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Toaster Hacks

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I'm back again with another quick tip. This time its in the form of two toaster hacks Toaster Hack #1 Making Grilled Cheese in the Toaster ' I've tested this hack many a times and I love it. Here are a couple of quick tips to get the best grilled cheese: 1. If you put cheese on only one side make sure its on the top slice of bread  I actually haven't tried it with cheese on both sides, but I would watch the bottom cheese slice if you do; depending on your toaster it may go shooting out of there 2. Figure out which side cooks on its side better.  If I turn my toaster so the lever is facing the left it tends to burn the bread very quickly, but if I turn it so the lever is facing the right, it cooks a perfect grilled cheese. Toaster Hack #2 Creating the perfect toasted bread for Sandwiches I love this toaster hack and use it all the time (especially for my tomato sandwiches!). The only advice I have is turn down your toaster setting down...

Desk Organization Part 1: Taming the Wires

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Do not be alarmed at the following picture. This is unfortunately how unorganized my desk looked at the beginning of the year. It's terrible... I know. But this is exactly why my yearly goal is to get our house organized. So over the past week I have done nothing more than search for Craft Room organization ideas on Pinterest. And the only thing I really learned is that people have really elaborate craft rooms with really immaculate organization schemes. Unfortunately my craft area is just my (very messy) desk for now. And even that area I need to serve three different functions. It needs to work as my family command center, my craft storage area and eventually as a work area. So while I'm still on the hunt for creative storage solutions for my desk, I did find a life hack to improve the wires hanging behind my desk (and, as you can see below, to keep them some what out of Blu's reach). Here's everything you'll need to get this project done (Blu...