Cleaning the washing machine
November 9th, 2009Ok so a few times when I was too busy to hang up the laundry right away and I did it the next morning.. my laundry kinda had a bad smell on it… I couldn’t define what it was and I clean the rubber band that’s on the inside where it opens a lot of dirt came from it actually o.o wow little did I know that dirt gets stuck into the washing machine. Didn’t think much of it and happily put in another laundry. When I was gonna hang it up (I have no space for a dryer rly in this tiny mini apartment) I noticed lil gray dirt stuffs in my clean white laundry o.o. Ok that got me worried. I started thinking and did a google search…

Little did I know you have to clean your washingmachine every so often simply by running it empty on the highest temperature with some dishwasher cleaner in it. I also read that bleach and vinegar for cleansing are helpful. the vinegar is for the chalk actually. I personally don’t like using the bleach and vinegar because of the smell and I really don’t want to run my washing machine empty 2 times. Its a waste of money and the environment has a hard time enough as it is already. So right now my washing machine is running empty on the highest temperature… o.o;. I hope this tip will help someone else as well.
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November 7th, 2009Waterdrop
November 6th, 2009Vaccinations mexican flu started in Amsterdam
November 5th, 2009Yesterday the long expected vaccinations against the New Influenza A (H1N1) – also known as Mexican flu, started. I had received a letter with an invite for this vaccination last week, for me and my daughter. As far as I understood they only send people with a risc factor an invite. And me well I don’t like needles.. I REALLY don’t. But with a daughter who’s asthmatic I can’t take the risc of getting sick and infecting her. And now a day later my arm is still sore o.o;.

Antonio isn’t registered yet but I assume he will receive the same invite once he gets registered this week.
Why is it important to get this vaccination? Well in the first place you dont want to infect other people in your family, your wife, husband, your mother, or your children with a this virus that CAN be deadly. Secondly you don’t want to get sick yourself either do you? Yes I know there are far more diseases and they are deadly too, all the more reason to take control and make sure its not going to be this one that will cause your last breathe.
How to recognize this new flu? Well the symptomes are pretty much like the normal flu, here’s a little list of symptomes that should allert you.
- Fever
- Cold shiffers/rillings? (not sure of the translation)
- Headache
- Sore Muscles
- Being tired
- Dry Cough
- Sometimes diarea
People who have also a different disease can get seriously sick from this new virus. Don’t panic tho, a normal flu also can kill people, only in the Netherlands about 1000 a year. (I assume there are several other factors playing a role though).
But supposedly I am now fine and have nothing to worry even when I have no other disease and was not too worried already it does feel good to have this extra security.
Here you will find more info about this flu and the vaccinations in Dutch
And here you can find more info about it on a English site.
And another English site with information about this flu and vaccinations
I hope you guys have enough information here now to make a decision about if you should or should not or want or don’t want to get this vaccination.
