Am I the only person who hasn't heard of "cooler corn"?

As an obsessive food nerd, you'd expect that I would have at least heard of it, but over the weekend I was blind-sided by the simple genius of this method for cooking loads of corn on the cob perfectly.

Short story: Coleman cooler wiped clean, then filled with the shucked ears. Next, two kettles-full of boiling water are poured over the corn and the top closed.
Then nothing. When you sit down to dinner 30 minutes later and open it, the corn will be perfectly cooked. And I'm told that the corn will remain at the perfect level of doneness for a couple of hours.

Turns out, Cooler Corn is pretty well known among the outdoorsy set. It's perfect for large barbecues and way less of a mess than grilling. In fact, I may even buy another cooler just so I'm ready now that I'm in the know!

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BRILLIANT idea!!
Anyone traveling this summer? Here's a fun travel tip: Use buttons to store your earrings in your jewelry bag to keep pairs together! Brilliant idea, isn't it?

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LADIES!!! Here is the ULTIMATE Life Hack!!

Want to do your toes but your nails are already perfect? NO WORRIES! Here's the solution:

Take a tampon. Push it out about 1/2 to 1 inch. Dip it in your bottle of polish remover. Use it to remove the polish on your toes without messing up your manicure!

GENIUS!!!

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DIY DRYER SHEET ALTERNATIVE

SUPER simple tip ..works great and saves you A LOT of $$$$!!

You’ll need…..

A container with an airtight lid (I use a 2QT food storage bowl w/screw on lid)
4-6 sponges (I use small, thin, cheap ones)
2 cups fabric softener (any brand/’flavor’)
4-5 cups water

Gently stir fabric softener and water together in container ..add sponges and put on lid to leave soak.
To Use: squeeze out 1 sponge and put it in the dryer with your load of wet clothes ..when clothes are dry, put the sponge back into the container of mix.

Results: EXACTLY the same as using the expensive dryer sheets that get thrown away!!!!!

Refill container as needed ..but that won’t be very often at all …MAYBE twice a year or less!!!

NOTE: If you use a smaller container ….just make as much mix as needed to fill it …it’s basically 1 cup softener to 2 cups water (a little extra water doesn't hurt)

DAWN DISH SOAP IS NOT JUST FOR DISHES ANYMORE!!!!!

Ever wonder why Dawn Dishwashing Liquid is the wildlife cleaner of choice after an oil spill? According to the International Bird Rescue Research Center, Dawn effectively removes grease but does not cause harm to the skin of the birds. It’s also biodegradable and contains no phosphates

BUBBLES...
According to Bubbles.org, Dawn dishwashing liquid makes great homemade bubbles. Here is the Giant Bubble Recipe used in bubble makers at many children’s museums: 1/2 cup Ultra Dawn 1/2 gallon warm water 1 tablespoon glycerin (available at any drug store) OR White Karo syrup works too! Stir gently. Skim the foam off the top of the solution (too much foam breaks down the bubbles). Dip bubble wand and get ready for some good, clean fun!

GREASY HAIR PROBLEMS
Kids get into the darnedest things! Like Vaseline and baby oil rubbed into their hair! Dawn is mild enough to use on their hair and strong enough to remove the most stubborn grease.

HAIR PRODUCT BUILD UP
Once a month use original Dawn as you would shampoo. It will remove excess oil from your hair and scalp and strip away any build-up of styling products without any damage. Perform this once a month and you won’t have to buy expensive salon products that do the same thing.

MANICURE SECRET
Soak fingers in full-strength blue Dawn. It makes the cuticles soft and easy to work with. And it removes the natural oil from the fingernails, which allows the polish to adhere very well.

REPEL HOUSEPLANT INSECTS
A safe, effective way to repel insects from your houseplants, including aphids, spider mites and mealy bugs. Put a drop of Dawn Dishwashing Liquid in a spray bottle, fill the rest of the bottle with water, shake well, and mist your household plants with the soapy water.

CLEAN YOUR WINDOWS
Try this recipe from Merry Maids: mix 3 drops Dawn in 1 gallon water and fill a spray bottle with the solution. Spritz and wipe as you would with any window cleaner.

PETS AND PESTS
Use it to bathe the dogs. It kills fleas on contact and is much cheaper than expensive dog shampoos

TOOLS
After you have finished your automotive repair project, soak your dirty tools in Dawn before you put them away to remove all the oil and grime. Dawn also helps prevent rust from forming on the tools.

ICE PACK
Partially fill a strong zip-type sandwich bag with Dawn dishwashing liquid, close and freeze. The liquid soap stays cold much longer and it can be re-frozen many times. It will conform to the place you need an ice pack.

TUB AND SHOWER CLEANER
Take a spray bottle and fill it halfway with white vinegar. Heat in the microwave. Fill the rest of the way with blue Dawn. Put lid on and shake to mix well. Spray on your tub and shower walls. Allow to sit for a few minutes and rinse away. It will totally melt all the gunk, slime, sludge and other stuff that builds up including a bathtub ring

REPEL ANTS
Spray counter-tops, cupboards and any other area where you see ants with a solution of Dawn and water. Wipe dry. The slight residue of Dawn that remains will not be a problem at all for kids or pets, but ants hate it. Should you see a trail of ants, go ahead and hit them with the Dawn spray

STRIPPING CLOTH DIAPERS
Add a squirt or two of original Dawn dish soap to your washer and run a hot wash, then rinse until there are no more bubbles. Dawn is a degreasing agent and helps stripping by removing oily residue. Be sure to rinse, rinse, rinse until the water runs clear.

