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Show your love

* Show your concern by asking about the activities that your wife has done during the day
* Be a good listener to your wife.
* Provide at least 30 minutes of quality attention to your wife.
* Give the flowers, perfume or the like as a gift when she is angry.
* Cook or bring her out for breakfast/lunch/dinner out once in a while.
* Give praise the appearance to your wife (hair, face, clothing, etc.).
* Provide assistance or cooperation. (house chores)
* Spend more time with your wife, especially if both of you hold full time jobs.
* If you know you will return late, tell your wife in advance or home phone.
* When you have a problem, share it with your wife , do not place blame.
* Tell your wife if you wish to be left alone.
* Give hugs and cuddles to your wife at least four times a day.
* Give your wife a call from work to inquire every once a while , even if it is just want to tell "I love you."
* Tell her you miss her when you are away .
* If you are out of the country, call your wife everyday to let her know that you are okay.
* Always go to bed at the same time.
* Massage the back your wife once in a while.
* Hug your wife occasionally without sexual implications.
* Be patience when listening to your wife's stories and problems.
* Do not walk miles apart when you are out together. When out walking , it is good to hold hands
* Occasionally make a cup of coffee/tea/hot chocolate for your wife.
* If you wife is unwell, give her the appropriate attention.
* Pamper your wife once a while.
*Give your wife a hug before going to work.

Basically it is not rocket science. It is not us asking for mountains to be moved. The gifts and treats are not that important - just a few minutes of attention in a day is all what a woman need.

Telling someone you care doesn't mean spending an obscene amount of money. Being taken for granted is a terrible feeling and why would you do that to someone that you love?

If you can't be appreciative to your wife , don't expect to receive mint treatment from her. Women do things around the house not because for fun it's because that's how women show their love - they want their husbands to have a clean and in order home, cooking meals everyday means women want their husbands to eat good meals - women don't do this just because it is (assumed ) her 'job'.

If a man wanted someone to run around for them - then get a maid not a wife.

A marriage is a give and take situation, one party can't always take without giving. There must be a balance. If a man can't show a little appreciation, then DON'T get married. Women don't get married to be a 'free' maid, women don't get married to get more heartache and women certainly don't get married to feel less loved.

It is all ABOUT sharing.

Sharing your love and life together.

Waste not , want not

Even with the over whelming amount of 'hung parliament' news coverage, one piece of news that slipped through was about eating and drinking f&b that has past its use by dates.

Well according to the news reporter ,the amount of food waste that we make today would shocked our ancestors.

One guy (but I am sure he isn't the only one) came up with an idea to start a business selling these products at a bargain price. Now with the current economic climate - this is certainly a brilliant idea.

I've checked out the website and it is quite good. I was especially interested in the coffee and pet food section. :) The only thing that I didn't fancy was the delivery charges but I didn't browsed properly earlier , it was running too slow maybe demand is high. So I will browse some more later in the night. It does NOT only offer delivery within UK but to other parts of Europe as well.

Now why didn't I think of this ?? I could be making a good chunk of income by now rather than having to work with people who suffers from 'idlelitis'.

A good role model?

Manchester United vs Chelsea 2010

I have one problem with this image .. not so much about him drinking while a match is going on. But the fact that he must be the only player who sits in the executive box (when unable to play), I have yet to see other players of other teams to do the same as him. Usually even if players are injured , they will sit at the stands. Am I reading too much into this?

I just think the whole game has lost it's purity and this is a classic example , where fame gets in the way. My thought is if he could make it to the executive lounge he could make it to the normal seats and be nearer to the team.

Indeed, they get paid too much for just kicking around a ball on a field. That is pretty 'disgusting' situation.

Cocktail dresses

While browsing in today's Sunday paper, I read an article about cocktail dresses. Yup! Designers designs that can reach up to £2430 per dress! Shocked ! Gulped! Gasped!

However there is a site where you can go to get the slightly cheaper version of these desginer brands click here. It is still a little bit steep as prices are above £50. But if you are looking for a great outfit you can't go wrong at forever unique.

**pictures courtesy of foreverunique.co.uk

Be grateful

Don't lead a bitter life , it gets you no where. Appreciate what you have and think of ways to live it better.

