I hate folding fitted sheets. Granted, I don’t have to do it often because I’m a lazy shmuck about washing the sheets and I don’t care if you’re grossed out by that because people used to live in huts with dirt floors and they were perfectly fine so don’t look at me with those disgusted, judgmental eyes, okay? Just let it go and let me tell you about why I hate folding fitted sheets.

I hate folding fitted sheets because I can never remember how to fold them right. They never look pretty or neat when I’m done with them. Instead they look like a bunched up mess that looks strangely similar to they way they looked before I pulled them out of the basket.

Today I had the brilliant idea to Google it. That is my answer to everything, yet for some reason it hadn’t occurred to me before. As usual, I was not disappointed. I present to you my Household Tip For Dummies #2 (See Tip #1, “The Cure for Rock-Hard Brown Sugar“), How To Fold A Fitted Sheet:

1. Slip your hand into 2 top corners of the sheet.
2. Fold the sheet in half and fit the corners into each other.

3. Fold the sheet in half again and fit all the corners together. Make sure your edges are straight. 

4. Lay the sheet down flat and make a square out of it.

5. Fold 1/3 of the sheet towards the center.
6. Fold the last third of the sheet towards the center. 
7. Repeat steps 5 and 6.

Easy, right? Believe me, I am domestically challenged, so if I can do it you can too!

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I am a bit out of practice when it comes to baking cookies. Since I don’t get a chance to do it as much, I keep finding the brown sugar all hardened when I go to use it. Now I know the trick about keeping bread or an apple slice in with the sugar to keep it soft, but that isn’t exactly a quick fix. I finally googled how to soften brown sugar and found a solution that was surprisingly easy. Put the brown sugar in a microwave safe container next to a bowl full of water and microwave for 1 minute. Presto! You’ve got soft brown sugar again!