When washing mix weight clothes and cycle is completed, remove the lightweight clothes and load them in the dryer, and allow the heavier clothes to run through the spin cycle one more time, this reduces the moisture in the garments and the items will dry faster

Squeeze a little lemon juice in the cracks where ants enter the house. The bitterness keeps them from coming back

Cover the spot with baking soda, wait 20 minutes, then vacuum.

No matter how hard you try to keep your pooch away, he just can’t resist chewing up your shoes. To keep him away, try rubbing a small amount of a mentholated ointment on the laces or soles of the shoes. The petroleum-based balm is virtually invisible, so it will not harm the shoes, but the strong menthol odor will make the footwear far less appealing.