Cleaning The House The Easier Way

There are quite many things that keeps me busy lately, first is my growing daughter who is really very very active that I have to keep my eye on because I'll never know or figure out what she'll be doing. And of course, if I say taking care of my daughter and my husband, I can never ever separate that from cleaning the house. Now, I have so many excuses why I have to spend more time in the kitchen, in the bathroom and  in the house just to keep it clean and as much as possible not germ over- populated! lol.
People change, I don't know what's going on with me, I wasn't like this before. A huge difference to what I was when I'm still single, I would admit that I'm very disorganized back then. I would do the cleaning and other household chores routinely after I got home from work and there are "that" that I simply forget. You know what I mean, in other words I never get anything finished as in finished. But life does change, and now I'm no longer my normal self (I guess). "Germs" and "bacteria" had been part of my daily vocabulary. lol. And killing them had been part of my daily action.
Anyway, here are five cleaning tips I learned as a home maker.

• A galoon of water mixed with half cup of baking soda and disinfectant cleaner can keep your floor (tiles or linoleum) germ free and well polished.
• Vinegar diluted with water does great polishing job for your faucets, sink and stainless fixtures.
• Alcohol can be diluted with water to clean and disinfect (but a no no for plastic varnished furnitures).
• The best way to clean mirrors is to use a damp cloth, wipe it and wipe dry with newspaper. You don't only clean, you also recycle.
• To keep your bathroom mildew free and, its good to wipe it dry everyday or at least two times a week. I use a dishwashing scrubbing pad, detergent cleaner, and after washing the walls wipe it dry. This way you don't have to do it the hard way when mildews and soap scums has started to build up. 
• When you fry or saute in the kitchen it's good to wipe the walls and fixtures near your cooking are with detergent and some diluted vinegar to avoid the build up of oil. I used to place some wall papers or plain papers on top of kitchen cabinets, and have it regularly changed. 

As of now, my hardest challenge is folding the clothes and ironing it. I hope I'll find my own way of organizing it the easier way. sigh.

EARN MONEY USING INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES

As I was surfing the net, looking for ways on how I can earn money, I found a site that offers to pay just by using their search engine. They promise to split the revenue generated on bonafide searches on a 50/50 basis. Not bad though, I spend a lot of time on the internet searching and surfing websites and with this I can even get paid in (British Pounds). How much money received clearly depends upon how much you use the service for your typical day to day Internet searches. Of course I loose nothing if I sign up since it's completely free, so I did. Well, I like their service, the entire website is working on many improvements like blog page, and personalized e-store. I'm really excited for their other services. Right now they are offering a personalized homepage where you can put what they call "gadgets", I've chosen a (1.) Youtube search engine for my convenience, (2.) webpage mp3 player so I don't have to open another application to play my favorite music, (3.) currency converter, (4.) Giglish- for daily humor, (5.) instant wikipedia search engine, (6.) The Good Blogs- which is like my mini blog for my daily update on blogs, and finally (7.) To Do List -which allows me to keep in tract with the things that I have to do for the day ( I almost forgot, I have to finish my laundry before hubby gets home- thanks for the reminder). I found this really great. And you can also personalized it with online games!
And by the way, they are using yahoo as the search engine and other gadgets are from google. Its worth a try, and it still gives the option for you to use your preffered search provider. The homepage loads very fast no matter how many gadgets I added.

Why There Is Pain And Suffering?

This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen...


A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:
"I don't believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.
Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people?
Would there be abandoned children?

If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.
I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.
The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.

Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard.
He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber:
"You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber.
"I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because
if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."

"Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist!
That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him for help.
That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

Invest In Bonds

One of the things I really want to do if I have a good amount of capital is invest in bonds. My Financial Accounting Professor has shared to us how profitable it had been for her because bonds typically have a predictable stream of payments and repayment of principal and it also yields a good interest income. It is far more dependable in maintaining your capital compared to stocks and equity securities now that economy is unpredictably fluctuating.
Anyway, this blog post is not intended to persuade you to invest in such, I'm referring to other bond investment. How about investing your time to bond with your family?
I really appreciate my husband for taking me out every week to eat out, stroll in the mall, do shopping together. I know he is investing so much time doing it, instead of staying in the house after a long day of work. So, if you notice he wasn't able to post much as he does sometimes, he is investing time on us. It can be a good option for your 'Monday, Family Home Evening Day'.
We keep this habit of investing bonds with family members and hope to make this traditional to our family/ posterity. It helps a lot to strengthen the family, continues the courtship for mom and dad too.
Not a bad investment, in fact we consider it the best investment. And I assure there is no loss here. David O. McKay said "No success can compensate for failure in the home," and we do know this is true. While we work, we do this for our family for their comfort and security, but there are times we forget the real reason. Isn't it all for our family? Should they be in mercy of the time you have for other things?

Here are some of the things we can do with our loved ones.

• Family Home Evening- A once a week time to play with your family members, share some life's lesson with them, and counsel together about decisions and other family matters.
• Dinner with them- a simple yet good investment of your time. You may be too busy with business meetings, but aren't your family as important as your business associates or whoever. There are things talked in the dinner table you might also miss out.
• Bring your family to the mall or anywhere each family member enjoys to be. Why would I forget going to mall, I love shopping or window shopping. Its our weekly date.
• Camp with your kids or family- it provides opportunity to teach them and bond with them. It's wholesome, and fun too.
• Whatever you enjoy doing together as family, do it!
  

I really love to invest in bonds, it is profitable and eternally rewarding. The payoffs start now and continues to eternity....

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Heavenne Laughs!

Does anybody notice that today in Saudi Arabia and in all the world, is

8-8-8

08 August, 2008?

Record some memorable things that will happen today.

for us, we would like to share to you Heavenne, our 3 months old baby's hysterical laugh uploaded in Youtube.