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August 12, 2009

A friend of mine just got married a few weeks ago and I’m sure they were having a great deal of time with their honeymoon! Although, it wasn’t as grand like this destination weddings that I came across while looking for dream destination with the husband later this year! I’ve heard great stories about this place already. And the fact that they have the most fabulous all inclusive deals. They even offer Gourmet Inclusive which by the way, is a great idea if you love food and all! Karisma Hotels are top hotels around the world that boast not just the beach but with it’s service and the all around facilities! Hopefully, when the husband can take a leave from work we could squeeze our time and money to going there!

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The ABC’s of Potty Training

if you have toddlers like mine then this is a very helpful tips on how to potty trained your little ones!

A. Assess your child’s readiness — and your own
B. Buy the right equipment
C. Create a routine
D. Demonstrate for your child
E. Explain the process
F. Foster the habit
G. Grab some training pants
H. Handle setbacks gracefully
I. Introduce night training
J. Jump for joy — you’re done!

Saw this from Babycenter and thought this is helpful. So here it is..


Most parents eagerly anticipate toilet training as a milestone in their child’s development, if for no other reason than that it means an end to changing diapers. But few moms and dads are prepared for how long toilet training can take. Sure, some children master it within a few days, but others can take several months. In fact, it’s generally true that the earlier you start, the longer it takes.

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Eyeglasses

July 23, 2009

MY little boy has been telling me that every time he looks at his computer monitor his eye gets sore after a few minutes. I still have to check on his doctor about this. I know he’s still a kid but he’s 7 yrs old and has been using computer since he was 2 years old! I don’t want him to wear eyeglasses that early but of course I have to make sure that he is alright. Things that I needed to do when I go back home..So when I saw this $ 8 Rx eyeglasses over at Zenni Optical on TV!!! I was like, WOW! This is really a good promo considering that it’s cheaper but with really quality frames you can ever find at that starting price! Might as well check on a few eyeglasses that they have because I want one as well! A High Five to Zenni Optical for a job well done and for such affordable promo! :)

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Stuff

Earlier today, I went out and bought a few things for myself. I wanted to buy new make ups specially my daily fix before going to sleep. I have been really loving C Step 3 and I still have to get a new moisture surge because it it won’t last until weekend. I tried looking one in the mall near our place but I never saw one. Might as well take a trip down Shinjuku before my trip. I also need to get a B perfume because I ran out with mine. So anyway, I was thinking of just getting it online and guess what I came across? This Allegro medical site offers tons of medical stuff from baby products, fitness products, to electrodes, to daily living aids and more! I might as well check things for my little boys too. If you are looking for things like that, this is a great one stop shop online! :)

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My Horoscope Today

I hope I can still squeeze my time to FB’ing when I will be back to take care with my lil boys and well..the lil biz we have back home;) We’ll see..I have been enjoying taking any kind of quizzes since last week and today my horoscope says like this! And take note, I’ve never been so into horoscope thing for years..LOL

Capricorn

Love:

Today would be a good day to express any feelings you’ve been holding back from someone you care about.

Career:

Your hard work is paying off, someone at work has noticed your effort and you will be rewarded today.

Health:

You must be achieving your health goals, you’re doing great!

Wealth:

A promotion or large sum of money may be coming into your possesion soon! You may be able to take that vacation you’ve been wanting!

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I’m BLUE!

Took a quiz in FB about a personality test and here it says like this; 

You are blue! You are a deep, sensitive dreamer. You are usually laid back and calm, though, like an ocean, you can kick up a good storm, too! You are probably a daydreamer, who has his/her head in the clouds. You love spending time with your friends, and probably just go with whatever they want to do (you’re a go with the flow type of person, just like water!). You are emotionally inclined - unlike reds, who feel passionately and intensely, you feel things deeply and strongly. You are extremely loyal, and your friends can always count on you to be there for them. Blues are almost always very intelligent, and they strive for perfection in many areas. You may tend to beat yourself up for your imperfections. Other people admire you and strive to be like you, but you probably have a hard time understanding why. You can be light and fun at times, and other times deep and introverted. It just depends on your mood. Sometimes you throw people off with your random changes in disposition, but your friends love you anyways. You can be a very wise, intellectual person, but you have to pull yourself up out of your own thoughts first! You, in a nutshell: Deep, emotional, wise, loyal, slightly moody, feeling, sensitive, supportive, intelligent. BLUE! .

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Helping Analyze

I was looking for the things that I needed to bring this weekend and I saw the folders of the husband from work. My gosh! Since he’s been traveling a lot for a few months now, it’s understandable that he cannot tidy up the place more. I was thinking of maybe I can ask someone to clean the house twice a week if he’s still not here. I know someone would gladly do that for him. So anyway, while cleaning and arranging those papers, I noticed the files about our stocks. Not really sure if it was that but he mentioned a while ago about this options screener that he wanted to use because of the many good reviews about getting the right profit and really helpful in sorting, managing, analyzing the thousand optional stocks and more options to get the profit margin you wanted! I might as well check on this too when I have more time.

