6 DIY Snacks From An Expert Snacker

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Hello everybody, I hope you are all having a wonderful Saturday! Feeling a little hungry? Today I have 6 DIYs that should help any snacker become an expert, obviously like myself. Please let me know what you think in the comment section and if these tricks help you and your snacking life! 

A fun fact about me is that I come from a family who has always loved Oreos. I mean I truly feel that the addiction for Oreos is in my blood. So I thought I could share a little trick with you when it comes to the art of dunking an Oreo into milk if you didn’t know this trick already. Stab a fork into the creme of an Oreo for better milk dunking and clean fingers. This is the much fancier way of dunking but is for expert snackers only!

My best friend and I love to split a pint of ice cream, usually Ben & Jerry’s as we watch a movie on Netflix. Since we both are truly expert snackers, we came up with an amazing idea to share the ice-cream. Literally cut the whole ice cream container in half for a perfect split! The pints made out of cardboard are easy to cut through and when you leave the lid on, they are perfectly used as bowls!

Another easy trick I have learned though out my wise snacking years, is to use another pistachio shell to open pistachios! This is much easier for people like me who basically have no nails to help get that stubborn shell open.

I personally do not like cherries, but if you are a fan, my cousin taught me to pit a cherry with a paper clip, because it's the easiest way to do it! All you have to do is bend the edge of the paper clip out so it turns into a hook, and then you just scoop out the pit from the top!

This next tip I saw at a party with all of this Mexican food. What they did was they slid the prongs of a fork on the side of a hard shell taco to keep it standing without any spill while people put the stuff inside the taco. I thought this was a really cool idea that also looked nice. 

My last DIY for today is for picking up pizza. Use a liter soda bottle to keep pizzas level in the car seat! Car seats are made with a slight incline which could squish your pizza to one side by the time you get home. Propping a soda in the divot of the seat will keep the pizza laying flat! 

Want some ideas for snacks after school? Click HERE for 50 After Snacks! They have a lot of cool snack ideas and I guarantee you will find at least one you like. Anyway, thanks for reading and don’t forget to vote on my poll so I know what you guys would like to see!

5 DIYS To Improve Your Household

Mary Poppins  Knows How It's Done

Hello everyone! I am here again to show you some tricks I have learned throughout my life to improve your household. Feel free to let me know how these DIY tricks work for you if you try them!  Most of these I have learned from my amazing Grandma who in my eyes is better than Mary Poppins when it comes to cleaning and keeping a house looking nice and organized. 

Okay, the first trick I have learned is one to make more space in your closet. How, do you ask? Thread a cap from a soda can through the hook of a hanger to hook another hanger under that one. In my closet I can now hold three times the amount of clothes on each hanger which saves me so much space!

Another trick is one I learned about week ago when my bathroom sink clogged up and my grandma told my dad to pour hot water, baking soda and vinegar down the sink to speed up my drain. It worked really well and we didn’t have to go and buy any product to fix it!

Another one I found online a long time ago was to use the rough scrubbing side of a sponge to easily remove lint, or in my case, dog hair from your couch. My dog, Jake (the brown dog that’s in a picture from my previous post) is always on my couch and at this time of the year, is shedding like crazy! This trick always helps.

Have you ever bought something nice but it had an annoying label that you tried to rip off, but never came off completely? Use a mixture of vegetable oil and baking soda to remove stubborn sticky labels. I promise you, it works every time.

I have a compartment under my bed that used to have a basket full of cords that was literally over flowing and in one giant knot. When my Grandma came to Utah once, she saw the mess and thought of the idea to use toilet paper rolls to keep all your cords separate instead of having a box of tangled cords. This trick makes getting cords so much easier and it now takes no time at all to grab what I need and go.To make things even easier you could always label the toilet rolls to get what you want even faster.

