Guidance and Love on their Younger Years

If you have a family and a couple of kids that you want to have good education and good life you’ll work hard to give them the best even if it would mean hard working days. My friend works in Africa after he got married ten years ago and until now he’s working hard to pay for his house, to support his family’s needs and save for his kids’ education. I know that he only wants the best for his kids but I told him that it’s not only money that he needs to provide for his family but his presence and guidance also. He has never been with his kids for more than one month vacation leave in a year and I think it’s not good when they reach their teenage years. His little boys will grow up and money will not compensate for the father figure that they haven’t had since they were born. He could think of other ways of earning money like putting up his desired business, investing on tangible assets or buy gold eagle coins without having to work abroad until he’s old. I know that he’s sure to make a good profit out of these gold coins after several years so it’s really a good investment.

Most stopped working abroad if they’re too old to work and when they come home their kids have grown and don’t want to stay at home with parents all the time but rather with his friends. That’s the cycle of kids, when they’re younger they want to be at your side always but when they’re grownups already they have other world beside you so you can’t keep them always at your side. So love, guide and care for them when they’re young so when they get old they’ll just remember how you loved and cared for them so much.

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Memory Card is Retiring

Oh no! My cam’s memory card is slowly showing signs of leaving me. Sometimes it can be read, sometimes not. I’m hoping that it will last even up to this week only as I’m scheduled to buy some needed gadgets next week in time for my salary. It has served me for about 3 years now and now it’s slowly bidding goodbye. It’s only a 2GB memory card and I’m planning to buy a 4GB to accommodate more videos when I’m attending school program. Actually I’m thinking if I’ll buy 2 pcs. of 2GB each or 1 unit 4GB, I don’t want a bigger storage because 4GB is enough for me.

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Sun's Harmful Effects

I attended a seminar about Iron Deficiency in my little boy’s school. The kids were scheduled in an afternoon class to make way for the parents’ seminar. We started in the morning and ended an hour before lunchtime but the sun was almost at its peak then. I felt the scorching heat of the sun as soon as I got out of the school. The seminar place was a secluded area so we had a cooler temperature but it didn’t prepared us for the heat outside. It drained my energy and when I reached home I felt exhausted. That’s what we feel when we’ve had exposure to the sun so it’s imperative that we stay out of the sun during peak hours between 10 in the morning up to 2 in the afternoon. If you can’t avoid meetings or travel during those hours better protect yourself and have some shield.

It’s not healthy for anyone kids and adults to be always exposed to sun as the harmful effects of the ultraviolet rays results in various sickness. It’s also dangerous for people with hypertension and those with sensitive skin. Do you know that it also pose danger to our house and furniture? Yes we need to have protection like window tinting los angeles so our furniture will lasts longer and not wear out in just few months. We need to have tints in our windows to filter the UV rays of the sun which can cause damage to us and our properties. We will be protected from too much glare and that can save us air conditioning costs because it will decrease the amount of heat that will pass through the house thus protecting our skin and body from feeling tired. So don’t risk yourself and your family get the window film installed and get optimum protection while adding style to your windows.

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Hud Apartments and More

I’m browsing the site for some online work opportunities because I’m waiting for my downloads which is getting too long now already. I hate waiting without doing other tasks so I decided to visit blogs and came to find Yousaytoo, a site that offers revenue sharing and ways of earning through revenue blogging. The site has many things to offer like blogs, games and other ways of earning income through registering blogs.

What caught my attention on the site is the social program I seen on them that help people in low income level am able to secure a HUD apartments for rent which is available only for a certain income level and you should be below the level they set. It’s also available for students and seniors. I admire their goal that low-income people should also enjoy living in better apartments within their reach of course. You can find variety of HUDS apartment for rent online at their website. I’m sure anyone would be delighted to rent in better apartments without extra cost.

Well compared to the low salaried people who can only pay for affordable apartments I found something that will take you to another level of place to stay with. The new hotel Dubai which has plenty of amenities to choose from like luxury suites, art gallert, spa, underwater restaurant and butterfly jungle. Maybe it’s nice to stay there but for now they’re stil deciding on it.

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Saturday 9: The Sun Rising

1. When was the last time that you watched a sunrise? Who were you with?

The last time was last month second week of June when we were in Tagaytay City overlooking Taal Volcano, I was with my hubby, my kids and our brethren in the church. It's always awesome to see the sun shining its glory to mankind

2. If President Obama promised he'd do one thing you asked, what would you ask him to do? To encourage people to have a closer relationship to God, to learn how to pray so catastrophes will not be so severe on people

3. What is one experience that has strengthened your character the most so far? First, My working experience with the bidding team of DSI and being an all around officer in telecoms. I learned everything and I also learned how to deal with people of all walks of life. Second and the most important of all is the experience of being closer to God and having been through a hard ordeal that taught me how to kneel so hard to God to guide and help me get through with it. It strengthened the spiritual character in me.

