:Looking at the Sky on Friday #65

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I got this view from our church building and though it's getting dark when I took the shot I find the sky captivating and majestic. Looks like the bunch of clouds are watching the whole world. Well for sky watchers like me I have lots of imaginative ideas whenever I see beautiful clouds, sky and panoramic view. God has given us a beautiful world to live in, it's just saddening to think that some people are too busy to see the wonderful creations of God.

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A Delightful Hobby on Summer Vacation

Summer vacation is fast approaching and with the kind of weather that we have right now I think summer has begun already. It’s only a month before our kids will be staying at the house to enjoy their school break vacation to rest themselves for a new school year ahead. Well it’s not as if they will really sleep and sit only or spend the whole vacation playing games online. For me it’s not healthy for the mind and body. They should learn something that they don’t do in school. You can enroll them in music, enhancement studies or engage them in sports.

My kids are so fond of clays and I’m thinking of joining them when they do it because it’s fun even to adults. Well if you’re kids are apt to this kind of hobby you can check out AMACO/Brent for a complete line of products that will supply all your pottery requirements. They’re the leading company where you can get your pottery supply for the whole family. It’s nice to have bonding with your kids while you enjoy some creative ideas to be put into reality.

Aside from sports it’s really good for our kids to explore their artistic and creative minds and playing clays and doing pottery can give them the benefit that you want. It’s an enhancer for the mind as well. See them enjoy their different colors of clays put into slump molds of their choice. I know it’s fun and exciting because I did it when I was young and still joining my kids when they play their doughs.

No problem now with getting supplies as AMACO/Brent have it all from pottery wheels, clays, hardening stuff, kilns, majolica glazes and more. The fun will never stop as long as you have creative imagination and ideas. It will make their summer vacation a delightful break from school.

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Lazy to Go Out

Whew this scorching heat makes me lazy to go out of the house. I’m glad Bes Jen offered to cancel my plan to go there in their shop because I’m full to my neck with my online tasks and going out at around 2-3pm is like going to a battlefield with the sun’s excessive glare and heat. No wonder many people now are having illness associated with the heat like measles, skin allergies and heat stroke. We’ll just meet tomorrow in the afternoon and have a good time again. As for my plans to go to Ruth's school I'll just do it next week. I just don't want the sun to feast on me lol!

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One Stop Shop for Sculptures and Potters

This coming summer it’s enjoyable to give way to your skills, talents and hobbies. It’s like an outlet to whatever bad things that happened to you in the past few months. Giving in to your hobbies can relieve you of your stress because of the joy you feel when you do the things that you like best. As of now I’m indulging on some of my hobbies and that’s reading, blogging and cooking.

For those who have a heart for pottery it’s really exciting to form your original creation of vase or pots on your pottery wheel clay as it can give you a lot of fulfillment. They say when you put your heart on everything that you do it will reflect on the output. So if you exert all efforts and patience on your hobby it will pay on the outcome of your labor.

Like any hobbyists you should find the right place for your materials and for potters you can find all the things that you need for pottery at AMACO/Brent, one of the leading companies that provides products for sculptures and potters such as pottery wheels and equipment, clays, glazing products, sculpting compounds, brushes, tools and mold-making products,texturing tools and all pottery materials you’ll need to come up with a pretty vase or your other creations. It’s a one-stop shop for sculptures and pottery so you can get them all here.

It’s better to give way to your hobbies like this as it will not only relax and enhance your skills and talent but it’s also a way of having one nice hobby for the whole family. Yes the whole family will enjoy this. Visit AMACO/Brent and check out what supplies and products they have for you.

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Waiting for Graduation Sked!

I’ve planned to go to TUMCS today to get Ruth’s hardcopy of exam results (got it over the phone last week) and the school’s letter of requirements to be completed prior to enrollment but due to pending tasks I’ve decided to do it tomorrow or next week since it’s too early to enroll Ruth in high school. They still haven’t got a date for graduation ceremony and DH was worried because they need to seek permission for a leave of absence way before the real date. Josh will have his graduation on the 22nd of March and I’m hoping Ruth will have her schedule before April.

