Welcome to Practical Tip Tuesday, and sorry this post is late. Today I want to share an easy fix for when this light comes on your dashboard. 

This light is your Tire Pressure Monitor light. Cars newer than 2008 have a sensor built into their tires that will warn the driver with the above light when the tire pressure drops below a certain level. Todays post will show you how to check your tire pressure, fix your tire pressure, and fill your tire up which will make the light turn off. 

First step is to obviously find out which tire is low. You will need a tire pressure gauge. There are a few different ones you can use. Below is shown 3 different type, but they all do the same thing. 


This tire gauge is my fav only because I feel it is the easiest for me to hold and get a good seal on the tire to get an accurate reading. So how do you use this? It's super easy! The gauge fits right onto the tire stem. Line it up with the tire stem and then push it on. One thing to know when checking your tire pressure is that when you put one of these to the tire stem make sure you have a good seal. A good seal means you can't hear any air leaking out when you hook up the tire gauge. If you don't have a good seal your reading on the tire gauge will not be accurate. 
The picture below is showing that my tire pressure is only 20psi. This is really low and needs to be filled up. 
Once you find the tire that is low you now need to find out how much psi needs to go into your tire. Each car is different and there is a sticker located on the inside of the driver side door which will show you how much to fill your tires up too. The sticker will also tell you the size of tires that are best for your car. 

 For my car 33psi is optimal for my front & rear tires and 60 psi for my spare tire. 
 When you go to the gas station to fill up the tire, this tool is attached to their machine. It has 2 ends that do the same thing and depending on your tire and rim  you could use either side. I personally find that the end where the arrow is easiest and works best.
 In order to fill your tire you must get a good seal with this tool also. If you push the tool on and hear air leaking out then you need to change the angle or push the tool on harder. Once you fill up the tire double check again with the tire pressure gauge that the tire is filled to what it's supposed to be. Once you get your tire pressure to that tire pressure goal then you are done. When you get back into your car the light will still be on (most likely), don't worry, you need to drive around a little to get the light to come off.
Once it's off you are now an expert at this light and can take care of it whenever needed(no man involved lol). Most of the time this light will come on when the seasons change from fall to winter and winter to summer. 

Thanks for reading and if you have a question answered or need a tutorial of something let me know, I'd love to help! 

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NEW SERIES ALERT! I've decided to share some of my other talents here on the blog with a new series. These practical tips can be anything from baking to changing a flat tire. So make sure and check in every tuesday for a new practical tip. 
Last week sometime I posted an IG (@Nikkihep) picture of Jeff & I getting fresh peaches ready to freeze so we could enjoy them this winter time. From that picture I had a request to share the recipe I had. This recipe I have is from my sister-in-law and it is so yummy, so thanks Steph for sharing. 
Things you'll need:
Peaches-obviously lol
sugar
Fresh Fruit Produce Protector by Ball
Ziplock Freezer bags
Recipe:
4 cups of fresh peeled peaches cut up how ever you'd like
2 tsp of Fresh Fruit Produce Protector
1/2 cup of Sugar
Here is the process we found to be the easiest. 
If your peaches are soft but not easy to peel I have the solution for you. 
Bring a pan of water to boil
Slice the bottom of your peach like so
Drop peach into the boiling water for 20 sec at the most, then place in bowl with cold ice water. 
If you notice the peach skin peeling back on it's own in the boiling water before the 20 sec is up, you can remove the peach and place in ice cold water. 
Once that process is done the peach skin will literally peel right off.
We used this process the first time and it worked wonders, the second time we peeled peaches the peaches were so ripe that the skin just peeled off on its own.
Peel peaches and place in bowl
 4 cups of peaches into bowl
 2 tsp of Fresh Fruit
 1/2 cup of Sugar (I did 1/4 then mix then the other 1/4)
Label Ziplock bag of when peaches were made, then add peaches.
Place in freezer and BAM, you're done!
 
Simple recipe for some fresh peaches in the winter time! I can't waiting. 

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