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15 Reasons to Use Apple Cider Vinegar Every Day. Apple cider vinegar is my new obsession.

15 Reasons to Use Apple Cider Vinegar Every Day

I recently began taking apple cider vinegar shots a few times a day for a quick and effective energy burst. However, I've since discovered so many other useful ways to incorporate apple cider vinegar (ACV) into my daily routine. It's effective for pretty much anything—your skin, your hair, your house, and even your pets can benefit from its qualities. Raw, organic, unfiltered and unpasteurized, apple cider vinegar is so much more than a salad dressing! 1. It's made from apple juice and is fermented to hard apple cider. 2. 10 Iconic things in Singapore we would like to see as Lego models. Lego has just unveiled the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) as its latest model in its Architecture series.

10 Iconic things in Singapore we would like to see as Lego models

This is Singapore’s first landmark in this series which include the likes of the Sydney Opera House, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Brandenburg Gate, and the White House. While MBS is a sure sight to behold, here are 10 more awesome Singapore icons that should be made into Lego: 1. The Merlion How can we not? 2. Of course we have to include the founding father of modern day Singapore. 3. How to Save Money. Learning how to save money is an important preparation for your financial future.

How to Save Money

While saving money may not seem to be an easy thing to do, establishing short term goals as well as long term ones makes the results seem more achievable.1 Establishing a savings routine takes determination and dedication, but may be accomplished in part by changing daily routines.2 Even in times of low income, investing and saving for the future can be accomplished by planning where to spend funds and tracking any surplus amounts over the budget. MSN Money author, Jennifer Mulrean says being able to save money has less to do with how much you make and more to do with how willing you are to make adjustments which allow you to save. Tahira Hira, a professor of personal finance and consumer economics at Iowa State University, recommends assessing what is coming in financially and what the output must be.

30 Easy Ways to Save Money (and No, you are not doing them all!) Let’s keep this one simple and clean – just a bunch of relatively easy ways to save money.

30 Easy Ways to Save Money (and No, you are not doing them all!)

As you incorporate more and more of these tips into your life, the savings add up and it wouldn’t surprise me if you could save thousands over the course of a year. It will take a little work on your part but those thousands of dollars in savings are what helped us get out of debt earlier, kept us out of debt for several years and will hopefully help us pay off our recent auto loan soon as well. Cook at home often: If both the husband and wife work, this is likely to be very difficult. Start out with the habit of cooking at home once a week and slowly increase the frequency until you find a balance between saving money and getting stressed out.Make your own coffee: Everyone seems to have heard of the latte factor. 21 Surprising Things You Can Make In A Rice Cooker. 10 Tips to Conserve Your Smartphone Battery. Apple, BlackBerry, Samsung and other global brands have come up with smartphones equipped with powerful mobile operating systems such as Google’s Android, Nokia’s Symbian, Apple’s iOS, etc, that allows users to play games, listen to mp3s, snap pictures, have access to the Net and even stream videos.

10 Tips to Conserve Your Smartphone Battery

Given their diverse range of capabilities and multi-functionality running on a mobile (as in on-the-go) platform, it’s no wonder that battery life has always been a concern for developers, manufacturers and the users themselves. On average, most smartphone batteries last between one and two days before being completely depleted, and in need of a recharge. (Image Source: Dokisoft) 54 Things Everyone Needs To Know How To Do. There are those quintessential skills that we can all agree every human should have, including wilderness and survival skills.

54 Things Everyone Needs To Know How To Do

However, in this day and age, there are another set of skills we should acquire in addition to basic survival skills. Don’t underestimate the importance of being prepared for an emergency. Make Life Lovely: 6 Uses for Silica Gel Packets- Don't Throw Them Away! You know those little white packets that come in the box with your brand new heels?

Make Life Lovely: 6 Uses for Silica Gel Packets- Don't Throw Them Away!

I used to toss them in the trash, but my brilliant husband asked me to start keeping them, and he has found some great uses for those silica gel packets! Silica gel packets are used to absorb moisture and keep things dry, so they are ideal to reuse throughout your home where you might be worried about excess moisture. Here are a few places we have found these packets to be useful. Just make sure that you keep these out of the reach of children! They are not to be eaten. 6 Uses for Silica Gel Packets: 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. Two-Ingredient Banana Peanut Butter Ice Cream Recipe. Brown spotted bananas were sitting on our counter, staring me down.

Two-Ingredient Banana Peanut Butter Ice Cream Recipe

I tried to ignore them, but they kept haunting me. It seems like I can never eat bananas fast enough. They always turn brown and beg me to put them to good use. I usually bake banana bread, banana cookies, banana cake, or use them in a smoothie. This time I decided to turn them into ice cream since it is so hot outside. I was a little skeptical about this recipe. I sliced up four ripe bananas and put them on a large plate. I put the frozen banana slices in my Blendtec blender. I pulverized the banana slices for a few minutes, scraping down the sides a few times. If you are looking for a new way to use up your ripe bananas, try this Two-Ingredient Banana Peanut Butter Ice Cream. Ingredients: 4 large very ripe bananas 2 tablespoons peanut butter. 12 Foods You Should Not Put In The Fridge.

Whilst we like to treat the fridge as a safe-haven for all things food and drink, there are, in fact, foods you should not put in the fridge.

12 Foods You Should Not Put In The Fridge

Which ones are you guilty of? Putting these foods into the fridge won’t cause you any harm; however, it can certainly cause a nuisance for your palate as textures and tastes become ruined. To avoid removing the taste from your food, here are some foods you shouldn’t put into the fridge. Oils I’m not sure if this is classified as a food so much as a food ingredient, but nonetheless, putting oils into the fridge tends to turn them into a stodgy, almost butter-spread-like consistency. How to Save Money on Groceries and Keep Making Awesome Food. Ten 10-Minute Tips for Cutting Clutter. For you, just thinking about getting organized might be overwhelming.

Ten 10-Minute Tips for Cutting Clutter

Or maybe you’re looking for a few quick tips to declutter your space. Either way, carving out 10 minutes a day can help. “Working in 10-minute blocks of time solves one of the biggest problems with getting organized,” according to Jamie Novak, author of several books on organizing, including The Get Organized Answer Book, 1000 Best Quick and Easy Time-Saving Strategies and 1000 Best Quick and Easy Organizing Secrets.

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