The school is still waiting for the district decision of date and no one is authorized to do that than the district head. Janet and I were elected as two of the graduation officials for this year’s graduation but Janet can’t reserve the venue without a date, oh well she’s smart enough to reserve the last week of March as per our guess lol! I’ll keep on praying that it will not be on the 31st of March as we’ll be going to Tagaytay at midnight.

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Taking Care of Elders

The only elder in our home right now is my own mother and we live with her since I got married. My father died when I was newly married and I know it will make my Mom sad if we will live somewhere other than our ancestral house. Since she’s a retired teacher she takes care of my children with the added benefit of teaching them the way a good teacher can. My friends keep telling me that part of my kids' reason for being good in school is my Mom’s direct supervision and her superb teaching abilities. I’ll agree to their statement because Mom really exercises her profession together with being a super grand mom to impart good breeding and learning abilities to my children. I’m a lucky daughter to have a super Mom like her.

Now she’s older I decided to quit my job and take care of my children because I know it would be easier for her if I’m working in the house. That way I can take care of my kids and her while I’m working as a freelance writer at home. I also plan to buy a franchise of well-known meat products or perhaps a cleaning franchise whichever is better. It was a good decision backup by prayers and waiting for God’s perfect will. Working at home proved to be a good opportunity to earn bucks more than my office salary so I know its God’s plan for me.

My life is different now unlike what I had for the last two decades of employment as I’m my own boss and I can do whatever I want in my own time. My job experiences helped me tackle multi-tasking job and I’m glad I can cope up with my writings’ expectations and pressures. Now I’m with my Mom the whole day and I’m taking care of monitoring what she eat, I’m very particular with her meal which consists of fish, vegetable and various kinds of fruits. She has rheumatism and I take note of the foods that’s not fit to eat for rheumatic person. When I was working in office employment we set her foods for the whole day but sometimes she has less appetite when she’s alone in the house with only my little boy with her. It’s different now because we eat together and that gave her more appetite which gained her some pounds.

I’m not alone in taking care of my Mom as my sister is also with her who takes care of her when she gets home after office work. We love her and we will never ever put her in a nursing home as long as we’re physically able to take care of her. It’s like giving back in return all the love that she has unselfishly given us throughout the years.

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:WW - DSI Good Old Friends

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Got a chance to meet my long time friends in my former job in Design Science. Jen (on far left) and I planned it over a year ago but it didn't happen due to our busy schedule. Then suddenly Jen invited us to her birthday dinner and even if most of us can't come on that day we continued on our plan with almost 80% of our friends not present. Anyway we talked just like the old days and laughed at the joy, hardship and old memories that we had. A day would not suffice for us but we agreed to meet again but we'll have it well planned so we can really have a real reunion. I really miss all of them.

Sorry for the not so good shots here as we just ate, chatted, talked and forgot to take pictures. It was an after thought that we should have some pics lol! The guy taking the shots can't concentrate on the button as we keep on talking to him at the same time, see the results :-)

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What Do You Have to Smile About?

You Have Your Attitude to Smile About

Things may or may not be going well in your life, but you always take time to smile a little.
You know it's important to keep looking up and looking toward the future. Optimism always wins out.

You're the one person always eager to see a silver lining in dark clouds. It's important that you feel hopeful.
No matter whether you're having a good day or bad day, you keep smiling. A smile makes everything better!

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Allergy Season

Our community health center warned us that measles are currently spreading now and we should protect our kids from getting it. It’s one of the common skin illnesses during summer days and now it’s striking very early. Well it’s not as surprising as the intensity of the sun’s heat nowadays is like the summer heat on months of April and May while the other part of the globe is shoveling inches deep snow. In their houses they need to be warmed and some houses are installing underfloor heating to enjoy the warmth temperature. You really can’t tell the weather now as daytime brings intense heat while at night the air is so cool. The earth has changed a lot as there are many irregularities in the climate season.

Now I’m telling Josh to stay away from the sun while playing. We have a big backyard at the center of four houses in our compound and Josh plays most of the day there. I’m afraid that he might incur skin allergies related to severe exposure to sun and dust. I have a friend who is very sensitive when it comes to dust and air. She easily gets sick and develops skin allergies every time she was exposed to excessive dust. Worst thing about this is she’ll start sneezing as soon as she smells it and her asthma will follow on worst scenario. When she travels around the city she must ride in closed cars and not on open vehicles.

