30 April 2018 - April Mix!

April Potpourri for Homemakers

Welcome to the last day of April!

As is tradition, we have a mix of ideas, tips, and what have you's for the Homemaker.

Create your own raincoats. Scotch-guard sprayed on any coat will make it water repellent. Follow the directions on the can.

I looked up this tip and really it is recommended that you use Scotch-guard on rain coats to help them out if they have lost some of their water resistant coating.

Teach all family members to stretch out both the shower curtain and the liner so that they dry after showering.

I would go even further to remind your growing sons to not pee on the shower curtain during a shower. If you are a mom and confused just imagine a sprinkler going around the garden. Except its your kid in the shower.

Save grocery bags and use them to line waste baskets.

If you don't already do this, you are a jerk.

Keep a list of Toll Calls near your telephone. Check the list against the bills. The phone company isn't always perfect.

You see, back in the day we had to make a long distance phone calls and pay extra for that.

Our picture for today shows our Homemaker Heroine keeping a list of phone calls that she has made that might add some extra charges onto the phone bill.

Those were the days.

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Thank you so much for joining me for another month of daily blog posts.

I hope you have been enjoying these as much as I have enjoyed writing them.

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