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Benefits of Chewing Foods Properly

  • Chewing food well is an act that tells the rest of the gastrointestinal system to start the digestive process.
  • It will contribute to breaking food into smaller particles which makes digestion much easier.
  • We avoid embarrassing moments like indigestion, bloating, gas and the more painful stomach aches by not swallowing large chunks of food.
  • Ensures better imbued with saliva which contains enzymes that aid digestion.
  • Prevents bacteria since it eliminates the risk of incomplete digestion which in turn can be caused by swallowing larger pieces of food.
  • Helps us better appreciate our food, since we get to savor every flavor properly, while also preventing us from overeating.
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Unconscious Mutterings

I say … and you think … ?

  1. Banter :: Iheard someone do that outside
  2. Amazing :: Life
  3. Towel :: Wet
  4. Cinema :: New Moon by November!!!
  5. Newspaper :: Current Events
  6. Not good ::rules, sometimes.
  7. My type :: Beach, vacation.
  8. Twinkle :: twinkle little stars
  9. Actress :: Angelina Jolie
  10. Daft :: foolish
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Degree Online

July 1, 2009

Looking through this online degree courses and thought a friend of mine would love to see this. She needed this more than ever and getting online courses online would allow her to take care with the kids too. This one is definitely a good choice too. I’ve read that this school offers students an opportunity to earn a degree from an accredited university that delivers the challenge of a traditional classroom, but affords the flexibility to fit education into one’s life. Which sounds really interesting! I’ll let her know for sure about this! And check it out too if you think that e-learning is for you as well! Never too late for everything!

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News

1. Where do you get most of your information about current local events?
+ TV and the internet. Wherelse?

2. Where do you get most of your information about current national and international events?
+ Same as the first one!

3. Who in your family always is most likely to know what’s up with everyone else in your family?
+ My 3rd brother- 4th in the family! He seems to know almsot everyone..

4. Who at work (or school) always seems to know what’s going on?
+ Those peep swho always talks about someone..lol

5. What other kinds of news do you try to keep up-to-date on and where do you get it?
+ Hollywood stars..lol Internet!

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TT Third Part

1. What is your favorite dessert?
+ Buko pandan! Yum!

2. What do you prefer…beach or mountains?
+ BEACH, baby!

3. What movie have you seen that still make you cry?
+ I don’t have one in my top of my head right now..but there are for sure!

4. Why are you making me submit a question? Are you too lazy to think of one yourself?
+ YES. lol

5. how often do you do laundry?
+ Not me..but the helper does! I think thrice a week..not sure. Hurrah to house helps!

6. What is your favorite movie of all time, and why?
+ Too many to even write one only..

7. If you won a million dollars in the lottery, would you keep working?
+ I will stop in a few months to travel the world and go back to work with my own business! haha Such a plan! IF ONLY:)

8. If there was a war of the gummies, would you be on the gummi bear side or the gummi worm side?
+ None.

9. What’s your favorite comic strip?
+ Peanut

10. Close your eyes… imagine you are in the perfect room/place… describe it.
+ With my love ones..chatting and laughing..with good food and wine! :)

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Family Fun Getaway

Are you still looking for a place where to spend a family vacation with your love ones soon? Well, I’ve heard so much about Cancun from friends who got there already. Raves and photos of that beautiful place has been in my minds this past months. Like last summer a friend of mine got there and all I did was wowed with their beautiful photos! Someday though, I’d love to go there! Or maybe soon! Somehow, this cold weather makes me want to just jump off in a crystal water pool or beach and I’m sure those Karisma Hotels has those beauties! I’ve read that Karisma Hotels is a collection of divinely favored properties on secluded white-sand beaches on the Mexican Riviera Maya. Sounds really interesting and a fun place, right?

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TT Second Set

1. Have you seen the new Star Trek movie, and if so what did you think?
+ It’s awesome and love it! :D

2. Which popular sitcom character (past or present) are you most like?
+ Ah..I would be Blaire Waldorfe in Gossip Girl! Xoxo haha

3. What kind of dreams do you have?
+ Recently? Secret! LOL

4. Bugger it. Go get a tattoo and come back. Right, now answer me this, what ees eet?
+ I have tat’s! It’s an angel, a flower and heart! :D

5. Do you think you could be on American Idol with the singing voice you have now without any voice training?
+ LOL! I wish but nope!

