Category Archives: House Cleaning

Passover: Laugh While Cleaning

November 20, 2021   Matt

Passover: Laugh While Cleaning

Passover, or Pesach as it is called in Hebrew, is the 8 day festival where the Jews celebrate their liberation from Egypt more than a thousand years ago. One of the most important features of this freedom festival is that the Jews cannot eat anything that is leavened. They eat unleavened bread.

They must also make sure that no bread crumbs exist in or around the house: the cupboards, the drawers, the kitchen, behind the bed, under the refrigerator and anywhere else where crumbs might have fallen through. To ensure that the house is clean of leavened food materials, the Jews have to clean the entire house from top to bottom as thoroughly as possible. And they do. During the week before Passover, house cleaning is what goes on in most Jewish houses. To answer this demand and to ease the tension, here is a joke on this subject called Impossible Timing, which highlights this cleaning tension.

Impossible Timing:
Samuel, an observant Jew, who was also a financial wizard, left Brooklyn to accept the position of Vice President in a famous broker firm in Utah, which is well known for being a Mormon state.

When they learned this, the company’s directorate applied tremendous pressure on the company’s president. “We are religious people here,” they said. “It can’t be that a Jew will handle all our money.”

The president tried to ward them off, but when he couldn’t manage it anymore, he called Samuel to his office and explained the situation to him. Samuel was offered the choice of either converting or leaving the attractive job which also had a six figure salary quote attached to it.

Samuel had no choice but to convert, and he went home and told his wife that from Sunday, they will start attending the Church services.

A few months went by and his wife kept troubling Samuel about the conversion. “This is too difficult for me. I miss the Sabbath: lighting candles and blessing the wine. I miss the holidays. Money is not everything, Samuel dear.”

And with each time that his wife complained, Samuel’s conscience increased until he could not take it anymore and he went to meet the company’s President.
“Look, I can’t go on like this,” Samuel said. “I am full of regret. Money is not everything. I can’t sleep and neither can my wife. This is too heavy a burden for me to carry. I was born a Jew and I want to die a Jew. And if you want me to quit, I will without making any trouble.”

The President looked at him in wonder, “Listen, Samuel, I had no idea that this was so difficult for you. I thought it was a trivial matter. But you don’t have to leave. Everything will be the same as before: you can stay here with us without converting.

Samuel returned home happy and grinning from ear to ear. He ran to his wife, who was watching Ricky Lake, “You won’t believe it! It’s a miracle. We are going back to being Jews, and I still retain my job.”

His wife looked at him with eyes that spat fire, and said,” Are you mad?”

Samuel was shocked. “But I thought that this is what you wanted!” He cut in. “All this while you have been crying and complaining. Don’t you wish to go back to becoming a Jew””

His wife looked at him with ever more fury, “Of course I want to. Of course I want to,” she said. “But now? Only a week before Passover?”

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Ideas That Really Help You Loose Your Weight (2)

November 15, 2021   Matt

Ideas That Really Help You Loose Your Weight

Weight loss is a topic of vital importance for everyone that is truly interested in their health. Although many of us make weight loss our new year’s resolution, it is a topic that must be dealt with year round. The tips in this article are meant to help you become acquainted with weight loss strategies to employ to help ensure you make your goals.

If you have lost of lot of weight but find yourself at a point where your progress has stopped, you might need to exercise more. Choose a different type of exercise that demands more efforts from you, or add an extra five or ten minutes to your usual routine and you should start losing weight again.

If you want to lose weight it is absolutely critical that you avoid drinking excessive amounts of alcohol. Alcohol contains a huge amount of empty calories. No matter how healthy the rest of your diet is, if you drink too much alcohol you will not be able to successfully lose weight. Replace the alcohol with water.

When planning to lose weight be sure to do so at a healthy pace. Losing more than 2.5 pounds per week can increase your chances of experiencing major health problems up to and including organ failure. Consult your doctor on your specific needs as your current health may impact the appropriate pace for you.

Brush your teeth after every meal and snack. Brushing your teeth will actually become a subconscious sort of cue at that point. It will signal to your body that it is done eating. It will also remove the taste of food from your mouth and keep you from snacking.

