What's the Best Self-Help Product for You?
You'd think the writer and editor for a self-help online superstore would have no problem in responding to a question like, "What's the best self-help product for me?" wouldn't you? Well, I'm slightly embarrassed to say you'd be wrong. You see, that question spontaneously demands the answer to another, more intriguing question.
The Best Self-Help Products are what we live and breathe at The Happiness Superstore...
When you enquire, 'What's the best self-help product for me?' what specifically do you mean when you say 'me'?
Now I don't want to get enmeshed in an existential discussion, here. The nature of reality and identity will have to wait for another day. However, just think back over the last handful of days. Think about a situation when you were relaxed (taking a deep bath, maybe). Contemplate a time when you were stressed out (your PC kept crashing). Think about a situation when you were livid (your computer still kept crashing and the systems support team suggested you try switching it off and back on again). Think about a situation when you were happy (drinking perfect coffee with loving friends). Contemplate all those situations: was it in actuality the same 'me' who occupied each of those little moments in time? Is the fuming 'me' the same as the cheerful 'me'? For most of us, the answer is no. We are not the same individual from one day to the next, and on our more chaotic days, we're not even the same person from one minute to the next.
Walt Whitman put it best, I think, when he wrote 'I contain multitudes'.
We all do. We each of us 'contain multitudes'.
So, why then do you think (or even hope) there is a self-help product out there that is ideally designed for you, a best self help product?
Which 'you' do you mean, exactly?
Fortunately, there is a whole range of self-help books and motivating products out there, multitudes in fact. And not only could you find the best self-help product for you, you could find the best self-help product for all the' yous' you contain.
At The Happiness Superstore we’ll help you decide exactly what Best Self-Help Product for you is...
Best of luck. To all of you.
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Shed Construction Made Easy
How to Build a Shed: The complete guide.
Things started to go off the rails with this query...How to Build a Shed
I didn't have to go out of my way to convince anyone, I mean we were talking about a shed for heavens sake. When nobody was objecting I should have picked up that I had nobody to persuade and kept my mouth closed.
My wife and kids were completely happy to let me get on with buying a shed for our garden and on our first shopping trip, they even tagged along, until...
I began to get a little fussy about what I wanted, double doors, bigger windows, flipping the door so it opened the other way etc. and by the time it dawned on me that the shed I was looking for didn't exist, my family had disowned me.
It appears that the 'shed is a man thing' applies to me as well.
Whatever, being an outcast from my family was the least of my problems, the main one being that I just couldn't find a shed that I liked, disaster!
And then suddenly I realized that what I wanted was in my head and the only way I was going to get the shed I wanted was to build it myself, which was easier said than done.
I had flunked woodwork in school and I have never built anything since.
A quick search on the Internet for 'How to Build a Shed' came up trumps and I found a fantastic product which took me by the hand and walked me through a step by step process of creating my own shed.
Click here to find out more...
The beauty of this product is that it saves you a huge amount of money, teaches you a valuable set of skills and gives you the confidence to create your very own shed with every whistle and bell you could want.
Today, I am the proud owner of a mighty fine garden shed which I am as proud of as almost anything I've ever created.
Frankly I just couldn't find a better product to help me build my own shed and if 'How to Build a Shed' is your next search, look no further.
Click here to find out more...
Happy shed building
If You Knew Orchids Like We Knew Orchids...
Plant Care Orchid: A definitive guide.
Your Orchid Obsession Starts Here
Orchids: Where to Start? The Beginner's Top Choice.
Click here for Plant Care Orchid A definitive guide.
If this is your first Orchid adventure, I'd start with...
Orchid Variety: Genus - ODONTOGLOSSUM
* Keep shaded from the summer sun, keep indoors all the year.
* Flowers every 9 to 10 months for between 4 to 6 weeks.
* A wide range of colors and patterns from sprays of numerous tiny flowers up to several large extravagant blooms on a single stem depending on the variety.
* A good, compact houseplant for a environment.
