Win Lots Of Prizes!

Yen is celebrating her 3 years anniversary in the blogging world and she wants to share her happiness and blessings of course. I'll say I really admire Yen's energy and flair for photography and blogging (she has plenty of blogs). Now she's having a contest on her blog and I'm joining the fun!

Here are the PRIZES:

First Prize
$ 40 from Yennygirl
$ 10 and 500 EC From Swept Away
2000 EC from Indo Contest
1000 EC from A Life in Bloom
1000 EC from Affiliatizer
1000 EC from ThemeLib
125×125 ad for one month from Wonderful Things in Life
125×125 ad for one month from Creative in Me
Symphony of Love Pictorial Ebook of Love Quotations
~{values at $6.95} from Symphony of Love

Second Prize
$10 from Yennygirl
$10 from My Happy Place
$10 from Suburban Sass
2000 EC Credits from WordPress for Beginners
1000 EC from Because Life is a Blessing
1000 EC from When Silence Speaks
1000 EC from Wiehanne Lounge
125×125 ad for one month from Music of My Heart
Symphony of Love Pictorial Ebook of Love Quotations
~{values at $6.95} from Symphony of Love

Third Prize
$10 from Fab Finds, Etc.
$10 from I AM DZOI
$10 from Mommy Talks. Wife Stories
1000 EC from Digiscraptology
1000 EC points from Wonderful Things in Life
1000EC points from Heart Random
125×125 ad for one month from LittlePeanut
Symphony of Love Pictorial Ebook of Love Quotations
~{values at $6.95} from Symphony of Love

Fourth Prize
$5 and 500 EC From Official Chosen Fate
$ 8 and 200 EC from Walk on Red
$5 from Living the Healthy Life
1000 EC from Etc-Atbp.
125×125 ad for one month from Around the World
Symphony of Love Pictorial Ebook of Love Quotations
~{values at $6.95} from Symphony of Love

Fifth Prize
$ 5 from Stripe and Yellow
$ 5 from Doll Me Up
300 EC From The Scrapaholic Me
200 EC From It’s Where My Heart Is
125×125 ad for one month from Blogging for Bloggers
125×125 ad for one month from Pea in a Pod
RSS Text Link for one month from Blog for Beginners
Symphony of Love Pictorial Ebook of Love Quotations
~{values at $6.95} from Symphony of Love

Come and join her contest here!

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The Credit Report Center

When we start a family there’s so many things that we have to buy to start a new life with. We need house, car and many other things. Not all people are rich enough or have saved enough for these necessities so applying for loans seem to be a good idea. And if you want your loan to be approved you must have a good credit report that will reflect your good credit standing. The lenders make it a point to check credit bureaus to see and check their applicant’s credit score.

It’s a safety precaution to check your credit score more often because in this way you can check if there’s some errors on it like accounts that’s been opened by hackers or identity thieves. Just check online for companies that give free credit report like the credit report center which provides this kind of free service that will help people monitor their records. It’s a lot of help to everyone especially those who are applying for their house loan, car loan or even business loan.

Your good credit score relies on your ability to pay your credit on time, no missing of payment and no bad credit reputation. Always remember that your beacon score which is your overall credit information is one of the main factors on how your loan will be approved. So to be sure that you’ll be getting a good and high beacon score always request for free credit score from the credit report center.

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Old Costume

Josh will be having a costume party this Friday. I searched for a costume pattern online and I’ve found the Harry Potter costume, a big cat costume and a pumpkin overall costume. All of them are cute and easy to follow by sewers. I’ve even planned on going to my friend to ask her to sew it for me but when I saw the school’s letter on parents I’ve changed my mind. The letter requests all parents to make use of old costume or just improvise something that will not cost a lot. This has been the rule of some schools these days as the economic situation of the country is getting harder.

As parents we want the best for our children to the point of spoiling them but sometimes we must weigh things up and balance our life. The school’s advice is right and I fumbled for my son’s costume last year which still looks new and fits him. He even played wearing it because as he told me he missed his Robin costume. I’m happy that I saved a lot this time.

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I'm Sick!

I was so sick yesterday at the office and the whole day today, had colds, chill all over my body and just can’t stay at my PC for a long time, makes my head swell. I was just wondering why I got sick when I had a complete sleeping hours for four days now, is my body adapted to my 3-hour sleeping that when I’ve finally slowed down on my bad sleeping habits my body didn’t recognized it, weird! Well I had a body massage twice last night and this morning by my ever loving mom and I think that contributed a lot to my speedy recovery.

Hope I’ll be able to work tomorrow as I’ve lots of things to do not to mention that I also have to check on the industrial clamps that my boss is asking me about. I still don’t know what he is trying to do with it but I’ll search on it anyway. For now I’ll just rest and pray that I’ll be fully recovered tomorrow so I can go on with my regular chores and office works.

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Viral Linking

Thanks Bes JennyL for including me in this viral linking! I'm tagging my sister Regie, Cecile, Liza, Maricel, Mira, JennyR, Emzkie, Maritess, Claire, Jhona, Yaya, Janet Vicy and Bregie and to all my blogger friends who want to join in this tag, feel free to link yourself! (only those who want to join, thanks and have fun!)

