Knowledge

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="center" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">"It is only those who have knowledge among His servants that fear Allah."</span></b></div><div align="center" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">(Qur'an, Fatir 35:28)</span></b></div><div align="center" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">The Messenger of Allah gave glad tidings to anyone who undertakes the task of seeking knowledge. Abu Hurayrah relates that the Prophet said, "For him who embarks on the path of seeking knowledge, Allah will ease for him the way to paradise." (Related by Muslim) If no Hadith on the importance of knowledge besides this one had been uttered by the Prophet , it would have been enough for Muslims. Yet the Prophet did more than that:</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">He used to stimulate his companions to seek knowledge: Ibn Mas'ud relates that the Prophet said, "Only two persons are worthy of being envied; a person upon whom Allah bestows riches and gives him the power to spend it in a righteous cause; and a person upon whom Allah bestows wisdom by which he judges and which he teaches." (Related by Bukhari and Muslim)</span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">He used to congratulate the companions whenever they issued a right judgement or correctly answered a question. Imam Muslim narrates that once the Prophet asked Ubayy Ibn Ka'b, "Do you know which verse in Allah's Book is the greatest?" Ubayy answered by reciting Ayat-ul-Kursi (the verse of the Throne, i.e.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Al-Baqarah, 2:255</b>): "Allah! None has the right to be worshiped but He, the Ever Living, the One Who sustains and protects all that exists…) The Messenger kindly patted him on the chest, saying, "Congratulations, Abul-Munthir for this knowledge".</span></div><div align="center" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div></div>

Knowledge

"It is only those who have knowledge among His servants that fear Allah." (Qur'an, Fatir 35:28) The Messenger of Allah gave gl...

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Eating etiquette in Islam

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">All what you need to know about the eating etiquette in Islam, Islam is the religion wich emphasizes on the best behavior, if you are eating with non-Muslims you should always keep the manners and avoid what Allah prohibited,In sha Allah this will help you as it helped me to understand some of the points explained here :)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tvGwqqjOT1FMUuplNpPpCfJRYCynbPd_uTiDZKykoXqAdc2IShjgj0D-XOI7sJMUNpJKRw6LOmKIhSRTdHdc4OyS-I17Iu8ER6x9wJg9XZGMFrdDg1fQyA2kc-XyuUzpWKmSZmhCOJJF/s1600/13acc3267a5fbe524fe2346845ff6a25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3tvGwqqjOT1FMUuplNpPpCfJRYCynbPd_uTiDZKykoXqAdc2IShjgj0D-XOI7sJMUNpJKRw6LOmKIhSRTdHdc4OyS-I17Iu8ER6x9wJg9XZGMFrdDg1fQyA2kc-XyuUzpWKmSZmhCOJJF/s640/13acc3267a5fbe524fe2346845ff6a25.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPZKGL4u-x3JcacmAy86RA87h166WTjWxjTWHNT4uvOdug4FEdd11m_TyN1xluxEiNo4fsD_IdPTFsZwy2UKxumylbRos6Rh7D_xDxcskD7mYcxXeOa2ADYATwpFsPqeGW3ocxz61Mraj/s1600/75089b7550556fba2d8e4d0adf6c8a0e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvPZKGL4u-x3JcacmAy86RA87h166WTjWxjTWHNT4uvOdug4FEdd11m_TyN1xluxEiNo4fsD_IdPTFsZwy2UKxumylbRos6Rh7D_xDxcskD7mYcxXeOa2ADYATwpFsPqeGW3ocxz61Mraj/s640/75089b7550556fba2d8e4d0adf6c8a0e.jpg" width="345" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hF2RRB7PXt2VBTZ3-teJC3vEYTY7xj75PXMaG5iKSjfKr27lrCBwNIaVTwa9c2hKCpmQCl1zjQgzqQTQ57w8aZDV2PSr4WcY5wCyybDOsZyyFATxQ3aQ69kwG9tyTF-WzrNQTVGv3ooj/s1600/81e4b83938700f81f6b5a8831028ecfc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hF2RRB7PXt2VBTZ3-teJC3vEYTY7xj75PXMaG5iKSjfKr27lrCBwNIaVTwa9c2hKCpmQCl1zjQgzqQTQ57w8aZDV2PSr4WcY5wCyybDOsZyyFATxQ3aQ69kwG9tyTF-WzrNQTVGv3ooj/s640/81e4b83938700f81f6b5a8831028ecfc.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>