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Few snippets of Blanche Ebbutt

Marriage

Don't boast your husband's money or birth or cleverness to your friends. It is nearly as bad as boasting of your own.

Don't quarrel with your husband. Remember it takes two to make a quarrel; don't you be one of them. Lovers' quarrel may be all very well, but matrimonial doses are apt to leave a bitter flavour behind. The quarrels of spouses are not always the renewal of love.

Don't nag your husband. If he won't carry out your wishes for love of you, he certainly won't because you nag him.

Evenings at home
Don't omit the kiss of greeting. It cheers a man when he is tired to feel that his wife is glad to see him home.

Don't spend all your time with the children and leave none over for your husband. You can have them during the day; it is your husband's turn when he comes home in the evening.

Don't tell your husband of every petty annoyance and pin-prick you have suffered from during the day, but do tell him your real troubles; he expects to share them, and his advice may help you. In any case, his sympathy will halve the trouble.

Don't be shy of showing your love. Don't expect him to take it for granted. A playful caress as you pass the chair, an unexpected touch on the shoulder, makes all the difference betweeen merely knowing that you care for him and actually feeling it.

Dress
Don't get into the habit of dressing carelessly when there is 'only' your husband to see you. He is a man after all, and if his wife does not take the trouble to do so plenty of other women who will.

Children
Don't think your baby is as interesting to everyone else as she/he is to you. It is quite natural for you to think that there never was such a wonderful baby before, but other people are apt to smile at each other or become horribly bored if you can talk of nothing else.

How to avoid discord
Don't say, 'I told you so' , however much you feel tempted to. It does no good, and he will be grateful to you for NOT saying it.

Thinking Errors

Taken from 'Changing your thinking to conquer stress'(book) by Cary L Cooper and Stephen Palmer.

1. All or Nothing thinking.
We view things in absolute, extreme terms without any shades of grey.

2. Labelling.
We 'globally rate' ourselves , other or the universe, as opposed to rating skills deficits or specific behaviours.

3. Focusing on the negatives.
Instead of keeping life or events in perspective, we focus only on the negative aspects.

4. Discounting the positives.
We choose to reframe anything positive as unimportant.

5. Mind-reading.
We infer from people's behaviour that they are either thinking or reacting negatively towards us.

6. Fortune-telling.
We predict the worse-case scenario, often by using insufficient evidence.

7. Magnification or 'awfulling'.
We have the tendency to blow the significance of events out of proportion and make mountains out of molehills.

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8. Minimisation.
We condemn ourselves for our shortcomings and make excuses for our successes or strengths.

9. Emotional reasoning.
We evaluate situations by how we feel.

10. Blame.
Instead of taking any personal responsibilty, we blame others for problems that may have occurred.

11. 'Personalisation'.
We may blame ourselves unfairly for something for which we are not totally responsible.

12. 'Demanding-ness'.
This occurs when we hold unrealistic expectations or rigid and absolutist beliefs usually expressed as 'shoulds' , 'must', 'got tos', 'have tos' and 'oughts'.

13. 'Phoney-ism.'
We fear others may find out that we are not the person we portray.

14. 'I-can't-stand-it-itis'.
We lower our tolerances for dealing with adversity or frustrating situations by telling ourselves that ' I can't stand it' or 'I can't bear it'.

Smile by Jermaine Jackson

Brought tears to my eyes.

Goodbye MJ!

This is d-day! The day the King of Pop will be laid to rest. Rest well and may your enemies be ashamed of themselves and may you finally find the peace that you have yearned during your living days.

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What now?

4 days have gone since the world has lost it's King of Pop. Mixed reactions from every one. Most 70's and 80's babies would be shocked more than others as most of our childhood - MJ was there. I remember watching the Thriller video and its making over and over again, same goes with Billy Jean . My sisters and I even tried to imitate his moves. Those days where technology was not consumed by DVDs, HDs, excessive special effects of audio and visual, MJ stood out and way ahead of the league from any other artists.

Fans (as in fanatics) may be the cause of his inability to live a perfectly normal live but if there wasn't a medium (Photographers and Reporters) , his fans would not be able to do anything about it. Fans were fed non stop of his movements and progress , not only the good stuff but the bad stuff as well.

