Friday, December 30, 2011

Sending Flowers

For women it’s always nice to receive flowers regardless of age whether you’re a teen, a single woman, a married woman or even the seniors. Flowers are symbol of affection and care so if you received a single rose, a dozen or a bunch of flowers you’ll always have a nice feeling of being thought of and cared about. I’ve received flowers in variety of kinds but it’s always the white roses from my husband which makes me feel loved and special. Maybe it’s the giver that’s making it special but whoever is the giver it’s always the thought that counts.

I know many women out there will agree to me that without flowers it wouldn’t be so sweet and special especially if it comes from your special someone. Now in this modern times it can also be ordered online here so those busy fellow who wants to send flowers but don’t have time to go to flower shops can send their love through flowers anytime. With this there can be no excuses for those who forgot to send flowers because you can have it hand delivered, delivered by flower shops or delivered through online orders. Such convenience!

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

How to Put Interns to Work for Your Company

If the idea of having college interns working for your company makes you roll your eyes, perhaps you haven't yet developed an effective program to capitalize on their skills and expertise. College students bring energy, enthusiasm, creativity, and a fresh perspective to their internships. Consider the ways you can maximize the use of interns in your organization.
• Turn them loose on a video project. Let your interns create a lighthearted video promoting your company. Feel free to set out whatever ground rules are appropriate for your company and industry. You can also talk to them about the "story" you want the video to tell about your company. Perhaps you want a video that shows a different side of your company or a segment that gives a behind-the-scenes look at your staff. Then, step back and let them get creative with this fun project. 

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• Let them whittle away at your wish list. Almost every manager has a wish list of important but not urgent projects and tasks that regularly get pushed off. Why not select projects from that list and let an intern handle them? Some of the tasks may be simple enough that, with a little training, an intern could get them done in a matter of days.
• Ask for their ideas on improving your company's social media presence. Set aside time for your interns to brainstorm new ways to engage existing and potential customers on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media venues. They might have ideas for promoting your company to new demographics that your marketing team hasn't yet considered.
• Use them as an informal focus group. Your sales and marketing staff can learn a great deal about how college students handle their money and make purchasing decisions by talking to your interns. During the focus group, you can learn whether they think saving money is important, whether they handle financial emergencies with installment loans or by asking family members for money, and how they spend their discretionary funds. Improving your staff's understanding of this demographic, its buying power, and how it views money will help them develop strategies for reaching this age group.

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• Capitalize on their talents. If you have interns who are talented graphic designers, let them compete to create a new slogan, logo, or ad campaign. You could even post their designs on your Facebook page and ask people to vote for their favorites. Interns who are adept at web design may suggest useful widgets or features for your website—and then design them!

For managers who are willing to expand the opportunities available to interns, there are many benefits. Some are tangible, such as having a viral video featuring your company, while others are intangible, such as the energy and vitality they will bring to the office each day. Share some interesting projects you let your interns do.

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Ensuring Yourself and Loved Ones

I received a call from my credit card company offering me life insurance on my card. They’re proposing a very good presentation of ensuring that whatever happens your family will get a sizeable amount. The agent refers to emergency cases like fatal accident, death and other circumstances that may lead to the time that you’ll meet an accident or be incapable of working. People always seem to worry about what their loved ones would be when they’re gone already. I was thinking if they know about the advantage of having immediate annuity where they could be paid in series by their insurance company. Of course it all depends on how much you want for your pension as I would agree ensuring that you’ll have something when you reach you golden age.

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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Early Preparations

We've started packing up clothes and things for our fellowship vacation in Baguio. I've arranged the little boy's things in his own traveling bag and he excitedly watched me while I choose which clothes he will bring. For my big girls I told them how many they should bring including extras should we decide to stay longer then they showed me and told me that they will arrange it themselves.

When they grew older I began to feel lighter whenever when we're expecting long journey because they can fix their own things. They just need me to approve what they want to bring and assure them that they've packed enough clothes and they're fine already. I even had an easy time with DH as he has packed earlier than us. He's a light traveler and I always envy how he manage to pack just the necessary things and he did it very fast this time.  Well we're 5 days ahead of our travel day and it feels good that I'll not be rushing next week. Really excited!

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Friday, December 9, 2011

How to Potty Train Your Child

Part of parenting is making sure that they are ready in every step of the way. Babies and toddlers are a very challenging group. You might find yourself confused and with a number of questions especially when it comes to potty training. Is there really a desired age for potty training? Moms are very much particular with details and they tend to follow the instructions especially in such aspects. There is no official age as to when you should start training your child. However, there may be physical and emotional indications that could tell that your child is ready.

Most parents would start the training their toddlers at the age of 2 or 3. It is because kids could already talk and understand making it easier to communicate with them. Once you can see that your child is ready the next step is to make sure that the entire process will be a nice experience for your kid. Go out and shop for some tools that can help you potty train your child in a fun way. Of course don’t forget to buy his first potty; choose one with attractive colors and pleasing design.

Take it one at a time. Keep in mind that potty training will not happen overnight. It will definitely require patience and a lot of effort. Don’t forget to give your child some positive reinforcements and small rewards when they are making progress. Learn tips on potty training by reading some parenting websites or magazines.

