Holiday Greetings!

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Just want to greet you all and wish you a warm holidays filled with love, peace and happiness this holiday seasons even if at this time I'll be away in the province with my family and brethren singing our praises to our Lord Jesus Christ and sharing His inspiring words. And why not? He's the real reason for this season and we must always remember that this season is not for gifts and material things only but the realization that His birth has brought us redemption from sins and we should always return the glory and honor to Him.

By this day and time in the night we will be around the bonfire at the villa we rented for a four-day camp meeting fellowship. I'll be back online next week! Be happy this holidays!

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Better Bathrooms for Your Homes

As we’re heading to our church camp meeting in Cavite we checked all sections and corners of the house for safe precautions just in case we miss electrical plugs or phones currently charging. Anyway it’s not as if there’s nobody in the house for the long holidays as there will be some family members that will stay in our house while we’re away. We just want to assure ourselves that we’re leaving the house safe and sound. Everything is fine and in good condition because we just had some renovation in the house and my brother’s workers checked everything that need repairs. The renovation includes our bathroom which is more like a construction as it’s so bare. Another project that we had is our fences and gates which was destroyed because of the recent road widening.

We’re happy with the results because the workers who worked for us seem very well concentrated on doing a very nice job. What I like most on the past few weeks’ work was our bathroom renovation as this part of the house is really important and can give you so much comfort. Before the renovation I’ve browsed online for some ideas and I’m glad that I’ve found BetterBathrooms.com which provides selection of BathroomSuite, furniture, shower systems, fixtures and more. They’re now offering great deals on their stock clearance sale of bathroom suites and they give 20% off on bathroom tiles upon purchase of their bathroom suite. Wow that’s really quite a deal and for a quality product. Anyway our bathroom is still on the finishing touches and I could add some nice furnishings from them!

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Away for the Holidays!

We're getting ready for our long travel and I've spent the last few days preparing for our things and essentials as we'll be staying in far place away from the bustling city of Metro. As I'm writing this we're packing our bags, food and clothings. We'll be staying in Villa Dominga Forest Resort in Indang, Cavite and we'll be sleeping on tents. In a few hours we'll head off South of Luzon and spend our four days in the camp. Friends I'll be visiting you next week. I wish you all peace, love and happiness this Christmas.

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Getting Ready for the Long Travel

Few days from now we’ll be heading to our camp site on the highlands of Indang, Cavite near Tagaytay City and we’re so happy that despite of not having our car restored to its normal state we were able to hire my brother’s extra car. It’s actually a better one as it’s a pickup car that’s so perfect to carry heavy loads and if you can imagine our essentials, food, beddings and clothings for a four-day stay at the camp you would probably say that it’s the best to carry on long and heavy baggage travel.

Last Sunday our church mate who knows a lot about car maintenance checked and fixed our break, tail and park lights. We’ve also noticed a not-so good wiper so we’re also fixing them up. We should be thinking and checking all possible fixing as we don’t want to catch trouble on the road. We always follow the blow bag rule which is the acronym that stands for checking up battery, lights, oil, water, brake, air (for tires) and gasoline whenever we travel for long distance destination. It’s also best if we can have travel insurance for a safer and worry-free travel local and international.

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:Food Friday - Spareribs in Milk

This is one of my favorite part of the pork meat, the spareribs and this recipe is just one of the many recipes you can make out of spareribs. It's simple to cook this. You only saute spices, put on the meat and add coconut milk and the usual sat, pepper and msg. Well the rest is up to you if you want to add some veggies.

My Mom used to cook this one for us back when we were younger and up to when she's strong enough to cook for us. She's not that frail or weak now but we just told her that it's better if she rest on cooking. Actually upon telling her that she seems happier that I can take upon her duty in the family to cook lol! And when I say cook I mean cooking on occasions also including cooking for 50-100 people when the need arises. Well it's ok as cooking is one of my stress therapy and one of my favorite hobbies.

Happy Food Friday to all, see other yummy foods here!

Food-Friday

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Best Value Replacement Windows

Our home is where our heart is so we take every step possible to make it strong, durable and pleasant to live in. It’s where we build our families and dreams so it’s just right to make it the most comfortable and convenient place for us. We should maintain it to its best condition and make an effort to protect it from damaging elements like age, abandonment, misuse and natural calamities. Our house was built decades ago and was renovated in late 70’s and due to its old age we always checked for fixtures to replaced, wood to be treated and parts of the house to be replaced. We’re lucky that almost third part of it was built in stone thus saving us some maintenance cost of keeping wood materials in perfect condition. But even if it’s built of stone there are the usual maintenance and replacement of windows, doors, tiles and various fixtures.

