Sometimes, a visual is all you need.
Source: Barron's via Jim Kingsland.
March 9, 2010
March 8, 2010
Mothballs Have All Sorts of Uses
Mothballs are smelly, white balls of the chemical 1,4-dichlorobenzene that are traditionally placed in drawers and closets to keep moths away. Why? Moths eat holes in fabric, and can ruin your clothes.
However, mothballs have lots of other uses around the house, too. Here are a few of them that I've personally tried with some success (check out the linked sites for other ideas):
1. They stink so much that animals don't want to nest around them. So, throw some mothballs around and keep rats, bats, and stray cats away from your garage, attic, or shed.
2. Keep puppies and kittens out of potted plants by putting a couple of mothballs around the topsoil -- IF you're sure that they won't try and eat them. Mothballs are toxic to the little babies so make sure they hate them before you put them into the plants.
3. Put the family silver in a plastic bag with a couple of mothballs and voila! nothing tarnishes.
However, mothballs have lots of other uses around the house, too. Here are a few of them that I've personally tried with some success (check out the linked sites for other ideas):
1. They stink so much that animals don't want to nest around them. So, throw some mothballs around and keep rats, bats, and stray cats away from your garage, attic, or shed.
2. Keep puppies and kittens out of potted plants by putting a couple of mothballs around the topsoil -- IF you're sure that they won't try and eat them. Mothballs are toxic to the little babies so make sure they hate them before you put them into the plants.
3. Put the family silver in a plastic bag with a couple of mothballs and voila! nothing tarnishes.
March 7, 2010
Serenity Prayer - Long Version (It's Not Just for Alcoholic's Anonymous)
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
enjoying one moment at a time;
accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
that I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
forever in the next.
Amen.
May God bless your day, Dear Reader.
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Image: Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Robert Williams, from Chicago, prays in the ship's chapel aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73), Atlantic Ocean, November 13, 2003. U.S.Navy photograph released into the public domain.
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