Wednesday, March 30, 2011

OT Tip - Website tips

This week my mother in law Debbie is sharing some website ideas for you at home.








Great Web sites for fun home educational games, learning, printables and craft activities that are free:

National Geographic Maps, tools for adventure
http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/toolsforadventure/games/index.html

Brain Games and Mind Puzzles
http://playwithyourmind.com/

Journey north, a global study of wildlife migration and seasonal changes:
~ A great oppertunity for the family to take notice of the changes around them and to participate in maping your sightings.  Kids section with videos.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/

Eye Can Learn:  Eye exercises for better visual health
http://www.eyecanlearn.com/

Family fun Crafts, Activities, Recipes and other ideas for Kids, parents
http://familyfun.go.com/

Crafts for kids:  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/ 

Kids Craft Zone:  http://kidscraftzone.com/googlesearch.aspx?cx=partner-pub-9838575186329889%3Ay2qsm5-erao&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=hats#1086

Things That Make Me Smile

Louis Prima!

there's a benefit in insomnia, well, it depends.


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see. i really can't sleep last night. and just now i woke up around 9am. i slept less than 4 hours. i made fried rice and finished at 4am. abah was surprised. eheh.

i had this kind of insomnia once in a while. it happened every year, every few months. it could be march-may, and sometimes sept-december. i am sleepy, yet exhausted, but i just can't close my eyes. now i do look like a panda with a hair like a lion. pftt.

yesterday i vacuumed faris's room. which is actually a small guest room. we have 2 guests room. and i guess i will change the bed sheet afterwards since he's coming back today. he has been to Taiwan & Hong Kong for the past 2weeks.

and perhaps i should take my bath by now, and re-arrange my closet as well. it was like a bunch or craps in a big solid box. i'll show the picture later on ;)


Cheezburger of the Day

Stop Blaming The Government

... and look in the mirror.

Abercrombie and Fitch are now marketing push-up bras for 8 year olds, presumably because they believe that people will buy them. Charlie Sheen, star of the hit show Two and a Half Men wasn't criticized for living with strippers and porn stars and allowing his kids to be raised by them, he was criticized when his drug habits got in the way of his performing.

And the government is supposed to do what exactly to stop crime, child abuse, high school dropouts and all of our other social ills?

bertuah anak abah. hehehehe...

hari tu, i ada dpt magazines dari PADINI. dia org punya yearly catalogue kot, eh, kejap magazine, kejap catalogue. okay, catalogue. sbb i join membership Padini nih. PADINI nih termasuklah Vincci, Vincci+, PDI, Padini, SEED, P&Co. lepas tu duk belek, belek, tiba-tibaaaa i tertarik dgn a few handbags & shoes. yup, more to accessories sbb i tak minat sgt baju die sbb dulu zaman naive, duk kalut beli baju, lepas tu ends up baju die same je cam kualiti baju i beli yg biasa-biasa. so, not worth it lah kan. okay, lepas tu i mark la a few pages which contains handbags & shoes yg i sukeee. and this is, one of it.this reddish orange handbags. maka bermulalah dialog i dgn abah. hehehehe...



i : abah, tahu tak ade 1 handbag tuh dah lameee org mark dlm majalah.

abah : bukan birthday last year dah beli handbag mahal tu ke? ape name? coach?

i : *terdiam jap* eh tapi, handbag ni pun lame da qila aim, siap mark dlm majalah lg tuh.

abah : warna ape lg tak de dalam koleksi?

i : ohhh aa. *pdhal coach tuh orange + pink* tah, warna die macam orange sikit. hari tu org cari dah dkt KLCC, ikano, sunway semua tak de. sekali hari tu org nmpk sekali je dkt the curve. semalam je org nmpk ade dkt JJ wngsa maju.

abah : ada discount tak?

i : huhu. tak de kot. new arrival! hehehehehehehe.

abah : yerlah, handbag je tau!

i : *sengih kalah kerang busuk tak tahu nak ckp camne*


it was love at first sight.


dan kebetulan mama pun tak de, semalam pergi PD sbb ada kursus utk cikgu-cikgu Akaun. makanya keluar lah kejap berdua dengan abah, pukul 9 lebih dah pun. nak tutup dah pun JJ. tapi sbb abah dah bg green light, fuhhhh, mmg... sape2 yg rapat dgn i mesti dpt bygkan muke & senyuman i. :D

tadi. abah call mama. abah tanye, "aqilah tak cerita ape2?" aduhhh. lepas tu ckp la dgn mama.


mama : amboi, tiba-tiba je shopping?

i : hehehehehe.. sikit je. 1 barang je. hehehehehe. handbag yg qla tunjuk dlm majalah tuh.

mama : ade sale ke?

i : hehe. 10% je. *jadiklahhhh kan* eh mama, ta pe la, nak jemur kain.


mmg tgh jemur kain. tp takut kene bebel jgk. haha. tp kan, mama tak de, mmg tak best lahhh. baru 2-3 hari. kalau nanti mama jadi kerja office balik, lagi la selalu kursus, gilevavi pnye boring. tskkk. oh nasib baiklah mama balik esok! yeayyyy.

pagi tadi, bgn nak pergi buat rawatan resdung, saloon tu tutup! pergi nak beli kuih, creampuff tak de! cari kasut warna pink, sekali warna merah da. sedih betul. rupanya dalam ribut taufan tu, tuhan nak kasi pelangi :D

thank you so much abah! i love you forevermore lah. hehe.


