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I finally received my first tow photo books that I ordered from Artscow. And what can I say? Their really nice, of high quality and really very affordable (especially since I used the free 8x8 photo book coupon that I got from them).

So if you want to enjoy freebies and discounts from Artscow too, here are a few discount coupons that you can add to your account:

1. Get a set of 4 drinks coaster for jut $3.99. The price already includes free shipping. You can customize your own design – use your family picture, add a greeting message or use any of the available designs from Artscow. This will be a perfect drinking coaster for all the coming Holiday dinners.

To redeem this offer, just log in to your account and go to My Credit and Discount and enter the following coupon code:
Coupon code: DRKCST399
Expires on: December 12, 2009

2. Get a personalized photo mousepad for just $3.99 each with free shipping. This will be a perfect Christmas gift for your family and friends this holiday season.

To redeem this offer, just log in to your account and go to My Credit and Discount and enter the following coupon code:
Coupon code: MSEPAD399
Expires on: December 10, 2009

3. Get a photo sleeping mask for only $4.99 each and free shipping included. This will be a perfect travel companion to travel in style during the busy holiday season to be with families and friends.

To redeem this offer, just log in to your account and go to My Credit and Discount and enter the following coupon code:
Coupon code: SLPMSK499
Expires on: December 7, 2009

Security of our family has always been the number one priority of our family. With the growing number of crimes and burglary and now that I am pregnant with our second child, my husband and I have decided to put up a security system to protect our home.

Our good friend in Chicago is using ADT Chicago as their home security system and they highly recommend it to us. After reading about adt alarm system and adt home security system, we were really convinced that they are really our best choice to protect our home and our family.

What we like about ADT is that they have a central monitoring system that monitors our home 24/7 with just a low monthly fee so they can immediately alarm local authorities in case of any emergency so that is one sure way to give us peace of mind that our home is really secure. Their system is also very easy to use that we can activate and de-activate it with just one click of a button – no complicated system that I have to learn.

Getting the best security for our home and our family is really something that every family should consider. Getting ADT as our home security system is really one of the best decision we have made so far. Now we have peace of mind that there are eyes that are monitoring our home 24/7 for our family’s safety and security.

A few weeks ago, one of my friend’s blog got hacked. Good thing she is using a very reliable web hosting service that is why in no time, she was able to restore her site back.

I am just using free web hosting services and the many incidents of hacking that happened in the past couple of weeks have really got me into thinking to avail of a web hosting service for my blogs. This way, I will be assured that if anything happens to my blog, I can rely on the backups of my web host to restore all my sites.

That is why I am really doing some research and thank goodness for 4 Cheap Web Hosting, my search for the best and the cheapest web hosting services has been made easier.

4 Cheap Web Hosting gives a complete and unbiased guide for those who are looking for web hosting services. They have more than 200 web hosting companies listed on their directory, so just by clicking the browse button, I was given a list of the different web hosting companies in table format so I can easily compare their the monthly fee, the disk space that they provide to their clients, and the bandwidth. I can even narrow down my search based on my requirement just by clicking on the platform listed on their home page.

4 Cheap Web Hosting will surely help me find the best web hosting company that will meet my requirements.

I know I promised my husband that I will only buy one toy for our daughter for Christmas since she received a lot of toys already during her birthday but I can’t stop myself from shopping specially after comparing the prices at Amazon to the prices at the local stores here (they are really more than double).

So what did I end up buying?

1. LeapFrog Clickstart My First Computer and Toy Story and Finding Nemo game cartridges


2. Fisher-Price Manny's Tool Box. I really have no plans of buying it but after reading the product description, I got really interested with it and I am sure our daughter will really love it. The tool box talks and the tools inside the tool box dance with the music. The kids can also play with the tools individually and it also has interactive sounds.
3. Crayola 50ct Telescoping Pipsqueaks Tower. Our daughter loves doing art works now so this Pipsqueaks tower of washable markers will surely be a hit.

So now we have gifts for her from Santa, from baby Jesus and from us.

I also bought this cute Twilight and New Moon board game as my Christmas gift for my female cousins.

Three down but my shopping list is still long and I only have a few days left before Christmas, so pressure, pressure, pressure.

