Nearly all children I know loves pretend games. I too loved to play pretend games as a child. One popular pretend playing is being a shop keeper. It’s fun to sell things. One thing about pretend business is that at least you don’t have to worry about business insurance and even if you are losing money instead of making it, you can still open your shop happily the next day.

Now although pretend playing only needs any household items to play with and of course imagination, but to help to make it feel a lot more realistic for the children, there are many pretend game toys that can be purchased. Like this pretend & play snack shop.

The set comes complete with toy snacks, play money, and a stand. Children will not only have fun but learn about the importance of money as well.

I bought Robert Kiyosaki’s cashflow 101 & 102 the egame version for my husband as a Christmas present. He asked me to get the board game but I got the electronic version instead because with a board game he would have to find people to play with and there is only me. However with an electronic version, he would be able to play against the computer or go online and play a multiplayer game with people from around the world, when ever he feels like playing.

If you want to learn how to become an investor, I suggest you get these games. At least the cashflow 101. Cashflow 101 is basically to make you learn or practice how to manage your financials, learn to identify liabilities and assets - real estate, doodads, mutual funds, dividends,good debt vs. bad debt, etc - choose the right opportunites that will get you out of the rat race and retire. Cashflow 102 on the other hand is an extension of 101. Same things, but a little more complicated and much more realistic. E.g you may need a little knowledge about stocks and also know how to read the charts, financial lingoes etc. In order to play Cashflow 202, you need to first install Cashflow 101.

Below is an introduction video of the egame. There’s a short video of Mr. Kiyosaki giving a bit more explanation on what the game is about.

Many people are becoming aware of how important it is to keep the body free from impurities that if not managed will cause a lot of health problems. Thus detoxification products, colon cleansing pills, and other such products are becoming much sought after.

I find the video about flushing or cleaning your nose with salt water and a few other cleaning methods very interesting and rather close to home since I do have a family member who are suffering from summer time allergy.

It is true that we may need to cleanse our bodies for a healthier life, but we shouldn’t forget too that we also should pay attention to what we put into our bodies - the type of food, drinks or even smoking. No point in cleansing our bodies if we keep on burdening them with all sort of unhealthy things.

I have a few pounds to loose to reach my target weight.  Need something fun to do at the comfort of my own home and rid of the unwanted weight at the same time. Sure, I can go for the best diet pills in the market, but playing games and exercise sounds to be a lot more fun way to get slimmer and healthier. That’s when I thought the Nintendo Wii game - EA SPORTS active - seems to be something that I should get.

It’s like having your very own personal trainer at home!

Christmas is months away but I’ve already started on a Christmas gift list. For one reason, we don’t like last minute shopping, secondly, when we know what we want to buy, when we see the item on sale we can buy it cheaper.

Of all the things that I like to plan on buying, besides my own presents :), are things for my daughter. This year we may get a pretend kitchen for our lil’ girl. She is in the age when kids like to play pretend games.

My eyes are on Kidkraft’s Pastel play kitchen set.

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The pretend kitchen is made of wood. Comes complete with an oven, stove, refrigerator, freezer, microwave, sink, shelves, play clock, etc. The things look quite similar to the real ones. From the pictures, even the kitchen faucet looks like one of Moen faucets collection. Really cute.

I prefer wooden toys to plastic ones. Because wooden ones tend to be much more durable. Price varies depending on where you get them from but price is usually below $200.