So you're scrambling to get Thanksgiving dinner ready, and your can opener breaks! How are you going to get that iconic canned cranberry sauce on the table by dinnertime?
Summer doesn't have to be all sticky fingers and screaming in outrage at overly buoyant straws. It turns out it's actually quite easy to enjoy the best season of the year -- all you need are these few simple life hacks. (And to man up and increase your tolerance for high temperatures.)
I've lived in Colorado all my life; and I'm pretty sure I've had some sort of run-in with rodents at least a couple times a year for my whole life. And sometimes those varmints can make their way into our homes. It's just a fact of life. So here's one of the more creative ways I've found to catch the little ones and release them back into the wild...
What do you do if one of these Summer thunderstorms knocks out your power? Reach for a flashlight, of course! But, oh no! Your kids ran down the batteries playing "flashlight tag" last month, and didn't tell you! So now what do you do?
It didn't occur to me until now that there must be a way to sift those hard little buggers out of your fresh-popped deliciousness. Well, there is a way, and you don't even need extra tools to do it!
I've seen a lot of complex methods for keeping our furry "friends" away from the bird seed (a motion-sensor attached to a garden hose is probably my favorite); but this solution might be a little cheaper and easier. Actually, it definitely is.
I worked in retail for almost three years; and in that time, I dealt with wooden pallets...a lot. We always had a huge stack of them in our stock room, and I remember thinking how sturdy and versatile they were. At the time, I had no idea how right I was!
When researching life hacks, little round about ways of using products intended for one purpose that seamlessly work for other thing's in your life and home.
You're out camping and brought the wrong sized batteries, forgot a camp light or have no safe drinking water, what do you do? (Pretend you can't just jump in your truck and go home and grab a beverage saying well at least we can say we gave that a shot)
I've seen some fancy coupon organizers. Some of them cost over 20 bucks! But I've got a secret for you: you don't need one of those! There's a better, cheaper way to keep your coupons where you can find them.
I know it sounds a little weird, using bathroom stuff in the kitchen. But this looks like it could save you a lot of room (and frustration) with those kitchen cabinets!
Life get's busy and you barely have time to shower sometimes, let alone clean the toilet or look for trash bags. These Life Hacks are just the beginning of an easier life.