Becoming the Housewife MacGyver AROUND THE HOUSE

Welcome to July! June just flew right by... Just in case you missed one, be sure to check out these fantastic guests and their posts about becoming the Housewife MacGyver in the kitchen:

• Gwen's Recipe Substitutions 
• Heather's Make-Aheads
• Ginny's Spicy Wisdom
• Keira's Meatless Meals

Thanks ladies!

And now we're on to July...

So, what does handywife MacGyver do around the house? All sorts of things, of course, but this month guests will be sharing their wisdom about:

• what is and/or should be in your toolbox
• basic electrical work
• the dishwasher
• the fridge/freezer
• the washer
• the dryer

We'll cover what we can around the house, but there are just SO many things to know about fixing and maintaining properly around the house. And many of those things must be learned at the School of Hard Knocks (SOHK, more commonly known as Gee That Was Stupid: I Won't Do That Again).

So, that's what I want to hear from you today: What lessons have you learned that you can share with all of us? (We'd love to be able to skip a few SOHK lessons...)

And what questions do you have about handywife work? Personally, I am about ready to take a crash course on swamp coolers since ours is less cool than swampy and our landlord is taking his time fixing it...


This post is part of the Housewife MacGyver series on just Lu. Read more about Housewife MacGyver and see all the posts in the series here.