And finally, people in Park City, are you still too lazy to clean your own house? Click HERE for Park City cleaning services! I haven’t ever used them for my house but the website seemed pretty legit if you need that kind of help. Anyway, those are my five DIY tricks to help improve your household. Hope these help and don’t forget to vote on my poll so I know what you guys would like to see in the future. Thanks for taking your time to read this and I’ll be posting again next Saturday!

DIY Travel Ideas For Only The Smoothest Travelers

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If you have read my “All About Me” post, you would know that I fly back and forth from Pennsylvania and Utah all the time. I personally feel like I have this traveling stuff down and want to share it with you!  Let me know if any of these help the next time you travel and also please vote on my poll!

Have you ever had smelly clothes after pulling them out of your suitcase from a long plane ride? Before you pack, throw a dryer sheet in to keep all of you clothing items fresh and smelling amazing! It’s also nice when you open a suitcase and get a giant whiff of freshness from that little sheet!
Most people I know fold there clothes into little squares, one on top of the other, when they pack. What they don't know is how they are folding there clothes is the reason why it always comes out so wrinkly! The best way to pack clothing items is to roll them! Rolling them not only prevents wrinkles, but takes up a lot less space, maybe letting you pack an extra pair of shoes! Want to save even more space? Shove all of those rolled up clothes into Ziploc bag. 

Need another way to save space? I always shove my underwear and socks into my shoes! You never realize how much space the inside of your shoes are taking until you try this tip! I can fit up to four pairs of socks into one shoe!
My grandma taught me that the best way to travel with your jewelry is to put them in an organizer pill container, then they won’t get lost, tangled together, or most importantly, stolen.

On my last trip I wanted to pack a necklace that happened to have be super thin. To keep it from tangling I threaded it through a plastic straw (like a cheap one from McDonalds) and then closed it. It’s so convenient and will never get tangled!
Need a sneaker place for money? Roll up your cash and stick it in an empty chap stick container. No one will ever know!

Something thats good to always remember if you are going someplace special is to pack an empty bag for all your souvenirs or presents on the way back. You'll be thankful you did it on the ride home!

Do you have a clothing item that is in need of folding and not rolling? Fold over tissue paper to prevent from wrinkling. To be honest with you I have never tried this trick myself but my dad always uses it for his suits since he travels all the time for business. I personally don’t know how that would work though!

Bringing a bottle of liquids like shampoo, conditioner, perfume or lotion? Take the cap off, wrap plastic wrap over the hole then seal the cap bag on. This trick I promise you will always work. I have used this trick ever since a whole bottle of condition destroyed half my wardrobe on a trip to Disney World!

DIYs That Will Change The Way You Clean

Cute Little Snow White!

Do you think you are an expert at cleaning? Think again! I have come up with seven tips to help you with the next time it is your job to clean up the whole house. I for one am a procrastinator when it comes to cleaning and then I end up with an enormous mess! These messes drive me crazy and I hate cleaning. If you are someone who hates cleaning as much as I do, You are going to LOVE this! Also, I found this cool site with more cleaning tips if you would like to check it out HERE. And lastly, please don't forget to vote on my poll!

When I have to do the dishes I find it completely disgusting when I'm cleaning a dirty plate with what looks like an every dirtier sponge! Want to fix this? Use a paper clip to hold up you sponge while you are not using it to prevent it from stewing in its own filth.

I hate it when the winter season comes along and when it's time to pull out the coats from my mudroom they are covered in filth! Surprisingly enough, my dad came up with this one. Prevent coats from dusting by cutting a hole in an old napkin or cloth and hanging it over the hanger.

Do you ever have a terrible scent coming from your sink as you do the dishes? Throw a half cut lemon into your garbage disposal to eliminate any odors.

If you're a procrastinator like me you probably only dust when you find your parent screaming at you to do it. Anyway, my aunt taught me this trick to dip a sock into a bowl with some vinegar and warm water, and use the sock as a glove while you're dusting. I love this trick and it’s way better than anything else I have ever used!

