Money Saving Wednesday…Hitting the Air Waves Tonight
Tonight is the night I will be appearing on blog talk radio with James Talmage Stevens. I will be answering questions about Haiti, the storms today, and preparing if you are traveling or live in an earthquake zone. Do you know where earthquakes are overdue? I do. This would be a great show to direct your friends and family to. Please join me tonight and please ask lots of questions. I know we always have plenty of listeners but few ask questions. Please ask! Tune in http://www.blogtalkradio.com/james-talmage-stevens 7:00 PM eastern, 4:00PM pacific.
I am overwhelmed trying to keep up with the storms which have been hitting the western U.S. the past few days. Today is going to be even worse with very high winds and lots of rains. They have just issued extreme weather warnings for California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah for today. A weather warning means there is no doubt it is coming. They had a tornado in Huntington Beach CA, very, very unusual, and have issued flash flood warnings for California and Arizona. If you live in any of these areas you should be preparing for power outages and possible evacuation. Do it now.
I didn’t want to get distracted from our normal Wednesday Money Saving tips with all these distractions. Clothing is a huge part of our budget so here are a few tips for keeping what you have in good shape, thus saving money on clothing replacement. These tips all include the use of vinegar, a much cheaper solution than commercial products.
To remove soap residue that makes black clothes look dull use white distilled vinegar in your final rinse.
To remove stains from white socks and towels add 1 cup white distilled vinegar to a large pot of water, bring it to a rolling boil and add items. Let soak overnight. Remove and launder.
For stubborn stains on clothing and linens soak using equal parts milk and white distilled vinegar.
Before washing a mustard stain, dab with white distilled vinegar.
After attempting to remove spaghetti, barbecue, or ketchup stains with very hot water, if you still have a stain use 2 parts white distilled vinegar to 1 part water solution. Dab and rinse.
Remove perspiration odor and stains as well as deodorant stains by spraying full-strength white distilled vinegar before washing.
Adding 1/4 cup white distilled vinegar to the last rinse of your laundry helps dissolve soaps and detergents. White distilled vinegar also helps to prevents yellowing, acts as a fabric softener and static cling reducer, and attacks mold and mildew. Try this and you may be able to eliminate the need for dryer sheets or other fabric softeners.
You’re likely not aware of this, but the e-mails about the radio programs arrive the day after the program has taken place. It would be more helpful if it arrived the day before the program airs.
I was not aware of that. Thanks for the heads up. Al the shows are available to download so I will be sure to include all the links in a post soon.
I had been asked to a wintertime barbecue and asked to provide a little sauce, can somebody share a good recipe?.