Giving Myself Time for Exercise and Sports

We had some fun in the afternoon when Gen and Josh asked for permission to go biking in the municipal grounds where there are vast areas for sports and recreation. I was writing some assignments then but I opt to accompany them so I left my tons of work and went with my two younger kids. It was late in the afternoon and sun was just beginning to mellow its heat. That’s nice for biking.

I walked and rounded the wide area while they bike to see if they’re following my instruction not to go beyond the boundaries. I almost had a workout in a fitness equipment by the number of kilometers I walked but it was worth my time as I felt really good inside. Maybe I should really give myself time to do exercise, walking and indulge in my favorite sports. Well I’m planning to do it more often to support my semi-cleansing diet. I learned that a good healthy diet and exercise is really good for the body so I’m starting with it today. I was just hoping that I could fit this activity in my very tight schedule.

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Can't Afford to Be Sick

It rained a little today and I thought that’s the beginning of rainy days. With a little disappointment I‘ve watched how the sun returned with scorching heat again. Oh well it’s just halfway through the month of May and I’m not dreaming of heavy rains anyway. I’m just hoping for some drizzles to cool the night. On my way to fetch my daughter on her summer class I saw some people in the gym doing their morning workouts and I wonder if they have dip station because it would be better if they have as my friend told me yesterday.

Anyway I’m 5 minutes late and I found Ruth with her summer classmate waiting for me outside the building. Whenever I fetch Ruth we dropped by the market or grocery to buy our foodies for the day. I never go out of the house after that to save myself from the bad effects of sun’s heat. Many people suffer from heat wave and some sickness caused by over exposure to sun and I don’t want to be one of them as I can’t afford to be sick now. I must be healthy and fit for the coming school year. My kids need me to attend to all their school activities.

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HP Compaq Super Discounts

I've been drooling for this for the last couple of days and I think I'm going to give in the next couple of days :-). My desktop PC will be turning 3 this August and though it's still as good as I bought it I want something that I can use solely for myself and can carry it anywhere in the house or outside according to my moods. Well obviously I can't do it with my desktop PC so I'm thinking of giving in to my plan of buying a lappy. I've found this package through my friend Jen and I'm lucky that they're having some good deals at villman.com

Here's the specifications:

Compaq Presario CQ40-606TU w/ Core 2 Duo T6600 320GB HDD & Win 7 Home Basic

Operating System - Genuine Windows 7 Home Basic
Processor - Intel® Core 2 Duo Mobile Processor T6600
• 2.20GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800 MHz FSB
Standard Memory - 2GB DDR2
Memory - DDR2 800MHz
Maximum Memory - supports up to 4GB DDR2
Internal Drive - 320GB Speed - 5400 rpm
Display Type - 14.1" Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display
Optical Drive - LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±RW with Double Layer Support
Speakers - Altec Lansing Speakers
Webcam - Webcam with integrated microphone
Wireless Technologies - Wireless LAN 802.11b/g, Built-in Bluetooth

Well I still have one week to think perhaps...... hoping!

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A Sure Kind of Investment

Investment is one of the most common things to secure your current money. It’s like saving money in the bank for your future. If you have investment you’ll have fall back when you lost your job or when you’re in dire need of money. Investment can give you financial success in the future if you’re smart and wise on the kind of business or field you’ll invest your money on. Investment can be on realty, jewelries, small or big businesses, stocks or precious metals. You must have a good knowledge of the kind of investment before you plunge on it. When it comes to precious metals where value is always increasing you must know where you can search for silver, platinum or gold price so you’ll know the current values and how much you can invest. Further studies should be done to weigh things up before the final investment of your money.

I was browsing online for some investment ideas and came upon goldcoinsgain.com where you can search for the current price of gold, silver, platinum and palladium. You can have choices if you want certified gold coins or gold bullion coins and they have varied kinds of coins for you to choose from and it’s all available in their site. I find it very informative and useful especially for someone like me who’s not very familiar with the prices.

I learned that the spot gold price are determined and fixed by 5 banks in London and they do twice a day by telephone only. So you’ll have updated rates twice daily. I know gold prices are more likely to gain value because precious metals have proven to have higher return of investment than any other kind of investment. It’s a reliable investment since the old generation where early generation used to collect gold jewelries and bars of gold as their investment instead of money. So if you want a sure investment for your hard-earned money you can try visiting their site and see for yourself.

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;BM/MYM/RT: Jollibee Birthday Cake

This is my nephew's cake when he celebrated his 7th birthday last May 6 in Jollibee, the most favorite fast food restaurants of majority of kids here in the Philippines. Celebrating your kid's birthday here will give him/her such a memorable one because it will be with a Jollibee mascot. True to this words all the guests enjoyed the games and food on that birthday and Matmat was so excited and happy. I was talking with my siblings and they suggested that I'd do the same with Josh' birthday on September when he turns 7 also. I asked Josh and he agreed.

I've picked this blue cake for the 3 memes because obviously the cake is such a nice blue rectangular cake with red colored Jollibee mascot and decorated with different colors of other Jollibee mascots. It's also decorated with yellow sun and stars, yellow dedication letters, red and yellow & red Jollitown title. Oh kids' birthdays are such a nice one to celebrate.

