How to Use Vinegar

I’ve developed a real taste for pickled onions of late and felt a bit of shame throwing out all that perfectly good vinegar.  Surely there must be something that I can do with all that vinegar?  Well, I had a look around and see a number of great ideas on using vinegar.

First of all it can be used on chips, can be used for removing rust from metal and works well on fungal nail infections.

There are so many different types of vinegar and it’s important that you read up about what each type does.  It’s truly astounding that you can buy white vinegar, malt vinegar, apple cider vinegar, balsamic vinegar and a whole load more.

Does Money Really Make You Happy?

I have never been that well off but at the same time I would never say that I was poor either. However it’s very easy to get caught in a trap where you think that that next item you buy will somehow make your life complete. It might be that you’re really desperate to buy a PDA, digital photo frame or even a brand new Mercedes. But where does it all stop?

It seems that in no time at all you buy a product and then you see that a newer model has just been released. Of course, it is usually slimmer, sleeker, has more function and is a “must-have”. But when does it all end? There will always be another product released that is better than the one you have.

Let go of this feeling. Really, just let go. I swear, you will feel like there is a big weight lifted off your shoulders. Just be happy with what you have. After all, just look at all the poor people in the likes of Burma and China.

Car Was Cheap to Get Through MOT

Wow, I was really expecting the car to cost a lot of money to get through the MOT but the good news is that hardly anything needed doing at all.  Just a new bulb, a windscreen jet needed adjusted to point in correct direction plus the cable for my boot’s lock had come loose and needed re-attaching.

The total bill including the MOT fee was just over £90 which I feel was a great releif.  Perhaps it’s because the cost of repairing the car last year was so expensive, there wasn’t really anything else needing doing.

So that’s another year of motoring that’s safe.

Save Money on Vitamins

Paul from My Thoughts wrote a great post on how to buy discount vitamins.  Vitamins isn’t something that I’m always that interested in buying because I feel that all our nutrients should come from our food but sometimes it is helpful to have a vitamin or two.  Just be careful about what you take and don’t over-do it.  Read as much as you can about each vitamin and always take further advice if you aren’t sure.

Free Compost

It’s that time of year when everyone starts pottering about in their gardens. The problem is that buying stuff like compost can get pretty expensive. However if you are smart you should be making your own compost. We started composting last year and we’re starting to get a good amount of compost already. However you need to put a lot more organic materials in than you might expect. It all breaks down and compacts, sometimes it feels like it’s never going to end.

One major tip: if you open your compost bin and find that there are loads of flies coming out, it means you’re not putting enough cardboard, paper and wood chips in. If you incread the amount of “dry” matter then you’ll be able to get rid of the flies. I thought were putting in plenty of paper and carboard but it seems not. This has now been addressed.

It might be that you live in an apartment.  I don’t know a lot about indoor composting but I do know that it’s possible.  Sorry, but I can’t help you any more than that.

Worried About Car MOT

Every year all cars need to go through what’s known in the UK as an MOT.  Basically stuff such as brakes and emmisions are checked and if they aren’t as they should, you aren’t allowed to drive the car until you get them fixed.  The problem is that last year I spent about £700 on this and that yet the car is worth a fraction of this amount.

The car is really worth more that its monetary value but at the same time, do I want to spend anywhere near this amount this year.  I have to send the car in for its MOT tomorrow and dread to hear beack about what is needing done.

I just don’t use the car very much anymore and it sits in my driveway for all the week and we only use the car at the weekends for driving in the country.  My boyfriend has a car but it uses up more fuel than mine which is why we always drive my Fiat Punto.

It seems so ridiculous needing these cars when you consider how little either of us drives.  I suppose it’s just so nice knowing that the car is there when you need it.

I just have the fact that the second hand car market is so dead which means that 13 year old cars like mine just aren’t worth very much.  For some reasons people are so desperate to have a brand new car and don’t care about depreciation.

Do People Really Care About Petrol Prices?

We went in the car for a drive that covered 70 miles and we took the motorway for most of this time.  Of course, the speed limit on th emotorway is 70mph which is about what we were doing.  However despite that we were the slowest thing on the road.

People were zooming past us in all sorts of different cars at speeds of excess of 90mph.  So much for peeople caring about the petrol prices!  Surely they aren’t so stupid not to realize that driving at these sorts of speeds vastly increases fuel consumption?

If you go at more than 65mph fuel efficiency really takes a knocking.  I was watching a TV show about this topic and one guy was able to save 30% on fuel just be driving in a more relaxed style.  Instead of putting your foot hard on the gas and then hard on the brakes, you should allow the car to gently accelerate and decellerate.

I like to think that I am able to get quite good fuel efficiency out of my car because I try not speed up or slow down too quickly.  I drive an automatic so tend to just take my food off the gas and allow the car to slow down on its own.

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