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Mummy Woes

I have recently shifted to a new place leaving behind the comfort of my home state, Mom, Dad, in-laws, aunts, uncles, etc, etc. You get the drift. With all the attendant heartache (or relief!), I have also left behind the comfort of a domestic help. It’s a novel experience for me caring for my children all alone and all day. Before this, I always had people to cook and care for the child. So much for the advantages of working out! Working seems so very simple compared to this! You just need to take care of the target and the rest falls into place. Like a fat cheque at the end of the month! You come home at 8 in the evening, cuddle the child, before handing him over to be fed. In the meantime you catch the news and then some cartoon with the toddler. Now look where I am. It seems my entire life is just planning the next meal and then ensuring that that meal goes where it's intended and not into the dustbin! Just when breakfast is over, lunch needs to be cooked. After running around ...

How To Clean Your PC

PC users these days start off with the internet unlike in ancient times when PCs were mostly standalone. However with constant use of the Web a lot of junk files tend to get accumulated in the PC and unless cleaned regularly, they really slow down the system. Here are some basic maintainence steps that have worked very well for me in the last decade for my PC/laptop. You can try them before calling in the experts. The steps are for Windows users Clean Temporary Internet Files Go to Internet Explorer/Tools/Internet Options At Temporary Internet Files Delete Cookies and delete temp. internet files Reduce the No. of Days to keep in History to 3. The default option is 20 Clean Temporary Files Go to Run at the Start Menu Type %temp% and click ok Select all the temporary files that appear and send to Recycle Bin Empty the Recycle Bin Empty the recycle bin at periodic intervals as it tends to slow up the PC. Here's another way to clean those temporary internet files and the recycle bin. U...