#MIDDLEBURY
By JoAnn Derson
- “Whenever I need to remember to bring something with me for the next day (e.g., my lunch, important papers, school notes) I write it on a Post-it note and stick it on the door leading outside. If I have the item, I take the note down. Sometimes I write the day of the week if I need different things on different days.” – A.M. in Florida
- Taco Tuesday was never so easy! Slip hard taco shells over the rack in your oven so that they hang open-side down. Use tongs to remove when they are sufficiently warm. Now you don’t have to argue about how to arrange them on a cookie sheet to keep them from closing up.
- “If you have a muddy boot problem like mine, then get a couple cookie sheets and set them by the door. The boots go on the cookie sheets, and the mud doesn’t get tracked into the house.” – A reader in New Jersey
- If you have an old rake the handle has broken off of, you can repurpose it on your wall. Hang dog leashes, necklaces, a set of wrenches, anything really. Mount to the wall with nails so that the tines of the rake face out from the wall. Instant hanger!
- To make your dry-erase markers more convenient, simply tape small kitchen magnets to them with ordinary gift-wrap tape. Make sure the side of the magnet that is attracted to the refrigerator is facing out!
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