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Looking for Variations

I’m searching for a variation idea of my semi-cleansing diet. I’m actually looking for some fruit juice concoction that I can drink while I’m working. I’m talking of real fruit juice because lately I was really for the natural way of losing some weight. While browsing I chanced upon many tips about slimming down like using apidexin and other pills. I’m glad that I don’t need to choose among them as my healthy meal plans are working for me quite perfectly. I still need some more months to see big results but I’m happy now that I feel lighter and healthier.

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PH#211 : Mother/Mom

Mom & Ruth 4 yrs. ago

Mom, me and my kids

Mom with me, my 3 kids, sis, bro, SIL and their youngest
during his 7th birthday last May 6

What a wonderful theme for this week just in time for Mother's Day. Just picked some pictures of my Mom with me, my kids, my siblings, her daughter-in-law and the youngest kid of my brother who celebrated his 7th birthday recently at Jollibee. Mom is very happy in this picture as we're all together here. Big bro is very busy sometimes that Mom miss him and his family and she's always happy when we're all together be it in our house, in my brother's house or in occasion like this one. Read my greetings to my Mom here!

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She Has Sensitive Skin

DD has developed a certain allergy on her feet whenever she eats something that doesn’t seem to blend with her body and affects her skin on her feet. She’s very sensitive on that part of her body and I’m very particular with the shoes or slippers that she wears because sometimes it also adds up to her allergy. Now she’s fine and I’m telling her to take care of it everyday before the school begins again.

I’m just thankful that it’s only a slight allergy and not eczema because it will be itchy and painful for her if she has it. I’m glad that I don’t have to check for the right eczema treatment because I know there are different kinds and it would be determined by skin doctor. A relative developed that kind of allergy and I’ve seen how my relative endured the pain. Of course I don’t want that to happen to my DD.

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Summer Fun-Filled Activities

Summer brings fun and excitement not only to children taking a break from school but also to their parents making the most of having the children at home. It’s the time of the year when you can have all your schooling kids all to yourself free from school activities. It should be the period of family bonding and relaxation to enjoy moments before the school starts again. Of course the best way to enjoy summer vacation is through outdoor activities because that’s where excitement begins. It offers fun-filled activities anywhere outside your house in your own backyard or somewhere where nature is at its best.

Every time school ends my kids are all excited about activities we will be doing for summer including our summer camp meeting which we held every Christmas and Holy week season. We held it in far away plantation villa and my kids know what to prepare for the camping. They will help me pack our sleeping bags, tents, emergency kits, food supplies and clothing. They like sleeping in tents and it serve also as their play place during the day. It’s actually a summer camp fellowship service and it serve as a complete family vacation with a fulfilling and relaxing camp service.

Well the rest of the summer will be fun even at home especially if you have some swing, slides or any other play equipment in your house and Shopwiki can provide you with that.

Just look at their wide selection of stores available and you can choose all your need for your outdoor activities like equipment, gears, camping essentials, devices, outdoor furniture and many others. You can look into their selection of different brands and types of your needed patio furniture like outdoor lounge chair which will give perfect sitting while you relax in your patio. Best thing is you can do searching and shopping in the comfort of your homes with the help of Shopwiki. Well aside from outdoor products they also have clothings, appliances, electronics, toys, computers and many others.

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Saturday 9: Hey Jealousy

1. When was the last time that you got jealous? I don't usually get jealous so I can't remember the time and when I get jealous it's not over a certain person but of the time spent on us.

2. At what point do you finally decide it's time to move forward with your life (like, major changes)? How do you know? What do you do? It's way back May 2008 when I decided to leave my 15-year old regular job to concentrate on my family and embrace the world of work-at-home Moms. I've been earning enough from online works for two years then so I'm confident enough to assume that I can earn more than staying in my office job. My boss didn't want me to leave but after more than one year he succumbed and gave me separation pay.

3. When is it time to just let it ('it' can be whatever you choose) go? How do you know? What do you do? When things aren't going your way and seems like things are falling apart to pieces then it's time to let go. When it comes to job- when I'm not happy and contented anymore and when you're not growing intellectually it's time to let go. It's time to find some other job that will make you feel important and needed.

4. How many times must someone push your buttons before you've just had enough? Why? I think I have enough patience to last me a couple times before I've just had enough. I've worked as a Human Resource and Administrative officer and you need a lot of patience and understanding when you handle that kind of jobs.

5. If I S/O were to cheat on you, could you ever see yourself giving them a second chance? Or a third? Maybe but I'll cross the bridge when I get there lol!

6. What was the last thing that someone did that you were very grateful for? I'm always grateful for even the smallest things done for me, well the last thing so far was when hubby did some marketing for me yesterday. So sweet of him.

7. How much time do you spend online in a given weekday? What about the weekends? My work is online so I think I'm online around 14 hours a day when I don't have errands to do. Wednesday and Sunday were exemptions. I'm offline during Wednesday late afternoon onwards and Sunday whole day and night because I devote those times and days to our midweek bible study and Sunday worship.

8. How many online journals/blogs do you read regularly? What are some of your favorites and why? I read around 10-20 blogs everyday but I visit more than 200 sites everyday. My favorites are my friends' blog because I want to be updated with what's happening to them. Some other favorites are inspirational, photography and Moms' blogs.

9. What was the last major purchase that you made? I'm not an impulse shopper and I don't buy expensive items, my last major purchase was cabinets and gadgets.

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