Trick or Treat

Hello there everyone, howdy?  The first photo above was taken when we went for a walk at my FIL's neighborhood.  The second shot was a bit mysterious.  My son took that one and I kept it since it has shadow  and a perfect one for Shadow Shot, thanks EJ!  The last two shots was taken when we went to the store, the kids wanted to try on some Halloween  masks.

Tomorrow will be the trick or treat for kids.  We always go to my FIL's  place to celebrate Halloween.  Thanks to Tracy, the author of the Shadow Shot Sunday for including my entry last weekend to the gallery this week. Hop along with us and take a photo of those interesting shadows you see.

Gift Planning

My mind was pretty occupied as we  drove going to my FIL's house this afternoon.   I was thinking about what to get  for my family back home for Christmas.  I know that it is but practical to just give them the cash but it is nice to send them something too aside from moolah.      I asked a friend about the telephone number of the lady who  is in charge of balik-bayan boxes  because I want to send some stuff  back home.  Hubby said to avail for the sale  so I can buy something for them.

During Christmas, I find it hard to decide what  gift should I get for my husband because he is very picky.  It's not like I can just buy a Pelican Case and that's okay.  No, I have to really investigate what he wants lol.

Painted Pumpkin

The kindergarten students painted some pumpkins in school and they were given each to bring home. She was so proud of this one and displayed it in our kitchen. I uploaded this photo a couple of days ago and was going to upload another image today but the upload process is taking forever. It is frustrating me to the highest level that I can't upload any image today.

New Blinds and Insulation

Right now, our window in the living room looks naked because I tied our curtain and the only thing that's covering it is th sheer. We removed the old blinds that we used to have there as one of the panel got broken.  We still need to find some blinds to replace the old one. Hubby is looking forward to do that during his school break.  He also  planned to  put a new insulation to our attic before the winter come in full blast so we won't be hammered with too much gas bill.    That's the problem when you buy an old house because you are constantly  repairing things.

Done!

Whoa, I finally finished  my tasks.  Now I can prepare some dinner and  fetch my daughter  from school  later on.  I have a bad  head ache now but at least I am done.  Lady Red  plus a headache equals a grumpy me.. oppps!  Do you have days like this where in you just want to lay in bed but you can't because you have so many things to do?  I guess all mommies have this moments.

Cheap Auto Insurance Quotes

Hubby mentioned to me that when the kids are old enough to drive, we will definitely need to look for the cheap auto insurance quotes because our insurance will surely go up.  Sometimes, we  worry too much about  so many things  that involves our kids' future.  One thing that  can do for them  at the present is to save some money that they can use for their basic needs when they start to face the  real world.  We can only hope for the best and do our job as parents in raising them well

Help!

It's 1 pm already and I still can't decide what to cook for dinner wahhh.. Any suggestion anyone?  I am craving for  fish but I know that hubby and son are not fond of fish so  if I cook fish, I have to cook two dishes lol.    I have to come up with a dish  that all of us can eat.   My head is spinning so I  don't really feel like cooking two menu today.  I made   a beef roast yesterday and I am thinking of making the left over into vegetable soup.  What do you think?

Construction Job

Five years ago, my youngest brother decided to quit school so he could go in the city and work. Unfortunately, due to lack of education, he did not land a good paying job. So he went back to my mother's place and asked my husband and I if we could send him back to school again. Hubby and I agreed, he has two more years to graduate. He realized that it is not hard to find a job when you don't have a proper education. The wage of a construction job worker over in my country is far different from the wages of the construction jobs over here in the States.  In here, you get paid a decent amount of money when you work at a construction site.  I remember when we talked to the contractor who gave us estimate for our porch, he explained to us why he came up with the amount.  He said that he has to hire  additional helpers to  do the job.

Nostalgia # 24 -

My father-in-law gave me this when I was pregnant with Rylie. He said that I could complete the collection of the state quarters and gave it to Rylie when she grow up.  I just complete all the coins a few months ago.  This collector's map has a certificate of authenticity.  Maybe someday, this would be of value.  Well, it's already has a sentimental value that Rylie could hold on to when Dad is not around anymore.

Thanks Dad for handing this down to us.  Oh, he also gave John a  booklet of old pennies.