One of the many reasons why I am enjoying my pregnancy now is because I am excited to shop for our baby # 2. During my first pregnancy, I did not know enough online shops where I can buy baby stuffs at a much affordable price that I end up buying them locally.

But thanks to my shopping guru, Peachy, I discovered a lot of online shopping sites and my favorite now is Baby Bedding Palace. What I like about them is that they use only 100% high quality natural cotton materials for all their products so I am sure that it will be gentle and safe for my baby. Plus it is even hand made in Nepal so I am not only saving my baby, but I am also saving the planet as well.

What I love about their Baby Bedding Sets is that it contains all that I need for my baby’s nursery – it includes a quilt, a bumper, fitted sheet, skirt, pillow and even a diaper stacker and toy organizer. So this means all the items in my baby nursery are all matching which is what I really like to have. And most of their items are on sale too (almost 50% off). If only I already know the gender of my baby, I would have been shopping like crazy at Baby Bedding Palace. Here is some of their baby bedding sets:

I just received an email from GoDaddy reminding me that I need to renew my Domain name as it is expiring soon. This got me into thinking if I should also avail of GoDaddy’s web hosting services.

So I did some research and I landed on the page of webhostingchoice.com and they are really recommending GoDaddy as the best asp web hosting site. Godaddy is even voted as the Best ASP Web Host for 2009.

I have been registered with Godaddy for two years now and I really recommend their service. They have good technical support team and every time I send an email inquiry to them, I get a reply from them in 24 hours of less. That is why I am confident that if I decide to avail of their hosting service, I will surely get the same quality of technical support that I am getting with their domain registration.

Their packages are also very affordable as they have an economy plan which starts $4.99 that comes free with 10 GB of Disk Space and 300 GB of data transfer so it is really very affordable for small time blog owners like me.

My friends also experienced the hacking of their blogs thereby loosing all their blog data but this is not a problem with GoDaddy as they do daily backups as a standard service to all their clients.

Now that I have this information in my hands, it can really help me decide if I should be availing of GoDaddy’s hosting service or not.

In just a few days, it will be Thanksgiving Sale and Black Friday sale again so I am really saving up for this sale. I am a frequent online shopper. I buy most of our stuffs online. Why you may ask? Well it is because rates are cheaper as compared to prizes here in my side of the world and they even offer items that I won’t be able to find at local stores here. And especially if items are on sale, I really have huge savings.

Since I shop online, I often exposed my credit card details to potential hackers and criminals. I read that identity theft is one of the major crimes committed in the United States and though I love the benefit that online shopping brings, it still makes me concerned about the possibility that my credit card information can be stolen too.

That is why every time I shop online, I check to make sure that the website where I am ordering is using visa PCI compliant merchant solutions. With this method, every time I entered my credit card details, this information are tokenized and are redirected to Braintree’s website behind the scene so payment information stays in a vault and never reaches the merchant’s server. This increase the security of the website, thus reducing the risk of stolen credit card information.

Thank goodness for this kind of technology, at least I can enjoy the benefits of online shopping and I still feel secured about my financial information.

November 20 is the date, for the showing of the much awaited second installment of the Twilight saga, New Moon. Have you seen the trailer? Here it is:

I can feel Bella’s pain when Edward said goodbye. I really miss Edward here as he is almost not present the entire story. But boy, Jacob did a good job in taking Edward’s place (although I know that most Edward fans will not agree with me as I know that Edward can’t be replace in Bella’s heart). I actually don’t like how Jacob looks in the Twilight movie and I feel that he did not do justice on how he was described in the book but boy, how he transformed in the New Moon movie.

My MBAP friends are actually planning to watch it on the 20th but sadly it is a work day so I can’t take a leave from work. But I will be having a movie date with my cousins, maybe on the 22nd. I am so excited already. I can’t wait to see Edward, Bella and Jacob again.

Hubby has really been convincing me to visit our friend in San Diego next year a few months after I gave birth. Our friend will be celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary and they wish that we can join them as they celebrate their anniversary. They will be having a Mediterranean inspired party and so they will have a San Diego banquet at Trattoria Acqua. Trattoria Acqua is a very romantic restaurant as it has an overlooking view of the La Jolla Cove and Pacific Ocean so it is a perfect venue for an intimate celebration that our friend is planning for their anniversary.

