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Rainy Day Decadence – 6 Lush Ways to Enjoy a Rainy Day at Home

October 20, 2021 by Painter Mommy Leave a Comment

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Far too often, we squander beautiful rainy days on working or catching up on chores. Not today, friend! Instead, you are going to use the beautiful atmosphere of this dark and drizzly day to get cozy and indulge yourself – because you deserve it. For inspiration, here are six lush ways to enjoy a rainy day at home:

1. Budget Spa Day!

The average spa day costs three trillion dollars. Okay, maybe we’re exaggerating (a little), but having a budget DIY spa day at home still makes true economical sense.

Need an expensive facial? Look up DIY face masks and self-massage techniques. Want a heavenly steam room experience? Set up your essential oil diffuser in the bathroom and run a hot bath.

For now, you have all this spare time and the perfect rainy day ambiance, so it is absolutely essential that you schedule yourself in for ugly face masks, gross body maintenance, and yodeling to your favorite tunes in the bathroom!

2. Retail Therapy – Sofa-style

There is nothing more lovely than meandering around the shops, looking at everything on offer, and buying the odd treat or five. Even better is doing it in your PJ’s at home, swiping from shop to shop online without even lifting a finger. Did you know that shopping is actually proven to be good for you? So, if you need justification for this indulgence, remember it’s practically doctor’s orders.

3. Digital Lunch With The Girls

Being together in person may not be possible for you and your best girlfriends at the moment, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy that giggly lunch together. Schedule an online event where you all ‘meet up’ with snacks and drinks for a long-overdue group chat. Catch up on everyone’s latest news, talk each other into (or out of) botox and cosmetic tattooing, and just generally fill your rainy day with laughter.

4. A Day Of Meals & Movies

Most American households spend about $3,000 dollars eating out every year. Although those meals can be nice, nothing quite beats an indulgent at-home meal, especially with movies to watch at the same time. Spend the day getting full and content while the rain pours outside.

5. Be Creative

Lots of people think to be creative you have to be good at the art or craft you are working on. The fact is, you don’t. Being creative is good for you, and this claim is backed by science. It releases dopamine in the brain, reduces stress, and can even help you work through trauma. Creativity is the perfect rainy day activity. Whether you garden, paint, cook, knit, or paper mache, you’ll get something out doing it, even if it looks like a child made it.

6. Pet Time!

Pets are scientifically good for us. It is proven that they can reduce our blood pressure, lower anxiety, and help combat depression. They also boost our oxytocin, which does all kinds of great things to the body. For that reason, pets of any kind are a fantastic way to spend a rainy day.

Smooshing their fur in your face, toggling their toe beans, booping their snoots, and just generally staring at them adoringly – it’s all pretty great. Both you and they will love a whole day of quality time indoors whilst the rain pours outside.

Hopefully, the six ideas above have given you tons of inspiration for your rainy day at home. Whether you spend it with your mutt or dry brushing your butt, as long as you truly indulge yourself, it will be a fantastic day that you well and truly deserve.

5 Tips To Be Productive At Home

April 7, 2021 by Painter Mommy Leave a Comment

Thanks to the pandemic, we have been used to staying at home longer than we expected. Many people have found themselves gaining much weight because they might lay down on the sofa all day long. To help you to be healthy and productive at home, we want to share 5 useful tips.

Cultivate your hobby

We all have our own hobbies, but we usually can’t find enough time to do those things due to busy work schedules. Now it is the best time to further explore our potentials. No matter if you like to paint or play a musical instrument, you can find millions of free tutorials online to teach yourself.

Keep a workout schedule

Stop using the excuses of no gyms. If you want to exercise, you only need a yoga mat. The biggest downside of staying at home is that we don’t get enough exercise, so we have to intentionally execute our workout plans. It is true that you might not be able to do some exercises that you used to do in the gym, but you can still find numerous feasible exercises to keep you energetic and productive at home.

Work on home improvement projects

If you are really not a big fan of doing indoor exercises, you can look into DIY home projects, which might be fun to many people. For example, you can easily apply styrofoam ceiling tiles to cover your popcorn ceilings and install new vinyl floorings for your lovely home. For bigger home projects like window replacements, you can take advantage of your spare time to talk to different local window installers to get a better price.

Learn new skills

Learning new skills or knowledge is a little different from exploring your hobbies. It is more related to your career. For example, you can expand your knowledge by learning data analysis or even coding or programming. Now we have entered the big data era, you can improve your competitive advantage by equipping yourself with cutting edge skills. Not to mention that those knowledge might help you get a higher salary or even land a new job from a prominent IT company.

Get some side income

Money can always be the source of stress. Why not take advantage of the free time to get some extra income to support your family? It is true that you can’t expect too much return in the beginning, but if you can be persistent, you will be able to build up your own brand. For example, you can start your own YouTube Channel, work on SEO ranking as well as write blog posts. In the long run, you will get more audience so that you can earn passive income by participating in affiliate marketing programs.

