Household Hacks from Hell-oise

When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. When life hands you aging bananas, you make banana bread.

– Robyn Rae Zing Hell-oise

I had to put myself under house arrest tonight and force myself to get some stuff done! All this running around is fun and all, but the house is collecting dirt and dust, projects aren't getting done and those over-ripe bananas aren't going to eat themselves.

When I realized this afternoon I had no concrete plans tonight, I figured I better not "create" any either. Put the camera down. Grab a dust rag and broom and go. 

Since hubby was going to be out of the house, I figured it was safe to bake. Yup. It's one of the hottest days of the summer but with the air-conditioning on, a hot oven is acceptable. For me anyway. I didn't want anyone else roasting. So it was good to have the kitchen to myself and my staff.

Typically, if I know I am going to bake banana bread after work, I will put out my butter to soften gradually during the day. Since this was a last-minute thought, I improvised...

Household Hack of the Day: Put the butter in a covered dish on your trunk lid. The stuffy, 1,300-degree garage air will soften it in no time!

Bam. Winning.

And it didn't taste like lawn mower gas or the grill or anything!

Bread turned out great. Got my "Saturday chores" done finally. Sorted through some pictures from Sunday for our friend Kat (and the band). Even registered for a 5K.

If anyone has a hack to get me in shape to actually run it in a month, let me know. We can play swapsies with our tips. Just because I am an undomestic goddess, doesn't mean I don't know a shortcut or two.

Hmmm.... shortcut. Now that could be an option for the 5K... hmmm...