Eating etiquette in Islam

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If you ask me is not the hijab

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR">Asalam wa leykum to every one who is reading this blog, I haven't made a serious post in a while, this due the country's situation and personal struggles.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR">I have this huge lost almost two weeks ago when my dad passed away(May Allah have mercy on him), Then it was like an awakening for me when I realize that the most difficult thing-situation for a Converted Muslim Woman is not to wear hijab, but to lose some one you love and that ,that person wasn't a Muslim, that… <u>believe me really hurts</u>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIf00V2g8s-H84fuxlUupibwxS072GTYA2bZWddS87WZ_Zjk00PUaWn0obGKh0Kh-r4TSDg0Mo-Xkj1Ta_J_byPzZ8h3I-_0sZdn7Uis5Av71ZMUA2Udcw-_2QnA1yYr5ZdRYJ_VNvoVUG/s1600/I+miss+you+dad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIf00V2g8s-H84fuxlUupibwxS072GTYA2bZWddS87WZ_Zjk00PUaWn0obGKh0Kh-r4TSDg0Mo-Xkj1Ta_J_byPzZ8h3I-_0sZdn7Uis5Av71ZMUA2Udcw-_2QnA1yYr5ZdRYJ_VNvoVUG/s400/I+miss+you+dad.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR">I'm feeling blessed for all what Allah have gave me and I'm pretty sure he knows best what is best for us, even when this could be hard to understand for a human, Al-hamdulillah for every thing!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><span dir="LTR">I wish to all of you the best, enjoy the time you have with your beloved ones, if you as me, are the only Muslim in your family, remember there are a lot of sisters and brothers out there in your same situation and Allah, have chosen us from between millions of non-believers, so you know you are special and we should always say Al-hamdulillah and keep our relatives in our du'as, after all, nothing is impossible for Allah, he is the only one who can open the hearts of those persons to Islam.</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" dir="RTL" style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

If you ask me is not the hijab

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Fruit Pizza inspired Sugar Cookie Cake Recipe

