DID YOU KNOW?
Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do it.
Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed.
Melt Andes mints in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert.
Simply chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
OTHER GOODIES TO KNOW:
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and ... ta da! ... static is gone.
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as Peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car . When the window s fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2' with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can't digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
I have no idea where I got these from....I'm old!Housewife Hints From Kindly 'Ol Uncle ';0';?
Thanks
Friday, November 12, 2010
What do you think of these helpful hints?
---
DID YOU KNOW?
Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to
pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do it.
Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of
spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints
in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste
of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply
chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them
in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350
for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low
and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on
the cooking channel and it really works.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer
for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes
with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in
a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food
moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers,
put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for-
get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not
get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.
It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper.
The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel
roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in nar-
row openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt
or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose.
Place pin in seam of slacks and ... ta da! ... static is gone.
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such
as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
!
Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of
your car . When the window s fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside,
just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals
easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and
leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you
bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2' with Apple Cider Vinegar
and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the
cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants They eat it, take it 'home,' can't
digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works
and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the
house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the
dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the fil-
ter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he
took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a
mesh material ... I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. Well ...
the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us
that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit.
You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your
clothes soft and static free ... that nice fragrance too. You know how they can feel
waxy when you take them out of the box .. well this stuff builds up on your clothes
and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to potentially burn your
house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long
time (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it with
hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months.
He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that!?!
Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that.
So, I thought I'd share!
Note: I went to my dryer and tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran
through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it
with warm soapy water and a nylon brush and I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when
I rinsed it ... the water ran right thru the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! T
hat repairman knew what he was talking about!
note from Jean----I checked out my dryer screen--I seldom use bounce,-- but water would scarcely go through !! I cleaned it and then the water sailed right through -.imagine that ! ----
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.
NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOME, BUT IT COULD SAVE
SOMEONE'S LIFE.What do you think of these helpful hints?
WoW, Very Good; Thank You...!!What do you think of these helpful hints?
thanks what help full
..hints . I will pass it on,
I use the whole box of sheets
open them and stick them in the bottom of my
closets ,pantry and throw them in the attic trunks
they last for month, never used a dryer *
i hang out doors, in the winter up stairs
the heat rises *great about fruit flies
all my trees are in bloom
I think it can really save some one's life or at least a day. As it is said in the last.
thanks
I think they have the potential to become common sense for people after they read this.
Thanks for the great tips!!
Awsome, thank you
Great tips, I don't care where you got them. Thank you.
How did you get all of it in the details text box, which is supposed to be limited to 1,000 characters? I've tried many ways and have yet to find a way around it.
thax
Cool - can't wait to try the apples and snickers thing !
Sounded useful at first, then it just went on and on and on and on and on and on. . . GET MY DRIFT?!
thanks for the tips
thanks ..very good tips
helpful thx!
a lot of reading
but the good kind
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…
kewl
i wanna know how the hell you fit that in there with copy and paste because i've tried it and it didn't work.
Cool! Thanks for the tips!
LOOKS LIEK U STOLE IT FROM SOMEWHERE
DID YOU KNOW?
Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to
pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do it.
Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of
spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints
in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste
of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply
chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them
in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350
for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low
and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on
the cooking channel and it really works.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer
for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes
with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in
a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food
moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers,
put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for-
get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not
get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.
It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper.
The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel
roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in nar-
row openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt
or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose.
Place pin in seam of slacks and ... ta da! ... static is gone.
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such
as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
!
Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of
your car . When the window s fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside,
just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals
easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and
leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you
bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2' with Apple Cider Vinegar
and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the
cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants They eat it, take it 'home,' can't
digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works
and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the
house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the
dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the fil-
ter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he
took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a
mesh material ... I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. Well ...
the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us
that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit.
You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your
clothes soft and static free ... that nice fragrance too. You know how they can feel
waxy when you take them out of the box .. well this stuff builds up on your clothes
and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to potentially burn your
house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long
time (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it with
hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months.
He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that!?!
Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that.
So, I thought I'd share!
Note: I went to my dryer and tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran
through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it
with warm soapy water and a nylon brush and I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when
I rinsed it ... the water ran right thru the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! T
hat repairman knew what he was talking about!
note from Jean----I checked out my dryer screen--I seldom use bounce,-- but water would scarcely go through !! I cleaned it and then the water sailed right through -.imagine that ! ----
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.
NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOME, BUT IT COULD SAVE
SOMEONE'S LIFE.What do you think of these helpful hints?
