Love Interior Decorating

Love Interior Decorating? Then Why Not Get An Interior Design Job?
If you love interior decorating then an interior design job may be just what you are looking for. Often there is no better feeling than waking up into a home which looks professionally designed and which actually looks like a home. Interior designers get a great deal of comfort knowing that their creativity has helped another individual or family to enjoy their lives that little bit more! Also, it would give you the chance to have a well decorated home yourself. All it really needs is a little imagination!

How to Get Into the Interior Design Field

If you have been wondering how you could get into the interior design field then your first step should really be to research the education options within your area. Now, whilst you may have imagination and you may have the talent, nobody is going to hire you without any qualifications. It would be too much of a risk and not many people are too trusting these days. You need to be able to show what you can do and in order to do that you need to first get a qualification in interior design.

Once you have completed a college or university course, you can then focus on building up a portfolio. This is important if you want to show what you can do. Maybe if nobody will give you a chance, you could practice on friends and family? Usually friends and family are more than happy for you to redecorate one of their rooms and if they are happy with the result they may even let you loose on the whole house! In order to create a good portfolio you should take a picture of the room before you made it over and then take a picture afterwards. That way it gives people an idea of what you can do and it proves you know exactly what you are doing.

Working For A Company or Going it alone

When you first get into the interior design field, you will often find that you end up working for a company first. Whilst you may go into training and education imagining being alone and working for yourself, often it is just not that easy and you will need to work for a company before you can branch out. Working for a company will teach you new things and once you have enough experience you can then branch out on your own.

Remember that it will take some money to set the business up and also remember that all important profile too! It can take a while to build up a profile but you can do it if you really want to.

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Home Security

Home Security
Your home is your haven where you feel comfortable and secure, and it should be the last thing you should have to worry about. Thanks to technology, now you can pick and choose from a variety of home security systems, residential alarm systems, installation kits, do-it-yourself electronic goods and services, and secure your home or business in an easy but effective way.

A home security system can foil the attempts of the burglars. In an advanced system, the control box will activate a siren or other loud alarm noise flashing outdoor lights and a telephone auto-dialer. This alerts the occupants and neighbors that someone has broken into the house. It drives the intruder away and cna inform the police which house has been broken into.

The telephone auto-dialer can dial the police directly and play a pre-recorded message giving the address of the house and any other relevant information. This message will usually play over and over again to allow the police to hear it even if the call is put on hold for some time. Alternatively, it can dial the security company that installed the equipment that will then relay this information to the police. They can even dial your cellphone to alert you!

Home security is a rapidly growing field, and there are new and improved burglar alarms being invented all the time. All these systems are more or less built around the same basic structure. There is a central control box that monitors several motion detectors and the perimeter guards and sounds an alarm when any of them are triggered.

It is now quite common to have burglar alarms installed not only in stores and other businesses, but in private homes as well. These systems range from inexpensive do-it-yourself kits to sophisticated whole-house security networks that must be installed by professionals. However, some of the most effective alarm systems are also the simplest. The most basic burglar alarm is a simple electric circuit built into an entry way; it is as effective as the family dog. But the problem with it is that the intruder can cut off the connection by snapping the wires and render it useless.

To overcome this flaw the modern burglar alarms incorporate the control box into the circuit. It has its own power supply and monitors the circuits and sounds the alarm. The control box won't cut off the alarm until somebody enters a security code at a connected keypad. To make it even more secure, you should place the control box in an out-of-the-way spot, so the intruder can't find it and try to destroy it.

Another simple option of home security is the basic floor mat that uses an open circuit design with two metal strips spaced apart. These metal strips are pushed together when somebody steps on the mat and the circuit is completed.

All of these circuit systems are effective home security devices for guarding the perimeter of a house or business from the points an intruder is likely to enter the building. Once the entry points are taken care of your home security system is in place and you can feel absolutely safe and secure in your house.

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The night time fright...

I have a story to share about a night time visit from a pet. Not just any pet, but Panda's.

It began one night while all were fast asleep. Me being the light sleeper was awoke to a sound I have never heard before.

Scratch. scratch. flop hop.

then again. Scratch.Scratch.Flop. Hop.

For the life of me I could not figure out what it was. My mind starts creating images to rationalize the sound. A field mouse caught in a trap trying to escape? No. The Captain took care of that situation. A chipmunk trying to climb up a dresser? No. Now that is just silly. But what could it be?

So as any wife would do, I tried to wake The Captain who was deep in dream land. I whisper with a nudge, "Honey, do you her that?". No response.

Then I start recalling images from the movie pet cemetery and my sleepy imaginative mind wanders to entertain the notion of Zombie rabbits coming to haunt me.

