Got a great little tip in the Hints by Heloise column this morning. A reader wrote in to share her tip on using a new plastic shower curtain as a mattress cover. No tugging with those cheap, plastic zippered things you get at Wal-Mart that very quickly tear up and become puckered to one side which is exactly what my mattress liner is doing at this very moment. And, speaking of great tips, Devilish Di has one for you:
On laundry day when removing and folding cotton t-shirts from the dryer, it is always easier for the launderer if the person tossing the garment into the dirty clothes hamper turns the item right side out. Have a little pow wow with the spouse, kids, significant other, or whomever you do laundry for and tell them to please be sure to do this simple and easy act of kindness for you. I'm sure everyone in your household will listen intently and do just what you have asked. However, just in case you have an unruly launderee, don't waste your breath pouting or raving about how they couldn't do one little thing to help make your laundry day go a little smoother. Doesn't work. Just continue to calmly fold the shirt wrong side out, place it along with all the other neatly folded wrong side out t-shirts into their drawer, and try not to laugh too hard when they go out in public exposing their tags and all...or your dirty little secret might be out.