WoW, Very Good; Thank You...!!What do you think of these helpful hints?
thanks what help full
..hints . I will pass it on,
I use the whole box of sheets
open them and stick them in the bottom of my
closets ,pantry and throw them in the attic trunks
they last for month, never used a dryer *
i hang out doors, in the winter up stairs
the heat rises *great about fruit flies
all my trees are in bloom
I think it can really save some one's life or at least a day. As it is said in the last.
thanks
I think they have the potential to become common sense for people after they read this.
Thanks for the great tips!!
Awsome, thank you
Great tips, I don't care where you got them. Thank you.
How did you get all of it in the details text box, which is supposed to be limited to 1,000 characters? I've tried many ways and have yet to find a way around it.
thax
Cool - can't wait to try the apples and snickers thing !
Sounded useful at first, then it just went on and on and on and on and on and on. . . GET MY DRIFT?!
thanks for the tips
thanks ..very good tips
helpful thx!
a lot of reading
but the good kind
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…
kewl
i wanna know how the hell you fit that in there with copy and paste because i've tried it and it didn't work.
Cool! Thanks for the tips!
LOOKS LIEK U STOLE IT FROM SOMEWHERE
Awesome ';household hints'; i found...?
check it out:
DID YOU KNOW?
Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to
pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do it.
Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of
spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints
in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste
of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply
chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them
in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350
for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low
and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on
the cooking channel and it really works.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer
for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes
with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in
a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food
moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers,
put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for-
get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not
get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.
It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper.
The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel
roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in nar-
row openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt
or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose.
Place pin in seam of slacks and ... ta da! ... static is gone.
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such
as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
!
Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of
your car . When the window s fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside,
just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals
easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and
leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you
bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2' with Apple Cider Vinegar
and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the
cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants They eat it, take it 'home,' can't
digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works
and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixeAwesome ';household hints'; i found...?
that is a lot of great ideas. thanks
DID YOU KNOW?
Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to
pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do it.
Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store.
If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.
Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil.
It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!
Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.
Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.
To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of
spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.
For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints
in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.
Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste
of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.
Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply
chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them
in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350
for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low
and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on
the cooking channel and it really works.
Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.
Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer
for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes
with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.
Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in
a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food
moist and help it reheat faster.
Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers,
put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and for-
get about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not
get through wet newspapers.
Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.
No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.
It will keep the mosquitoes away.
Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper.
The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.
Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel
roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in nar-
row openings.
Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt
or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose.
Place pin in seam of slacks and ... ta da! ... static is gone.
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water.
Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such
as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
!
Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of
your car . When the window s fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth!
Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside,
just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals
easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and
leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you
bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair.
Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass, fill it 1/2' with Apple Cider Vinegar
and 2 drops of dish washing liquid; mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the
cup and gone forever!
Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants They eat it, take it 'home,' can't
digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works
and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!
INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixeAwesome ';household hints'; i found...?
that is a lot of great ideas. thanks
Learn everything - guidance help?
My ultimate goal is to possess the knowledge to and actually one day go into the wilderness naked and build up my own civilization. From absolutely nothing to building everything on my own from natural materials found in the wild including a modern computer, modern house, modern car, small airplane, farming equipment, etc.
So, I am sure that there is an enormous amount of knowledge before me that I must not only learn but master it like breathing air. Going over this entire thing has proved very difficult for me to put down in words or time consuming. Therefore, I chose the 鈥榗oncept approach鈥? I wrote down everything that I could think of starting from the very basics concepts/foundational knowledge points need to survive all the way to the modern techonological products that we all depend on today. What I would like to inquire of you all here is to guide me. I hope that my list is correct but it may be missing things or totally wrong or exactly right. I鈥檓 not sure but I hope that those who know these things can guide me in the right direction.
What I am doing now is researching every area that I have listed here. I am solely using the internet now but will utilize other means i.e. library, universities, etc. when I am stuck or hit the wall. Getting started on this as soon as possible is very important for me because I need to know what I can learn on my own and what I need to learn from others via apprenticeships, special programs, etc. This is important because I am thinking about using my GI Bill to start college in January but I am not sure what I should major in. Initially I thought that I should major in agriculture but after I made the list below I figured most of the things deal with agriculture can be learned alone rather than exclusively in a brick and mortar college institution. Just to give an example, the knowledge that I want to possess that pertains to electricians and doing everything that they do from scratch is something that seems like it must be learned via some kind of special program. The same thing goes for computers. Being able to build a modern computer from scratch and I do mean EVERYTHING is also something that seems like I must learn via some kind of special program. I haven鈥檛 even been able to find a single person who knows how to do it. But I know for a fact there are people who possess that very knowledge. I use to work with them when I was in the Navy as an intel analyst.