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">By: <a href="http://iambaker.net/rainbow-fruit-cookie-cake/" target="_blank">I'm baker</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">To assemble the cake: (recipe below)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjvnGvonGiJtULP_spXiB5pS3rET0nXnDwgOc65xeFMX72rIyWCfA5R-4SmObDgAp_W5w936zQuT8AfEIna_k_m7cd0BfzGAMgSpwJVwjBW4lsgn7JJcc-tqBLo08gj_vYeMroIqyWnEH/s1600/Rainbow+fruit+sugar+cookie+cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYjvnGvonGiJtULP_spXiB5pS3rET0nXnDwgOc65xeFMX72rIyWCfA5R-4SmObDgAp_W5w936zQuT8AfEIna_k_m7cd0BfzGAMgSpwJVwjBW4lsgn7JJcc-tqBLo08gj_vYeMroIqyWnEH/s320/Rainbow+fruit+sugar+cookie+cake.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Bake <a href="http://iambaker.net/christmas-cookies-cookie-recipe/" style="color: #f8c62c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">sugar cookie dough</a> into large round discs.  I used a 5 inch round wide cookie cutter.  Allow cookies to cool.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Prepare cream cheese frosting.  Spread some frosting over six cookies.  Set aside.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><a href="http://iambaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sugarcookies.jpg" style="color: #f8c62c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Sugar Cookies covered in Cream Cheese Frosting" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-40749" height="453" src="http://iambaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sugarcookies.jpg" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 10px !important; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="600" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">It’s important to do this step before you place the cookies on the cake stand, because if you try to frost them while they rest on top of layers of fruit it could slide and schmoosh and be generally wretched.  <em style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Not that I speak from experience or anything.</em></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Cut up fruit.  Slice strawberries into small pieces, section oranges and dice each section into 4-5 pieces, peel and slice kiwi, and cut red grapes into halves.  Cut up banana last. (You do not need to do anything to the blueberries)</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Place one cookie that is covered in frosting on cake stand.  Cover with sliced grapes.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Add another cookie, cover in blueberries.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Add another cookie and carefully lay kiwi slices over cookie.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Add another cookie, cover in banana slices.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Add another cookie, cover with diced orange.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Add last cookie and top with strawberry pieces.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://iambaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fruit-cake.jpg" style="color: #aecd93; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Rainbow Fruit Sugar Cookie Cake from iambaker.net" class="aligncenter wp-image-40734" height="585" src="http://iambaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fruit-cake.jpg" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 10px !important; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="420" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://iambaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fruit.jpg" style="color: #f8c62c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Rainbow Fruit (Perfect St. Patrick's Day Snack!)" class="aligncenter wp-image-40735" height="488" src="http://iambaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fruit.jpg" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 10px !important; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="420" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Plus it is awesome having massive amounts of fruit around… I know exactly what to give the kids when they come looking for snacks!</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Since I had a few dough scraps around I also made a few 2 inch sugar cookies.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://iambaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mini-fruit-cookie-rainbow.jpg" style="color: #f8c62c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Mini Fruit Pizza's" class="aligncenter wp-image-40754" height="540" src="http://iambaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/mini-fruit-cookie-rainbow.jpg" style="border: none; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto 10px !important; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="401" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">This was better for some of my more, um, picky children, who wanted to only have specific fruit.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">I have only ever used my <a href="http://iambaker.net/christmas-cookies-cookie-recipe/" style="color: #f8c62c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sugar Cookie recipe </a>when make fruit pizza’s, and I cant help but think its the BEST tasting sugar cookie you will ever have.  Then again, I am totally biased.  In a good way of course.</div><div><div class="zlrecipe-container-border" id="zlrecipe-container-87" style="background-color: white; 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font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">Cream Cheese Frosting for Fruit Pizza</div></div><div class="zlmeta zlclear" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.85em; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="fl-l width-50" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 299px;"></div><div class="fl-l width-50" style="border: 0px; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; 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list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8 oz cream cheese (room temp.)</li><li class="ingredient" id="zlrecipe-ingredient-1" itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3 tbsp butter (room temp.)</li><li class="ingredient" id="zlrecipe-ingredient-2" itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1/2 tsp vanilla</li><li class="ingredient" id="zlrecipe-ingredient-3" itemprop="ingredients" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; 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vertical-align: baseline;">Add cream cheese and butter to stand mixer and mix until full combined.</li><li class="instruction" id="zlrecipe-instruction-1" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Turn mixer off and add powder sugar and vanilla.</li><li class="instruction" id="zlrecipe-instruction-2" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Turn mixer on slow and combine all ingredients for about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium-high and mix for 3-5 minutes, or until you reach desired consistency.</li><li class="instruction" id="zlrecipe-instruction-3" itemprop="recipeInstructions" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pair with the <a class="instruction-link" href="http://iambaker.net/christmas-cookies-cookie-recipe/" style="border: 0px; color: #f8c62c; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Perfect Sugar Cookie</a> and your choice of fresh fruit for Fruit Pizza's.</li></ol><div class="zl-linkback" style="border: 0px; color: #aaaaaa; font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9em; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 4em 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Schema/Recipe SEO Data Markup by <a alt="ZipList Recipe Plugin" href="http://www.ziplist.com/recipe_plugin" style="border: 0px; color: #f8c62c; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="ZipList Recipe Plugin">ZipList Recipe Plugin</a></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">Tips and Tricks:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">I would prepare and serve this cake the same day.  The cookies eventually get very, very soft from the moisture in the fruit and frosting.  If you want to prepare it and serve later, I would recommend making your cookies extra crisp or allowing them to harden for a day or so.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">I debated as to whether or not the orange slices would be too acidic with the sweet frosting and cookie, but they were not.  So good!  I think if you wanted to substitute lemons for the yellow layer you certainly could, but then maybe switch the orange layer to cantaloupe or another orange-ish fruit.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;">I did not give specific amounts of fruit to cut up because it can vary so greatly with how you cut it as well as the size of the fruit prior to cutting, not to mention taking the size of your cookie into account.  Generally speaking, I used about 1 cup of the diced fruit and blueberries, 2 kiwi’s, and one banana.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #767676; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px;"><br /></div></div></div>

Fruit Pizza inspired Sugar Cookie Cake Recipe

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Tv in your bedroom?

