Monday, November 11, 2013
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
How to Deal with Tough Financial Times
From time to time in everyone's life they struggle financially. It can be for whatever reason. When times like that fall upon you financially, it's not the time to fold up and go hide underneath a rock. Instead, mentally strategize for success, even if it means reshuffling everything you're about.
The first thing you should do when financial disaster strikes is think positive. Sure, adversity is guaranteed to take an emotional toll on you, if you feel that you're going broke. To think positive in the midst of financial uncertainty gives hope for a better financial future. Financial education in and outside of the college classroom is the best way to learn ways to build you up. Not everyone who achieved millionaire or billionaire status today took the traditional route of going through college. They most likely started their own business from the knowledge gained about how to secure and maintain vast wealth.
Believe it or not, many of today's most affordable financial magazines provide a way for the everyday person to gain just as much financial knowledge, in comparison to a college student studying for a finance degree. It doesn't cost an arm and a leg to subscribe to a financial education magazine. In fact, when you do subscribe, what you're actually doing is making an investment in yourself. It's always those inspiring articles people read somewhere in a publication that brings out a hidden creative idea in the back of your mind to start a business, or, discover a unique way to grow your 401k, get a grant, or whatever.
Last but not least, along with striving for excellence to get financially organized, exercising and eating healthy can also help keep your spirits up during a financial downturn. It may sound silly to some people to work out and try to keep your health up to par, but actually, the endorphins that are increasingly flowing in your body before and after workouts will help you feel happier. You have to believe in yourself to overcome many of life's challenges in order to prosper. Education, exercise, and faith will help see you through tough financial times, because setbacks are only temporary.
The first thing you should do when financial disaster strikes is think positive. Sure, adversity is guaranteed to take an emotional toll on you, if you feel that you're going broke. To think positive in the midst of financial uncertainty gives hope for a better financial future. Financial education in and outside of the college classroom is the best way to learn ways to build you up. Not everyone who achieved millionaire or billionaire status today took the traditional route of going through college. They most likely started their own business from the knowledge gained about how to secure and maintain vast wealth.
Believe it or not, many of today's most affordable financial magazines provide a way for the everyday person to gain just as much financial knowledge, in comparison to a college student studying for a finance degree. It doesn't cost an arm and a leg to subscribe to a financial education magazine. In fact, when you do subscribe, what you're actually doing is making an investment in yourself. It's always those inspiring articles people read somewhere in a publication that brings out a hidden creative idea in the back of your mind to start a business, or, discover a unique way to grow your 401k, get a grant, or whatever.
Last but not least, along with striving for excellence to get financially organized, exercising and eating healthy can also help keep your spirits up during a financial downturn. It may sound silly to some people to work out and try to keep your health up to par, but actually, the endorphins that are increasingly flowing in your body before and after workouts will help you feel happier. You have to believe in yourself to overcome many of life's challenges in order to prosper. Education, exercise, and faith will help see you through tough financial times, because setbacks are only temporary.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Food drive
Intero Real Estate & Kerri Anne Kuipers
We are doing a food drive
for the Contra Costa County Food Bank.
Let’s
GO BIG and get involved. Drop off the food items
at our offices.
Let’s
make a difference!
Top Ten Most Wanted Food Items
1. Canned Meat, Fish & Soups
2. Canned Ready to Eat Meals
3. Canned Vegetables & Tomato Products
4. Peanut Butter (plastic container)
5. Iron Rich Cereal (45% or more of daily value)
6. 100% Fruit Juice (48 oz. or less plastic bottles)
7. Canned Fruit (in juice)
8. Dry Beans (any type)
9. Enriched Rice or Pasta
10. Powdered Milk
Brentwood Discovery
Bay
8640 Brentwood Blvd 1540 Discovery Bay Blvd Ste B
Brentwood, CA 94513 Discovery
Bay, CA 94505
Contact Kerri Anne
Monday, July 8, 2013
Enlarge Your Living Space
Your Home - Enlarge Your Living Space - 5 Optical Illusions Tips
I am quite sure everyone wants a big and nice house with a lot of space. However we often need to live in smaller areas. This is not a big problem, as we have prepared for you some great optical illusion tips to help you make your home brighter and more spacious.
Avoid the dark colors
The secret of the comfortable and spacious interior is to use a reasonable quantity of dark colors. For example, if you choose the furnishing of the room to be in dark colors, then the walls should definitely be bright colored – this solution will make the different elements contrast and it will help you to make the room more spacious.
Use accents in the rooms
The focus can be created by using colors – you may paint one wall in a different color, or you can put color wallpaper, and paint stripes on. If you choose floral wallpaper, its elements should necessarily be large; the same applies to ordinary wallpaper - repeating the pattern of big ornaments creates a sense of space. Horizontal stripes always make the room look wider and vertical stripes make it longer.