What do I expect then? Well, I am hoping that people who know and understand what I am doing will guide me to books, sites, links, contact points, etc. AND/OR those experts in certain areas that I have listed will guide me in the right direction regarding the foundational knowledge for their expertise. I do hope I am explaining this in a way that makes sense. Well, anyway I don鈥檛 want to be too verbose so here it is.
-------------------
BASICS
Water - locate it ( 1. body of water i.e. river, lake, ocean 2. watery fruit/plants i.e. cactus 3. animals鈥?blood 4. well 5. 鈥榗loud harvesting鈥?鈥榝og catching鈥? 6. 鈥榓ir well鈥? ), purify it , ensure continuous supply
Food:
A. eating
1. meat - catching (trapping, tracking, snares/deadfalls, ) , killing , cleaning , eating ( raw, cooked, edible/unedible parts, drink blood, preparing meat ) , storing , preserving (curing, drying, salting, smoking, pickling )
* bugs - locating/identifying , catching , killing , cleaning , eating ( raw, cooked, edible/unedible parts ) , storing , preserving (drying , salting , pickling )
2. fruits - locating/identifying , storing , preserving (drying)
3. vegetables/weeds/flowers/algae/legumes/n鈥?-
locating/identifying , obtaining , eating (raw, cooked, edible/unedible parts) , cleaning , preparing (cooking, etc. ?) , storing , preserving (drying, pickling )
4. herbs/teas - locating/identifying , obtaining, preparing , preserving (drying, ? ) , consuming
B. ensure continuous supply
1. animals - catching , containing , feeding/watering , mating , their health , training
2. fruits - growing , pest control , invasive species , health
3. vegetables - growing ( planting, watering, harvesting) , pest control , invasive species , health
4. herbs/teas - growing ( planting, watering, harvesting) , pest control , health
bees - obtaining/catching , utilizing (getting honey, storing it, ) , containing/controlling , health
Pottery/containers/tools (stone, mud, animal parts, ) -
clay - obtaining , utilizing ( 鈥榟andwork鈥? heating to turn into pots/bowls/cups etc.
http://www.zetatalk.com/shelter/tshlt23h.htm
seashells - obtaining , utilizing ( forming into pots/bowls/cups etc. )
Fire - making (normal/wet/cold/windy conditions), candles,
Shelter - building ( can withstand any weather condition) , [debris hut, wicki-up, mud hut, cave dwelling, thatched shelter, pit dwelling , ]
house , barn , gates for livestock
Clothes -
sources - cLearn everything - guidance help?
tomorrow
So, I am sure that there is an enormous amount of knowledge before me that I must not only learn but master it like breathing air. Going over this entire thing has proved very difficult for me to put down in words or time consuming. Therefore, I chose the 鈥榗oncept approach鈥? I wrote down everything that I could think of starting from the very basics concepts/foundational knowledge points need to survive all the way to the modern techonological products that we all depend on today. What I would like to inquire of you all here is to guide me. I hope that my list is correct but it may be missing things or totally wrong or exactly right. I鈥檓 not sure but I hope that those who know these things can guide me in the right direction.
What I am doing now is researching every area that I have listed here. I am solely using the internet now but will utilize other means i.e. library, universities, etc. when I am stuck or hit the wall. Getting started on this as soon as possible is very important for me because I need to know what I can learn on my own and what I need to learn from others via apprenticeships, special programs, etc. This is important because I am thinking about using my GI Bill to start college in January but I am not sure what I should major in. Initially I thought that I should major in agriculture but after I made the list below I figured most of the things deal with agriculture can be learned alone rather than exclusively in a brick and mortar college institution. Just to give an example, the knowledge that I want to possess that pertains to electricians and doing everything that they do from scratch is something that seems like it must be learned via some kind of special program. The same thing goes for computers. Being able to build a modern computer from scratch and I do mean EVERYTHING is also something that seems like I must learn via some kind of special program. I haven鈥檛 even been able to find a single person who knows how to do it. But I know for a fact there are people who possess that very knowledge. I use to work with them when I was in the Navy as an intel analyst.
What do I expect then? Well, I am hoping that people who know and understand what I am doing will guide me to books, sites, links, contact points, etc. AND/OR those experts in certain areas that I have listed will guide me in the right direction regarding the foundational knowledge for their expertise. I do hope I am explaining this in a way that makes sense. Well, anyway I don鈥檛 want to be too verbose so here it is.