More than two hours of TV a day adds significantly to Adults and children’s waist size, American Journal of Preventive Medicine reports <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6429582535772321343" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghhd6cLzjY8SmNziiwRwbuhvano34_4gZ0M3RfMfP92iu7UvppKcfzX1DQ0N90UQkmwjicL9759UDnYip9pxNAphMq6vN35OouDdcQHyf62tR_6VjmofaoypbZFK_rDFxkp1ev1rlt-cjs/s1600/tv+in+a+bedroom.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Amanda Staiano, PhD. “A bedroom TV may create additional disruptions to healthy habits, above and beyond regular TV viewing. For instance, having a bedroom TV is related to lower amounts of sleep and lower prevalence of regular family meals, independent of total TV viewing time. Both short sleep duration and lack of regular family meals have been related to weight gain and obesity.”<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OwAiaKTAAeYZh9DetjEUJYiUdob0mo94oKJBa64P0u0Fgj_BDorPfmLp38Dmk9jpxJPcFZbd-SRj9bYo7qhGiaaA5o6mfOlqEBJlHuBQCntfwB9O8D9gDOY4RMEdlv1HBICIIn9dV059/s1600/tv_and_sedentary_pastimes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2OwAiaKTAAeYZh9DetjEUJYiUdob0mo94oKJBa64P0u0Fgj_BDorPfmLp38Dmk9jpxJPcFZbd-SRj9bYo7qhGiaaA5o6mfOlqEBJlHuBQCntfwB9O8D9gDOY4RMEdlv1HBICIIn9dV059/s1600/tv_and_sedentary_pastimes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h3>How Does TV Watching Increase the Risk of Obesity? A Closer Look at Food Marketing</h3><h3> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">TV watching could promote obesity in several ways: displacing time for physical activity; promoting poor diets; giving more opportunities for unhealthy snacking (during TV viewing); and even by interfering with sleep.</span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> The thousands of food-related TV ads that children and youth see each year are primarily for high-calorie, low-nutrient foods and drinks, according to a comprehensive review of the evidence by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). </span></span></h3><h3><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Food marketing influences children’s food preferences and purchase requests, and marketers rely on this “pester power” to influence what parents buy.</span></span></h3><ul><li>Branded foods, drinks, and restaurants are often featured in TV shows and movies (the ad industry term for this is “product placement”), and these product placements are overwhelmingly for unhealthy foods. An analysis of food brands that appeared in prime-time television programming in 2008 found that children and teens saw roughly one food brand per day, and three out of four of these brand appearances were for sugary soft drinks</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqWAXTZ_35S0w8OKDkTJ1EkAJIhg_iLse2ivQd7cIpO02-7cgVHWpTLUJ4oxrqAz8wSQnPux_5Kj2Lisql9nmhlXr983kU5DgwqBPk3lCjXT3l06wkQOklRYiOXcbBnhyphenhyphenplJJ-4taDcJG/s1600/computer_game.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqWAXTZ_35S0w8OKDkTJ1EkAJIhg_iLse2ivQd7cIpO02-7cgVHWpTLUJ4oxrqAz8wSQnPux_5Kj2Lisql9nmhlXr983kU5DgwqBPk3lCjXT3l06wkQOklRYiOXcbBnhyphenhyphenplJJ-4taDcJG/s1600/computer_game.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h3>  The average American child from age 8 to 18 watches about 4.5 hours of TV each day. Seventy percent have a TV in the bedroom and about one-third of youth aged 6-19 is considered obese.</h3><br />“The established association between TV and obesity is predominantly based on BMI. The association between TV and fat mass, adiposity stored in specific depots (including abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue), and cardiometabolic risk, is less well understood,” <br /><br />What can we do?<br /><h3> Limit TV and “Sit Time,” Increase “Fit Time” to Prevent Obesity</h3><h3><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Parents can limit children’s screen time to no more than two hours per day, and a TV or computer “allowance” device may help with setting limits. The American Academy of Pediatrics also recommends no screen time for children under the age of 2.</span></span></h3><ul><li>Making  bedrooms TV-free and Internet-free—by removing TV sets or connections, or not putting them there in the first place—can also help us to stay within the two-hour limit, as can turning off the TV during meals.</li><li>Schools, child care centers, and after-school programs can have policies that limit recreational screen time, and are also excellent venues for rolling out screen time reduction programs,such as Planet Health  and Eat Well and Keep Moving. </li><li>Healthcare providers can counsel parents to limit their children’s screen time and to become advocates for stricter regulations on TV/media food and beverage advertising to children.</li><li> Staying active helps with weight control, as does limiting sedentary activities—recreational computer time, driving, and the like. So a good strategy is to replace “sit time” with “fit time”</li></ul> -I read once that if you really want to "REST" you should not have a TV in your bedroom, I've been refuse to put  a TV in our bedroom since we moved to our new home, Since the TV is in the living room, husband and kids must to turn it off and go to the bed to really "REST",I grew up with the TV, my parents are Fanatics of watching TV Series and all kind of news programs, etc, and we could spent all day just watching TV (and eating) which give us not so much social live so I know what it is, I really appreciate the TV out of any bedroom and same case for our children's toys, that is the rule, no TV no Toys in my bedroom so I can really enjoy and Rest. What about you?<br /><br /><br /><br />

Tv in your bedroom?