Sabrina currently works as a freelance writer. Among her favorite topics include travel, current events, technology and fashion. She's enjoying her current task writing for eternittag a project which is all about a special type of roof.

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Overcoming Anxieties Over CT Daycare Centers

The reasons why some parents may hesitate to bring their kids to CT daycare centers.

Not all parents immediately welcome the idea of sending their kids to daycare centers. Some dads and moms hesitate bringing their kids to daycare for the following reasons.

· Separation anxiety. Some parents think that sending their kids to daycare causes a lot of separation anxiety for their children. The truth is, most of the time, the parents are the ones that instinctively suffer from it. The mere thought of being away from the kids conjures up ideas of helplessness and sometimes even uselessness.

In many CT daycare centers, however, this is not the case. Children in some centers are slowly trained to become independent and to enjoy the company of other kids of the same age. At the same time, parents are well informed and regularly updated about their kids’ conditions and accomplishments so they remain a part of their children’s development.

· Fear of getting burnt out. Although a few Connecticut day care centers already introduce some learning in everyday meetings, learning is not that formal. Lessons are integrated in games and activities so children never feel the pressure nor do they even become aware that they are already studying. It is fun learning so there’s no danger of burn out. On the contrary, children develop a more positive look on schooling so that they are prepared when it is time for them to move on to a CT preschool.

· Accidents and bullying. A lot of parents become paranoid when it comes to how their children are treated when they’re not looking. Who wouldn’t be? With no familiar adults beside them, and with other kids they don’t even know, it’s not very difficult to imagine how our children can easily play the part of victim in class. But, that’s usually not the case.

In many centers, teachers are specifically trained to be vigilant, to always look out for the welfare of each child, to effectively control the class so each kid becomes engaged in safe and well-planned activities throughout the whole day. Teachers in the center believe it is the most effective way of keeping them away from accidents and bullying.

These fears are all reasonable and practical but they should not stop the children from learning or enjoying learning outside of their homes.

About the Author:

Aggie Aviso is a freelance consumer and business writer, writing comprehensive reviews, articles and how-to's.

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Monday, December 5, 2011

Sleep in Comfort

I had a full sound sleep last night and it made my day light and nice. I just realized how important a good sleep is. I was always sleeping late the past few weeks and when I was stricken by colds and cough it didn’t helped me that I abused my body with few sleeping hours. I’m disciplined with my meal plans and workout but I only sleep for 4-5 hours a day which makes my head ache so much most of the times. Now I’m determined to control the urge to work on my tasks late at night as I can sleep early and wake up at dawn to do my work before I prepare things for the kids.

I promised myself that I would buy a very comfortable pillow that will enhance my sleeping like DreamEssentials.com body pillow which can surely give me comfort in sleeping and ease my back pain as well. It also promotes healthier circulation. I also have problem with stiff neck the past few days and it’s so hard to have it when you’re working. I’ve learned that it can be aligned when I’m resting so when I wake up I will not feel any pain on that area. Anyway this comfort pillow is not only for improving your sleep but reduces head, neck and back pains as well.

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Friday, November 25, 2011

Mall Displays and Decors


I’ve passed by the nearest mall near my office and amazed at the decors and displays they have in the whole place. You can really feel that the holiday is coming with lots of booths with pop up displays, stores on discounted sales, plenty of deals and those sales staff in holiday costumes.

It’s actually a common site to me now as every day I get to see those but it still amaze me how they can put thousand of lights on the entrance. I’m thinking how much would they be paying for their electric bills after the holiday is over. Anyway they’re on sales business and it’s just one way of attracting the consumers to enter the mall and shop. It seems that the more displays and decors they have the more chances that people would shop in their stores.

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Sports Option

We’ll be going again to our hometown province first week of next month and we’re all looking forward to that day. We will attend the wedding of my cousin’s son and have swimming afterwards. We’re planning to make the most of our travel there and to bond with our cousins there also. We love to be with them again since we’re always there only on few occasions now due to busy schedule. Mom is getting old and she’s missing her hometown, her nieces and nephews, grandchildren, relatives and lots of friends. Some of her friends passed away already and she wants to visit those who were still alive. I guess it’s really hard for someone to leave the town you’ve grown up and that’s what happened to my Mom. We relocated to our present residence now since I was 7 years old because my father lives and works at the same town.

Now that she’s at her prime years she loves reminiscing the past and loves to reunite with old colleagues and friends. Anyway I’m thinking what other sports we can play at the province aside from the usual games we played there. Upon looking at some pictures of my friends who loves shooting sports I learned that they’re playing Airsoft guns and they’re enjoying it. In fact many of the big boys are having fun with this sport they’ve discovered. Well I’m new with this one and learned through searching that it’s a plastic gun with round pellets which is slower in speed compared to real guns but a bit painful when hit. It’s a safe game because it can’t kill or cause bleeding injuries.
Well one can wear protective gears when playing airsoft guns like Airsoft AEG which is the most popular airsoft rifle to avoid being hit and to prevent painful feeling. Stores selling safety gears recommend full face shield like a mask, airsoft safety glasses for target shooting and thick outfits to reduce the pain when shot by the opponent. All in all this is a good and enjoyable sport especially for the big boys who want the fun of shooting without hurting anyone. Anyway this one need rechargeable batteries and charger so be sure to bring extra batteries so you will be able to enjoy a full day play with your friends. This is a sport that can be played indoors and outdoors so I guess this can be a good option to play in the province also.

