Baby Shower

I throw a baby shower for a friend of mine at my house. It's her third baby, she's having a baby boy. The party turn out okay, I thought not many people going to show up since it was only 11 who confirmed attending on the facebook events, but more peoples came. Wasn't expected more people will come, as usual always many food and have lots of left over, we been cooking for 2 days. Thanks for my hubby who helped me cleaned up and organize the decorations, and my friend Florita who helped most of the cooking, and Jane did frying the egg roll and barbequing the pork skewer outside, it was sunny. Thanks to all the friend who joined us the baby shower and the gifts you guys brought. I appreciated for coming to our little tiny house and had fun the games and the prices and most the food.

Security system

Post contributed by Josue Durham

While I was at my husband’s office, I decided to go online on his click here and research different security systems that are available in the area. He needed a system for his office because he keeps a lot of important documents and belongings for his clients, and he needed to know that he was doing the best that he could do to keep them safe. There had been a few break-ins in the area lately. There was one break-in just down the street from my husband’s office. It happened in an antique dealer’s store. The thieves stole the money that was in the registers, and also took a few small antiques. I don’t know how they will get rid of the antiques because the police alerted all the pawn shops for miles around to be on the lookout for what had been stolen. We are just living in a different day now. When I was growing up I never heard about people breaking in places and stealing. We always left our doors unlocked at home all the time. Our friends knew when they came over that they could just walk in the front door. There is no way you can do that in this day and time.

My Cellphone pictures

Week ago my oldest son borrowed my 8 gig micro disk from my cellphone instead buying a new one that I let him used it. I have lots of pictures on my disk that I'm using it to my cellphone. Before I let my son use it I asked my daughter if she knows how to download, she said Yes. I didn't check it out until a week my son came back from Utah, just notice that lots of pictures was missing when my daughter download, so i thought maybe still left some of the files on the disk. I waited my son to return the disk back to me and I checked so many time if the rest of the pictures was somewhere on the files but never found it. I'm so upset that all the pictures that I had it's gone, do not know what happen. Their were more than 300 pictures but only 17 was download. No matter how I back and forth to look for the file not there, maybe somehow it got delete it before transferring the files. The memories of the pictures I had on the disk it's all gone, gone, gone!

Annual Pass

Since I been in Colorado this is the first time I ever went inside the Chatfield Park. I heard my neighbor go there to camp. Today me and my husband went in Chatfield State Park to take our dogs for a walk and decide to pay annual pass that we plan be going very often now and also we could use it for any state park was on the lists. We decide to pay annually since it will cost $8.00 daily and we plan to be back another state park locations for camping this summer. Now since we have the annual pass we could be back and forth any state parks or just be back in Chatfield for taking our dogs for a walk. Not bad paying $70.00 for annual, it worth if you go often and we plan to go fishing since it by our neighborhood. The weather was nice today to takes our 3 dogs for a walked at the park. They all tired now and taking a nap that we walked around the trail of the lake ;)ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ....

Casino Trip

Two weeks ago I learned to play Three Poker cards at the Isle Capri. I stood all night playing at the poker table, I had fun my first time learning. Last week I went back with my other friend and spent night up the Ladyluck. We got their late, we checkin the hotel first and glad we made it to the Isle Capri for our dinner. We ate then we went to our room to put our luggage and went to the Gulch nugget casino was our first stop. Then we went back to Isle Capri started played the Poker ;) the game fun when your winning, this time no luck for me. I was on the table the whole time I was there until 4am, no luck we went to our room;( went to sleep,zzzzzzzz! I thought that will be my another luck played poker, I got hooked! Two weeks in a row I lost my money , I better slow down, don't know when will be the next time, have to makes some money;) Night Everyone!

