Strike a match to strike out odor.

One of the most effective ways to mask unpleasant bathroom odor is also one of the easiest. Simply light a match or two, and you'll camouflage any smells. Keep a few matchbooks in your bathroom for emergencies.

Prevent toilet trouble with baking soda

One of the most effective ways to mask unpleasant bathroom odors. pour in one cup of baking soda once a week

Bounce odors with fabric softener

Freshen the scent of your bedroom or bathroom without throwing away money on fancy-smelling air fresheners. Just put a fabric softener sheet in your wastebasket.

Get Disposable gloves for free

Need to get down and dirty? Save those plastic produce bags you tear off in the grocery store and turn them into disposable gloves, Slip the bags over your hands and hold them in place with rubber bands. When you're done, just toss them out.

In Deep Water

Want to get exercise? Reach for your swimsuit instead of your sneakers, Research shows deep-water running can give you the same cardio benefits as an intense jog, minus the wear and tear on your joints. When you run on land, the impact creates a force equal to two to three times your weight, says Tish Doyle-Baker, a Calgary clinical exercise physiologist, But the buoyancy in the water eliminates most of that stress.

You can't just jump in and casually tread water, though. You have to actually run - raising your knees and pumping your arms - to get results.

That can be difficult, says Lawrence Golding, coauthor of a paper on the benefits of deep-water running published in the American College of Sports Medicine's Health & Fitness Journal. "There is a tendency to not work as hard in water," he says. One solution is to use a waterproof heart-rate monitor to ensure you're exercising within your target heart-rate zone, helping you achieve maximum benefits.