Life changes so fast, and the only thing we can do is to adapt to the environment. Staying at home could be productive and happy. Don’t waste your time on your couch and do something meaningful today!

Getting Your Home Ready to Move

October 16, 2018 by Painter Mommy Leave a Comment

Do you have a move coming up? If so, you’re probably stressing out a little. There is a lot that you need to do, and it can all seem overwhelming. With that in mind, here are the things you need to do to get your home ready for a move. We hope that this list will help organize your chaos a little bit and make moving a little less stressful.

Create a Checklist

The first thing you should do is create a checklist. Take some time to sit down and think of all the things you need to do. Jot them all down, no matter how big or small the item is. As you’re preparing to move, you’ll probably think of more things that you need to do. Just jot them down at the bottom of the list. Once you finish an item, cross it off. Having a moving checklist like this will help to ensure that you don’t forget everything and will make it so you don’t have to keep everything to do in your head.

Find a Mover

A good mover is key to a less stressful move. They will handle the majority of the work, and free you up to do other things. Take some time to search through local movers in your area and compare them against one another. Look at their online reviews, their insurance coverage, and their rates. This should give you a good idea as to which mover to hire and make your moving day much easier.

Get Rid of the Junk

One of the biggest things you’ll have to do before you move is get rid of any junk. Chances are you’ve accumulated some things over the years that you just don’t need any longer. By getting rid of them before you move, it will help you to pack light, and make your moving day a little easier.

Go from room to room and figure out what you no longer need. Then you’ll have to decide what you’re going to do with the items. You could try to sell them online or through a garage sale, donate them to charity (for things like old clothes), or simply throw them away. Consider how much time you have and how much effort you want to put into this. If you’re moving in a week, you likely don’t have time to throw a garage sale or post everything online, so just donate it or throw it away and be done with it.

Gather Enough Packing Supplies

With the junk out of the way you should now have a better idea as to which stuff is going with you. From this you should be able to figure out how much packing supplies you need. You’ll need plenty of boxes to hold all of your things, along with tape to hold them shut. You’ll also need some bubble wrap for your more expensive items, or maybe even some tissue paper.

When getting packing supplies, consider buying in bulk. Chances are you’ll need more than you think, so it’s better to have too much stuff than not enough. You can also go to places like your local grocery store and see if they have any freemoving boxes that you can take.

Pack the Right Way

Now that you have packing supplies, it’s time to start packing up. Don’t just throw anything you find into a box however. You should be more methodical to make the moving process run more smoothly. For instance, group similar items together inside boxes, but don’t overload them. You might have twenty books that you want to bring with you but putting them all into one large box will be almost impossible to move.

When packing you should also label each box with what’s in it and what room it’s going to. This will make it easier for the movers when they are unloading and make your job easier as you’re trying to unpack it all.

Start Cleaning

Finally, once all of your stuff is packed up, give your home a good cleaning. You don’t want to leave it a mess for the next owners, so take some time to sweep, dust, and clean the windows. It won’t take you that long, and the new owners will appreciate it. Don’t go crazy though, as you’ll likely track in some dirt when you’re moving and the home will just become dirty again anyway.

Organization is Key

When moving, the key is to stay organized. Take things one step at a time and the whole process won’t seem so overwhelming. If it helps, print out this guide so that you can remember what you need to do, when you need to do it. Just remember that eventually moving day will be over, and you’ll be all settled into your new home, ready to relax.

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Top Six Tips for a Hassle-Free Home-Shifting!

October 12, 2018 by Painter Mommy Leave a Comment

Relocating or shifting houses isn’t that easy a task to accomplish. It requires lots of efforts and organizational skills to shift homes, and take the household stuff from one place to another. House moving, especially in big cities, is a quite dreary undertaking. One needs to be extremely cautious, regarding the movement of household items without damaging or losing any of it. Depending on a hired mode of transport or doing it yourselves, may come to your mind. But, the time taken, the accuracy and the professionalism should be considered in such crucial situations.

That’s where an experienced and professional moving company in Fairfax va comes into the picture. Choosing the best packers-movers company is of utmost importance, as they are the ones solely responsible for the well-being of your possessions — namely, your large appliances, furniture, gadgets etc., are some of them. So, to avoid bearing the cost of breaking or damaging any item mid the moving process, do make sure to hire an efficient Fairfax based moving company. Blake & Sons Moving & Storage, Inc. is one such moving services firm, whom you can trust. They offer you solutions for all your moving and storage needs. But along with choosing the correct services for the moving process, you need to follow some tips and tricks that will make the moving process even easier.

Follow these tips for a smooth and easy home-relocating process:

So, along with choosing one of the best residential movers in Fairfax, you still need to keep some things in mind for a smooth moving process. Some rules if followed will reduce your workload by half the amount instantly. Get your organizational skills up to date, and with this checklist in hand, you are bound to become a moving superstar.

