Simple things that I should have done years ago to make life easier

[malificent7]

My lovely cat has been waking us up at 5/6am for 6 years.
Last night I had the genius idea of closing the lounge door so she couldn't come to our room.
Hence we slept longer. Why did I not think of this earlier? I love cat snuggles but love a lie in more.

Am I thick or does anyone have similar stories?

I fold the sheet & cover lengthwise and then half, lay sheet on top of cover, fold pillowcases into rectangles. Place pillowcases on top of sheet at one end and roll them up together. Saves digging them back out of the pillowcase when they are needed.

This is a little different but it's saved me a ton of time and much stress and heartache! When I've finished with a kitchen roll (or similar) I cover one end with paper and tape it down securely. Then when the cat brings in some terrified wee mouse I can point the open end of the tube towards the mouse from a distance (it's normally hiding behind something on the stairs) and it will almost always run in. I can then carry the mouse out to the garden and put down the tube in the bushes, collecting it the following day. I have a collection of them now, stored in strategic places around the house :)

I have used them too. Plus, I did not think the lime would be very transferable. It was though.

Put a dry bath towel in with your wet washing, it'll save you more. It dries much faster. I only tried this around 6 months ago after being told about it for the last 5 😆

Thing that helped me with this- take photos of items before dumping! Actually for old school reports, school work, letters (hey, I’m old, real written letters) having photos of them actually makes them more accesssble. I took photo of my kids toys and teddy’s before I dumped them- they got to keep 1 or 2 favourites for posterity (they’re late 20s and asked me to store their stuff still and I was downsizing 🤣🤣🤷🏼‍♀️)

Photograph it

If you must iron sheets (and I do sometimes with the really high thread count ones), put them on the bed and then iron. Your bed becomes a massive ironing board.

Have 2 DSs the same size and not have to worry about sorting their clothes until they’re old enough to want their own stuff separately and therefore sort it themselves . one sock drawer , one pant drawer, one jumper draw, one Le kit drawer….just labelled with surname ….

Yep if you are very particular 😉Unlike me who just puts the sheets on the bed as is, and (I use top sheets under the duvet) only iron the bit that folds down over the duvet. My secret is out.

But that was MY idea.. I was the genius
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Love this. I’m with you here

Inspired by this thread today I bought more knives, rather than dealing with the daily annoyance of only owning 5 normal knives.

Teaspoons go missing because they are in the recycling bin with the yogurt pots. I know this, because I found lots of them in there when emptying it. I do wash the yog pots, but somehow the spoon goes with them in the bin, don't ask me how. Daydreaming, in a rush, daft mare? All three I suspect.

That might help some with the mystery of the missing teaspoons.

It's like I wrote this! We have been doing this for a few months now as the cat likes to go crazy in my bedroom 'exploring' waking me up...I already have a 6 year old and a baby who does that!

Wait, what?

I bought clingfilm and used it all the time, but hated how it clings and gets stuck to itself. so now I buy foil and my blood pressure is lower.

@Season0fTheWitch you need the Lakekland cling fim dispenser - life changing genius:)

Glad to have helped make your tape dispenser even more fabulous!

Sometimes too cold and it freezes then goes manky.

@MayBeee that really is the best advice!

The hangers slip down the line and can fall off with a large gust of wind.

I've used these for years as I hated trying to iron out the peg marks from shirts etc. If the garment is not totally dry I can take straight from the line to the rail in my airing cupboard or hang in the shower.

I read in a magazine years ago to put your folded duvet cover inside the matching pillowcase. I do this with sheets as well

Re: wrapping - we now use "The System".

Have bought lots of cheerful paper gift bags and boxes from Tiger and similar. Every family birthday we put presents into these and close them with a mini peg.

Birthday person doesn't know what it might be from the shape of the parcel, zero wrapping paper and tape are used (and immediately thrown away), and putting presents into the bags takes about 5 minutes.

Have done the same for Christmas (bags always massively reduced in January sales and don't sell out quickly) and presents for 6 people are wrapped in under an hour.

All bags go back in the cupboard to be used next time. And it's nice to reuse and get to keep the pretty ones.

Try it, it will bring you much joy!

We had that too but it has ended now. You have to pay now, as it was when first started.

use veg drawer for condiments and jars etc. Much less likely to end up with uneaten, sad food cause you couldn’t see it turning.

Let me introduce you to life-changing IKEA Snurrad (more stock is coming)
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/snurrad-storage-turntable-transparent-90506104/

Thank you! I will make sure to try this tomorrow rather than next year 😅.

My grandparents have amazing photos of their parents and grandparents; my in laws are the same. I just wish I had the space, I don’t know what we’ll do with it all when they’re gone!