When I see small things I often see them as earring possibilities that can be really unique. Having experienced assembling my own stereo on a PCB, I knew those little resistors, capacitors, leds and transistors can be turned into jewelry so I actually keep the boards/cards that no longer work (often from a computer, charger, etc.).

I also buy keychains that I can actually turn into earrings. I did a pair of mini flat screwdrivers before. I also did whistle earrings. Now I have bottle openers that are small enough and fit as earrings too. I like upcycling too.

Pinterest has really been a good source of ideas for me. I am no longer as much addicted to it as I was the first few weeks from discovering its power. I have learned so much from others and I have also given myself more opportunities to form other things out of what I have seen.

Most of what I repin are actually stuff that made me think of something else. It may be something that I can make with recycled materials, or it can be something that, when I saw it, something else sparked and usually I will have a note what I was thinking at the time I repinned it.

Others have used it as a bookmarker and a way to promote their sites. I have a few of my works there but I find it more precious as a source of ideas, really, so I can create something new.

Together with some of my online friends, I just joined a small-scale investment program. Each share is just a dollar. Since 2 days have passed I have already 15 cents for each share. I have a total of 6 shares. As far as my friends have experienced, they have cashed out as soon as they reached the minimum and have reinvested several times already within the span of 2 weeks. Doing the math, 10 shares would be ideal to have about $120 a month. That is a lot better than my ad$en$e earnings!

It is not easy to find a good program for investment online because there are lots that turned out to be scams. Be very very careful. Maybe sometime in the future I will be looking into immediate fixed annuity.

I’m going to the National Statistics Office today to have some errors in the marriage certificate and birth certificates of the kids. They may be nothing if the documents are not needed for anything to prove something especially when claims will be done in the future in case of death. If I don’t take care of this soon, it might just be too late, later.

It is also the time to enrol my eldest to a new school. She will be tranfering to the main because of her being accepted as a varsity player for swimming. She joined so she can have the tuition and books as scholarship grant but it turns out that she will only receive Php1,000 monthly allowance and that’s it. We were dismayed but then she will continue with the varsity since it will be the cheapest way to improve on her swimming skills.

They are good, right? The problem is when we do not take care of our own stuff like throwing out what are still usable. We should at least recycle or bring them to recycling stations or junk shops who take the items in bulk someplace else that do the segregation, separating the plastics, tin, aluminum, and gold. Actually, many do it for the gold.

For a couple of months now I have tried to learn how to knit. I have experimented with headbands of different widths. There is the usual which is about 3 inches and the wide one which is about 8 inches. I like the wide one because it covers my whole head and I can hide all my hair yet the top is open for air.

When I was in a long queue for the whole family’s birth certificates and marriage certificate I made sure I had some yarn and my knitting needles. I was the only one doing something while waiting for hours. Yesterday I finished a project which is about 2 1/2 inches wide and 4 feet long. It is meant for an accessory for my youngest daughter for the head, neck or waist. Instead of using the real knitting needles, I used unsharpened pencils instead. Next time I’m going for a recycled cloth turned into a “yarn” and make a cellphone case or a bag.

Recycling is not limited to stuff that gets old, take parts of it and turn it into another product. Often, especially in the last couple of years, original music composers are a lot fewer than there have been decades ago. Reviving music and giving it a new twist is often the name of the game today. The lack of originality is there plastered all over.

There are those who love those, though, because they have made history of being the best in its original time. Using denon, however, gives the impression that somehow the recycled music sounds better. The masses may all agree but there are a few who are more musically talented who will not agree.

In two days I will be able to know my own record by having my own electric bill but I have friends who can already vouch for the efficacy of the miracle coffee. There are lots of other health coffee but only this kind can lower the bill of electricity and fuel consumption like LPG and vehicle fuel.

Last night I was able to get the reports of some as we had the monthly Women’s Club in the Church organization I belong to. One reported that in going to a specific place, it usually takes a full tank one way and another full tank back. When the miracle coffee had been installed they were able to save one full tank! If the full tank has 60 liters and the current price of gasoline is P60/liter, that’s a whopping P3,600 savings or about US$85!

When I get my own result then I can effectively share how you can do the same.

About two years ago when I was with my mom buying stuff in Divisoria, we were stopped by a lady who sold leather furniture dye. She said she really works with tanning and this small space in Divisoria Mall is her way to make extra income by selling the dye in small bottles. For demonstration, she had a leather bag and some shoes with different colors like navy, brown and black. The instruction is to apply the dark dye of light original leather. It dries fast too so it was really easy. We ended up buying one bottle each.

When I arrived home and my girls saw it, they took out their shoes and sandals and enjoyed painting. My youngest enjoyed so much that she even dyed her rubber slippers. At least their shoes and sandals had a new life. The slippers too.

If you have leftovers that got spoiled because it was not brought inside the refrigerator, what do you do? How do you dispose of it? Some with big farm lots will just throw it and let it dry on the soil. What if you do not even have soil? You would probably dump it down the toilet anf flush. Throwing it in the trash for later pickup by the garbage collector is a bad idea because it will welcome flies later. Having your own compost bin is a really neat and good idea. Everything rotting in time that comes out of the kitchen can be “thrown” away for a good fertile soil harvest later. Then you can make your container gardening with your top grade soil or you can sell it in your neighborhood if you find someone interested. That would be cash for trash!