4. What is the first thing that you usually do after completing Saturday 9?

After completing Saturday 9 I will prepare dinner for the whole family.

5. Tell us about someone either in your life or in the blogosphere that you think is extremely funny.

My youngest kid is extremely funny with his own antics and jokes and he makes it more so when he imitate the monkey and smiles with no front teeth.

6. Where was the last bed that you slept in that was not your own? Last week when Mom massaged me in the back and I feel asleep in her bed. Felt like a little sick girl again with Mom on my side.

7. Have you ever been too drunk to remember anything? I never drink.

8. Have you ever licked something to clean it? I licked something but not to clean it but to eat the excess ice cream of my kid :-)

9. Who, outside of family or a S/O, has influenced your life the most? Our Pastor in the church has influenced me a lot.

Enjoy your weekend!

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Illegal Disclosure of Confidential Info

Have you filed and acquired loans in US between 1987 and 2000? Well if you had some credit applications and loans granted it’s likely that your confidential information given for that credit application is one of the credit information that has been sold by TransUnion. Well you should check this out because they’ve just violated a law that prohibits selling of confidential credit information. It was an illegal disclosure and used by the buyer for some unwanted activities. If you’re one of them you can file TransUnion Lawsuit to O’Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath to seek fair justice for the damages done. If you’re at least 28 years old and filed a credit on the year mentioned you can seek a consultation now.

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The Things that I Bought from PB

I could never thank God enough for the opening of blessing in my life. He knows everything and I’m glad my plans were His plans too for me. I gave up my 16-year old tenure to work at home but from the day I left the office until this day He always provides work for me. They say that my work is not a stable one but when God’s hand works He’ll make everything good for His children. I left my work last year on July 18 and before my resignation anniversary I was able to buy my big wish and dream and that’s to own a laptop.

Every year of my blogging I always buy something for my own satisfaction, those things that I wasn’t able to afford when I was still in corporate work. Yes my salary is not that low but whatever excess I have for my salary I spend it on my family. But when I started blogging I was able to set aside money for the things I want for myself without the guilt :-). On the three years of my online work I bought my dream gas range on the first year, my Canon digital camera on the second year and this year my dream HP laptop. My friend teased me that I didn’t post a picture of the last dream gadget that I bought so I’ll share the picture later this following week.

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Stylish Hats for the Family

Some women love wearing hats whether it's sunny or rainy and browsing through some nice sites I came to find these pretty Blue and Brown Olney Rain Hats and Solneil Sun Hat from Village Hats at hatsandcaps.co.uk where they have hats for men, women and for the children. You’ll love their complete selection of hats by style and by brands. Go get those beautiful hats from them and use them as protection or just an accessory to your clothes. It can be a good gift idea also!

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Credible Investment from the Past

We dropped by the mall yesterday to get our free printer from our internet provider then we arrange for the repair of my cellular phone. I had my daughter’s mobile phone replaced with battery so I can use it while my own mobile is in repair. I noticed that the mall has many people looking at the stores, mall walking, eating and doing so many things but most never buy a thing. They just stroll there and pass the time away enjoying the cool temperature of the mall. What would I do if I have a booth there and customers were not coming in?

My brother ventured a business on the same mall and stopped after six months because the income can’t compensate for the high rental and expenses. The minimum contract is for six months. There are lots of choices for us to invest our money but we should be careful in entering any of them because sometimes the agents or companies put so much possibilities on earning without concrete leanings if it will earn or not. If we should invest our hard-earned money it should be on a safe investment, one that’s sure to appreciate values in years. You can buy silver bullion or any other precious metals like gold because these were credible investments from the past generations. Actually these ideas came from my granny when I was still a child. I keep hearing her telling these things to her friends.

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Nice Tumblers

We love tumblers and I collect some for my kids especially my little boy who just collects and store. He's using just one and all others he only kept for future use. Well I have many too mostly from friends who gave me souvenirs from the places they've been to like Singapore, US or in some places here in our country. I'm not a choosy one especially if it's a gift because I cherish all of them. Now I'm browsing some for gift ideas too and found these simple but cuties Tervis Tumbers at tervis.com.

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High Quality Used Auto Parts

It’s very expensive nowadays to buy new parts and accessories for the car but if the car really needs the parts you have to spend your money into it or you’ll be travelling with some fear that your car will stop in the middle of the road. Having a car needs a lot of attention and finances too. It’s like having another member of the family so you should set aside budget for its maintenance and up keeping. If the car is well maintained and properly cared for it will serve you best and will not leave you hanging on the road.

