We Are Family

My officemate is soon to be a godmother to her friend’s 3 month old baby girl. She is looking for a nice gift to give. She wants to give something that is both practical and useful. I’m trying to help her find something that will suit her criteria.

Then I saw one of these very nice looking Baby Prams or Baby Pushchairs.

It has a forward and rear facing seat. It also has a removable hood and a bumper bar. It should be fairly easy to navigate and push because of small front swivel wheels. Carrying it is not a hassle as well because of it’s lightweight aluminum frame. It is also easy to clean and comes with a large shopping basket. This will be something very useful to her friend whenever they go out with the baby.

Since her friend is always on the go, it might be a good idea to give them Baby Travel Cots like this.

It pops up easily and come with its own carry bag. It is foldable and is very light weight. It also comes padded mattress and toy loops and is suitable from birth to 18 months.

I’m sure her friend would love to receive any one of these.

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I love this topic because I can relate to some of the anwers that Aggies posted. The question is:

What are the things you want them to know about life after the wedding?

Like her, our first year of marriage is a bumpy ride. There are times that I feel regret that I married my husband. It didn’t help that I became pregnant just 2 months after the wedding day. My hormones were crazy and we were always arguing. We were from two entirely different families and our way of doing things were really opposite poles so it took hard work to adjust to each other.

Good thing that we agreed to solve our own problems so there weren’t many people involved, just the two of us. Looking back, i realize that most of our problems and issues then were brought about by false expectations about what married life is all about. I’m sharing some of my realizations below:

1. It requires adjustment.
The marriage relationship requires adjustments. You both entered into it with at least some expectations and ideals that were not very practical and realistic. When these are not met, some disappointment may come after the first few weeks. But, remember, you have made a big change in your life. You are no longer living alone or with a family that you have been with all your life. You are now with a new person, one you may be discovering that you don’t know as well as you thought you did. Your schedule is new, your work may be new, your budget is different, and there are new friends and in-laws to get used to. The success of your marriage and your happiness depend upon your willingness to adjust.

2. Learn to be Flexible.
Both should be mature and realize that neither one has the time or the energy to do all the things that were done before marriage. Now is the time to show flexibility and accept the deeply satisfying responsibility of making marriage work. One person can ruin a marriage, but it takes two to make it work. Making marriage work is an achievement. Achievement implies accomplishing something despite difficulties. When the two of you join in this endeavor, a part of each of you blends into this achievement. This joint effort with a mutual goal ties you together; it binds you close; it makes the two of you one. In time this creates a bond of love surpassing anything felt in anticipation of marriage, and in such unifying happiness it becomes a pleasure to adjust to each other’s differences.

3. Disagree without being disagreeable.

4. Learn to communicate in a loving way. Communication is the life blood of marriage. So never never never take it for granted.

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We are planning to go to Ilocos to visit my parents sometime this August. I hope it pushes through as it has been months since we last saw them. Lately, they’ve been getting sick and I worry a lot because they do not have any other companion at home.

I’m also looking at some pasalubong to bring home. While browsing the net, I saw a very nice line of leather goods from Johnston and Murphy. I’m pretty sure my dad would love their bags and wallets. Just sharing this information as some of you might be looking for gifts to give to the men of their lives.

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Snagged this from Yen.

Participants: 1. Me and Mine 2.Creative In Me 3.Little Peanut 4. Pea in a Pod 5. Sugar Magnolias 6. The Salad Caper 7. All Kinds of Me Stuff 8. Aggie Scraps. 9. Winding Creek Circle 10. Mommy Talks. 11. Fun | Fierce | Fabulous 12. Me, Myself + 2 13. Confessions of a Supermodel Wannabe 14. My Online World! 15. My Life in this Wonderful World! 16. My Precious Nice 17. Just Me.. Eds 18. Eds Mommy Life 19. Thea is BloggerHappy 20. Thea is BerryScrappy too 21. Swept Away 22. A Slice of Life. 23. Jenny Said So 24. This and That 254. Simply Jen 26. Dancing With Butterflies 27. Blessed Chic 28. Just Let Go 29. Twisted Angel 30. Pieces of Me 31.buhaymisis 32. kathycot.com 33. Krississippi 34. My Colorful World 35. My Wonderful Life 36. Sweet Temptation 37. My so-called Life 38. Lynn’s Chic Spot 39. In Seventh Heaven 40. Lindsay Talks 41. Fun Without Frills 42. We are Family  43.  Momma Stuff  44.  Your Blog

RULES:
1. Add your blog/s to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. It’s okey if you only post this questions in one blog as long as you answer them.
2. Get back to Me {YEN} and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list here!
3. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.

