Author: Johnny

Shopping

Shopping during the sales can mean considerable savings on confectionery, toys, toiletries, electronics and much, much more. Latest data from Ready Money Capital Limited shows a year on year growth of more and more people going out enjoying sale season. But the only trouble is that everyone else sitting at home will be thinking the same as you and will want to hit the sales while prices are low, in search of a few bargain buys. It can be hard to keep calm when you have hundreds of other shoppers to contend with in the shops. How can you keep your cool while shopping during the sales?

Split Up

It is best not to take the whole family shopping during the sales, as there will already be a lot of people out and about during that time. Limit the car group to two at the very most and then when you enter the shops, split up. Send your spouse off in one direction in search of toiletries or electronics, while you look at boxes of chocolate and other confectionery items. This will help limit how many people are in the aisles and make it easier to pick out what you want when you do not have to reach over half a dozen other shoppers.

Be Courteous

Common courtesy and good manners will go a long way to ensuring you enjoy shopping during the sales. You will also find it easier to keep your cool, rather than fume at shoppers who are not looking where they are going or those who forget to say “excuse me” as they approach you.

Don’t Block Aisles

Shopping can turn from a relaxing into a frustrating experience when aisles are blocked by people or trolleys, and you cannot reach the department you are heading straight for. Do your part by keeping aisles clear at all times and moving along when you have picked up what you need. By keeping the flow of people traffic moving, you will feel calmer and enjoy a more pleasant sale shopping experience.

Speed Shop

Speed shopping can help you to maintain your sanity when you are trying to navigate the aisles during the sales. Saving money should not be painful, so have a plan! Write a list of what you need to shop for and head right for each particular department. Once you have what you want, head over to the checkout. During the sales, checkouts will be busy, so try to get over there as soon as you can after you have what you want.

Shopping during the sales can be a great way to bag a bargain, but it needs careful planning to get it just right and to keep your cool. Limit your car group and when you get to the shops, split up. Remember to be courteous to other shoppers and do not block aisles. Speed shopping can also help you make it through the shops with your sanity intact.

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home improvement

A large indoor play space is a dream come true for kids and their parents. It gives the children a place to exert physical and mental energy through art, hobbies, exercise and electronic entertainment. I have helped countless families achieve their dream of having the ideal indoor play space for their kids, and it is something I want to design in my next home. Furnishing a fun and useful recreation area involves more than simply setting up toy boxes, easels, comfy chairs and game systems. Use my ideas for furnishing a large indoor play space for your kids, and give your family the recreation room of their dreams. The design can evolve as the children grow and mature, and it can become the true heart of your home.
Set Up a Kid’s Bar for Snacks and More

A large indoor play space for kids can include an area especially for snacking and dining. When furnishing your recreation area, consider setting up a kid-friendly snack bar complete with healthy snacks and beverages. A snack bar is especially helpful when the recreation room is next to a kitchen.

One of the large indoor play areas I designed included a sturdy and stylish countertop. I had it ergonomically designed for kids and installed at the ideal height. It connected to a sturdy built-in shelf unit that held their television and game systems. The snack bar faced an interior open kitchen window where parents and caregivers could keep an eye on the kids while providing food and beverages. My clients absolutely loved the design, and their kids were even more thrilled with their new snack area.

Add a Rugged Play Carpet

My clients chose tile flooring beneath the snack area and a rugged play carpet for a major portion of the space. The play carpet was embellished with town graphics that included buildings, roads, ponds, farms and more. This type of carpeting is ideal for a large play space, especially since it is not merely a rug. Play carpeting can be purchased by the yard. This gave my client’s children the basis for imaginative play. They could use cars, miniature animals and other toys on this particular carpeting.

Create an Arts and Crafts Area

Another corner of the large indoor play space I designed held a beautiful arts and crafts area. I suggested easy-clean linoleum for this location since tile grout could become stained by paint. I gave my clients the choice of one main colour that was found in the play carpet, and they chose a beautiful shade of cerulean blue. Their kids used this play space for creating countless works of art. It was large enough to accommodate an easel, a large wall-mounted chalkboard, a table and cubicles containing an array of art supplies.

As my client’s children grew they slowly updated furnishings. They went from using floor pillows and beanbag chairs to recliners. They eventually updated to the latest and greatest age-appropriate game systems, and they turned what was once a large play space into a home theatre. Although their kids are grown, they still use this room as a place for family gatherings, parties and more.

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holidays

Holiday is the day that’s been waited by everybody especially the kids, because naturally kids want to be with their parents. This article is how to make something different when you’re with your kids.
The main thing in holiday is the joyful. It’s not about merely having a trip or traveling to some places though we do need some new place to hang out in order to make something different. But most of the thing we need is how to create joyful and happiness to all of us. We need to have good strategy to make vacation and holiday into joy and fun moment because sometimes holiday can create stress if we don’t arrange it well.

This is what you can do while you spend your vacation at home, watching television with our kids, gardening, cooking together with all members of family, playing with kids, building or making something, making cakes, creating a beautiful crafts, and there still numbers of way to make yourself fun with your kids. Number one you have to remember is holiday is not time pressure your kids.

Make your time so impressive that you kids will always remember when you and your family in togetherness. Most of kids will remember forever the precious time with their family till they are grown up.