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If there is a consolation...he does not let go until Allaah admits him and his father to Paradise

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Yesterday after having a nice breakfast with my kids and husband from the Cornish,we back home to drink tea and watch some TV(We wanted to know what was going on in Gaza), my kids were coloring the books my husband had just bough to them when while listening the news in Arabic , my husband made an expression of surprise, to call it in some way, then he translate to me what he had just read<br />"An school bust was hit by a train, killing all children that were on that bus", That I have to confess was the saddest think after all the killing going on Sirya and Gaza I had ever listened, my kids were right there front Us coloring, kidding, laugthing, I look to them and is hard to say how difficult was for us to contain our tears, both my husband and I keep silence for a while, till our voice can go out and talk about it, I couldn't imagine the pain of their parents,my kids don't have school on Saturday but many other kids has, the accident happened in the time we were taking breakfast, It was so shocking and I say Al hamdulillah for everything, I pray to Allah to keep our kids and your kids safe, to never have to cross for a situation like that and protect our children for any pain.<br /><br />I read this post from Fajr Blog, which really help me to remember how only Allah knows our future and when we have a huge lost like this parents, we should say Al hamdulillah because he is the only one who indeed know what is better for us even when a situation or a lost like in this case looks so hard and difficult he knows why we have to cross for this and he is the only one who will be there to help us, May Allah give the strength to this parents to continue their lives and reward them for this lost.<br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">“Their little ones are the little ones (da’aamees) of Paradise. When one of them meets his father – or his parents – he takes hold of his garment – or his hand – as I am taking told of the hem of your garment, <strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">and he does not let go until Allaah admits him and his father to Paradise</span></strong>.”<br /><br /><br />Narrated by Muslim, 2635 </blockquote>At some point in our lives, we are all given moments where we have to take a stand; a mawqif. It’s usually a test which is personal to each of us. But on a larger scale, it’s also an opportunity from Allah allowing us to earn His Pleasure, attain higher ranks and pretty much ‘prove’ ourselves to Him.<br /><br /><br />Sometimes, we’re forced to make hard decisions. We’re forced to forsake what we love, or want, or is easier to do, in order to uphold a greater principle. We have to fight against our heart and soul in order to do what is right at that moment of time as opposed to what simply pleases us.<br /><br />Sometimes, our actions directly affect others because in pleasing Allah we might end up displeasing people, but what choice does the believing man or woman have? We don’t live for the sake of our own nafs (soul); rather we live for Allah and higher principles, and when it comes to these testing moments in life, we must choose what is right, even if it means that we will lose what is very dear to our hearts or lose our freedoms.<br /><br />These are the mawaqif in our lives, and every single person has to face them at some point. But it’s a Promise from Allah that once we take the right stand, He will take it upon Himself to lead the way and rectify our affairs. Even if we cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel, we must trust that the end result will be for the believer who chose His Lord over himself…<br /><br />Fajr Blog<br /><br />- Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi ordered his ministers to offer support to the families of those killed<br />The transport minister resigned,The head of the railway authority has also resigned.<br /><br />Free E-book and support for parents that had lost a child<br /><a href="http://www.childrenofjannah.com/" target="_blank">Children of Jannah</a><br /></div>

If there is a consolation...he does not let go until Allaah admits him and his father to Paradise

