“Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho

It’s off the grid I go!“ Thus, I felt it was important to give you these critical updates before I return in a week. These extraordinary uses for common household items are courtesy of “Reader’s Digest,” October 2020.

When packing an emergency kit for someone you love, include the following:

• Tennis ball…When cut in half it can be used as a plunger for clogged drains. (The imagery on that one is the best)
• Vick’s Vap-o-Rub…It can be placed on wrists and heels to repel insects.
• Chalk…Will take stains out of collars with perspiration issues.
• Duct Tape… Of course, it can be cut to the length of a shoestring, ripped in half, folded in half, and used to lace your shoe. Just be sure to have a roll on hand when you’re hiking. And, I’m sure it would look better than taking the broken lace and putting a knot in it until you can replace it properly?

Okay, I fabricated the part about these suggestions being an emergency kit, but I did borrow these useful tips that I felt needed to be urgently preserved. Why? Because the internet goes away for a few days around here as we transition to new living quarters with the matriarch. (Unfortunately, the water will also go away for a bit tomorrow as a two-year project request finally comes to fruition!!@!@!!)

We return to a simpler time as we haul water from the village well and are forced to read hard-bound books rather than email. (Okay…we still have our cell phones. It’s not that dire.)

I guess we’ll make duct tape shoelaces tomorrow in our spare time, just to have emergency supplies on hand. And if the water situation causes a plumbing issue, we have an old tennis ball on hand for that!