The 1 Touch Rule

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Once you pick something up, don’t put it down anywhere except in the correct place. This saves both time and energy in the future.

More Effective Cleaning

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To be more effective when cleaning your home, start with the least-used room first. Your whole house is much more likely to get the thorough cleaning you’ve set out to do. If you start somewhere else, you’re more prone to run out of steam. Also if you work from the top down, corners inward, you are less likely to miss anything.

Preserve The Blooms

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Putting a small amount of Lemon Lime Soda (Sprite, 7UP) in a flower vase helps preserve the blooms for much longer.

The Boiled Egg Test

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To tell if a hard-boiled egg is fully cooked, just spin it. If the egg wobbles it’s raw. If it spins easily it’s fully cooked.

Save On Gas

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Save Money. Fill up your gas tank late at night or early in the morning. Gasoline expands and contracts by 1% for every 15 degrees the temperature changes. Colder temps mean more gas.

Be Six Again

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Six year olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15-100 times a day. Be six again.

Drink Water

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* 2 glasses after waking up activates internal organs and increases metabolism.

* Water oxygenates the blood and provides energy.

* We need to drink about 2 liters of water a day to stay healthy.