How To
How to Organize Your Household Cleaning Supplies
Smart organization of household cleaning supplies can help you locate specific supplies when you need them. Organizing your supplies wisely can also help ensure that potentially hazardous products are stored properly and safely. There are lots of ways to...
How to Tell if a Guy Is Interested in You
So you've met this great guy, and you've maybe been flirting a little bit, how do you tell if he's actually interested? While these signs are not an exact science, it's pretty likely if he's exhibiting more than a couple of these actions and signals that...
How to Manage a Human Resources Department
The human resources department of any company or organization is responsible for recruiting and retaining employees, managing benefits and salary, training and compliance, working to resolve issues between management and employees, and contributing to a s...
How to Fall Asleep when You Can't
You're in lying awake in bed, and you want nothing more than to slip off to dreamland—but what do you do when you just can't fall asleep? Everyone experiences trouble sleeping sometimes, but it's still frustrating when it happens to you. Fortunately, ther...
How to Dry Acorns for Crafts
Acorns, the nut from oak trees, are a commonly harvested food that are eaten raw or used in recipes. Acorns usually ripen and fall in September and October. There is often an overabundance of acorns and they can alternatively be used for crafts. Children...
How to Make and Use Water Wicks for Houseplants
You’re all set to go on your fun vacation when it hits you—how are you supposed to water your plants? Luckily, it’s super quick and easy to make your own water wicks to water your plants while you’re away. In this article, we’ll show you how to make a wat...
How to Remove Motor Oil from Concrete Driveway
Motor oil quickly seeps into the layers of the driveway, which makes removal difficult. Attacking the stain while it is fresh will produce the best results.
How to Repair a Picket Fence
A picket fence endures everything that Mother Nature unleashes outdoors. As a consequence, any fence will eventually need to be repaired.
How to Count Your Sugar Intake
Sugar is everywhere. It's loaded into our soft drinks and candy; we add it to our coffee in the morning; it's hidden in frozen foods and soups; and even in health drinks that are supposed to be so good for us. Sugar is fine in moderation. However, too mu...
How to Convert Hexadecimal to Binary or Decimal
How do you change those funny numbers and letters to something you or your computer can understand? Converting hexadecimal to binary is very easy, which is why hexadecimal has been adopted in some programming languages. Converting to decimal is a little m...
How to Make a Hospital Birth a Natural Birth
Having a natural birth means delivering your baby without medical intervention. You might decide to have a natural birth to feel more involved in the process or to avoid unnecessary drugs and procedures. When you’re having a natural birth, you don’t have...
How to Teach Your Child Good Interpersonal Communication Skills
Children learn a lot of interpersonal communication skills naturally through their interactions with others, but that doesn't mean there's no need to help them as they learn and grow. Just like you work with your child on their academic skills, you can te...
How to Use Thickeners in Cooking
Pies, gravies, puddings, stews and many more recipes require a specific consistency to successfully create the final dish. To thicken the consistency most recipes call for the addition of common types of powder to thicken the consistency without adding e...
How to Buy a Personal Protection Dog
A personal protection dog has been trained to defend you in the event you are attacked or threatened by another person or animal. Personal protection dogs have received special training and are either sold by the organizations who trained them or by law e...
How to Determine the Resale Value of a Computer
Wondering how much your desktop or laptop computer is worth? We'll show you how to determine your computer's resale value so you know how to price it when it's time to sell!
How to Handle Valentine's Day in a New Relationship
Valentine’s Day for new couples may feel as awkward as a 10-ton gorilla doing ballet, given that your feelings for one another are very new and you're not sure where your relationship is headed. Whether you’ve been on only one date or have been seeing eac...