10 tips to keep your cool do summer jobs

Get daily tasks in your home without heat and add stress on your air conditioner. The first rule is do your job when it's cold outside, before breakfast or after dinner, if possible.

Cleaning the American Institute offers these ten tips for everyday tasks and saves money in the long run.

In the kitchen:

• Use the power management settings of your dishwasher - let dry safe and your dishes air.

• Keep cooking tastes better your heating kitchen (and whole house) for outdoor more meals on the grill.

• not cook Or. Choose salads and other cold food and al fresco dining, which incidentally is my favorite place to eat.

• Put your small appliances into a power strip so you can turn from them when they. Not in use or

• Turn off lights when not needed and whenever you leave the room.

In bathrooms:

• Most items can be washed in cold water, it saves money and keeps heat the laundry.

• Let the sun warm and dry and at least do not heat a portion of your dryer air at home. Turning underwear so not deleted when you put them to dry in the sun. Windy days sunshine is the best. Personally, I have a clothing line on my covered patio and it works very well for items that do not want to throw to the case - dryer. I must admit that I miss a clothesline in the backyard of the year I had rinse clothes because the beetles have left their "stuff" on it at the time I was able to eliminate the line end of the day!

• If you use the dryer - machine, do everything possible overload or avoid under load, since charging takes longer to dry.

• Adding to load a clean, dry towel jeans or other heavy objects will reduce the drying time.

• the iron space. Before drying on the line, with each member shaking to release the wrinkles, then straighten and each piece as it is smooth hooked. I'm spraying a big user of reducing wrinkles.

Following the above advice - relieve both its air and door - the currency. Relieve stress on your air conditioner also helps the environment and relieve stress in your portfolio helps your budget!

- Jeannie Nichols is an educator of food security extension at Michigan State University. It can be reached at 517-439-9301 or nicho115@msu.edu.

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