It may sound strange, but cleaning your house thoroughly once a week can help you achieve your weight loss goals. When you deep-clean your kitchen or bathroom, you burn a lot more calories than you think. A half-hour scrub session can burn up to 120 calories, and cleaning your house will take much longer than that. Your elbow grease can go a long way!

A great tip to help you lose weight is to switch out butter and start using fat free alternatives. Butter is one of the most unhealthy things you can put into your body. There are plenty of fat free alternatives out there that do the job just as good.

Go crazy with your nuts. Eating nuts throughout your day will help you maintain a full feeling longer. If you get tired of the taste and texture of nuts, you can try soaking nuts in water to give them a different texture. Remember to eat your nuts if you are trying to stay on your diet.

Every one of us has an idea about what we would look like if we were our ideal selves. For many of us losing weight is a vital step toward achieving that vision. By applying the tips from this article you will help ensure that you reach and maintain your ideal self.

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Free Yourself from Bad Breath

November 10, 2021   Matt

Free Yourself from Bad Breath

When you know you have a bad breath, and it’s keeping you from socializing or interacting with other people because you fear that your bad breath will blow people away; then get rid of these fears. You are not the only one suffering from it. It is a very common problem and can be caused by very minute problems like not cleaning your teeth properly, digestion problems, smoking, and more. In medical terms it is known as halitosis.

Causes of Bad Breath:

Some of the main causes of bad breath are:

• It is caused by a particular type of bacteria which resides on the soft tissues in the mouth, mainly the back of the tongue. These bad breath bacteria reside under a blanket of mucous. Dead bacterial cells produce sulfur gases which causes the bad odor. Unfortunately, no mouthwash can clean these bacteria, no matter how frequently you use it, and toothbrushes are also of little help.
• Food debris which accumulates on the back of the tongue cause bad odor.
• Poor oral hygiene also leads to bad breath. If you do not wash your mouth properly after eating, the food particles in you mouth can rot and start to smell. They begin to collect bacteria which cause the bad odor.
• Our teeth attract bacteria containing plaque very easily, so if we do not brush our teeth regularly and thoroughly, large amounts of bacteria get accumulated, which results in bad breath.
• If you have periodontitis then you may often experience bad breath, as the bacteria gets accumulated in areas that are not cleaned easily, such as deep pockets around teeth.
• Drinking alcohol and smoking.
• The decrease in saliva may also be the cause. When you are sleeping, the flow of saliva almost stops. Thus the reduced cleaning action of the saliva allows bacteria to grow, causing bad breath
• Bad breath is also seen in people who are dieting. The fact is that when you are not eating, the saliva decreases and bacteria growth increases; causing bad breath.
• Dehydration will lead to dryness of the mouth, and the reduced cleaning action of the saliva will allow bacteria to grow, causing bad breath.
• Other infections in our body, especially in the sinuses, lungs, or throat can also cause bad breath.
• Diabetes mellitus, kidney failure and malfunction of the liver.
• Metabolism disorder is another factor causing the odor.
• Gum infection which may cause a metallic breath odor.
• You may also experience bad breath when fasting, as your body is not provided with fuel in the form of food, and so fat and protein will begin to break down resulting in bad odor.

Treatments:

It is advisable to go to your dentist for your treatment. The various treatments involve:

• A complete oral examination and health history. The dentist may ask you to have an “odor-meter” test done. This test can accurately measure the volatile sulfur gases and the extent of a halitosis problem.
• Periodontal disease and cavities would be treated.
• If there is an impacted tooth it would need to be removed, and other oral infections would be treated.
• Good oral hygiene is a must. Mouth washes and toothpastes are effective in managing oral odor. You must ask your dentist for a product that may be helpful to you.

These are some oral hygiene tips that you must follow to get rid of bad breath:

• Use floss at least once a day
• Watch your diet. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
• Avoid alcohol and smoking.
• Do not skip meals as decrease in saliva will cause bad breath.
• Always clean your orthodontic appliances at least once each day. Pieces of food and germs can collect on these appliances and cause bad breath.
• Have regular dental checkups.

If you are not sure if you have bad breath, the best thing is to ask your friends for their honest opinion. Follow these routines and you will be free from bad breath!

