Quirky Homemaking

Okay, so while I was making the bed yesterday I started thinking about all the little things I do around my house to make "keeping house" a little more efficient. I do have to admit that as I think about some of these things that they are pretty quirky, I could probably keep my house just fine without doing things the way I do. But, where's the fun in that???

Anyway, two of the things I was thinking about are emptying and relining the garbage cans, and folding the sheets and making the bed.

Emptying and Relining the Garbage Can
I always, always, always put my extra garbage bags in the bottom of my garbage cans. That means, that since I buy my kitchen bags in bulk that I keep the box under the kitchen sink; and, when I pull out the last bag in the can, I go grab 10 or 20 bags out of the box and put them in the bottom of the garbage can before I reline the can. The same goes for my other garbage cans in the house, except that I reuse my grocery bags. And, I always, always, always reline the can before I take the garbage out to the big city garbage can. Otherwise, I forget to reline it.

Folding the Sheets & Making the Bed
When I fold my flat sheets, I absolutely always fold the width in half before folding the length in half. That way, when I make the bed I have a nice crease down the center of the sheet that I can match with the center of the bed so I'm not constantly walking around the bed making sure the sheet hangs just right on both sides.

I also fold my flat sheet around my folded fitted sheet and pillowcases when I put them away in the linen closet. That way, when I need to change the sheets again, I have a little "sheet package" that I can pull out, rather than pulling everything out of the closet to find all the matching pieces.

**So, I want to know: What Quirky Homemaking things do you do???**