Stop milking for toothpaste

This may win it for the “too obvious to mention” category, but I finally learned how to avoid those annoying battles with a toothpaste tube that come when the thing is nearly empty.

It took me several decades of tube-frustration to realize that all you have to do is snip along one edge for easy access. It didn’t take too long after that to realize that you need to press the tube shut after each use (or seal it in a plastic bag) to keep the paste from drying out.

It also took 75 years to find a pair of decent kitchen-utility scissors. These are Kitchen Aid from the Kitchen Collection store.