So you need replacement for the parts that suddenly malfunctioned and you don’t have enough cash? Well I’ve been through all that problems in maintaining our car and one solution that I can share is searching for quality and reliable used auto body parts that will save you from spending a lot but will guarantee that the parts is of high quality. When it comes to things like these you can always count EverDrive to offer their clients their quality used auto parts. They commit themselves into assuring their clients the right part for their brand of car, right quality and right price which is very important. With their affordable price of up to 50% less than the new parts and their 3-year warranty you can depend on them to supply your auto parts’ needs.

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Stylish Clothing for the Expectant Moms

We’re always excited whenever we have a pregnant friend or relative. We’re counting off the months until the delivery date and looks forward to seeing the little angel on the first day. Being pregnant involves mixed emotions and feelings. It’s a mixture of excitement, some little fears, difficulty in carrying through the pregnancy period and a lot of changes in physical looks. Most of the women especially the working Moms give their wardrobe a bit of attention because they should look good even while pregnant. When I was pregnant I bought clothes that will not look awkward when I was in meeting with my boss and some clothes that are comfortable for everyday office wear.

Anyway choosing and buying maternity clothes is one of the exciting parts of pregnancy. And when it comes to searching for maternity clothing you can check out Apple Seed maternity online for all your clothing needs. Trust them to give you a variety of choices for stylish and chic maternity shirts, bottoms, dresses, suits and others. They even carry baby boutique, nursing wear, designer diaper bags, gears and gift items for both Mom and baby. It’s almost a one-stop shop for women on the family way. I’m not pregnant but I picked some designs that I want like the Maternal America dress which can be used for office or for dinner with your hubby. It’s comfortable and so gorgeous!

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Shower of Blessing

I was a little sleepy now because I stayed few hours more last night to wait for some tasks but little did I know that I'm in for a surprise. A single tweet from online friend made way for outpouring of work blessings and my waiting hours till early dawn was rewarded with so many tasks. I was very thankful that my online friends and I were able to get many blessings early dawn and for the last several days. We're indeed blessed and we're thankful to God for all the blessings of work.

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Studying Ceramics and Pottery

Being artistic and having some creativity with crafts runs in our family, well at least to my brother and most of my first cousins. My cousin has a gift for all kinds of artistic skills including painting with pastels and charcoal, and also with graphic arts, signs and everything you want done with the use of his magical hands. He’s really perfect in his skills and talents. My other cousins and their kids inherited the same skills and even though they finished college in other fields of study, they have all gotten back to using art in current their jobs. I guess some people just want to work where their hearts are.

As to our own family my brother has the best art talent of all of us, with my sister and I having some drawing and lettering skills. All of my kids are showing skills in that area too. I smile when I think of how artistic talent is passed on through generations. Well I hope these skills transfer to other areas, such as learning ceramic arts as I just love so many of those beautiful hand crafted pottery items. As I may have said before, I can always use some more unique pots for my flowers and plants, so I am hoping to try my artistic skills with some pottery lessons one day. I think taking a ceramic arts class will be the best as then I learn about different clays and using throwing wheels, slab rollers, and kilns.

I got some information about pottery making online at AMACO/Brent. This amazing website sells everything having to do with pottery from clays, glazes, and ware carts to throwing wheels, kilns, wheel replacement parts and more. They have all of the equipment, tools and accessories you’ll ever need for ceramic arts, along with many resources for teaching clay art such as art lessons, videos, dvds and instructional books. I know I have a lot to learn before I make my first flower pot, but I am going to be looking for a ceramic arts class in my area. Its always good to be learning new things, and I think I'll especially enjoy calling on my artistic talents to see what I can do.

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Perfect Pasta Cooking

I’ve been busy the whole day and put my work on the side as I have to attend to my kid’s need for assistance on their cooking class. Someone asked me online about vigrx but I was sorry for not giving an answer as I have to cut the conversation early or I’ll be late for my daughter. It’s the first Thursday that I didn’t dedicate to working all day. As I said to my Mom Thursday is my day for doing everything on my sites including updating, blog hopping, doing tasks and everything about my work online.

Anyway this day is an exemption as Gen is the leader student in their cooking class and I don’t want their group to receive a low grade. Anyway all my efforts were not wasted as they’ve received great comments and my spaghetti recipe which I passed on to my daughter has received a perfect grade. DD Gen kissed upon arriving home because she’s very happy with the outcome of their group cooking.

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The Power of Smile

Sometimes we're looking elsewhere for solutions on our problems and little did we know that we have something in ourselves that can solve them, erase worries on our foreheads, minimize our anxieties and eradicate misunderstanding among family and friends. And that powerful weapon inside us is our smile. Smile conquers all and so powerful that it can break the ice - what I mean is the ice that sometimes makes friendship become icy cold. We shouldn't let our problems get the better of ourselves because we'll end up as loser.

