Category: Life Hacks

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Things I found in my washer

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Things found in my  washer

I have ALWAYS wanted to write about the things that are found in my washer. So, warning… this is not profound…….

Coins: If I find them I keep them

Bills: Once and only once did I find a wet, clean $20. See what happens under coins.

Thumb drive: Amazing but true, it actually still worked.


Bobby Pin: This one puzzled me a little. Maybe the boys were trying to learn how to pick a lock? 


Little sticks: There have been many of these. 


Rocks: Even more of these.


Notes: The ones with a phone number scare me the most. Sometimes they are still readable and sometimes not. 


Cotton Swab: It’s been through the washer… would you reuse? I’ll answer for you: NO.


Gum: Seriously, don’t put pieces of gum in your pocket as they go into a hot water washer. Disaster.


Candy: Again, see instructions under Gum.


Sea Shells: I happen to have a soft spot for these, so these always get saved. 


Buttons: Now, here’s the rub with these…. Where did it come from? 


Boy Scout Scarf holder: Whenever you make a trip out to the Boy Scout store, save yourself some headache and buy a spare. They are under $5 and these things disappear! 


Knife: Once someone had put one of my Dad’s pocket knives in his pocket. That got confiscated and also a stern lecture.


I do try and remember to always say a prayer over the clothes that I am folding. That’s probably more contingent on the AMOUNT of folding I do!

Blessings to you and comment below on the weirdest thing you have found.

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4 Restoration Hacks For Bringing New Life To An Old Property

For the past two weekends, I’ve been in the small town where I grew up getting my childhood home ready for a renter.  It’s been emotionally and physically hard, but now that I have a renter bringing life to the house I grew up in, I feel better.  Guess a house needs some new blood every fifty years or so, right?

One reason that it was made easier is that my lifelong friend is a real estate agent who taught me some life “hacks” that I wanted to share with everyone in case you are trying to do a “Quick Fix” on a piece of property.

Life Hack #1:  Clorox with bleach:  I’ve always been afraid of bleach.  No more sisters.  This substance is amazing!  Did I wear gloves?  Did I test it before I did a large area?  Yes and Yes!  Would I use it again?  Absolutely.  Don’t use Clorox bleach on anything delicate, honestly, but the cleaning power is amazing.

Life Hack #2:  Spray Paint.   Could you spray paint an entire house?  Of course not!  But, when we had several little touch ups, especially outside, I was amazed at how little effort it took, as an example, to get a light pole shining again.  WOW.

Life Hack #3:  Mr. Clean Magic Erasers:  They actually live up to their brand name of “magic”.  I honestly don’t know how they got some of the spots out that they did on the walls, but they did.  Buy the big box and thank me later.

Life hack #4:  Gorilla Glue.  When I went to a local store, the woman was emphatic that this product was what I needed.   I had some tile that had been knocked down  and needed to be quickly replaced as the edges were rough.  She was right.  Gorilla Glue also lives up to its name.

But there’s one truth in life that is not a life hack.  This was the person I needed most to help me get through this emotional challenge of getting a house ready for someone else to live in.  That person is Jesus, and he is not a hack, but very real.

Jesus and I had many talks during the weekends that I was cleaning and preparing the house.  He knew deep down that this was not something emotionally that I wanted to do but he also knew that financially I needed to do it.  And, just when I would tell him, I had had enough, I’d get some encouragement.

Like the time I found a box of poems that my mom and I had put together to read at monthly meetings. I had looked for a copy of that for over 30 years.

Or the time I found the birdfeeder my dad built.  It may not be squirrel proof or fancy, but it’s going up in my back yard!

Looking back on these weekends of preparation, I could have done it without the life hacks, but not without Jesus.  He saw me through.