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Monday, November 21, 2011

House Cleaning Service Fairfax VA

Tomorrow we’ll have some house works that will consume our time and effort but it will be worth it. We’re looking forward to our day off from office works so we can start removing the furniture, appliances and everything in the ground floor to make way for the installation of new floor tiles. We bought the new vinyl tiles last Saturday and it was only delivered three days ago thus we scheduled the workers tomorrow so we’re all here for assisting them. I’ve requested two to three workers so they will be finished in one day and we can arrange the house again at night.

In times like these I really miss our house helper which I decided to let go few years ago. It’s a real convenience having someone to do household chores for you and assist you in everything you do in the house but sometimes it’s also a burden. Maintaining full-time stay at home helpers would mean not only extra budget but also lots of patience especially if the one you hired is not matured enough to handle the kids and the works assigned to her. We’ve let go of our long-time helper and just hired someone to do laundry at times when we’re not free to do it.

For cleaning the entire house it’s best to hire the likes of House cleaning service Fairfax VA which can do the house cleaning process easy, quick and very convenient for you. They will do the regular cleaning, dusting, vacuum cleaning of mirrors, doors, fixtures, bathtubs, appliances, stairs, furniture, mini blinds and more. They will round up bathroom, kitchen and other rooms in the house each time you hire their services. On rotation basis they will do detailed area of concentration on kitchen, another schedule for bathroom and for vacuuming also. This way they will be able to maintain the clean and orderly look of your house and you will not want a stay-at-home helper to do cleaning for you.

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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Superior Alloy for Your Electronic Components

DH is into his second year in Electronics and mostly he devotes his time on his on-the-job training. He was assigned as Laboratory Technician in his own university and mainly involved in the repair and maintenance of personal computers, laptops and other gadgets in electronics department. He’s enjoying his time as his professor is very keen on training him on the repair of computers which is a very good skill nowadays. I told him that after his training he’ll be like the skilled computer technician we hire when our computer is down.

I learned that his professor also taught him to use quality products in joining components together just like SN100C, a lead-free alloy which is best used to electronic components and appliances because it produce high productivity, lower maintenance cost of electronic parts and reliable features like high fluidity, low drossing, superior wetting and shrinkage-free qualities. Using quality alloy in joining components ensures high quality computer, appliances and other gadgets.

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Managing Office Solutions through Online Faxing

As common office procedure it’s normal for me to receive messages through email and fax as these two are the most convenient and easiest channels of communication in the corporate world. There are audio and video conferencing but I’m referring to regular office communication only. Since I start working I really appreciate having fax machine in the office because it minimize the time spent when you have to send the letter and wait for comments on the letter whereby if you fax it you can just wait until they have comments and they can send it back to you in no time at all.

When internet is not yet popular, the time when I just graduated in college it was facsimile that really solved the problem of slow transmission of messages. Now it still has the efficiency to transmit and receive copies of important documents but with the emergence and popularity on internet there’s an innovation to common fax messaging. Offices can now enjoy a much better way of online transmission of data through Online faxing where you can send and receive fax messages anywhere with choices of medium like through Web, email and through mobile phone. 

Metrofax Internet faxing provides the convenience of fast and secured fax transmission depending on your office requirements whether it’s for small business or for corporate. It will be sent to you as a PDF file where you have a choice if you want to save it for future use, print it or use it both ways. It’s perfect for small businesses who have limited number of staff because it doesn’t require another IT staff to manage MetroFax. You can manage it yourself without too much of an effort and it’s not only 99.9% uptime reliable but affordable too. For the corporate it’s just the right solution for your inbound and outbound requirements and minimizes cost for hardware and supplies. You can get their services at US$7.95/month or a better annual plan which is more affordable.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Bad Effects of Actos

In order to be healthy and strong people take medicines of all sorts depending on their body requirements and age types. Somehow doing this ensure us that we’ll be strong enough to combat sickness and be able to do our everyday activities. The influx of vitamins and herbal supplements is the evidence that little by little people are now being conscious of living a healthy life and conscious of their body’s health conditions. In view of this when people learned that they have disease to cure they consult specialists and ask for prescription to relieve them the pain and get back to normal self again.

What if the medicine that you’ve been taking to minimize the pain would also be the cause of further complications on your health? I’ve heard that Actos, the medicine for Type 2 diabetes has been recalled in France and Germany because of the bad side effects of the drug which may lead to bladder cancer and related diseases. For legal help actos cancer attorney can always provide free case evaluation and advice according to your needs and requirements. They can further provide legal service for compensation claims.

