https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:42:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-854795 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:12:28 +0000 mrs. wagon 854795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bamblm: lol! this reminds me of the chicken wing thing!</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRcOY-PvOC8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRcOY-PvOC8</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-854719 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:57:52 +0000 SupernovaJ 854719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a good gf recently shared this link with me and my mind was blown (some of them are better than others).</p> <p><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/27-ways-to-make-your-groceries-last-as-long-as-pos" rel="nofollow">http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/27-ways-to-make-your-groceries-last-as-long-as-pos</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-852156 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:13:56 +0000 bamblm 852156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread might be dead, but I just had my mind blown when a friend showed me how to properly dispense a tic tac. I honestly did not know there was a "right way" to do it.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRg5E1pGDi8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRg5E1pGDi8</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-817237 Thu, 30 May 2013 09:17:05 +0000 bamblm 817237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: did not know this about the red cup.</p> <p>@photojane: this is an awesome tip!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-815039 Wed, 29 May 2013 10:27:58 +0000 photojane 815039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My favorite trick I learned on Pinterest is using a razor to get pills off of coats, pants, pillow, couches, etc! I have a fabric couch that gets pilled &amp; I shave it all the time! :)</p> <p><a href="http://bubblynaturecreations.com/2011/12/shaving-my-coat-today-how-to-get-ugly.html" rel="nofollow">http://bubblynaturecreations.com/2011/12/shaving-my-coat-today-how-to-get-ugly.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814944 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:50:21 +0000 BananaPancakes 814944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@fert: Ha, my husband just sticks the whole thing in his mouth and pulls it out clean. I pick it apart like it has cooties. :)</p> <p>And we have an awful time with sugar ants at work, and it turns out that mixing borax with jelly gets rid of them like no other. It'll keep them away for months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814920 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:42:45 +0000 Pirouette 814920@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: i can't wait to go home and try it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814917 Wed, 29 May 2013 09:41:36 +0000 MamaMagpie 814917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: blowing my mind. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814776 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:56:07 +0000 aprk 814776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: yep it's such a good trick! I usually am just careful when I open it and it doesn't spill. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814745 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:44:18 +0000 mediagirl 814745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you have a stuck 3M hook, use a hair dryer to loosen it. Aim the blow dryer at the sticky part and pull up on whatever piece is available for you to grab, no matter how small. Keep pulling and blowing and it will eventually come off. </p> <p>I did this on a 3M sticker that was stuck on my storm door and it worked! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814741 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:42:28 +0000 mediagirl 814741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: Really??? I'm going to have to try that... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814736 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:40:08 +0000 pui 814736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: Well that is fracking amazing!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814731 Wed, 29 May 2013 08:36:43 +0000 Pirouette 814731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: omg, this seems so simple and yet i've never tried it! i always end up throwing out the jar with a little bit left because the bottom gets hard...but doesn't it make a mess when you open the jar? do you just turn it right side up and wait a few minutes before opening it?</p> <p>i just learned that if you want to steam corn on the cob really quickly you can wrap each cob in a wet paper towel and put it in the microwave for 60 seconds (each)...delicious steamed corn without any cleanup! (i make corn on the cob weekly during the summer to chop up and put in my salads so this is a big time saver for me!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814630 Wed, 29 May 2013 07:42:29 +0000 evenstar982 814630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: me too! God bless pinterest for enlightening me on that one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814615 Wed, 29 May 2013 07:34:56 +0000 immabeetoo 814615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMagpie: ok I know I'm sleepy bci thought gosh how would a cotton round break!! Durrr</p> <p>The thing about the has gauge blew my mind I never noticed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814546 Wed, 29 May 2013 06:32:11 +0000 SleepyMonkey 814546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evenstar982: omg. i've been wearing bobby pins incorrectly my entire life.</p> <p>great thread. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814522 Wed, 29 May 2013 04:34:42 +0000 evenstar982 814522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Great thread!</p> <p>My favourite of late is, wear bobby-pins with the "bumpy" side against your head (not facing outwards) - they are designed to be worn that way and the bumps keep the pin in place :-) I use far fewer to put my hair up these days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814490 Wed, 29 May 2013 01:17:48 +0000 shopaholic 814490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bamblm: whoa! IDK either of those! Gotta find the doorbell chime this week!</p> <p>@FutureMrsMcK: The TP to hold wrapping paper - GENIUS! </p> <p>Can only think of a couple right now:</p> <p>1) To remove any sticker labels and price tags on things easier, use your blow-dryer for a little bit - comes right off with no sticky residue. I use that trick all the time. </p> <p>2) To repel dust on baseboards - wipe with dryer sheets. Also, to keep metal fixtures shiny and smooth (and repel water, on sink facets), wipe with wax paper).</p> <p>3) And this one about the measurements on the Solo cups! It was mind-boggling when I learned about this a couple of years ago! lol!</p> <p>[attach=2730/13/mnjqtp.460x465.solo.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814463 Tue, 28 May 2013 23:38:20 +0000 MamaMagpie 814463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You bees are BRILLIANT!</p> <p>I only have a couple:<br /> - put cotton rounds in makeup compacts when traveling to keep them from breaking (no more<br /> - hold an unlit match (or two) between teeth when chopping onions -- the sulfer from the match head does something to neutralize the onion fumes </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip/page/2#post-814430 Tue, 28 May 2013 22:35:33 +0000 Mrs. Fox 814430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love this! Nothing to add but I'm totally following this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip#post-814156 Tue, 28 May 2013 19:25:30 +0000 MsLipGloss 814156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: awesome! thanks! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip#post-814153 Tue, 28 May 2013 19:24:40 +0000 MsLipGloss 814153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: ahhhhhh-for some reason I read towels instead of pillows! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip#post-814137 Tue, 28 May 2013 19:16:18 +0000 Dandelion 814137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's notches on the ends of the boxes of cling wrap and foil. Push them in when you're pulling some out, so that the whole roll doesn't fly out of the box. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip#post-814124 Tue, 28 May 2013 19:09:38 +0000 fert 814124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRcOY-PvOC8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRcOY-PvOC8</a> I don't know why eating a chicken wing properly is so cool in my mind but it has revolutionized my buffalo wing experience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip#post-814116 Tue, 28 May 2013 19:04:43 +0000 matador84 814116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: i use our kuerig for hot water to make tea too! (with a tea bag if i don't have any k-cups) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip#post-814111 Tue, 28 May 2013 19:02:26 +0000 dagret 814111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I probably put a half cup in. I have my grandparents old top loader but I usually put it in the fabric softener dispenser. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip#post-814107 Tue, 28 May 2013 19:00:15 +0000 matador84 814107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: I just have one of those bounce bars in our dryer! i mainly use the wet rag tip to steam wrinkles out of clothes last minute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip#post-814102 Tue, 28 May 2013 18:54:49 +0000 MsLipGloss 814102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@matador84: is that instead of fabric softener? I read fabric softener can decrease the absorbency of towels! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip#post-814100 Tue, 28 May 2013 18:53:39 +0000 MsLipGloss 814100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dagret: how much white vinegar? if you have front loading machines, where do you put the vinegar (in the fabric softener bin)? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-favorite-i-didnt-know-that-tip#post-814098 Tue, 28 May 2013 18:47:01 +0000 dagret 814098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use my k cup machine as a bottle warmer, which I'm pretty proud of figuring out bc our kitchen is tiny and our hot water isn't super hot. </p> <p>I put white vinegar in with our towels - it gets the mildew smell out and makes the towels fluffy. </p>