap and I don’t need much) You place the tape sticky side out on the item to hang. Mark with marker where the hanger parts are, you can sort of press the tape into it too instead. Then place the item on the wall and the tape sticks. You then add the nail or screw in the marked places. Works great. Haven’t tried the mayo grilled cheese, my Mom used to add a bit of mustard inside for the tang. Maybe I’ll skip the butter and mustard and try mayo. For softer butter when it’s rock hard, fill up a glass with warm water and drop in the rock hard stick. Butter should soften to room temperature quickly.
Love the idea of folding the grocery bags. I repurpose plastic bags, containers etc ALL the time😊
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I find the after getting the air out of those bags, it’s so much easier and lots faster to hold the middle area while u fold it in half and then fold it in half again whole wrapping it around your forefinger and ending up with a knot. It’s tighter and take 1/4 of the time☝🏼😅
Your rolling up the garbage bags hack had me LOL...that is exactly what I was doing while watching your video! I have 2 huge plastic sacks full of crumpled grocery bags that have only been sitting there for maybe 5 years! But I roll mine into balls, which takes up even less space, and then I put them in a plastic bag dispenser (mesh, w/a loop) from Temu. I hang that on my bakers' rack next to the fridge...outta sight and no more cascade of plastic bags when I'm trying to remove a baking sheet from the cupboard!
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Thank you for the hacks and leaning into frugality as well as reducing/reusing plastic, every little bit helps!
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Only fewer births truly help
Kiwi brown wax shoe polish, applied with a soft cloth, will really cover up those scratches on wood
I use olive oil to clean off white salt marks on my leather boots in the winter.
I use rubbing alcohol on my stainless steel. Shines and disinfects.
I use dryer lint stuffing a paper toilet roll,then in a bag to store. It is a perfect fire starter....add dryer sheets too.
To take out the scratches from your cutting board. Use a damp cloth and iron over it. The steam will swell the wood back to original shape. Then clean. I haven’t tried it, but heard it works. 😊
I will give it a try 👍
That also works to fix scratches and dents on furniture.
We use our plastic bags for more than shopping. Hubby takes his lunch to work in them. He brings it home, uses it again. For his trip this weekend, I packed his shoes in one. I also pack another one or two to put his dirty clothes. We also use them as small garbage can liners. When we had our dog, I would use the used ones as poopy bags.
Never considered bread bags. Great idea! When I need to move heavy things I use an old blanket. That's a fantastic idea for using drapes for that as well as packing material. Thanks for the tips.
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I use them for potty bags as well as salad bags or any food bag as well as frozen veggies bags…I keep them in the freezer door till I need them vs washing them out
I have the spinning chopper & highly recommend it. Tear free onion chopping! I also do a quick vegie chop, then put it in a baggie in the freezer. Leave it out for a few minutes, then I can beak off a chunk to add to meals.
I tried that with baby carrots but that made limp Carrots not edible fresh and not edible cooked.
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Also, I have been using conditioner to shave my legs for eons now! Nothing expensive, but it works so well and leaves my skin soft and moisturized 😊
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Those bread bags bring back memories of childhood: When your rain boots or snow mobile boots get the inevitable hole, Use your bread bag as a waterproof liner until you can buy a replacement. Just wear your sock, insert foot into bag, then put bagged foot into boot. Your foot will be dry (or at least now wet from rain or snow, maybe some sweat happens). You're Welcome!
Yes! Same here when I was a kid. lol
Bowls. #2 was my favorite, but I want to try them all!
8:05 is so smart... if you need to hang something with multiple hooks/hang something level, my favorite trick is a paint stir stick with a short screw drilled through one end. It makes it so easy and fast to hang things perfectly level if there's more than one hook!
I use the multi packs of colorful elastic thin headbands (which never stay my head) for all the things you use rubber bands for. Also for my storage containers with the snaps closures that pop off.
Instead of olive oil for hinges or stainless steel, use baby oil. It works better, and lasts longer. Also I rub baby oil on my metal shower curtain rod for a quieter and smoother moving shower curtain. 😉
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If you have trouble with lifting heavy furniture like me, just a thought. When you put the easy mover curtain under the table you could try spreading the cloth under the middle of the table, then lift and pull the edges out with your foot instead of moving the whole large cloth 'bump' underneath the legs from one side. Great tips! Thanks Andrea Jean!
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Break a pecan half in half and rub it on scratches on wood and you will be amazed. Great video!
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In the past when I moved , I wrap anything that's fragile in my towels (kitchen & bathroom) and
sheets. As a result I'm packing two things simultaneous.
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I have an old tarnished breadbox and I believe it’s from the late 70’s or early 80’s. I remember it being in my grandmas house when I was a kid and my Mom said it was there when she was a kid too. I’d love to see a video on cleaning larger tarnished surfaces.
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Thank you Andrea, you are a hard worker! Rinse cloths before washing and somewhere I saw professional instructions said no dryer balls, the wool could leave lint in microfiber and plastic was damaging.
I've been making grill cheese sandwiches like this for years. I use to use mayo to marinate chicken for grilling. I'm vegan now so it was over 12 years ago.
