My Daughter’s Dreams and Determination

My eldest is now into her last year in secondary school and I can see that she’s making the best of it with regards to her best friends, school activities and everything that involves her school. She’s actually excited when we’re talking about her intended degree course in Interior Design. She has the talent and skills in designing and she hopes to study in two of my most favored universities in the city. She’s a very determined girl and I know she’ll be able to pass the exams. 

 Ruth is fast becoming a lady and little by little I see something of myself in her – her hobbies, flair for cooking, her art inclination and music. I believe now that we took something from our Mom be it in looks, personality, ways and even skills and talents. I always pray to God that He’ll guide all my kids in all their undertakings and dreams. I have these thoughts in my mind while I was browsing some nice graduation rings for girls which I’m thinking of buying in the next few months. I’ll have to ask her if she wants it because I always see graduation rings on graduating college students.

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Choosing the Right Lighting Fixtures for Your Home

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I learned that energy rates will have another increase and that would mean higher electricity bills for all households, offices and commercial establishments. I'm checking all the bulbs in the house and thinking of changing those which consumes high energy with led lighting fixtures because LED lamps offer long service life and proven to have high energy efficiency than most of the other lamps. It will however cost me more in buying new lamps as they're expensive than others but in the end I know it will be cost-effective. 

Lighting fixtures are very important in one's household because it defines the character of your house and creates the ambiance that you want to live in. It will also cost you higher electricity bills if you're not very wise in choosing the right lamps.  It's necessary to consider some factors like energy savings, durability, functionality and style if you want the best and just the right lighting fixtures for your home.

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How to Work with an Architect

If you’ve never worked with an architect before, discovering what to expect ahead of time can be a tremendous help. Professional architectural firms such as  Quinn Evans can execute projects much more smoothly and efficiently if your relationship with them is smooth and efficient as well. Read on to find out what you need to consider to create a mutually beneficial relationship with your architect. 

The financial commitment.

The first thing you’ll want to make clear is what your financial commitment to the project is going to be. Many people who hire architects don’t realize that not only does the building or renovation project incur a significant cost but so does the completed project. Costs such as furnishing, operation, maintenance and repair also contribute to the overall financial commitment. An architect can help you figure out what your true cost is going to be and help decide a budget. Make sure you get the final figures specified in your contract with the architect. 

The project itself. 

Knowing what you want and expect from a project is critical. If you don’t know, how can your architect know? Ask yourself what functionality and aesthetics you want as well as when you’d like to be able to occupy the space. It’s also important to think about the project’s space requirements both inside and outside the structure as well as the flow of use and movement in and around the structure. This will help your architect design your project. 

Your desired lifestyle. 

Finally, when it comes to residential projects, discussing your lifestyle with your architect will make a world of difference in the outcome of the project. Your architect needs to know specifics such as your needs for accommodating family, entertaining, desire for privacy and other possible ways you may use your home in the future. 

Discussing these topics will go a long way toward forming a productive relationship with your architect and producing a project you will love.

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Handling Musical Instruments at Home

We’ve been thinking for the best way that we can revive the girls’ room without spending too much. We need to do this because the season for floods has come in and we didn’t want to rescue all our things upstairs again. As early as now we’re going to arrange the second story of our house and store important documents and all of our kids’ things there even before the start of heavy typhoons and floods. 

Anyway we have several musical instruments also that we need to secure so we’re thinking of creating a small music room upstairs also to prevent damage to the instruments. The kids love their musical instruments so much that they protect it from anything that would break or destroy them in anyway especially the guitar and keyboard that they use for practicing their choir piece in our church. 

Gen asked me last month about the esp guitars she saw when browsing online. She loves to play special guitar when the time comes that she would play in the church. I told her that she’s going to handle the piano or keyboard because a brother would be assigned to guitar. Well she can also play but as a backup player only because no one can handle the instrument she plays.

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Creative Ideas for Your Counter Space

Maximizing your furniture at home gives you best results as you can enjoy the remaining space for some other creative interiors in your mind.  I've found many kitchen decors uses a lot of cupboards and cabinets to store food and small kitchen utensils but the image above pleased me.  This very creative counter space installed not just useful drawers but functional pull out table for working in the kitchen.

As I love cooking I find the need for this very smart idea because cooking shouldn't be limited to very small space.  We can always create some ideas on how to have some space for baking, cooking and the most messy of all - preparation. 