Put a Tag: Packing and unpacking of boxes is one of the most tiresome and frustrating work that one can engage in. To make this job a tad bit more tolerable, we advise you to put name tags on the boxes. These tags will let you know what exactly is in the box. This will save you a lot of time, which is otherwise spent in futile searches for a particular item.
Fragile-Cautious: As obvious as it can get, you should definitely be more cautious regarding the fragile items. You should make sure to take special care (and use bubble wrap) to pack expensive and prone-to-breaking items like mugs, saucers, paintings, show pieces, glass etc.
Avoid Unnecessary Baggage: When you are going about the packing process, you should separate out all the unnecessary and unwanted items. Put them in a separate box or bag, that you can dispose of, or sell it; and hence, avoid taking junk to your new house. Also, you can dump extra things inside a storage cot/pod while moving.
Furniture Care: In case of furniture that comes with a disassembling option, make sure to utilize it to the fullest. Disassemble them, pack them separately, using newspapers, or shopping bags or covers and it will be a much more convenient process.
Fridge Pointers: Your refrigerator definitely needs some care during moving. Along with informing whichever Fairfax residential moving company you choose, you should also take care of a few things. Before the moving takes place, empty the refrigerator of all items and make sure to keep t properly locked during the moving.
Carry Valuable Items: This is yet another crucial factor to keep in mind. Do not mix valuable items like gold, silver jewellery, documents, cash, among other things that need to be moved. Ensure to carry these with you.

So, these were some of the most useful tips and tricks that will come to your use, when you are moving houses. Follow each one of them, add some more to your liking, hire well known moving services and it will all be a piece of cake. Sounds too easy? Well, do it to believe it.

How to Get Rid of Ants From Inside of Your House

August 29, 2018 by Painter Mommy Leave a Comment

Seeing a few ants every now and then is not the end of the world. But when a long trail of ants is being spotted marching across the floor of your house on a daily basis, this can be a cause for concern. Not only can ants be a nuisance, but also they can create a health hazard by easily getting into your food causing contamination.

When it comes to controlling ants there are a few different treatment options available, you could try to solve the problem by doing it yourself.

Here are six steps that will help you to effectively get rid of ants in your kitchen inside of your house and the backyard without the need of hiring a professional.

Keep the Area Clean

Ants are most likely to appear in your kitchen and bathrooms first, because of moisture and food being readily available there. All other rooms in your house can also attract ants if there is food left behind. For the most part, ants are drawn to, scattered crumbs on the floor, grease traces on the kitchen counter and sweet products in the pantry.

The most important in not attracting ant is to keep your kitchen area clean. Ensuring that you wash all your dishes and get rid of food stains from the counters is a very good start. Regularly sweeping and vacuuming the floor is always a great help too.

Identify the Type of Ants

Ants are one of the most successful, well organized and structured insects. They live in colonies that range from a few hundred to many thousands of individual ants.

There are many different ant types around, but only a few common pest ant species in the urban environment are known to cause havoc inside homes and gardens. The very first step in successful ant control is to determine what type of ants are causing the problem. Take a closer look at them, or have them identified be a professional. Alternatively you can search for information about this particular ant online in order to find as to what steps can be taken to keep them away from your house.

Use Acidic Wips

If you see only a few ants in an area of your house, you can be sure that more will follow, especially if there is a smaller ant type infestation. What works well in preventing ants is, mixing one part of lemon juice with one part of water and using it for wiping all areas and surfaces on which ants are trailing. Vinegar is also very effective and can be used, mixed with three parts of water for mopping the floors. Ants are deterred by all acidic products and lose their sense of following their tracks. It will eliminate the scent that the outside ants use to follow the trail of those who already inside.

Locate and Kill the Ants Nest

When the odd ant appears it makes sense to spray it immediately. But if you are starting to see an army of ants regularly parading on your kitchen counter, it is a sign there may be a more serious issue. In this instance, it is always a good idea to find out where all the ants are coming from. Follow the trail and it will often lead you to the ants nest. You can use vinegar and water mix to kill the colony.

Set up Ant baits

While finding the ants nests is not always possible, setting ant baits can be an excellent alternative. All ants are drawn to moisture and food and setting food baits for ants is the most effective way to get rid of these annoying pesky pests in your home. Ants will naturally find themselves going into those traps transferring the poison bait throughout the entire nest.

Once this happens the ant colony will be eliminated and all the ants should disappear. This is one of the better choices to ensure the entire nest is dead and ants are no longer an issue.

Weigh up Your Options

It is it not always easy to engage in effective ant control during the hot summer months, especially when the problem gets out of hand. But if you keep the area clean, set bait and use ant traps, you will have a very good chance of eliminating the entire ants nest.

While getting rid of some ants may be an easy task, cases of a severe ant infestations may be best left for the professionals.