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Washroom Advertising Opportunities

November 05, 2021   Matt

Washroom Advertising Opportunities

Businesses of all sizes are waking up to opportunities for self promotion and image enhancement within washrooms and toilets. Even non-commercial organizations can gain subtle benefits from the display of appropriate information.

The idea of advertising in washrooms is well established in major public venues, motorway service stations and the larger pub chains. Experienced media companies exist to provide a professional service to both facilities owners and advertisers.

However the small guy can also successfully advertise his business to customers in the loo, making advertising in toilets an effective and low cost media outlet. From big corporate offices to small cafes the hidden potential of the space Americans call the bathroom and the British call the loo is there to be exploited.

Whether the objective is promoting an event or service, or simply conveying a favorable impression, toilets provide an appropriate moment to impress a captive audience. Even an initialled maintenance schedule displayed professionally demonstrates that the whole establishment is well run.

Using a standard office printer many businesses can produce in-house notices or advertisements. However, self-printed A4 signs displayed without a frame can look amateurish. That’s why many establishments purchase poster frames specifically for fixing up in toilets.

Smart front-loading snap frames are ideal for adverts or simple notices. They are inexpensive, easy to fit and practical to use: and being made of aluminum these poster frames are attractive and durable. For most users the ease with which posters can be changed is a benefit: but, if security is an issue, there are tamper resistant snapframes available too.

Advertisements can be sponsored by suppliers or designed in-house. Keeping the message simple works best, especially when poster frames are to be placed above the men’s facilities or next to the hand dryers. The dwell time there may be less than one minute, although it’s typically double that behind the cubicle doors in the ladies.

For monitoring washroom servicing a pre-printed cleaning schedule can be displayed within the frame, behind the integral clear plastic cover. Cleaning staff can simply initial directly onto the plastic cover using the correct type of marker pen, which is then erasable with a damp cloth.

If a record of cleaning activity needs to be kept, a poster frame with a slot in the top is more suitable. With a top-loading frame the clear plastic cover sheet can be raised for writing directly onto the check form.

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How To Save Your Business Money On Cleaning Supplies And Cleaning Services

October 31, 2021   Matt

How To Save Your Business Money On Cleaning Supplies And Cleaning Services

With today’s rising fuel costs everything just seems to get a little more expensive every day. When you own a business you know that every penny saved can help. Cleaning supplies and cleaning services can eat a big chunk out of your bottom line but there are things you can do to save up to 50% on these types of expenses. Having your facilities cleaned and having to stock your bathrooms with toilet paper and soap are a necessity but there are ways to save hundreds if not thousands of dollars each year on commercial cleaning and cleaning supplies.

If you use a cleaning company and your facility is under the size of a football field then you are wasting money. By paying a cleaning company to come in every night and do simple tasks like vacuuming and emptying trash you are essentially paying a company to make a profit off of something you could be easily doing yourself in house. By developing a simple plan for your existing employees and having them do some of these tasks can have a huge impact on your cleaning budget. Simple tasks like taking out the trash at the end of the day can be handed out to your current employees. By creating a central location as a main trash refugee can make it easy on employees by having them walk a minimal distance to dump there own trash containers at the end of the day. Many companies are looking to their current staff and advertising cleaning positions for after business hours. In these financially challenging times many employees would jump at the opportunity to work a few extra hours at night to make a little more income. By being smart and taking the time to look at what a cleaning company is actually providing you can save a lot of money.

Another big area you can save money in is your restroom supplies. Every facility has to have restrooms and those restrooms are filled with products that you can save money on. Some examples of products you can save money on are toilet paper, hand towels and soap. Toilet paper can get expensive depending on what kind you use. The price of toilet paper can range from as little as dollars a case to 0 dollars a case. By purchasing commercial toilet paper which is wound with more length to a roll than regular toilet paper can save you hundreds of dollars over just one year. Another great way to save money is on soap. If you purchase soap that can comes in cartridges you may as well have a free money dispenser in your restroom. Cartridge soaps can cost up to 4 times what bulk gallon soaps cost and take the same amount of time to fill as cartridge dispensers. Hand towels can easily be replaced by hand dryers. With hand dryers there is no trash to take out and you can eliminate the cost of replacing paper towel dispensers when they break down.

