Gave Birth to My Third Baby!

This stay at home mommy was offline for quite some time. Why? Well, I just gave birth to my third bundle of joy last week!! Yup, thank God for a normal and safe delivery. Praise God!

I was in the hospital for about three days and two nights. I gave birth last Wednesday evening, September 23 and was discharged last Friday afternoon, September 25. While in the hospital, I spent around six hours in the labor room and less than an hour at the delivery table. The rest was spent inside my room recuperating from the efforts exerted while laboring and giving birth to my new precious gift!

Anyway, I was so thankful that God has been so gracious and ever so faithful for answering our prayers and providing us our needs. Indeed He is the Jehovah Jireh!!

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Join Laced with Grace Fall 2009 Giveaway!!

I was about to take my nap when I noticed my friend’s news feed at FaceBook. She shared the most awesome link – Laced with Grace Fall 2009 Giveaway!! I was really attracted immediately when I saw the name Max Lucado on it. So, when I clicked on it, it was more awesome because they are not only giving a book but a package of Fearless which contains Fearless – Hard Cover, Fearless – DVD Study, and Fear Not Promise Book!!


Awesome right?! If you’re interested to join to, visit Laced with Grace Fall 2009 Giveaway post for more details.

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Old School Way of Staying Healthy

I am not really a health enthusiast but if God-willing, I want to own a treadmill. Not the complicated one but the simple one where I can just walk safely. I mean not that because I am pregnant but just enough for me gain shape and stay healthy after I give birth this month. I still believe that the old school of getting healthy is through a balanced diet and regular exercise.

How about you? Do you believe in the old school way of staying healthy?

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On Building Buildings

Have you ever wondered why buildings nowadays are built in just a few months compared about 20 years ago?? Well, most of them now use pre-fabricated materials (concrete) in which some are generally attached to steel buildings.

Using pre-fabricated concrete and steel post & beams makes the building efficiently sturdy and can be abruptly built in just few months. That is why most business establishments that don’t require more than three stories opt to have this kind of materials. Aside from its sturdiness, the business can start its transaction and regain its capital immediately because the building will be finished in just a few months.

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Plans to Buy Our Dream Vehicle

God willing, my husband and I plans to buy our very own family transportation via installment this coming November. Actually, we don’t have plans to get one immediately but because of our growing family, our transportation expenses have multiplied. Besides, our favorite means of transportation, a trisikad, could no longer accommodate the four of us plus my mom and our baby coming soon any moment. It would take two trisikad which means we will be paying more than 100 pesos back and forth.

TRISIKAD

So, to save up from expenses and to guarantee family safety, we decided that buying a multicab can really help us out. Well, at first it will be very expensive since we need to get ourselves some driver’s license and also register the vehicle and get some car insurance. Aside from that, we will have a monthly payment to accomplish since we will get it on an installment plan.

DREAM MULTICAB

Anyway, the plan does not really end there but we are planning to use the vehicle for other business endeavors. My mom wanted to buy banana from nearby plantations so that she could have them in a cheaper price thus boosts her profitability with the business she has in mind.

So, at least, if we get transportation, it will not be a plain liability but an asset also!

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Badly Needs Re-Calibration and Cleaning

It’s been months since I have visited my dentist. And to be honest, my braces needs to be re-calibrated badly and so as my teeth requires some major cleaning! The reason why I haven’t been to the dentist is that I have been busy traveling to my hometown, back and forth, then later moving from one home to another, and lastly, lack of budget! Actually, the major reason is that we don’t have enough financial resources to help prioritize my teeth.

Oh well, I guess some priorities have to be accomplished first before anything else. If I were that financially capable, I would not just visit some ordinary dentist. I would surely get some southpark dentist to take care of my teeth. ^_^

But of course, God supplies our needs and not our wants that is why I am still thankful to Him for always taking care of me and my family!

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Halloween Parties

Though it’s already the “BER” months, we can’t help but think about another event prior to Christmas – Halloween! In the US, it is celebrated as a fun-filled and scary party with all the trick and treats. While here in our place, it is considered a solemn and scary day but not for long since many are slowly adopting the western style.


Just the other day, I saw Halloween party invitations being posted all over the blogs of my friends who are Philippine based bloggers. They will have a costume party with fun games and surprises, kids are invited to the event too! Isn’t that amazing?!

Anyway, I wish there is a local Halloween party event here at our place too. I would surely love to participate and bring my children with me. ^_^

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A Fleeting Shadow

"Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow." (Psalm 144:4)

Every time I fly over a large body of water, I imagine opening the window of the jet and pouring out my coffee into the immense body of water below.

I imagine the time that I spend on this earth compared to eternity is no more than that cup of coffee. The incredible size of the ocean compared to one small cup of coffee is what our life is like compared to eternity.

Why then do we invest so much in temporal pursuits when we know that our investment here can have so much impact on our eternity?

It is the great paradox of human behavior, especially for Christians.

Does your life have an overall ministry objective to it?

This does not mean we must be constantly involved in "Christian activity." It only means that we should be about what God has called us to do with the motive of being obedient to this mission.