-------------------
BASICS
Water - locate it ( 1. body of water i.e. river, lake, ocean 2. watery fruit/plants i.e. cactus 3. animals鈥?blood 4. well 5. 鈥榗loud harvesting鈥?鈥榝og catching鈥? 6. 鈥榓ir well鈥? ), purify it , ensure continuous supply
Food:
A. eating
1. meat - catching (trapping, tracking, snares/deadfalls, ) , killing , cleaning , eating ( raw, cooked, edible/unedible parts, drink blood, preparing meat ) , storing , preserving (curing, drying, salting, smoking, pickling )
* bugs - locating/identifying , catching , killing , cleaning , eating ( raw, cooked, edible/unedible parts ) , storing , preserving (drying , salting , pickling )
2. fruits - locating/identifying , storing , preserving (drying)
3. vegetables/weeds/flowers/algae/legumes/n鈥?-
locating/identifying , obtaining , eating (raw, cooked, edible/unedible parts) , cleaning , preparing (cooking, etc. ?) , storing , preserving (drying, pickling )
4. herbs/teas - locating/identifying , obtaining, preparing , preserving (drying, ? ) , consuming
B. ensure continuous supply
1. animals - catching , containing , feeding/watering , mating , their health , training
2. fruits - growing , pest control , invasive species , health
3. vegetables - growing ( planting, watering, harvesting) , pest control , invasive species , health
4. herbs/teas - growing ( planting, watering, harvesting) , pest control , health
bees - obtaining/catching , utilizing (getting honey, storing it, ) , containing/controlling , health
Pottery/containers/tools (stone, mud, animal parts, ) -
clay - obtaining , utilizing ( 鈥榟andwork鈥? heating to turn into pots/bowls/cups etc.
http://www.zetatalk.com/shelter/tshlt23h.htm
seashells - obtaining , utilizing ( forming into pots/bowls/cups etc. )
Fire - making (normal/wet/cold/windy conditions), candles,
Shelter - building ( can withstand any weather condition) , [debris hut, wicki-up, mud hut, cave dwelling, thatched shelter, pit dwelling , ]
house , barn , gates for livestock
Clothes -
sources - cLearn everything - guidance help?
tomorrow
ROMEO AND JULIEEEETTTT!! hellllp!?
i have this take home test for romeo and juliet.
its 90 questions, and there are some that i just cannot find in the book.
i have to be extreemly specific so please help me find the BEST answers.
(its multiple choice)
1. how long did it take the nurse to find romeo and return to juliet with news of the wedding?
a -8 hours.
b -three days
c -ten minutes
d -three hours
2. Who tells romeo that juliet is a capulet?
a -benvolio
b -mercutio
c -nurse
d -juliet
3. who is susan?
a -juliets sister
b -capulets sister
c -nurses daughter
d -lady montegues cousin
4. how long will the potion from frair lawrence make juliet appear to be dead?
a -twelve hours
b -48 hours
c -42 hours
d -24 hours
5 who teases romeo relentlessly about his love for rosealine?
a -benvolio
b -tybalt
c -frair lawrence
d -mercutio
6 what does montague promise to build in verona?
a -a memorial to romeo and juliet
b -a new fountain
c -a gold statue of juliet
d -a new tomb for the capulets
7 what does romeo send to nurse to help him get into juliets bedroom?
a- key
b- disguise
c- rope ladder
d- rope ladder with a hook on the end
7 when romeo jumps over the wall while looking for juliet where does he end up?
a-in the streets of verona
b -in the capulets orchard
c -back at the capulets feast
d -on juliets balcony
8 paris is related to:
a -montague
b -prince escalus
c -mercutio
d -capulet
9 what does frair lawrence collect when he first appears in the play?
a -weeds and flowers
b- books
c- money
d- herbs for cooking
10 what does rome compare juliet to when he sees her on the balcony?
a- sun
b- goddess
c -dove
d- moonROMEO AND JULIEEEETTTT!! hellllp!?
1. d
2, c
3. c
4. b
5. a
6. c
7. b
8. b
9. a
10. d
Hope we get an A
its 90 questions, and there are some that i just cannot find in the book.
i have to be extreemly specific so please help me find the BEST answers.