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I chop up my bread ends and old pieces and put them in the oven with the light on. Or dehydrate them. When they're dry I put them in a glass jar and use them for holiday stuffing or whirl them in the blender for bread crumbs.
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Actually what you did with the paint brush was genius .Also liked the idea of cutting the toilet brush to make it straight!
I use a paper clip as a book mark. The long side is the page I will start reading next. I love your trick for putting rubber bands around a container to neatly separate items!
I use Walmart bags to keep the heat in when I do a deep moisturizing treatment. I put the product on, wrap my head in the bag and use my hair blower, moving it around for the necessary time. I keep the bag on my head till it cools off, rinse hair and it's silky soft.
Leave the bread in the plastic bag before putting in the airtight container and pull the plastic over the edge and keep doing it until the bread is gone, then recycle the plastic bag.😊
Andrea, Walmart has heard our complaints! Mine has a big box with a big hole in it. They will take your bags back!! They don't pay you for them, but what you don't need for small trash cans or peelings on veggies or something, you can return them to the store!!
I learned this many years ago from my sons babysitter who was like a grandmother to the kids she babysat.
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Don't use poison, like color markers on your wood, instead get parkers feed and wax for furniture and cabinets and they make a food grade mineral oil for wood boards used for food...the scratches will disappear
I use a plastic container for my bread, but I put the bread with the package inside and pull the package over the edges and put the top on. As I use the bread, I pull the packaging up and it is easier to reach the bottom pieces. Also, If I want a lot of pieces at a time, I can pull the whole loaf out and then put what is left back.
Keep the bread in thr bag, bottom at thr bottom...then u pull up thr bag each time so u can reach all the slices as you move down.
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First of all you have a beautiful family. Now to the tips and tricks. I just love all of your helpful tips. I do know some of them and the ones I don't know thanks for sharing them.
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Try a sharpie close to color of wood. After you put it on the scratch, get a microfiber towel and wipe off any excess.
you can also wrap your plastic bags in a baby wipe plastic container and just pull the bags through the opening just as you would a baby wipe. Love your videos and tips !!!
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I put mine in empty kleenex boxes. I keep one in every room.
I lived in a world before there was Ranch and it was a very sad world indeed.
I remember everything about that day, the day that I first tasted Ranch Dressing. My Godmother made it using the packet (that's the only way it was sold). It's a day I'll never forget, it changed my life!😅 I still love Ranch above any other condiment.
I look for ways to incorporate Ranch on any number. Pizza is certainly one of my top ten items that Ranch makes even better!
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I use felt bumpers for nearly everything to protect surfaces.
Yes I’ve done that with Duke Mayo. We make pizza on garlic Texas toast. My two youngest grandsons will toast beard , cut the toast into strips and dip in pizza sauce.
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I always do . They browned up beautiful.
Love that beautiful wooden tray from Goodwill.
Thank you! 😊
Loved the curtain mover, and rubber band skid proof cutting board and storage separator bands. The bread bags and shopping bags make great craft yarn ideas, that can be made into shopping totes, purses or laundry totes, also rugs to catch dirt from ones shoes, so many different ideas. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week, take care and stay safe.
Rub a raw pecan or walnut half into scratches on wood. In junior high we had to do that on all assembly hall chairs, a very long tome ago. A hair dryer may loosen stickers it works on boxs to remove labels and tape. Soaking bottles or jars in baking soda water helps remove labels. You can also use hair rinse to shave with it softenss hair and helps glide over skin.
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I tried the mayo instead of butter and it's just not the same. I would encourage a little patience and add the butter to warm pan to melt then throw in the sandwich. I also take the pan off the burner when it's time to flip. Carefully remove sandwich with spatula, set on plate until next butter is put in pan and melted then flip the sandwich and cook till golden
Try the dryer sheet on mirror’s. Works amazing.
To pick up hair . Place a plastic bag over your broom. It works wonderful
Yummy breakfast girlie! Awesome! You go girlie! You got this!
Thank you so much 🤗
When traveling and taking bottles with liquid, I take pieces of plastic wrap (Seran, Cling, etc), cut it into pieces of about 3" squares, remove the lid, put a piece of plastic wrap over the top, and screw the lid back on while holding the plastic wrap tightly around the bottle. I have done this with travel size squirt bottles (hair spray, etc) and put a tiny hole in the plastic to replace the sprayer while holding the plastic wrap when screwing on the lid. I then put all bottles into a zip lock bag(s) to store the same bottles for the return trip. By now, many of the bottles will not be filled to the top. FYI: Take extra small zip lock bags to keep squirt bottles separate.
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I love, love your plastic bag folding tip! We use the bags when cleaning out the litter boxes (yuck), hence have an abundance on hand. This will condense my bulging bags quite nicely!
Also, I clean my broom bristles by sweeping vigorously on my sidewalk! Gets all the dog and cat hair loose 😊. Thanks for what you do. I always get so enthused about cleaning and organizing from your videos!
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Team ranch for sure! My husband doesn't care for sour cream so after buttering his baked potato, I pour on a generous helping of ranch!
That is awesome!