Do not let the worries and cares of this life keep you from having an eternal impact on the lives of those you meet each day.

Satan has a way of keeping our focus on the problems of today rather than the spiritual opportunities before us. He is master of the urgent, not the important.

"Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain" (1 Corinthians 15:58).

by Os Hillman
From: AllWorship.com Newsletter

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Farming at FaceBook!

I have been active with FaceBook lately not because I am busy looking for my friends and family there to connect but I have been actively farming! Yup, I have been farming, not the actual farm thing, but eventually playing almost all farming game applications!

To give you a clearer insight on this, here are some photos of my farms at FaceBook:

My First Farm at FarmTown

My Second Farm at FarmLand

My Third Farm at FarmVille

So far, my farms are all low maintenance. I don't get to buy crops and cattle supplies! LOL!!

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All Natural Acne Treatment Product

In my previous post, I talked about finding the best acne treatment product in the market today. So, after I published that post, I decided to look for an all natural acne treatment product. In my research, I was able to bump into Pronexin.

According to the review I read, Pronexin contains natural and organic compounds. This means that the ingredients contained in this product is safe to almost skin types. And since there is no harsh chemicals, the product is technically not harmful to the skin.

Pronexin contains the following: Purified Water, Organic Aloe Vera, (20%), Herbal Extract containing White Willow, Licorice Root, Calendula, Comfrey, Rosemary, Walnut Shell (exfoliant), MSM (Bio Available Sulfur), Redmond Clay, Vegetable Glycerin, Oat Flour, Jojoba Oil, Tea, Xanthan, Avocado Oil, Carbomer, Tea Tree Oil, GermAll Plus preservative, essential oils of Lavender and Bergamot, Hyaluronic Acid. Grapefruit seed extract, Idebenone, DMAE, Green Tea Extract, Grape Seed Extract, Silk Peptides, Glucosamine HCL, Vitamin C (Ascorbyl Palmitate), Camelia Oil, Rose Hip Seed Oil, Amaranth Oil, Rosemary Extract, Vitamin A Retinol Palmitate. As you can see, all are but natural!

Anyway, I will try and consult my OB doctor to see if this product is not harmful for pregnant woman like me. Or in case I give birth in any moment, to lactating mothers too!

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Looking Like a Zombie

My best friend Mae has been helping my mom and me since she came back from her vacation at Iloilo. She is has been so helpful in so many ways and I believed that I am so blessed to have her as a friend.

In one of our casual talk, she said that my lifestyle have really affected the way I look. My eyes are now deep seated and I have acne problems because I stay up late always. As I look in the mirror, I know my friend was being so true to me. She is worried because of me being pregnant and always working at night. Oh well, I can’t blame her when she truthfully said that. I am indeed look like a zombie because of my night owl lifestyle.

Anyway, I am planning to but the best acne treatment to solve my acne problems. But for my deep seated dark eyes…I think sleep is only the answer which of course not feasible as of the moment. :(

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Link from Blog is a Paying Company

Last month I have signed up with a new paid to review company. Since it was new, many were hesitant to join because they are afraid they might end up being scammed. Well, I don’t blame them since I too was a victim of a paid to review company that I don’t want to disclose it here.

Anyway, I took my risk and joined Link from Blog. At first, I was having a hard time understanding how their blogger account platform works but later I was able to adjust and found out it was easy to use. I added several of my blogs, got it activated and approved. Once approved, I was able to earn a sign-up bonus of $5.00 per blog approved up to the 5th blog submitted. Then, I also bid at some projects available and was able to won some of them. To make the long story short, after 10 days working with them, I was able to earn $50.00 – their payout threshold!

Below is my payment proof that I got paid and Link from Blog is indeed a legitimate paying site! Indeed such a blessing!


If you want to join me and earn from your blogs, click on the banner below to join Link from Blog today!

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Moving Beyond the Moment

"Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

Sometimes, the things that hinder us from moving forward in our journey aren't always bad things.

It is possible to become hostage to our past by trying to relive something that has come and gone. This can take the form of trying to relive past achievements or defining moments in our lives.

We've all met people like this. In their wallet or purse they carry pictures or newspaper clippings of a climactic moment in their lives. They speak of the past in the present tense, as if these events happened yesterday.

It is healthy to celebrate our past moments in life, but it is unhealthy to become stuck in a moment and miss the rest of life.

Life is a motion picture, not a snapshot. It is always moving and stands still for no one.

Those who have a snapshot perspective of life can be easily identified by their conversation. They always talk about the past and how things used to be, or they dwell on what someone did to them years ago.

It's almost as if they stopped living once that moment transpired. Although they can easily recall in detail a particular moment in time that occurred years ago, they cannot clearly articulate their plans for the future.

Often, people who develop a snapshot perspective of life lose their identity in the event or situation. They define who they are by that moment in time instead of who they are as a person.

You are more than a moment! You are a motion picture that is not defined by a snapshot or one frame of the picture. If you refuse to allow your past to define your future, you will discover that life has much more to offer you than a memory.

by Pastor J.C. Matthew
From: AllWorship.com Newsletter

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