Okay, so I'm a teacher

It seems I was born to be a teacher but went into the profession kicking and screaming. It was the last thing I wanted to do. Even though I'm not teaching right now, except for an occasional Sunday School lesson, the urge comes over me and I have to share. So today, gentle readers, are ten household tips. If you're my child, you probably know most of these already. If you're a guy who has someone to look after the kitchen stuff, you'll probably be bored.

1. Guacamole will stay green for a few hours or more if you put the avocado seed back in the dip after you have finished making it. Honest, it works like magic. (BTW, do not ever add mayonnaise to guacamole. That is a sin, in my opinion.)
2. Sandwich bags (the cheap ones without the zipper) are great for storing non-fragile small Christmas ornaments. Put the ornament in the bag, roll the bag around it and flip the top over just as you would with a sandwich. It makes a nice little bundle. It keeps them separate and clean and provides some padding so they don't get hurt in the box. (Zipper bags would work but they don't provide as much padding. And they cost more.)
3. Sandwich bags (the cheap ones without the zipper) are great for putting small candies in Christmas stockings, Easter baskets and party favor sacks. Just tie them up with curling ribbon and they look cool. Again, zipper bags would work but they don't look fancy.
4. Wash jeans inside out for the first few washings and they will look new longer.
5. Use clothespins (the spring type) to close up all cereal bags, chips, cracker sleeves, etc. Use two on a big chip bag. They're way cheaper than chip clips, plus they're smaller and they're stronger. So what if they look weird? I don't think they're giving a prize for neat-looking pretzel bags.
6. Old pantyhose are great for tying up tomato plants.
7. When you use up one of those magnetic shopping lists, rip the magnet off the cardboard and tape it on to a non-magnetic random notepad with clear package tape. (You know people give away free notepads all the time!) The magnet will still stick through the tape and you don't have to pay for another magnetic pad.
8. When you finish a jigsaw puzzle, put the pieces in a gallon-size zipper bag, and put it back in the box. If you push the air out it will fit better. No more missing pieces and you don't even have to worry if the box breaks at the corners. (Which it will.)
9. Use a small sandwich zipper bag to store twisty-ties and other small items like rubber bands in your kitchen. If you fill up the bag, you've got too many so don't save any more.
10. If you're limited on storage space in your kitchen, keep your bread and rolls in the microwave. Unlike the oven, you're not going to turn it on without opening the door. When you need to use the microwave put your bread sacks and roll sacks on the counter then return them when you're done. (This does mean that you have to clean your microwave frequently. A plus in my opinion.)

So there you have it. Some of these were taught me by someone else but some were born of necessity because of my really small kitchen. Others were invented just because I'm really cheap and pretty green about not buying stuff when I've got something else that will do just as well.

You guys got any tips?