QUESTIONS:

1. I posted this experiment at URL: http://www.nicemorning.net
2. I posted this on date (day, month, year): Sunday, 29 June 2008
3. I posted this at time (24 hour time): 15:52
4. My posting location is (city, state, country): Makati City, PH
5. My blog is hosted by: Amore’s Yanihosting
6. My age is: 28 yrs old.
7. My gender is: Female
8. My occupation is: Entitlements Group Manager
9. I use the following RSS/Atom reader software: FeedBurner
10. I use the blog format to post to my blog: Wordpress
11. I have been blogging since (day, month, year): September 2004 if I’m not mistaken.
12. My web browser is: IE
13. My operating system is: Vista

Tagging anyone who needs fillers.

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I love going to National Bookstore especially when I was still in my elementary days. I remember that during this time of the year, my mom will take us there to buy our school supplies. I would pick out those fancy notebooks, binders, highlighter and pens. I am very choosy with notebooks. I want the lines to provide ample space for me to write on and the surface smooth. Then I would always choose bic pens because the tip is fine and it last very long.

My penmanship was never fancy so I should have the right notebook kand pen so that it will look presentable.

How about you? Do you enjoy your bookstore trips when you were still in school?

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Better late than never.

Appetizer: What is the weather like today where you live?
:: Today’s a rainy day. Gloomy to match my mood.

Soup : On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how career-minded are you?
:: 7. I’d like to think that I’m more of a family person than a career oriented one.

Salad: What type of window coverings do you have in your home? Blinds, curtains, shutters, etc.?
:: Good old curtains.

Main Course: Name something that instantly cheers you up.
:: Good joke from my husband.

Dessert : How many times do you hit the snooze button on a typical morning?
:: I don’t usually hit the snooze button unless I’m not feeling well.

Join the feast here.

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I chance upon the Koreanovela Dalja’s Spring on primetime TV last night. I think I like it because of the element of fun in the story. It is about a 33 year old single girl who has been looking for her one true love and her race against time. It comically and realistically portrays the pursuit of true love of a thirty something woman. There are some scenes that really crack me up.

Then I came to realize why Dating Affiliate Programs are really popular. And there is no savvy and effective way than to look for it online. I’m not really sure if it works but some swear by it. They also said that they have opportunity to make money through these affiliate sites.

Has anyone of you tried this?

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Rules :
1. Start Copy from “Begin Copy” until “End Copy”.
2. Put your blog’s name and url write in which continent you live, add the country you live in. Example : My Imaginary Travels (Netherlands)
3. Leave your url post in here and I’ll add you to the Master List.
4. Please help spread this tag by tagging your friends as much as you can.
5. Don’t play unfair! If you have more than 1 blog, you can participate all your blogs for this tag. BUT you will have to post this tag to all your blogs as well. So, please. Don’t cheat!
6. Please come back again to copy the update of the master list, often. This process will help new participants to get the same gains as the first participants.
7. Don’t forget to use the banner at your post, you can save as or you can just copy the code in here.

Master List :
A. Asia : 1. Moms… Check Nyo (Philippines) 2. Aeirin’s Collections (Philippines) 3. Jenny and Belle(Philippines) 4. Hailey’s Beats and Bits (Philippines) 5. Appleofmyeyes(Saudi Arabia) 6. Deranged Insanity (Philippines) 7. PROJECT HEAVY TRAFFIC (Singapore) 8. Rooms of My Heart (Indonesia) 9. Blessings and Beyond (Philippines) 10. lancerlord (Singapore) 11. allinkorea (Korea) 12. kimchiland (Korea) 13. korean food (Korea) 14. idealpinkrose (Korea) 15. Pinay Mommy Online (Philippines) 16. Momhood Moments (Philippines) 17. Business Mars (Philippines) 18. Mommy Talks. 19. All Kinds of Me Stuff 20. Winding Creek Circle 20. The Salad Caper. 21 We are Family (PH) 22. Mommastuff  (PH) 23. your turn

B. Australia : 1. Reflexes (Australia) 2. Only the Good Stuff (AU)

C. Afrika : 1. your turn

D. North Amerika : 1. Simple Life, Simply Me (USA) 2. Pinaymama’s Diary (USA) 3. 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires (United States) 4.Traipsey Turvey (USA) 5. Dabawenyako (USA) 6. Icelog (USA) 6. The Misadventures of an Ordinary Housewife (USA) 7. It Is Nap Time (US) 8.A Mother’s Journal (USA) 9. Journey And Journal [USA] 10. Life is good and beautiful (USA) 11. Mind Bubbles (USA) 12. Vanity Kit (USA) 13. Something Purple (USA) 14. Stripe&Yellow (USA) 15. Em’s Detour (USA) 16. YOUR TURN.

