Preparing a Food Budget for Lunch and Supper

Factors must be considered
1. Income - The higher the income, the bigger is the amount spent for food.

2. Size and Composition of the family

The bigger the family the bigger is the budget for food.

3. Social status of the family - A family of high social status entertain guest often which requires a big budget.

4. Food likes and dislikes of family members.

5. Current Food Prices

6. Knowledge and Skills of the Home maker good money Management helps minimize expenses for food.

The meal planner should know how to adjust the daily budget whenever needed. It she spends more in one day, her budget the next day is affected.

Efficient Management of Home Activities

Management is simply defined as the successful use of time, money and effort. This include personal and family living. Food, housing, clothing how to spend and invest your income the way you use talent and energy.

Management consists of all activities under brew to achieve certain goals and objectives.

Phases of Home life that requires skillful Management are the following:

1. Family adjustment

2. Budgeting the family income

3. Feeding the family

4. Clothing the family

5. Arranging and decorating the house

6. Keeping the house and Surrounding Convenient comfortable, safe and healthful

* Activities at home can be managed efficiently through the diff.

1. Family Membership who are physically strong can do the housekeeping, cleaning, home repair and maintenance.

2. Assigning task to family members.

3. Resources at home such as working across lightning fixtures should be given periodic checking to ensure efficient operation.

4. Entrepreneurial activity can be engaged in by children land other family members who have the interest experienced and training.

Decision Making : An aspect of Home Making is an important aspect of Management. Skill in Decision Making are first learned at how w/c is good training ground for family Member.

Aspect of Decision Making

1. Identifying the problem

2. Obtaining Information and formulating courses of action

3. Selecting the course of action

4. Family members participation on decision making.

Importance Of Family Adjustment

Following are pointers worth practicing to help bring harmonious relationship in the family.

1. Father, Mother and children will relate to one another if each one accept and does one's duty and responsibilities.

2. Children must love, obey and respect their parents who in turn should show love, understanding, consideration and concern for their welfare.

3. The golden rule "do into others as you would want others to do unto you "Shild be practiced by all members of the family.

4. Hold family council seasons when all members are at home to worked problems and difficulties.

5. Hold recreational activities to bring the family closer together and give members opportunity to enjoy each other companies.

6. Give and take relationship contribute to family adjustment.

7. Praying together faster close family in the home.

Uses of Plants in Agriculture and Industry

1. Beverages form Plants

Aside from the basic food we eat, plants are used as source of beverages. Coffee, tea and

cocoa are prepared by steering plant substances in hot water. Other drinks are ready made nature. Orange, lemon and grape juice; coconut milk; apple cider and apricot nectar are examples. Still, other beverages come from processed plant such as the "cola" drink from the cola nut of tropical America.

2. Clothing from Plants

Cotton, piña and abaca are used for clothing. Other man made fibers like rayon are

manufactured chiefly from cellulose, a plant product. Plants also furnish most of the dyestuff with which cloth are colored.

3. Shelter from Plant Materials

In the Philippines, most of the houses are made of bamboo. Within the home, the furniture

are chiefly on wood of plant fiber cloth. The wall covering is of paper, the paint are dried films of linseed oil and cork.

4. Plants in Medicines

Many medical plants discovered by primitive people are still in use today. The chemical

substances known as antibiotics are produced by the lowly bacteria and molds. Many plants like squash, ampalaya and malunggay are invaluable sources of vitamins. Some plant drugs are violent poisons and habit-forming narcotics.

5. Man Burns Plants For Fuel

Coal, oil and gas are the chief feeds used for heating and cooking. Wood continues to be burned

by heating in many parts in the world. Charcoal, a wood product, is an important fuel in countries where other fuels are unavailable.
Some plant seeds are the chief sources of cholesterol-free vegetable oils.

6. Plants For Recreation and Conservation

We must not forget to mention that plants make pleasant surroundings. The color and scent of flowers in gardens and hothouses, in national and local parks undeniably add beaty to such places .

Vitamins

Vitamins participate in many biochemical reactions. They are, therefore, essential to basic life processes such as the conversation of food to energy, tissue growth and repair, and resistance of diseases. They must be present in the body in their proper proportions to enable it to function correctly. The absence of lack of the different vitamins will prevent the body from performing its normal/regular function . . . to maintain life.

Vitamins are classified into groups, fat soluble vitamins and water soluble vitamins.

Cousin's Graduation Day

This is Graduation of My Cousin last March 26, 2010. CONGRATULATION!

Improving Your Speech

People judge you by what you do or say. The way you appears to others reveals your personality. Your speech - the words you use, how you use them, and the tone of your voice - is also directly related to your personality. What do you think of the girl who mumbles when she speaks? Do you respect the boy who uses coarse language?

Here are some tips you should observe when you speak:

First of all, speak clearly. This will make your voice pleasing and your message well understood. Do not swallow your words. Learn to control your breathing. Shallow breathing prevents you from speaking clearly. Fill your lungs with air, expand your chest, and your raise your shoulders and throw them back.

Secondly, speak in a moderate tone of voice. Girls' voices are pitched higher than boys'. Study what pitch is pleasing and easy for you, and speak in that pitch. Remember that a loud high-pitched voice is irritating. Likewise, if you speak low and too softly, your listeners will gave to strain themselves to hear what you are saying and may soon simple ignore you.

Expressing One's Viewpoint on an Issue

A quotation states "Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and keep on saying it." The quotaion seems to imply that if you have something to say express your own viewpoint.

There are many isssues around us particularly on ecology and environment. In this lesson, you will express your own opinion on an issue you feel strongly about. Your purpose will be persuade someone to agree with you.

Searching for Patterns in Sequences: Arithmetic, Geometric and others

Meaning of Sequence:
Did you know that a sequence or progression is a set of numbers written in a special order by the application of a definite rule. Each number of the sequence is called a term. The first number is called the first term, followed by the second term, third term and so on.
Illustrative Examples:--------------Rule
A. 1,4,9,16,25.......................................Squaring counting numbers from 1 to 5
B. 2,4,6,8,10.........................................Every term after the first is obtained by adding 2
to the preceding one.

Keeping the Surroundings Clean

There is nothing more pleasing than seeing a clean and orderly surroundings. It will contribute to the well-being of the family members.

Ornamental plants used as hedges, potted flowering plants such as roses, daises, dwarfed yellow bells and a small backyard vegetable garden, could bring an air of pleasantness and freshness in the surroundings.