Technology has made renovation and maintenance simpler by its modern innovations and there are many companies that strive hard to attain perfection in home building especially in windows. There are things to consider in buying them such as determining specifically your requirements and needs. With replacement windows Fairfax VA offered by Metropolitan Contractors you can be assured of not just quality but value as well. They have a good price range which would cover clients from small to large scale needs. If you’re looking for an economical way of replacing your windows visit their site and you can have the most economical advanced replacement windows Fairfax VA that provides all the features you need at a great value you can afford.

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Unconscious Mutterings Week #359

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Up :: sky
   
2. Scram! :: Thief
   
3. Smell :: Perfume
   
4. Belong :: family, community
   
5. Doug :: American nickname
   
6. Collar :: clothes
   
7. Squirrel :: bird
   
8. Chinese :: chinky eyes
   
9. Tracker :: Planner
   
10. Apartment :: Temporary house
    

Join the fun and share your thoughts here!

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Excellent Way to Warm Up Your Towels

We recently had a bathroom renovation in our house and my brother who was in charge of the renovation brought me along to a home depot where we picked all our needed bathroom accessories and fixtures. It was an exciting shopping for me as it’s my first time to be there. It’s actually hard to choose especially when there are lots of stylish designs for our needed bowl, tiles, lavatory and many accessories that go with the package. I’ve found myself glued to the home depot display of bathroom showcase. I’ve been talking to my brother about having two choices and he laughed that I’m having second mind on my desired design, blame it on their wide range of products.

I’m really impressed with the recent bathroom fixtures these days as they’re really improving through the years. My brother told me that lately many companies are bringing new innovations on bathroom furniture and fixtures. Many of these products have been very useful to customers like Towel Warmers which is not only practical to have in your bathroom but added an extra style to your bathroom interior. Electric towel warmers are an excellent way to keep your towels warm and dry. You can also use it on your small dainty wears if you need it dry them fast.

If you ever have a need for these very useful towel warmers you can visit QualityBath.com where you can find various styles of towel warmers. If you care about brands they have top brands like Rohl, Quality Brands, Amba, Jeeves towel warmers, Warma, Myson Towel Warmers and many more.

Of course if you want to install towel warmers in your bathroom you would have some considerations on some things like do we need hydroponic or electric? There’s a difference between the two. Or do you want it wall mounted, floor mounted, free standing or portable? Whatever requirements, questions or concerns you may have to ask or want to know the answer you can easily read their buyer’s guide and resources. It will serve as your guidelines on choosing the right one for you and deciding which style suits your bathroom or which brand is perfect for your holiday gift. Take a look at one of their top selling products, Jeeves towel warmer which also caught my attention and want to add it to my newly renovated bathroom. Looks good don’t you think?

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10 Great Things About the Holidays

These are my ten great things for the holidays:

1. Camp Meeting Fellowship
   
2. Reunions with family, friends and classmates
   
3. 13th month pay and bonus
   
4. Shopping
   
5. More time with family
   
6. Menu planning
   
7. Lots of get together dinner and great foods
8. Holiday vacation
   
9. Kids are overwhelmed with new clothes, toys and gifts
   
10. My birthday falls near Christmas day!
    

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Reminders for Camp Meeting

At the church we talked about our incoming camp meeting at Indang, Cavite and we’re all excited about coming back to Villa Dominga Forest Resort where we’ll spend four days of the holiday season in fellowship services. We noted all necessities, priorities, things to bring, food to prepare, transportation, instruments and many other things to be reminded of. Of course for the Mommies we care about our family’s food and clothes and I’m thinking if my bags are enough for our four-day baggage.

Now that my two girls are fast growing up they can’t share their bag, they have their own separate luggage unlike when they were toddlers. I’m seeing some bags which I’ll buy for our December fellowship. I’ve seen some quality suitcases, luggage and bags and I’m thinking what’s the best buy among them, I saw some Samsonite, Kipling, Rimowa and many other brands. I should not be choosing from what I like only but by their style, quality and most importantly the price. I should always remind myself that I’m a smart buyer.

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