Bonding with my BFF

I haven't see my Bff for a month but we always talked on the phone. Wednesday she called me that their was a must go Bingo by my house but she leave about 30 miles away from me, invited me to hung out and played Bingo with her. I did went with her and took my daughter too. She asked me if I could accompany her to go have an eyebrow tattoo and we decide where would we be going. Okay I did and we also both got a new hair cut and have lunch at the Thai restaurant. After we ate she decide to plan go casino which i wasn't ready but we went anyway. We arrived their about 4 pm, geez we stood for long time, we stay up all night came home the next morning. hahaha. I played slot machine so do her but no luck so we sat at the poker machine. I watched few time , It wasn't bad, I learns it and had a good time that I learned the 3 poker cards and played all night at the poker table. I was doing really good, won but stood all night lose all of it and my pocket money too ;(, That's okay that's called gamble but had fun. I parked my car at my friend's house and try take a quick nap just to get my blink away so I can drive back home. Called my other friend and talking with her on the phone so i won't be sleepy and came home save and took a nap. It was nice to hang out with her , we didn't get chance month ago due our busy schedule, that I was taking a class, but now my class done we could do our often bonding.

Lock in a better rate

Guest post written by my buddy Bernardo Graham
This time of year it always comes to mind to start taking a look at our energy rates at home. People don’t really think of Texas getting that cold in the winter but that is not the case. It is such a big state that depending on where you live within the state your climate can vary dramatically. In the summer it is usually scorching hot with draught conditions and then in the winter it gets to be pretty cold with snow all around in some parts. I love living in Texas for many reasons but one of them is that we have all four seasons. I am one of those people who actually enjoys the super hot as well as snow on the ground. This time of year before it is about to get very cold I always think about shopping around to make sure the energy rates I am paying are competitive. This year I decided to shop rates from Bounce Energy to make sure I was getting great rates. As it turns out they were able to offer me something even better than what I had last year.

Hubby's cooking

I wasn't expecting I'll be gone all day at the school doing our practicing nursing skills yesterday. Hubby called ; I had my phone in silent, after we done I called him back he just wondering where I went. Hubby let me know that his at the grocery store to buy for the spaghetti ingredients for our dinner menu. I told him I'm going to stop by at my friend house to pick up the package that my family sent it to my friend just back from the Philippines a few days ago. We have a good conversation it took a while for me to get home. when I came home our dinner is ready, my husband cooked the spaghetti, I'm not too crazy about spaghetti, i was going t0 eat left over food and rice, but the spaghetti looks so yummy, I ate and have to dig more :). It was delicious. He can be a cook if he wants to, but most likely I'm the cook in the house. I wonder if he can do that again to spoil me so it help me out.. Thanks honey for the wonderful dinner, it was a good meal. Me and my kids enjoyed it...

The King is Back

Guest post of the week by Bradley Guthrie

I was searching through my channel guide the other day and came across an interesting mini-series on A&E. Maybe I missed it when it came out last year. Before I got my http://www.cabletvadvisor.com/direct-tv-deals.html I didn’t have as many channels and maybe I didn’t have A&E then. Or maybe I skipped over it not realizing it was by Stephen King. Anyway, it’s a Stephen King story with a lot of familiar people. Jason Priestley from the original 90210, Pierce Brosnan and a girl I recognize but didn’t recognize her name in the credits. Per typical Stephen King, it’s a creepy story involving a stumped, grieving writer and his descent into madness. While at times campy with some over-the-top acting, the story still sucks you in and sends chills down your spine. After watching it I certainly had trouble sleeping—his stories always get under my skin. It’s called Bag of Bones and is well worth two evenings of watching if you enjoy Stephen King stories and or just creepy tales

Holiday Party not over yet

The parties events not over yet. After all the Christmas party and exchanging gifts done , 2 more parties to go before the end of the year of 2011. Tonight the Filipino American Community of Colorado having a Rizal night events at the Double Tree Hotel, my husband and daughter joining the night of the Rizal night, and have two events at the New Years Eve party to attending... Happy New Year Everyone!

The one time of the year that I watch romantic comedies

Guest post written by Angela Lawless

I've been waging a war against romantic comedies for years now. They're just so unrealistic and annoying to me, but for one reason or another, I really love to watch them around the holidays. Maybe it's because on a random Saturday afternoon the Christmas ones are the only ones on TV. It's just that way and I'm a little embarrassed to admit it.

