Start saving up your egg cartons now. You will be needing them at Christmas. What for you ask??

Open them up and place your fragile ornaments into the egg cups. When it is full, simply close it and place it in your storage box.

Your ornaments will be more protected now, and you don’t have to worry about dropping one because it got hung up on another wrapper.

It is spring, and you are starting to clean up the yard and the exterior of the house in preparation for summer.

You notice that the siding is a bit dirty and just water isn't really doing the job.

Grab your insecticide sprayer that attaches to your hose. Add a small amount of appropriate detergent. (make sure that it is safe for plants if you have plants at the base of your house)

Now just hook up to your hose and start spraying. When you are done, simply use a high pressure nozzle to rinse the grime away.

While you are doing this it is a good idea to clean out your gutters also!

You are painting and your roller has a short little handle that is not reaching all the way up. You don't want to run to the store to get an extender as this is the only room that you are going to paint.

Never fear! Your solution is right in the house.

Wander into your closet and check out your broom or mop. Chances are that one of the handles will easily unscrew. Take that handle to your paint roller.

Unscrew the short handle and screw in your broom/mop handle. Now you can paint higher with ease.

Your family goes through about a gallon of liquid soap a week, or so it seems...

Try this hint to keep your family in bubbles for quite a while!

Pick up a soap dispenser that attaches to your counter top like in public restrooms.

Take the small tube off the pump and head off to the hardware store and pick up 3-4 feet of tubing the same size.

Attach this tubing to your soap dispenser and place the end of it into a LARGE container of liquid soap.

Pump until primed and now you are ready to go. Keep an eye on the container under your sink and when you notice it getting low, refill it or replace it.

Spring is here! Time to clean everything! Remember that it does not all have to be done at once. Each day, tackle a little project, before you know it they will all be done.

Using your vacume cleaner vacume the hanging curtains both front adn back. If you have it, use an upholstery attachment for the best suction with out sucking up the whole curtain.

If you have valances, or some hard to clean corners, grab a can of compressed air.

Don't forget your window tracks! Gently vacume each track and wipe down with a damp rag to remove any additional debris that might have been left.

You love your perineal bulbs, and well, so do the squirrels and other critters running around.

There is a quick and easy way to protect an established bed is in the fall.

Just after you have cut back all the spring and summer growth in preparation for the winter, you can get some chicken wire.

Roll the chicken wire across your beds and weigh down the edges with bricks or rock.

Now in the spring when everything is starting to bud and bloom, remove the wire and store for next winter.