(its multiple choice)
1. how long did it take the nurse to find romeo and return to juliet with news of the wedding?
a -8 hours.
b -three days
c -ten minutes
d -three hours
2. Who tells romeo that juliet is a capulet?
a -benvolio
b -mercutio
c -nurse
d -juliet
3. who is susan?
a -juliets sister
b -capulets sister
c -nurses daughter
d -lady montegues cousin
4. how long will the potion from frair lawrence make juliet appear to be dead?
a -twelve hours
b -48 hours
c -42 hours
d -24 hours
5 who teases romeo relentlessly about his love for rosealine?
a -benvolio
b -tybalt
c -frair lawrence
d -mercutio
6 what does montague promise to build in verona?
a -a memorial to romeo and juliet
b -a new fountain
c -a gold statue of juliet
d -a new tomb for the capulets
7 what does romeo send to nurse to help him get into juliets bedroom?
a- key
b- disguise
c- rope ladder
d- rope ladder with a hook on the end
7 when romeo jumps over the wall while looking for juliet where does he end up?
a-in the streets of verona
b -in the capulets orchard
c -back at the capulets feast
d -on juliets balcony
8 paris is related to:
a -montague
b -prince escalus
c -mercutio
d -capulet
9 what does frair lawrence collect when he first appears in the play?
a -weeds and flowers
b- books
c- money
d- herbs for cooking
10 what does rome compare juliet to when he sees her on the balcony?
a- sun
b- goddess
c -dove
d- moonROMEO AND JULIEEEETTTT!! hellllp!?
1. d
2, c
3. c
4. b
5. a
6. c
7. b
8. b
9. a
10. d
Hope we get an A
How am I supposed to cope with this?
Here's the deal; my mom and brother fight every single day about the same things. He blames her for him quitting school, and for the reasons why he doesn't want to put in any effort. He went to college to get his basic education but now wants to quit because ';it's too hard';. He's a fat, ugly, lazy, slob who only cares about himself. For real. Everyone tries to help him, even me, I have cooked and cleaned for him, helped him study and do some work (and I am only in Grade 9), but every day he says he is treated like crap here, and if he had somewhere to move he would.. But I have had enough now. I can't take fighting anymore and listening to the same things over and over but he won't let it go and I don't know what I'm supposed to do. I want him to die. And if not him me because I can't keep living like this. I was depressed all of last year and have attempted suicide, and I used to drink alcohol and smoke weed tons, but I have quit drinking and smoking and I was happy but dperession is creeping on me again and I'm not strong enough to go through last year all over again. Any advice here? btw I have nowhere else to live or anyone to talk toHow am I supposed to cope with this?
kick his *** and tell him to f*** off and get a life, an education and stop blaming your mother for everything. It's not your fault. See the school psychologist, tell someone, tell his friends-he's gonna get embarassed and stop, if it works. Go to a psychiatrist with your mom and your brother-they'll solve it.
And if the above things don't work, what is best to do for you and your mom is to ignore him. Then he'll stop for sure.How am I supposed to cope with this?
some people continuously feel sorry for themselves, try to ignore it. they thrive on attention.
diabetes can cause moodiness, avoid sugar and see if you feel better.
kick his *** and tell him to f*** off and get a life, an education and stop blaming your mother for everything. It's not your fault. See the school psychologist, tell someone, tell his friends-he's gonna get embarassed and stop, if it works. Go to a psychiatrist with your mom and your brother-they'll solve it.
And if the above things don't work, what is best to do for you and your mom is to ignore him. Then he'll stop for sure.How am I supposed to cope with this?
some people continuously feel sorry for themselves, try to ignore it. they thrive on attention.
diabetes can cause moodiness, avoid sugar and see if you feel better.
How can I get my husband to be more romantic?
We’ve been together 7 yrs, married for 4 yrs. When we first met and when we were newly married, we really did have a great relationship. Now we have a 6 yr old (my stepdaughter) and a 3 yr old and well, life is different.
We’ve had lots of normal B.S.. happen in our lives, and yes, it’s caused a lot of stress. But we’ve gotten through it.
My husband gets sex frequently so it’s not a matter of him not being kept busy. He gets other treatments as well.
But I HATE, HATE, HATE when we both work a long day and the one and only thing on his mind is sex.
Because I’m a woman, and as a woman, I’d like to be appreciated for EVERYTHING that I do. I’d like to feel loved…other than sex. I’d like to feel like I’m 27 yrs old instead of just an old married woman with kids that goes to work, comes home, cooks, cleans, does laundry, goes to bed and repeats the next day.
I feel like such a robot and I need more in my marriage.
I need intimacy and romance. Emotions other than just sex.
I got totally shafted on Valentine’s Day. Which wouldn’t be a big deal if he did romantic things on other days throughout the year, but he doesn’t. So it sucked. No card, no flowers, not even a weed from the garden…NOTHING.
How can I get my husband to be more romantic? Because this sucks.How can I get my husband to be more romantic?
Sorry that you got the shaft on Valentine's Day - That sucks!
Here's what I know - if you don't talk with him about what you want and need, he won't get it. I am sure you have tried to talk with him about this before - and maybe it has gone in one ear and out the other. Try again. Someone else said that men are like dogs - not that I agree completely with that comment...but I do know that we need training in what you want and desire.
