Sunday, January 26, 2014

Produce bag scrubbie

 Here are pictures of the plastic mesh bags I get quite a bit of my produce in. I could bring myself to just throw them out. So I decided to recycled them, and saw an episode of Extreme Cheapsakes and realized a man in one of the episodes that answered my question.
First I remove the food inside, and cut any tags off and get the knot out of the top of the bag, except for one.
Now take a few of the mesh bags you have saved in a can, under the sink, and stuff them inside the one with the knot still in it.  

Now scrub away. We use these scrubbies on non-stick pans, cast iron pans, sinks, counters, tubs, grout, etc etc etc. The possibilities are ENDLESS. We use them inside and outside. Since they are a soft plastic we have found it does not scratch things :-) Seriously once you have tried this you will find it hard to spend ANYTHING on scrubbies for your sink, and many will run at least $5 EACH. Another bonus is once they get yucky just throw them in the dishwasher utensil basket and start using it again :-) It also does not absorb water so they don't get yucky if you rinse them well after each use. REALLY GO TRY IT then write to me and let me know what you have used your new scrubbie for :-)



Saturday, January 18, 2014

Paralyzed weiner dog VS a closed coffee can



Our paralyzed dachshund. Slinky, is to smart for his own good. He wants to play fetch at least 12 hours a day. Since he is small, this is done by throwing his ball down the hallway ALL DAY LONG!!!!!! So as a joke we started putting his ball in an open coffee can, but withing a few days he realized if he can pick it up the ball drops out. So then we upgraded to putting the lid on the can. By the next day, this is what he can do with the can now LOL in the video.
I am thinking about freezing the ball in some water, in the can, with the lid on, this summer for a great outside toy for him.
Any ideas on his next toy?