Keep your travel bottles organized.
No matter how often you travel, it always seems such a challenge to keep all of those 3 ounce containers organized. Here’s an idea that could help. When you return home from your trip, refill your travel containers, put them back in your quart bag and return them to your cabinet. Everything will be ready to go for your next trip.
Organize your travel documents.
Getting ready to take a trip? Here’s a suggestion for organizing all your paperwork. You can use either a file folder or two-pocket folder. Consider placing the following in your folder:
Be prepared for lost baggage.
If you travel, your luggage has been lost, or will someday get lost. To help you prepare for the day that you are the last one at the luggage carousel and all of the luggage has come and gone, here are a few tips.
Reuse your gift bags.
Decorative gift bags can be very pricey. As you receive gift bags, hold on to them. Reuse them for gifts that you are giving others.
If you want to get real organized you can even organize your bags by holiday/event. You can place your bags in a box and then use small pieces of cardboard as a separator.
When you bring home your leftovers from the restaurant you can also reuse this bag. These bags can make great lunch bags.
Create your own artwork.
Is there a special event that you want to commemorate and need some creative art for your walls? Here are a few ideas that you could have framed:
A certain arts & crafts store frequently offers custom framing coupons. This helps make this project more affordable.
Get rid of mildew in towels.
Detergent traps mildew within the fibers of your towels. To help eliminate this mildew, wash the towels in the warmest water possible and substitute the detergent with vinegar. Repeat once.
During these tough times, we are making our dollar stretch as far as possible. When you are cooking and and have sauce remaining in a jar, like spaghetti sauce, do the following: place just a small amount of water in the jar, cap it, shake it, and then pour out the remaining sauce.
Use beer on dog urine
If you have a dog, you know that dog urine produces brown spots in your nice, green grass. Instead of cracking a cold one to enjoy yourself, pour it on your dog spots. Beer will help nutrelize the high nitrogen in the dog urine.
If possible, catch the dog spot immediately and spray it down with water. This helps dilute the urine.
Water stains in your shower? Soak cotton balls in bleach, place the balls on top of the stains and let set for about 15 minutes. Repeat as needed.
Get rid of the air to get rid of volume.
Lower the volume of your trash. Before throwing your soda bottles, milk jugs, etc., do the following: with the cap off, squeeze out as much as possible, and then put back on the cap. With this little trick, will help you cut down the volume of your trash and recyclables.