SheGyver Tip #2

We have an awesome toy Australian Shepherd named Murdoch. He weighs about 16 pounds and has a little bit of a Napoleon complex. He likes to sit on top of the back cushions on our dark blue family room couch because it gives him a good vantage point from which to view his domain...and because he's on constant mountain beaver alert. He leaves small bits of fine, white undercoat hair all over the blue couch.

So here's the tip: do you want to know how to get dog hair (especially the really fine, undercoat hair) off of your furniture or clothing? Put on some rubber dishwashing gloves (like the Playtex ones you can buy at the grocery store) and stroke your hands over the furniture. The dog hair will stick to the rubber gloves and get rolled into bundles that are easily removable!

SheGyver Tip #1

I came up with a word to describe a lady who is resourceful and uses a multitude of materials and methods (sometimes off-beat) to accomplish a task...SheGyver. Do you all remember watching McGyver on TV in the 80s? I do. I was always impressed with his ability to come up with a creative way to make things work.

My first SheGyver Tip: If you're away on vacation and staying in a condo or rental house that has a washer and dryer, and you need to do just ONE load of laundry, but can't (or don't want to) buy a whole box of laundry detergent, what can you do? Use a cheese grater to shred one of the little bars of guest soap! Before synthetic detergents, all laundry was done using soap. I use shredded soap all the time for our family's laundry because I have such a plentiful supply of soap pieces. It works great and is also biodegradable!

Do you have a SheGyver tip to share?