{"id":292,"date":"2009-03-15T21:31:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T02:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2012-02-07T18:30:47","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T23:30:47","slug":"todays-helpful-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/?p=292","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Helpful Tip &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s good for the budget and good for the planet.<strong>You don&#8217;t have to use a whole dryer sheet in each load of laundry.<\/strong> If you use dryer sheets, cut all the sheets in half when you first open the box.  You can turn a box of 40 into a box 80 in about 2 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>A few other good uses for dryer sheets (or half a dryer sheet):<\/p>\n<li>Put them in your sweater boxes when you put away your sweaters each spring.<\/li>\n<li>Need to freshen the Family Room?  Put a dryer sheet under the sofa cushions.<\/li>\n<li>Use them in the linen closet where you store blankets that may not be frequently used.<\/li>\n<li>Reportedly, these can be used to repel mosquitoes too.  I&#8217;ve never tried this, but in theory just rubbing one on your skin is enough to deter the little monsters.  Hmmmm&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>DIY says &#8220;A sheet will repel mosquitoes on your patio. Hang a dryer sheet outdoors during the mosquito season.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t tangle your thread.  A sewing needle run through a dryer sheet prior to sewing, can help prevent the thread from tangling.<\/li>\n<li>Smelly shoes?  Placing a dryer sheet in your shoes or sneakers overnight, will help to deodorize them and as a bonus they will smell much better in the AM.<\/li>\n<li>Slip a dryer sheet inside your work out bag and help &#8220;disguise&#8221; some of the odor that follows you home from the gym.<\/li>\n<li>A dryer sheet will help clean up a work bench.  Like a tack cloth, it will attract sawdust and wood shavings.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s good for the budget and good for the planet.You don&#8217;t have to use a whole dryer sheet in each load of laundry. If you use dryer sheets, cut all the sheets in half when you first open the box. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/?p=292\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1137,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions\/1137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chloepoppins.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}