Since the grandkids are coming for the weekend and we've still got a bit of warm weather, I told them we would have a bar-b-que one last time before winter. In preparation I made a drip pan out of the aluminum so that  more...

I usually go to ask.com when I have a specific question, like do carpenter bees sting, (males don't, females seldom do) and so on. Anyway, they've just launched a new section where they provide links of all the  more...

Here's an informative site for a number of interesting uses for q-tips. Since we buy them at Costco we have a huge supply on hand. I had always used them for cleaning electronics or touching up paint and so on, but I  more...

Today I had to use some WD-40 to fix a sticky keyhole, and I started wondering what other uses it might have since I was in handyman mode. Off to the google where I discovered this site and some amazing applications. There  more...

I love shopping at Goodwill for a couple reasons.  It saves money, it helps me find unique things no one else has, it helps a great cause, and it helps the planet!  But I have to admit that sometimes my local store  more...

I have been using old fabric softener sheets for cleaning the static dust off the tv for a long time, but I never realized they could be used for so many other things. So on a slow day I googled fabric softener  more...

Our next door neighbor is going out of town for a few days so they asked if we'd pick up any papers, etc. that might be delivered while they're gone. That got me to thinking of other common sense things we should  more...