Where do you put your herbs that you use for cooking? Near the stove or in a spice rack up on the wall. Right? That's the worst place to put them. Here's why. When herbs are near heat, their volatile oils dry out. So therefore you end up with nothing in taste or flavor. Might as well toss them.

Now, start over again and this time put them in the best place. Do you have kitchen drawers in your kitchen? Well find one that is about waist high or a little lower. I don't want you to be bending while looking for your herbs. However, if you're in a wheel chair, you can put your herbs in the drawer that is down about level with the middle of your wheel. What I'm saying is the lower the better. For most of us, about waist high is good.

Get some baby food jars, the small ones, and fill the jars no more than ½ full of your herbs. Always have covers on the jars. If you have extra herbs on hand, put them in a sandwich bag, label the bag and toss in the freezer.

Do you buy vitamin E? Well, there is the real thing and the synthetic and they cost the same. I don't know about you, but I find vitamin E to be expensive. The synthetic looks the same, but does absolutely nothing for you. Zilch. Buy the synthetic and you might just as well put your money through the shredder.

The real McCoy will have the spelling of “d-alpha Tocopherol” . The synthetic will be spelled as “dl alpha tocopheryl” Also the real McCoy will have a list of four gammas.

Ever get a sore throat? Well, here's my formula and it works every time. Take some apple cider vinegar, about 2 tablespoonfuls, in a small juice glass and gargle with it a minute or two. Then take about a ½ of swallow of it. You'll swear you're gonna die, but trust me, you won't. Don't eat or drink anything, not even water for a good ½ hour. You might have to do it again later. But usually about one time is all you need. Give a try and let me know if it worked for you.

Speaking of apple cider vinegar..if you should ever burn something in a saucepan...empty the contents out of the saucepan and then pour enough apple cider vinegar in the bottom of the pan to just cover it. Let it set about ½ hour. The stuff should loosen up and your saucepan will look great again! If that doesn't work or you just want to hurry things up a little, turn the burner on and let it boil about 4 or 5 minutes. That should loosen things up so that you can clean like normal. You shouldn't have to even scrub this out.