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It’s Not Right To Be Sick

Yesterday as I accompanied my daughter in her school activities I wasn’t prepared for the effect of the scorching heat that we caught on our way back home. I can’t leave my daughter to her teacher and the group to bring her home; I was also thinking that they will bring back to their home school which is few kilometers from the house. Since I can’t convince Ruth to go home earlier I just stayed the whole morning until lunchtime until the group finally went home.

We reached our house lunchtime and my two younger kids said that they missed me a lot when I was away with their sister. You know Saturday is a special day for them aside from Sunday because it’s our bonding moments. When I set everything up for their lunch I just stayed a little while in my PC to check on snowmobile exhaust that my brother was asking me to canvass then I sleep and rest. It was a bad rest as I felt difficulty in breathing, I just lay there trying to sleep but can’t relax due to abnormal breathing. A cousin told me that the heat stroked me badly and I tried to fight the ill feeling. I decided to stop resting and took a cold shower that normalizes my body temperature and began to breathe normally.

For two weeks I’ve been sleeping badly meaning sleeping late and waking up very early so this can be the cause for what I encountered so I promised myself that I will take some break or else I will not be able to take care of my kids and so on…. As the commercial of one multivitamin say ‘it’s not right to be sick’.

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Repeat Performance

Woke up very early to accompany Ruth to their group repeat performance of The Bells, they won the competition last October 3, 2008. They championed the poem reading competition for the Literacy Month and won over 10 schools. Their piece was ‘The Bells’ by Edgar Allan Poe. It was a very happy moment for Ruth and I was a little sad that I wasn’t there to watch their performance. Now as the town of Cainta has a program who will be attended by the dignitaries including our town’s mayor Mon Ilagan they were invited to have a repeat performance to show the dignitaries and all the teachers present that they deserve being the champion.

They gathered at their home school, practiced there and traveled to Karangalan Elem School where the program will be held. The teachers were a little bit nervous because the participants seem so relaxed and not at their best performance so they go to a secluded corner of the place and warmed up. For me I know that they can do the same performance as they did when they won the title, you know kids are like that sometimes they want to give their best on the real stage with real people watching them. And true enough they did a very nice performance again, I saw Mayor Mon and some other dignitaries including the foreign visitor smiling as they watch the children rendering ‘The Bells’.

I was the one who took photos and videos of them. As they say I’m really a stage mom lol! And who would miss this chance to document your child life’s memorable moments? Of course I won’t miss the chance!

Here are some pics!

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Shadow Of Your Wings!

I’ve been listening early in the morning for my favorite Christian songs when I picked Shadow of Your Wings by Australia Hillsongs and Darlene Zschech. This song truly proves that God is our refuge and strength in times of trouble and problem. There’s no one that we can be assured that we’re safe and protected from any harm. In His care we can cast away all our burdens and anxieties this world has given us. It’s like hiding in the shadow of His wings where we can be safe and peaceful within. Here’s a rundown of the lyrics, feel free to savor the meaning of each line.

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TV Relaxation

After an exhausting day at the office and even tiring travel going back home I find it hard to eat as soon as I reached home much less do some blogging. Well I’m just too worn out after whole day’s work to do anything right away so I just spent time with my kids helping them with their school assignments.

After making sure they’ve done all required projects and assignments I prepare the table for dinner. It was a daily task for me and after all these things I will make sure that I relax myself by watching cable movies on our tv. For me it’s one of the most relaxing moments especially when you’re watching light comedy shows or inspirational theme movies. Glad I bought a bigger television two years ago which gave us a better viewing experience.

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Sometimes Meme!

Grab this from Alpha! Thanks!

Sometimes I just need: to have some time just for myself.

Sometimes I want: to go to our province in Laguna.

Sometimes I like to: to do some gardening.

Sometimes all it takes: is strong faith in God, actually most of the time.

Sometimes I picture: the future with my kids all grown-up.

Sometimes I wish: all my plans will materialize.

Sometimes I find: my job rewarding, sometimes not.

Sometimes I take: criticisms on a good light.

Sometimes I look: for some improvement on our house.

Sometimes I hate: our neighbor's dog barking on midnight.

Sometimes it’s nice: to avail of discount on things you want to buy especially on Seiko watches which I'm planning to buy next month. I've seen some of it on discount watch store and I'm happy that it's now affordable.

Sometimes it hurts: when others are not honest to you.

Sometimes it makes me happy: looking at the old pictures of my kids, those pictures dating back 5 years ago when they were cute little babies and toddlers.

Sometimes it’s sad: when some of my close friends decided to work and live abroad though I'm happy that they found bigger opportunities.

Sometimes I listen: and follow advices given to me, sometimes I just listen but don't follow.

Sometimes I sleep: after midnight, blogging of course.

Sometimes I like to watch: the clouds in the sky forming different shapes.

Sometimes I feel: reflective

Sometimes I rant: about the kids' bad habits.

Sometimes I never: take a break.

Sometimes I really: need to rest.

To all my blogger friends feel free to do this meme anytime you want!

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