We recently bought a small intervention that has improved our quality of life elevenfold: a rubber stopper that goes over the overflow valve of our bathtub, allowing for an extra 2 inches of water in the bath. Maybe this sounds wasteful but our tub is shallow and we previously could never get fully submerged! Now it's a spa experience.
There must be so many more similar life improvements within our grasp! Please share!
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yourfriendclaire
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Oh here's another one: toaster bags?? You put a whole sandwich in the toaster bag, pop it in the toaster and boom, panini. I just cooked a frozen hashbrown patty this way as well. They're reusable!
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I would rock a toaster bag. Grilled cheese in the toaster? Yes, please!
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yourfriendclaire
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LIFE HACK!
Instead of buying expensive cat treats, head on down to your local Japanese market and pick up a jumbo bag of dried bonito. It's identical to the fishy-flake treats you get at the pet store for half the price and they go bananas for it.
Instead of buying expensive cat treats, head on down to your local Japanese market and pick up a jumbo bag of dried bonito. It's identical to the fishy-flake treats you get at the pet store for half the price and they go bananas for it.
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This might be off-putting. But if I'm at a non super special restaurant, I don't really look at the menu and I really don't like HUGE menus. I just decide what I'm in the mood for and I tell the waiter to recommend something vegetarian/their special without meat/etc. This could be obnoxious if I asked too many questions but I keep it snappy.
In my mind a huge menu for average food = making me do too much work
In my mind a huge menu for average food = making me do too much work
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good menu hack!
Today I learned that a popcorn popper is great at toasting nuts. Want to toast a handful for a salad in 90 seconds flat? Toss 'em in the air popper. It works!
Today I learned that a popcorn popper is great at toasting nuts. Want to toast a handful for a salad in 90 seconds flat? Toss 'em in the air popper. It works!
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yourfriendclaire
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LifeHack incoming!!!
Over Labor Day weekend @joni and I booked a night at a local hotel in the San Fernando Valley, nothing fancy, just a revamped old '70s spot with a pool, for a heat-busting staycation.
While we lounging out zonked on gummies at the pool we met an older woman named WINTER, a native Valley girl, who took us under her wing and shared her tips n' tricks for sneaking into hotel pools, which she has been doing for 30+ years.
One tip n' trick she shared was: when you check out of a hotel, tell the front desk you'd like to hang out at the pool a little past check-out time and sometimes (especially if you make it clear that you intend to order drinks) they will give you a "pool key" that's only good for the pool/gym area. Hang onto that key. "Those pool keys are good for a whole MONTH," Winter said (who knows how portable that advice is).
The other tip n' trick she swore by is a website called dayaxe.com, which offers an inexpensive subscription service (Winter claimed $25 a month) that grants you day access to hotel pools and spas. She said she spends her entire summer swimming with her grandkids (not covered by the pass, but she sneaks them in the side) at the Ritz-Carlton, the Sheraton Universal, you name it.
Winter was wearing a bikini and a camouflage trucker cap that said VACCINATED in pink glitter text.
Over Labor Day weekend @joni and I booked a night at a local hotel in the San Fernando Valley, nothing fancy, just a revamped old '70s spot with a pool, for a heat-busting staycation.
While we lounging out zonked on gummies at the pool we met an older woman named WINTER, a native Valley girl, who took us under her wing and shared her tips n' tricks for sneaking into hotel pools, which she has been doing for 30+ years.
One tip n' trick she shared was: when you check out of a hotel, tell the front desk you'd like to hang out at the pool a little past check-out time and sometimes (especially if you make it clear that you intend to order drinks) they will give you a "pool key" that's only good for the pool/gym area. Hang onto that key. "Those pool keys are good for a whole MONTH," Winter said (who knows how portable that advice is).
The other tip n' trick she swore by is a website called dayaxe.com, which offers an inexpensive subscription service (Winter claimed $25 a month) that grants you day access to hotel pools and spas. She said she spends her entire summer swimming with her grandkids (not covered by the pass, but she sneaks them in the side) at the Ritz-Carlton, the Sheraton Universal, you name it.
Winter was wearing a bikini and a camouflage trucker cap that said VACCINATED in pink glitter text.
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Winter knows how to live
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Love Winter's lifehack and also the staycation valley lifehack of your very own.
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yourfriendclaire
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It's kind of a lifehack inception