A Great Life Hack

Last week while I was watching some youtube videos - I saw something that I really wanted - a spray bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide. What an awesome idea to have it in a spray bottle. How much hydrogen peroxide have I wasted by pouring it over a booboo?! The person said they found it at either Dollar General or Dollar Tree - so I went to both places looking for one for my home with no luck. I was disappointed. Then this week I decided to use the last little bit of the deodorant that was in this great bottle. I am using a different deodorant now so I just wanted to use this up and when I saw how nicely it sprayed I thought this is the perfect bottle for hydrogen peroxide! So I pulled the label off- it came off pretty easily but underneath it was quite sticky... 

Then when I was watching a youtube video from "At Home With Lynn Wilson" She was talking about reusing containers for storage and she gave the best life hack! 

Put several drops of Lemon essential oil on a paper towel and rub the sticky off. So I tried it on this bottle and it worked great! Then I put some duck tape on this bottle and labeled it -so we will know what is in this spray bottle. I am so happy. I have a spray bottle of hydrogen peroxide and I did not have to pay any extra money to have it! :O) 

My Husband Was Right, I Wish I Had Have Listened

The title to today's blog posts was created by my husband and I. I was planning on titling it - My Husband Was Right - and when I told him - He add the I Wish I Had Have Listened- after I told him that I wish I had have listened. 

Aldi's used to have their spaghetti sauce in glass jars with a lid that pops - the kind of jars that can actually be used to can - dry can or dry storage. He tried to get me to save them but I was like - what do I need with a whole bunch of jars. Yeah - storing my humming bird food in them was very nice. But I didn't see the use to save a whole lot of jars. Now I am wishing I had of listened. Aldi's has since changed to canning their sauce in plastic jars.... 

I have been paying attention to other jars I have and once I am finish with the item- I was them out and take off the label and I am saving them for sure!!! 

On Monday I made up a batch of granola. I use wheat germ and some ground up flax seed. 

Yesterday I finished up a jar of wheat germ I had - what a great jar to save!! 

In these uncertain times I think it is important now more than ever that we get back to doing what our grandmothers used to do. There was a lot of wisdom in the things they did. And saving these kinds of jars that have the pop lids is a great thing to hang onto. 

 

A Life Hack

I found a life hack for myself. And I wanted to share it with you. I am not sure if you have a tax free week end where you live but here in Texas - Usually the beginning of August area there is a week end where things like clothes and school supplies are tax free. It is a great time to get basics like socks. I have had the most difficult time finding socks I like. I like ankle socks. I like them to fit well at the ankle- I don't like really loose ones that slide down, but I don't want tight ones either. It seems that lately I have had more misses than hits when it has come to the socks I have bought. And when that happens I feel like I have wasted money. Well this year I was in the men's section getting my husband some socks and underwear. Then I made my way over to the women's section. None of the socks looked like they would work for me and I almost didn't buy anything. But then as I was leaving the women's section I thought - I ought to check out what the men's section has in the way of ankle sock. And I was so happy to see this package of socks. I threw them into my basket. I knew that if I did not like them - that one of my son's would be able to get some use out of them- so no wasted money.  

My husband does not like ankle socks so there will still be a clear line as to whose socks are whose. 

I ended up really liking them. They fit my ankle very nicely - not too loose and not too tight. I am so glad that I found this life hack. Sometimes you just have to step out of the box to find the things that work the best for you. :O)

Just a Couple of Life Hacks

I actually have a little bit of time this morning- well I am taking a little bit of time this morning to write a little post. I have learned a few things lately that I want to share with you all. And I also wanted to just let you know that I have still been busy but I am doing alright. I am still struggling with being tired- but it could be partly due to all the stuff I have going on- plus all the things I really need and want to do that I am trying to do here and there as I am able.

First off I wanted to share a little addition that has made a meal of Spaghetti go from a good meal to a delicious meal!! Really! This little tip will make a huge difference! I cut up an onion into half circles and then I sauté them in a skillet with olive oil until some of them begin to brown. Oh my goodness!! They are so yummy. And so I put the spaghetti noodles on my plate - I put the sautéed onions over the noodles and then I put the spaghetti sauce over the top of it. Now I know that many people combine the sauce with the noodles - and this idea would still work - by just adding the sautéed onions to the mixture or adding it on the top of spaghetti on each plate- of those that want onions.  We keep them separate because some people in our family really don't like the spaghetti sauce and some (me) don't like meant in my sauce so a little sauce is taken out into a small bowl before meat is added. Anyway I really think you guys will love the addition of sautéed onions to your spaghetti sauce- give it a try!!

Ok- this morning I got my Crockpot Pepper Steak going. I had pulled all the ingredients out on my cabinet to make it easier to get this going in my crockpot. Once I was done- thankfully I took just an extra effort to think through each ingredient to make sure I had put it into the crockpot - sure enough I had missed on of the important things. So I added it. So my tip for this is to take that extra time to make sure you have used all the ingredients.

This last tip has come from necessity. Over the last couple of months I have had all sorts of things going on. My husband appointments, my mother in law's appointments, and my own. So there was all sorts of things written all over my calendar. Well I knew that I needed to figure out a better way to do things. To help keep tings straight and to make the calendar look better. So I have picked a colored marker for each family member- so if my husband had something going on - I write it in blue, if my Mother in law has an appointment - that is written in green. And my own things - I write in purple. Our Granddaughter I put that in Pink - because it's her favorite color! Anyway my calendar looks so much better now. Anyway I am sure many people already do this, but it is something that I have just figured out and I am happy I did. My calendar looks much better.

Well I have an appointment to take my Mother in law to this afternoon. And I have a few things I want to get done before I go - like weed our garden boxes, trim tomato plants and get rid of the branches that are more parasite type instead of helpful to the plant, and I have a pile of branches that I cut off of a tree on Sunday - it started raining so I was not able to finish the job that day. So I would like to at least get the branches picked up and taken to the burn pile. And if I have time I would love to get some more branches trimmed from those trees. They are trees that I have never tackled before so its a bit bigger job - but it will be well worth the time. I am working on cleaning up a new area in my yard. Hopefully this area does not have poison ivy like that other large job that I tackled a couple of years ago. SO anyway now I am off to get some things done.

Oh one quick note- thank you so much to each of you dear readers for your kind comments - I love each of you and hope that you are all doing well. <> to you all. :O)