This would be a perfect vacation for us if we will be able to go as we can go around and visit the tourist spots in San Diego also with our friends. Our friend is saying that they are only inviting their close friends and relatives so they are really hoping that we can make it for their anniversary party.

I am about to give birth next year but we promised our friends that we will really try to save up so we can be with them as they celebrate an important event in their life.

Since I am bed rest for week, hubby went home one day with the Sex and the City movie DVD so I have something to watch while I stay at home the whole day. My favorite part of the movie is their vacation on Mexico and how I wish we can also go on a Mexico family vacation.

If I did not get pregnant, hubby and I are really planning to go to an out of country vacation again next year. Since we all love the beach, we are really dreaming of going to Azul Sensatori Hotel as we heard that it is really ideal for family vacation. I am sure our daughter will have fun at their splash park and kid’s pool while I and my husband enjoy a beach front massage. Their location is also perfect as it is just twenty minutes away from the airport so there will be no long land travel which is what we really prefer since we are travelling with a toddler.

If not next year, hopefully when our second baby is old enough to travel with us, we will someday try the lovely Azul Sensatori Hotel in Mexico.

1. Pasta: This holiday season, impress family and friends with quick and easy pasta dishes. Learn how to prepare well-loved Italian recipes such as Classic Bolognese, Canneloni, Tomato-Pesto Pasta, Pasta Alfredo, Clams and Mussels Pasta.

Class will be held on November 14 at 10:00 – 4:00 PM. Fee is P 2,600 per participant.

2. Holiday Goodies: Bring the merriment to the dinner table by preparing goodies your family will surely remember for years to come. Learn how to make Fruitcake Roons, Granny's Fiesta Cake, Pineapple Nut Bars, Pine-Cherry Fudge Cake.

Class will be held on November 21 at 10:00 – 4:00 PM. Fee is P 2,600 per participant.

3. Flower and Food Basket Arrangement: Enhance your creativity by learning the simple art of flower & food basket arrangements. It's a great gift idea for the holidays.

Class will be held on November 28 at 10:00 – 4:00 PM. Fee is P 2,600 per participant.

4. Stress-free Holiday Cooking: Learn how to create delicious meals that will not tire and stress you out-- whether you are preparing for potluck gatherings or food for the holidays. Included in this class are practical tips and techniques to make preparation & cooking a lot easier during this busy time of the year. Dishes that will taught during class includes: Pasta Chicken Waldorf Salad, No Bake Spareribs BBQ, Baked Sausage & Chicken Pasta, Pineapple Grape Shake, Del Monte Lodge Baked Mango.

Class will be held on December 5 at 10:00 – 4:00 PM. Fee is P 2,600 per participant.

The fee includes ingredients & materials needed per group, recipe hand-out, apron & toque and certificate of participation.

Call 897-7000 Mondays thru Fridays from 8 to 5 pm or email kitchenomics@delmonte-phil.com for more information.

I am so proud of my husband. He is one responsible and hardworking father and he really makes sure that he can provide for all the needs of our family. Now that our family is growing with the coming of the second baby in our family, he is thinking of putting up a computer business with his friend from college. They are thinking of putting up a Computer school where they will offer computer classes for Office application, Windows Application, Operating systems, server administration and the like.

Since they only have a limited budget, they will be purchasing refurbished sun servers from Redapt to use for their computer school. My husband said that Redapt offers quality and affordable servers that even come with a one year warranty and technical support.

My husband has long been planning to have his own computer school so I am really wishing him luck and hope that this business venture with his friend will really push through. Good luck to you my dear husband.

It is the start of the second semester already and I can hear my sister complaining about her school expenses. You see, she is a working student and so she really needs all the way that she can have to save. She is a graduating student also and this is her last semester and she has to start saving up for her thesis which can be costly because they have to pay a fee to the professors that will be the panelist for their thesis defense and add to that the expenses that they will incur in completing their project.

Since it is the start of the semester, she needs to buy books for the subjects that she is enrolled in. Good thing she discovered Valore Books where she can buy used textbooks at a very affordable price. If she wants to make money, she can also sell her old textbooks to Valore Books and I heard they really have a high textbook buy back prices.