I was not about to step foot on that floor. What ever it could be was getting closer to our bed. So I stood up and pulled a gymnastics feat to turn on the light.

I saw nothing.

Then I heard it again but it was coming from behind the bed table.

I "womaned up" and went to go peek.

It jumped right at me! I of course jump back to only discover it is Fuji.

Panda's frog out for a midnight stroll.

Daddy bought her that frog about a year ago when it was the size of a golf ball. Now it is a large lemon. Apparently life in the pond has become a tad boring with the large gold fish and bluegill.

I tried to catch it. I really did. But that slimy thing would jump at the slightest touch and hence it's name "African Clawed frog", I was hesitant to find out what it could do with the claws.

So as any good mother would do, I woke Panda up.

"Baby, you need to come catch your frog".

"Where is she mom?"

"In my room sweetie".

"How did she get in there"?

"By hopping and scratching her way from the living room into mine".

She giggles and gets up to do the scary work for me.

After we finally catch her and put Fuji back into the pond, Panda laughed her way back to bed. Shaking her head.."Oh Mom, your so funny. She's just a little frog". I mutter, "A frog with big claws attached".

So Fuji had her first romp in the house and had to be contained for a few days before I let her have her freedom.

2 weeks later I am awoken to a familiar sound.

This time, I do not wake Panda- since I need to retain some super power fearless front with my oldest child. And I use a bath towel to throw over her and grab the slimy body.

Now Fuji is going into her own aquarium..with a lid. And in Panda's room.

Maybe I can sleep now without the fear of zombie rabbits coming back to chew off my toes.

I have to admit, I am glad daddy did not buy her a spider or snake instead.

Just thinking about waking to those in my room gives me the spine shakes.

Sweet Dreams,

~Tammie

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To market and back with new goals for the profits

This is an awful picture but is the only one which shows the lake our township Farmer's market is held in front of. I cringe at the fact my mommy arm bulge is showing but I will sacrifice my vanity for your veiwing. Those are also the aprons I made up for us to wear at our table. Mine is from a thrift find pillow case- which Panda designed and her apron is from fabric she fell in love with plus a vintage tea towel sewn onto the front for a pocket. The picture cuts off the pretty embroidery matching her apron colors.

And this is our "not overflowing with produce thanks to the cooler weather" set up:

I made up some universal muffin basic mix and graham griddle cake mix to sell as an "add on" to the market. I found this great recipe on grouprecipes.com which Smurfeete shared from her time working at a bakery. If you click the picture, you can see how I packaged them adding ribbon behind the sticker labels. I thought it added a more personal and endearing touch to draw the eye. We printed out papers with alist of possible "flavorings" to add to the mix so that is how I came up with their name "Universal Desire Muffin mix". Below them are the Black Raspberry jam and Blueberry spread/syrup we canned up. I had blueberries left over from last week's market and what better way to utilize them as not to waste potential profit.

We also had my Rustic Villa Italian bread loaves which sold quickly. We made 1 loaf into samples and made up some of the muffin mix utilizing some left over Black raspberry and blueberries for the people to taste while they consider a purchase.

Not many people came again and we walked away with around the same as last week. BUT they are moving us more to one side so the street traffic can see the market and stop in.

I am looking into having a sign made up to put out by the main road on our side of the township. They own the property at the end of our road which is being made into a small park with walking trails so I know there would be no problem having the sign up there.

A newspaper guy came out and was taking pictures. He chatted with me for 1/2 an hour- I was the only one he chatted with. I told him about our local Homesteading group and about how it was a group of locals who are trying to do as much as possible on what land we have. He was so funny. he responded "Your not going to tell me you have a bus buried in your backyard, are you?" I responded "does a Solar pit qualify?". He laughed and then inquired more about it. We spoke of heirloom seeds and how more people need to be aware of what they are in comparison to hybrids plus why it is important togrow & save seed from OP and heirlooms. How it is more then just history of a variety, its about home grown veggies that taste superb in comparison to store varieties and brings community to people who trade and share their saved seed with others.

I know he does not read my blog, but I must say my seed saving, trading and sharing comes from a great man On Homesteading today. I am ever so Thankful we have crossed paths and am indebted to his kindness. Martin was the first person I have ever recieved seed from and that one packet of seed has given 30 some others seed to grow over the years. He is the reason behind my giving seed away here localy. To give forward and back what was given to me. I can only hope what seed I have given will continue the circle of kindness I was shown.

I have a chicken pen to rake and a baby bunny who likes to hide under the woodpile to collect. Uno never strays far, just seems to like hiding out every few days over there. Soon her chubby behind will not allow her escapes through the fence.

Sweet dreams,

~Tammie

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