A Mum's Blues

A month has passed by in 2011.. There's tremendous work to be done at home and work.. And, living with 4 teenagers, a young boy, an aging mum and of course.. a hubby, is REALLY the most challenging years of my life! I would prefer the times when those teenagers were still toddlers. They were better listeners then..

Arghhh....

Feeling down today for no reason..
Menopause?
Narghhhhhh....couldn't possibly be....

Onions, anyone?

ONIONS...anyone?

Hi everyone,

Doesn't hurt to try.  Onions are cheap and easily available and most importantly, they are natural.

These testimonials sound pretty convincing.  
 
A  friend of mine told me a story about  how when he was a  kid he was in the hospital & near dying.  His grandmother came to the hospital & told a family member  to go buy her a large onion & a new  pair of white cotton socks.  She sliced the onion  open then put a slice on the bottom of each of  his feet  & put the white cotton socks on him.  In the   morning when he awoke they removed the socks.  The  slices of  onion were black & his fever was  gone.  The following story that  someone sent to me  might have some truth in it.

In  1919 when the flu killed 40   million people there was this Doctor that visited  the many  farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu.  Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and  many died.  
 
The  doctor came upon this one  farmer and to his  surprise,  everyone was very  healthy.  When the doctor asked what  the farmer was doing that was different  the wife  replied  that she  had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms   of the home, (probably  only two rooms back then).  

The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if  he could have one of   the  onions and place it under the microscope.  She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in  the  onion.  It obviously absorbed  the bacteria,  therefore, keeping the family healthy.  
 
Now, I  heard this  story from my  hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees  were  coming down with the flu and so were many  of her  customers. The next year she placed several bowls with   onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick.  It must work..  (And no,  she  is not in  the onion  business.)
 
The moral of the story is, buy some  onions and place  them  in bowls around your home.  If  you  work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk  or even  on top somewhere.   Try it and see what  happens. We did it last year and we never  got the flu.
 
If this  helps you and your loved ones  from getting sick,  all  the  better.  If you do get the flu, it just might  be a mild   case..
 
Whatever, what have you to  lose?  Just a  few bucks  on  onions!!!!!! !!!!!!!!  
        
Now there is a P.S. to this for I sent it to a friend who regularly contributes material  to me on health issues. She  replied with this most  interesting experience about  onions:   
     
Well, thanks for the  reminder.  I  don't know about the farmers story...but, I do know that I contacted  pneumonia and needless to say I was very ill...I came across an article that said to cut both ends off an onion put one end on a fork and then  place the  forked end into an empty jar...placing the jar next to the sick  patient at night. It said the onion would be black in the morning  from the germs...sure enough it  happened just like that...the  onion  was a mess and I began to feel better.
        
Another thing I read in the article was that onions and  garlic  placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They  have powerful antibacterial,  antiseptic  properties.  

Exam Jitters!

A week to PMR. Brrr... Why do my students look so relaxed...and I am the one with the jitters!!

Boost Up your Relationship! Here are 10 Things That Happy Couples Do..

                                                            Never too old to be in love....

Happy couples know that the real relationship begins when the honeymoon is over. They know that unless you maintain the garden of love, its beauty will wither and die. In a recent column, you discovered the 10 relationship mistakes to avoid. Now discover the 10 things that happy couples do:

1. Go to bed at the same time.

Remember the beginning of your relationship, when you couldn't wait to go to bed with each other to make love? Happy couples resist the>temptation to go to bed at different times.They go to bed at the same time, even if one partner wakes up later to do things while their partner sleeps.

2. Cultivate common interests.

After the passion settles down, it's common to realize that you have few interests in common. But don't minimize the importance of activities you can do together that you both enjoy. If common interests are not present, happy couples develop them. At the same time, be sure to cultivate interests of your own; this will make you more interesting to your mate and prevent you from appearing too dependent.

3. Walk hand in hand or side by side.

Rather than one partner lagging or dragging behind the other, happy couples walk comfortably hand in hand or side by side. They know it's more important to be with their partner than to see the sights along the way.

4. Forgive and forget.

If and when they have a disagreement or argument, and if they can't resolve it, happy couples default to trusting and forgiving rather than distrusting and begrudging.

5. Focus more on what your partner does right than what he or she does wrong. 

If you look for things your partner does wrong, you can always find something. If you look for 

what he or she does right, you can always find something, too. It all depends on what you want 

to look for. Happy couples accentuate the positive.