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Replacement Plans on our House


As we’re having renovations plans in the house we’re taking notes of every detail that should be prioritized. We listed down the second floor walls and flooring as the main area to rebuild plus the roof that has served us for three decades now. Our roof has the best quality standard when the house was built and still has the durability but somehow it looks so old now and lacks the style that will improve the look of our house. We have a very big house that can house 2-3 families but since it was constructed for over 3 decades now we feel we should be replacing some major parts that will cost us more if it reached decay in few months or years. Since we’re expecting some financial blessings we deemed it right to improve the structure of our house. We also want to divide it and make it a duplex style house to maximize the big area.

We’ll start at the upper floor and then on the ground floor but we’ll see to it that both terrace will not be moved as it’s beautiful as it is. Having asphalt shingle roofing is such a nice idea but we’ll still be consulting our engineer brother to decide on things like that. Anyhow I’m very thankful to find www.CreativeEnergyExteriors.com to help me find some beautiful ideas on some needed items for our renovation. I know it will cost us big money but it’s worth it to spend on our home where we spent most of our time with family when we’re off from work and free from school. It’s always good to go home to a nice relaxing home with a comforting ambiance.

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Reliable Laser Alignment


I’ve never been employed in Industrial Corporation but I have learned some facts about it from my friend who have worked in industrial and manufacturing company several years back. She’s an Industrial Engineer and though she’s not directly involved in machines and equipment she’s very familiar with the staff who works on the maintenance department. There are several things to consider and remember when you have big machines to maintain, repair and take care of. It should be on its optimum working condition so it will work according to needed output result. Machinery reliability requires precision shaft alignment according to my friend and it will save much on the company’s operation cost. It reduces bearing and damage on the seal thus minimizing loss of energy and decreases production downtime.

Aligning shafts should also be done in the least period possible to save on downtime cost and with this it’s highly recommended to use the most popular and economical method of aligning which is the laser alignment from VibrAilgn  as it not only offers greater accuracy but cost savings as well. They offer true position sensing with the use of movable machine and stationary machine laser detectors. Not all laser systems are the same. They also differ in the quality of their work so we must choose a system that is lightweight, compact but rugged and waterproof. When you have the best alignment you can benefit from it with increased reliability, reduced downtime, time savings, lower electricity and fewer repair costs.

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Online Cash Help

Life seems so hard these days when it comes to money and finances. People have various ways of budgeting their salaries and other income. Some are wise and others are not. I’ve known some friends who have tendencies to be frugal now that economy is in crisis but there are also few who didn’t mind the hardship as they have enough and at times they have more than what they need. Anyway each has his own life and problems to combat and we can’t be assured of our status in the next few days if we’re not too wise on spending our hard-earned money. Well aside from the basic necessities and the not-so basic there are also emergencies which are not part of our regular budget and that’s where most of our problem will arise in terms of searching for funds to spend. Most emergencies are needed immediately and when your payday is still several days to go you’ll have no choice but to borrow money from friends and relatives. 

Now if you can’t get help from anyone you can always get cash advance online as long as you’re currently employed. This online provision for cash help seems perfect for emergency needs because no one ever knows when the need arises. With the emergence of things online even our need for fast cash advance seems to be resolved immediately. It’s easy to avail of cash advance online. You only have to fill up the online application, give accurate information and the moment they have confirmed everything is correct you’ll have your loan deposited in your bank easy and quick.

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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Legal Help for Crestor Victims

I met an old school friend who’s a lot bigger than me and she never tried to slim down with ways that I know of. She wanted to try medicine in the next couple of weeks because she wanted to be sure. Well even if you’re careful with the doctor or prescribed medicine there’s a chance that the medicine has side effects or can cause some severe ailments like what manufacturer of Crestor did to their customers. They didn’t warn the public that usage of such medicine can cause life threatening side effects like cardio-myopathy, heart failure and heart attacks. 

Now for those who have used it and experiencing symptoms of side effects they can file Crestor lawsuit to the manufacturer and claim compensation for the injuries caused by the drug. O’Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath, the Crestor injury lawyers is open for those who need free consultation on this case.

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Friday, November 4, 2011

Replacement Windows for Your Homes


Home is where we stay most of our relaxing hours, it is where we build our family and enjoy our free hours away from work and other activities. As it’s the cosiest place where we can be refreshed, relaxed and peaceful it should also be as clean and beautiful as possible. We should make it presentable and installed with all the things that will make our living as convenient as possible. These things are in my mind now as I go through around our house and taking notes of the needed renovation and replacement. Our house is so old and it needs a total makeover. We’re actually having some general cleaning and inventory of the things that we don’t need any more. Some clothes and toys will be given to our friends who have kids younger than mine. For the other things in the house I will have them box and give to garbage collectors.

We have already drafted our makeover plans and it will have our house divided into two duplex units where we can have our own unit beside my Mom. The house is so huge that it can even house 3 families. Anyway since the kids are growing up we should make separate rooms for the girls and for our little boy aside from the master’s bedroom. As of now we’re all staying in the ground floor rooms but if things pushed through we’ll have all the rooms upstairs for better security. I’ve been impressed when I saw what Creative Energy Exteriors has to offer in their site because I love their replacement windows. Those beautiful and durable windows would be best when I need to replace our old ones. I’m sure that I would need them for fresh air and lights when needed. You know old windows have a tendency to be so hard when you open it and it looks dull outside.

