If I'd Only Listened to My Mom, I'd Know How to Do This

A collection of tips, tricks, and techniques to maintain your home and lifestyle.

A collector of practical information, Jean B. MacLeod had useful tips scattered around her home: in the back of recipe files, in her personal notes, in the front of books. Finally she decided she had to find a better system to organize this goldmine of information, so she arranged the tips into book form: If I'd Only Listened to My Mom, I'd Know How to Do This. This encyclopedic yet accessible volume is the result.

Arranged alphabetically by topic in an easy-to-find, easy-to-read format, it offers a potpourri of options—countless simple yet effective solutions to everyday household problems that can save you time as well as money. Hints such as:

• To clean car windows rub them with cola which removes grease and film.
• To silence a dripping faucet, tie a piece of string to the faucet until you can fix it. The water will roll down the string, eliminating the dripping noise.
• To prolong the life of batteries, scrape both ends with sandpaper, a nail file or an emery board.
• To remove stains from carpet, spray foamy shaving cream on the stain, allow to sit for a few seconds, then rinse with a damp sponge.
• And many, many more.