For the wood tray, you can take a palm sander and sand the scratches out, then put the lemon juice and olive oil on. You can use W-40 for squeaky doors too!!! I like to put blue cheese on my pizza!
I use the binder clips on the shoe bin in car. On the top and hooks or clips on bottom. Also on your cutting board a damp washcloth under it helps not to slide.
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Ref losing socks or small items: SAFETY PINS. Dollar tree has the regular silver color in different sizes but you can look for the different color ones, if you have 2 or 3 kiddos you pin together the socks with a different color safety pin. Or I use a medium size mesh bag. My favorite tip safety pins.
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Andrea Jean, just found your channel, you are a joy to watch
Oh thank you!
YOU ARE THE BEST! I leaned so much today.. the bread bags and tape for hanging art is ground breaking.
Thank you ❤
You are so welcome!
Awesome video!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the new recipes. Keep your great videos coming!!
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I eat turkey roll ups every day. I'm on a diet and turkey is low calorie but that's not saying much once the cheese and ranch is added..and the wrap🌯
Love it though! Cool tips, thanks Andrea!
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We have several plastic cereal containers, mostly from my bf's late mom's collection & I use them now for keeping cat food fresher & storing plastic bags in the bedroom. I have the plastic bag one beside the small bedroom trashcan to keep my kitties out of them & safe. The cat food one is in the bedroom too, since that's where they eat, easier to keep housemates' 2 dogs out of it (they love cat food, but need to leave it for the cats & eat their own!😺🐶) As for the cereal, i just use a cute chip clip on the bag in the box. I like finding new uses for things too. I remember my late mom at least once saying that when I was a baby in the 1980's, they reused bread bags for dirty cloth diapers when out of the house. Then brought them home to wash the diapers. I guess it worked pretty well. I know some will probably think that's gross, but that's how it was done before disposable diapers were a thing & for some still, like my cousin with her daughter. Cloth diapers are also said to help potty train earlier & probably faster since kiddo can feel when they're wet more. Just wanted to share. ❤ Thanks for your videos.
Thanks so much!
Happy Sunday beautiful lady❤ the bread bag is genius that’s why we love your videos 😅 never use mayo on cheese sandwich 🥪 the food looks so delicious and healthy yum yummy! Thank you for sharing these amazing tips hacks. Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend ❤
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You can even put rubber bands going the other way so to make blocks where you can keep your containers in each section
Thank you Andrea , your videos are very informative and fun to watch .
Glad you like them!
My husband puts shredded cheese on the outside of the bread, after the butter, and the grills. It's delicious!
Really love and appreciate these videos! Any hacks on how to organize an art room? Paint tubes, brushes, mixed media, finished paintings, etc.
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Did the pizza toast all the time for the kids. I make my own bread anyway and there is little difference in pizza dough and a normal bread dough.
I use my kitchen and bath towels to cushion glassware when moving.
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I had a great Aunt, born in 1888, and after she passed in her 80's we cleaned out the house. In her bedroom dresser was found tons of bread bags! In the drawers, smashed up behind the drawers etc, enough to fill a lawn trash bag. 😮. She used them to cover shoes/boots when muddy outside, as disposable gloves, stuffing for purses, lunch bags, covering leftovers. I don't think she ever purchased zip type bags and why should she when bread bags were free😅🎉.
Lol that is awesome!!
Awesome video, as usual!! RE: those scratches on the wooden tray: try rubbing a walnut over the scratches. It is said to blend them in a lot. Will Olive Oil remove the labels from milk cartons? I filter my water and pour it into 1/2 gal cleaned milk bottles to be stored in the fridge for COLD water to drink. That gray drying rack would also work for reusable bags. I LOVE those black boots!!!
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I love your videos. You have taught me so much. If you want a really tasty, crispy grilled cheese, after spreading mayonnaise on your bread lay your sandwich on a plate of shredded parmesan cheese on each side and cook as usual. You will love it!!
Great tip!
I've been doing a plastic bag shower caps for years. Or eat it if I'm conditioning my hair I put the plastic bag over my hair for a deep conditioning or if I'm coloring my hair I put the plastic bag over my hair. I save my plastic bags also I made a plastic bag holder and I made my done one also cuz he has lots of plastic shopping bags too
I don't store my bread in bread boxes. Instead, I store my bread in the fridge. It keeps my bread fresh much longer. Try it.
We used English Muffins, pizza sauce , pepperoni and grated Mozzarella cheese. You can microwave for 1 minute or so
Yes 🙌 I make my grilled cheese with mayonnaise for over 3 years now! I saw someone on RUclips suggest it. It’s a game changer! Wow that chopper is great for making Pico de Gallo! I need that in my life 👍
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put a slice of tomato on the grilled cheese along with the mayo.Yummy !!!
Totally LOVED the rubber band in the vanity tray!
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I absolutely LOVE YOU and ALL your TIPS and TRICKS!!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!
Happy to help! ❤️
Alternatively, you can lay your bread container on its side and stack it. I usually buy about 4 loaves of bread, because everyone loves bread in my house.
Great hacks i will definitely try👍 to use. Keep sharing 😊
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Olive cooking spray works too for squeaky doors