They offer wide range of selection of replacement windows made of fibreglass, vinyl, wood and composite. They’re a great help on saving your cooling and heating expenses because they’re energy efficient. Visit www.CreativeEnergyExteriors.com and choose from various designs and window types like awning, glass, basement, garden, sliding, vinyl, wood, bow, geometric, custom, wood, double hung, bay, casement, fibreglass and composite windows. Because it’s easier to maintain it’s more economical and practical to have replacement windows which are durable enough to last for years.

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Jobs for Occupational Therapists


With the occurrence of deadly diseases on this generation people starts to think of ways on how they can prevent it happening to themselves and their family. I heard a story of a very sick woman who was diagnosed with a higher stage of cancer who didn’t give up on treating her illness. She didn’t undergone chemical and medical treatment but resorted to changing her lifestyle and eating habits. She followed the right balanced diet in her meals and had enough sleep every day. Though she didn’t subject herself to strong medication she treated herself with some herbal medicines and food that eliminated her bad toxins. I learned that she’s heading to full recovery now as most of her concocted vegetables were proven very effective and carries an anti factor to combat diseases. 

This proved that there are various ways of treating illness and it will somehow depends on what you believe might work out for your body. Just like when you’re suffering not just physically but also mentally and emotionally because those are Jobs for occupational therapists who can use treatments that develop, recover and maintain clients’ daily living activities. With the help of Soliant Health, a large healthcare staffing company, occupational therapists can apply for the job they want enjoy competitive salary and beneficial plans when they start the job. They connect health care providers and hospitals that’s why they’re able to know of important vacancies and job openings for health care providers. Now you can join the company’s cadre of highly competent health care professionals who will help their patients recover from illnesses that may need the services of occupational therapist.

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Monday, October 31, 2011

Updates with Friends

When I met some of my college friends few months ago we were so excited about learning the updates of our lives that the food we ordered were only half-finished when we parted ways. It’s more important to chat, laugh and talk about current happenings than eat our favorite foods. We were inseparable that night and that’s not a surprise as we haven’t seen each other for years considering that we’re together for 5 years in college. After some hours of talking about families, kids and personal things we asked about our current jobs or if some had resigned already and started their own businesses. 

As expected most of us are into System Support & Documentation Jobs but some have been employed on totally different field like brokerage, administration, finance and other jobs that do not match with our college degree. Well life is like that we really don’t know what’s going to be our real course in life. As for me I’m happy enough with my administration and logistics job in office and my online writing job.

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Getting Healthier as You Grow Older

I feel great about my health now that it’s almost a month since I started taking care of my diet again. I feel so different with my set of meals intended to lower my cholesterol and in time lose some excess pounds. It’s not only meant to make me slimmer but to make me healthy and fit as well. With the help of my exercise and workout regimen I think I would not be able to use weight loss pills for now.

I know that it would take me several months to achieve my goal but I’m happy that I have started it and made it my habit already. I’m not getting any younger but I can get myself healthier by thinking of ways on how to practice eating the right food, getting enough exercise and completing needed rest and sleep. I know that if I will do all these things I will not age faster and I will enjoy my kids more.

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Planning Ahead of Time

Now that we’re finalizing our plans for the source of our renovation expenses I’m hoping that it will be sooner than we expected. I’m really excited to the point that I personally drafted the floor plan of our duplex-type home and consulted my sister about it. We’re both fond of designing houses and planning the interiors especially now that it’s for our own house. I just can’t wait for our intended renovation on summer vacation because my kids keep asking me about it. 


Well now I’m starting to canvass prices for construction materials, kitchen accessories, bathroom furniture and fixtures like clawfoot tubs by bathsofdistinction, shower packages, sink faucets and a lot more. I have limited budget only so I really need to plan and estimate everything before we start it. It’s always good to plan ahead of time.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Personalized Company Gifts


In business you should take everything in consideration for you to balance the management if you’re the owner. Each department should do their specified responsibilities and should be able to help others when extra manpower is needed. The success of the company relies on the group’s unity and how they manage to share their ideas and contribute their skills and knowledge. Cooperation is needed to make each project successful. Aside the mentioned unity and support from all staff concerned they should be able to think of various marketing strategies on how their business and products be known to prospective clients. 

The good name of the business and the quality of work and services should be advertised in every way possible. As they say what’s the use of having good products if people will not know of the brand. Then when the product has been known and tested the company should be capable of maintaining the trust given to them by their clients. They should think of various customer retention strategies to make sure that their clients would be loyal to them whatever happens. 

Well it’s not that easy but there are many ways that can be done to maintain their contracts like making them feel important and valued. Like when holidays or special occasions are coming companies should think and plan for unique holiday gifts for clients. And what a better way of having them feel special than having personalized gifts for the people who trusted you on giving them products and services. It’s good to see sites like Customer Rave who thinks of providing unique customized gifts like calendars, photo gifts, greeting cards, corporate gift baskets, custom chocolate bars and other personalized items that make the clients feel important and cared for. 