Avoid using contrasting colors
When you enter a room, your eyes move slowly from the floor, then they shift to the walls and finally they reach the ceiling. If the floor, walls and ceiling are similarly colored your eyes will move smoothly along the line and the space will seem larger. If all three elements are in contrasting colors, the eye will distinguish them and space automatically becomes less spacious.
Use the vertical space
When we live in a small house, it is common to feel like there is no room for any more items. Think again - the walls in most cases remain empty except for some paintings or frames. You have the option to put various shelves to store some of the items and to make more space in the room. This will open up the room and make it more vibrant.
Avoid the heavy curtains
Some large halls and living rooms usually have heavy curtains descending from the ceiling to the floor, creating a flow throughout the room. In small rooms however it is better to avoid heavy curtains as they are hard to clean and will make the space look darker and smaller.
Avoid the dark colors
The secret of the comfortable and spacious interior is to use a reasonable quantity of dark colors. For example, if you choose the furnishing of the room to be in dark colors, then the walls should definitely be bright colored – this solution will make the different elements contrast and it will help you to make the room more spacious.
Use accents in the rooms
The focus can be created by using colors – you may paint one wall in a different color, or you can put color wallpaper, and paint stripes on. If you choose floral wallpaper, its elements should necessarily be large; the same applies to ordinary wallpaper - repeating the pattern of big ornaments creates a sense of space. Horizontal stripes always make the room look wider and vertical stripes make it longer.
Avoid using contrasting colors
When you enter a room, your eyes move slowly from the floor, then they shift to the walls and finally they reach the ceiling. If the floor, walls and ceiling are similarly colored your eyes will move smoothly along the line and the space will seem larger. If all three elements are in contrasting colors, the eye will distinguish them and space automatically becomes less spacious.
Use the vertical space
When we live in a small house, it is common to feel like there is no room for any more items. Think again - the walls in most cases remain empty except for some paintings or frames. You have the option to put various shelves to store some of the items and to make more space in the room. This will open up the room and make it more vibrant.
Avoid the heavy curtains
Some large halls and living rooms usually have heavy curtains descending from the ceiling to the floor, creating a flow throughout the room. In small rooms however it is better to avoid heavy curtains as they are hard to clean and will make the space look darker and smaller.
Enlarge Your Living Space
Your Home - Enlarge Your Living Space - 5 Optical Illusions Tips
I am quite sure everyone wants a big and nice house with a lot of space. However we often need to live in smaller areas. This is not a big problem, as we have prepared for you some great optical illusion tips to help you make your home brighter and more spacious.
Avoid the dark colors
The secret of the comfortable and spacious interior is to use a reasonable quantity of dark colors. For example, if you choose the furnishing of the room to be in dark colors, then the walls should definitely be bright colored – this solution will make the different elements contrast and it will help you to make the room more spacious.
Use accents in the rooms
The focus can be created by using colors – you may paint one wall in a different color, or you can put color wallpaper, and paint stripes on. If you choose floral wallpaper, its elements should necessarily be large; the same applies to ordinary wallpaper - repeating the pattern of big ornaments creates a sense of space. Horizontal stripes always make the room look wider and vertical stripes make it longer.
Avoid using contrasting colors
When you enter a room, your eyes move slowly from the floor, then they shift to the walls and finally they reach the ceiling. If the floor, walls and ceiling are similarly colored your eyes will move smoothly along the line and the space will seem larger. If all three elements are in contrasting colors, the eye will distinguish them and space automatically becomes less spacious.
Use the vertical space
When we live in a small house, it is common to feel like there is no room for any more items. Think again - the walls in most cases remain empty except for some paintings or frames. You have the option to put various shelves to store some of the items and to make more space in the room. This will open up the room and make it more vibrant.
Avoid the heavy curtains
Some large halls and living rooms usually have heavy curtains descending from the ceiling to the floor, creating a flow throughout the room. In small rooms however it is better to avoid heavy curtains as they are hard to clean and will make the space look darker and smaller.
Avoid the dark colors
The secret of the comfortable and spacious interior is to use a reasonable quantity of dark colors. For example, if you choose the furnishing of the room to be in dark colors, then the walls should definitely be bright colored – this solution will make the different elements contrast and it will help you to make the room more spacious.
Use accents in the rooms
The focus can be created by using colors – you may paint one wall in a different color, or you can put color wallpaper, and paint stripes on. If you choose floral wallpaper, its elements should necessarily be large; the same applies to ordinary wallpaper - repeating the pattern of big ornaments creates a sense of space. Horizontal stripes always make the room look wider and vertical stripes make it longer.
