How to keep a windshield crack from Spreading

This is a hard pin to know if it really works or not.  I think the type of crack,  how long the crack has been there and where the crack is all make a difference in if it really works or not.  But the pin just states that you can fix any crack with nail polish and with that statement I have to say that no, this pin does not work.  I live in Utah, where they put a lot of sand and gravel on the road, mix that with big semis and you get a lot of cracks on your windshield.  I am already on my second windshield in 4 years, that is how often you get chips in your windshield and if you do not fix them, they turn into big huge cracks in your windshield.  I had a chip that I wanted to seal off on my own so I tried this pin and let me tell you, I now have a crack that runs the length of my windshield from that small chip.  So I have to say this pin does not work at all, it has all the hallmarks of one that would work, it is cheap, it is easy and takes hardly any time at all but it just does not work.   It is best to leave it to the pros and let them fix it for you.  Most insurance plans cover them, anyway and it only takes a minute for them to fill the chip in. 

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You can find the original pin here:
htttp://www.liluna.com

Buttermilk Blueberry Banana Bread

I was excited about this bread and hoping that it would turn out really good.  Plus, it looks so pretty wrapped up in paper so that you could give this away.  Let me tell you, this was not the best bread out there.  We didn't even eat all of the loaves that we made.  It was okay but if you are looking for a really good bread this was not the one.  It was easy to put together, you probably have most of the ingredients but the blueberries.  It was not a huge cost and the bread was moist and soft but the overall taste just failed to be there. 
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you can find the original pin here: www.damndelicious.net

Sausage Tortellini

Doesn't this look so good and it was a crock pot meal too, I was so excited to try this.  I will suggest a few things, first I did not even want to eat it because of the way it turned out but I think the main thing to make it better would be to not cook the pasta for very long.  Put the pasta in last for about 20-30 minutes and I think this would have turned out great.  The pasta was in so long that it fluffed up and became soggy.  The good news is our dog enjoyed a few good meals out of it. 

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You can find the original pin here:
http://icecreamwithafork.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/crock-pot-sausage-cheese-tortellini/

M&M Monster Dip

I decided to make this while my kids had friends over so that I had plenty of taste testers.  I have to say by the way they all felt and the way I felt, this was not the best.  We make a cookie dough dip that is to die for(on this blog) and I think we were comparing the two and this just did not match up.  It tasted too much like one ingredient and was just not that good. It did not take that long and was easy to make, the ingredients were a cost but not too expensive but when the end product doesn't turn out good then the cost is too much. Other than that the overall taste was just not there.

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You can find the original pin here:
www.sixsisters.com

Make Nail Polish Last Longer

So, I was really excited about this test because who doesn't struggle with making their nail polish last longer.  I am sad to say that this did not work at all, not even a little bit.  My nail polish still came off as usual and did not last any longer than normal.  It was easy and cheap enough but that does not matter if it does not work.  So I give this a Pins Down.

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You can find the original post by linking here:
http://www.raininghotcoupons.com/how-to-easily-make-nail-polish-on-nails-last-longer/

Brownie BItes with Rolos

I  have to say I was disappointed in these.  ROLOS are my favorite candy so when I see anything with rolos in it, I am so excited to try it.  I pinned these without looking at the directions but I wondered how she got her brownies so perfectly square, I found out when I finally read the directions that she has a brownie bite pan.  First, I have never even seen such a pan and second I hate having to have something special to make something.  So I made my pan of brownies and I stuck a rolo in about what I thought every square would be.   Once I cooked them and tasted them, they were good but the rolos had almost had parts of them that got really hard and chewy and was not the best texture to try and eat.  I really wish these would have turned out better, don't they look like they are so, so good?

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Original pin can be found here: http://www.cookingonthefrontburners.com/2013/07/brownie-with-rolos.html

Cookie Dough Truffles

Oh my gosh, do these not look so yummy??  I thought so too, so I was excited to make them and I am sad to say they were terrible, so much so that I threw them all away.  They were to much dense chocolate, it was like eating a mouthful of cocoa powder, not a pleasant taste.  Such a sad disappointment because they really do look so good.

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Original pin can be found here: http://insidebrucrewlife.com/2013/08/chocolate-peanut-butter-cup-cookie-dough-truffles/

Double Chocolate Chip Pudding Cookies

These were good but had a very weird texture to them.  I could not get past the texture of the cookies, it made the whole experience bad.  Although, they tasted good and were easy to make, I would not make them again because of the texture.

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Crock Pot Beef and Broccoli

I was really excited for this meal, it claimed it was as good as any Chinese takeout so I had to give it a try.  Nope, it was not that good, the meat was tough and dry and the taste was nothing like Chinese takeout.  I was pretty disappointed in the whole meal and will not make this again.

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Lunch Lady Brownies

We tried these lunch lady brownies the other night and I have to say they were good but nothing that I would make again.  I felt like they were sort of dull and lacked a real chocolate taste and they definitely did not fly off of the plate like some desserts do. Nothing to write home about or a whole blog post about.

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Maple and Brown Sugar Pork Tenderloin

Let me just start with explaining my theory to you.  If it is better than what I am already doing than I will switch over, if it taste good enough to add to my recipes and to make again, then I will make it again that being said if it does not work better or taste good enough I will not add it to my existing lifestyle.  That being said it does not mean that some things do not taste good or that some things do not work it just means that it is not better than what I am already doing so it is not worth switching over.  Let me say that I do love the Six Sisters and make stuff of theirs all of the time and it almost always turns out great.  That is not to say that this pork was not good, it tasted good and we all ate it but it was not good enough for me to say "I have to make that again and again."  I will not be making this again or adding it to my recipe list.  Did it taste ok, yes, did it taste great, no!! It was lacking in taste and needed much more sauce.  It turned out kind of dry and chewy and needed something to help it in that area.  It takes all day to make in the crock pot and for all of that time you want it to taste great, like when I make Cafe Rio Pork, but it was just lacking in so many areas.