Cleaning the toilet is the worst job in the entire world. I feel like I’m going to throw up every time I do it and I HATE scrubbing the inside of it! The inside of the bowl always seems like the dirtiest part and I don;t understand why people use brushes to get rid of toilet grime when you can just pop in an alka-seltzer and let it sit for about twenty minutes. Boom! All that disgusting grime is gone once you flush!

Window gunk is disgusting and what I do is dip a Q-Tip into some vinegar to get rid of the small bits that form in the edges and corners of the windows.

 Have an old faucet that seems impossible to make shiny and new again? Rub you faucet with wax paper to get rid of spots and other stains. I think my grandmother taught me this one, but all I know is that it works like a charm!

I know this post might have been kind of disturbing for some but let me know what you think! I hoped this helped, happy cleaning!

Totally Useless DIYs Everyone Should Know

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Do you ever have a moment where you find a lazy trick to something just to make your life that much easier? That lazy girl inside of me loves when I find things like that. I know I haven't posted anything in a while, but this past Christmas break I have been writing down little tricks I've discovered while visiting my family in Philadelphia. My family also helped me come up with some of these. Also, my cousin found this website that gives you 5 Morning Hacks for the Lazy Teen if you want to check them out! Anyway, here are six that I have come up with and I hope you try some! And please don't forget to vote on my poll if you haven't already (I mean there is only over 1,500 days left). Anyway, enjoy!

Have an addiction for strawberries like myself? Have fun with eating them next time by using a straw. Stick the straw through the bottom up to easily pop off and remove the stem! I find that this is the best way to remove the whole stem without a huge mess or anything.

I love listening to music on my phone. For me it get's everything done faster. Like cleaning my room, doing school assignments (like this one) and pretty much everything else. I also hate earbuds and headphones. They never stay in and my dogs love to eat them. So I usually just use the speakers from my phone. To DIY my own speakers I put my phone (speaker facing down) into an empty bowl. The bowl will project its sound and will fill the whole room with music!

I remember watching a cake boss episode where one of the sisters teaches a group of girls the proper way to eat a cupcake. She told them the right way to eat a cupcake is to put the bottom cake part on the top to create a sandwich with the icing in the middle. It's probably the most genius thing in the history of the world. I mean it makes every bite have and equal amount of icing and cake! You have to try it it will change the way you eat cupcakes forever. 

This DIY is for the breakfast chefs (I think there's such thing). Any way, use an empty plastic water bottle to separate an egg yolk from its whites by squeezing the bottle and slowly loosening your hand so the air will suck up the yolk only. I remember my grandma showing me this when I was little. You're welcome.

The "gif" above may fool you but this DIY still has to do with chocolate, only my favorite thing in the universe that I could not live without. Did you know pulling the tab on a hershey kiss wrapper immediately unwraps the foil and pops out the beautiful chocolate? Again, you are so welcome.

I bet you didn't know that pulling a banana by the shorter stem will easily peel of in two sections! Yup thats right, its proven to remove the peel easier, which is why monkeys peel bananas like that in the wild!

5 DIY Tricks For Every Amazing Dog Owner

I, Kelley Hennessy, am a complete dog lover. I now have four dogs which can be hard to take care of.  Here are five tricks that will make every dog owner's life a little easier. (Click HERE for more tips!)

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Two of my dogs are husky, meaning long thick hair that gets everywhere! My mom found that using a squeegee (what you may use for car windows or maybe shower doors) is the best way to get that dog hair out of your carpet. Another thing that helps are damp rubber gloves. The gloves easily pick of the fur right into your hands! Leaving your carpet hair free. When it's my job to clean the carpets, I run a vacuum over everything first to get most of it up, but sometimes there are those tough hairs that are too tough for the vacuum, and that when I get my sister to due the rest with this easy trick.

