New Mommy

Last December, a friend of mine told me that I was lucky because I have children already.I told her that she will have one soon. But she doubted it because of her age. I assured her that God will always make a way . Then the following month we found out that she's pregnant. Indeed, miracles do happen. I'm so happy for her. She's very excited. We have the same OB doctor, so sometimes we met in the clinic. She sometimes visit me at my house too. Being a new mommy, she can't wait to start buying stuffs for the baby.Today,she found out that she's going to have a baby girl. I'm flattered because she really dropped by at my house just to tell me about the good news.

Batik Collection

Since I was young, I've been mesmerized by the rich beauty of any products that are made of batik. They are so colorful and fashionable. That's why I have my own collection of different apparel that are made of batik. Some of them I had for more than 15 years already. Some of those I've used during cultural presentations in the school. Me and my mom used to check stores who are selling batik products to see if there's new style available. They are also good for souvenirs. When my husband visited me in the Philippines for the first time, he bought batik products as presents for his loved ones here in the states. Now that, I'm here in the states with him already, I missed buying batik products. I brought quite a few batik dresses and I got good compliments about them.
I'm jazzed when I found a Batik store online called the Kraf Online. They have a wide collection of batik products that are sold at very reasonable prices.


This is a batik shirt for men I found in their store. It has a very nice detail on it which I'm sure will impressed my husband.

This beautiful batik sandal is perfect for formal and casual occasions. The details will surely keep your fashion step up a notch higher. This is even very comfortable to wear everyday.

It is really very remarkable for Kraf Online for putting up an online store for batik products. I think it's a great convenience for people like me who loves batik. We can just shop around at their site and buy the item that we want instead of waiting till we go the Philippines again or other Asian countries. It's very heartwarming that they promote the beauty of Asian products and by putting up a batik blog to promote awareness about batik.

If you like to add more to your batik collection or try batik product for the first time, head over to Kraf Online and get a 10% discount for all purchases by using the code : crafty. You will also get a free gift if you purchase $50 and above.

Quantity Vs Quality

I started my day by calling my bestfriend Jeline. I called her because I received a newsletter from our favorite store about their on going sale. Like me, she got excited too. What we do is we shop together so we can save from the shipping. So she told me what she wants. So I went back online. Shop around and geez I went crazy with the stuffs that I've found then when I checked out I went over my budget. Now I was confused which item to give up. I called Jeline back, informing her about my dilemma. After a deep thought we decided to just stick to the item that we just need and dedicate with our planned to save money to be able to buy genuine and timeless products like LV purse and Rolex watches. For me owning a Rolex watch is quiet an achievement in material aspect. It's something that you can pass through your family. And its value will never go down. Check out authentic Rolex at Best of Time - Where Time Lasts Forever. Best of Time sells Rolex watches that 100% genuine and authentic . It's better to own a single watch with the best quality than owning a lot but don't have value at all.

Handwashing

Our weather is 81 degree F, Mister Sunshine is showing up and smiling so I take this opportunity to wash our delicate that needs to be hand wash. Whew, I have a lot. I was exhausted when I was done. But I'm happy that I finally did it. Those clothes were in the hamper for awhile. I tried washing one of my delicate clothes in the washing machine one time, even if it's on a delicate cycle, but it still destroy the dress a lil bit. That's why now I'm handwashing them whenever I got the chance.

Guilty Me

I have to stop yacking at my friend in the phone becoz it's out of juice already. Steph and Eric are sleeping. I'm watching NCIS. During the commercials, head over to the Internet. Multitasking it is. When Lee got home and the house is a mess.I complained first before him." Oh I'm so tired,it's a busy day today, have to pick up the kids' mess yadayadayada. Lee says" Oh poor baby, just relax, that's why I'm here..mwah mwah mwah..:-). Another thing to add in my lists of sins to a confession that has been postponed over and over again..