MJ's so call friends are all coming out of the woodwork but where were these people when MJ was in his darkest hour? Where were these 'friends' when he most needed them? Now everyone is making statements, claiming that they were all 'close friends'.

Some of you who aren't fans of MJ, might not see what the fuss is all about. But you must agree that MJ played a big influence in the world's music industry. There is no one like him. Like there is no one like Elvis or Fred A. His demise is trully shocking, as I was growing up I always thought that all my idols would LIVE forever. Yes it was a fantasy and that brings me to MJ's Neverland. If YOU and I can have fantasies (Whatever it may be) why not MJ when he came up with Neverland?

I am disgusted that some people would find his death a perfect time to send inappropriate jokes through emails and texts. Even worse they still continue to speak ill of the death, why are HUMANS so forgetful? His positive contributions to the music industry, peoples' lives and thinking are more substantial. When he was famous , all his 'friends' wanted a piece of his glory.

Yes being famous does pay , its has lows and highs. We were all there for both, many of us just by listening the main headlines of our local TV.

MJ may be eccentric and no one may ever know what really happened throughout his life and death , but at the very least can't we let MJ rest in peace?

RIP MJ!!!

I can't believe it ! I can't believe I am listening to this Breaking News on BBC , this can't be happening. MJ you are the one and only King of Pop.

Simply can't take this piece of news in. MJ you were my first craze, my first album and my collection (CDs , Books, Posters etc).

RIP MJ!

post written at 0028 hrs 26 June.

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Nos(e)y People - An interesting read

from www.howtodothings.com

Quickly change the subject. As soon as a fresh volley comes your way, deftly dodge the bullet and, in an abrupt shift of conversation-mode, glance in another direction and excitedly say something else, like, "Oh what a nice outfit! This color is one of my favorites!" Or, "Would you like something to drink?" Or, "Let me check what the baby is doing." Proceed to talk about the new subject.

Break off eye contact. Proceed to get up (if you're sitting) and walk to another place. Rummage through your handbag as if you remembered something. Pick up the newspaper or magazine and leaf through it. Take out your cell phone and go through your text messages.

Answer a question with a vague answer. You could learn to answer, "So what is your husband's salary?" with, "The same as others in his position," or, "Oh, he's doing just fine, why don't you ask him?" This method does not work with the stubborn variety of inquisitive people, though. They just continue asking with even more persistence.

Take a deep breath, and keep silent. No one can force you to say something you don't want to. Let them keep asking again and again. If they don't get an answer, they will hopefully take the hint and stop.

Demarcate boundaries. When such people call on you, keep the rest of the house dark, and limit their movement to the living room. Don't give them chances to move around near the bedrooms, bathrooms, closets or the kitchen -- because if they do, they'll just get more fodder for their curiosity. You can keep new items you have recently bought out of sight, for the same reason.

Minimize social interaction. You could opt to only sparingly include such people on your guest list, so that you see them only as much as you can handle. The intention is to keep the relationship intact; since they are unable to change themselves, they risk ruining their relationship with you permanently if they meet you too often. It is best to keep house calls, phone calls, and social meetings with such people to a minimum. That could be weekly, monthly or the chance meeting; it depends on you.

Don't show too much interest when they gossip about others with you. If you lap up the latest news they dish out about others, you are not helping their case -- you are worsening it. When they start talking about others, don't take interest. Apply the above tips to the conversation then as well.

Be upfront. When all else fails, just go ahead and tell them, directly but tactfully, that their curiosity turns you off and you'd rather they did not ask you such personal questions. In time, maybe they'll appreciate the favor you've done them.

It is all about the highlights

(I am not promoting this brand just a picture courtesy of Yahoo Images)

Recently I decided for a new revamp (hair wise). I have left it far too long and my hair has grown 2 inches since my last proper hair cut which cost me a fortune - this included hair treatment and highlights.

So on Monday I decided a DIY is required (need to save every penny) bought a hair colouring product almost like the one above. It was less than ten quid and the result was not great but good enough.( I am not a trained hairdresser after all). However, I literally saved about 60 quid!!

Not bad huh?

I think I am 'WORTH IT' LOL :)