Works For Me Wednesday--Make Self Rising Flour

Here is a tip that I learned this week ( how did I miss this one all this time?:)--How to make your own Self Rising Flour.

Imagine that you want to make some or these for dinner...

and the recipe calls for...

self rising flour...

and you are fresh out, oooorrr you may or may not have just looked in your self rising flour container and found those yucky mealy worms because your flour was a little old, ooorrrr you forgot to freeze your bag of flour for at least 24 hours when you brought it home.

Okay, that sentence was entirely too long.

Sorry.

Don't worry. You can still make those yummy rolls by doing this!---

Just add:
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt

To every:

1 1/2 cup of all-purpose flour that you use!

Simple:)

Now you can head on over to WeAreTHATFamily for all kinds of handy tips!.

Today is Works For Me Wednesday over at We are THAT Family. Kristen is hosting this fun and helpful meme. Check out all the tips offered by the ladies participating.

How many of you love dusting? No? Well this product can make you dusting chores a little easier. I have found something that works and I think is worth passing along. This is not an advertisement, other than just saying this product does what it claims!

This is the Swiffer Duster. What really impresses me about these dusters is how they grab and hold on to dust and cobwebs. It doesn't just spread it around, but the dust STAYS in the duster.

This is the extension wand that is adjustable, along with a box of refill dusters.

The wand extends from about 21 inches out to 36 inches. I am able to reach high shelves, and cobwebs up by the ceiling- and I am not tall:)

The end with the duster can be put in many positions for various jobs.

This has changed my attitude toward dusting,--still not crazy about it, but I don't hate it now:)

Works For Me Wednesday - April Fools- and an Anniversary-Of Sorts

Today is April Fools Day version of Reverse Works For Me Wednesday over at We are THAT Family.
Instead of giving a solution to something we are to offer a dilemma that we need help with.

Okay, If you have read some of my early posts, you know that we have a cute squirrel family that lives in the pine tree in our back yard. They love to make themselves at home in our pumpkin AND help themselves to large amounts of bird seed from our feeders. I am spending way more that we need to for the pretty birds that come around.I have this style of feeder.

The latter is my dilemma that I bring before you today. How do you keep squirrels from climbing up the pole to hanging bird feeders? Yes, it is comical to watch them hang upside-down and swing to and fro while eating. I've thought of playing circus music to their act. They can hang there all day and eat:)

Any and all ideas will be appreciated!

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April 1st is an anniversary, of sorts, for me. In 1998, on this day, at 8:30 a.m., while walking down the stairs to our front door on my way to work, I slid on a small pebble on the tile, fell, and broke my left ankle. That's how fast your day, and the next few months of your life can change:)

It was not a hard fall- just slid down to the floor, but somehow had done much damage- as the doctor said "one of the worst breaks there is-in several places". Fortunately, my husband was home and called the ambulance. Later that day, I had surgery and 9 screws and one titanium rod was put in my leg and angle. Still have those in today:)

The next six weeks were spent with my leg up- no weight-bearing allowed on it. Thank goodness for help from my sister and mom for a week and then meals brought in every other night for a month by ladies in our church. They even came to clean my house!

The funny April Fools story that our family laughs about was when our son Daniel, then in high school, picked up the grade school aged Jonathan and Amanda that day instead of me. They didn't believe him when he told them the reason he was picking them up. They had had jokes played on them all day at school and thought this was just one more April Fools prank by their brother. Their response to, "Mom broke her ankle and is in the hospital", was, " She did not! You're just trying to fool us!". And it took a phone call when they got home to convince them:)

So today, I wish for you good health and steady feet! No joke:)

Works For Me Wednesday - Loosen Jar Lids

"Honey, can you come and open this for me?" How many times have you had call for help because that lid just would not budge? --Or worse, no one is there to help you.

I came across a tip a while back that has really helped me. You know those lids that are too tight to get off, so you bang them on the counter trying to get them to loosen. Sometimes that works- if you don't break the jar first!

I am talking about jars that pickles or applesauce come in. There is a simple way to open these.

All you have to do is break the vacuum seal by lifting the lid just a bit, and the lid will open easily.

Use a bottle opener ...to gently lift the lid just a little.
You will usually hear a release of air and then the lid will twist right off!


Check out other tips to give your day a "lift" over at Works for Me Wednesday.
You will be smiling at all the things you'll learn:)