I was looking up a few of the new made for TV ones a while back when I ran across the site http://hearingaids.miracle-ear.com/hearing-locations/california/o/oceanside/. I browsed through it a bit and after that I decided to go and get some hearing aids. They're something my husband's told me I could use for a while and I've actually agreed with him.

But I can't really get him to agree watching Christmas romantic comedies with me. He just doesn't get it, but I don't expect him to get it anyway. I barely get my holiday test for that movie genre, so I guess that I'll just think that over while I'm watching all of my recorded cheesy Christmas movies with my dogs.

New House

Guest post written by my buddy Bernardo Graham

My husband and I recently took advantage of this incredible housing market to buy our dream home. It’s big enough for us to grow into, it has an ideal backyard for our dog, and we now have plenty of room to each have our own spaces. I’m fairly certain this is the key to maintaining a happy marriage—separate spaces to retreat to when one of us needs a little time to decompress. There are two downsides to this house: we have to buy some new furniture to fill it up, and it has turned out to be very expensive as far as utilities are concerned. Moving from a small apartment to our new five bedroom house has been quite an eye opener. We’ve started to save money wherever we can to start furnishing our house, not to mention keep it heated and cooled! One thing we’ve done is contact shopelectricityratestexas to change our natural gas provider. The call took us about five minutes and we were able to make a switch with practically no work on our part. We’re going to use our savings to start filling this house up with awesome furniture.

Both Travelling

Our home security systems have really been getting a workout these last six months since my husband’s company decided to have him travelling overseas all the time. Since I work from home I can actually go too which has been a lot of fun so I generally just book a ticket when they book his and go right along with him! I know it sounds silly but it’s like I get to travel for free almost and I at least get a free place to stay. We’ve been to Japan, Mexico and Canada all in the last few months and there are a few more big trips on the docket soon. I know this traveling thing won’t last forever so I’m going to milk it with my husband for as long as I can and I know he feels the same way! We’re lucky because we don’t have any kids or pets or anything like that so we can get on a plane with a clear conscience and not worry about leaving anything behind.

Tone the Body

Exercising is a passion of mine and has always been, even when I was a lot younger. It is just so much fun to be able to know that I can be healthy by just working out for about an hour a day. I know of a lot of people who do not workout and I always wonder why they don't. It's just not healthy to not workout and it can be very easy to find the time. One hour a day can be spent exercising, meaning you may not be able to sit and watch a television show that you want to watch during the day.

I actually belong to a gym and usually set my Security companies alarm before leaving for it every morning. I work in the gym and also workout on a regular basis. I find it fun to be able to work with people who are looking to be healthier and to make the change that it takes to do that. The first thing I tell people is that they need to really start making time for exercise. It's just not healthy to spend that extra time sitting down, when you could do a world of good by getting up and doing any particular type of exercise that you really want to do to get your body moving and to tone it down.

This is my day!

Today was another day at work. I'm so exhausted, I came home and I'm getting ready to go on a trip. Therefore, I won’t be here the next 4 days. I'm going to see a concert and have 30 bands. I haven’t been writing my blog for long time. It’s hard to say why.... I just haven't had time, that's all. I have been spending all my time at work and going out with my family. Two nights in a row, we went to the movies. My oldies son hasn't spent time with me in a long a time. Now he has been and I'm glad that my family can spent quality time together. Too bad, I couldn’t take them with me. My husband and I thought my oldies dog was pregnant so we wanted our kids to watch her for us. We have so much to do around here that I can hardly keep up. I just finished cleaning the stove and for dinner, I'm cooking pork chops. Now that sounds good. My dogs are tired because they ran around outside all day long. Well that's it for today see ya.

Sunday morning, another party!

