Hacking's meaning has now evolved into more
than breaking into a computer. Thanks to countless YouTube videos and the entertaining
TV series on truTV, Hack My Life,
hacking is all the rage. (Yes, the watermelon/rubber band hack aired there 1st)
Well I am here to say women have been hacking for generations! Hacking skills
have been passed down from mother to daughter & we are proud of it.
My friends & I reminisce about this one
every winter. It is the bread bags on the kid's feet held up by rubber bands
before they go in the winter boots to keep the feet dry hack. Our Mother's generation
began this one. (Sliced bread was not commonplace in our grandmother's
generation) With those bread bags, the kids were able to play out in the snow longer. Yes, our mothers were pretty
crafty with their hacks! Also, our moms showed us the secret to a happier
marriage: by keeping any non-necessity (i.e. shoes) shopping purchases in the
trunk of the car until an opportune time came to secretly unload. My Mom did
this and among my friends, most have done this one and we are definitely passing
this hack to our daughters.
For
all my years the Vaseline (petroleum jelly) hacks have been a part of my life.
Everything from beauty hacks (moisturizer, healthy mascara, cuticle cream) to preventing
blisters, healing cuts, removing scuffs marks & shining patent shoes have
been seamlessly used from generation to generation.
In a few weeks, Mother's Day will be here.
This is not just another Hallmark holiday, Ladies. No, it is a hack that has
enabled women for decades to have that one day a year to be waited on hand
& foot and do whatever they please. (mimosa time, gardening time & nap
time for this Mom!)
Some of
my favorite gardening hacks include using coffee filters in the bottom of you
pots to help the water drain a bit slower while keeping the soil in place. In
the larger containers, displacing some space in the bottom of your pot with
packing peanuts (not the water soluble kind!) or an overturned destined to be
disposed of plastic pot. This bloggers favorite hack to refresh your garden
furniture, chachkis & birdfeeders is spray paint. It is my single most
favorite springtime hack (along with my Mother's Day nap) Enjoy & keep
hacking away; generations of daughters are depending on it!
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