It greatly affects her outdoor activities and because of her sensitivity to dust and polluted air she seldom go to open air markets where she will be exposed to harmful pollution and dust. She’s a very good friend and easy to get along with even if she has some allergies she didn’t let it hamper her activities. To prevent her allergy from recurring she stays away from dusty places and takes a lot of Vitamin C and fruits. When you see her now you’ll never know that she’s suffering from allergies because she takes good care of her health. Even if it’s the season where allergies are easily incurred she’s very well protected.

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Protect Yourself and Your Homes from UV Rays

After the big flood few months ago here comes never-ending sunshine. It’s good for our plants and crops and adds light on our daytime activities but I feel the sun’s scorching heat is too much for skin exposure. I’m warning my kids to stay out of the sun while they’re on their lunch break time because it might give them headache or dizziness. Yes excessive exposure to sun proved to be hazardous to health. I even advised my niece not to let her baby out in the sun after 8 in the morning as it may damage her baby’s skin. Actually I’ve given her until 7:30 in the morning to ensure prevention of damage. Whenever I go out of the house to go somewhere I can feel the sun’s scorching heat is too much for me so I bring enough protection or stay out of the sun’s glare. Maximum protection should be done to soften the harmful effects of the sun’s UV rays and we need Window tinting Richmond products to be able to do that. It will help us reduce the damaging effects of the sun and filters the sun’s ultraviolet rays at the same time. It’s the answer to my problem of minimizing the glare from my windows.

With the use of window tinting products we can save our furniture from fading out quickly and this can also extend up to our floors, furnishing and other interiors of the house. When we talk of commercial benefits I can say that greater benefits are in line when using Window Film Richmond because it can reduce your electric bills by your savings from air-conditioning costs. Some other factors also contributes to this as high performance window films offers better protection because it can secure the building from bomb blasts, natural disasters and unauthorized entry. What attracted me most is the possibility of eliminating theft and vandalism which I hated the most because our front gate is a victim of bad vandalism. So if you use window films you’ll not only getting protection but privacy, comfort and the satisfaction of seeing the beauty of your furniture maintained to its best condition. Save your money and be protected from UV rays.

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If you could invite any five people to your birthday party, who would they be?

~ With me I think 5 people are not enough, its actually impossible :-) I'd invite church friends, school friends, closest office mates, relatives and best friend, so it's 5 but 5 group of people, lol!

What birthday has been your favorite so far? What about it made it special?

~ Last last year, celebrated in church with family and church mates

What one thing are you craving today?

~ Fresh green salad

I was thankful that it's actually not so manic today :-) Click the badge to join!

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iPhone Accessories

Communication is where rich and poor people meet because it’s one of the things that you enjoy even without so much money. Almost everyone I know have mobile phones because owning one became a necessity rather than a luxury. Well those who can afford luxury buy the most advanced phones available with all the features they like to enjoy. With mobile phones distance is no longer a problem because you can reach each other wherever you are. It’s astounding to know that man has invented gadgets that would make our life easier. Suddenly everything became possible and information can be transmitted immediately in a span of few seconds or minutes. You can call or inform someone of emergencies just by sending a text message or calling someone directly from your phone. No more worries of no communication because with mobile phones you can call anytime and anywhere.

With the convenience of having mobile phones kids and adults got hooked on this gadget with their specific requirements and preferences for style, brands and features. Even kids bring mobile phones in school for easy communication when they need something or need to communicate to their parents immediately. For the kids it’s better to let them carry the simple models for security purposes I may say. Yesterday I’m searching for a gift and surf for some models of mobile phones when I was attracted by the site’s array of iphone accessories which are all nice and very useful to your iPhone. You can’t just pass by the site without lingering on the beautiful accessories for your gadgets.

MobileFun has made it possible to provide everything you’ll ever need for your phone. Everything is there from battery packs, SIM, accessories, iphone case, headset, car kit, desk stands and more. I had fun browsing and searching through the site because they had everything there. Many people especially the young girls and boys are so fond of adding something to their phones. My niece for one loves seeing her phone in style because she loves fashion. I really would want an iphone dock for her because she wants a docking area for her phone. Oh well I really love online window shopping because you can choose from the product according to brands, specifications and of course affordability.

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