Security and Peace of Mind

The house is one of the most valuable investments that's why we pay home insurance no matter how expensive it is just to protect us from future damages in our house in case of disasters like fire or flood and any other causes. But what is more important is us and our family living in the house. We make sure that we are secured too while staying in our house. That's why many families are now subscribing to home wireless security system.
Protect America Interactive Wireless Security System has protected over 240,000 families nationwide and was awarded as the Consumers Digest Best Buy for Home Security and Best Choice for a World class security system. They have the best and state of the art equipment and has the best service as testified by their satisfied customers. For our peace of mind , we don't care paying extra money just to make sure that our family is secured. Protect America helps us even save money because if we have a security system installed in our house we get a discount from our home insurance because they have several packages that will suit our needs. They are the best priced and most affordable home security system.
Our security and peace of mind is the most important thing we can give to ourselves and to our family, that's why having the Protect America Security in our household is a good descision.

Elliott Lucca Warehouse Sale: Up to 80% Off! Last 4 Days!

This is an Elliott Licca Pascale Patent Shopper . Used to be $328.00 but you can buy it now for $65.10. Elliott Lucca has an on going Online Warehouse Sale until April 13, 2009. So take advantage of it. Got to ElliottLucca.com and use the Promo Code ELWS40609 to receive an additional 50% off from the sale price.

My Type of Furniture

Being a stay at home mom and wife, I'm focused on my children and in maintaining a good atmosphere in our house. I'm the one who usually arrange the furniture and decorations. My husband is too busy to do those kind of responsibilities although he's been doing all his best to help me. All we have in the house are mostly wood furniture because both me and my hubby love to have an earthly theme in our house.
We can find nice kinds of these furniture at Scenic Furniture. They are all unique and one of a kind. My most favorite is their 6 Piece Bedroom set. Each piece is made of Aspen wood. It's so beautiful and captivating. They're easy to install and most importantly all pieces are fully handcrafted. If you have this kind of bedroom set in your house, I'm telling you, you will get a lot compliments from your friends and visitors.

My Thursday

It's Holy Thursday, it's pretty much like my ordinary days. Although I wish to have a quiet time for reflection but Elli,a friend of mine visited us with her daughter. It's cool, my children are playing with her daughter Fawn, although when my daughter became so tired she doesn't want to share her piano anymore which makes the Fawn upset. Oh well, kids...Eli and I as usual talked about our lives being mother and wife. We seems to have a lot of things to talked about till my son got cranky so I watched tv with him and we both fall asleep. Eli was just browsing cool stuffs online. They went home like about four PM. It was a pretty nice visit.

Stamp It Up

I spend most of my morning today paying bills. Yesterday was payday, but I wasn't able to finish all the things that I needed to do because my children wants to play outside. It was very sunny yesterday that's why it's ashamed if we'll not gonna take advantage of the weather because here in our place we don't get to see the sun often. But at least I finish all the tasks that I need to do online. One downtime for me is when I start putting stamps and labels on the envelopes but then I couldn't find it. My children sometimes messed in my drawer and play with our address labels. That's why I prefer using custom stamps now.
At Vista Print we can order stamps the way we want it. We can choose however we wanted it customized. As for me, I want it customized into three ways. A return address for my husband , for me and for both of us. We have separate bills as in credit cards. A customized label with both our names on it is good for sending thank you notes, birthday cards and invitations. It's also perfect when putting your name on an important documents. I think using custom stamps will save us time and money. It saves us time instead of looking around for the labels and it's economical because we can use them many times.
You can order custom stamp at Vista Print in small and large sizes and they have a wide variety of design templates you can choose to suit your needs. You can have it your name only, or your name or address, and any design you want it. Uniquely, you can also add your own logo and even your own photo. How cool is that. After you upload your own design Vista print will print it for you. Unlike other sites, uploading your logo or photo only take seconds. They have tools to help you achieve an excellent image resolution.
For busy moms like me, custom stamps will help me a lot in organizing my stuff and personalizing my important documents. Give it a try. It's worth it.

