Phones don’t swim, and if your favorite electronic device takes a dive, with Aquapac, it won’t be ruined.

Aquapacs are completely waterproof and surprisingly functional.

Accidents happen: your smartphone slips out of your hand and lands in a puddle, or your child drops it into the bathtub. With Aquapac, you don’t even have to remove your devices to use them. You can talk on the phone, change the music or even take pictures while your device is in its protective case. And the cases float, so if the Aquapac that’s holding your keys, money and passport winds up in the lake, it will float on the surface until you can fish it out. (Note: Not every device stays afloat in its waterproof Aquapac, so you’ll want to test it first in a bucket of water at home).

Aquapacs are available for cameras, phones, iPods, and more.

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It’s definitely unnerving to see a line of ants marching across the kitchen floor. But you don’t need to hire an expensive professional exterminator or spray toxic chemicals to banish nuisance ants from your home.

Mix a teaspoon of liquid soap and water in a quart-size spray bottle and spray areas where the ants are active. This will drown the ants and destroy the chemical trails left by worker ants so it will prevent more ants from invading your home. Vinegar and water should also do the trick.

The Natural Resource Defense Council recommends making your own ant traps from a mixture of borax, sugar, and water. Be careful with these if you have young children or pets because it’s not safe to ingest. Ants can’t digest cornmeal properly so that’s another way to get rid of them – sprinkle it around holes or ant trails.

If all else fails and you decide to go for pesticides, use baits in closed cases instead of sprays.

(From Yahoo! Green. Click here for more from this article.)

Pretty much everything in your house can be cleaned with a few simple natural ingredients picked up at your next trip to the grocery store.

A big $2 jug of white vinegar will go a long way when all you have to do is mix it 50/50 with water in a spray bottle and make an all-purpose cleaner that also helps disinfect.  A few drops of orange natural essence, (available at natural food stores such as Whole Foods) will help temper the vinegar smell.

Scrubbing with a little lemon juice and baking soda will remove stains from countertops and inside kitchen sinks. And try olive oil or flaxseed oil to polish wood furniture.

(From Yahoo.com)

 No-nonsense ways to keep cut flowers longer

• Use plain, lukewarm water for most cut flowers, but use cold water for bulb flowers, such as daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips.
• Change the water every 2 days – don’t just top it off. This is the single most effective thing you can do to keep your flowers looking fresh.
• Keep flowers out of direct sunlight, and move them to a cool place at night.
• Give daffodils their own vase – daffodil stems give off a compound that is toxic to other flowers.
• Keep cut flowers away from fruit, which releases a gas that causes flowers to age faster.

In today’s virus-ridden world, a computer keyboard that can be submerged in soap and water may be the key to your family’s health. Computer accessory manufacturer Unotron specializes in washable, antimicrobial keyboards and mice, to protect you and your loved ones from spreading germs and bacteria. They’re also completely waterproof, so no more worrying about your kids spilling their soda and making your keys sticky, since Unotron’s keyboards can be easily washed with detergent and water.