Household Hint: Cleaning Your Microwave

If your microwave is really dirty and disgusting and at that "it's-easier-to-buy-a-new-one-than-clean-the-current-one" stage, here's a hint to help:

Take a cup of water and set it to boil and then leave it to steam up the inside of the microwave. While it's still good and wet inside the microwave, you'll discover that stuck on food will come off much easier.

You may have to do this a couple times but it beats using up time, elbow work and also much cheaper than purchasing a new microwave.

Love Laura-Lee

Poppy Coloring Pages: Teach Your Kids About Remembrance Day

** Includes How to PRINT Out Directions (see below)

A good way to teach your kids about something is to have them color a picture while you tell a story. That way they are in a quiet mood to listen, the picture allows them to be creative, but if it's connected to what you're saying it just reaffirms it in their minds, memories and hearts. 

Below are 2 coloring pictures for Remembrance Day: A basic poppy outline (they can add to and enhance) & 
a more complex Poppy Bouquet.

I've also read & discovered that coloring lowers blood pressure. So you might want to try it yourself (even if you're an adult, with or without children)

"You can find wonderful things in a box of crayons!" 

  

~ by Laura-Lee

Basic Poppy Coloring Pages

POPPY BOUQUET

REMEMBRANCE DAY POST from Laura-Lee Was Here Personal Blog
  **Above LINK goes to my other Blog for more Remembrance Day Info including "In Flanders Field" by John McCrae



DIRECTIONS to PRINT out a COLORING PAGE: 
 (several ways - see which is right for you)


 *Click picture to select it 
 1)Look for the little Printer Icon on your Browser Tab OR
 2) Find the word "PRINT" on a drop down menu

(Usually this icon is in top right corner, but could be anywhere on your Internet Page)

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* Hover over the picture you want 
* 1)Try a right-click then 
2) from the drop down list click on the word "PRINT" 

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* 1) click  on this icon (where the RED ARROW is pointing) and 2) click on the word Print):  

NOTE:There are several ways to Print out something but 

basically you are trying to get to the word "Print"  OR 

find the little Icon of a Printer.

From there just read what the screen says.

** don't be afraid to press buttons (the computer usually always asks if you wish to continue & gives you a chance if you've hit the wrong button)

 If you're in the wrong place just hit CANCEL or click on a red X to CLOSE something

YOU CAN DO IT !

Laura-Lee (Was Here)

HUG Coloring Page (Includes Directions to PRINT)

DIRECTIONS to PRINT out a COLORING PAGE:   Hover over the picture you want, then look for the little Printer Icon on your Browser Tab OR Try a right-click then from the drop down list click on the word "PRINT" OR click  on this icon (where the RED ARROW is pointing and click on the word Print): 

Printer Icon - in top right corner of window

(One of those options should get you to a PRINT option page)

Love Laura-Lee

NEW on "Creative Links"

At the list at the right column called "Creative Links" I have just added a new Link from a YouTube Channel called "Doodle Draw Art" that demonstrates fun and easy doodles and drawings. Here's one video to give you the idea. If you go to "Creative Links" and click on the title you can go and watch some other videos.
~~ Laura-Lee

How To Keep Your Poppy Attached

Remembrance Day is soon coming and Poppies can be seen being worn by almost everyone. However, with only those little, straight pins to attach them, more poppies are falling off, than staying on.

Through the years this has frustrated me, so I came up with a solution. And I will share it with you now. (don't you feel privileged?)

Here is my video of how to keep your poppy attached to your jacket, no matter the situation or the weather.

(And please remember on November 11 at 11:00 am to take a minute of silence to remember those in our military - past and present- who made sacrifices for our freedom. Many the ultimate sacrifice)

Sincerely, Laura-Lee

P.S. I took the time to type out the transcript of my video so that it could be Closed Captioned. So please click the CC button to get that.

Easy Craft to Give to Procrastinators (Good for Kids)

Do you know a person who always postpones things?

This is a good craft to make for a joke gift.

If they say things like, "I'll do it as soon as I get around to it.", then they will need one of these: A ROUND "TO IT"

NEEDED:

Paper

Printer

Cardboard (small piece)

Scissors

Glue (for paper)

Crayons and ribbon (optional)

DIRECTIONS (makes 2)

1) You print out the picture above (click the right click and hit "PRINT").

2) Once you print it out cut out the circles

3) cut out two pieces of cardboard

4) Glue a "CLOCK" picture onto one side of the round cardboard

5) Glue the "TO IT" to the other side of the cardboard

6) Color it OR

7) Punch a hole in it and tie a ribbon on it.

(Anything you  like)

Then you can give them a "round 'To it' " and they will never have an excuse NOT to accomplish something again.

** NOTE: Once you've made it, send me a picture of it to this blog email and I'll post it, if you wish.

EMAIL: LauraLeeWasHere@gmail.com

COOKIE CUTTERS How to Make Your Own

I have discovered a way to make your own COOKIE CUTTERS into any shape you wish. Learned it many years ago and have been using it ever since.
Thought  you might like to know about it. So here's the video.