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No more Trident Gum

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Salam waleykum dear readers, hope all are doing great!<br /><br /><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Today I was a bit disappointed when I found that Trident gums are not halal since they contain <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylitol" target="_blank">Xylitol </a>a kind of sugar alcohol that is used instead normal sugar, which by the way protects our teeth,the Purple one used to by my favorite gum a while ago, I even remember bought them here in Egypt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEO_fV2mASWnFqd4cf67qDoNHvdEgSBlxkyWC2krnUqo_60wN5npINt4PHFkpzUVOWo78tqefEP-TpICOcWP1Bg5wSiX2PQPHP-rjG-hpFQJ7yBmrsc3GL0yxzbFCeuOp8Z779etT4wiga/s320/trident+gum+not+halal.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div>Sad but not surprise since most of the imported products in Egypt are not halal, something that we let pass without more importance thinking that since we are living in a Muslim Country it means that everything is halal. I have a background in Biology sciences which helped a lot with this matter since I use to read all the small letters on the back of every new product I'm not familiar with,not long ago, to be exact two days ago, my husband bought to our kids those kind of jelly gums with beautiful shapes and colors, I was a bit concerned when I noticed that they were not made in Egypt so once again I checked the ingredients and found that contains <strong>Bovine Gelatin </strong>which not way it can be halal unless the animal had been sla<span style="color: darkgreen;">ughtered in Islamic rite, to sad because they really smell delicious, but we must not forget that our </span><span style="color: darkgreen;">Karim said (<span style="font-size: x-large;">of leaving something for sake of Allaah, Allaah will compensate him</span>)</span></div>

No more Trident Gum

Salam waleykum dear readers, hope all are doing great! Today I was a bit disappointed when I found that Trident gums are not halal since the...

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Unce upon a time, We all wanted to be a Faraon

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />I found this lovely picture in a travel agency; they are using it as propaganda to visit Cairo, I don't find it funny, but the lovely kids looks so handsome that I want to share it too, but I added the link to their mom's blog, I think not more people really realise that even when you are doing it for a good purpose, we should add a water mark to make it a bit more difficult if someone is trying to stole our personal picture,upload pictures to the Internet doesn't means it is ok to be used by others in my personal opinion.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMwtF5xoGHHfFtSDmDBPARltjUQ5uX4Rr8PgiHThaLjOQR1w1hyphenhyphenzPAdKbIaAe68vYqdJQDVC6jbrf7JrqVCrTI566Tqij4_RYDwjLODv27JlBngg6G9ps71YcWD2st1woWYvcNl_64nH2/s1600/all+3+egyptian+dress+email.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMwtF5xoGHHfFtSDmDBPARltjUQ5uX4Rr8PgiHThaLjOQR1w1hyphenhyphenzPAdKbIaAe68vYqdJQDVC6jbrf7JrqVCrTI566Tqij4_RYDwjLODv27JlBngg6G9ps71YcWD2st1woWYvcNl_64nH2/s320/all+3+egyptian+dress+email.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>However, I remember how a long time ago we all dream about be queen or kings and what about be a Faraon, all that Majesty and power and  pyramids don't forget about it.</div>

Unce upon a time, We all wanted to be a Faraon

I found this lovely picture in a travel agency; they are using it as propaganda to visit Cairo, I don't find it funny, but the lovely ki...

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Egypt: a ban on Internet Pornography

