Recipe for success with soft, smooth feet

Dear Heloise: Summer is so hard on my feet.

Didn’t you have a recipe with things I have in the pantry to help my feet? J.K. in Texas

Yes, and it’s easy to make and costs only a few pennies. Use:

1‚Ñ2 cup baby, mineral or vegetable oil

1 cup granulated sugar

1 to 3 drops of lavender, orange or eucalyptus oil

Mix the above ingredients together in a small bowl. Place in a container and keep near the bathtub or shower. Use it as a foot scrub to get rid of dead skin after bathing, then rub a good-quality moisturizer over your feet. If you do this every time you bathe, your feet will be smooth and summer-ready in no time! Heloise

Dear Readers: Here are some other uses for plastic wading pools:

UFill with ice and drinks for a party.

UFill with soapy water to soak window screens while cleaning.

UUse as a delivery room for puppies.

UPlace a highchair in one for less mess during feeding time. Heloise

Dear Heloise: I somehow manage to get a nick or cut sometimes when I am preparing food. It’s always just a bitty thing, but it requires a bandage. To prevent any contamination of the remaining food, I clean and apply a bandage to the cut and then wear an exam glove on that hand.

Another good use for those exam gloves is when you are preparing onions, garlic, chicken or fish — no mess on your hands, and no odor. Susie, via e-mail

Dear Heloise: I’m a jewelry maker and a new grandma. I’ve found that small, plastic baby-food containers are perfect for holding small seed beads. Carole Bellacera, Manassas, Va.

Dear Heloise: Why can’t people keep toilet paper where guests can see it? I hate to rummage through cabinets when people don’t assure that a full roll is available.

I make fabric covers for toilet paper to be placed on the back of the commode. Nelda, Houston

Dear Heloise: Here is a huge lifesaver for me. I keep powdered milk in my pantry because it is just my husband and me. Usually I prepare something that requires milk to cook. If I am out of regular milk, I just go to my pantry, follow the directions on the box to mix up just what I need, and we are able to continue cooking with no problem and no panicked rush to the store. Jennifer P., Port Charlotte, Fla.

Sound Off

Dear Heloise: Why don’t companies that bottle vitamins and other supplements show the size of the pill or capsule on the label? I have several bottles of expensive supplements that are too large for me to swallow. It would be a great help if they would show the size on the label. B.J., via e-mail

SBlt Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or you can fax it to (210) HELOISE or e-mail it to Heloise@Heloise.com.

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