Domestic Diva Friday

I promise this blog will not ONLY contain Domestic Diva Friday entries. This has been a busy week with one child sick and another with a school play. My free time this week has been zilch!

Domestic Diva Friday – 2nd edition!

Top 5 Household tips:

1) Not sure what the leftovers are in the Tupperware in the back of the fridge? Scared to open it up and get blown away by the smell and mess? Tempted to just throw the whole thing away but you hate to lose the Tupperware? Put the item in the freezer, marked so you’ll know not to eat it later. When the contents have frozen, run the Tupperware under warm water to help the contents release, then throw the leftovers away. They won’t smell and they usually pop out in one clean chunk.

2) Does the mail pile up as fast at your house as it does at ours? The piles of mail seem never- ending sometimes. If you have a recycling bin, make a pass by it on your way in from the mailbox. Immediately dispose of any and all junk mail, catalogs, and coupon mailers that you won’t use. Open the bills and throw the envelopes into the bin, too, as well as all the annoying “add ins” usually found with the bill. You will also spend less if you don’t even look in all those tempting catalogs! I only keep the ones that I know contain something I need.

3) In the warmer months, keep cans of chickpeas or other beans, artichoke hearts, canned chicken or tuna, olives, and fruits (like canned pears) in the fridge. When you need a quick,healthy meal, add all the chilled ingredients (drained) to a package of pre-washed salad greens. Voila! Instant dinner!

4) Do you dread decorating for Christmas because the Christmas lights are a tangled mess? Here’s a tip to help keep your lights untangled . When you take them down at the end of the season, coil them around your elbow to hand, like you would the vacuum cord. Then use tin foil to secure the entire strand into a circle. Your lights will not mysteriously tangle up during the months they spend in boxes, and best of all, this is a very inexpensive to implement. Hooray!

5) If you have kids and pets, own a dustbuster (hand held cordless vacuum). ‘Nuff said.