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Using VInegar to get rid of weeds

I keep seeing this pined on Pinterest and had to put my experience with it on here.  I tried this last year when my yard was covered in weeds.  I thought it was great because vinegar is relatively cheap and it is environmentally safe.  Let me just say that this does not work.  It may kill your existing weeds but new ones pop back up right away and it does not kill all weeds, which is what happened when I used it.  My neighbor tried it and it did not work at all for her.  If you are looking for environmentally safe there are products out there that are environmentally safe and if you are just looking to kill your weeds and not have them come back, roundup will never fail you.  IT is the best.


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Pancakes

These were described as the best pancakes ever and I have to tell you, I followed the directions to a T and they turned out exactly the same as normal pancakes that come from a mix.  Mine were not big and fluffy and did not taste any different.  There must be a step missing to get them to look like this because using their directions did not make mine look like this at all.

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PAPER CONES

THIS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY I LOVE PINTEREST BUT DISLIKE IT AT THE SAME TIME.  I UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES IT IS EASIER TO JUST BUY SOMETHING RATHER THAN MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN AND OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE HAVE STORES AND USE PINTEREST TO PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESS BUT WHEN YOU SELL SOMETHING THAT IS SO EASILY ACCESSIBLE FOR FREE IT SEEMS SILLY TO ME. THIS PIN IS FOR A STORE THAT SELLS THE PATTERN TO MAKE THESE CONES BUT YOU CAN GET A PATTERN FOR THESE CONES ON LINE FOR FREE AND IN A SNAP.   THESE CONES ARE SUPER EASY TO MAKE, SUPER EASY TO FIND A PATTERN AND ARE AN AWESOME IDEA FOR MAKING FORMS TO MAKE TREES RATHER THAN BUYING THOSE EXPENSIVE FOAM CONES AT THE STORE.  JUST DO A SEARCH FOR CONE PATTERN AND ALL KINDS WILL POP UP FOR YOU.  SORRY TO THE PERSON WHO IS SELLING THE PATTERN FOR TAKING ANY BUSINESS AWAY FROM YOU, I AM ALL FOR USING PINTEREST TO PROMOTE BUSINESS.

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BAKED RAVIOLI

I WAS NOT A FAN OF THIS DISH, AT ALL.  IT DID NOT TURN OUT GREAT AND THE TASTE WAS NOT THE BEST.  IT WAS QUICK TO PUT TOGETHER AND PRETTY CHEAP IT JUST DID NOT TASTE ALL THAT GREAT.  IT IS DEFINITELY NOT ONE THAT I WILL MAKE AGAIN.

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HOMEMADE LOTION

AT FIRST I REALLY LIKED THIS LOTION IT SEEMED SOFT AND MOISTURIZING BUT THEN IT WAS ON MY HANDS FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND IT BECAME REALLY OILY, WHICH I HATE.  IT ALSO SMELLS LIKE BABY LOTION, WHICH I LOVE THE SMELL OF JUST NOT ON ME.  I STILL STAND BY AQUAPHOR, NEUTROGENA HAND CREAM AND EUCERIN CALMING CREAM. I HAVE NOT FOUND ANYTHING THAT BEATS THAT YET.  IF YOUR HANDS ARE REALLY BAD, UTTER BALM WORKS REALLY WELL TOO.

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Glitter between Nail polish

This pin only works if you have a really, really thick glitter.  I had just a normal glitter and it did not work at all so I am assuming that if you had a thicker glitter it would turn out more like the picture.  I always love when I already have the products that a pin calls for so it is always a bummer when only a specific product will work for the pin which is what happened in this case.  For those reasons I am giving it a pins down.

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Using Vaseline with Mascara

I have to say I absolutely hated this pin.  It states that if you use vaseline it will lengthen your lashes and that the mascara will not cake or clump. The reason I did not like this was that I had to have a whole other wand to use for the vaseline, it was super hard to get the vaseline on the wand and it was a mess plus it really did not make my lashes look that much different.  Baby powder works so much better and is so much easier than this pin.

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Getting your towels fluffy

I always wonder how the same recipe or something ends up on Pinterest but with a totally different use.  This pin for getting your towels fluffy again is the same exact pin for getting rid of the mildew smell out of your towels and I am here to tell you that it does not work.  You are not going to get the results you are looking for with this pin.   Plus I am so weary of using baking soda in much else other than cooking ever since I used it to unclog my drains and it clogged them and to clean my shower head and it made it worse or to clean my stove and it left huge white streaks for months.  Baking soda is my nemesis and it does not work on things that have to do with cleaning.  There is a reason our parents quit using it and waited for something more advanced to come out for cleaning around the house, it's because it is the worst at cleaning around the house.  So if you happened to miss my point here, this does not work and you will not get the results you are searching for.

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Cleaning stinky, mildew towels

This is a different method of cleaning your stinky, mildew towels and one I do not feel worked at all and after a week the smell was back. The other test I did on the towels with Lysol worked awesome! Enough so that I washed them with Lysol three weeks ago and the smell still has not come back. I still wash them every week just not with the Lysol.  This test requires you to run the towels through two washes and then the smell comes back with the lysol version you only run it through once and the smell does not come back.

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For the Lysol version click on this link: http://thecraftpatch.blogspot.com/2012/12/cleaning-stinky-towels-better-way.html