The never ending battle

I have a never ending battle with my weight. It's true what others say that it's easy to gain weight but hard to lose it. My priority is to stay healthy so I'm changing my diet. I avoid junk and make sure that I avoid fatty foods. I intend to live longer so I'm making sure now that I'm doing myself a favor of staying on top of my weight loss goal. I haven't had the time to exercise lately because of school and work but when I can, I try to walk around the block. All of us at home are actually trying to lose weight and we keep track of how much we weigh every week so we can tell if we're making any progress at all.

Help end hunger in Africa

The people of Ghana gave President Obama a warm welcome. They're excited to see the president who is very hopeful about the future of Africa. Obama first visited Africa in 1992 to visit his father's grave. He just graduated from the Harvard law school at the time. This time, Obama skipped Kenya because of the political tension in the area.

Africa will benefit from the $20 billion food security plan approved by Obama. Africa needs special attention. According to reports, one in three Africans are malnourished, and about half of it’s nearly 700 million people live on less than $1 a day; most (80 percent) live on less than $2 a day.

If you want to help end hunger in Africa, visit usaid.gov for more information.

Watch TV shows and movies online for free

I found a website where I can watch my favorite news and commentary shows for free - and it's legal. They also have pay-for services. This website is called spreety.com. The service that they provide is very convenient especially for those people who always miss their favorite TV shows. It's a good thing I held off on buying a DVR.

Spreety is a user-friendly website. Just follow the directions to enjoy the full episode of your favorite TV show. You can also sign up for their newsletter to get updates on latest shows or additions to their service. My latest craze is Spreety TV Online : Watch TV Shows Online Free and I added it to my favorites already.

How to calculate daily interest on a savings account

Yesterday I spent quite some time searching for the best online savings bank with a high interest yield. I was finally able to find the one that suits my financial goals and I opened an account right away. The processing didn't take more than ten minutes. I'm going to get 2.00% APY and the interest is compounded daily. The more frequently interest is compounded, the higher the APY.

So this is how we're going to calculate the daily interest on a savings account with 2.00% APY:

.02/365 (always change percent to decimal and 365 represents the days since interest is compounded daily)

= 0.000054795 (the answer which then you multiply to whatever amount you have in your savings account. For an example, let's say you have $4,000)

0.000054795 . 4,0000 = 0.219178082 (this is your daily interest)

If you want to know how much interest you'll get in a month, you simply multiply 0.219178082 by 31 so the answer is 6.79. So for your $4,000 with compounded daily interest you get $6.79. Now this amount will change because your next month's interest will be based on $4,006.79.

Hope this helps.

Broken dining chairs

Two of my dining chairs are broken. I can't wait to replace but for now I have other priorities. As long as we're not sitting on the floor yet, we can deal with the broken chairs. There's only three of us at home and there are four more Dining Chairs that are fully functional. At this point, we can only accept one guest.

Our dining table set is old and I think the broken dining chairs are hints that we need to get a new one. I'm slowly looking for the best deals and it doesn't really matter even I get them online. Hopefully when we get a new one, we won't have broken dining chairs for a while.