Seriously. If my mind hasn’t been stretched to the limit trying to learn about the workings of my new car, up pops one more thing I should’ve known long ago. Just one of life’s little hacks about which I wasn’t taught by my very efficient and knowledgeable mother. Wondering when this first appeared, it’s something everyone who owns a kitchen should know.
Take out your aluminum foil box and look closely. First of all, with such a magical tip as the one I’m about to share, why oh why wouldn’t it have been addressed on the box? So many tips are listed on my box of foil. Tips for “Easy Cleanup when Painting”, “Floral Arrangements”, or “Gift Giving”. You can use this foil to line, grill, or freeze. It’s the “Non-Stick” solution to life. There are “Stay Closed Tabs” on the box. 50 Square feet, converts to 16.6 Yards X 12 Inches, that converts to 4.64 Square Meters. (Just who decides what information will appear on the box? Who?) But, no where on my box is the real tip of the day revealed.
Of course, I found this hack while reading through a list of tricks not to be missed on the internet. Isn’t everything found on the internet?
Without making you wait another minute, I’ll now tell you what we have all been missing our entire lives. On the end of the boxes of foil, and other wraps as well, there are two, almost invisible, tabs. Almost circular, they are meant to be pushed inward to hold the roll in place. Just like that, no more crazy rolls of wrap that come out of the box, causing lots of crumbled problems and waste. Just two little tabs and, POOF, years of frustration could’ve been avoided.
This tip was probably missed in 4-H Girl’s Cooking class, while flicking flour at Betty, Sandra, and Linda. This is a truly helpful hack. A week after finding this online, the local news was broadcasting a story about the little tabs on the ends of foil boxes. Not a secret anymore, I wonder if this was something discovered at the International Space Station? My high school Home Economics Teacher, Mrs. Freda Montgomery, wouldn’t have withheld such critical information from her happy little home-makers. She just wouldn’t have left this out.
With a sigh, this is truly all I have to share for today. I hope you enjoy poking the tabs on all your wraps inward and then trying the boxes. Such an idea hidden on the ends of the foil box.
As for Oliver and I, we are finishing up a week in which he is learning that he is the DOG and I’m the HUMAN and WINTERPAST’S QUEEN OF EVERYTHING. After making some extremely bad choices last week, he’s spent the week experiencing Dog Training 101. Actually, many tips from Caesar Milan, The Dog Whisperer, have turned him into a respectable canine house mate.
There’ll be no more furniture hopping. No more sleeping in the bed. He’ll show respect for personal boundaries of all humans. And the biggest……NO Biting, Guarding, or Growling. That’s the end of that side of Sir Oliver. All in all, the tips from Caesar have been working. Disrespecting the hand that feeds the dog is never a good idea. Oliver is thinking over that idea, while I’m trying to a remain calm, cool, and assertive pack leader.
This weekend, the desert weather may be a little warmer. It’s time for working in the yard. Yesterday, curious as to why my bulbs hadn’t come up yet, MM started to investigate. To my embarrassment, I hadn’t planted bulbs planted in the first two planters we checked. After plant them in September I just forgot where. When we finally found the right pots, there they were nestled at the proper depth in the soil, far behind his blooming bulbs, but green and healthy. After a hard winter, there are many things that need cleaning and fixing. What a glorious season to spend time under desert big skies on the vast plains in Northwestern Nevada.
Whatever you do this weekend, be thankful for the wonderful life you have! Start a gratitude journal. There are always things for which to be thankful even in the midst of pain and grief. Hold onto those things and calmly carry on. Have the best weekend you can! Easter is almost here!
I’ll be back Monday for a few days before my Spring Break!!! Stay tuned.