I am so proud of my sister because she has been working really hard and in just a few months, she will graduate as a Computer Science student and she did all this as a working student. I heard she might also be included in the dean list so hats off to you sissie.

Get ready for winter with Crocs’ Kids’ Boot. From $24.99, it is now down to $9.99. Offer is valid until November 16, 2009 only so start stomping on snow with this cute boot.


Don’t forget also that Crocs is having a promo where you can choose between 10% off your total purchase or free ground shipping – Your Choice. Your savings.

Are you one of those individuals who are having problems with bad credit and are looking for an institution who can help you dispute those negative entries in your credit report? Then if your answer is yes, then Ovation Credit Report Repair is the answer to your problem.

Ovation Credit is a company that offers credit repair services just by following four easy steps. Simply sign up online or by phone and choose from among their programs on how to fix credit report. Then just forward to them your credit report and then by logging in to their website once they entered your case in your case files, you can tell them those entries in the report that you want to dispute. Their program offers unlimited dispute so once you have given them your list of items to dispute, all you have to do next is just wait for result to happen.

Ovation Credit are founded by attorneys and all the steps that they take in fixing your credit are backed up by credit laws so you can be assured that all the steps that they take is legal. So if you want to fix your credit report now, check out their website and I am sure in no time, you can see positive changes in your credit standing.

It’s time for Christmas shopping again and since I was advice by my doctor to have a bed rest, I can’t go out and hit the mall to start my Christmas shopping. But of course, even bed rest won’t stop me from shopping as I found a cool site where I can purchase NFL Merchandise online, NFLUniformset.com.

I learned about this site from my husband who is one true NFL fan. He buys all her NFL collectibles here and now I know why he is going crazy over this site after checking it myself. I checked out the site and I found these cute NFL uniform sets which are really perfect Christmas gifts for all my god son as the set consists of jersey, pants and helmet and is even packaged in a nice gift box. Check out these cool NFL uniforms:


Aside from the uniform sets, I am also checking out the different sport equipment that they sell on their site as a perfect match to the uniform set that I am giving to my God sons.

So if you are looking for great NFL stuffs for Christmas gifts or maybe just to add to your collection, then check out NFLUniformset.com.

Do you want to meet and interact with famous directors Soxie Topacio, Maryo J. Delos Reyes and Joel Lamangan? Well if you do, then here is your chance.

Philippine Educational Theater Association with the support of APT Entertainment presents C MO SI DIREK where there will be film showing of movies by the three directors:

Soxie Topacio's Ded Na Si Lolo on November 13
Maryo J. Delos Reyes' Kamoteng Kahoy on November 14
Joel Lamangan's Fuschia on November 15

The film showing will be at the PETA Theater Center, #5 Eymard Drive, New Manila Q.C. Film starts at 7:30 PM.

After the film showing, there will be an open forum where you can interact and ask questions to these three famous directors.

Get your tickets now. Tickets are sold at P500 for a 3-Day Pass and P 200 for a 1-Day Pass. You can call 410.0822/ 725-6244 / 0909-8705601 / 0917-8044428 for inquiries and reservations.

A few weeks ago, I read a number of email threads in my yahoo groups about some of our friends who have been victimized by burglary. I immediately told the story to my husband and he got really concerned for our safety. Since my husband and I are both working, our daughter is left alone with our nanny almost the entire day. So my husband thought that installing Home Security Systems is the only thing that will give us peace of mind.

He checked out the site of ADT Home Security and read about the different security equipment that will be installed at our home for our security and protection. Equipments such as a digital keypad that will give us easy access to fire, medical and police dispatch, motion detectors, sirens, and wireless door and window sensors. After reading all this information, my husband immediately filled up the online form and we got contacted right away by an alarm specialist who installed all the mentioned security equipment.

What my husband likes about ADT is that they have four interconnected monitoring centers that offers 24/7 Home Security Monitoring to all their clients form all the states listed in their site. Aside from the very reliable and high-tech equipment used by ADT, this 24/7 monitoring give us additional peace of mind that our family is really safe and secure from any intrusion.

On November 16, our dear princess will be turning four years old. We prepared two parties for her, one to celebrate with our families and friends and another one to celebrate with her teachers and classmates at school.

