Article: A fabric freshening spray, such as Febreeze, is a good quick fix if you need to neutralize an odor. While it might not deal with tougher odors, it'll work as an easy first line of defense. You should spray the pillow lightly with fabric spray and avoid saturating it. With the pillowcase removed, sprinkle baking soda liberally over both sides of the pillow. Let it sit for up to 15 minutes for basic odor removal. For tougher jobs, let it sit for at least 30 minutes. You can also sprinkle the pillow with borax if you prefer it or don't have baking soda on hand. Use a handheld vacuum cleaner or a hose attachment on a floor vacuum to remove the baking soda. Vacuuming will also remove dust, skin cells, and other particles from within the pillow. It's wise to invest in an inexpensive handheld vacuum that you use only for your bedding. That way, you won't use the same appliance for both your floors and places you rest your face. Using sunlight to disinfect and deodorize is an old fashioned technique that many manufacturers now recommend. Hang your pillow outside on a clothesline on a warm, sunny day for natural odor removal. To keep it from picking up allergens, choose a day with a low pollen count to air out your pillow. Give it a quick vacuuming after hanging it outside.
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Mist the pillow with a fabric freshener. Sprinkle baking soda onto the pillow. Vacuum up the baking soda after letting it sit. Try leaving the pillow out in bright sunlight.
Article: As soon as the wisteria is done flowering, it is time to get out your tools again. This includes your hand pruners, ladder, and gloves. If you are doing hard pruning on an old wisteria, get out the loppers or pruning saw. This will help tame the vine, and encourage it to produce more blooms the following year. Try to leave 5 to 6 leaves on each shoot. This way, you will have enough leaves left behind for a visually-appealing appearance, but not so many leaves that the vine wastes energy on them. Wisteria is a vine, which means that it grows on a pergola or wire support. Some of the shoots help keep the vine attached to the pergola or wire support. Other shoots stick out randomly and lead to an unruly appearance. It is these shoots that you should cut away. It would be a good idea to cut back any root suckers as well, especially for grafted vines. Root suckers are thin vines or branches without any flowers or leaves on them. This will help maintain a tidy appearance and encourage more blooms. How far you trim depends on how long and unruly the shoots get. About 1 to 2 leaf joints would be ideal, however. Some people like the way the seedpods look, while others prefer to cut them away. If you decide to leave the seedpods on, be aware that they will burst once temperatures rise.
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Get out your tools and prepare to prune again in late summer. Cut the shoots down to 6 inches (15cm) each. Trim away shoots that aren't necessary for the vine's support. Trim the new growth back every 2 weeks until summer is over. Decide whether or not you want to leave the seedpods on.
Article: This might be the worst type of "compliment" there is. A backhanded compliment is one that sounds really nice at first, but then the real meaning of the statement hits. It's a passive-aggressive way to really hurt a person's feelings. It's possible to deliver a backhanded compliment without even knowing you're doing it. For example, you might say something like, "Wow, I really like your hair today. What's different?" By saying this, you're implying that you don't like the person's hair very much on other days. Or you might say, "You're amazing at baseball, for a girl." Attaching a qualifier to the end of your compliment turns it into an insult. Yelling a "compliment" at someone walking down the street is actually highly insulting. The point of a compliment is to make someone feel good, and yelling about someone's physical features is likely to do just the opposite. Even if some people say they like being cat called, not everyone does not by a long shot. If you really want to make someone feel good, even a stranger, don't yell something in passing. The same rules apply to giving compliments to a stranger and giving compliments to someone you know: you need to find something sincere to say and deliver your compliment respectfully. You probably already know what these are, and you'd probably never say them to someone. Even if you have a huge crush on someone and you want to ask her out actually, especially if you want to ask someone out don't try to compliment someone on a sexual body part. It's just rude, and in certain settings this type of comment can be construed as sexual harassment. Keep your compliments polite!
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Avoid backhanded compliments. Don't mistake a cat call for a compliment. Avoid demeaning comments.