UNCLOGGING TOILETS
A cup of Dawn detergent poured into a clogged toilet allowed to sit for 15 minutes and then followed with a bucket of hot water poured from waist height will clear out the toilet.

POISON IVY
Poison ivy spreads through the spread of the oil within the blisters. Washing the affected area with Dawn, especially on children who keep scratching the blister’s open, helps dry up the fluid, AND keep it from spreading

DRIVEWAY CLEANER
If you have gasoline or motor oil stains on your driveway, you can use the kitty litter method to clean up the excess oil and then use a scrub broom and a solution of biodegradable Dawn dishwashing detergent and warm water to safely and effectively remove excess motor oil from the pavement

PAINT OR GREASE REMOVIER FOR HANDS
Dawn combined with corn oil makes for the perfect paint or grease remover. Simply combine a little bit of both in your hands then rub it over affected areas. The corn oil and the dishwashing liquid both help to dissolve the grease and paint – yet leave skin soft, unlike harsher paint removers.

CLEANING THE KIDDIE POOL
Plastic wading pools can get very gunky, very fast. Dump the water, then scrub the pool with Dawn and a sponge. More potent cleaners like bleach will weaken and dry out the plastic in the sun

MULTI PURPOSE CLEANER
Merry Maids recommends using a drop of Dawn in water to clean ceramic tile and no-wax/linoleum floors. You can also use the spray on:
•Bathroom and kitchen counters and sinks.
•Woodwork, e.g., baseboards, shelves, and wainscoting. (Dry as you go–wood doesn’t like prolonged contact with water.)
•Tubs and toilet seats.

LAUNDRY PRE -TREATER FOR OILY CLOTHES
For oil-based stains such as lipstick, grease, butter, motor oil, cooking oil, and some pen inks, simply apply some Dawn dishwashing liquid directly to the stain and scrub with a small brush or toothbrush until the oil is removed, and then launder as usual.

NON- TOXIC LUBRICANT
Sliding glass doors, door knobs, hinges etc. It lasts much longer than any aerosol type spray that I have tried. And Its non-toxic! It does a great job of cleaning the parts that its lubricating as well!

SIDEWALK DE -ICER
For icy steps and sidewalks in freezing temperatures, mix 1 teaspoon of Dawn dishwashing liquid, 1 tablespoon of rubbing alcohol, and 1/2 gallon hot/warm water and pour over walkways. They won’t refreeze. No more salt eating at the concrete in your sidewalks

POOL CLEANER
Squirt Dawn down the middle of the pool and all of the dirt, suntan lotion, etc. will move to the edges of the pool for easy clean up! AND it makes the pools sparkle.

EYEGLASS DEFOGGER
Simply rub a small drop of Dawn on eyeglass lenses, and wipe clean. It will leave a very thin film that will prevent them from fogging up

SHOWER FLOORS
Cover greasy footprints on shower floors with a coating of Dawn; let sit overnight. Scrub away the gunk in the morning with a stiff brush.

APHID CONTROL ON FRUIT TREES
Mix two tablespoons Dawn to a gallon of water and put in your sprayer. Try to get spray both sides of the leaves, branches and the tree trunks. Let sit for about 15 minutes and then rinse the trees THOROUGHLY!

AND FINALLY……..

Here’s a brilliant idea! Need a hostess gift when visiting friends and family this summer? Print off this post and include it with a bottle of Blue Dawn! Talk about USEFUL !

Stripping (dirty) Wax Build up
It happens....maybe you've moved into a new home and you realize that maybe, just maybe, the brown floor isn't brown at all!!

Years of dirty wax build up are hiding the REAL flooring from you.
Don't just rip it out and replace a perfectly good floor, strip the wax and see what treasure is hiding underneath it.

What you need:
Ammonia
A stiff scrub brush or floor scrubber
Make sure you have adequate ventilation.
Work in small sections of approximately 3 - 5 foot squares
Pour the ammonia directly on, and give it a scrub to spread the liquid.
Wait 2-3 minutes, and start scrubbing.. The ammonia removes the wax leaving you with gunk you can mop up. You can add water to the area if you need to thin the gunk out a bit
Rinse with vinegar water.
Be shocked and amazed (ok, and disgusted) at the difference and move on to the next section.
When you have it all nicely clean, you can apply a light coat of floor finish to protect the flooring.

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Down By The Sea Body Polish
Recipe & Photo by: Angie 

Anyone who's been to the ocean knows how wonderful your skin feels after a day in the sand and surf! The minerals and salt and sand naturally soften your skin! There's almost nothing like it! Until now! And it takes just a few minutes to make!

