Comments on: 30 Time Saving Tips and Hacks for Home

By: Shawna

Shawna — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 09:58:32 +0000

OMG! I love all your great and helpful tips and tricks. I am an ebay seller and for the life of me I have tried everything to remove the store tags. Not once, have I thought about or have even heard about using a hair dryer. What a GREAT IDEA!
So glad that I found your blog and look forward to more great and awesome ideas..
Thank you soooooo much you have made my life so much easier

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:44:08 +0000

In reply to Jeni.

Jeni, I had a UK reader send me this msg a while back. I need to make time to add it to the post, but hopefully this will help:
“After reading your post about making your own laundry detergent I decided to have a go, the trouble is that we can’t buy Borax here in the UK and Borax substitute is hard to get hold of in shops. I got the ingredients for my powder all in one supermarket.
Take 1kg DriPak Soda Crystals £1 and one 800g pack of Bicarbonate of Soda 80p in Tesco, 4 sterilizing tablets (I got a pack of 56 for around 60p) and 1 bar of Simple soap (I got a pack of 4 for just over £1, the No Perfume No Colour kind). Grate the soap and mix all ingredients together. We get around 35 washes from this mix and I estimate it to be around 4p a wash. This beats Aldis Almat was by 5p a wash.”

By: Jeni

Jeni — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:24:27 +0000

In reply to happyhooligans.

I think you’re brilliant! I was originally on your site looking at craft but I’m now going to try your laundry detergent recipe – just trying to source all the ingredients in the UK at the mo – and have taken lots of other great ideas from your website too. Thanks so much!

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:13:46 +0000

In reply to Jeni. I think that's just fantastic. Despite my using the dustbuster to suck up the ash from the floor of the oven (hope you'll forgive me for that ;)), I am seriously into doing my part to preserve the planet. Even with a fam of 4 and a busy daycare, I put out one 1/2 bag of garbage a week because I compost and recycle everything I can. Clean with lemon, baking soda and vinegar, make my own enviro-friendly laundry detergent, use recycled materials for most of our crafts, buy second-hand, re-purpose whatever I can etc. I suppose one day, all energy companies will go the route that yours has. I just wish they'd do it sooner! Thanks for the info, Jeni. :)

By: Jeni

Jeni — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 07:53:15 +0000

No kidding – the company is UK based Ecotricity http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/ 🙂

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 23:02:59 +0000

In reply to Jeni. Are you kidding me? That is AWESOME, Jeni!! :D

By: Jeni

Jeni — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:57:08 +0000

In reply to happyhooligans.

Funny you should say that because I am 🙂 The energy company I use provides 100% of its electricity from renewable resources (wind, sun etc). Every little helps…down that dustbuster 😉

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 23:06:15 +0000

In reply to Jeni. Girl, I hope you're following my blog from a solar-powered computer. ;)

By: Jeni

Jeni — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:33:03 +0000

Sorry to be negative here (I love (almost) all of your blog!) but I’m saddened to see you suggesting the use of the dustbuster for tasks that can easily and quickly be achieved with a cloth or brush. I understand the aim of your item is to save time but this, IMO, is a needless waste of precious energy (electricity) for very little time saving in comparison to the cloth or brush. On a planet that is struggling to keep cool due to our excessive energy use, I think we can and should afford a few more milliseconds to use a cloth or brush rather than use a dustbuster and its necessary electricity. Don’t get me started on the pointlessness of ironing…lol! Sorry again to be negative, feel free not to approve this message. As I said above, I do love your blog and great ideas :O)

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:03:45 +0000

In reply to Jill Doga. Nice!!

By: Jill Doga

Jill Doga — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 14:55:29 +0000

Here’s another tip. Put the whole roll of kitchen trash bags in the bottom of the kitchen trash can. That way when you take out the trash; a clean bag is at your finger tips. No searching.

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:25:15 +0000

In reply to Malinda Long-Copland. Thanks Malinda. I've added a note of caution to the post. I appreciate you looking out for others. x

By: Malinda Long-Copland

Malinda Long-Copland — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 04:07:27 +0000

Great ideas! Would like to add a word of caution on a couple for those that have young children. I don’t recommend setting out the D/W gel packs; the CDC reports 1,000s of cases where children mistake them for candy. Also, little kids might accidentally inhale bubble soap with straws/similar.

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 02:11:56 +0000

In reply to Tammy.

I have no idea, Tammy. I haven’t heard anyone complain about that before. Can you take a screen shot and email me so I know what it looks like to you? jackie@happyhooligans.ca Have you tried using another browser? Chrome, safari, firefox etc.?

By: Kayote

Kayote — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 01:50:27 +0000

Easier way to have pins at the sewing machine: a large flat magnet and magnetic pins. I never buy pins that aren’t magnetic. Easier than a pincushion, and if I drop one I can find it with a magnet (not my foot!).

By: Tammy

Tammy — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 01:29:34 +0000

Why is there always a strip in front of what i’m trying to read on your posts???