Discover your IQ potential
Which word is the same or closest in meaning to TORPID?
A) Torpedo like
B) Magic
C) Sluggish
D) Ancient
E) Kind
Terrific ideas for cleaning everything
pH pointer
Grease is acid, and so a cleaner such as ammonia or another heavy-duty cleaner from the opposite end of the pH scale – alkaline – is needed to dissolve it. The more alkaline a cleaner, the more grease-cutting power it has.
Terrific ideas for organising
everything
Vehicle Maintenance
Every time you service your car, note the place and type of service and the current mileage on a chart in your glove compartment. Also make a note of the next recommended service date in your appointment calendar.
Don’t sweat the small staff and it’s all small stuff
Listen to your feelings; they are trying to tell you something.
You have at your disposal a foolproof guidance system to navigate you through life. This system, which consists solely of your own feelings, let you know whether you are off track and headed toward unhappiness and conflict— or on track, headed toward peace of mind. Your feelings act as a barometer, letting you know what your internal weather is like.
When you’re not caught up in your thinking, taking things too seriously, your feelings will be generally positive. They will be affirming that you are using your thinking to your advantage. No mental adjustment needs to be made.
When your experience of life is other than pleasant— when you’re feeling angry, resentful, depressed, stressed out, frustrated, and so forth, your warning system of feelings kicks in like a red flag to remind you that you are off track, that it’s time to ease up on your thinking, you’ve lost perspective. Mental adjustment does need to be made. You can think of your negative feelings in the same way you think of the warning lights on the dashboard of your car. When flashing, they let you know that it’s time to ease up.
Contrary to popular belief, negative feelings don’t need to be studied and analyzed. When you analyze your negative feelings, you’ll usually end up with more of them to contend with.
The next time you’re feeling bad, rather than getting stuck in “analysis paralysis,” wondering why you feel the way you do, see if instead you can use your feelings to guide you back in the direction toward serenity. Don’t pretend that the negative feelings don’t exist, but try to recognize that the reason you’re feeling sad, angry, stressed, or whatever is that you’re taking life too seriously—you are “sweating the small stuff.” Instead of rolling up your sleeves and fighting life, back off, take a few deep breaths, and relax. Remember, life isn’t an emergency unless you make it so.
Housekeeping tips
Leaking Ceramic Vases
Floor polish or varnish swished around inside leaky ceramic vases stops water seepage.
Why does popcorn pop?
What is the world’s largest food company?
It’s not an American company, but a Swiss one – Nestlé. Nestlé Enterprises Inc. is comprised of thirteen affiliated companies, one of those being the familiar Nestlé Foods Corporation. The Nestlé organization ranks number one in international food sales. According to the Nestlé Foods Corporation, their trademark – a bird’s nest – was chosen because it evoked ‘security, maternity and affection, nature and nourishment, family and tradition.’
WISDOM
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
Bernard Shaw
Laughter
IMOGEN: Oh, do not make me laugh. Laughter dissolves too many just resentments, pardons too many sins.
IACHIMO: And saves the world many thousand murders. Bernard Shaw
Lessons for success
I believed I could do anything I could think of. So the challenge was always to keep thinking to get to where I wanted to be and then to think of somewhere else to go.
Bette Midler,
Actress, singer, comedian
(b. 1945)
Party games
Beads in the Jars
Jam Jars , beads ,kitting needles
For each player provide one jam jars filled with tiny beads (or any similar sized round objects )and two knitting needles .Using the Knitting needles in one hand like chopsticks , the competitors have to lift as many beads as possible from their jar in three minutes , the highest total being the winner. This game calls for steady hands and is therefore more entertaining , if less productive , when the guests have had a drink or two.
Fun facts about dogs
Why Do Dogs Eat So Fast?
It’s another habit left over from the wild, where there was fierce competition for food. Not knowing when they would get their next meal, wild dogs ate as quickly and as much as they could before their food could bee stolen by larger rivals like the hyena.
The Bathroom Companion
Bathroom figures
The average person spends about 3 years of his or her life using the toilet. The average person visits the toilet 2,500 times per year, about 6 to 8 times per day.
Why do we have to listen to our hearts?
"Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you'll find your treasure."
Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
