Home and Vacation

Dry loads of clothing one after another to make use of leftover heat. Loads will dry more quickly this way.
Don’t add wet or damp clothes to a partially dry load already in progress.
Make your own fabric softener. Add a teaspoon of fragrance free natural conditioner onto a cloth and place it in the dryer with […]

Don’t underfill or overfill the washing machine. Make your loads of wash close to machine weight capacity, which you can find either on your machine or in it’s documentation.
Separate colors before washing. Wash like colors together.
One half cup of baking soda added in with your detergent will help boost cleaning power and will neutralize odors.
One […]

Whether you’re driving across country, taking a train to the Midwest or going on a domestic flight, if you’ve got an illness you need to be prepared no matter where you are. Here’s a few tips for long domestic journeys if you take medications.
Before beginning a long journey check the label on how to store […]

If you don’t know how to prepare yourself and your home for the first 72 hours after a disaster, you should visit 72hours.org. 72 Hours is a website run by the City of San Francisco but offers valuable planning tips that would be useful to anyone.
There are two main areas to the site.  The first […]

If there are any beds in your home, this contest is for you. Metropolitan Mama joined forces with Protect A Bed to offer a contest with a fantastic prize - a cruise!
If you aren’t familiar with Protect A Bed, they make ultra thin mattress protectors in every size. These help protect your mattresses from liquids […]

I always recommend people travel with disposable toilet seat covers and a small package of wipes. The seat covers are particularly for those who have bad legs or knees, or if they have children. There are some people that have a hard time hovering. The wipes are because sometimes there is just no toilet paper […]

We’ve been reading up on mailing someone in the miliary, because my brother is in the Navy. The US Post Office actually recently came out with flat rate boxes just for shipping to an APO/FPO box. So here’s the scoop, in case you were wondering.
You can mail anyone in the US military servie for the […]

If I could give anyone one driving tip it would be to back in when you’re parking. Alternatively, if you’re in a shopping center, pull through to the other side. The goal is to have the nose of your vehicle pointing out. Here’s why. In some residential areas, backing out of your driveway is actually […]

Most households drink milk of one type or another. In our area we have a couple of companies that offer home delivery of milk. At first I thought it would be too expensive. But when I saw down and figured it out, getting milk delivered to our home saves us both time and money.
My […]

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