35+ Camping Tips, Tricks & Treats Summer holidays are just around the corner and if you have a camping trip or two on your agenda, you might just find a new trick or two in this bunch! I’ve put together a list of projects and ideas to help around the campsite, a list of must-have home remedies (for poison ivy, mosquito bites, etc.), plus a bunch of fun ideas for cooking you might want to try this year…and don’t miss the old-timer’s fishing weather poem and dependable rope knot examples at the bottom of the page. Lots here and I’ll be adding more goodies to this page as I find them so you may want to bookmark it for future reference. Enjoy! To start things off, here’s a recipe for removing mildew from tents: Step 1: Mix 1/2 cup of Lysol in 1 gallon of hot water. Step 2: Mix 1 cup salt and 1 cup concentrated lemon juice in 1 gallon of hot water. Although visible stains won’t be removed, it does kill the mildew. General Maintenance Suggestion: Remember, after use your tent should be thoroughly aired-out before being stored.
3 DIY wines you can make at home When you think of wine, more than likely you immediately think of the juice of fermented grapes, but excellent quality wine can be made from other ingredients including blackberries, plums, rose hips, cereals, flower petals — even root vegetables. While these wines may not be too common on the shelves of your local wine shop, the beauty of home winemaking is that the sky’s the limit. You don’t have to be a master vintner or have a house full of expensive equipment to make wine. Here are three simple, all-natural recipes using strawberries, elderberries and dandelion blossoms. 1. Contrary to what you might expect, strawberry wine is not syrupy or sickly sweet. Ingredients: 7 pounds whole fresh strawberries (fresh picked, if possible), washed and hulled2 gallons boiling waterJuice of 1 lemon5 pounds sugar Preparation: Mash strawberries in a large earthenware crock. After seven days, use a double layer of cheesecloth to strain the strawberry mixture into a clean bowl, discarding the pulp. 2.
How Older People Adapt Everyday Objects to Make Daily Life Easier Updated April 8, 2013 4:00 p.m. ET As the population ages, designers are working to make homes, tools and other products safer for the elderly to use. Older people themselves can be resourceful in finding ways to adapt their surroundings to their diminished vision, muscles and dexterity. Glen Hougan, an industrial designer and professor at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, spent time last year at a residential senior facility in Rochester, Minn., observing how residents came up with their own practical solutions to make their lives easier. As part of the Mayo Clinic's inaugural research fellowship in health-care innovation, Prof. In all, he found roughly 350 examples of household adaptations by the elderly for the elderly. — Shirley Wang Email: shirley.wang@wsj.com
Homemade Protein Bars « askGeorgie.com There are plenty of reasons to make your own protein bars. First, it’s economical ! You’ll save a lot of money, particularly if you have a habit of buying single bars one a time. Even better, you can customize your bars to your taste preferences, avoid any allergens, and leave out ingredients you don’t want. These bars provide healthy fats from natural peanut butter and flaxseed. Cooking oil spray ½ cup plain oatmeal (quick oats, not instant) ½ cup unsweetened soymilk ¼ cup egg whites (2 whites) ½ tablespoon vanilla extract 1 scoop chocolate whey protein powder (1/3 cup) ½ cup Splenda granulated or sugar ( or 12 packets Truvia) ¼ cup milled flaxseed 2 tablespoons white whole wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder ¾ teaspoon baking powder 1 /8 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons natural peanut butter Preheat oven to 350°F. Makes 6 servings Can you think of another protein bar flavor you’d like to see? Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey Double Rich Chocolate
MacGyver, Survivalist, or Stockpiler: The Urban Survival Skills Everyone Should Know It's your word against his.. If he ain't talkin, your word pretty much wins. Also, don't try draggin him back in your house after he's dead.. The cops will be able to tell he was shot inside your house. As soon as you're involved in a shooting like this, call the cops, then a lawyer.. You are so bad ass. Seriously, you're advocating shooting a potential burglar with your "Mossy, Remy or Mr. We're not all in middle school, you know, and life is not like a Die Hard movie. I don't want to kill anyone. I am not running from my house. You can be a moral coward and subject yourself to the will of a criminal, however I will suffer no such victimization. @jodark It's not cowardly to leave and certainly not morally cowardly to leave if there is an intruder in your house. Unless you were a soldier or a police officer, you have probably not faced a life or death situation, and frankly, you are likely not equipped to fight back adequately.