A great way to save money on cleaning expenses is to question your cleaning bills. If you are currently having your cleaning company provide your cleaning and sanitary maintenance supplies find out if they are selling you the products at their cost or up charging you. Many business owners have no clue about how much a case of toilet paper or a case of trash can liners cost. Some cleaning companies mark up the cleaning products they are selling you by as much as 300% and work it into the bill. There is nothing wrong with asking your cleaning company for a breakdown of there charges and comparing the prices your being charged with the actual costs of what you can purchase the items at.

As an expert in the cleaning field I talk to a lot of cleaning company owners and see where they live and what they drive. Some owners live in million dollar houses and drive very expensive cars all from profits they are making from commercial cleaning. With this being true that means they’re making a lot of money from up charging you for simple services and products that any business owner can buy online or at a local cleaning supply distributor. So if you’re a business owner and want to save some of your hard earned dollars, take a good look at your cleaning situation and start asking questions right away.

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Popular Pool Accessories for In-Ground Pools

October 26, 2021   Matt

Popular Pool Accessories for In-Ground Pools

When it comes to purchasing a swimming pool, many individuals must decide whether they would like an in-ground pool or an aboveground pool. While both types of pools are popular, many individuals would prefer to have an in-ground pool. The only problem with in-ground pools is that they are often expensive to afford. That means that if you are the owner of an in-ground pool, it is likely that you would want to get the most out of your investment. This can be done by equipping your pool with popular pool accessories.

When it comes to pool accessories, there are a wide variety of different items that are considered accessories. These items earn the name accessory because they are not included with the purchase of a pool; therefore, they must be purchased separately. Despite the fact that pool accessories require spending extra money, it is likely that you will enjoy having them. This is because there are literally an unlimited number of accessories to choose from. With a selection so wide, you are likely to find exactly what you want or need.

When many individuals think of pool accessories, pool toys often come to mind. Currently, there are a large number of pool toys that are available for sale. Many times, these toys are classified into two different categories. These categories are often low-cost pool toys and expensive ones. If you are looking for low-cost pool toys, you are not alone. Many pool owners enjoying having pool toys, but many do not want to spend a large amount of money on them. If this is the case, you may want to look into purchasing beach balls, swim rings, dive sticks, and other similar toys. Most of these items can be purchased for fewer than five dollars.

If price is not a problem, you may want to look into more expensive pool toys. These types of toys may include a basketball hoop or a volleyball net. While these popular pool toys are more expensive than most traditional toys, they are usually worth the money. Water basketball can be played with one or more swimmers. For extra fun with extra swimmers, a volleyball net may be a better idea. What is nice about most volleyball nets and basketball hoops is that many of them can easily be taken down and stored.

Aside from the above mentioned swim toys, there are other swim toys that are available for use with an in-ground pool. In addition to being known as swim toys, these items are also sometimes referred to as pool fixtures. These items include deep end diving boards and pool slides. Deep end diving boards and pool slides add extra excitement to most in-ground pools. The only downside to purchasing a pool slide or a diving board is that these items tend to be extremely expensive. In fact, they can cost thousands of dollars.

Another popular in-ground pool fixture, that many individuals are largely unaware of, is a swimming pool bar. Pool bars are similar to counters or small bar tables. They offer swimmers a safe place to set or store their food or drinks, while going for a swim. Pool bars are a fairly new concept to residential pools, but they are rapidly increasing in popularity. These popular items can be installed along the side of your pool or directly in it, the choices is yours to make.
While it is nice to purchase fun pool accessories, you will also want to purchase important ones. Those accessories are known as cleaning supplies. Due to the fact that most in-ground pools are even with the ground, it is easier for debris to enter the pool. This means that you may have to clean your pool on a regular basis. When cleaning your pool, you can either use an automatic pool cleaner, a manual one, or both. Regardless of which type of pool cleaner you use, it is important that you at least use something. An improperly cleaned pool may result dangerous swimming water.

As you should be able to see, there are a large number of pool accessories, fixtures, and supplies that can be used with your in-ground pool. Whether you make the decision to only purchase one of the above mentioned items or all of them, it is likely that you will be pleased with your purchase. Not only will your pool be safe for swimming, but it may also be more fun to use.

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