Almost everything is ready for the party except for the clothes that she will be wearing on both parties and of course no birthday is complete without the presents that we will give her. Since I only have one week left to look, I am already starting to panic as she still has no clothes to wear on her birthday. But while I was looking for barefoot dreams blankie as my gift for my friend’s daughter, I saw this cute appaman pink tee.

The tee is made from cotton so I am sure it will be really comfortable to wear. And with the bold number 4 printed in front of the tee, it will definitely make her birthday shirt extra special. And I am really feeling so lucky because I even saw jellycat stuffed animals which I am sure our daughter will really love as our birthday present for her. Check out loulouscorner.com and I am sure you will see lots of great finds here.

Last year, I received a Belle de Jour planner as a gift from my cousin. It is the first time that I owned a Belle de Jour planner and now I know why women are really raving for it.

The Belle de Jour planner is really the ultimate planner for women who wants to lead the IT Girl lifestyle. This planner was really designed with the women in mind as it has time management-based tools, articles on beauty and time management, beauty, health and career tips, and of course my favorite of all, it comes with discount coupons from various lifestyle brands. The planner comes with a total of 60 discount coupons totaling to almost P10, 000 worth of discounts. Below is a list of brands that is included in the BDJ planner:

Ace Water Spa
All Flip Flop
Azta Urban Salon
Barre3
BYSI
CBTL
Celine
Cheesecake Etc
Chocolate Clothing
Clarity
CMG
David&Goliath
EastWood
FlapJacks
Flojos
Fluke Restaurant
FlyShades
Folded and Hung
Get Laud
I Love Cocco
Iora
Irepublic
Jellybean
Karimadon
Michellis
Motolite
Orly
Pizza Hut
Plains and Prints
Promod
Pulse Yoga
Red Box
Regine's Salon
Schu
Shujikida Salon
Skin, Inc.
So Fab!
Sonja's
Strip
Suesh
TGIF
The Ramp Crossings
The Spa
The White Hat
Una Rosa
Wade
Watsons

They are now accepting orders for the 2010 BDJ planner and the SRP is P598. The planner will be available first week of November.

We just got back from our almost 7-day vacation in Singapore and Malaysia. It was a nice trip, a great bonding time with my family, but my husband said that hopefully we will be able to visit the United States for our next vacation.

One of the reasons why we wanted to go to the US is my hubby’s friend just purchased Metrodome tickets and he is inviting my husband to join him. These tickets are very difficult to get that is why he is convincing my husband to come so they can watch the Metrodome together. They are also both fans of Globetrotters so if we will push through with our US vacation, they might purchase Harlem Globetrotters tickets from ACheapSeat as well. My husband said that watching the Globetrotters is really an entertaining show to watch since they combine sports with comedy and so they wanted us to join them when they watch the basketball exhibition. But knowing me and the wife of my husband’s friend who are really not into sports, we might not be able to enjoy it and so we are looking at Jeff Dunham Tickets as we have long been planning to watch him perform live also.

Looks like we have pretty much have planned our visit in the US for next year. Hopefully, we will be able to save so this trip will really push through.

For every business, it is important to create a relationship with their customers to keep them coming back. That is why more and more companies are using email marketing tool such as iContact.

iContact allows companies to send and create email newsletter, track the emails that they sent to their clients, create blogs, create surveys and even autoresponder all in one site. They offer different packages starting at $9.95 per month depending on the size of the list subscribers. By subscribing to their service, companies can all manage their subscriber list all in one site and use the professional looking email template available from the site too to create email newsletter. Because iContact also has agreement wit different ISPs, all email marketing campaign sent from the iContact site is guaranteed that will be delivered to the customers’ inbox. With iContact’s tracking capability also, companies can track the clicktroughs and the emails opened by their clients and it can even create a graph report of this statistics. This information is very important for the company as it will give them more information about their clients’ preferences which can help them present products to their customers based on their preferences.


Subscribing to iContact’s services is a sure way to improve business and attract and retain more customers.

Since our daughter was so behave during our flight from Manila to Singapore, I was able to do some reading during the flight. One article from SMILE Magazine, Cebu Pacific’s in flight magazine, caught my attention and decided to copy it.

Different Tips to Break Out of a Rut

1.
The Rut: Living in the same old house
The Rut Buster: Dress your nest with new curtains, furniture, or a fresh paint job. Get all your need for this from Home Depot.
The Bonus: Shop now at Home Depot and qualify to join the big Auto Lotto and possibly win P500, 000 and more from Home Depot.