 (Jake, he was our first dog which I am the closest with, five years old)

My two male dogs are much more hyper and always go crazy when it's time to eat. I notice that they will eat their food without even chewing it, which sometimes causes them to have hiccups or even get sick. When we told the vet about this problem he told us to add a tennis ball with their food to slow them down. The tennis ball makes it harder for dogs to gulf their food down since they have to work their way around the ball. This trick works most of the time until your dogs gets smart and tosses the ball out before eating!

(Naki, she's everyone's favorite and nicest and now acts like a mother to Teak, three years old)

One thing that comes with puppies is accidents. I remember one stain that would not come out with the pet cleaner we were using and when I did some research, I found that pouring dry baking soda straight onto the carpet and letting it sit for a few minutes made the carpet good as new! If use have a puppy, all you need is a thing of baking soda to do the trick.

(Teak, he's our newest to the family and the craziest, he's only ten months old)

My one dog has the worst breath in the world! When I would try to brush her teeth I would have to pin her down just to get the tooth brush in her mouth. Then I thought about putting dog tooth paste on treats to realize shortly after that she was just swallowing the toothpaste. Then my sister came up with the idea of putting the toothpaste on her chew toy and basically having her clean her own teeth! This idea has worked ever since but is something you have to keep up with to maintain a clean dog breath.

(Kea, she's our oldest and strongest, sixteen years old!)

I remember when after we brought our first dog home going to the pet store. I wanted to get him all of these toys but my mom would tell me they were all just too expensive. I noticed my dog would like to take water bottles of the recycling bin to play with. That's when I had the idea of making my own toys. All I did was add some treats to a plastic water bottle and cut little holes around it so he could smell them. I remember him running away with it to a corner and chewing on it for hours!

All About Me!

 Hi, my name is Kelley Hennessy. My birthday is November 9, 1999 making me fifteen years old today. I only have one younger sister named Quinn. We are exactly one year and one week apart. I was born in Pennsylvania and lived there for ten years. I had a big house, with a pool in the back and went to a catholic school with uniforms. 

 I have a huge family with my mom being one of eleven siblings, giving me over fifty cousins. Out of all of those cousins, I mainly grew up with three of them, we were like sisters and still are today. All of my mom’s family lived in the city of Philadelphia and we lived outside of it in the suburbs. I remember my mom not having to go to work when I was a baby, so my three cousins who were all my same age would always be dropped off since their parents had to go to work. We basically grew up together, most my best memories were with them.

 Then, five years ago, the summer before fifth grade was when my dad wanted to live “the mountain life” and we packed our bags for Park City, Utah. It was hard for my family to see me go since we are so close, but we made it happen and I still fly out to see them every Christmas, spring and summer break.  

 When I first moved here I went to Park City Day School, a small private school on Pinebrook Road. They had uniforms, but was much less strict and I loved it there. I skid more than I ever did, and made new friends, some I still have today. I also started going to dance at Dance Tech which happened to be right down the road from me. There I mainly did ballet and hip-hop, but also did jazz and tap for a year.

 In the summer before seventh grade, I knew I didn’t want to go to Park City Day School anymore because I I did there would have been only three other kids in my ENTIRE grade! I remember going to summer camp and having all of these friends that were going to Ecker Hill and they told me all about it. That seventh was when I started in the ParK City School District, and have been there ever since! I’ m now in Treasure mountain and cannot wait to get into the High School building next year!

 I enjoy the simple things in life. Being in a happy state of mind, and I don't think people should settle for less than they deserve. I always look toward the next best thing or special event. I enjoy seeing others happy. When someone else is down, it breaks my heart. I've been through more than most people my age, but hey, it's what has made me stronger. Life has thrown me challenges, and so far, I've come out on top. I love music, hanging with friends and family, cheer and sadly, Starbucks (I'm addicted). Favorite cheesy quote: "There is more to life than beauty on the outside, what's on the inside is where it counts." :)