Ideas to make life easier
lululu
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Hi, editing this to make it a bit easier to find the tip you need :P
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Hi there I have just had a brainwave - it was an effort to sit comfortable at my table as I could not pull my chair in or swivell round easy. Now I can
I am now sat on a goood old Tesco carrier bag and it is brill I can sit down, swivel round to the table and back again. I am so pleased with this amazing new invention that I am getting dizzy swiveling. I will also use it in the car, don't care that anyone who sees it will think it is case I pee!
lulu
Mod YEH
Hi there I have just had a brainwave - it was an effort to sit comfortable at my table as I could not pull my chair in or swivell round easy. Now I can
I am now sat on a goood old Tesco carrier bag and it is brill I can sit down, swivel round to the table and back again. I am so pleased with this amazing new invention that I am getting dizzy swiveling. I will also use it in the car, don't care that anyone who sees it will think it is case I pee!
lulu
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to help me with laundry.
I have 3 bins. white col and darks
In each bin they are lined with the charity bags so all i have to do is lift out the bag and take it to the washer without dropping that one sock.
juliepfxx
I do ball up dirty bedding (sheets etc) and chuck that down the stairs rather than carry it - that any good? DD
2. when needing to hang out washing and you have trouble lifting and bending..... put each item from the washing machine over your shoulder leaving both hands free and your body carrying the weight. You can then 'peel' each item off your shoulder...no lifting or bending...and hang it on the clothes line. works well in reverse too.
(you don't get wet...honest!)
Iris x
Used shopping bag clips on my mum's zimmer to attach bags with things in - her knitting and crosswords etc.
Love
Toni xx
Toni xxx
A stool in the kitchen so you can sit whilst you cook.
Wine :-) Now there is a good idea!
Carrying heavy things like saucepans underneath with an oven glove in both hands rather than by the handles.
A steamer over a pan of hot water.
A footstool by the sofa.
Chocolate
I use coat hangers instead and to stop them falling into one another OH has spaced pegs for me on the washing line.
Also as i can't reach a normal washing line I have a small rotary line that caravans use. It is height adjustable,
(This is when i can wear my leg) at moment using airers aaarrrgghh!
juliepf x
I have got a device that I hook coat hangers on to {with clothes on} and I hang them on the picture rail as a temp measure.
I have a small stool I use to reach the high wardrobes....built and designed by a man of course.....
The usual long handled brush and dustban
My grabber {not always but if I'm very sore}
Love Hileena
A garden vac, does all the tidying up and shreds it as well! Like a twit I used to stand there for hours with a rake and a broom in my hands, oh dear.......
Oh I am a huge fan now of shopping home delivery, no more pushing the trolley for me. I have been fortunate so far and the delivery man has always carried the bags in to my kitchen for me on to the worktop so no repeated bending to pick stuff up off the floor.
To add to Dorcas pegging out washing tip, I overlap items so fewer pegs are needed. Place item 1 on the line, put a peg on one corner, shove the next item on, conveniently draped over shoulder :-), and overlap them just enough to put the next peg on. Not only does it mean less wrestling with clothes pegs, its a lot quicker to get it all in when the rain starts :-)
Rach
Someone mentioned not being able to reach the clothes line - I bought a cheap rotary airer and found that then I put it up it was only about only about 4 foot high if that.
At the moment I can not always get up to the garden so I have found that I can get a full wash on to a stand up airer if I hang some things on coat hangers, I then sort of 'walk' the dryer to the door and down the step and just leave at the door.
Love
Hileena
Oh, I have remembered something else - not exactly an aid to housework, but I find it essential in getting comfortable in bed.
It's one of those long body pillows; I use mine to rest my knee and feet on to sleep, and I can double it up to shove under my knees when I'm sitting up in bed....it makes a huge difference and you can get them really cheap.
Use a phone charm (bling) attach it to the zipper on your bag and it not only looks pretty but is useful too.
To comb the back of your hair tape a hairbrush onto the end of a coathangar, hang in the cupboard when not in use.
To dry hair put hairdryer into a large vase on a worktop/dining table, sit and dry hair by moving your head around the air flow.
Slide hot pans along a work service instead of carrying them.
To dry yourself after a shower or bath lay a bath sheet/towel onto the bed and lay on it, have a little wriggle too, :shock: if you have the ability.
I'll shut up now.
Luv Legs who is one of the old timers
'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
I find this really useful because I tend to put things away safe and forget where :roll:
So, I bought a makeup vanity case which is box like and sturdy and all my pills live in there. When I take a pill I put the box in the lid whilst I take the others so I know what I have taken. And as they are all in one place with my jet set lifestyle (not!) I can just grab them and go.
Not as inventive and creative as everyone else but it helps me!
Carolx
everyone putting some real thought into this one.
I have ICE in my phone with OH and Daughter ICE1 and ICE2
now DD i will have to have ICE3 good idea to add meds
In winter when i wear me hat, Its a game throwin it on head but when I succeed I put it in place with the curly end of long handled shoe horn.
juliepf x
Luv Legs
'Make a life out of what you have, not what you're missing'
I use a very large knife when vegetable chopping, much easier to hold a large handle.
Carrying things round the kitchen, I tend to use two hands rather than one, it saves the OH's best china!
Always have a small penknife in my pocket, can't open plastic wrapping otherwise, a small tear and it comes off easier.
Stirring pots... broaden your grip as suggested above with pipe foam on the handle..then instead of the usual way of gripping..hold it as though you were holding a plunger or stirring a witches cauldron! the spoon will be vertical with spoon head down This takes all the pressure off your fingers and wrists!
dusting... use a cloth mitt, that way you're not having to grip a cloth, and it doesn't fall off your hand. use a mitt too for cleaning windows....same principle.
If you have problems with door handles (the rose shaped type) change them to drop down handles ; you can then use your elbow to push down and open the door.
garden pot stands with wheels can be used indoors too for moving heavy items.
Iris x
When i was a carer one of my clients used to put a bar of soap in one of those net bags you get with washing tablets for the machine. she then hung it on a hook in the shower at hand height so she could reach it without streaching or dropping it on the floor. it worked too. you can add a bit of ribbon to the tie to make it longer if you want.
attatch the bag to ribbon and tie to the shower or a hook and leave it attatched, if you drop it just pull it back off the floor by the string.
two bath towels sewn to make a poncho (use poppers if easier and throw that on when out of bath to dry, keeps you warm also.
I also have an ordinary toilet brush which I keep on the edge of the bath to use to clean the bath saves sooo much effort, just make sure if other other people live with you that they know that brush is just for the bath.