2.
The Rut: Being land locked
The Rut Buster: Learn to fly a plane with new Cebu based aviation firm, Aviator. Taxi, take off, cruise, and control a Cessna 152 plane (price is between P7,500 to P14,000).
The Bonus: Get a bird’s eye view of the beaches, coves, and islands around Cebu, Siargao, Camiguin and Bohol.

3.
The Rut: Meeting in a drab office room.
The Rut Buster: Cebu’s Imperial Palace water park resort and Spa has four collapsible meeting rooms and a grand hall.
The Bonus: Take a break at the resort’s two pools.

4.
The Rut: Being highly stressed.
The Rut Buster: Treat yourself for a Philippine Hilot massage of the delicious Choco Cocoa Body Wrap or Tropical Fruity Luscious Body Scrub at the Spa in Cebu.
The Bonus: More than the treatment, you’ll feel pampered by the restful ambiance of the large landscaped garden and the spacious suites.

Since my brother gave up his career in the IT world as a programmer to concentrate on our cell phone business, he suddenly became really business minded. He is really doing well as a businessman as every month, our earnings from the business is increasing and he was even able to expand our business and we are now selling other gadgets aside from cell phones like cameras and laptops.

He is in a middle of a personal financial problem right now so he is looking at setting up a new business to help him with his financial problem. He is looking at business franchise as he learned from a friend that it is one sure and safe way to start a new business since he doesn’t need to start from scratch.

By submitting a profile, consultants can use this information to analyze the best type of franchises that will best suit the client’s needs and financial goals. And what is best about franchising is that, he can use the knowledge and expertise of the franchise owner to start a business successfully.

I am sure getting a franchise will really help my brother with the financial problem that he is facing right now.

Have you seen my hubby’s quarter dollar collection (I grabbed this picture from his Blog Site)?

A few weeks ago, I ordered my first two photo books from Artscow. I got a promotional code and I was able to get 2 8x8 30 pages photo books for free. Though I still paid for additional pages, at least I was able to get the first 20 pages for free and all I have to pay is just the shipping fees.

I checked my account and my photo books has been shipped already. I might be able to receive it after a week or two. The photo books are our Singapore adventure last 2008 and my daughter’s first birthday album.

Yes, my daughter is turning 4 this month and I still haven’t finished her second and third birthday party album. LOL. But I think I will find the inspiration to finish it now as Artscow is having a promo again. They are giving three 7x5 40 paged photo books as their early Christmas gifts to their loyal clients.

My husband has been convincing me for the longest time already to start the renovations of our house in the suburbs. And now that we will be finish with our housing loan next year, my husband is really considering starting the renovations as soon as possible as he can’t wait to move in to our dream house.

As what I learned from Jody and Jacqui, we really should invest on the furniture and fixtures that we will use for our dream house as it will be for our long term use. And since hubby is really serious to proceed with the renovations next year, I am already doing some research as early as now on where we can order custom cabinets and that is when I discovered custom cabinets Richmond.

They can design custom kitchen cabinets Richmond based on our lifestyle so the style and theme for the furniture and fixture will really reflect our personalities. They just don’t create kitchen cabinets Richmond but they can also create designs for the entire house as well so every room in the house will have a general matching theme.

Hopefully we will be able to push through with our planned house renovations next year as I know this has been a long dream project for my husband.

My good friend who lives in Colorado is looking for business opportunities. She and her husband moved there when her husband received a good job offer. But then my friend has to resign from her job. This is actually what she really wants as she wants to take care of their daughter but because of the economic recession, they can really feel the effect of the economic crisis and so my friend feels that she needs to look for another source of income to help her husband.

My friend heard about franchises Colorado from a friend and she got really interested. She did some reading and the positive side about franchise Colorado is that a consultant will help you make a decision on the best franchise that will work for every client. The client has to submit a profile that the consultant will review to recommend the best local franchise opportunity for each individual client.

My friend got really excited as she knows that she will be in good hands since the consultants will give her good advice on the perfect local franchise for her. She is really confident that her hard earned money will not go to waste as an expert will help her in making a franchise decision.