I love tips that make your life easier. I asked the SavEars to share their best tips and collected them for you!
1. Get a light timer from the hardware store.
Plug a lamp in your main living space in it and set it to come on at dusk. You’ll never have to come home to a dark house again.
2. Baskets by the front door.
We keep a basket full of sunscreen near the front door. This way we have a visual reminder to use it before we go out.
We also have a small basket for each of the members of our family on a shelf near the front door. In the summer it holds each person’s sunglasses, chapstick, baseball hats, etc. In the winter it holds mittens & winter hats. No more searching for these things at the last minute.
3. Sheets under the bed.
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We have under bed storage boxes under each of the beds in the house. The sheets for that bed are stored there (I don’t even fold them – I hate to fold fitted sheets). When we change the sheets, they are right where we need them. This makes it easier for my 6 & 7 year-olds to help out, too!
4. Give up on things that don’t really matter.
I gave up on folding some clothes – for instance my son’s PJ drawer. I don’t any of the clothes in it. He is two and just takes them out when he plays. Give up on things that don’t really matter.
5. Splitting up the family laundry.
There are 7 people in our family, and 7 days a week. Each person is assigned a laundry day. That is the only person whose laundry gets done that day. So on monday, child #1 strips his/her bed, washes their laundry, dries, folds, puts away and makes their bed. This works REALLY well during summer vacation from school. It’s “ok” during the school year, but that is more me than them.
6. Put outfits on the hangers.
When I do the laundry I hang an entire outfit on a hanger. The slack, blouse, bra and undies all on the hanger that way I just grab a hanger and already have the outfit matched. Same for hubby with his pants, dress shirt and tie.
7. Set the outside lights and forget about it.
Our front lights and lights outside the garage are on the same switch. We replaced the switch with a timer, available at HD and Lowes, this way we don’t have to worry about leaving the lights on. It’s wonderful, we had it at our last home and purchased one for this house as I really missed it when we moved in.
There is a setting for weekdays, weekends and mornings as well.
8. Use a shower timer.
The timer works great for children who are old enough to shower by themselves but don’t realize how long they take in the shower. So set the timer for 10 minutes and it helps them speed up. No more 30 minute showers wasting water and time. And you no longer have to sit there looking at the clock to make sure they hurry. We moms are busy enough.