ODONTOGLOSSUM CARE
This group of orchids is very popular as they have such a wide range of shapes, patterns and colors. Ranging from large extravagant flowers on compact stems to tall branching spikes with many tiny but bright blooms.
The plants are quite compact, therefore they are a perfect houseplant in that they are an ideal window sill orchid.
Often Odontoglossum orchids flower twice a year or more as they increase in size and because they have growths at different stages around the plant.
This group of orchids should be repotted when they get too big their pots, approximately every 2-3 years.
Odontoglossum orchids should be re-potted in the spring after flowering when they have outgrown their pots about every 2 to 3 years.
These orchids need to be kept cool and light all year round and they should re-flower easily on the season's completed bulb.
If they are kept too warm this can hinder their flowering.
When the blooms die off, trim the stem right down to the base.
The next generation of flowers will grow from the next pseudobulb that the plant produces.
IDEAL TEMPERATURE:
Odontoglossum hybrids require a minimum of 10°C (50°F) through the winter to give them a sufficient change in their conditions from the warm summer, when a maximum of 30°C (85°F) is enough.
LIGHTING CONDITIONS:
Keep shaded from bright, direct summer sunlight as this can scorch the leaves. Expose them to as much light possible during the long winter months.
WATERING:
Keep the free draining bark compost moist with freequent watering during the spring and summer, their main growing season.
When watering, let the water drain right through before placing it back in it's planter. Avoid letting the pot stand in water.
Allow the bark compost to dry out slightly before watering again. Try to avoid water collecting in the crown of the plant as this may result in the plant rotting.
Add a little orchid fertilizer to the water once every 2 or 3 (approx. every 10-14 days) from March to September.
Click here for more information: Orchid Care
As ever,
Good Luck!
Amelia
Your Orchid Obsession Starts Here
Orchids: Where to Start? The Beginner's Top Choice.
Click here for Plant Care Orchid A definitive guide.
If this is your first Orchid adventure, I'd start with...
Orchid Variety: Genus - ODONTOGLOSSUM
* Keep shaded from the summer sun, keep indoors all the year.
* Flowers every 9 to 10 months for between 4 to 6 weeks.
* A wide range of colors and patterns from sprays of numerous tiny flowers up to several large extravagant blooms on a single stem depending on the variety.
* A good, compact houseplant for a environment.
ODONTOGLOSSUM CARE
This group of orchids is very popular as they have such a wide range of shapes, patterns and colors. Ranging from large extravagant flowers on compact stems to tall branching spikes with many tiny but bright blooms.
The plants are quite compact, therefore they are a perfect houseplant in that they are an ideal window sill orchid.
Often Odontoglossum orchids flower twice a year or more as they increase in size and because they have growths at different stages around the plant.
This group of orchids should be repotted when they get too big their pots, approximately every 2-3 years.
Odontoglossum orchids should be re-potted in the spring after flowering when they have outgrown their pots about every 2 to 3 years.
These orchids need to be kept cool and light all year round and they should re-flower easily on the season's completed bulb.
If they are kept too warm this can hinder their flowering.
When the blooms die off, trim the stem right down to the base.
The next generation of flowers will grow from the next pseudobulb that the plant produces.
IDEAL TEMPERATURE:
Odontoglossum hybrids require a minimum of 10°C (50°F) through the winter to give them a sufficient change in their conditions from the warm summer, when a maximum of 30°C (85°F) is enough.
LIGHTING CONDITIONS:
Keep shaded from bright, direct summer sunlight as this can scorch the leaves. Expose them to as much light possible during the long winter months.
WATERING:
Keep the free draining bark compost moist with freequent watering during the spring and summer, their main growing season.
When watering, let the water drain right through before placing it back in it's planter. Avoid letting the pot stand in water.
Allow the bark compost to dry out slightly before watering again. Try to avoid water collecting in the crown of the plant as this may result in the plant rotting.
Add a little orchid fertilizer to the water once every 2 or 3 (approx. every 10-14 days) from March to September.
Click here for more information: Orchid Care
As ever,
Good Luck!
Amelia
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