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Loves to Be Home Every Weekend

My nephew who is also Josh’ classmate in his fourth grade class has been showing interest in joining the taekwondo class. I was surprised actually because last year he enrolled in a special class of playing violin. My brother brought him two violins, one for his home use and the other one is for his school learning. They were trained for real and at some occasions in school program activities they were asked to play a piece. Well they were also informed of the difference of their regular violin to electric violin but for the school music course they were only allowed to use the manual kind. 

The training is done every weekend and they pay separate fees for that because their instructor is not from the same school. It’s offered in school to enhance the skills of students in whatever they’re inclined to but it’s optional. My own son Josh chose Art as his extracurricular activity and the club that he also joined in. He didn’t want to study music on Saturdays because it’s his rest day from school. He told me that he can learn it at home instead of going to school every Saturday just to play violin. This year he told me of his interest in guitar or violin but he’s not willing if it’s going to be on Saturdays again. He really loves his Weekend to spend with us.

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Youth Praising at the House of God

As part of our church quarterly schedule the youth held their youth fellowship on the last Sunday of the month with 5 Sundays. For their fellowship the musicians played for their praise and worship segment but for the guitar one of the youth participated. They’re getting so interested in guitar playing that 3 of them can really play some nice praising song pieces including my daughter who is one of the trainees although she’s geared to handle the keyboard. 

For some other youth members they were still deciding which could be the best to handle bass drum because they will only choose two to play alternately. Of course this will be just for the youth fellowship because for the regular Sunday fellowship they need to practice and learn more. Sunday worship usually concerns several songs and the musicians should be able to play them all continuously so if they’re going to let the youth join them it would take several training first before they can do it.

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Wallpapers for Our Shelves

 

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Are you getting bored of the white walls or white backing on your plain shelves?  Well here I found nice little ideas on how you can add a life or something like an added decor to your simple cabinet shelves.  If your cabinet is white you can add some colors on its backing to create a playful yet stylish background.  You can try various wallpaper prints and designs depending on how you want to see it with books all over.  People has varied tastes and maybe with the use of wallpaper in the house will look as elegant and stylish also.

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Helping You Find Your Dream House

Every couple dreams of having their own house to start a family and grow old with their children. When reaching for that dream house you should be able to learn some ways and techniques on house hunting and it will not be that easy if you will not consult with someone knowledgeable in the field. Looking and searching for the ideal home for your family necessitate you to consider some important things and options before deciding on your target home. You should weigh things like financial capabilities, home design, environment, community and accessibility to important places like market, school, church, recreational places and other vital things needed in your daily living. 

It’s such a very important thing in your life that you can’t afford to decide without careful thinking that you certainly need a real estate broker to help you with the things needed to start looking, choosing and finally deciding to buy your dream house. If you’re thinking of settling for one of the properties you’ve been seeing like that maison à vendre gatineau you should have someone to consult all your inquiries and ideas. The broker should be able to save your time and money in helping you deal with your real estate transaction. 

With the assistance of  duCourtier inc. Votre Agence immobilière à Gatineau you’ll be able to gain access to network of experts, help you facilitate your needs for financial, legal and administrative actions and protect you from illegal transactions, fraud, negligence and other similar things. They also have access to real estate market and can give you the list of new properties that will suit your preference and requirements. They will guide and assist you in all your transactions from choosing properties up to the last transaction that involves purchasing your dream home for your family ensuring you’ll get the best service and the most appropriate property perfect for your needs.

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Pray Over at MIL’s House

I finished all my house chores today with the help of DH who has no classes every Friday. I always like doing things ahead of time and I don’t want to do all work on weekends to maximize my time with my kids. It was such a tiring day for me and it felt like I lost all the energy I have in my mind and body. I figured that it’s all because of our outdoor fellowship activities in my MIL’s house. I’m used to going to that town near the mountains but if we go as family we usually spend the night there also so it’s really tiring to go home the same day. We didn’t bring the kids as it was only midweek but we missed them and so are their grandparents.

I was happy to be able to come while I’m free from office work. I promised to help them with cooking and an elder sister also offered to help us much to our relief because we’re really in a hurry then. When the dishes piled up I had a wishful thinking that we have frigidaire fphd2491kf so it would be easier to clean and sterilize the utensils. Well for simple household like us we just do it manually and to do it fast we just joined forces and work seem so light after that. We’re thankful that we’re finished with the pray over and we have faith that MIL will recover fully soon.

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