GPS Rental

The Christmas present that I bought for my husband last year was a GPS. Both of us are not really good when it comes to direction. Whenever we go somewhere for the first, we always end up getting lost. We are so glad that we have one now because we never get lost since lol. Hubby said that it's one of the best purchase we've made.

Nowadays, you can track the use of your car even if you don't own a GPS tracking device.  All you have to do is to get a  gps tracker rental where in you can choose a plan according  to your need.  Say for instance, you only need it for ten days, then you can just rent one.  With GPS rental, you don't have to pay  an activation fee, no long term contract, no airtime fees, and many other benefits.

Renting one is easy because you can do it online.  After the transaction is completed, you will receive the device in the mail with it's instruction and stuff.  GPS rental is  advisable especially  for a short time use.  You don't have to worry about any hidden fees because  all the costs are  presented upfront including the return shipping cost.  So if you ever need  a GPS tracking device, just visit the link above for more details.

The Hulk

Are you a fan of Incredible Hulk?   My son is lol.  Jen gave these set of batter powered gloves to EJ and he love to punch with it especially if Champ is around because our little fella go nuts when he hears the sound of it.  Thank you so much Jen!

Here is a parenting tip of the day for those mommies with babies  who have irregular sleep pattern.  This article is from the newsletter I received from Parents.com

How do you get your precious bundle to sleep through the night? We asked real moms what works. One mom swears by a bedtime ritual (bath, books, bed). Swaddling was key for another. Whatever you go with, be consistent. That’s the common denominator for sleep success.

It Worked for Me: Must-Try Sleep Training Methods

Outdoor Buys

The weather today was pretty nice, we got to go our without any jacket at all. My daughter had a play date with one of her classmates and we drove down there to pick her up afterwards. It seems that winter season is very long and summer time seems so short. My family's plan of going for a camping this year wasn't realized due to some unavoidable reasons. I hope that by next year, we would be able to go. It would be perfect because both of them will be a little bigger enough to enjoy it.

Families with recreational vehicles are pretty lucky because when they want to do some outdoor activities, they have  the  right  vehicle to  use.  You can enhance your RV  through rv accessory that you can buy.   I am sure that my husband  was disappointed when I did not agree to buy that pop up camper that he  wants to buy.  I just want to pay off some  debts first before   adding  more bills.

Busy Weekend

Hello there everyone, whew, what a busy weekend we have over here.  I went to bed at past 1 am and woke up at 8 am.  Below are my tasks done and to be done for today.

• Cooked some breakfast (tinapa, rice, and  salsa).  We love  eating this combo every weekend, so when we went to Asian store last month and saw a big stock of tinapa, we bought a dozen packages lol.
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• After breakfast, daughter and I reviewed her lessons last week, read her take home books, and did some math exercise.
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• Cleaned up the kitchen, vacuumed the floor, and did some dusting with the kids help.
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• Sorted out the laundry, I usually have five loads of them.  I started one and while the washer is going, I cleaned up the basement a little bit.
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• Did my 30 minutes work out at our treadmill (walking and running), I burned 350 calories.  I thought I would be able to do sit ups but I only did two and quit lol.
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• Hubby did painted our railings at the back porch and did some workout at the bowflex.
• Still have three more loads to go to the washer.
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• There's a shooting of the film again in Bookers Street so hopefully we could watch.

Anyhow, sharing here the top that I got from Listia for free.  I did not spend even a cent because the shipping is free.  I am not into black color but when I find a style that I like, that's when I get this color.  This zips down the belly so you can adjust the cleavage you want to show, since I don't have big boobie, it's always up lol.

You can wear it alone or you can wear it with leggings.  Above were taken at our kitchen and below  was taken at my laundry room.  Who says you can't have fun while doing laundry hahaha.

Now I am fresh, sore but I feel good to have  done my exercise again.  It was funny  because when the kids realized that both hubby and I were downstairs and working out, they both came down and cheered us up saying "Go Mommy, go Daddy!"  Thanks kids fr the encouragement.  Hope you guys are having a lovely weekend!

winter Gears

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Play Outdoors. All opinions are 100% mine.

My kids including our super hyper dog love outdoors.  So even during winter, you can not confine them inside the house, they have to go outside to play once in a while.  Our next  shopping goal is to buy them new winter outfits that they could use  when they want to play outside during the cold months.  There are    kids outdoor actvities that needs special clothing just so they could  stay in the cold for a longer time without freezing.  Mos of my kids stuff last year are already small for them so we definitely need new ones. 