<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723830105532053234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMfRnmSlBFE1NMIiUAheNABZc_C8Zr5vT8WIPAKvqohuYmzO612kjji7lx0xBtDgC4yhjBRzetU3kJb9MtlPH2yn9ArMGbjbJotQ_jz-VNLrHMC-SBEjngcpdDLhkgl1L8FMlXAEZAOBEs/s400/china-censorship-of-the-internet-cartoon%255B1%255D.gif" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 390px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 245px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> The power that social media has brought to Egypt is indescribable,people is now available to make "business" from home (like I do)a situation that with no doubt comes to help with the economy of many families, FaceBook is the most used to sell And buy from an scarf to a home,although it was created to be in touch with family and friends it has become the best way to sell online in a country where there is no paypal system,and where only an small percent of the population owns a credit card,FaceBook has also become the best way to advertise products,services and companies.Not to mention that thanks to social media the Egyptian Revolution could be possible.<br /><br />The sad side of all this access to social media is to see photos of fathers with their children "Liking" Porno pages which in more of the cases they are not even girls who manage this pages, they are men behind all this using and stiling pictures from girls that don't even know that their pictures had been stolen and used for this pornography pages.<br /><br />Pornography in Egypt is growing in an uncontrollable way, in this week a couple was arrested for using FaceBook to <a href="http://www.ahram.org.eg/Incidents/News/139218.aspx">exchange of wives</a> (arabic), the gay community is trying to make what they call " assert their rights " . Egypt has a huge number of foreigners living on the country and some times this people doesn't realise that Egypt is a MUSLIM country with it's VALUES (something that in other cultures don't even know the meaning of the word) and traditions, they come here and they expect to live like they do on their countries by doing all the wrong and unmoral actions, all this "freedom" has led to young Egyptians to wrongdoing.<br /><br />with no doubt we as parents are the responsible for our children, most of the Egyptian parents don't even know what a computer is neither how the Internet access can be dangerous to our children,communication between parents and children doesn't exist, guys are all day with their friends, girls with their friends and all connected to Internet where they post pictures without think that someone can stole their photos and photoshop a pornographic picture with their faces, dancers and prostitutes use this media to have customers and with time they can have "new girls" you know how friendship works on facebook.<br /><br />Egypt is currently listed on Reporters without Borders latest report as being ‘under surveillance’ as a potential enemy of the Internet. Now <a href="http://thenextweb.com/me/2012/03/24/egyptian-government-reportedly-preparing-a-ban-on-internet-pornography/">the government is preparing a ban on Internet pornography<br /></a><br />While, more often than not, Internet censorship in the Middle East is usually part of totalitarian governments attempts to stop anti-regime protesters from communicating freely, an Egyptian Member of Parliament has set his sights on a whole other aspect of the World Wide Web, Egyptian daily Al Ahram Online reported earlier this week.<br /><br />Dr. Younis Makhioun, a member of the conservative Al Nour Party, which managed to walk away with 25% of the parliamentary seats, has requested a ban on all pornographic sites in Egypt. Yep, forget about soaring crime rates or the daily harassment women face walking down the streets of Cairo.<span style="font-size:180%;"> Porn is public enemy number one</span> according to this MP.<br /><br />In an interview, he said it was his responsibility to ensure that laws and regulations in Egypt adhere to the moral and religious fabric of the country’s society, adding that pornographic sites have taken Egypt’s youth down an immoral path and has had a negative effect on families, leading to divorce and rape.<br /><br />He added that Egyptian youth, rather than find themselves concerned with issues that are important to the country, are apparently more concerned with surfing porn, despite the fact that Egypt’s Internet penetration rates are just over 26%. And he, of course, didn’t let us in on how he came to any of these conclusions.<br /><br />The request was made during a parliamentary session, and was also posted on the political party’s official Facebook page. The post has since received over 4,170 likes, over 1,600 shares and over 700 comments, most of which were positive, including a request to extend the ban to TV channels as well.<br /><br />Not all comments however were positive, both on the Facebook post and on Twitter. While supporters of Al Nour Party welcomed the call for the ban, the MP’s request was also met with a fair share of criticism and derision, mainly questioning the timing.<br /><br />Some said that there were more pressing issues that Egypt needs to address before turning an eye on what appears to be a pretty popular past time in the country. Others worried that the ban would only lead to further restrictions, extending far beyond just pornographic sites.<br /><br />The reaction on Twitter took on a far more humorous nature, under the hashtag, #EgyptPornBan, with most Twitter users simply making fun of the request, suggesting a download marathon, just in case the ban does take effect.<br /><br />In Tunisia, on the other hand, a court threw out a request to ban porn in the country. Tunisia’s court of cassation threw out the ruling, which will be appealed.<br /><br />Plaintiff Monaem Turki compared the need for a ban on pornographic sites in Tunisia to the ban on Hitler apologist sites in France, saying, ”Likewise, in Tunisia, there should also be prohibitions and pornographic sites are not tolerable.”<br /><br />Looking at the top 100 sites in Egypt, according to Alexa, amidst the social networks, news sites and forums, there appear to be at least 6 or 7 pornographic sites that make it into the list.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">According to Google trends, Egypt came in at number 5 globally last year, when it came to searching for the term ‘sex,’ with the highest volume of searches coming out of the upper Egyptian city of Aswan.<br /></span><br />This is not Egypt’s first attempt to rid its citizens of access to pornographic sites. In 2009, a court ruled in favour of a ban, but it was not enforced.<br /><br />In the interview, when asked about how it would be possible to gain control over something so highly uncontrollable, the Egyptian MP said that <span style="font-size:180%;">even if they can’t completely ban these sites, making it more difficult to access them would be a good start.<br /></span>

