00:00good morning Nicholas it's time for school come on get out of bed Jessica is
00:22already up and dressed good morning mom let's check the weather out today it's
00:29looking a bit cloudy looks like it's gonna rain
00:34so we should take our umbrellas the trees are blowing side to side it means it's
00:40a little windy but still a lovely morning go to the bathroom and brush your
00:45teeth then get dressed and come downstairs to get some breakfast okay
00:51mom
00:54what are we going to have for breakfast we're going to have bagel with eggs
01:00bacon and cream cheese this morning and strawberry blueberry smoothie perfect
01:08can I make the smoothie yeah sure you need frozen strawberries blueberries almond
01:16milk and Greek yogurt it sounds yummy shall I also put some bananas no we
01:24should leave the banana out of this recipe to allow the flavors of the berries to
01:29shine grab the blender and add almond milk first then toss in the strawberries
01:36blueberries blueberries and Greek yogurt blend it until smooth you can add some
01:43cinnamon to it looks nice and thick and it tastes delicious the egg bagel
01:51sandwiches are ready to have also added tomatoes and cucumbers we are missing the
01:58main ingredient the ketchup that is a yummy egg bagel sandwich
02:05it's so filling now that we had breakfast I guess we better get going it looks like
02:12it's getting nice out that's right I thought it would rain
02:22it's the day we thoroughly clean the whole house we throw away things we don't
02:28need pack up things to donate to the local homeless shelter clean all of the
02:35rooms and wash all the windows what exactly do we have to do mom you must clean your
02:44rooms they are really messy clear your beds and chairs of all the items and be
02:51sure to put them in their appropriate place clean under the beds too
02:58then make your beds using fresh linens vacuum the entire room dust the shelves and put the
03:09books that are on the floor in their right places clear and clean the dressers and leave them in order
03:16that's a lot to do we better get started we have a lot to do indeed I have to do several loads of
03:27laundry and clean the kitchen and the dining room I'll clean the living room and the
03:32attic it's getting full up there I don't even remember what's in there anymore
03:37me neither we probably don't need a lot of that stuff what should we do with it I
03:45think I'm gonna have a garage sale next weekend yeah that's a great idea
03:52I have finished cleaning the windows that was a huge job oh good let me check the list and see
04:05what we've done so far have you clean the counters yes I have so you can mark them as finished okay I'll
04:16mark the windows off the list too what about the floors have you vacuumed and mop them I have done
04:24that too what else have we put on the list dusting the shelves I already did that yesterday oh yeah I
04:36remember so I'll cross that off the list too so how about you what have you done so far
04:42I've cleaned the attic I've made three piles keep donate or sell and trash I found a few
04:51sentimental items that I decided to keep there is so much more space now it looks great wonderful I
05:01still have to clean the living room then I'm done okay I'll go check on the kids now
05:08mom what's for dinner I could really go for something spicy like chili spicy I'm not into
05:21spicy food right now gee I've been so busy with house cleaning that I haven't given dinner a single
05:28thought anyway I don't feel much like cooking I'm just too tired to prepare a meal even a small one plus
05:37there's almost nothing in the fridge because we didn't make it to the grocery store this weekend
05:41what do you say we order some food good idea dad let's order Chinese food then we have a menu
05:50somewhere the last time we ordered from that place the food was greasy and it took them forever to
05:57deliver but you know what there's a new Greek restaurant downtown I heard they deliver very fast
06:06but as in Greek food have lots of garlic just the thought of a garlic turns me off garlic's good
06:14for you I can't get enough of it myself at this rate we'll never get anything to eat I'm starving you
06:22two are too picky let's better order some pizza and put on a good movie good idea I'm crazy about
06:31pizza in fact my favorite is Hawaiian I don't like why I'm pizza I can't stand pineapple on pizza I prefer to
06:42eat fruit for dessert not with the main course so I'll go for chicken pizza I'll have pepperoni me too
06:51mom asked me to go grocery shopping but I need to finish my homework can you go for me Nicholas I guess
07:07I can what did mom want you to buy some pork fish vegetables and milk you can buy some snacks too like
07:16chocolate cookies what kind of fish does mom want mom wants some salmon and some cod make sure that
