Changing for the better, the invisible

For a long time, this box is placed in between doors. Within it I put the shower gel that goes in to the smaller pump bottle, unfortunately it's in the box, my mom didn't see it. So when she needed to refill the bottle, she took out a new bottle. I was shocked that she didn't found it and reached for a new one. So change is in place, I am preparing to use a detergent bottle to store all the powder and then throw the box away because it takes up space and it doesn't fulfill its duty.

Now I have to wait until I finished one big liquid detergent bottle before I can take action but at least I know how to make the change and what to plan.

Labels

I know that my blog doesn't has a lot of views and that's the reason why I am rereading my post. I see a lot of mistakes and am currently checking it out. Also I label it to find my post easier, something that I do now with my paper scans, date and subject of the scan.

This mechanisme makes sure I don't cover the same subject again and again. Therefore I need to first check what I wrote before. Fortunately, I did not attached labels on it. Yes, I am currently slapping my forehead. But on the bright side I am ready every post to assign a label to it and spell check.

I have a spell check blindness, at the moment or after writing I don't see the mistakes I make but after a few hours or a day I can see my mistakes clearly. Heck I am a pro at spell checking as long as I didn't write.

The labels will be put randomly on the post, someday just 10, no schedule that I have to keep  to finish it. But for every new post I write there will be labels attached.

Goodbye my dearest ASUS laptop

At the right moment that I am typing this post I am emptying my old laptop harddrive. My ASUS laptop has served me for 8 years and has been traveling with me to China, Korea and Hong Kong. The battery life was empty for almost 4 years so it became more of a desktop. But since I use my current laptop more often it's time to say goodbye to my Asus K52F. I am a proud owner when you where in my possession. You helped me typing great articles and rapports, your screen is bigger than the one I have now currently.

I have seen many movies with you. I will also miss your cd-drive even though in this time period not a lot of people care, I do heck that's why I still have a vcd-player. Even though it has been over 8 years I can see that I cherished you. The keyboard for example has been protected for years by a silicone cover which even my current laptop doesn't have. My current laptop doesn't even really qualify as a laptop. It's in between a laptop and a netbook. But I see that in the current years I have been using you less and less. It's not fair to compare you to a newer and faster processor. 

You have been a great laptop with a 15,6 inch screen and with a full keyboard with numbers that I needed to punch. I also learned a lot about computer with you and did the most amazing things. If I didn't had you, I wouldn't be able to fix our common desktop which had a virus. I upgraded you with extra 2GB-ram memory to keep you running faster. I had switched out the desktop hdd drive into a ssd with your help. You were always next to me to fix other appliance. Not my old cellphone HTC Wildfire or my tablet, it was my trusted laptop that didn't fail me. 

It pains me to ship you away to the electric graveyard so instead I am selling you to a recycle company that will reuse your parts. Thank you for being well made and so great!

Learn to fix it with glue

Consuming less and making the product useful. All of us can fix items that are broken. This time I am going to share some tips and tricks. I bought this package of superglue that is very effective. This month alone I already glued the hanger, my bluetooth headphones. For superglue I always decide a small package because it's small and won't dry out before you use drop of glue.

You can see that my Picun had some wire hanging out and with just a little bit of glue and the help of a toothpick it's fixed. And the overhead headphones with the black wire has not been in place for around 3 months and with glueing it's done. I can use it again as normal.

This is what's in my bathroom and I use

They say that women have around 6 products in the bathroom. I welcome you a glance in my bathroom. These items are the things we use. Shampoo that's stripped from it brand, information and cap. Instead of the original cap I use a pump to use it more economically. When using a new bottle sometimes you pour too much out of it, that's why I use a pump. My mothers shower gel is also in a smaller container with pump. I use the soapbar because it's as good as a shower gel.

These few years I have reduced my shower products significantly and want to share this with you. Pretty good, right? Even though I am a minimalist I don't force my way of living on my family because my siblings still have more products in the bathroom. They still have their shampoo, conditioner and multiple face wash.The best thing about it is: in a year I usually use one or two bottle of shampoo because I measure my shampoo usage with the pump and additionally I go to the hairdresser 3 to 4 times a year. I am not skimming on anything while using the necessary products.

Great isn't it!

Remeber my 10 December 2017 entry

After a month of again searching and waiting I finally found the treasured item. My felted clothes hanger for pants. I got this in the first week in 2018 and I am absolute loving it. It's just so great to have it back in my room. This simple invention just helps me tidy up my space just that little bit more.

But, there is a but. Luckily I didn't wrote and post it online first. At the beginning I was so happy but after using it for two weeks and not even putting heavy clothing on it, it broke. Like snap and that was it.

The products that are in the store today are from lesser quality. If I compare my old pants hanger that withstood the years of heavy clothing and abuse it's just pathetic. Also consider the price that the old hanger cost only €1,- at the time and now I bought it for €4,- as a set of two and it broke.

It just doesn't make sense that it's more expensive but the quality is sh*t. I believe that in the past the lower price ranged product may be not as much adored but the quality is still great. Now the pricing may be high or low it doesn't give any indication on how the quality is.

In my last post I showed that I replace my old cherished stuff.

Buy it to replace it!

Our pan needs to be replaced because it's at the end of its lifespan. For over a decade it has served us delicious food and has felt the heat under it for a million times. For a year it has been emitting this smell when its put on the stove. I want to get rid of it for multiple time but without any good replacement I couldn't. My old pan is not usable anymore so donating it would be pointless that's why it went straight into the recycling bin.

 

This week I finally found this great pan. It is made from metal and no plastic. Because it's a cast pan there are no connection made with screw like in the old one. The handles are fully metal and the silicone is used to make it easy to pick up. The lid is also great because it's fully made from glass.

Before purchasing it, I looked at the quality and durability of the pan. From what material is it made and would it be easy to recycle. It also has 3 year warranty which is one year more than the shops required warranty.

Back at home I boiled water in it twice, cleaned it with soap and oiled it just as described in the instruction manual. So buying new products is okay as long as it replace something very useful.