This article covers a quick, easy way to wash dishes while conserving resources, as well as reasons I got rid of my dishwasher.
When my not-picky baby turned into a choosy toddler, I developed the Three Foods Method to get him to try any food. I now have a choosy but open-minded grade schooler who eats almost anything.
No matter how I cleaned my front-loading washer, the mildew smell kept coming back. Then I found a quick, easy way to solve the problem for good.
This is how you can make an emergency heat source or decorative fireplace without a chimney and on a budget.
Keep baby diapers, beds, and clothing dry at night using four different techniques. These tricks are for parents using disposable diapers for their babies.
Here's how to build a cheap, easy, free-standing or attached gate of any height that requires few tools and materials and very basic carpentry skills. You can use it for cats, dogs, and other indoor pets.
Learn how to get rid of those pesky snow and ice balls that get stuck in your dog's footpads when they are out in the snow.
Too much exercise can sprain a dog's tail, a condition known as cold tail, lab tail, broken wag, among others.
Are you itchy? Do you notice itching after a shower, sometimes lasting for about half an hour, driving you crazy as you try to fall asleep in bed? Do your arms and legs get an insanely irritating crawly feeling that leaves you wondering if maybe...
There are so many ways to decorate canvas shoes. You can personalize them online, get them painted by a professional, color them with Sharpies, paint them yourself, stick things to them, and probably do a zillion other things I don't even know...
Wood pellets, sometimes called wood stove fuel pellets or pellet fuel, can make a great replacement for regular cat litter.
If you're in DuPage County, IL and looking for some great parks in which to walk your dog, I hope you'll take a look here! I've listed and described a few of my favorite parks, as well as their positive and negative points. This is a compendium of...
If you suffer from Hashimoto's autoimmune thyroiditis or hypothyroidism, you may be having trouble losing weight. You may also be cycling between weight loss and weight gain, which can lead to binge dieting and frustration. I've written this...
Need to make a screen door panel or sliding patio door gate that your pets can't run through? Here's how to do it for less than $25 and with virtually no tools beyond scissors and a needle.
Here's a quick and effective way to stop your heels from cracking. Using this method will keep calluses from forming or from reappearing, too.
This is a quick guide to making your own no-pull harness for your dog out of three small items your probably already have. This system is easy, portable, super cheap, and can fit multiple dogs with no adjustment!
Knees are vulnerable and hard to heal. Learn how to prevent injury and maintain strength while doing martial arts.
Dogs often chew on things they really shouldn't ingest, and some dogs will swallow just about anything small enough to fit in their mouths. Learn about what to do if your dog ingests something they shouldn't.
If your dog gets frequent diarrhea, there are several easy steps you can take that almost always get rid of the problem right away. Slippery elm, pumpkin, rice, and probiotics to the rescue!
Here's a super simple way to create a easily-refilled frozen Kong for your dog! If your dog can empty frozen Kongs as quickly as mine can, you need a better solution than refreezing between Kongs!