We can't read your minds...and even when you do hint...it doesn't' work so well. Even when you tell us sometimes it doesn't register!!! Keep at it.
Schedule a date night to talk with him about your needs. After the kids go to bed, sit him down and let him know your feelings. Use ';I'; phrases like Here is what I am feeling...I really need you to..x, y,z... not ';you make me feel like crap...you need to do this';... That will put him on the defensive!!
Hope you have a great conversation and it gets better for you!!How can I get my husband to be more romantic?
Here is what you don't do. Criticize him and make him feel bad...seriously, that will take a backwards step...Men are like kids and doggies, Positive reinforcement goes a long way. Praise him if he does something really sweet and tell him how much you appreciate it and maybe say ';I would love it if one day you surprised me and did ___'; go at it like giving him an idea rather than ';why don't you do this ever?? most guys do this....I really wish you would'; keep a positive spin and he'll want to impress you.
don't have sex with him until he does what you want him to do.
Get a girl friend of yours to casually talk to him and drop hints
like she could say ';ohh my guy did the sweetest thing the other day. blah blah blah. do you do anything special for her?';
Get an older boyfriend. He can help your hubby learn how to be charming again.
lol same here...i usually am very romantic with him and in return i get nothing. soooo i turned the cards around. now instead of me being romantic with him and being very sweet i started acting like how he is to me. so cold and distant, as if he didn't need me at all. it must have hit him because now he wants me laying in bed with him watching movies in his arms, he kisses my hands, my forehead, he asks me what i want...a totally different person. so sweet and loving. A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE. try it mabe it'll work.
I am in the same boat...all that you have said is exacty my life with my husband.. :( I feel your pain..
You'll have to tell him. And give him some examples of what is romantic for you. And when he does it say you liked it.
What did you get him for Valentine's day? Lead by example, men are not taught this by there mother's you need to help him out. Get him a new pair of sexy undies and make a moment in your busy life to give him a gift. When he say's I didn't get you any thing say ';there is always tomorrow';. St. Pat's day is coming up send the kids out and put something green on surprise him, or perhaps nothing at all. You get him going girl show him how.
Tell him in a nice way what is bothering you. Communication is the best medicine.
Your question is probably on the minds of many women, all women that aren't overly sexual feel after a while like the only thing that is on their husbands minds is sex. But the truth of that matter is he is trying to connect to you the only way he biologically knows how, men love sex. Some men are more romantic than others, some aren't. For those who are not, it might help for you to be. If you are finding that you hubby is not being romantic enough show him how to be. Run him a nice bath with some candles, get into it with him, and have him massage you if he doesn't get it after that point than it's going to be harder for you but he should. As far as rinse and repeat with our lives that's a normal part of life but since you both work he needs to help you take care of the cleaning, house and kids too so that your not exhausted all the time. I would just have a talk with him about that, tell him how stressed you feel and how he needs to step in because when it's chaotic in a family the most important thing is for you two to bind together and hold on for the ride. If your 27 years old, your life has just begun sounds like the stress has been banging on for a while. But if you show him how to be romantic which sojme guys need than he might come around. I would make him apologize for the valentines day thing that was a day for love and he sounds like he blew it. Good luck!
sometimes you have to hold them by the hand and literally show them what you want.. you take the lead and plan an entire romantic evening alone with him without kids. you light candles, play romantic music, have a very nice romantic dinner, a hot bubble bath with wine and chocolate covered strawberries, you do it formally, send him a romantic text at work, or a romantic e-mail. or leave a sweet note inviting him to a romantic evening alone on the steering wheel of his car for him to find. i mean, pull out all the stops, anything that you would like for him to do for you, you do that for him in this one evening. then while dining tell him how much you love him and appreciate him. and how you miss the way things used to be before kids and every day life happened. tell him how much you love stuff like this, and you want both of you to do more stuff like that for each other.. it's point blank, and very direct. then there are no misunderstandings as to what you would like.
First of all, you should not ';hate, hate, hate'; that he is always thinking about sex. That is how many men are wired. We can't help it. But praise God that he wants to have sex with his wife only!
As for the romance department, yes he should step it up! Here is a suggestion. How about going through this free marriage series together (it will deal with both issues - romance and sex within marriage):
http://peasantprincess.com/
I have two suggestions....
#1 - Realize that for men...sometimes sex is how they show ';affection'; and how they feel ';wanted'; and how they feel ';loved';...just like a hug or a longing glance or a passionate kiss would be for us. Sex is different for men...and I've noticed when my husband is feeling sorry for himself of feeling down...he wants sex...and it's not the same as the sex for sex's sake ...it's actually an emotional fullfilment for him. He'd never say as much...ever....but that's what I've deduced based on his behavior...before and after.