Going For Excellent

My Pansit Bihon Guisado

I love Pansit Bihon Guisado. It is rice sticks noodles with vegetables. Everytime I went to Filipino parties, I'm excited for the Pansit but sometimes I'm disappointed when it wasn't cooked well. I have a friend who's very good in cooking Pansit. Everytime she cooked pansit she always saved something for me. I've been practicing cooking pansit but I fail many times. But then since I'm using the Excellent brand of noodles, my pansit guisado turns out perfect. My husband and children love them. From now on I'm going for the Excellent brand.

HDTV-a-day Sweepstakes

We've been a charter subscriber for many years now. We are always grateful for their terrific service. The Digital Television is great and the Internet has been incredibly fast. At few times when we face technical problems, the charter technical support are prompt in fixing the problems.
This beautiful month of April, Charter is giving away thirty 22" flat screen HDTV everyday throughout April and plus the opportunity to win the grand prize package that includes a 52" LCD flat screen HDTV, A Home Theater System, and one year of free Charter Digital Cable service with HD programming.
This is a great chance for everyone to experience HD programming. This contest is open to new and upgrading customers.
In my family's situation, we already have a bundle that includes digital television and high speed Internet and we'll upgrade it into a new more money saving package. Their bundling services really helps us a lot in this recent economic situation.
It's easy to participate in their sweepstakes, for a current or new customer orders Cable, High Speed or Telephone online through Charter.com throughout April- they are automatically entered upon installation to win.
Charter communications wants their relationship with customers fun and they've been launching new ways to connect with them.
So what are you waiting for? Take this opportunity of a lifetime, you might be one the lucky winner of the Charter HDTV-a-day Sweepstakes!

A Doctor Nearby

A good friend of mine is planning to have a breast augmentation. We don't have a good surgeon nearby that's why until now she's still looking around for a good doctor with a good reputation to perform the surgery. Before, I don't understand why she has to go through this surgery. She's already beautiful. In fact, she was invited to become a model in our country before. But her parents are strict. But now since she's already 27 years old, her mom agreed with her plan of having a breast augmentation. Next two weeks I might go with her in Medford for her appointment. I wish we have a good surgeon nearby.But anyways, if you're living in a Denver, you're lucky because it's easy for you to get a Denver plastic surgeon. You don't have to drive a hundred miles.

Instant Help

It was featured in a TV show today about the rising rate of job loss. Job loss is one of those unexpected life changing events that only few people are prepared to faced. In fact, even if you have enrolled certain program in your job in case this happen, it's advised that you need to back it up by applying other saving programs. When my friend's dad died, she wasn't really prepared even to buy her plane ticket going home. But at least her sister, shoulder the expenses for their trip. Even though we don't want to be in this kind of situation, you can try the Faxless Pay Day Loans, these are a great help in times of emergencies.

Hard Work

According to Thomas Alva Edison, " There is no substitute of hard work". This famous quotation reminds me of Mr. John Vanhara, owner of XYZ bikes. He sells bikes such as California beach cruisers, chopper cruiser, classic cruisers and many more. On how he started his business is very inspiring. It started when he was trying to buy bike at a cheaper price. He realized that it would cost him less if he buy more. Just like other stores, it's always cheaper by the dozen. For 150 bikes, he will gonna get a good deal so he goes for it. He got his bike and sold the rest online within a month. His website, the http://www.xybike.com is improving monthly especially in sales and then finally he has his showroom and warehouse to let the customers check and buy the bikes personally.
John Vanhara works hard for his business that he personally check the bikes and make sure they will satisfy his customers. He has plenty of ideas to make the customers buy his bikes.Besides the good quality, he also offers a lot of discounts and promotions.
If you love bikes , check out xyzbike.com and take advantage of the following coupon code to get a good deal.
Coupon: 5OFFXPP.
The coupon is valid for 2 months only and customers will get an additional $5.
Bike models are affordable . Many models are around $100 only!
Shipping in California is about $20. Nationwide shipping $25-$45.

Super Tired

My husband went to Sacramento yesterday. It's an eight drive so he have to spend the night there. That's why I wasn't able to go to sleep until 2 AM.I have a hard time sleeping if he's not around. I'm so sleepy today but I don't want to sleep when my children are awake. Good thing he will be home today. I need to get a good sleep tonight.