Ingredients:
1/2 Cup Coconut Oil
1/4 Cup fine ground Sea Salt
1/4 Cup Epsom Salt
10 drops Essential Oil (optional)

To create this amazing scrub:

Measure coconut oil into a bowl. If it is a bit stiff, stir & mash until soft enough for mixing. Add both Sea Salt & Epsom Salts. Stir until blended. Add minerals and Essential oils (I used Lavender EO for relaxation before going to bed!)

Use as an all over body scrub 1-2 times weekly to moisturize and exfoliate your skin!

Why these ingredients?
Coconut oil: moisturizes and protects your skin
Sea Salt: exfoliates and draws out toxins
Epsom salt: exfoliates and adds important minerals that occur naturally in sea water
Essential oils: for scent and aromatherapy.

42 INTERESTING HOUSEHOLD FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW 

1. Sticking bicycle chain- Pam no stick cooking spray
2. Pam will also remove paint and grease from your hands.(Keep a can in the garage for your hubby)
3. Pam cooking spray will dry fingernail polish
4. Body Paint- Crisco mixed with food coloring.Heat the crisco in the microwave,pour in to an empty container and mix with food color of your choice.
5. A Slinky will hold CDs or Toast
6. Budweiser Beer conditions your hair
7. Cool Whip conditions your hair-Leave on 15 minutes
8. Mayonnaise will KILL LICE,it also conditions your hair
9. Brewed Lipton Tea makes your hair shiny
10.Peanut Butter will take the ink off of baby dolls
11. Peanut Butter will get scratches off of CDs-Wipe off with a coffee filter paper.
12. Athletes Foot- Use Cornstarch
13. Use Cornstarch on Barbie dolls to help get the tight clothes on-sprinkle it on and watch those clothes slide right on
14. Pour vinegar on your hair to remove heavy dandruff
15. Stinky Feet- Soak in Jello water
16. Puffy Eyes- Preparation H
17. Chigger Bites- Preparation H
18. Bee Stings- Meat Tenderizer
19. Paper Cut- Use chapstick or Super glue to close it
20. Elmers's Glue- Rub on your face and let it dry,peel off and see the dead skin cells and blackheads disappear
21. Sunburn- Large jar of NESTEA into your bath water
22. Minor Burn- Colgate or Crest Toothpaste
23. Did you BURN your tongue? Sprinkle sugar on it
24. The Die TShirt- mix a solution of Kool Aid in a container,tie a rubber band around a section of the tshirt and soak
25. Preserve a newspaper clipping- Large bottle of Club Soda and a cup of Milk Of Magnesia,soak for 20 minutes and let dry.Lasts for many years!
26. Toenail or Fingernail FUNGUS- Apply VICKS Vapor rub
27. Kool AID to clean dishwasher pipes- put it in the detergent section and run a cycle.It also works on toilets
28. Kool AID can be used as a dye in paint. Also can be used in Dannon Plain Yogurt as a FINGER PAINT.Your kids will love it and it won't hurt if they eat it
29. Arthritis- Spray WD 40 and rub in,it KILLS insects too
30. Keep glasses and goggles from fogging by coating with colgate toothpaste
31. Wine Stains- pour on the Morton Salt and watch the wine being absorbed into the salt
32. Remove labels off glassware with peanut butter
33. To remove WAX- Take a paper towel and iron it over the was stain,the paper towel will absorb it
34. Baked on food-Fill container with water and get a BOUNCE fabric softener sheet,soak overnight and the food comes right off.You can also use 2 EFFERDENT tablets soak overnight.
35. Listerine for dirty GROUT
36. Crayon on wall- Colgate toothpaste and brush
37. Keep FRESH FLOWERS longer,add a little CLOROX or 2 BAYER Aspirin. You can also use 7UP instead of water
38. Fleas in your carpet- 20 MULE TEAM Borax-Sprinkle and let stand for 24 hours.Repeat if fleas come back
39. Grass Stains-KARO Syrup
40. Stains on CLOTHES-Colgate Toothpaste
41. Grease Stains-Coca Cola- it will also remove grease stains on driveway overnight. We all know that it gets acid erosion from car batteries
42. When you go to the grocery store to buy BREAD,have you ever wondered which is the freshest,so you squeeze for freshness or softness? Did you know that the bread is delivered fresh to the stores 5 days a week? Each day has a different color twist tie. Here are the days and colors of twist ties.
MONDAY=BLUE
TUESDAY=GREEN
THURSDAY=RED
FRIDAY=WHITE
SATURDAY=YELLOW
So, if today was Thursday,you would want the red twist tie;not the white which is Friday's(almost a week old) The colors go alphabetically by color Blue-Green-Red-White-Yellow,Monday through Saturday,Very easy to remember.I thought this was interesting.I looked in the grocery stores DO have different twist ties,and even the ones with the plastic clips have different colors.

ALSO, Don't forget that GRAPE GATORADE works for MIGRAINE HEADACHES-Powerade DOES NOT work.

HOMEMADE "SHOUT" STAIN REMOVER 

2/3 cups Dawn Dishwashing Liquid
2/3 cups ammonia
6 Tbsp baking soda
2 cups warm water

Mix everything together and pour into a spray bottle.