SureFire G2 Light. By far the brightest pocketable flashlights these days are powered by a pair of 3-volt lithium batteries (the kind used in cameras — 123A). Smaller than your hand they throw out four times more light than huge D-cell monsters. Lithium beacons were pioneered by the law enforcement and military supplier Surefire. They are issued in delux $200 plus anodized versions.
Now catering to the rest of us, SureFire puts the same innards into this cheap(er) indestructible plastic version — the G2 Nitrolon for $34. Keeping this spotlight going in constant use means finding a bulk source of lithiums. You can dial up the intensity of the G2 even further by substituting a more intense bulb (P61); that doubles the lumens to quasar level of 120 lumens, but it reduces the run time for the batteries to only 20 minutes!
You want cool and long, go with an LED. There is one exception, a hybrid, if you are willing to pay for it. For my more occasional use, the G2 is more than adequate. – Jimmy Hill –Dan Dubno. DIY. Screws Small Encyclopedia Sometimes. Sometimes You do not know, what screw you need to turn this piece of furniture. That is why this little encyclopedia was created. Screws Head Style Drive Types Washer Type Nut Types by Boltdepot.com. Sew In-seam Pockets. Homemade OxyClean | Creatively Domestic. What a great inexpensive laundry fix! This came from The Grocery Cart Challenge and I was so excited to give it a try.
I feel like I go through gallons of Shout at a time, so I needed to step up my spot removal a notch. When you have a child, you never quite know what you'll be praying comes out in the wash. Let's stop that conversation there! *Updated 9/28/11* I've been using this concoction for over two years and I've had ALOT of questions about this Homemade Oxyclean, so I thought I'd show everyone exactly how I use it. Here is my plastic dishpan that I have stashed in my laundry room and a batch of the Oxyclean mixed up and ready to go. As for baking soda vs. washing soda: I use baking soda and have found it to work really well. Here is one of my son's jumpers that I want to get some weird funk out of. This is how I left the clothing sit for an afternoon, (hello gray yoga pants with chocolate ice cream on them...tee hee...
Homemade OxyClean recipe from The Grocery Cart Challenge. Hands at Home | The New Homemaker. Tandard house construction has a problem, and it's wooden. With the price of wood skyrocketing, and the ecological impact of all that wood, glue, nails, gypsum, Tyvek, fiberglass, paint and primer on the landscape, the cost of a house is quickly becoming more than just the price of the land and a few 2x4s. The Hand-Sculpted House is the where, when, how and why--written by the "who"--of cob construction, an ancient building style undergoing a big revival.
It explains everything, from the right consistency of soil to the best dance-moves to use when mixing up a batch of cob. Yes, I said soil. I can hear the howls now: "A house made of DIRT?!?!? Cob is one of humanity's oldest construction methods. Walls aren't so much built as they are "knitted," or squished into place.
Darn it! | How to Darn a Sock. Your grandma knew all about darning. Or maybe your great-grandma. These days we tend to throw away clothes that wear through instead of repairing them. Regular cotton socks I’m happy to repurpose into cleaning rags, but not expensive wool hiking socks. Those I’ll fight for. Grrr! Darning isn’t hard, but it does take a bit of time. To darn, you’ll need a sock with a hole in it, a darning needle, some yarn and a light bulb. Unlike my demonstration, you’ll probably want to choose yarn the same colour as your sock, but feel free to be funky. First, turn your sock inside out and stick your light bulb inside of it. Next, pick a spot at least 1/2 an inch away from the edge of the hole and stick a line of running stitches all the way across to at least 1/2 an inch from the far side of the hole.
When you get to the spot you want to stop, turn the sock around and stitch back the other direction. Repeat as may times as it take to completely cover the hole/s. Shopping_list. Frugal Tips | Saving Money Tips. “When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history, it becomes more beautiful.” -Barbara Bloom You know what one of my favorite things in my house is? It’s a bunch of candleholders that I made from small jelly jars. They’re the best candleholders I’ve ever had. My jelly-jars-turned-candleholders have history, and good memories. Here in America, we have a serious “throw it away and buy something new” problem. But by doing this I think we’re robbing ourselves of the lessons the Japanese have learned a long time ago. The lesson is that the items we use everyday become dear by our use and familiarity with them. I have to tell you that when my copy of Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things: 2,317 Ways to Save Money and Time finally came in, I was enraptured from the first page.
Fabulous. So, what are some of my favorite tips from this book? Let’s go: Last Word… Simple. Frugality | Survival Mama. The other day I got an email from Sara Star over at Spirits Craft telling me that I’d been selected as a winner of the Domestic Witch Blog Award. I’m touched to have my writing so honored. Today has been a difficult one. Last night I tried taking an L-tryptophan capsule to help with my ongoing insomnia and it worked too well, I’ve been exhausted all day and my stomach has also felt very off.
So, of course, what do I do but come home and find myself in the middle of a whirlwind of projects before I can rest? But they were necessary, so I gritted my teeth and hurried through as best I could so that I could get to right here and right now, relaxing in bed with my feet elevated and a big bowl of rice dressed with garlic, Bragg’s, and butter (my palliative for every ailment) cooling so that I can eat. When I picked my daughter up from summer camp today, her face wobbled when she saw me and she got teary. My daughter is going away for a week to visit her grandparents before school starts.