Egypt: a ban on Internet Pornography

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I's our day ^_^

Congratulations to all women out there enjoy your day.<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717425123158821042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs7ZOQRsko2_G8PRz_14d8DKvnz-AXQEkBliylHGLUB1FZx6fYbNJURIWr_YzOsMyic24lAzlxhCsL-kQXUabC7PWqmwQfWh-zQ0p1WdXDkhXgaRPwGtwPgO2YFlxE23q5Xh3ncrRkWVDs/s400/womenday.gif" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 388px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 278px; CURSOR: hand" /><br />Do you know?<br />a human body can bear only up to 45 Del (unit) of pain.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">But at the time of giving birth, a woman feels up to 57 Del of pain</span>.<br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">This is similar to 20 bones getting fractured at a time</span><br /><br /></strong>Do we realize that still we give pain to our mothe by disobeying them and by not regarding them???<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mXXj0RMiKyHFU4YDrG1uqhbEMG6rtXF8fmJsQW0FfaULs80jgvy-kHFPLLxUP53FnubkV83ozowT5Prrk7_e8ab_ZDNxlUfOwoq1IHcA0tXs_l_FavoLOKJ9RL4J1r1zAWEPwOcwfF3w/s1600/women+day.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717426698064669586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mXXj0RMiKyHFU4YDrG1uqhbEMG6rtXF8fmJsQW0FfaULs80jgvy-kHFPLLxUP53FnubkV83ozowT5Prrk7_e8ab_ZDNxlUfOwoq1IHcA0tXs_l_FavoLOKJ9RL4J1r1zAWEPwOcwfF3w/s400/women+day.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 197px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>

I's our day ^_^

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Timesaving tips to keep clean your home

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJirTQROzYZK9tmmRD4gEc8g1tcphRH84CfEeJo0ypz6I2Use2e59LjJY2ICFdmXwBydmkQXVWDFgx1lUPxaaiEVygSLBl7s7-j-Q3lfztoVvjLep5LW8HkqanvvxecGq2aFzff2_9Mcn/s1600/cleaning+home+tips%252Bclean%252Bsaving+time+tips%252Bsaving+money+tips%252B+rehab%252Binsurance%252Byou%252Bfashion%252Bproducts.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663739069486138882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJirTQROzYZK9tmmRD4gEc8g1tcphRH84CfEeJo0ypz6I2Use2e59LjJY2ICFdmXwBydmkQXVWDFgx1lUPxaaiEVygSLBl7s7-j-Q3lfztoVvjLep5LW8HkqanvvxecGq2aFzff2_9Mcn/s400/cleaning+home+tips%252Bclean%252Bsaving+time+tips%252Bsaving+money+tips%252B+rehab%252Binsurance%252Byou%252Bfashion%252Bproducts.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 326px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 321px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> I know it sounds like a cheap magazine this title hahahaha, but those are really Simple tricks that helps when it comes to Clean your home and there is a lack of time, specially to all of us worker moms, hope this helps you.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Pick up as you go</span>. "You will cut your cleaning time in half when you pick up after yourself throughout the day". For example, clean your shower just after you've taken one. All the hot water and steam will have helped soften the soap scum.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Stay organized.</span> Keep your cleaning products all in one container, such as a plastic basket with a handle that you can carry room to room. This way, you don't have to go to the supply closet while cleaning each individual room.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Multitask while cleaning.</span> "When you are cooking and waiting for water to boil, clean the kitchen; scrub down the bathroom while in the shower or right after." (it really works believe me)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Buy better cleaning products.</span> Cheap cleaners make you scrub longer, period! "Remember that your time is worth money too, and you deserve cleaning chemicals that work as hard as you do".<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Make it a game.</span> That way, you can get the kids -- even little ones -- to help you. Make it a race to see who can clean up their rooms faster; when picking up toys around the house, see who can find the most(kids need to feel they are not under pressure, if you makes them believe that is a game they will enjoy and help).<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Invest in some storage bins.</span> Tucking everything away immediately makes your house look neater. Be sure to hang jackets up as soon as you get home, throw junk mail away and put other mail in a desk drawer, and put a basket by the door for shoes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">Keep surfaces clean:</span> The bigest surface in your home is the floor, keeping clean will help you to have a clean look and an open view of the home, pick up all things that should not be on the floor.</div>

Timesaving tips to keep clean your home

I know it sounds like a cheap magazine this title hahahaha, but those are really Simple tricks that helps when it comes to Clean your home ...

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