http://www.rvpark.com

http://www.rvparkguideusa.com/

 

 

Made In America Product List 

 

Made in America Resource Guide

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/MadeInAmerica/made-america-resource-guide-find-american-companies/story?id=13057404

 

 

      RADA cutlery made in Waverly, Iowa USA since 1948

 

                A special "Thank You" to Cherri Rodgers and Buster Chapman for your list. www.madeinusa.org

 

FOOD:

Horizon organic milk

Clabber Girl baking powder

Michael Angelo’s Baked Ziti & Meatballs

Redmond Real Salt Sea Salt

PowerBars

Bakers & Chefs canned chicken

Kroger saltines

Hidden Valley Ranch dressing

Heinz 57 Sauce

Riceland foods

French’s mustard

Private Selection organic ketchup  (Kroger)

American Health Chewable Acidophilus (I’m including this here, as it is for digestive health)

 

TOILETRIES:

Caress soap

Aussie styling gel

LaMaur Vita/e hair spray

Big Sexy hair spray

Q-tips

Reach toothbrushes

WalMart brand cotton balls

Pantene

Gillette style gel (men’s)

C.O. Bigelow Barber shave gel (Bath & Body Works)

C.O. Bigelow Barber aftershave balm (Bath & Body Works)

Fruit of the Earth Aloe Vera Crystal Clear Aloe Gel

                                                                                                                 

Cindy Crawford's Meaningful Beauty Skin Care

Dove mouse and facial lotion

 

CLEANING:

Ecos organic lavender laundry detergent (Sam’s)

Downy Wrinkle Releaser

Spray’n Wash

Lysol toilet bowl cleaner

Murphy’s oil soap

Mr. Clean

Armorall Glass wipes

Armorall original protectant wipes

 

MISC:

 

Anchor Hocking, glass bowls for re-heating, storing, baking.  Five year warranty.   Oven safe, dishwasher safe, microwave safe.  Even the lids say MADE IN THE USA.   Let's pitch those plastics, and use the safe glass containers and get rid of the chemicals  and smell.

 

Ocelo sponges. 

 

HS, Inc.  Makes heavy plastic bowls, for deserts, etc. and more.   Pretty colors, no smell. 

 

Diamond toothpicks

Glad tall kitchen trash bags

Miracle-Gro

Brawny papertowels

GE lightbulbs

Kleenex

Crayola crayons (most)

Yankee candles

                                                                                                                 

Trader Joe's reusable cotton tote

Mod Bod shirts (select styles & colors)

Men suit Hugo Boss

 

 

CHRISTIAN CHAINS:

(**  I’m adding this, if anyone is interested, as we try to patronize Christian companies.  I would love for someone to add to this list!!)

Hobby Lobby

What-a-Burger

Chick-fil-A

 

 

 

 

 

Tips For Food

 www.StillTasty.com - provides freshness tips for food

 

 

Tips for Natural Cleaning

http://www.eartheasy.com/live_nontoxic_solutions.htm

 

 

 *For those of us Pipeliners who travel and have a travel trailer*

When we first bought or travel trailer we used the camping chemicals for our black water holding tank.
Well over the course of time the chemicals have gotten weaker or the tank was just not coming clean, so I did some research and to my surprise i found out that the sewage treatment plants use PEROXIDE to help break down the waste product and reduce the odor. So i thought if they use it why can't I, it works for them maybe it willl help us. It does, everytime I dump the waste tank I flush the tank and put 2 large bottles of peroxide and a bit of water. It works and is more cost efficent.  

 

 All this time you've just been putting Bounce in the dryer! 
 
1. It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them. It also repels mice. 
2. Spread sheets around foundation areas, or in trailers, or cars that are sitting and it keeps mice from entering your vehicle. 
3. It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often. 
4. It repels mosquitoes. Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop when outdoors during mosquito season. 
5. Eliminate static electricity from your television (or computer) screen. 
6. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling. 
7. Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
8. To freshen the air in your home - Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet. 
9. Put Bounce sheet in vacuum cleaner. 
10. Prevent thread from tangling. Run a threaded needle through a sheet of Bounce before beginning to sew. 
11. Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing. 
12. To freshen the air in your car - Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat. 
13. Clean baked-on foods from a cooking pan. Put a sheet in a pan, fill with water, let sit overnight, and sponge clean. The anti-static agent apparently weakens the bond between the food and the pan. 
14. Eliminate odors in wastebaskets. Place a sheet of Bounce at the bottom of the wastebasket. 
15. Collect cat hair. Rubbing the area with a sheet of Bounce will magnetically attract all the lose hairs. 
16. Eliminate static electricity from Venetian blinds. Wipe the blinds with a sheet of Bounce to prevent dust from resettling. 
17. Wipe up sawdust from drilling or sand papering. A used sheet of Bounce will collect sawdust like a tack cloth. 
18. Eliminate odors in dirty laundry. Place an individual sheet of Bounce at the bottom of a laundry bag or hamper. 
19. Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight. 
20. Golfers put a Bounce sheet in their back pocket to keep the bees away. 
21. Put a Bounce sheet in your sleeping bag and tent before folding and storing them. It will keep them smelling fresh. 
22. Wet a Bounce sheet, hose down your car, and wipe love-bugs off easily with the wet Bounce. 

These are great! DID YOU KNOW? Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do it. Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster. Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold! Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating.. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better fo r cooking.. Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking. To really make scrambled eggs or omelettes rich add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up. For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt chocolate mint patties in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting. Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic. Reheat Pizza Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works. Easy Deviled Eggs Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up. Reheating refrigerated bread To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster. Newspaper weeds away Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch20and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get through wet newspapers. Broken Glass Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.. Flexible vacuum   To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum.� It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings. Reducing Static Cling Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when� wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and.. ta da!... static is gone. Measuring Cups Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out. Foggy Windshield ? Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car .. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser! Works better than a cloth! Reopening envelope If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Viola! It unseals easily. Conditioner Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair. Get Rid of Ants Put20small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can'tdigest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed! INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something else; he took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material... I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like. W ell ...the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit.You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free... that nice fragrance too. You know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box ..well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to potentially burn your house down with it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months.He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long! How about that!! Learn something new everyday! I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share! Note:� I went to my dryer and tested my screen by running water on it. The water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in the mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water and a nylon brush and I had it done in 30 seconds. Then when I rinsed it. the water ran right through the screen! There wasn't any puddling at all! That repairman knew what he was talking about!

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