6. How much wood, would a woodchuck chuck? If a woodchuck could chuck wood?
+ Ughh…my head hurts!

7. If you were a tree in a Dr. Seuss book, what would you look like?
+ Any…

8. Twilight? I’m addicted/Who cares/What the hell is Twilight?
+ I AM ADDICTED!!!!

9. Do you think Kimber and Berleen do a dube while writing these questions?
+ I don’t know..who cares anyway! haha Just kidding!

10. What the worst injury you’ve ever had?
+ Car crash! Second life, baby!

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TT

1. Are your ears dirty?
+ No. I clean them every after taking a bath.

2. Would you rather be stung by a scorpion or bit by a snake? (Don’t say either…no one wants to be in pain, that’s the point. Pick one.)
+ None of course! LOL Why would I pick one!

3. Do loud noises make you snappish? (i.e. A loud restaurant, screaming child next to you, booming stereo from a neighbor’s house?)
+ Not really. I’m beginning to get used to the loud resto. A screaming child? I have 2 little boys! The later though is kinda not acceptable. But living in a subdivision has a lot of perks!

4. PETA- thoughts on this org.?
+ Unfortunately, I don’t have any idea.

5. Would you rather be the discoverer of the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot? (Imagination!)
+ Huwattt?

6. When in a public toilet and it’s not flushed: do you flush & use or move on to a clean one?
+ Ugh..If I really needed to pee, I’d flush it if not I’ll go to the clean one if there is still available!!! haha

7. Neighbors are having a noisy, party bonfire, what do you do?
+ None. LOL

8. Do you play Monopoly? If so which version of the game?
+ Nope.

9. Are you a remote hog?
+ Sometime in a day when I don’t have anything to do and just watch tv or listen to the stereo.

10. Do you like the smell of paint?
+ Nope.

11. My questions obviously suck this week. {I’ve had a bad week.}
So do you think Kimber should have…
~smoked pot before doing these questions? + I don’t know about you. LOL But I think it’s original :D
~drank liquid courage? Maybe..haha
~begged Berleen to do them (she’s better at them anyhow)? + would be nice too!
~just piss off! I could have done better! + Oh no..I’m nursing a runny nose and a cough..so this questions is alright after all;)

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Options

I was looking around and came across this option screener that is a great help if you want to learn more about how to trade stocks. It provides the essential data you need to invest with stock options. I am also learning how to trade and it’s a good thing if I know since the stocks hubby bought over a decade ago needs constant attention too. Not big but helps a lot for our annual earnings. This site helps you understand some information’s on how to trade wisely and properly. You can find, compare and analyze the important options you have. They have a customer support that will help you as well. I am still not sure if I really want to learn. But With the PowerOptions’ suite of tools, you can search for the highest return call trades from the universe of 110,000+ call possibilities.

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Unconscious Mutterings

I say … and you think … ?

  1. Divorce :: Broken Bond
  2. Napkin :: Wipe
  3. Camera :: DSLR
  4. Leather :: Wallet
  5. Fractures :: Hospital
  6. Flip out :: Gobsmacked
  7. Coroner :: Perez
  8. Atomic :: Bomb
  9. Liz :: Clairborne
  10. Leave :, please..
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Wednesday Weirdness

Wednesday Weirdness #60
Questions By: Anonymous

1.) To you, what makes the perfect body the perfect body?

+ Au Naturale’ :) Excuse the Spelling? :)

2.) What part of your body do you obsess about the most?

+ Obsess? LOL I care too much, I guess..my whole body..lol

3.) What makes a house a warm, welcoming, comfortable home?

+ Cleanliness…

4.) What fabric feels sexiest against bare skin?

+ Lace and silk

5.) What is the lamest lie you have heard in the last month?

+ Oh..tons actually..this new nanny has a lot of really funny lie! As if Iwon’t caught her! Tsk..tsk

6.) What always makes you feel better when you’re upset?

+  A hug from you know who:)

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Care Products

There are a lot of online sites that offers patient care products like this site that I came across. They have baby products, exercising equipments, daily living aids, some maternity care items,blood pressure monitor and a lot more you can find at this site for a reasonable prices! With more than a million customers flocking to shop at their online store, you can be sure they are accredited site that offers great deal! I was looking for milk products for peanut and saw this site. I also like it because they even have first aid kits for wound care supplies! Just making sure that you have all necessary stuff at home and need not to buy when crisis is there! I also saw a breastfeeding pillows. Although, I don’t use one anymore, I thought this site is a good find!

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I want..Wednesday

My first time to post I want..Wednesday at this site..

Anyway, This weeks question is:

What do you want to eat?

Like right now? I want to eat Thai Foods! It has been a while. I knew a great place before here but it was closed. I am looking around for thai resto’s but to my dismay..nothing yet!!! Anyone know where to around here? 

Have a great Wednesday!

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