05.04.2020 0600 Materials: WarrantiesReceiptsImportant Documents Tools: Calendar (preferably digital) I like to organize important due dates in my life. This includes scheduling warranties, scheduling retail items that I purchase and might want to return, even scheduling the expiration date for my drivers license and passport. I tend to date a lot of my purchased items, … Continue reading Scheduling Warranties and Important Documents
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DIY Thumb Loops In Sweater Sleeves
11.18.2019 0600 So this blog post is a personal life hack of mine. When I work out, I like to wear sweaters. Now, these sweaters are not always athletic sweaters, but simple sweaters that I buy just to wear on a day-to-day basis. I like to go running in these sweaters because they're comfortable and … Continue reading DIY Thumb Loops In Sweater Sleeves
How I Keep Long Cords Organized
01.02.2018 0600 Materials: Velcro straps Cardboard Tools: Cables Rope Christmas Lights Organizing long ropes is always a bit tricky. There are many different methods and techniques that people use in different professions. I discovered a few that help me keep different types of cords organized. Every cable has a natural coil. When you try to … Continue reading How I Keep Long Cords Organized
How To Daisy Chain Your Long Ropes
12.26.2017 0600 Storing long ropes can be a hassle, but if you know how to organize the ropes, unraveling them each time won't seem as daunting. I like to wrap my long ropes in a daisy chain so that when I open the rope, it's a quick process and it doesn't get tangled. A daisy … Continue reading How To Daisy Chain Your Long Ropes
Ethylene Producing Fruits And Vegetables
04.04.2017 0700 Storing fruits and vegetables can be tricky if you have too much and if they're stored incorrectly, the speed of ripening can speed up unnecessarily. It's one lesson I had to take time out to understand when I lived on my own. As some fruits and vegetables ripen, they release ethylene, a gas that can cause … Continue reading Ethylene Producing Fruits And Vegetables
The Concept of Collecting
03.14.2017 0800 Collecting is for some people a childhood hobby, but for others a lifelong pursuit or one that begins in adulthood. Collectors who begin early in life often modify their aims when they get older. Some novice collectors start purchasing items that appeal to them then slowly work at learning how to build … Continue reading The Concept of Collecting
The Dangers Of Microfiber Cloths
03.07.2017 0600 You know when a new product comes out, and it promises to eliminate chemicals and cut down on the process of cleaning, and then we wait ten years or so, and figure out the drawbacks from this said new product? Yeah, that's what this post is about. So when microfiber cloths hit mainstream … Continue reading The Dangers Of Microfiber Cloths
The Problem With Disposable Chopsticks
11.17.2016 0800 The world's fast growing appetite for Asian food has a lot to do with both population growth and economic development on the continent. Demand has soared in China, where GDP per capita has increased more than ten fold since 2000, and also in Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia. The long-standing myth that disposable chopsticks … Continue reading The Problem With Disposable Chopsticks
Understanding Recycling Glass
10.13.2016 0800 Glass Recycling Process Link Of all the materials that we are continually reminded of as consumers to recycle, glass has to be within the top three on that list; the other being paper and aluminum. I have to admit that I prefer glass and aluminum over paper though. Paper cannot be washed clean … Continue reading Understanding Recycling Glass
Upcycling Sleeves Into Reusable Gift Bags
09.19.2016 0800 Materials: Leftover t-shirt sleeves from the shirts you planned to make into a t-shirt quilt Sewing kit Tools: Sewing machine So I started making a T-shirt quilt for my brother and one for my mother. For my brother, I used his old t-shirts and for my mother, I took a few of my childhood t-shirts as … Continue reading Upcycling Sleeves Into Reusable Gift Bags
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