My all-time best Life Hacks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hooks instead of bars to hang up towels in the bathroom and coats in the entryway. So small, yet such a big difference in things actually getting hung up. And if the entryway is clean, other messes don't sprout as fast.

One place to put keys. Always. Every time. Immediately after coming in the house.

Emergency key in a combination lock box outside the house

Once I had teens independently coming and going from the house we installed keypad locks. Now we don't have to worry about lost keys or forgetting them in lockers at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Use contact lens cases, the kind with screw-on lids, for certain toiletries when traveling by plane , e.g. foundation, cream blush, primer, moisturizer. So easy to fit in a quart-size ziplock and that's all you need for a couple of days.

It is. Somebody told me this one, I started telling other people, and they think i'm a genius! Also, makes packing smaller for those of us with multiple creams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Save more than you earn. Your older self will thank you.

Desire peace, joy and helping others, not possessions.

Write your obituary now, and spend the rest of your life making it truthful.

How is it possible to save more than you earn?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Save more than you earn. Your older self will thank you.

Desire peace, joy and helping others, not possessions.

Write your obituary now, and spend the rest of your life making it truthful.

How is it possible to save more than you earn?

Haha! I hate dumb sayings, and save more than you earn has got to be the dumbest one of all.

[Anonymous]

When cooking pasta, turn the burner off, cover the pot with a lid, and let the pasta cook on residual heat. We do this with dry pasta and also ravioli. We have a gas cooktop and no issues. Works great.

This link is the one I could find this morning, but in the one my husband read this spring on Gizmodo, it said boil water, add pasta, and cover - don't even bother with the "first 2 minutes boiling step" (just do the entire time covered with residual heat).

http://www.thekitchn.com/does-cooking-pa-158205

[Anonymous]

Washing my face using an oil cleansing method. My face looks great- no more pimples at that time of the month and no dry skin that makes it look like i have wrinkles

[jsteele]

Since there are two active threads on essentially the same topic, I'm going to lock this one. Please join the other thread:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/399034.page