Woke up about 7:00am, and started helping my friend get ready for her party. She was having a party because she turned 50 years old. The house wasn’t that messy, just needed to put away all the air mattresses, pillows, and blankets that the children slept on in the family room. Then it was just a small amount of general cleaning.
We started preparing some food, and running errands. I made a casserole, well sort of. My friend went to pick up some other food, and her husband went to get ice and some last minute things.
My husband left for our house to check on the puppies around 7:30am, then he was gonna pick up the roasted pig. My friend ordered a roasted pig for her birthday. Well my husband arrived with the pig around 1:00pm.
The party started at 2:00pm, it was real nice, and a lot of fun. It was a totally different group of people from the party the night before. Its funny because my friend that turned 50 told me she wanted to meet one of her daughters teachers. She told me that she was Chinese. Well her daughters teacher got there it turned out that I already knew her, it was Helen that I hadn’t seen in a long time. I know her sister-in-law, from the Philippines. We all had a good time at the party, and ate good, real good food, and laughed had a lot of fun.

My husband was in the Navy…….

Something interesting came up the other day when I was typing a pay for blog. I heard my husband on the phone. I stopped when he got off the phone and asked what was that about? He was talking to one of his old Navy buddies and said that one of their shipmates had mesothelioma. I asked him what it was.
He said it’s a form of cancer. So how did he get it? Well when they were in the Navy, they were all in the shipyards overhauling the aircraft carrier, and his friend was working with asbestos. His friend thinks he may have got it from that.
Mesothelioma Disease is sometimes related to working around asbestos. It’s not something new, just a lot of people haven’t heard of it. It’s been around for some time, not your typical cancer.
My husband said his friend may have to get a specialized Mesothelioma Attorney if he wants to pursue this thru the courts. Most companies and the Armed Forces may not want to give you compensation. That’s a time when you need to contact a Mesothelioma Lawyer for professional help.

Parties, parties, parties………….

Saturday night was a party at our friend’s house, for her father. We left our house around 4:30 pm. We had Direct TV at our house when we left. We are getting HDTV installed, in time for the Manny Pacquio fight.
We arrived at the party and enjoyed the food, conversation with our friends. Around 9:00pm we left. We went to our other friend’s house to spend the night. The Direct TV guy was still at our house installing the HDTV!
We got to our other friends house, and started taking pictures. Her husband is a photographer. He had the whole set up with all kinds of outfits that I and my friends tried on.
All total he took approximately 250 pictures of me and my friends. It was a lot of fun, and we were laughing and trying on all these outfits. We got done taking pictures real late that night, and went to bed tired.

Something about the ocean that soothes me………

The ocean lets the mind flow, and relaxes you without knowing. That’s why people are more and more looking for oceanfront luxury condos. They have always been a premium in the real estate market.
Condos are mostly for the single, on the go type business person. Family business executives prefer the waterfront homes. I am talking about high-end properties in one of the lowest crime rated areas in New Jersey Real Estate. That would be Monmouth County, yes where you can come home after a long day at the office, and relax.
I could write a book about the area, and what it has to offer. The main reasons homes sell fast here is because of the location, you’re within minutes of everything, and the comfort of knowing that you have a secure and nice neighborhood with the same class people as you.
If you think about it, there are only a handful of states that offer ocean front property. New Jersey has the finest around, with the best amenities. Looking for nice upscale home, condo, or maybe some professional commercial property go to Monmouth County.

Do really know how to play the piano?

Most people that play the piano probably think that they can play anything anytime. Not so, try playing accompaniment piano, and the rules change. They change because you are not playing alone.
When you play accompaniment piano with a person, that is singing you will need to learn to change your style. This is what most people don’t realize when beginning to learn to play with someone else, and not alone.
Your techniques will change, and you will have to find what fits best for the person that you are playing accompaniment piano for. Every person has a different voice, and the way they use it while singing is what you need to adjust you techniques to.
It is a different type of playing, one that connects you with that person you are playing the piano for. So, most people that play the piano, really don’t know how to play accompaniment piano. It is something that you need to practice, routinely.