Speedy Jiggler-Making

How to Make REALLY FAST Jello Jigglers!!

 You're gonna need some molds on loan.

You're gonna need some grease.

You're gonna need some j-e-l-l-o!

I like primary colors. 

You're gonna need some HOT water.

Try not to spill.

  

 Oops..

You're gonna need some time.


Like at least 2 hours.

 You're gonna have some fun!

Get some whipped cream and make some exhaust come outta those pipes!!

Go Blazers! 

22 Reasons to Clean

I found them!  22 Reasons to clean more often!

How to Dump a Banjo Teacher

Sometimes, you realize that what you have is not what you need. I wanted to learn how to play a certain song and come to find out it's not the right style of banjo my teacher knows....Well, why am I still here then?


Sometimes, you realize there are only 10 minutes left in your lesson and you haven't played your banjo yet. Have we been totally off-topic for 20 minutes? I'm pretty sure I didn't bring up Minnesota winters. I'm not paying $20 to hear about that...Well, why am I still here then?


In order to minimize confrontations, finger-pointing and burning bridges, keep the focus off the teacher:


It's not You, it's Me
I've really wanted to learn how to play this song that you said is in the bluegrass style and you said that you don't really know how to play bluegrass style. I'm thinking I might switch for awhile to learn that style so I can play that song.  I also wonder if my piano playing history might not be better suited to bluegrass style (important to mention in case I don't come back)...


Old Fashioned Gentleman's response
If that's what you want to do. You should do it.


Ask Them to Leave the Back Door Open
All I really want to do is play the banjo. If something happens or it doesn't work out with the other teacher...I might come back...(important to mention in case I do come back, or want to come back)...

How To Have a Gnome Themed Birthday Party

Vampires are so yesterday, so you'll want to file these ideas away for your trendy friends, knowing I did it first. Or honestly, my trendy and creative friends did it for me.

You start with the cake, but since gnomes are small you should use "baby cakes" or "little cakes" more commonly known as cupcakes. Decorate them as mushrooms and place a cut out gnome on top of each mushroom.

Delicious but requires some sick scissor skills.

 In order to compliment that, you need to wrap gifts with the theme too.

A banjo only makes it better.

 Make sure there is plenty of juice to go around for all your guests.

 Allow a little time for relaxing reading with this gift. And there you have it.

Debt Free

My birthday present to myself.

McGyver-Like Tips

Need to set up stakes for a Garage sale but forgot stakes?  No worry, use pens!

 

Traveling a long distance and need to keep your root beer cold but no cooler? No problem, use a water sweeper base!

Need to start over on a failed crochet baby hat project?  Just pull it loose.

 

It might take awhile, though. Patience...

Want to go camping and have an all nighter watching Parks and Recreation Season 2? Simple solution= Camping Plugged in.

Need to run errands, want to save gas and still take your dog with you? No problem, you can take your mo-ped and put your dog in your backpack!

 

That last idea was not an original one.

How to Slice a Banana

You need to start with a sharp knife, a ripe banana and a cutting board. 

Take your banana and chop off the ends.  This simplifies removing the peel.

See?

Now for the most important part, slice into the banana at an acute angle.

Actually, not as acute as it should have been, but you get the idea right?

 

This gives you longer slices of bananas and they just look so fun! Now add chocolate and some ice cream.

Taiwanese Down-Home Cooking

Don't know how to?  Here's the perfect solution.  First you need to find someone from Taiwan, which is easy to do in a college town. Then you need to let them move in with you after their lease it up, provided they do the cooking until they have a job opportunity out of state and have to move away...

Hot and sour soup--the only thing right out of a package

Green bean sprouts, turkey burger and other surprises

zucchini and ground turkey burger with chili pepper

Broccoli with sesame oil and garlic

Yumm...It was the most delicious 2 weeks of my life.

Moving In, Moving Out

It is the season for moving and that is as good as time as any to clean out some areas, because you can ALWAYS get rid of stuff you don't need. Here's the right way to do it.  You will need 3 bags. One bag is for trash, one is for giving away and one is for what you will be keeping.

 

The next step is to identify a room or area you desire to reorganize, clean out, etc. Start small so you do not overwhelm yourself.

A good small start would be this corner shelf area.

This is another corner shelf that needs attention

Also the bathroom gets crowded so quickly, so add that to the list.  Now that we have some areas to tackle, it is important to be in the right mood to get rid of stuff.  If you are not already, you can watch an episode of the show Hoarders. That will do it. So start throwing stuff away and giving it away by asking yourself the question: "What would I do if I didn't have this?"

This is really effective especially when you come across things you didn't know you had.

 Do not be discouraged, when you are getting organized you will have a bigger mess for awhile.

 

Proof that it pays to get organized, I found a $5 bill! A Christmas present I put in a weird place.

 

 

Now the end result. How satisfying.

I was able to empty the right side of the bathroom sink completely.

 

And changed how things are stacked in the corner shelf.

 

Cleaning out the Fishtank...For the Last Time

So when all the fish die, and you don't want to buy more. It's time to give away the fish tank. Not in it's current condition, so here' how to clean it out completely.

Gather the fishtank vaccum to reduce the water to 1/2 level. Using gravity to Drain the dirty water into a bucket.

Until your bucket is full of water.

Take it to the dump.

No, this kind of dump.

The next step is to scrub the sides with the tank scrubber to remove the calcium deposits and algae growth.

The brush needs to be wet and kept wet to keep from scratching the glass.

Scoop out the gravel. It might have another purpose.

6 square inches of mulch?

Remove the plants. If they're super nasty, they're not worth keeping.

Now all that's left is some serious calcium deposits near the top.

Yuck.

Tough jobs call for tough stuff like bleach or vinegar. Since the smell of bleach makes me gag, I chose vinegar.

45 minutes later...Better, but not gone. I think it's good enough for a garage sale.
 $1 in my pocket.