Making a stand.

 When I want to make a point in a blog post and I am stuck for words, it is refreshing to drop on a yoootooober who has exactly the same thoughts as me. I have been following Bjorn for a while. he is an author he writes books. He is Norwegian, and speaks excellent English, and talks a lot of common sense. 

So here is his latest video speaking the words I could have said myself. I agree with every word he says. 

Bjorn Talks shares personal frustrations regarding the increasing administrative demands and complex third-party software requirements often imposed on content creators today. This candid reflection highlights the personal toll of balancing creative passions with the bureaucratic hurdles frequently encountered when managing a digital presence.

The lesson here is find your own people. Go with your gut instincts, stop doing what you don't want to do, and concentrate on what you do want to do. 

Makes perfect sense to me.

Toodle pip.   ilona

I can do without it.

 Good morning. Looking like it might be a sunny day today. 

David is right of course. Nothing stays the same. When those with the most money, the richest one percent, decide they want more of our wages, the money we earn from working hard, they will get it no matter what. All they have to do is shut down all the little businesses who are trying to keep afloat, and offer customers the convenience of buying cheap goods online shipped from massive warehouses, and delivered to our door. Not my door I might add. I would rather do without.  

I have had a life time of not spending money I don't have. Remembering mum saying, we can't afford it and showing us an empty purse. Knowing the difference between a 'need' and a 'want', has been drilled into me from an early age. Accepting that I can't have it because I don't have the money to pay for it. 

No big warehouses with vans coming to your door. Go to town on the bus and get what you want from a shop. Meet real people. 

Enjoy your Sunday. Visit a garden centre, a stately home, or a local cafe, or a farm shop, or go to the seaside and paddle in the sea. 

Catch ya later. Toodle pip.   ilona

Simple solution

 Good afternoon.

Today's post is inspired by Rachel who has discovered that fitting a toilet seat is not as easy as you think it is. I made this discovery some time ago, so here is my solution.

I bought this seat because I like the colour. It is strong and robust, not like some of the cheaper flimsy plastic ones you see at a discount store.  

I tried to work out how to screw it to the toilet bowl, but alas failed. As you can see, the holes to the lid  do not match up, and neither do the holes in the seat. How ridiculous.  

Not wanting to take it back to complain I thought of another idea. Why do I need to screw it together anyway. There's only me using it. The seat does not move about, so I am not going to fall off. I don't need the lid to be closed. So this is my new arrangement. 

Easier for cleaning. I take both pieces outside and scrub them clean on the garden workbench. No gungy mess to accumulate around the screws. No getting down on hands and knees to look underneath. Just get a damp cloth to wipe around the bowl. 

The seat has six rubber feet to hold it steady. Make sure both surface are dry, and the seat will not slide about. 

If I don't want to take it outside to wash it, I dunk it in the bath water after a bath. Easy. 

Easy solutions are my forte. 

Here is Rachels blog if you want to read about her toilet seat dilemma. 

Enjoy your Saturday. Catch ya later. Toodle pip.   ilona