I found some great selection of kids winter gear at Play Outdoors online.  Since  my daughter walk from  home to school and vice versa, she needs a  new boots as a replacement for the one that our dog Champ had  chewed out and ruined.  Above is a Sorel Yoot Pac that I like from the online store I have mentioned above.  The price is a little over my budget but I am determined to buy her a pair.  Aside from that, both of them needs a coat as they outgrew their  coats already.  Kids really grow so fast and that means that our expenses always goes up as they grow.  

Raking Leaves

My FIL's front yard was full of leaves the other day, not because the leaves from his maple tree feel already but because his neighbor's trees were. Since the wind was blowing towards my FIL's yard, most of the leaves were  in his lawn hehehe.  My daughter and I decided to clean up a little bit. It's a good form of exercise and it's fun to rake it and play with it.  Below are series of photos we took of each other.  Enjoy!

Two days later after we did this, the leaves  were thick again so EJ, Rye, and I cleaned up again.  I don't have my camera but my husband took some pictures from his cellphone.  Now I have to figure out how to download it lol..

Loans for People with Bad Credit

Having a good credit history is very important especially if you are planning to get a big loan. When you have a good credit, the interest for any kind of loans are usually low. However, there are circumstances that you can't control which contributes to having a bad credit. In that case, many people say that it is hard to get a loan when your credit is wreck but that is not true. There are loans for people with bad credit all you have to do is to dig in and you will find one.  You might not find a very good rate but  there are programs that will offer an affordable monthly payment  depending on your capacity to pay.

Yes... but No!

Oh no, It's almost 12 am and I just have the time to make my Couple's Corner entry wahhhh.  Last week's theme was  about saying Yes and this week is no.  If you would ask my husband, he would tell you that I  say a lot of No compared to Yes lol.  My husband has a way of making a very convincing reason/explanation whenever he wants to buy us something.  I usually say Yes  but at the end there is big BUT which will end up in No  lol...

Below were taken last Sunday after church.  

Do you see the three pounds of bilbil that I am trying to lose.  Grrrr, it's the most stubborn and unwanted fats  ever that won't leave me alone lol..

Nostalgia # 23 - Blogging Friends

My entry for this week is a friend whom I met through blogging. Isn't it amazing how blogging gives us the opportunity to meet great people? I met Mel months ago, I happen to see her picture at one of the blogs I visited and she reminded me of my very kind Tiya in Bicol. From then on, we viited our blogs regularly. Thanks for being a friend Mel!

Below are some of the precious gifts she sent us during my daughter's birthday.  Your kind and generous heart is greatly appreciated sis.

Holly will be part of our Christmas celebration starting this  year hehehe.

Belated happy birthday sis.  I am sorry that I wasn't able to post this yesterday but I was so busy (nice excuse lol).  Truly, I wanted to post it today because I want your birthday to be special in Nostalgia, wink!  May the Lord grant all your wishes sis.

Thank you for joining us once again this week!

Binoculars

Did you ever wonder what kind of future  lies ahead for future?  Sometimes, I worried about things like these.  Thinking what kind of life would they have.  What if me and husband die  very early?  Weird thoughts isn't it?

The reason for being that way  is the stuff that I see  about their daily activities, what they love to do, what they like to play, and what they  like to pretend  to be when they grow up.  One they my son likes  airplanes, other times, he love something else.   One thing for sure, he loves car and binocular toys!  He calls  his binocular - ocular hehehe.

One time, I asked him if he would want to join the military just like Daddy and Pap.  He said it depends, "If I could be a pilot, I would."   I told him that if he would join the service, he will have so many chances of using steiner binoculars and other kinds of binoculars.  He then said "Maybe."  Below is  a steiner water proof binocular, what do you think of  it?

Bubbles

I posted these photos when we were still in Korea but posting it again here for Mommy Moment's theme this week.  I got tired of browsing my photo folders si I just dug these photos at my archive in blog hehehe.  We always have stock of bubbles at home because the kids love to blow them.  

I would not want to be a bubble because your life span is just a matter of seconds.

EJ misses this house very much, we all do..