As they say 'smile and the whole world smiles with you' 'cry and you'll cry alone'.

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Kids' Interest in Ceramic Arts

Sometimes during vacations or after school young people get bored. They often stroll the malls and some even get into trouble, mostly because they have nothing to do in their spare time. That is why it is important to get your children interested in hobbies and sports at a young age so that they have things they enjoy doing and will not find their time away from school so boring. There are many different things a parent can do to get their children interested in things at an early age. If they are athletic or like sports then sign them up to a soccer team or for dance lessons or baseball. If they seem artistically inclined you can enroll them in arts and crafts courses during their vacation, or you can buy some art supplies and encourage them to work on these at home.

A friend of mine introduced her younger children to ceramic arts last summer. Not into the serious ceramic arts like wheel throwing, because they are too young for that. But she did get some easy to work with clays from an online store AMACO/Brent. She said she found some great safe and non-toxic clays that her children found easy to use and they even molded basic items like small animals and pinch pots. She said her kids loved working with the clay and unlike their Play-Doh creations they had a product that was durable. My friend hopes to keep her kids interested in this art form and has done some research. She said there is much they can do as they grow before needing the use of bigger investments such as a kiln or a potter's wheel. She has discovered some self-hardening clays that her kids can use, and she can use a rolling pin to flatten the clay to a consistent thickness and then they can place the clay over simple molds to get some basic bowls and plates. If they like doing this as they get older she said she may invest in one of the slab rollers to roll the clay out properly as they have table top slab rollers at AMACO/Brent. She even has fashioned a small shelf with wheels for her children to use as a ware cart to store their creations.

My friend's kids are still young so it is hard to know how long they will stay interested in ceramic arts. If they remain interested my friend says she will enroll them in some ceramic arts classes as they get older where they will learn about wheel throwing and get to use kilns to harden their clays and set glazes. Right now my friend says her kids really enjoy working with the clay and making objects to give to their family and friends. She has found AMACO/Brent to be a very reliable source of products and information about ceramic arts. Who knows if something like this will keep my friend's kids out of trouble as they grow older? But I think she is doing something right by introducing them to an activity they enjoy and they can explore more as they grow older.

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Family Vacation Packages

My back is aching again because I have been overworking myself. I remember having back pains several years ago when I was working the night shift. Mom gave me massage therapy and also suggested we take a vacation to relax. So I started looking for family vacation packages because that would give me a chance to recover. Now I am looking at some family vacation destinations and if we have the money it would be great to just getaway.

I have been thinking about a Breezes all inclusive resort for one of their affordable family vacations in beautiful destinations Brazil, Curacao, Jamaica, and Panama. Their all inclusive packages include rooms, meals, entertainment and sports activities. This would be a great relaxing vacation for me because there would be great activities for the kids and I could just relax and let my back have the rest it needs. With no meals to cook I could just take the time to lie back and enjoy doing nothing in the beautiful surroundings!

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Is Your Focus Inward or Outward?

Your Focus is Inward

You prefer to spend most of your time alone. Other people tax your reserves.
You appreciate and enjoy your own company. You can always find a way to entertain yourself.

You don't believe in being bored. In fact, you don't think it's even possible.
With so many ideas, books, and places to explore, you are never lonely - even if you're all by yourself.

Actually I like being with my friends and family but when I'm alone I also savor the benefits of being alone so I write my ideas and meditate. It's good for a person to think some inspirational or positive thoughts frequently because it molds your being. I must admit that I can be temperamental sometimes when my environment is so unruly. I want a peaceful environment because my previous job is so....

Anyway since I can be a jolly or silent person I will never be bored as I have something to do most of the times. I have a hectic schedule that a ride on a bus is a rest for me :-)

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Audio Conferencing

I’m so amazed with what the modern innovations in communications technology has done to improve many businesses. All these improvements were based on embracing online communications using the internet. It has been of great help to many people especially to those business people who use the internet to promote their services and products. The internet has become a very important tool directing the way to business success. With the current trend on doing everything online like shopping, studying, selling, writing and many other online activities like Web conferencing you can say that the world has undergone a major change.

With the influx of modern online opportunities come better communication tools that help improve business in their undertakings. As a result, business dealings become easier with the use of communication tools like Audio conferencing which makes transactions more manageable because setting up a normal meeting doesn’t have to be that tasking like what we used to do in my last job. Previously we would wait for our client’s availability before having a meeting.

Now setting up a meeting with business associates and clients is much more inexpensive and easier because attendees were not physically present. They just have to be online. Together with these above mentioned conferencing solutions from the Conference group I learned that they also have Video conferencing which is faster and more effective way to communicate. They provide Video conference solutions where you can be spared setting up a conference meeting days ahead because you can do it at a moment’s notice. They deliver the most customized solutions which can be used to maximize your business transactions.

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