Text numbers are often abbreviated numbers, rather than 10 digit numbers. This is called the shortcode. Use your default text message app to create a new text message. This is the Sprint Free Message service that blocks text numbers. This tells Sprint that you wish to block the number. You can use the 5 digit shortcode or phone number. For example, " block <1234567891>." This code must be at least 4 characters long. This will block the number from sending you text messages.

Summary: Find the number that was used to send the text. Write a new text message. Add 9999 as the recipient. Type the word block into the body of the text message. Add the number or shortcode in brackets. Send the text message.

Practically any grain, nut, or seed can be turned into flour. Try exotic items such as quinoa, popcorn, acorns, and peas to the more traditional options like rice, wheat, oats, and barley. Fresh, whole wheat berries, rye berries, whole oats and the like can often be found at health food stores, sold in bulk. They'll be white, russet, purple or amber-colored. And it's cheaper by volume than the pre-made stuff, too! Know what kind of flour you want to make. Want whole wheat flour? Get whole wheat berries (they don't look like berries -- that's just what they're called). Want rye flour? Get rye berries. Flour ain't no rocket science! Each kind lends itself to a different use. Spelt, Emmer and Einkorn grains are on the comeback and are healthy versions of wheat, too. For yeast breads, hard red (winter or spring) wheat is best. For breads that don't need yeast (like muffins, pancakes, and waffles), soft white is the standard choice. Spelt, kamut, and triticale work, too. If you'd like to spend hours cranking for your daily forearm workout, you're more than welcome. Or you could throw the seeds/berries/nuts/beans in your blender/food processor/coffee grinder and let it do the work for you. If you do use some sort of electric device, the higher powered it is, the finer your flour will be. The manual mill really has one advantage: It doesn't produce any heat to damage the nutrients of the seeds. Other than that, it just takes a lot of time. The main drawback of electric mills is that they're just mills and they're a bit expensive (your cheapest one is going to run at about a couple hundred bucks). The only downside of using a blender/food processor/coffee grinder is that it may not get you the finest quality of powder ("finest" here meaning like small, not of good quality). It all depends on the specific product you're using.

Summary: Obtain your grains, seeds, nuts, beans...something to grind to a pulp. If you're going for wheat flour, know what's best for your cooking needs. Choose your grinding mechanism.

Figure out how deep the hook is stuck in your skin. If the hook is stuck deep in the tissue, simply removing the barb and pushing the hook through will not work. If this is the case, you will need to an alternative method to remove the hook. If the hook is stuck in deeply, take a foot-long piece of fishing line and make a loop around the bend of the hook. Try to do this without moving the hook around too much. You don't want the injury to hurt more or get the hook stuck in deeper because you were being careless. Hold string in one hand and push down on the eye of the hook with the other hand. Essentially, you are trying to keep the hook exactly where it is for the moment. Again, make sure you don't push the hook in deeper when applying pressure to the eye of the hook. Whoever has the hook caught in his skin is not going to like what comes next. Have him focus on something else, look away, or tightly close his eyes. You may want to have the individual take a shot of alcohol, if available, to help take the edge off of the pain. Pushing down on the eye of the hook keeps the barb from ripping a much larger hole on the way out. While still applying pressure to the eye of the hook, yank as hard as you can on the fishing wire you attached to it. This will rip out a sizable chunk of skin, but the hook will come with it. Be aware the hook can spring out with a lot of speed. Make sure the remover and bystanders are as clear as possible from the trajectory of the removed hook. Irrigate the wound as soon as the fish hook is removed by pouring clean water, wound cleanser, or saline solution on it. Let it bleed freely for a minute or so. Once the wound has been irrigated, make sure to hold pressure on or below the cut to stop severe bleeding. Make sure to apply pressure for five minutes to 30 minutes after ripping the hook out. If bleeding has not slowed by then, you may need to seek medical assistance.

Summary: Assess the wound. Attach fishing wire. Apply pressure to the hook. Distract the patient. Yank the string. Apply pressure.

Instructions for making a simple border are in each of the methods above, but this section addresses a few more interesting ways add the finishing touch to your blanket. Fringe is one of the easiest ways to decorate a blanket. Here are instructions for simple fringe. Decide how long you want your fringe, then find a piece of cardboard or something else (a CD case, a book) that is the same size. (E.g., if you want a 3" fringe, find something that is 3" wide.) Wrap your yarn several times around the cardboard. With a pair of scissors, cut the yarn in half. You now have several pieces of yarn that are double the desired length of your fringe. Take a crochet hook and insert it into the top of a stitch at the end of your finished blanket. Take two pieces of fringe yarn, hold them together and fold them in half so there is a loop at the top. Insert the crochet hook through the yarn loop and pull the loop through the fabric of your blanket. Remove the hook and pass the ends of the yarn through the loop to make a knot. Tighten gently. Skip two stitches and add another fringe. Continue to the end of your blanket, then add fringe to the other end. A simple single crochet border is more interesting with two colors. Here's how to do it. Follow the instructions above to make a simple single crochet border all around your blanket. In the last stitch, you will switch colors. To switch colors, work the last single crochet with Color A until you have two loops remaining on the hook. Drop Color A, and pick up Color B. Yarn over with Color B, and pull the hook through the remaining two loops to finish the stitch. Leaving a long tail, clip Color A. Continue sc around the blanket with Color B until you reach the end of the round. Slip stitch into the first stitch, end off and weave in all ends. A shell border is a classic and fun way to finish a baby blanket. To make a shell border, follow these directions. Single crochet all around the edges of your blanket, making 3 sc in the corners. Slip stitch into the first stitch. Skip a stitch, then make 5 dc in the next stitch, then slip stitch into the next stitch. Follow this pattern to the end of the row. When you get to the corner, ch 1, make a slip stitch in the first stitch on the other side, and continue the pattern. Continue around the blanket until you reach your starting point. Slip stitch into your first stitch, end off, and weave in the ends.
Summary: Decorate your blanket with some fun embellishments. Add fringe. Make a border with two colors. Add a shell border.