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Coffee Filters

COFFEE FILTERS

Coffee filters .... Who knew! And you can buy 1,000 at the Dollar Tree for almost nothing even the large ones.

1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers.

2. Clean windows, mirrors, and chrome... Coffee filters are lint-free so they'll leave windows sparkling.

3. Protect China by separating your good dishes with a coffee filter between each dish.

4. Filter broken cork from wine. If you break the cork when opening a wine bottle, filter the wine through a coffee filter.

5. Protect a cast-iron skillet. Place a coffee filter in the skillet to absorb moisture and prevent rust.

6. Apply shoe polish. Ball up a lint-free coffee filter..

7. Recycle frying oil. After frying, strain oil through a sieve lined with a coffee filter.

8. Weigh chopped foods. Place chopped ingredients in a coffee filter on a kitchen scale.

9. Hold tacos. Coffee filters make convenient wrappers for messy foods.

10. Stop the soil from leaking out of a plant pot. Line a plant pot with a coffee filter to prevent the soil from going through the drainage holes.

11. Prevent a Popsicle from dripping. Poke one or two holes as needed in a coffee filter.

12. Do you think we used expensive strips to wax eyebrows? Use strips of coffee filters...

13. Put a few in a plate and put your fried bacon, French fries, chicken fingers, etc on them. It soaks out all the grease.

14. Keep in the bathroom. They make great "razor nick fixers."

15. As a sewing backing. Use a filter as an easy-to-tear backing for embroidering or appliqueing soft fabrics.

16. Put baking soda into a coffee filter and insert into shoes or a closet to absorb or prevent odors.

17. Use them to strain soup stock and to tie fresh herbs in to put in soups and stews.

18. Use a coffee filter to prevent spilling when you add fluids to your car.

19. Use them as a spoon rest while cooking and clean up small counter spills.

20. Can use to hold dry ingredients when baking or when cutting a piece of fruit or veggies.. Saves on having extra bowls to wash.

21. Use them to wrap Christmas ornaments for storage.

22. Use them to remove fingernail polish when out of cotton balls.

23. Use them to sprout seeds. Simply dampen the coffee filter, place seeds inside, fold it and place it into a plastic baggie until they sprout.

24. Use coffee filters as blotting paper for pressed flowers. Place the flowers between two coffee filters and put the coffee filters in phone book..

25. Use as a disposable "snack bowl" for popcorn, chips, etc..

Organize Christmas

offer one main organizing tip for reigning in the holidays: PLAN. Make a list of expected holiday activities and events then check it twice. Santa is willing to do this, because it is a major time-saver in the long run.

FIRST: Prioritize your list into 3 categories:
• Must Do - Activities you can't do without
• Might Do - Activities you would like to do IF time and money permit
• Could Do - Activities you have done in years past, but are not really a family favorite

SECOND: Schedule your "Must Do's" on your December calendar. Add your "Might Do's" in pencil. Purge most of your "Could Do's".

THRID: Simplify your life!
• Basic Life: Streamline, Abridge & Delegate everything you can. This includes meals and house upkeep.
• Holiday Decorating: Save yourself frustration and time by decorating only the 1 or 2 rooms where your family and guests typically gather.
• Gift Giving: Spend valuable time considering the person and their interests BEFORE beginning your shopping. Two of my favorite time-saving clutter-free gift types are: 1) Gifts of Experiences - It's much nicer to have your gift result in a fond memory rather than just another thing to dust! 2) Consumable Gifts like food options or any type of gift card. *One of the greatest gifts we can give this holiday season is to offer others ourselves - cheerful, rested and ready; not exhausted from shopping for hours on end.

I'm a great fan of the Christmas holidays. I'm always tempted to do more, but I know the quickest way to spoil the holidays is to fill them with too much of everything. So decorate, shop, and bake; but not at the expense of enjoying yourself, your family, and your friends. Plan, schedule and simplify today to be assured your next few weeks will be merry and bright!

3 Age Busters!

Hands, elbows, knees...

Lemon Juice & Sugar Scrub... lightens age spots

Olive oil rub for glow on skin - Healthy inside and out.

Ground Olive Pits work great too... if you can grind them!

Green Tea Powder & Lemon Juice mask - facial

Now... go shopping for this stuff and look great!

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