Mar

11

Today’s Resolution: Survey Shady Specs

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Conduct a shade inspection on your sunglasses. During the summer months, sunscreen to protect our skin is a must. However, how much thought do we give to protecting our eyes from the sun? While dark lenses in sunglasses prevent us from squinting, are they keeping out damaging UV rays? Expensive or dark lens glasses do not guarantee protection. If you are not sure about the UV level of protection, most optical stores can check this for you.

Image source: Andres Rueda on Flickr

Mar

10

Today’s Resolution: Take a Time Out for Tool Time

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Depending on your “Do It Yourself” (DIY) quotient, the inventory of tools in your tool box may be limited or on epic professional levels. If you are in the category of novice, consider some basics and a place to put them. In fact, if the kitchen drawer is your stronghold for spare nails, screws, a screwdriver, and hammer, you should really swing by your local hardware store and buy yourself a tool box. Make sure you have a couple of different sizes for screwdrivers and have both a Phillips head and a flat head. If you are a master tool technician, try to help someone who is wandering the aisles of the hardware store looking for that tool box!

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Mar

09

Today’s Resolution: Use the Write Stuff

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Writing utensils seem to be plentiful throughout the house, but I can’t seem to find just what I need all the time. Gather up all of the pens, pencils, and markers (maybe even crayons!) and put into an old shoebox or large jar. Keep in a convenient location. Make sure everything you place in there works; I hate going for one pen after another that is out of ink just to sign a check! If you have enough, separate into containers by type. It’s a good idea to keep a few crayons or colored pencils around too for guests who have children. Paper and a writing utensil can be a great toy!

Image source: These cute chalkboard labels on Etsy.

Mar

08

Today’s Resolution: Make a Plan “B”

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Backing up our precious electronic files seems like an easy act to execute, so why don’t we do it? Technology has given us the tools to make this process a snap. There are portable hard drives, online services, and the ever-popular thumb drives to house our precious electronic nuggets. What if a deadly virus caught you off-guard? Would you be backed-up? Don’t procrastinate on this one!

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Mar

07

Today’s Resolution: Look for “Under Where”

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When you were a kid, you were probably amused by the gag of trying to provoke someone to respond with “Under where?” (sounds like “underwear”) after giving some vague directions about the location of some imaginary item under something. Always good for a giggle if you could get an adult to say it. However, “under where” might just be a solution to utilizing more space without adding to the clutter in a house or apartment. The area under sofas can provide a nice place to tuck a short bin filled possibly with magazines, games, or CDs especially if the view is obscured and the container is out of sight. The space under beds can serve the same purpose for containers of clothing items, mementos, books, etc. Even underwear can go under there!

Image source: Read “S” is for Storage!