When the gift is personalized it somehow conveys a message that the person receiving the gift is special. It’s also a good advertisement and marketing strategy for the company as every time they see your gift your company will be remembered especially when you’ve wrapped in a very special christmas wrapping paper with personalized designs of your company name and logo. What’s also good about Customer Rave is the ease of having customized gifts because they will do everything from conceptualizing the design of your choice to producing and shipping your gift packages directly to your clients. Well that’s easy, fast and convenient better than traditional way of giving gifts.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Clean Environment Inside and Out

Last few weeks there’s a call from our community workers to help them clean the span of our barangay to prevent common diseases from occurring in our places. We’re located in the national road thus the workers always maintain the clean environment in our place because as they say we’re at the road leading to our municipality. Anyone who goes to municipality would have to pass our barangay first before they reach their destination. We didn’t encounter any problem in garbage disposal because they’re collected daily at dawn. As such we’re reminded that we should not only clean the exterior part of the house but the interior as well to make sure that we’re free from elements and germs that can cause us to get sick. 

This is true because even in the safety of our homes we cannot prevent our bodies from contacting diseases caused by dust, germs and other elements that contaminate fresh air. Maintaining the purity of the air we breathe should be controlled by air purifiers such as Rabbit Air which purifies the air inside our house by removing the common elements that pollutes the air. They offer purifier with HEPA filter which guarantees good filter capacity of airborne particles such as dust, allergens and remove bad odors from mildew and mold, cigars and some other chemicals. Having this kind of air purifier in our house would reduce the occurrence of getting air-borne diseases in the future.

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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Helpful Tool for Easy Health Care Communications

Everywhere I go now I always hear someone getting sick or not feeling well. Maybe this is due to the country’s changing weather. The past weeks and months gave us bad weather condition which brought about respiratory and skin diseases but now I’m noticing a fair weather with slight cooler temperature. This sudden temperature changes made some kids prone to coughs, colds and asthma but we just have to be very careful of what we eat and what we do to combat prevailing sicknesses. In view of this we should also be equipped with contact numbers of our doctors so we should be able to reach and communicate with them whenever the need for their service arises.

Now that there’s a Doximity which allows physicians to communicate faster within their network it’s now easier to locate our needed specialists for certain sickness and diseases like Alan Howell MD who specializes in Infectious Diseases. Well there are plenty of them who are experts in medical field and we’re lucky if our family doctors are members of the network because they would be able to refer us to our needed doctor specialist if their expertise is beyond our sickness. Doximity helps their members to search through their secured directory and the app can be downloaded to your iPhone, iPad, android devices and PC.

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Friday, October 21, 2011

Documenting our Kids’ Milestones

I often hear my friends say that time flies so fast with their kids. They were just reminiscing the time when their kids were born and now they are off to college or are starting their own family already.

That is why it is really important to document and preserve those special moments and milestones of your kids. So how can you do that?

1. Start a blog. You can easily start a blog as there are a lot of blogging platform where you can sign up for free like Blogger, Live Journal, WordPress to name just a few. This will serve as your online journal as you create post to document the different milestones of your kids. You can create a separate blog for each of your children or create one blog to document the special moment of all your kids. This is also a nice way to keep your friends and relatives updated with what’s going on with your children.
2. Upload pictures in Image Hosting sites. Thanks to digital camera, we have soft copies of our pictures that we can easily upload to image hosting sites like Flickr, Webshots, Multiply, etc. Not only it will serve as a backup of our photos, but also these sites provide an easy way to share pictures to our friends and families so they can get updated with our life through the photos.

3. Turn your pictures in photo books. Instead of having hundreds of pictures printed, why not turn them into photo books. There are a lot of sites, which offer photo book printing services like Artscow where you just need to upload the pictures to their site and just drag and drop them to the available layouts. This makes for a great keepsake of those special events in your kids’ life. These sites even offer coupon codes and discount vouchers often so it even comes out cheaper than having those pictures printed.

We can never really stop our kids from growing but at least with these keepsakes, we can treasure those special milestones forever.

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Good Deal for My Cam

I’m doing my list now for the coming holidays and it includes things for me, my family and gifts for loved ones and friends. For my own gadgets which I promised to buy before my birthday I did a lot of study, review reading and had to compare products so it will be worth my hard-earned money. Best of all I’ve done a lot of searching for online stores that will give me the most competitive rates for my chosen brand. Luckily I was referred by my online friend to her favorite gadget store for three years now. When I asked the price of my chosen digital camera I was happy to learn that their price is very affordable, it’s way too low compared to other stores. Now I only have to complete my funds for my camera and I’ll order it from the online store I’ve found. Can’t wait for my new cam!

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Getting the Help of a Creative Agency for the Success of your Business

Anyone can put up a business just as long as you have the capital and creative idea, you'll be able to establish one. It may seem easy but how about the process of publicizing it? Have you ever thought of that while doing your marketing plan? It can be a lot crucial in any type of business. You will need to have the best strategy in order for your business to be placed in the number one spot or at least be one step ahead of your leading competitors. It's not easy to maintain a good spot because day by day, our technology advances and so as the minds and capabilities of other professionals that’s why you always have to follow the trend and keep an open mind for up to date ideas. But none of these are difficult for any creative agency that we have today.

