Inefficient, outdated heating, cooling and ventilation systems can be draining on your wealth but also on your health. Uncirculated, stale air allows moisture, odors and pollutants to linger in your home. Consider replacing systems that aren’t energy efficient if they’re more than seven to 10 years old – even those in fine mechanical working condition. Also consider automatic thermostats and a balanced ventilation system with a single intake for fresh air that’s filtered, heated or cooled and distributed to living areas and later exhausted through several outlets. Over time, energy savings as high as 30 percent from Energy efficient heating and cooling equipment will recoup the cost of buying the systems.
The largest portion of most utility bills is attributed to controlling temperature. An energy efficient heating and cooling system more…
Hard to believe it is already March and summer is almost here! That usually means we all start taking more photos.
Each spring, I review all the photos I took in 2009 (and there are hundreds!) and try to get things organized. I thought I would share a few tips with you.
Review Your Photos
We all have them…the out of focus shots or the photos that just are not good shots of the kids or the family. Time to get rid of them! We are never going to print them or do anything with them, they take up space on our computers so delete them. Its amazing when you do this with a years worth of photos, how much space it frees up on your computer! It also makes things alot easier to move on to the next step…Organizing them all.
Organizing, Saving and Editing Photos
Probably the 3 most common questions I get from clients are:
- what is the best way to organize their photos so they can easily find them at a later date,
- how do I back up/save all the photos I take and
- what steps do I take to edit the photos.
I found a great article on the internet that answers all these questions. It is well written and really easy to follow. Please click here if you would like to read the article.
As an incentive to get those photos from 2009 organized, the Family Friendly Business Alliance is holding a photo contest! We want to see your favorite photo you took of your baby/child in 2009! We are going to have some great prizes for the winners so watch our Facebook page for more details next week!
By Carmen Markowski, Discovery Toys Team Leader
Do you find there are some things you put off? Sometimes it’s an overdue phone call or e-mail to a friend, sometimes it’s cleaning out the cutlery drawer. I hate to admit it, but I even waste time and energy just thinking about these things that I’ve put off for yet another week. Is there some guilt? A little, but I get over it.
There is one particular area of my life, where I’m tempted to put things off and recently have decided I just can’t. You probably know which area of life I’m talking about…it’s with my family. In particular, I’m thinking of my kids. more…
First and foremost, accept that some degree of clutter with a child is inevitable
- Start with messes and clutter you see every day. So work on organizing your kitchen or family room before your hallway closet.
- Assign everything in your house a home. This way everyone in your family knows where to find what they need, and more importantly, they know where to put it away.You use this principle to organize your silverware, with clearly defined places for forks and knives, or drawers for socks or, underwear. Bring this thinking to the broader aspects of your home to save many hours of searching for things. It dramatically cuts down on the clutter of items left out “for now” or “until I find a place for it.” more…
The Canada Food Guide recommends we eat 4-8 serving of fruits and vegtables everyday. There is no denying the fact that vegetables and fruits are not only nutritious but also an inevitable part of any healthy diet.
Eating these will improve your health besides helping you fight various other health problems. But did you know that your fruits and vegtables could be up to one year old?
This article from the Daily Telegraph bring to light a problem that may effect the quality of your food. more…
