Simple useful things that took you too long to work out...

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Like taking the oven shelf out of the top oven to use in the bottom (bigger) oven so you can fit 3 trays in rather than just 2.

10 years we've had that oven, juggling baking trays at Christmas and for kid's beige food and chips tea, in fact most days. Especially as top oven doesn't work v well.

Revelation this Sunday..

I am always thinking of stuff like this and feeling so silly that I've been doing it the hard way all along! Today I by chance was changing my 1yr old son's pooey nappy with his mat facing the tele, he was so bewitched by it that he didn't move an inch and there were no flying poo incidents! It was like changing a newborn again I feel great after discovering these things but also so daft that I didn't realise earlier..

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this but wash pans that you cooked potatoes in, in cold water. The potato sticks to the pan if you use hot.

But then that's for people who don't have dishwashers!

We took our extension lead on holiday last year, bloody life saver. There was only two sockets in the room, had a mozzy plug in one of them so would have only had one plug spare to charge two phones and an iPad. It worked a treat.

Another holiday tip which you probably already do. Tie sandwich bags around your suncreams and pack as many (flat) inside your beach bag inside your case. If any burst your clothes aren't going to get covered.

Be me.

On bin night empty your fridge of past best food. Clean fridge, order shopping for next day.

I change my duvet cover like this

TMI maybe but I've only just realised how much easier and more relaxing, it is to sit on the loo and simply let your bowels move, rather than straining.

For the first couple of days after childbirth, use a newborn baby's nappy instead of a sanitary towel. It covers a larger area, is very absorbant and you are guaranteed no leakage.

Thanks for all the tips. Will try some of them. Here's one of mine: using a hanger to hang your recipe book while u cook

Some of these tips are so brilliant. I'm womdering why I didn't think of some of these things before!

If you wear tights, put a second pair of pants over the top and the won't wriggle annoyingly down your legs anymore.

No need for Sharpie pens in tights and knickers, in my large all girl family we all put a dot of different coloured nail varnish in the waistband. Same applies to duvets- a solid he of varnish can show top/bottom.

I'm gonna try the rolled up duvet one, but I'm dubious....

I don't bother pinning the corners, like they do in the video, and it doesn't need a 2nd person either.

It's the easiest way I've found of duvet changing without 'shaking', which hurts my back.

Just, that one is probably one of the biggest untruths on the internet. Some cars do have the pump symbol on the correct side but equally many don't I'm afraid, though it is a good idea manufacturers should take up!

Ours is opposite. So I look at the picture and think "the other side". Or I pop the cap from the dashboard and look in my mirrors.

Yes Sisters it's an arrow by the side of the pump icon not the pump or what side the icon is on. Since I found out I have seen it on all cars I have checked. I drive a few different vehicles so it has been very useful as I am not very good at filling up from the opposite side!

I'm actually a bit embarrassed about this one but anyway, if your hair gets wet in the rain after you've just washed and dried it you can re-dry it when you get home with your hairdryer and it will look half decent again rather than spending the rest of the day feeling miffed because your hair got ruined, daft I know .....

If you like a vase of tulips in the house, put a penny in the bottom and fill with water. It keeps them perky and they don't slump over.

When you are rushing out the door and still have a too hot to drink brew, pour it into a cold cup, leave for 5 seconds and pour back into original cup. It's now cool enough to drink.

Dip the ice cream scoop on a cup of hot water before scooping, perfect scoops every time.

Put kids uniform straight onto the radiator when they take it off (if it's clean) no searching for it in the morning And its warm in winter!

Hang book bag on the back of the front door handle so you can't forget it.

Comb your hair in the bath/shower whilst the conditioner is still on. Kids and adults!

I used a clean nappy filled with hot water from the kettle as a hot compress for mastitis/ blocked ducts. Dunno if that helps anyone.

They hold a surprising amount of water.

"Hang book bag on the back of the front door handle so you can't forget it." I'd like to think that worked, I have literally stepped over book bags and forgotten them!!{grin]

If you live in a hard water area like we do, bog standard vinegar is your best friend. It sorts out limescale in kettles, on metal plugs, shower hoses and heads and in loos.

And it's cheap as chips!!

If you have leftover lemons, cut them into slices and freeze - perfect for a gin and tonic and no ice to water it down!

I like the penny and the tulips one - is that true?

It took me years to work out that when opening a tube of tomato puree, you don't need a knife or skewer to prick the seal once the lid's been removed. The lid has an in-built 'sharp point' - so just screw it off, turn it around and prick.

My mum had to tell me that.