#2 Tell him. My husband didn't do squat for valentines day..until he realized that I had gotten him a gift and a card and what not...and sure enough he came home from work with a card and candy...and then actually had the nerve to REGIFT my gift back to me. So not only did he put in zero effort...but he also basically regected my gift (1.5 hour full body massage)....doublely insulting.
So I told him...';I know valentines is a commercialized money trap...and you dont' think it's important...but for me...it's a chance for you to show me that you care... It's a no brainer opportunity for you to show me that I mean something to you...something more than the daily drudgery that I muddle through for the sake of the family. I'm 9 months pregnant, busting my asss fulltime at work, chasing a 3 year old toddler and I still managed to put some thought into a gift for you...and what did I get for my trouble??? My own damn gift tossed back at me. That sucks.';
He felt like an asss and said as much...we'll see if the lesson stuck...my birthday is 17 days after I deliver our 2nd child....we'll see if he learned anything.
I don't expect him to be a ';born again romantic';...he is what he is....but I do expect him to see all I do for the family...see the sacrifices I make....like I see his....and show a little appreciation.
The only way to get a person to do something they normally wouldn't, is to tell them step by step what you want done. There is no other way. Why would he all of a sudden be something he's not? If he's not the romantic type, everything he does that you find romantic will be artificial. It won't come from the heart because that's not what's there, whatever you put there will what's there.
Accept him as he is. Or, you could suggest romantic things and by habit, he'll repeat all that you do. Either way, romance will only be in your head. In his head, he'll be going through the motions just to make you happy.
We’ve had lots of normal B.S.. happen in our lives, and yes, it’s caused a lot of stress. But we’ve gotten through it.
My husband gets sex frequently so it’s not a matter of him not being kept busy. He gets other treatments as well.
But I HATE, HATE, HATE when we both work a long day and the one and only thing on his mind is sex.
Because I’m a woman, and as a woman, I’d like to be appreciated for EVERYTHING that I do. I’d like to feel loved…other than sex. I’d like to feel like I’m 27 yrs old instead of just an old married woman with kids that goes to work, comes home, cooks, cleans, does laundry, goes to bed and repeats the next day.
I feel like such a robot and I need more in my marriage.
I need intimacy and romance. Emotions other than just sex.
I got totally shafted on Valentine’s Day. Which wouldn’t be a big deal if he did romantic things on other days throughout the year, but he doesn’t. So it sucked. No card, no flowers, not even a weed from the garden…NOTHING.
How can I get my husband to be more romantic? Because this sucks.How can I get my husband to be more romantic?
Sorry that you got the shaft on Valentine's Day - That sucks!
Here's what I know - if you don't talk with him about what you want and need, he won't get it. I am sure you have tried to talk with him about this before - and maybe it has gone in one ear and out the other. Try again. Someone else said that men are like dogs - not that I agree completely with that comment...but I do know that we need training in what you want and desire.
We can't read your minds...and even when you do hint...it doesn't' work so well. Even when you tell us sometimes it doesn't register!!! Keep at it.
Schedule a date night to talk with him about your needs. After the kids go to bed, sit him down and let him know your feelings. Use ';I'; phrases like Here is what I am feeling...I really need you to..x, y,z... not ';you make me feel like crap...you need to do this';... That will put him on the defensive!!
Hope you have a great conversation and it gets better for you!!How can I get my husband to be more romantic?
Here is what you don't do. Criticize him and make him feel bad...seriously, that will take a backwards step...Men are like kids and doggies, Positive reinforcement goes a long way. Praise him if he does something really sweet and tell him how much you appreciate it and maybe say ';I would love it if one day you surprised me and did ___'; go at it like giving him an idea rather than ';why don't you do this ever?? most guys do this....I really wish you would'; keep a positive spin and he'll want to impress you.
don't have sex with him until he does what you want him to do.
Get a girl friend of yours to casually talk to him and drop hints
like she could say ';ohh my guy did the sweetest thing the other day. blah blah blah. do you do anything special for her?';
Get an older boyfriend. He can help your hubby learn how to be charming again.
lol same here...i usually am very romantic with him and in return i get nothing. soooo i turned the cards around. now instead of me being romantic with him and being very sweet i started acting like how he is to me. so cold and distant, as if he didn't need me at all. it must have hit him because now he wants me laying in bed with him watching movies in his arms, he kisses my hands, my forehead, he asks me what i want...a totally different person. so sweet and loving. A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE. try it mabe it'll work.
I am in the same boat...all that you have said is exacty my life with my husband.. :( I feel your pain..
