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At Make-Do Mondays, we discuss how we’re simplifying, downsizing, repurposing, buying used, and using what we’ve got.

It’s a carnival celebrating creative problem-solving, contentment, patience and ingenuity. To participate, share your own make-do solution in the comments or write up a Make-Do Mondays post at your blog, then return here to link via Mr. Linky. Enjoy others’ ideas by clicking on Mr. Linky and then clicking on people’s names.

Here’s a mini-tutorial on Mr. Linky:

Click on the icon and a separate page will pop up. Type in your blog name and paste in the url of your new Make-Do Mondays post. Click enter and it should be live. If it doesn’t work, just include the link in the comments.

To visit people’s posts or check that yours worked, click on Mr. Linky and when the page comes up, click on a name. You should be taken right to the page provided.

Make-Do Mondays Participants

1. Coupons, Deals and More (Homemade Ice Cream Cake)
2. Sunnydaytodaymama (A washing line)
3. Small Town ~ Simple Home (Bed Skirt)

Make-Do Mondays with Ann

I really like my watch.

I wear it all the time.

I use it as a stopwatch when jogging, as an alarm clock when traveling, as a timer when baking, and as a quick reference when I need to know the date.

I wear it even when my outfit is dressy or professional and I ought to be wearing a less sporty timepiece.

All of that use takes its toll, and this weekend, while on a tube trip floating down a creek in a rural part of Indiana, something broke off. It was that little rubber piece under which you tuck the excess band after clasping it.

“Awww, phooey,” I pouted to my brother, sister-in-law, and the Belgian Wonder. “Look. It broke.”

My sister-in-law, an outstanding problem-solver and supporter of Make-Do Mondays, suggested a small rubber band as a temporary solution.

When I got home, I dug around in the girls’ hair accessories and found a sparkly silver ponytail holder.

Problem solved.

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