07:24they are fresh how much salmon and cod should I buy oh buy four pieces of salmon fillet and four
07:33pieces of cod fillet do I need to buy some spices so mom can marinate a fish yes get some ground pepper and
07:42some garlic how about vegetables we need carrots potatoes cabbage and some lettuce we need some fruit also
07:53what do you want apples and bananas and how about some soft drinks no buy some bottled water instead it is
08:06healthier for us oh I just remembered we also need bread please put it on the list should I get one loaf or two
08:16two loaves you have quite a few items to take care of you need to get going yes the list is quite long
08:27by the time I get to the cashier to pay I will probably have a full shopping cart okay I am all set to go
08:36I'll be back soon thanks
08:39the clothes dryer stopped working we need a new one but this one is not so old we just need to fix it
08:55I can do it myself it needs just a new moisture sensor are you sure you can do it it seems a
09:02complicated job better call the repairman I'm not gonna let the repair guy rip me off and pay hundreds
09:09of dollars on this I come from a long line of handyman my dad used to fix everything lawnmowers cars
09:17appliances his father was a house builder one of his brothers built boats and one made furniture
09:25I've been helping my dad and grandpa since I was a young child on anything so I think I can fix the
09:33dryer myself I'll have this thing running in no time honey I watched an instructional video so I know
09:40exactly what to do it's done it's as good as new I fixed the dryer I took it all apart and swapped out
09:53the sensor now press start and see if it works it works I had no idea you were so good with your hands
10:00you could definitely say that repairing things has always been in your blood can you hold the end of
10:13this tape measure sure what's this for I'm taking some measurements for new curtains didn't you say
10:22the house needs doing over what about measuring the floor for a new carpet and the walls for a new
10:29wallpaper I thought we'd just fix up the wood floor and use some paint for the walls okay sounds
10:37good we need to scrape off all the loose flakes of paint before redecorating tomorrow we'll go out
10:44and pick out some curtains and paint I can't wait shall we redecorate the hallway too we can consider it
10:55maybe we can decorate it in a more traditional way I went over the household budget and we've
11:07overspent this month our expenses are mounting we have to cut back on our shopping from now on
11:13really that's too bad we need to figure out how much money we've spent and what we spent it on
11:21okay let's get the receipts out let's see we spent eight hundred fifty dollars on our home loan payment
11:30three hundred dollars on groceries one hundred eleven dollars on utilities two hundred fifty dollars on
11:39gasoline two hundred dollars on clothes one hundred dollars on books a hundred fifty dollars on cell
11:47phones and four hundred dollars on entertainment last month that's two thousand three hundred sixty
11:55one dollars we put five hundred dollars into the savings account that's two hundred eighty six sixty
12:04one dollars our paychecks add up to thirty one hundred dollars that means we don't have any receipts for
12:11two hundred thirty nine dollars right let's think about it for a bit where do you think we can save money
12:19well we could eat in more often that four hundred dollars for entertainment is mostly going to
12:27restaurants yeah that's a good idea and you like to cook did you see our last electricity bill no
12:42was it high it was very high how much higher is it than usual it is double the normal amount wow that
12:53is high can we afford that no we need to do some changes from now on to lower it but what can we do from
13:03now on we must unplug the unused electronic devices next we must adjust the water temperature to 48 degrees
13:11celsius it shouldn't be hotter than that we can do our laundry using cold water that will save a bunch
13:19of money because we're not wasting hot water also we should run full loads instead of doing multiple
13:26small loads we should do one big load another way to save is to lower the temperature when we're going
13:32to sleep at night or when we're not in the house during the winter months we can set the temperature to 18
13:39degrees celsius during the hot summer days we can increase the temperature to 24 degrees celsius
13:49so we're not wasting our air conditioning's energy cooling the house too much
13:54exactly we can also change our regular light bulbs to led that will save us another bunch of money we'll be
14:03saving four to six times the energy perfect we'll do so from now on
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