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How to Keep a Cat in Your Yard
Keeping a cat as a pet is a fun and rewarding experience, but it can be challenging to feel safe letting them roam around outside. Wild animals, cars, and even other cats can pose a danger to your furry friend if they leave your yard to explore unattended...
How to Do Saddle Stitch Bookbinding
If you’ve ever felt that you couldn’t find a notebook that suited your specific purpose or needed a quick and easy way to put together a book or magazine, sewing it together yourself is an excellent option. This allows you to customize and make changes ho...
How to Lighten Dyed Hair with Baking Soda
If you're hoping to lighten your dyed hair with an at-home solution like baking soda, there are several options you can choose from. Add things like hydrogen peroxide, water, lemon juice, or an anti-dandruff shampoo to baking soda before mixing them toget...
How to Learn Czech
Czech is spoken by more than 12 million people all over the world, although most of them live in the former Czechoslovakia — now the two countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. While the language's long words and consonant clusters may seem intimida...
How to Stretch Your Elbow
There are a number of different reasons why you may need to stretch your elbow. Injuries to your elbow or lower arm, such as tennis elbow, or regular sports activities, such as martial arts, may require regular elbow stretches. Most elbow stretches includ...
How to Improve Lymphatic Drainage in the Legs
Your lymphatic system is an important part of your vascular system that removes toxins from your body and protects you from illnesses. It is made of a large network of lymphatic vessels that carry lymph through your body toward your heart. The circulation...
How to Join Silver Sneakers
If you're 65 years or older and are enrolled in a Medicare Advantage or Medicap health care plan, you're eligible for the SilverSneakers program. To join, visit their website and fill in their eligibility form. This directs you to a page where SilverSneak...
How to Install an Awning
Awnings are a great way to give your backyard or porch some shade without building a whole new structure. There are many different types of awnings, including retractable, portable, or even motorized. Installing an awning can seem intimidating, but as lon...
How to Groom a German Shepherd
The German shepherd dog breed is sometimes called “GSD” for convenience and “German shedding dog” because, well, it sheds a lot of fur! Depending on your GSD’s double coat and the time of year, you may need to brush its fur more than once a day to prevent...
How to Teach Percentage
Percentage is an important concept that students will use regularly in their everyday lives. Luckily, this means that many students already have an idea of what percentage means and you can relate it to their base knowledge. Start by assessing what studen...
How to Change the Nut on Your Guitar
Whether you’re a new or seasoned guitar player, you’ll need to maintain your instrument to keep it sounding great. This includes replacing your guitar’s nut—that grooved strip of material at the top of the neck that holds your strings in place. Changing t...
How to Build Fence Panels
Fence panels are short sections that make building a fence easier. Rather than constructing the entire fence one board at a time, build the panels then attach them to the fence posts. Panels are usually pre-made and available at hardware stores, but you c...
How to Use Cleansing Foam
Cleansing foams are deep-cleaning face washes that form a foamy, sudsy lather on your skin. While cleansing foams can be a bit too harsh for some skin types, they are a great option if you have oily, acne-prone skin. Washing your face with cleansing foam...
How to Identify Asbestos Mastic
Mastic is a type of glue used to adhere tiles and vinyl flooring to the subfloor. If your building was built before 1980, mastic mixed with asbestos may have been used to seal your tiles to the floor. Possible signs of asbestos mastic include discoloratio...
How to Make a Simple DIY iPad Stand at Home
While iPads are useful devices, they can be difficult to manage when you’re trying to multitask. Instead of purchasing a new stand to keep your tablet upright, try making one of your own at home! Depending on the situation, a variety of household items ca...
How to Recycle Brita Filters
Brita filters are an excellent tool when it comes to removing contaminants from your drinking water, but they do need to be replaced every 2-3 months. Due to the type of plastic that most filters are made out of, and the fact that contaminants in the filt...