This may sound pretty much of a hard work but as long as you have a clear objective, there seems to be no problem. One of the best ways for you to market your company is to have a brand strategy. This is similar to advertising but here, there are certain people who are willing to do the work alongside with you and think out of the box to provide the finest marketing procedure that will help your company do the business, make it known worldwide and continue to attract potential clients. The key to an impeccable promotion is to provide the agency with consistent and accurate study of your company so that they can probe and fathom every detail that will surely help them in making a unique idea that will increase the highlight of your biz. In this way, you'll be able to gather potential clients and make them understand your company's purpose and capture their interest in dealing with your variety of products and available services.

As we all know, every business needs to invest on something that will help increase the profit and indeed, seeking help from a creative agency should be considered nowadays. Changing your logo or perhaps your color scheme will not totally affect your target audience as you have to think big and start thinking about the technologies that we have today.

One of the main advantages of creative agencies is that, they always work as a team and that will surely be a great assistance since you have a number of creative minds that will support your business in achieving the goal of getting back what you deserve. Mostly, they tend to make people communicate with the business and what they do, is to promote your company by creating websites, internet advertising and other on and offline campaigns that will surely make you land on the first page of an editorial piece and even on the search engine optimization, which we all know is the leading source of many prospective clients presently.

Furthermore, creative agencies don’t just focus on the products and services itself but they also extend their ideas with your target audience. In this case, you will have a better knowledge on how you are going to deal with the right clients, resulting to a high standard exposure and of course, income.

Keep in mind that the way clients recognize and remember you are very important. Without creating a strong, attractive and unique brand identity will lead you to the bottom of the industry. This must be your principal objective because this can be the key for the future success of your business. Remember that anything is possible and with the great service of creative agency such as StruckAxiom, pretty sure that by the end of each day, you’re making one step closer to the top.

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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Sturdy Gears for Little Ones

My niece’ daughter Iya celebrated her 2nd birthday in Jollibee and it was a very happy celebration for all of us. It’s a stormy day she had on her first birthday leading us to miss coming to their house. They’re living in another town and we only get to see her on weekends or if they’re busy we’ll be able to see her every other weekend. We’re very fond of Iya that when was just a half-year old baby I used to take care of her when her Mom would have to arrange for her teaching job application. 

Now she’s growing up fast that she’s free from her stroller. Her baby stroller is not as sturdy as Bob stroller but it’s also of high quality made that protected and kept Iya safe from all harm when she’s using it last year. Anyway even though your baby gears are good enough you still have to check from time to time how much it can hold or protect your child from meeting accidents.

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DIY Repair

DH worked on our car this morning and since he’s not familiar with repairing car horns he sought the help of DIY tutorial online. After some moments in learning how to do it he followed instructions and successfully revived the sounds of the horn. We always check whatever needs to be done on car because we use it every Sunday when we go to church and we don’t want to be late when something goes wrong. 

We’re glad that our car is not of the latest model because repair of such kinds would bring us large amount of financial expenses. I came to a thought of having my dream car RV which needs rv repair when something goes wrong. Well as RV has a lot of components and usage it needs more detailed checkup and repair. It should be repaired just like it’s new again.

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Waiting for Big Discounts

Sales are coming up on weekends nowadays and it’s a sign that holidays are really coming so fast. I’m waiting for our 13th month pay next month so I can also start buying things and clothes for my kids and the whole family. We also have to prepare for our vacation fellowship in Baguio on December where we’ll spend four days and three nights. Before the much-awaited getaway we should be waiting for great discount deals online where we can buy our favorite appliances like samsung tvs lcd at discounted and affordable prices. I’d rather wait for discounted rates than buying it a regular price. We have many expenses waiting for us and I can’t afford to buy it without discount rates.

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Saturday, October 1, 2011

Missing the Old Furniture in Our Province


With the rush of high technology gadgets and ultra modern furniture I have a sudden longing for our rural home in the province. It’s nice to see the wide variety of elegant and stylish furniture all over the mall on my way home because it encourages me to redecorate our house. It also inspires me to think of unique interior decor for the house but sometimes they all seem the same. When I go home to take some rest I just want to rest my back and sit on my Mom’s wooden rocking chair which has the magic of relaxing my senses.

The rocking chair reminds me of our log furniture in my Mom’s hometown province and somehow I missed our home back there. With the modern office furniture I see everyday it’s a respite to see some furniture that would remind me of the nature’s beauty and rural’s charming appeal. Maybe I should plan to visit our relatives there some other free weekends. The kids would surely enjoy seeing and using some natural log furniture.

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Friday, September 30, 2011

Pole Barn Kits

My brother will again start a new project and since the lot area has so much space the owners required him to do some sketch for their special request of pole barn in the yard. His clients are planning to have a separate storage for some of their things that won’t require locks so they decided to have a barn without walls. He’s looking for some ideas beside his own and when asked I told him that  APMBuildings.com specializes on supplying quality pole barn kits and garage kits in various styles suitable to specific needs of their clients. They offer both DIY kits and fully constructed buildings as well. Now my brother doesn’t only have more ideas but also supplier of his construction needs as well.  It's hitting two birds in one stone.

