Life Hacks make life easier and much more fun!
Here are some of our favourites:
Baking Soda - not just for cooking any more
![]() |
Visit their website for more ideas: |
can be used on most surfaces including your clothing and teeth!
make it into a small paste with water
will take care of stains and smells inside of plastic containers too!
Can't eat all those grapes off your grape vine? Freeze them!
Drop them in your wine glass over the next few months.
Put a few in your ice cube tray kids love these added to their drinks too!
Food Compost Waste Bucket

Line your bin with newspaper for easier removal
Use a dryer sheet at the bottom to help with any smell
Not a fan of wet soggy shoes?
Waterproof them with bees wax!
Roll bees wax all over your shoes
make sure you put it on everywhere
dry with blow dryer to set
Don't have any Corn Syrup? Here's a few easy substitutes.

1) Honey
2) Dissolve 1 cup sugar in a 1/4 cup warm water. Mix until it becomes really thick, refrigerate until needed.
___________________________________________
Do you use too much Data each month?

A few ways to reduce data usage:
Are you always on Facebook?
On Facebook change your settings to stop those videos from automatically running. It uses up your data and causes some to pay for that data usage.
Desktop users:
Click on the Triangle located at the top right.
Click Settings and look to the left at the bottom for Videos.
Click and change Auto-Play Videos to OFF
Click and change Video Default Quality to SD as HD uses more data.
Android users follow the same procedure
IPhone users:
Go to Settings
Click FB Icon
Click Settings
Select Auto Play on Wi-Fi only
Samsung users:
while in FB
press the button next to the home key
select setting and chose Auto play option.
Netflix Viewers use about 1GB per hour on SD,
while viewing in HD uses 2GB per hour more.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Want to keep certain food from ageing?
Don't store these ones together:
Apples, Tomatoes, Melons and Cucumbers
Want to keep yourself from ageing?
Cucumber are mostly water and will help your skin glow and reduce puffiness.
What to put in an Earthquake Kit
1 - First Aid Kit
2 - Water - two bottles for every member of your household
3 - Canned food and opener, energy bars, trail mix, protein snacks
4 - Battery or crank flash light and radio - include extra batteries
5 - Prescription Medication, clearly labelled, in a ziploc bag
6 - Toilet Paper, female toiletries and disposable dog bags
7 - Phone numbers or other contact info for family out of province
8 - A list of where you can find updated info, such as social media, twitter sites or radio stations
Where to keep an Earthquake Kit
1 - In your vehicle
2 - In your house by an exit door or beside your bed.
3 - Under a table
Food Compost Waste Bucket

Line your bin with newspaper for easier removal
Use a dryer sheet at the bottom to help with any smell
Not a fan of wet soggy shoes?
Waterproof them with bees wax!
Roll bees wax all over your shoes
make sure you put it on everywhere
dry with blow dryer to set
Don't have any Corn Syrup? Here's a few easy substitutes.

1) Honey
2) Dissolve 1 cup sugar in a 1/4 cup warm water. Mix until it becomes really thick, refrigerate until needed.
___________________________________________
Do you use too much Data each month?

A few ways to reduce data usage:
Are you always on Facebook?
On Facebook change your settings to stop those videos from automatically running. It uses up your data and causes some to pay for that data usage.
Desktop users:
Click on the Triangle located at the top right.
Click Settings and look to the left at the bottom for Videos.
Click and change Auto-Play Videos to OFF
Click and change Video Default Quality to SD as HD uses more data.
Android users follow the same procedure
IPhone users:
Go to Settings
Click FB Icon
Click Settings
Select Auto Play on Wi-Fi only
Samsung users:
while in FB
press the button next to the home key
select setting and chose Auto play option.
Netflix Viewers use about 1GB per hour on SD,
while viewing in HD uses 2GB per hour more.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Want to keep certain food from ageing?
Don't store these ones together:
Apples, Tomatoes, Melons and Cucumbers
Want to keep yourself from ageing?
What to put in an Earthquake Kit
1 - First Aid Kit
2 - Water - two bottles for every member of your household
3 - Canned food and opener, energy bars, trail mix, protein snacks
4 - Battery or crank flash light and radio - include extra batteries
5 - Prescription Medication, clearly labelled, in a ziploc bag
6 - Toilet Paper, female toiletries and disposable dog bags
7 - Phone numbers or other contact info for family out of province
8 - A list of where you can find updated info, such as social media, twitter sites or radio stations
Where to keep an Earthquake Kit
1 - In your vehicle
2 - In your house by an exit door or beside your bed.
3 - Under a table
No comments:
Post a Comment