Fitness Friday #8: Top 13 Foods You Should Eat At Least Once A Week This week for “Fitness Friday” I enlisted the help of an expert! Yoplait Light’s Swap Coach, Christina Meyer-Jax. She is a registered dietitian and Nutrition Communicator at the General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition. I asked her to help me compile a list of the “Top Foods You Should Eat At Least Once A Week.” #1) Yogurt: Just 1 cup of most yogurts provides a good source of the daily value of calcium and has phosphorus, potassium, zinc, riboflavin, vitamin B12 and protein. Usage Idea: Yogurt can be eaten at any time of the day- breakfast, snack or dessert. Frozen Red Velvet Cake #2) Flaxseeds: Flaxseeds contain omega 3s, which are essential polyunsaturated fats that are typically low in the average American diet. Usage Idea: Sprinkle seeds or ground flaxseed on your cereal, oatmeal, yogurt, salad, or sandwiches. Bran-Flax Muffins #3) Pumpkin Seeds: Pumpkin seeds contain fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant nutrients. Watermelon and Feta Salad with Pumpkin Seeds
Finding The Courage to Be Myself Top 10 Things That Determine Happiness photo: meddygarnet Happiness is, by nature, a subjective quality with a definition like a moving target. There is scant evidence — qualitative or quantitative — to lend convincing support to those life variables most critical in determining individual happiness, which is likely why past researchers committed to the scientific method rarely tried to tackle the subject. This is changing. While we’re not entirely convinced of this marriage between science and subjectivity, we can still offer up a top 10 of things that determine human happiness, as supported by this growing body of research. No.10 – Having a short memory Are you one to hold grudges? No.9 – Exacting fairness According to a recently published study in the prestigious journal Nature, people derive more happiness from scenarios and situations that result in a perceived fairness for everyone involved, even when this fairness goes against self-interest or comes at some personal cost. No.8 – Having lots of friendships No.2 – Good genes
BASIC LIST OF SUGGESTED ITEMS FOR LONG TERM SURVIVAL Some people are saying we should prepare for at least 7 days, but the way things go after a hurricane, tornado, floods, loss of electricity and the fact that these disasters will continue and perhaps even get worse in coming years according to trends, one week is not enough. Some have said 7 years, but that seems too long so do what you can. Be sure to use the older stocked goods first and replace them with new. Otherwise you will end up with all old food you might not even want to eat. Always check canned tomatoes for spoilage, as even in the can they can spoil. 1. Homeland Security recommends 7 days for survival, but in recent years, some people don't have electricity or heat for up to 3 weeks, so to be really safe - plan for at least 3 weeks. 2. Note: I have received arguments that boiling for longer than 5 minutes will just waste good water, but 15 minutes is safer to kill Cryptospiridium. 3. Wheat - 300 lbs. Rice - 100 lbs. Beans, Peas, Lentils, 50 lbs. each Honey or Sugar - 60 lbs.
Sugar-Free Peanut Butter, Oatmeal and Banana Cookies - Vegan Cookie Recipe - Sugar-free peanut butter cookies Using flour with oatmeal and relying on a dash of maple syrup for sweetness, this sugar-free cookie recipe is a healthy dessert that will be sure to please every health-conscious cookie lover! This cookie is also quite low in calories. See also: More Sugar-free Cookie Recipes Prep Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 10 minutes Ingredients: 1/3 cup peanut butter2 ripe bananas (overripe is fine)1 tsp vanilla2 tbsp soy milk2 tbsp maple syrup 2 ½ cups quick cooking or rolled oatmealdash cinnamon (optional)1/4 cup flour Preparation: In a large bowl, mash bananas with a fork until smooth. Drop spoonfuls of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake 13-16 minutes at 350 degrees, or until done. Note: This recipe is only truly sugar-free if you used unsweetened peanut butter and unsweetened soymilk, so read the ingredients list and look for soy milk that says "Unsweetened" right on the label. More vegan desserts
DIY Eraser for Palomino Blackwings | The Well-Appointed Desk The gold standard for graphite erasers is the Steadtler Mars Plastic. I’m not sure if its filled with unicorn horn powder or what but I’ve never found a better eraser. So I was wondering if I could figure out a way to make a replacement eraser for my Palomino Blackwings. It turns out, I can. You’ll need: Staedtler Mars Plastic Eraser (standard size, available at any art supply store)X-acto or other craft bladeCutting mattEraser from Palomino Blackwing to use as a guide The end of a Mars eraser is just about the same width as the Blackwing eraser so I just needed to slice off an similar width piece and then trim the excess. The new white eraser is a little flimsier than the black/pink/colored erasers that you can buy to fit but it erases much better so I’m willing to accept its shortcomings for better erasing power. Like this: Like Loading...