Spring Ritual For Procrastinators

Spring has sprung. It’s finally warm enough to go outside. Around my house that can only mean one thing, time to take down the Christmas lights!
If the strings of lights are not carefully stored, they will be a tangled mess when it’s time to put them back up Christmas eve.
This is my method of storing lights so they stay untangled and ready for quick action.

Step 1:

Lay the cord across an old magazine leaving the plug hanging slightly over the end.  You will need the plug latter, but don't want it to flop too much.  Then roll the magazine into a tube with the cord through the center of that tube..