Avoid using contrasting colors
When you enter a room, your eyes move slowly from the floor, then they shift to the walls and finally they reach the ceiling. If the floor, walls and ceiling are similarly colored your eyes will move smoothly along the line and the space will seem larger. If all three elements are in contrasting colors, the eye will distinguish them and space automatically becomes less spacious.
Use the vertical space
When we live in a small house, it is common to feel like there is no room for any more items. Think again - the walls in most cases remain empty except for some paintings or frames. You have the option to put various shelves to store some of the items and to make more space in the room. This will open up the room and make it more vibrant.
Avoid the heavy curtains
Some large halls and living rooms usually have heavy curtains descending from the ceiling to the floor, creating a flow throughout the room. In small rooms however it is better to avoid heavy curtains as they are hard to clean and will make the space look darker and smaller.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Natural Bug Repellent
Vinegar of the Four Thieves Insect Repellent:
1. Put 32 oz apple cider vinegar into large glass jar (at least 1 qt. with airtight lid)
2. Add to the jar: 2 TBSP each of dried Sage, Rosemary, Lavender, Thyme and Mint
3. Seal tightly and store on counter or place you will see it daily. Shake well each day for 2-3 weeks.
4. After 2-3 weeks, strain the herbs out and store in spray bottles, preferably in fridge.
5. To use on skin, dilute to half with water in a spray bottle and use as needed.
6. Use whenever you need serious bug control!
It may not smell great at first, but the smell goes away as it dries. Keep bugs from biting this summer – naturally.
Friday, June 14, 2013
Summer is here!!!
Now that the summer break is here (or almost here), we need to think about how to entertain our kids. There are many activities parents can plan for their kids during the summer and here are some of them.
There are many "drop-off and pick-them-up" activities that parents can get their child involved in, like karate or dance school. Some colleges have activities for kids during the summer as well. The best way to find activities is to look in the local newspaper or in the phone book. The internet has a great deal of information for things to do with children during the summer. It is great to keep the kids' brain working during the summer break. The earlier you start the better. Some places take reservations very early and some programs will fill early, too. Start your planning today.
On weekdays kids could go to camp. A lot of people are getting out of the tradition of sending the kids away for the whole summer to a secluded forest with a bunch of teenagers and a couple of adults. There are now camps that have a meeting place where you can drop the kids off in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon. The camp will drive a bus to the site every day so the kids still have a camp-like experience but not the whole "spend-the-night" thing. They will still get to do activities like swimming, hiking, sports, and arts and crafts.
Taking a couple of weeks to go on vacation is a great way to get a break from it all. A lot of places have packages for early booking and the longer the stay, the better the deal. There are also good deals as more people come. Some hotels will give a discount if more than one room is booked. Amusement parks will give discounts to families and some offer deals for kids or senior citizens if the grandparents come along. If a person cannot travel for two weeks straight, then there is always traveling on weekends. The family can pack up the car to leave on a two hour drive on Friday and come back on Saturday. It could be a camping trip or going to the next town to shop and sight-see.
Whatever you plan for this summer, make sure that your kids will get a balanced vacation with a mixture of relaxation, physical and brain activity.
There are many "drop-off and pick-them-up" activities that parents can get their child involved in, like karate or dance school. Some colleges have activities for kids during the summer as well. The best way to find activities is to look in the local newspaper or in the phone book. The internet has a great deal of information for things to do with children during the summer. It is great to keep the kids' brain working during the summer break. The earlier you start the better. Some places take reservations very early and some programs will fill early, too. Start your planning today.
On weekdays kids could go to camp. A lot of people are getting out of the tradition of sending the kids away for the whole summer to a secluded forest with a bunch of teenagers and a couple of adults. There are now camps that have a meeting place where you can drop the kids off in the morning and pick them up in the afternoon. The camp will drive a bus to the site every day so the kids still have a camp-like experience but not the whole "spend-the-night" thing. They will still get to do activities like swimming, hiking, sports, and arts and crafts.
Taking a couple of weeks to go on vacation is a great way to get a break from it all. A lot of places have packages for early booking and the longer the stay, the better the deal. There are also good deals as more people come. Some hotels will give a discount if more than one room is booked. Amusement parks will give discounts to families and some offer deals for kids or senior citizens if the grandparents come along. If a person cannot travel for two weeks straight, then there is always traveling on weekends. The family can pack up the car to leave on a two hour drive on Friday and come back on Saturday. It could be a camping trip or going to the next town to shop and sight-see.
Whatever you plan for this summer, make sure that your kids will get a balanced vacation with a mixture of relaxation, physical and brain activity.
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