You'll have to tell him. And give him some examples of what is romantic for you. And when he does it say you liked it.
What did you get him for Valentine's day? Lead by example, men are not taught this by there mother's you need to help him out. Get him a new pair of sexy undies and make a moment in your busy life to give him a gift. When he say's I didn't get you any thing say ';there is always tomorrow';. St. Pat's day is coming up send the kids out and put something green on surprise him, or perhaps nothing at all. You get him going girl show him how.
Tell him in a nice way what is bothering you. Communication is the best medicine.
Your question is probably on the minds of many women, all women that aren't overly sexual feel after a while like the only thing that is on their husbands minds is sex. But the truth of that matter is he is trying to connect to you the only way he biologically knows how, men love sex. Some men are more romantic than others, some aren't. For those who are not, it might help for you to be. If you are finding that you hubby is not being romantic enough show him how to be. Run him a nice bath with some candles, get into it with him, and have him massage you if he doesn't get it after that point than it's going to be harder for you but he should. As far as rinse and repeat with our lives that's a normal part of life but since you both work he needs to help you take care of the cleaning, house and kids too so that your not exhausted all the time. I would just have a talk with him about that, tell him how stressed you feel and how he needs to step in because when it's chaotic in a family the most important thing is for you two to bind together and hold on for the ride. If your 27 years old, your life has just begun sounds like the stress has been banging on for a while. But if you show him how to be romantic which sojme guys need than he might come around. I would make him apologize for the valentines day thing that was a day for love and he sounds like he blew it. Good luck!
sometimes you have to hold them by the hand and literally show them what you want.. you take the lead and plan an entire romantic evening alone with him without kids. you light candles, play romantic music, have a very nice romantic dinner, a hot bubble bath with wine and chocolate covered strawberries, you do it formally, send him a romantic text at work, or a romantic e-mail. or leave a sweet note inviting him to a romantic evening alone on the steering wheel of his car for him to find. i mean, pull out all the stops, anything that you would like for him to do for you, you do that for him in this one evening. then while dining tell him how much you love him and appreciate him. and how you miss the way things used to be before kids and every day life happened. tell him how much you love stuff like this, and you want both of you to do more stuff like that for each other.. it's point blank, and very direct. then there are no misunderstandings as to what you would like.
First of all, you should not ';hate, hate, hate'; that he is always thinking about sex. That is how many men are wired. We can't help it. But praise God that he wants to have sex with his wife only!
As for the romance department, yes he should step it up! Here is a suggestion. How about going through this free marriage series together (it will deal with both issues - romance and sex within marriage):
http://peasantprincess.com/
I have two suggestions....
#1 - Realize that for men...sometimes sex is how they show ';affection'; and how they feel ';wanted'; and how they feel ';loved';...just like a hug or a longing glance or a passionate kiss would be for us. Sex is different for men...and I've noticed when my husband is feeling sorry for himself of feeling down...he wants sex...and it's not the same as the sex for sex's sake ...it's actually an emotional fullfilment for him. He'd never say as much...ever....but that's what I've deduced based on his behavior...before and after.
#2 Tell him. My husband didn't do squat for valentines day..until he realized that I had gotten him a gift and a card and what not...and sure enough he came home from work with a card and candy...and then actually had the nerve to REGIFT my gift back to me. So not only did he put in zero effort...but he also basically regected my gift (1.5 hour full body massage)....doublely insulting.
So I told him...';I know valentines is a commercialized money trap...and you dont' think it's important...but for me...it's a chance for you to show me that you care... It's a no brainer opportunity for you to show me that I mean something to you...something more than the daily drudgery that I muddle through for the sake of the family. I'm 9 months pregnant, busting my asss fulltime at work, chasing a 3 year old toddler and I still managed to put some thought into a gift for you...and what did I get for my trouble??? My own damn gift tossed back at me. That sucks.';
He felt like an asss and said as much...we'll see if the lesson stuck...my birthday is 17 days after I deliver our 2nd child....we'll see if he learned anything.
I don't expect him to be a ';born again romantic';...he is what he is....but I do expect him to see all I do for the family...see the sacrifices I make....like I see his....and show a little appreciation.
The only way to get a person to do something they normally wouldn't, is to tell them step by step what you want done. There is no other way. Why would he all of a sudden be something he's not? If he's not the romantic type, everything he does that you find romantic will be artificial. It won't come from the heart because that's not what's there, whatever you put there will what's there.
Accept him as he is. Or, you could suggest romantic things and by habit, he'll repeat all that you do. Either way, romance will only be in your head. In his head, he'll be going through the motions just to make you happy.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)