5 Amazing Things I've Learnt on Pinterest This Week

Pinterest: where time goes to die.

I jest, although I certainly have spent a lot of time on Pinterest this week. In an effort to claim that the time spent was not wasted, today I decided to go to my pins, and see what I could try out.

1. BAKING SODA HAS MAGICAL POWERS!

I am currently using baking soda to de-oderise the bin and the kitty litter tray to great effect. I have used it to freshen the mattress (sprinkled on then vacuumed up), and the carpet. I have used it to clean walls - yes! I dipped a damp rag in some baking soda then attacked some of those pesky marks on the corridor walls: Blamo! It was very satisfying...

2. You can make your own jewellery cleaner!

Cover the bottom of a bowl with alfoil, and add about a cup of hot water. Then add 1 tbsp baking soda, 1 tbs salt and 1 tbs washing detergent. Mix, and add rings for about 10 minutes. Remove rings and rinse in cold water - pat dry and voila! Clean and shiny rings.

I've been told I could use this on my silver too... which I might have to do considering my silver is tending towards the black end of the colour spectrum.

3. Q-Tips + Vinegar = Clean tracks!

In our apartment we have rather large balcony doors made of glass. It makes for excellent views, as well as the possibility of "indoor-outdoor" living. But the tracks get so grimy, and I don't know how to clean them... well, I didn't.

Turns out you just dip a Q-Tip in some white vinegar and go to work! I mean, it isn't a quick task, but if I spend just 5 minutes a day doing it for a week the whole thing will look like new. Magic!

4. You can wash Pillows (!)

I don't want to overshare, but our pillows tend to get a little yellow after a while. In Mr.'s case, the pillow gets VERY yellow (he drools... cute, but devastating for the pillow). So imagine my suprise when I learned you can actually put the things in the washing machine and have them come out all happy and new looking?

I won't go through the whole process, but the directions are here: One Good Thing

5. You Can Regenerate Green Onions

Yes, just like Doctor Who, Green Onions regenerate. Ok - not quite like Doctor Who.

The tip was just: instead of throwing away the bulb end of the green onions, bind them together with a rubber band, and put them in a glass with an inch of water. Within a week they will grow - Hey presto! Free Spring Onions!


This is just the tip of the iceberg...

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Procrastibloggin' We Go

This year I am embarking on (yet another) year of study.

If my previous 5 years of tertiary education have taught me anything, it's that I do love to procrastinate. But also that occassionally this procrastination turns into an odd form of productivity. Sure, I may not get what I should get done, but I get something done. Often many things, in fact.

So I'm starting another blog.

I'm inspired presently by the fabulous/dangerous invention of Pinterest. I absolutely love the amazing things you can find on there - I have had so many moments of "HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT?!" it is astounding.

So part of my vague plan for "Procrastiblogging" is to do some of the things I find on Pinterest. For me, that is mostly crafty things (Procrasticrafting), cooking things (Procrasticooking, or more commonly Procrastibaking), and organising things (Procrastinising - may need to work on this verb).

A bit of background though:

I am a 26 year old Amanda (I use this as a noun, as there are so many Amanda's out there we basically count as a noun of our own). I live with my Husband (he also gets a capital, because I like him), and our Cat - Winston (fully: Winston Churchmiao, or more fully: Winston Jasper Wells-Woidt Churchmiao).

I like the colour red very much. I like to knit (I'm a pro at scarves and blankets, but nervous to try anything more complicated - cue Procrasticrafting), bake, learn about curious things, watch murder shows (there will be no Procrasticrime) and research family history. 

This year I am doing a one year Postgraduate Diploma in Humanities, studying History (for the most part) in order to get a second teaching area to do a Post Grad Diploma in Education next year (fingers crossed). Apparently I did too many social science subjects in my previous degrees, so here I am again! I could pretend that this bothers me, but I will let you in on a not-so-well-hidden secret: I love to study. I'm a study freak. 

So that sums it up. I'm hopeful that this blog will help - what's the word? - channel or guide my procrastinating to more productive pursuits.

Hope + procrastination + pinterest = what could go wrong?

xo
Manda