E. South Amerika : 1. your turn

F. Europe : 1. My Imaginary Travels (Netherlands) 2. Juliana’s Site (Netherlands) 3. Picturing of Life (Netherlands) 4. SuperMae (Portugal) 5. The Callalily Space (The Netherlands) 6. your turn
G. Antarctica : 1. your turn
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Tagging everyone. 

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It’s been a year since I got my own domain and web hosting for this nicemorning blog. I couldn’t be happier because finally I have more flexibility and free hand in this site, not to mention some monetary opportunities opening up as well. I was fortunate because Amore, a very good of mine help me up with the setup. She did all the legwork, the domain registration, the hosting setup and the transfer of my post from free wordpress to this new site. All I have to do is sit back and relax.

If I have to do it all by myself, it might take forever before I get this up and running. I have to research and find the best web hosting company to get hosting services from. It is important to choose wisely as a crappy service would translate to frequent downtimes to your site.

I good place to do this research is webhostinggeeks.com. It ranks the web hosting companies out there and it gives consumer reviews. Our current host is hostmonster and it is currently on top five. It offers cheap Unix hosting. So far we are happy and satisfied with it.

Happy one year to us Amore!

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Got this from Maver…thanks Dear! That’s so sweet of you.

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A symbol of spirit of unity. The burning icon of love. Undying picture of hope. The hot symbol of oneness. And now, it’s your turn to flame yourself! Meet new friends. Discover friendship. Make bonds.Copy this post starting from the PICTURE ABOVE to the end and add your blog on the list below.

Let’s start FLAMING!

Tiklaton: We are the witness
Janeth’s Vicy’s Life Journey
My Precious
Pitstop
Thea is Blogger Happy
Thea is Berry Scrappy Too
Scribbles of My Life
In This Game of Life
Shimumsy’s Republic of A
Princess Vien
Our Journey To Life
Life. Love. Family. Work. Travel.
Practical Tips and More
The Working Mom
Joey M.D.
Tsinay
Gossip Gehl

We are Family

Momma Stuff

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Passing this on to Toni, Aggie, Mhay, Vannie, JennyR, Jody, Yen, and Peachy.

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1. Which do you dislike the most, pop-up ads all over your screen or spam e-mails?
I hate pop-up ads.

2. When your plate has different foods on it do you usually mix all the foods
together, keep them all separate, or do you combine only certain foods?
My MIL has noticed this that I dislike to mix all the food in my plate. Maybe it’s just my OCness.

3. Have you ever snooped in your significant others things? How does it feel?
I did once. I read all his old emails. I felt so guilty and I confessed my crime. hehehe

4. Describe your morning ritual to me.
Wake up, nurse B.boy, drink food supplement, blog, prepare to go to work.

5. You run in to a friend while out shopping. Where are you?
Shoe stores. I love shoes.

6. Would you rather miss the beginning or the end of a movie? If you had to?
Beginning. Missing the end part is very anti-climactic.

7. Which is worse? Being in a place that is too loud or too quiet?
Too loud.

8. Which is worse? Being under age or being over the hill?
Being over the hill.

9. What kind of perfume do you wear?
Cool and relaxing scents. But come to think of it I don’t wear perfume most of the time. I’m not a perfume person at all. It don’t gaga over it the way I do with diamond rings.

10. Would you rather change your past or know your future?
Know my future. I’m more of a planner so I would want to know what is way ahead.

Join the fun here.

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Happy morning! The sheriff is looking after me. I’m so happy because there wasn’t much to write these past two days. Looking back at all the sites that I’m enrolled to, the sheriff is the one who’s giving me the most moolah. I love doing assignments for them because they are plentiful and they are easy to do.

The next best site that provides moolah for me is 3P. This is especially true before the war began. Nonetheless, I still get good opportunity from them. Top 3 in my list is SR. Once I got the hang of bidding, I began to appreciate this.

If you are into my sideline, you know exactly what I’m talking about here.

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Tagged by Mhay.

The rules are simple. At the end of the post, the player tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leave a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
I was in my sophomore year in the university…trying really hard to pass all my statistic subjects.

2. What are the 5 things on my to-do list today?

Do two of my assignments.  One is to write about reno hotels
Bloghop a little
Read and respond to work related emails
Check all the current projects and make all are right in track.
Draft the agenda fo my boss’ visit to Manila next week.

3. Snacks I enjoy:
Pizza, Chocolate chip cookies, crackers, burgers, doughnuts

4. Place where I lived:
Makati City

5. Things I’d do if I were a billionaire:
Invest on family business to secure my family’s future, buy our dream house, travel around the world, donate to Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, enter full time ministry.

6. People I want to know more about:
My online/blog friends

Feel free to snag this if you haven’t done so.

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