Quicker8.com's Contest

As a way of thanking her readers and online friends Faye of Quicker8.com is giving away two Fossil Ladies watch and 1 Kate Spade Kikay Kit to the lucky readers and online friends :) This contest is open to International readers too!:)

Look at what she's giving away:

         1st prize - Fossil Ladies Watch

         2nd prize - Fossil Ladies Watch

         3rd prize -Kate Spade kikay kit (orange) 

Wow! Who wouldn't love these! If you want to have this visit Quicker8.com for the mechanics of the contest.

The Contest ends on December 18, so if you wish to participate you must enter before that date. Winners will be announced on December 28,2010! The winners will be picked through Random.org!

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Relaxing Place in the House

I’ve been on my most hectic schedule last week and until now I can feel the stress, excitement and everything that came with my kid’s school competition and activities. It’s like I’m back to my world where every day is spent on my usual offline and online tasks. It’s so exciting to be where your child is on every competition that she joins but it’s also relaxing to be in your good old routine. Now I’m into making myself healthy with my healthy meals and exercise regimen. I didn’t enroll into any aerobics or gym workout class but I just take it from online link. 

After the kids went to school and I’m free with my hours I see to it that I take my exercise for 30-45 minutes a day and when I’m finished I try to relax and catch my breath in our patio where I can breathe the fresh air from the garden. It’s always been my relaxing corner of the house where I can eat, read, chat or just relax my feet at the chaise lounge. Since it’s my favorite place aside from the kitchen I want the furniture to last so I’m thinking of having some nice Outdoor Furniture Covers to protect it from too much exposure to heat which can robbed them of their good finish and made. 

Whenever we stay at the patio we usually stay awhile enough to have some snacks and board games because the whole family is fond of playing chess, word factory and scrabble. When we’re inside the house and the weather got windy and rainy I wish that I have Patio Chair Covers so we can go back there anytime without the mess of rain and winds on the chairs. It’s also good to have a couple of Patio Table Covers so we can use the table in its original beauty anytime because the covers can protect them from easy tear and wear.

I found that I can have all these protection from Empire patio covers with their perfect combination of style and protection for all types of outdoor patio furniture such as chaise lounge, patio chair, patio table, patio furniture, BBQ & grill, fire pit and heater and many other outdoor furniture. Best of all their products come in manufacturer’s warranty of 1 year for classic material and 2 years for signature material. All of these at discounted prices.

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Keep Smiling

It always good to see someone smiling, more people are positively motivated to do more work if they see people smiling at workplace, school and on other places. If you're hiding something and you're smiling they'll never know what you're up to. Anyway it's not that hard to smile, it's harder to frown or make bad faces, and it will also make you look bad. Smiling makes a pretty countenance

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Be Prepared Always

My daughter was absent from school yesterday because she has fever and colds. It came as a surprise to us when she suddenly told us that she’s got hot temperature. We were at the church service and I just put some cold towel in her head. The reason for her fever is her runny nose and after one day her temperature returned to normal temperature but she still got some colds. As much as possible I don’t want to bring her to the hospital because there are many sick people there and she might contact severe sickness. I also don’t want being in the hospital for long because I took pity on those who suffer from heavy sickness and when I heard stories of not being able to pay the hospital expenses. 

It’s best if you have a health card or plan like the Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina health plan which caters to people living in North Carolina. You’ll have no worries about financial expenses when someone in your family needs medical attention, hospitalization or anything related to health expenses. It’s better if you’re prepared for emergency sickness than be saddled with big hospital bills.

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Like Sisters

My niece and my eldest daughter are almost the same age, same height and built. They don’t look like cousins because May has chinky eyes and Ruth has deep set eyes like his Dad but they get along so well. Now that they’re both teens they can relate with each other very well when they talked about high school life, clubs, activities, friends, crushes and even teenage acne products that they heard from their classmates. If you’ll see them you’ll think that they’re sisters because when they talk they giggle, smile and laugh at the same time. They both go to the same school that’s why I’m confident that May will guide and assist Ruth in every way she can. Anyway she’s like an elder sister because she’s two years ahead of Ruth and she’s so kind and such a dear.

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Makes Me Sleepy

It’s all work and work now as I have so many dues but earlier I can’t seem to do my work as fast as I could. Too many tasks in the house make me sleepy after that’s why it’s harder for me to write reviews and even personal posts. I just have to read my books again to give me plenty of ideas for my assignments. Anyway I have no choice sleepy or not I have to finish all to prepare for the outpouring of tasks again. I’m so thankful for the blessings sent my way. I could never thank God enough for his wonderful blessing.

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Getting Her Money’s Worth

My cousin was here yesterday all the way from our provincial town and as always we were so excited talking about many things. My Mom was the one who was so excited because she gets to know some news about home town where she grew up and lived most of her life. She only transferred here because of my Dad. My cousin lived in our house for about 3 years that’s why we’re really close to each other; she’s like one of our family even if she’s only a second cousin only. 

Anyway talking about life and work she suggested that I invest on planting some crops on our land so when the kids started their college we will have some backup for financial expenses. She’s an engineer but she opted to retire and put up a meat products shop. Her profession now becomes her part-time job because she enjoys having a business of her own. We talked some other kind of investment in the future and she was asking about the veracity of buying gold coins for collection and investment as well. She wants to invest if she will have a high returns for her capital. She wants to be sure that she’ll be getting her money’s worth on it.

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Planning to Build Small Cottage House

I was talking to my cousin this afternoon about building a small vacation house in our province. My brother suggested it first and maybe we’ll talk about this thing in the next few months. We have a house in the town proper which is being cared for by my cousin. They lived in the house since we moved to my father’s town until now that her children have bought their own homes. But we really wanted a place in the farm to stay when we’re on vacation so we’re thinking of having a small cottage style house where we’ll put some nice cabin beds, wooden living room set, barn wood dining set and many others. We want it to look like a country house or something to that effect. How I wish we could make our plans push as soon as possible. It’s nice to wake up in the morning and see the sun shining with the fields and mountain in your window view.

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You Are Kauai

You are a true natural lover, and you want to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city.
You want to get away from it all, and the less people the better. You crave Kauai's seclusion.

You will love all of the hiking Kauai offers, especially the trails to beautiful beaches.
You are ready to relax, renew, and connect with nature. Especially if that nature includes waterfalls and rainbows.

This quiz amazed me as it describe the real me, I'm really a nature lover and most of the times want to get away from the busy, hectic and noisy environment of the city.  Not that we're living in the city but we're just few minutes away from it and we feel like we're living in the city because we're near to everything people always come to like shopping malls, famous groceries, supermarket and others.

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Creative Friend

I’ve been sorting out old things in our stock room and found some old precious memoirs of my school days. I remember putting them all in one box last year for safety because I was avoiding sudden floods then and putting them on the upper floors would ensure safe keeping. It uncovers past happy and memorable days especially the cards that I received from close friends in school including recycled Christmas cards from one friend that used to experiment doing creative things from old stuff. He love giving his original creations to his classmates and even sells some of them to make some money out of it. I wonder where he is now. Maybe he has a nice art shop now.

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