I have known my daughter is a very thrifty kind of girl. Even before when she is still young until she got a job. I think people change when they grow up. For now she is not that girl anymore. Although she is more aggressive in terms on money making, she is also very aggressive in money spending. I guess that’s just what life is.

Last January, when she went home, I am surprised to see expensive stuff with her. I used to hear her before that she will save her money and will only buy inexpensive non-essential stuff. That was before when her earnings is not so good. However, when she shifts another line of work, her ideals changed.

Now she says that she needs to enjoy her money since she can’t bring that anywhere when she passes away. Well, she is right at that point. So, I leave her with that. Now she is venturing the virtual world like online shopping. Whenever we chat she keeps on mentioning an online shopping site, and even mentions UK shopping search engine. I hope that she will extend her shopping to me. I will be very happy with that. Actually she does, she ordered some make-up for me and for her only girl sibling. Isn’t she sweet? But, I still want her to save for the future.

It is a fact that society nowadays is moving at a markedly faster pace than it used to do years ago, so it’s only natural that most of us rarely find the time to stay indoors and cook a family dinner. Aside from that this alters our life in ways we probably do not even acknowledge at the moment, it is also taking its toll on our health. This is why nutritionists advise us to try to make our dinner at least once a week, if it’s not possible to do on a daily basis.

Setting a day for the home-made dinner and holding to it no matter what is the easiest way to stick to this healthy resolution. This is also one of the best ways to avoid processed foods and the intake of unhealthy fats usually found in fast food. It will also give us more freedom, both in terms of taste and in terms of quality, because it’s a well-known fact that there is no better food than a home-cooked meal.

With this in mind, there should be virtually nothing stopping us from enjoying the many benefits of a home-cooked meal at least once a week. It doesn’t take a cooking degree to make soup or rice with vegetables.