Where there's a will...

Peter has a pair of cherished glasses. He calls them his "all-purpose glasses" because he can use the computer, watch TV and even see things on my computer from his own seat. They were his second pair of reading glasses, prescribed around 15 years ago. Now he has new glasses for reading small print and for driving, but won't give up the old ones.

The problem started when he sat on them and broke one of the arm pieces. We couldn't really mend it, as it's a rimless frame:

We managed to attach the arm in a very precarious way and it was getting on my nerves, but Peter wouldn't stop wearing them. Yesterday I had enough and rummaged through all the drawers until I found a very old pair of sunglasses roughly the same size as the cherished ones. Peter found these sunglasses on the ground near his car many years ago. We proceeded to dismantle the old frame (the bits that held the lenses together, to be exact). The lenses were slightly larger than the ones in the sunglasses, so Peter went to his tool cupboard and came back with a rasp. I carefully trimmed the lenses (without any measuring or anything) and they finally fitted!

Here are the remains of the old frame and the sunglasses lenses:

And here is a happy bunny, wearing his "brand new" cherished, all-purpose glasses:

It's true: "Where there's a will, there's a way!"

More neat ideas

Following the post with many practical ideas for everyday things around the house, Mrsgunka sent me a few more. Thank you, Mrsgunka.

Neat ideas

A friend sent me an e-mail with loads of practical ideas. You may have seen them before, but I had to share it because of a discussion on a thread a couple of days ago. It concerns the last item...

Use a straw to hull strawberries

Rub a walnut on furniture scratches

Store folded bedding inside the corresponding pillowcase

Save floorspace by storing wrapping paper on the ceiling

Put a stocking at the end of the vacuum hose to pick up small items

Bread tags are good for labeling cables

Save money - microwave your popcorn in ordinary brown bags

A tension rod makes for a good way to store various cleaning products

Baking yummy cases on an upside down muffin pan

Grow salads and herbs in some guttering

Finally, fold those pesky fitted sheets perfectly!