Beauty Diaries by Kimi

Military Relocation: Things to consider before making the move If you belong to a military family,you might have already experienced moving home from one location to another every few years.  Packing all the household stuffs, taking care of all social, professional and personal obligations, and carrying all important stuffs (both tangible and intangible!)  to a new location, does require a lot of planning and organization. Check out an interesting infographic below: familyactivities.co On an average, every 1 to 3 years a military family moves. and a kid in military family has to change his school around 6-9 times on average. If you have to live in a house off-base, you might consider renting or purchasing one . However, there are few things you must take into account before deciding on the house. Though you have your BHA (Basic Housing allowance), you might want to consider certain other financial obligations that might impact your planned budget. Some of these f...

How to spend more Fun Time with your Family Many times we get so busy with our commitments - to our clients, to our appointments, social gatherings, tech gadgets, and even our social networking profiles, that it becomes a luxury to spend some quality fun time with our families. It is important to take proper care of our professional as well as personal lives with due diligence, even if it takes for us to schedule and plan things beforehand. Spending a fun night with your family especially the night before weekend can work amazingly in creating the necessary bond. If you are able to do this every weekend - fair enough, otherwise you can plan it once every fortnight or even every month. Here are a few ways that can help you plan your family fun night  more creatively: 1) Make plain Board Games interesting: If you think you've had enough of your regular board games and carom, then try adding your own personal touch to it by making up a new rule that interests all the membe...

Moving to a new city can be extremely exciting and draining at the same time. If you are planning to move from one end of your country to the other end , then it might become an overwhelming experience getting all your huge household stuffs packed and loaded in the truck, and then getting them unloaded and unpacked at the new destination followed by arranging them in your new home. From my experience, I've seen that usually the cost of moving goes a bit higher than general estimate because of all the additional costs that crop up during the whole transition. Check out an interesting infographic below that talks about moving cost estimation: www.1800packrat.com Using an online cost calculator can help you get an almost accurate estimate . When we moved our household stuffs last time around 2 years back, apart from incurring additional expenses in moving our stuffs, we also had to plan the cost of moving our vehicle. One of the most popular and cost effective ways to tr...

Even though you don't consciously plan to do any kind of repair work at home, many times it happens that you need to do those little fixings here and there. A screw might come off that frame which you need to put back, or you might need to organize your stuffs better in your garage. Something or the other always calls for a need to have some kind of a compact (or comprehensive) toolkit at your home. Be it small or big, do-it-yourself home repair work can help you save a lot in time and money. It also gives you a sort of personal satisfaction and strengthens your bond with your home. An interesting infographic below showcases the need of learning DIY home repair: Image Credit Just in the US, only 36% of American home owners can save around $1000 to make home repairs. 1 in 5 home owners say, they put off completing repairs on their home and only around 61% home owners can actually find a reliable repair service around their homes. If you have already started forming your t...

Five Innovative, Stylish and Unique Chair Designs If you spend around 8-10 hours a day working on your desktop, then you must know how much importance does your work chair hold. A good and comfortable sitting posture can make a significant amount of difference in the quantity and quality of efforts you put in your work. Apart from giving the comfort factor, an office chair should also help you stay active while you stay seated on it for so many hours of your day (or night!). It should definitely give a good amount of support to your back, help you stretch and relax your muscles in between your work hours and if you have to deal with more than one work station placed side by side in your room, then it should also help you move across smoothly. Check out below an interesting infographic showcasing the History of chairs, and how we got our current office chair with wheels: familydinners.org When it comes to office furniture, the choice of your work chair can easily make or br...

Relocation gives you a great chance to begin a new chapter in your life related to your career, finances and even relationships. Moving and relocating to a new place for a new job can take a bit of your energy and expenses. You can get refunds and reimbursements on moving expenses from your employer or even from the Government, provided you follow a certain list of pre-set rules and regulations. www.1800packrat.com In US, you can get good level of tax refunds on moving expenses. For instance if you are moving to a new home which is over 50 miles away from your old residence, you may qualify to get certain amount of tax deductions. For more details check HERE  However, it may take a while for you to get all the money back, and till then it becomes necessary to save a few bucks for an easy and hassle free living in your new home.  Our last move was around two years back and it took us 1-2 months to get all the moving expenses back from our employer. You obviously...

When it comes to shifting your household from one location to another, it requires a great deal of planning and organization. You have to keep in mind your new home, the packing and moving company you'd like to consider, and in many times, the list of things you'd want to keep in storage house.  www.1800packrat.com According to a survey, around 15% of people move every year just in the U.S. Around 6.7 million people moved in the U.S. in year 2010; a number that is around 4 times the population of Manhattan. With the current globalization of work, we can definitely expect this number to grow more in coming years.  Most of your job is done if you can get a good packing and moving company. Even though getting a good one requires lots of work. You need to check the ones suitable for your movement (local or interstate!), get feedback from people who have used the latest packing and moving services, and compare the ratings, discounts and deals etc. However, there a...