6. Hug each other as soon as you see each other after work. 

Our skin has a memory of "good touch" (loved), "bad touch" (abused) and "no touch" (neglected).

Couples who say hello with a hug keep their skin bathed in the "good touch,"which can inoculate 

your spirit against anonymity in the world. 

7. Say "I love you" and "Have a good day" every morning.

This is a great way to buy some patience and tolerance as each partner sets out each day to battle 

traffic jams, long lines and other annoyances.

8. Say "Good night" every night, regardless of how you feel. 

This tells your partner that, regardless of how upset you are with him or her, you still want to be in 

the relationship.,It says that what you and your partner have is bigger than any single upsetting 

incident. 

9. Do a "weather" check during the day.
Call your partner at home or at work to see how his or her day is going.This is a great way to 

adjust expectations so that you're more in sync when you connect after work. For instance, if your

partner is having an awful day, it might be unreasonable to expect him or her to be enthusiastic 

about something good that happened to you.

10. Be proud to be seen with your partner.
Happy couples are pleased to be seen together and are often in some kind of affectionate 

contact --hand on hand or hand on shoulder or knee or back of neck. They are not showing off 

but rather just saying that they belong with each other. Even if these actions don't come naturally, 

happy couples stick with them until they do become a part of their relationship. They know that it

takes 30 days for a change in behavior to become a habit, and a minimum of six months for a

habit to become a way of life and love. 

"Life is not about what you've gained, it's about what you've done"

BEWARE - POLICE WARNING WHEN DRIVING.!!

Sad, especially if you are inclined to 'help' people... 

I got this in my mail yesterday. Would like to share with everyone..Might happen to anyone..so beware..

While driving on a rural end of the roadway on Thursday morning, I saw an infant car seat on the side of the road with a blanket draped over it.  For whatever reason, I did not stop, even though I had all kinds of thoughts running through my head.  But when I got to my destination, I called the  Police and they were going to check it out. But, this is what the Police advised even before they went out there to check.... "There are several things to be aware of ... gangs and thieves are now plotting different ways to get a person (mostly women)to stop  their vehicle and get out of the car. "There is a gang initiation reported by the local Police  where  gangs are placing a car seat by the road...with a fake baby in it...waiting for a woman, of course, to stop and check on the abandoned baby.     " Note that the location of this car seat is usually beside a wooded or grassy (field) area and the person  -- woman  -- will be dragged into the woods, beaten and raped, and usually left for dead.  If it's a man, they're usually beaten and robbed and maybe left for dead, too.   DO NOT STOP FOR ANY   REASON!!!   DIAL 0-0-0   AND REPORT WHAT YOU SAW, BUT DON'T EVEN SLOW DOWN. "IF YOU  ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND EGGS ARE THROWN AT YOUR WINDSCREEN, DO NOT STOP TO CHECK THE CAR ,   DO NOT OPERATE THE WIPER   AND DO NOT SPRAY ANY WATER BECAUSE EGGS MIXED WITH WATER BECOME MILKY AND BLOCK YOUR VISION UP TO 92.5%,  AND  YOU ARE THEN FORCED TO STOP BESIDE THE ROAD AND BECOME A VICTIM OF THESE CRIMINALS.   THIS IS A NEW TECHNIQUE USED BY GANGS, SO PLEASE INFORM YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.   THESE ARE DESPERATE TIMES AND THESE ARE UNSAVOURY INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL TAKE DESPERATE MEASURES TO GET WHAT THEY WANT. BE SAFE"

Keluhan cikgu

Assalamualaikum,
UPSR dah mula. Ada gak parents yang sanggup ambil cuti untuk tunggu anak exam...respek la..Ada cikgu yg makan kue raya tak henti-henti kat kantin sebab tension budak-budak darjah 6 dia tengah ambil exam... Aku... susah hati dan semak perut tgk student yang akan ambik PMR ni... tak ada gaya nak ambik exam pun.. Kerja sekolah tak nak buat. Bg latih tubi before cuti raya.. pas cuti ada yg dah ilang kertas, ramai gak yg tak sentuh langsung kertas latih tubi tu... Hishhh...kdg2 terfikir gak.. aku, kwn2 aku yg jd cikgu ni, dan ibubapa depa ka yg nak ambik exam? Tuan2 badan yg nak ambik periksa relek ja aku tgk......kami plak yg gelabah beruk!!!