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How to Remove a Stuck Outdoor Flood Light

December 1, 2015 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

how to remove a stuck floodlight

Dear Home-Ec 101,
I cannot remove a burned out flood light. I guess I have to break it first unless you have another suggestion.
Thanks,
Donna, in the Dark

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Heather says

The good news is we have a couple of ideas to try before resorting to Hulk smash to remove the floodlight.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It Tagged With: Home Electrical Repair, light bulbs

How to Unclog a Kitchen Sink, Naturally

September 17, 2015 By Heather Solos 15 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Dear Home-Ec 101,
Is there a “green” way to unclog the kitchen sink? I really hate having to use heavy drain cleaning chemicals. I have used boiling water (2 pots full) then the drain cleaner set 10= minutes followed by a pot of boiling water again. … Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It Tagged With: Clogs, Drains, Plumbing, Sinks

Potential Sources for Mildew Odor in a Bedroom

September 2, 2015 By Heather Solos 15 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

mildew in bedroom

Dear Home-Ec 101,
There is a musty / mildew smell in my home, but I’m having issues locating the source of the smell. As far as I can tell, it’s restricted to one bedroom. I’ve examined all of my clothing, removed the air conditioner, checked all of the furniture, and even the air ducts.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Clean It, Fix It Tagged With: Bedroom, Carpet, Mildew, Mold, Odor

The Ants Come Marching One by One

August 19, 2015 By Heather Solos 5 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Terro Ant Bait

Okay, so. I hate ants. Hate. Hate.

My realistic side knows the fact that I have ants in my house right now has more to do with the heat, humidity and rain than my house being messy or full of crumbs (otherwise they’d be in my kitchen, right?).… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It Tagged With: Household Pests, pest control, Pests

There’s Mildew on My Seatbelts, What Do I Do?

July 24, 2015 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

How to Clean a Mildewed Seat Belt

Hi Home-Ec101,
I have been following your site for a while and am super excited about how well the chore chart is helping around my place; it has made a huge difference! Anyway, I have an odd question, I have an older car that was in storage for about three years, and in that time the upholstery got moldy and had to be replaced.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Clean It, Fix It, Wash It Tagged With: Automotive, Mildew, Mold

Emergency Preparedness Refresher

June 26, 2015 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says

This is my dad’s neighborhood. No one got hurt, but it took me a couple of days to finally reach him to hear this first hand. The cell towers near their home were damaged and without power and only cordless phones, I couldn’t reach them via their landline.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It Tagged With: emergency preparedness

It’s Time Again for Hurricane 101

May 28, 2015 By Heather Solos 5 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says:

June 1st marks the beginning of hurricane season. For those of us on the East and Gulf Coasts, we know this means anxious meteorologists glorifying every thunderstorm that appears in the oceans. Although the public tends to become jaded with media saturation, there is no reason to get caught with your pants down.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It Tagged With: emergency, emergency preparedness, emergency water purification, hurricane preparedness, hurricane season, Smart Living

Help! The Laundry Smells Like Rotten Eggs

May 20, 2015 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Dear Home-Ec 101,

I followed all of the advice in your how to deal with stubborn body odor in laundry article and my clothes still stink. There’s sort of a rotten egg odor and nothing I do gets rid of it.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It, Wash It Tagged With: laundry, Odor

Home Ec 101 Hits Home

April 20, 2015 By Heather Solos 3 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says

Does anyone remember the movie The Money Pit? I now watch this with a knowing chuckle.

Many of you know that I moved into what I refer to as the “fixer-upper” back in October. As there are some truly awful people out on the interwebz I was not very open about the exact state of the house that I moved into, other than the sharing the fact that it was pretty rough.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It, Fix It Tagged With: Budget Cooking

There’s A[n Unwelcome] Party In My Plants

March 21, 2015 By Heather Solos 2 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Dear Home-Ec 101,

I have a dilemma in that I looked up the tiny flies that are strolling around my plant soil. I found that they are called fungus flies and live on the decaying soil matter. I’ve sprayed the soil with Home Defense both bug spray and soapy water (nope), put a dish of apple cider vinegar with a drop of dish washing liquid in it to bait them (nope), and most recently, put coarse sand on top of the soil so the “babies that hatch” can’t crawl up and out and die (yech).… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It Tagged With: Houseplants, Pests

Fixing Scratches in an Enameled Cast Iron Sink

January 29, 2015 By Heather Solos 11 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Dear Home Ec 101,

I have a fairly new (less than 1 year old) cast iron Kohler sink, it is the shiny black one, the manual recommended using the Kohler cast iron sink cleaner and I have used it regularly and I have used a plastic mat on the bottom of the sink, to try to prevent scratches.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Clean It, Fix It Tagged With: Kitchen, Sink

Garage Refrigerator / Freezers, Winter, and Your Food

January 21, 2015 By Heather Solos 2 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Dear Home-Ec 101,
I have a refrigerator in my garage and for the last few weeks I have noticed the freezer isn’t as cold as it should be.
Should I be worried?
More importantly, is the food safe? The vegetables seem a little soft.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It Tagged With: Appliances, Food Safety

Identifying Small Bugs Attracted to Lights

January 3, 2015 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Dear Home-Ec 101,
I noticed tiny, tiny insects on my sheer curtains about 3 weeks ago. Then I noticed one or two on my white tissue box holder. I decided to take the lamp shade off to see better and saw ALL these teeny tiny insects sitting under and even on the CFL bulb.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It Tagged With: Pests

How Do You Do Everything That Needs to Be Done?

December 10, 2014 By Heather Solos 8 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Hi Heather,

I don’t recall when I subscribed to your site, but I do recall having found your site at a time when all my children would eat for breakfast was pancakes and I knew there had to be a way to freeze them.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It Tagged With: Life Skills, Waxing inspirational

Learn Your Refrigerator’s Zones for Optimal Food Storage

August 6, 2014 By Heather Solos 3 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

learn your refrigerator's zones

Dear Home-Ec 101,
I need help!  I like my milk very, very cold, so the temperature in my fridge is very low (38 degrees), but my produce keeps freezing.  I do keep some produce in the produce drawers, and some I put on the top shelf to see if that worked better, and the jury is still out on that one. … Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It Tagged With: Food Safety, Food Storage, Home Appliances, Produce, Refrigerator

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