Wisdom Wednesday - Answered Prayer

This week in our Good Morning Girls group we have been reading James 5: 13-17 which is on prayer. It has been a really good study and discussion among all of us over e-mail. Today I wanted to share something that I shared with the girls yesterday in e-mail about an answer to prayer I have had recently.

About a month ago my husband informed me that he had put a job application in at one of the hospitals a little to the north of us. He is currently working at a hospital to the south of us, in a resource position as a Respiratory Therapist. He had a full time position there and then decided to start going back to school to get his bachelors and also volunteer with our churches disaster response program. With all of the flooding we have had here in Ohio, he has been pretty busy with that.

So I began praying about the application. A week or so later he received a call asking to come in for an interview. Two weeks ago or so he went in for the interview. It was a full time night shift position. The pay was only a couple cents less than what he was making full time before. This hospital is a much larger hospital than the one he is at currently, and is a trauma hospital at that. He has always wanted to work in trauma. Everything seemed perfect, except for one thing; he would have to work every other weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. He told the person hiring about our church beliefs. The person was very familiar with Adventists and said he could switch with people to take Saturday nights off if he wanted to.

David still did not feel comfortable, mostly because we are very active in our church and working every other weekend would hinder that. Later that week, the hospital called back to offer him the position. He took the weekend to think and pray about it, and then two weeks ago on Monday, he called back to tell them that he would have to decline the job.

I was a little upset about the whole situation. However, it was his decision to make and I supported him. I prayed on Tuesday that if God wanted David at this hospital that he would have them call him back that week with another option. After Tuesday,  I honestly forgot about what I had prayed and had pretty well come to terms with the decision and that he would not be working there.

Thursday afternoon, right as we were getting ready to walk out the door, the phone rings. I could hear David talking to someone upstairs and it sounded like the hospital. He got off the phone and told me that it was the human resource person calling because the manager of the department had asked her to offer David and resource position instead of the full time position. When we read over the description of the job, it fit perfectly! David will still be able to work at both hospitals as well as continue his work with the disaster response group through our church.

I tell you all this to encourage you that God is still answering prayers!! Even when we don't expect it, He is willing to do mighty and wonderful things through prayer! Why don't you try praying to Him today!






This post is linked to: Women in the Word Wednesday

Making Popcorn And Watching The Movie

Dig this.
Los Angeles Police Department officers manning sobriety checkpoints will no longer, as a matter of department policy, impound cars driven by unlicensed drivers. That is unless the unlicensed driver is a United States citizen or lawful resident, in which case he can say adios to his car for 30 days, as authorized by California law.
The cops will impound the citizen's car, but not the illegal's. That's because the illegal is a member of the disadvantaged class and class warfare is what it's all about.

You'd think this would be a matter for outrage, but why bother? The end of the class warfare mentality is near as our progressive friends are finding that all the marching, chanting and teach-ins can't clip a few zeroes off the debt levels their "compassionate" policies created. The cops and all the rest of the government workers and policy makers have been living in a cushy fantasyland for decades where their lives are easy and safe. Once they get slammed a few times with layoffs and pension cuts, let's see how many treats they hand out to the protected classes.

Every fine not collected, every benefit given out is a wad of cash taken from their pockets. The illegals are just another tribe of cannibals who will have to fight over a dwindling food supply.

GUJRATI KADHI

Ingredients:
Sour curds ....... 1 - 1 & 1/2 cups.
Gram flour (besan)... 1 tbsp.
Water ............ 4 cups
Ginger ........... 1 tsp. (crushed)
Green chillies .... 1 tsp (crushed)
Fenugreek seeds .... 1 tsp.
Cumin seeds ........... 1 tsp.
Turmeric powder .... 1/4 tsp.
Jaggery ............... a small piece... or (1 tsp sugar)
Asafoetida ........... a pinch
Cloves .................. 2-3
Cinnamon stick ... a small piece.
Salt ..................... to taste
Curry leaves ........ 1 sprig
Coriander leaves ... handful.
Oil

Method:
1. Blend the curd with water and gram flour.
2. In a pan heat some oil and add the fenugreek and cumin seeds.When they crackle add the crushed ginger, curry leaves, green chillies, cloves, cinnamon and asafoetida.
3. Now pour the curd mixture into it and add salt, turmeric powder and jaggery.
4. Allow it to simmer for 15-20 minutes until the quantity is reduced to 3 cups.
5. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with plain rice.