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Archive for May, 2008

Car Maintenance by Using Air

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

 

Get more out of your car by using simple principles of “air management”.   Following these simple tips can get your vehicle brimming with life and lasting longer.  Not to mention the amount you can save from optimal fuel performance and minimizing trips to the repair shop. 

 

  1. Get the right air in your tires.  Purchase a good tire guage and a portable air pump for home use.  Check your vehicle’s manual for the proper tire pressure and check it at least once a day.  Properly inflated tires make the car handle better, making it much safer.  Proper inflation also makes your tires last longer so that you don’t have to replace your tires that often.  Properly inflated tires can also save you at the gas pump for as much as 22.6 miles to the gallon.  All this talk about inflation, don’t over do it.  It also dangerous to over-inflate your tires, it could lead to blow-outs. 
  2. Change your air filter regularly. The air filter is a piece of thick corrugated paper with a rubber ring around it.  It absorbs all the dust and dirt from driving around. All that dirt eventually keeps your engine from getting enough clean air to optimize it’s burn and thus straining your car.   It’s like throwing away your household trash.  It is recommended to change your air filter every six months.  Keep a couple handy so that you don’t have to drive to an auto store to get them.  It’s very easy to change the air filter on many cars. Two screws or a couple of clips, five minutes, and it’s replaced.

 

So given these airy tip, get your car lasting longer.  Remember you and your car have a bond, you take care of her and you can go places.

Maintaining Your Home and Be Stress Free

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Home is where the heart is, and one thing that most people neglect is that how you take care of your home is essential to how your life can be come enjoyable.  One thing that is always certain is that home is eventually where you will be sleeping, whether it be a mansion in the countryside or a modest studio.  Maintaining your home is a key factor in keeping your life stress free. 

Keep your home clean. Nothing provides more stress than going back to a pig sty.  This doesn’t also mean that you need to drench your home with isopropyl alcohol on a daily basis.  What you need is to balance keeping your abode from becoming a garbage dump.  Some people I know clean twice a day, and that may be too much for some.  Like me.  I have my home cleaned at least once a week and that is enough to make my house feel like a home. 

Don’t delay minor repairs.  It starts out as a little ding her and a little hole there, but the more you procrastinate eventually your home will be in such a shambles that you’d be force to tear it down and build a new one.  And you can imagine you wallet aching there. It doesn’t have to be like that.  Fixing minor damages prevent bigger damages to occur and on will save you more in the long run.  Not to mention it keeps you from noticing that eyesore and constantly reminding your self, oh yeah, I need to fix that.  Life has too many stimuli bugging you already, pick up that toolkit and fix it.

Keep the bugs out.  The perennial bane of the home and you don’t want these critters sharing your home with you. They start off as just a scouting part looking for scraps.  Soon they’ll bring in a battalion of critters to much on your crumbs.  Then after establishing that they can get a free meal, they establish a colony right inside your walls.  Clean up after you eat.  Don’t leave dirty dishes on the sink.  Don’t give them a reason to establish residence in your abode.  Invest on vacuum containers to keep them from whiffing your food supply.

Pay Utilities on time.  Nothing gives more stress than not having heat in the middle of your shower.  Not to mention bumping yourself in the dark and breaking things.  It is simple, but paying your utilities helps you focus on more important tasks.  Paying house bills are just too mundane and becomes quite a hassle if you forget.  Consider utilizing an automatic payment scheme so you don’t have to remind yourself every so often. 

Entertain visitors.  What would be home if you don’t get to flaunt it.  Invite a friend over for coffee or tea and relax and share your wonderful home with another. 

Such are simple tips but works wonders to the soul.  It is sad that with the simplicity of it all, not everyone put in that little effort.  You just feel sad that you find some houses in decay and feel the spirit and the house and the owner deteriorate overtime.