Helpful Tips and Information
Quick & Easy
Recipe
This is a page where I will offer
household tips and shortcuts that I
have learned in over 50 years of
housekeeping and raising a family.
Also, easy, quick recipes.
Here's the first one; a quick and easy
recipe for pie crust.
For one pie crust:
1 C Flour
1/2 C Shortening
1/4 C Ice Water
Pinch of salt or to taste
The reason this is so easy is, you
won't have to pull out a recipe card or
book whenever you want to make this
pie crust.  It's so easy to remember.
You start with the 1 cup of flour and
then you simply halve the amount for
each succeeding ingredient.  The salt
is easy because you already know
how much salt your family likes.  A
pinch is just enough but if you like it
saltier just make it 2 pinches, 3
pinches, etc.  If you make several
crusts using the above recipe, you will
have some leftover dough, but you can
use that to make treats for the kids!  
They love it.
Want a household tip to make your
cleaning chores a little easier?  Try this
one, below.  The longer the handle, the
better!!  =0D
Question: "What's an easy way to
clean around the base, and floor
around the toilet?"
Answer: First, buy a long-handled
paint brush.  Use it to dust around
the base of the stool every day or as
needed.  Also, get a little hand mop
on a stick if you can find it, or one of
those bottle washing sponges on a
stick.  Keep it in your bathroom
cabinet or closet, then when you're
ready to clean, sprinkle it with
alcohol or spray with an all purpose
cleaner and clean around the base
of the stool.  Quick and easy.  I
always kept a bottle of rubbing
alcohol in the bathroom for quick
and easy cleanups.  It keeps the
mirror and chrome sparkling.  And
it's cheap!
Got a housekeeping tip you'd like to
share?  Send it to my email address
shown on our contact page.
Alx Enterprises

Quick Clutter Clean Up


Is your house full of clutter in every
room?  Do you have to move a pile of
something off a chair before you can sit
down?  Do you have to go searching for
a plate or a dish everywhere but in the
kitchen?  I think it's time to do
something.  Don't think about what a
giant job you have ahead of you.  You
take one job at a time.  You need
someone to tell you what to do, step by
step.  I don't know why but somehow  
this seems to take a lot of the weight of
that job, off your mind, you'll see.  OK,
let's get started!  Get your supplies
together first.  You'll need some big
boxes or bins or even some new,
unused garbage containers.  The newer
ones even have wheels on them and
that's great.  Now, you'll need a room or
part of a room that you can go without
using for awhile; preferably at the back
of the house or even in the basement or
an easily accessible attic.  Start in the
kitchen.  Fill the sink up with hot, soapy
water and put as many dishes as you
can fit in there to soak.  Stack the rest of
the dishes up on the counters as neatly
as possible, ready for washing.  Make
one of your containers/boxes/bins the
'immediate box'.  In there you're going to
put anything you find that you know
you're going to use in the very near
future.  Everything else you're going to
put in one of the bigger containers.  
Also, designate a box for trash.  
Whenever you come upon something
you know is trash, throw it in the trash
box.  If you come across dishes with
food in them, put them on the counter or
kitchen table,.  Go through each room
like this until all the rooms are cleared of
clutter.  Put the filled containers in the
spare room or corner of a room.  You will
be surprised at how much lighter you
feel, how much more positive your
attitude will be toward getting your
house in proper order.  Now, with all the
clutter out of the way, you can clean
your house, organize your closets and
cupboards, wash up all those dishes,
etc. Once your house is livable, it's time
to deal with all those boxes and
containers of clutter!   Pull out one
container at a time.  Go through it item
by item.  Sort into a keep container and a
trash container.  Throw out the trash
and start going through the keep items,
putting them away.  Do this with each of
the containers in the spare room  until
they are all done and everything is put
away where it belongs.  Last of all,
organize and clean the spare
room/corner/basement/attic.  Now you
can enjoy your nice, clean, organized
home.  Watch this space for more
housekeeping tips.

                                                                             
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                         

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