Little Things Really Help

~~When I wanted to take any medicine or supplement., I was frustrated as I searched for the right bottle. Instead of having them in the kitchen cabinet where I did keep them, I put them all on top of the dehydrator. I kept knocking them off. So, I put them in a little bag, the rectangular kind that has a zippered top.  That works so well.

For the last year, I have tumbled these around in the bag when looking for the med I need to take.  Wednesday night, I bought little colored 3/4 inch sticky circles, the kind sold for yard sale use, blank ones. On the tops of the bottles I put green circles with the name of the med. Green is for anything that controls allergies.

Yellow dots are for other meds--prescriptions or supplements--I take regularly for whatever.

Red/pink circles are for a prescription that I take for a finite time, like an antibiotic.

Of course, I wrote the names on each colored circle, too. Now,my frustration level will diminish greatly.

Instead of putting new stickers on new bottles of meds, I will just switch out the old cap to the new bottle if they come in the same size bottles. So far, I have only gotten bottles that use one of two sizes of lids. That will save having to use a new circle each time I get a new med--prescription, otc, or supplement.

~~Since my cell phone slipped out of my pocket  all the time years ago, I hooked an id badge clip onto the lariat on my cell phone. I clipped the cell phone to the front of the pocket that is made into the side seam of my pants. Often, I would get up and my cell phone would be hanging by the clip!  Finally, the clips all broke. I had been taking the clips off id badges I had collected in a junk drawer. Wednesday night, I bought a package of 12 Id badge clips.

The badge clip on my cell phone was really handy the few times I was in the hospital or ER since I could just clip my phone to my pillow. Until the last clip broke, I did clip my phone to my pillow here on my bed. That way, I did not have to stand on my head to find the cell phone when it slipped off my bed.

Both of these fixes will help me immensely even though I did have to spend money. I have run out of people to ask for the badge clips!

~~Remember the key safe I bought for $25? I have used that twice in two days. On Tuesday, the key alarm did not go off as I got out of my car at WM after midnight. The key was in the ignition! A woman who works there was on supper break and brought me home where I got the key from the key safe and we went back to WM.

Wednesday, I left the house to get into the car. As I reached the car, I realized the side seam in my pants was ripped open just a bit. I would keep my hand over it, I thought, too tired to go back to the house. As I left the house in the car, I realized the whole crotch was out. Sooo, I came back in and changed my pants, leaving the phone in the house, too. The key safe saved the day!

I called publix Corporate and was told that as long as the meat trays were thoroughly cleaned in order to not attract animals or insects, they were acceptable. It seems I have typed that before. ???

I washed out the meat tray from a chuck steak so I can recycle it. I put the steak in marinade for a turkey bag on Thursday. Potatoes will go in there, too. Potatoes will be peeled on Wednesday. Exbf gets that to take home. I will eat a boiled egg for dinner tomorrow night.

Six eggs went into a pot Wednesday night to boil. Thursday morning, exbf comes and I will be hungry out doing things with no breakfast. I can gobble down an egg before he comes. I got a sausage and biscuit last week, but a $0.17 egg beats a $2 biscuit from Hardees and it is better for me.

That's not much, but it is all that happened on Wednesday. I did not feel well enough to do anything much.

Thursday--I have a mower attached to my mower. Hopefully, he will get the front lawn done before I have to take him home so I can get ready to go have a ultrasound. Whoopee for getting the lawn mowed. At least the front will be done.

What have you spent money on like the sticker labels and id bag clip that saved you a lot of frustration. And, you had looked for cheaper or free fixes.