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Writing Help

The life of the student is both tasking and fulfilling but nevertheless exciting when it comes to daily struggle they have in their studies. There’s a time that even if they have the skills and capabilities to do everything they have to get  essay writing services because of constraints in time and schedule. I still remember my last years in college when I was pressured to finish my thesis on due date and I also have to study for our final examinations. It felt like time was running out on me. This is the same dilemma of most students when it comes to finishing their assigned essays, research and term papers. You really have to study hard and manage your time well to cope up with the demands of studies.

I know most students or even seniors who have experienced the stress in doing school papers can relate to this as they’ve also studied hard just to submit their essays on time. Well sometimes it’s not the time only that’s making it hard but the ability also to come up with a good article or paper for the requirements in school. With essaymonster you can get some help from professionals who will guide and help you in making those essay papers. They provide  essay examples in their site to assist their clients in checking out samples of their work. They can assure you good quality writing with their cadre of professional writers. Rest assured that they have policy to protect their clients with total confidentiality and security.

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Learning and Gaining Skills in Electronics

After more than a year in Electronics course DH can now troubleshoot, repair and maintain computers and other electronic appliances and next semester he’ll be in his on the job training. Time flies so fast I still remember when I tried so hard to quit his job and return to schooling so he can have a much better job in the years to come. It took him months to decide and I was so happy when he asked me to accompany him when he takes his entrance examination in the university of his choice. He was offered by his sister a scholarship so he would not work while studying. She wanted him to concentrate on his studies and to regain his healthy physical condition. He has developed fatigue and difficulty in breathing in his last months of work and we all wanted him to rest to recover fast.

Now he’s enjoying his studies and he has enough time for me and our kids. He has shown dedication in all his subjects and receiving exemplary remarks and grades from his professors. He was able to apply also what he learned from school to our home appliances and computers in the house. Be it gaming desktop computers, business or school computers, television, mobile phones and other electronic gadgets he can now assess the trouble and repair. He’s now looking forward to his job training where he can apply all his acquired knowledge and skills. I’m excited for him also.

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

New Found Love for Yoga

I heard that one of my former office friends is into yoga and she’s slimming down nicely. I don’t think I can handle that kind of thing for now as I’m into some kind of active workout. Well I’m happy for her as she seems very satisfied with what she’s doing unlike the past years that she’s undecided about the things that she wants to do with her house, work and about herself. With the recent development in her physical activities I’m thinking of giving her nice quality yoga mats for her yoga session activities. I know she would love to have other mats aside from the ones that she’s using right now, besides it’s her favorite color also. Hope I will be able to understand the basic of yoga exercise, in the future I suppose.

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Friday, September 9, 2011

Finding Quality Pre-owned Cars


Having your own car is very important especially when you have a family because you can use it for various purposes like family outing, church ministry and everyday travel. I didn’t experience having a brand new car as we can’t afford it and new cars represent high expenses on gasoline consumption and maintenance on parts. Compro auto usate  but I make sure that it’s in good running condition and right for our family’s needs. Buying car should meet your family’s requirements on space and capacity to go on what kind of travel you need. Some just need their car for short mileage but others need it for long travel like going to out-of-town activities or church camp meeting fellowship like us.

When we had our car sold after it went through a severe damage on the occurrence of big flood in our place we really search for good quality vendita auto usate  to replace the old car. We’ve gone through some preowned car store and search through their cars but we never found the one that can give us the perfect vehicle for our kind of life. We’re always on long journey for our camp meeting fellowship which we held on faraway provinces and we thought that we really need a four-wheel drive car to assure us that we can go a long way with our car. 

Then my brother bought a four-wheel drive pickup car for his construction business. He got it from a shop that sells second hand cars just like auto usate milano  of Garagedelparco.com, a company that excels in the business of buying and selling of cars. They know very well the ins and out of second hand car business and they offer good services like leasing repayment, car assessment, purchase in cash and off-road car and many others. They’ve been in the business for more than three decades and they still serve their clients with competency and efficiency that never falter.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Mid Century Modern Furniture


The excellent service and high quality products are the main reason why mid century modern furniture excels in the market today. The approach on combining the techniques of modern world made furniture is truly magnificent because of its durability and outstanding designs. DH fully admired these kinds of furniture until now. He spent long years serving one of the leading retail furniture stores in the country selling imported and locally manufactured home furnishing. He’s the one who took care of all classes of stocks especially sofa which are made of leather and fabric. Most of the selling stocks are delivered directly to the customer’s house and sometime in many business establishments around the metropolitan business district.

Every outstanding manufactured home and office furniture like the mid century modern sofa is assured of high standard quality made for the taste of valued homeowners. Valued customers are so impressed with the kind of sofa offered by mid century. You can put it in any part of your house from living room to study room and even your bedroom will not complete if you don’t have this kind of home furniture. Impressive and state of the art styles like I saw a week ago in one of the noontime family show via television broadcast. They featured the newly renovated bedroom of the male movie actor and inside their bedroom had a beautiful sofa for their family talk time before they sleep. Truly lifestyle are not fulfilled without giving attention to your home furniture and adding just not ordinary sofa but with the modern mid century furniture.

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