Handy household tip of the day!
If you have a cold and you're boiling water so you can breathe the steam to decongest your ENTIRE HEAD, add a tablespoon of cloves to the boiling water. The sharp scent of the cloves will clear you out much faster than plain water. As a bonus, the boiling clove-water will scent the house nicely. Not that I can smell it, since my ENTIRE HEAD is congested. But Ian can smell it!