The ways you spend holiday with your kids also build your kids character, like when you always take them to the mall all the time they would become so consumptive. You need to teach your kids how to spend the money wisely then. Or if you used to spend holidays creating some crafts, fixing something your kids will become creative. If you come with your family to orphan dorm giving some donation, your kids will become generous. If you visit some relatives, friends and make your kids communicate with them often, your kids would become communicative. So it depends a lot on how you want your kids to be.

Some joy that you create in your family could make something positive for your kids. They would grow as happy kids with full of creativity, open minded, enthusiasm towards anything and they will always remember the togetherness they feel with family. Pay attention to them more because they deserve it.

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home improvement

Weeds are a huge problem for many gardeners. They drown out sunlight and air from your plants as well as absorb water and precious nutrients that your plants need. The battle against weeds will never end, but there are some simple weed control measures you can take.
The best way to prevent compulsive weed growth is to start with a weed free garden. Before planting, till all the soil where you want to plant. Allow the soil to dry out for a few days and then go back and pull all the weeds from the garden bed. This may be done 2-3 times to ensure you removed all the weeds. You will want to toss the weeds far away as the seeds may make their way back to the garden. If you desire you can bag them and throw them out or you could start a little fire to burn the refuse. You will not want to place weeds from your garden into your compost pile as the seeds may survive the composting process and still be viable when you place the compost into your garden. These weed seeds will grow in time and begin the process all over again.

Many weeds are creepers, which mean they spread by forming shoots above ground as well as under ground. This is one reason weeds are so difficult to control. If any part of the root system is left in the ground, the roots will continue to grow and send up new shoots. It is very important to create a weed proof border around your garden for this reason. There are many products on the market to obtain this goal. The most common is simple landscape edging. The hard plastic material is dug down into the ground about 4 inches, and has about 2 inches of plastic above ground. This will make it more difficult for the weeds to enter the garden. The roots will hit the plastic and have to go much deeper to get through. The above ground shoots will need to get over the plastic. This is not a “no weed” guarantee and you will need to keep an eye on the edging and pull any weeds that are getting close to climbing over.

If you choose to use herbicides near or in your garden, there are several vegetable safe herbicides. Many people choose to apply the herbicides in the fall after the harvest is complete. This will prevent new weeds from growing, and will not be applied to any vegetables you are planning on harvesting. Herbicides may be a bit harder to find in small quantities, but your local co-op or nursery should be able to assist you.

Aside from chemical controls, there are many manual methods of weed control. Of course this includes the obvious of picking the weeds by hand. This method is the most hands on, but is time tested to work great! Weeds are most easily picked when the soil is slightly moist, so you may want to lightly water the garden prior to weeding. You will want to mark your plantings so that you do not pull up your desired plants. Another manual weed control method is to cover your rows with mulch. Many different matters may be used, but the most common is straw. Hay should not be used as it contains seeds from many different plants that you will not want sprouting up in your garden. Any biodegradable product will work, such as old burlap sacks, cardboard pieces or even old leaves. You can choose to remove the product at the end of the gardening season if you wish. I would recommend pulling the materials up and saving them for use in the next growing season.

Since weeds are found all over your lawn you will want to control them outside of your gardening area as well. Be sure to pull all weeds before they go to seed to prevent the spreading and sowing of new weed plants in your garden. With some hard work you will be on your way to fewer weeds in your garden!

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life is a game

BRITISH Swimming have signed a six-year £15 million sponsorship deal with British Gas.

SWIMMING ON GAS: British Swimming is cashing on the six medals won in Beijing – including Rebecca Adlington’s double gold – with British Gas named as their new sponsor (Getty Images)

Despite the harsh economic climate, the news is a major boost to the Amateur Swimming Association (asa) and underlines how the 2012 effect is still assisting governing bodies land sponsorships and investments.

It follows British Cycling’s similar deal with Sky, while UK Athletics has a long-running sponsorship with global insurance brand Aviva.

“This is a great partnership and there is tremendous synergy between British Swimming, the home country federations and British Gas,” said asa chief executive David Sparkes

“We look forward to working with British Gas as long-term partner and this provides us all with the opportunity to take a significant step forward. Together we will work hard towards achieving more medals in London 2012 and get more people swimming, more often.

“What we’re trying to do is quite simple – win gold medals. To do that we need to be a cutting edge governing body.

“There are over 200 nations swimming and about 140 take it pretty damn seriously. To be competitive is getting tougher and tougher and this partnership will help us to do that.”

Under the terms of the deal, British Gas will become the title sponsor of all British teams. The money will also be split 50/50 between funding elite programmes, including the Paralympic team, and community projects.

Sparkes also revealed British Swimming was looking to host a meeting between the top European swimmers and the United States in Manchester later this year.

The event would mimic the series known as ‘The Duel in the Pool’ – a Ryder Cup style swim event stage bi-annually between the USA and Australia.

“We’re looking at the possibility of doing a European select event against the USA. There are serious discussions going on about doing something like that in 2009,” he said.

“It would be a select event drawing on a number of European countries taking on the mightiest swimming nation in the world – the United States. We’re hoping to do it later this year in Manchester.”

British Swimming performance director Dennis Pursley claimed the prospect of fueling an American/European swim rivalry would bring new fans to swimming.

“Potentially, it’s very exciting,” he said.

“It brings big attention to the sport and it’s another opportunity for the athletes to prove themselves. I understand there is an agreement in principle and I’d be surprised if it didn’t happen.”

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