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DOCTOR'S TIPS TO WOMEN..

1. You should NOT finish all housework in one day. Those who have done it are stressed and some are already buried.

2. Take time to rest, it's not a sin to sit, put your legs on the table and eat something you like.

3. SLEEP if necessary for headache to disappear. Those who refuse to take vacation leave, take time off or break time, if not, their families will miss them because they have prematurely gone on the journey without return.

4. STOP taking sedatives to sleep, you're destroying your brain and organs. Sometime you'll start forgetting things. Relax your brain, worry less, go for a walk, laugh, smile more, everything will happen eventually.

5. Meditate. Have a quiet time and relax. Breathe fresh air. Breathe out all negativities.

6. Stay in front of your mirror, smile for yourself. That turns on a positive aura around you, so you can shine with your own light.

7. GO buy you a snack or something to drink. Just do something for yourself, even if your partner doesn't do it for you... do it yourself, so you can download things in your head.

8. GET the appliances needed to ease your job and avoid stress as it is women's largest silent killer.

9. Ask help when you don't feel good, do something about it, go to health center, hospital or call some nearby doctor. Don't self medicate.

10. CONTROL YOUR PRESSURE AND SUGAR LEVEL OCCASIONALLY, whether you're sick or not. Doing this has saved a lot of women in the past. Trust this good advice I give you and give yourself the value you deserve, love and care, you are a great woman and don't forget you are Beautiful Instrument for Creation.

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Fruity Christmas Cake

Ingredients:

600g raisins

200g currants

100g  glacé cherries

250g mixed dried fruits, finely chopped

400ml brandy 

300g butter, room temperature

200g dark brown sugar

Zest from 1 lemon

4 eggs, room temperature

300g plain flour

1/2 teaspoon ground ginger

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Pinch of ground cloves

150g ground almonds

150g walnuts, chopped

 preheat the oven to 150C/gas 2.

• Line base and sides of a 23cm round or a 20cm square tin with a double layer of greaseproof paper.
• You will need the side lining of greaseproof paper to be at 8cm higher than the round or square tin.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until it is light and fluffy.
• Grate in the zest of the lemon and beat in the eggs, one at a time.  and sifted  flour.
• Combine spices and ground almonds. Mix into the butter mixture, alternating with the fruit.
• Finally, fold in the walnuts. Spoon mixture into the lined tin and bake in the oven for about 3 hours.
• Check after 2½ hours and then every 20 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean from the center.
• As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, brush with a little more booze. Leave it to cool in the tin.
• Remove after 5 minutes and place the hot cake directly onto a large sheet of tin foil. Wrap it up twice.
• This will retain the heat of the cake for as long as possible. After a few hours, remove cake from foil.

• Wrap the cooled cake up again in a double sheet of greaseproof paper and a double sheet of tin foil.
• Make sure you can access the cake from the top. Store cake in an airtight container for 2–12 weeks.