Win a Roxio Easy : VHS to DVD software

Have you been looking for a software that you can use to convert your VHS to a DVD? Then look no more! We are giving away 3 Roxio Easy sofware over at Vhiel's Corner and Living in Style Network.

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Wordless Wednesday: Weekend Fun!

Memorial Weekend at the Lake



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What's the smart way to buy insurance?

When you hear or read the word insurance, what comes to your mind? If you ask me I associate insurance with headache and bills... wasted money... but if you really think about it, insurance is one of the most important "thing" that we need to have. Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, drivers insurance, etc, etc.. all of these are necessary in order to avoid more headache in your life.

So if all of these are needed, what's the best way then to get shop around for quality insurance at the same time it will not break your budget?

According to information online, the best thing that you can shop around for term insurance quotes is to actually shop around. However, you don't want to sit down the whole day just visiting different insurance website and requesting quotes from each website. Although if you have that much time and you don't mind doing it then it's perfectly okay. But, if you are most people who are always busy, having one place to shop for insurance at the same time get quote is a brilliant idea. Not only that you save time, you avoid giving yourself a head ache.

So if you are planning of shopping around for any type of insurance, try finding a website where you can do all of your shopping, quotes request and comparison.

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A weekend at the lake

It's been a while since I blog here. It almost feels like ages but it's only a week. Well, maybe a little over a week. I have been busy lately with a bunch of stuff. I was thinking that summer will be a relaxing one for me... boy I was wrong. A couple of weeks ago I started a community for bloggers and business owners who has a unique style in blogging and business and so far members are increasing daily. So I have been busy with that.

Last memorial weekend, we head out to the lake together with my sister, niece and my sister's co-workers and their family. Hubby was working so it was just me and my little girl.

It wasn't our first time to go to a lake here but this is the first time that we actually saw one where there is sand. This lake is more of like a beach. At first my daughter was hesitant to even step on the sand but as usual, after she got used to it she did not want to stop playing and splashing in the water. Oh, did I told you that I was not bringing any bathing suit. I did not really plan of swimming. But I did brought one for my daughter. Now don't ask me why I didn't bring any. Come to think of it, nobody's going to take her for a swim except me because my hubby was working and my sister wasn't going to swim either. It was more of the kids thing I guess. All of the adult did not swim, just the kids. So I was force to ignore the splashes of water. But I did bring an extra clothes just in case.

I guess the mommy in me was still prepared.

But while we were at the lake, you can see a lot of women wearing of course their bathing suit. I even saw one wearing a bra.... who in their right mind would do that. But, there are a lot of crazy people out there. But anyway, I almost feel ashamed for myself since I have a too much of love handles and gut to even wear a bathing suit. There's just a love of people that weekend that I don't think I am ready.

I have been reading some information about diet pills that work, as well as the side effects. I guess when you reach the point were you've equip yourself with a bunch of information, you question yourself "is it really going to work for me?". But then again, I am too scared to even try them. I'm not that overweight... well, I need to loose weight but I just have to get back to doing some exercise and at the same time eat in moderation. But for those who thinks they need it, just find the right one that will work for you.

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Very Productive

So yesterday or should I say this afternoon since it about 2:00 AM was a very productive day. The reason I said that is because I was able to accomplish quite a few things that are on my list that I need to do after school.

You might be thinking, what in the world would I still be doing late at night when my day was pack. Well, I have been wanting to check out some custom tote bag that I can be use as a giveaway over at the community that I have launch a few months ago. But I just don't have the time to do it. So before I forget again, I went ahead and check out some times tonight...or this morning.

But going back to the things that I need to accomplish... Since the finals was last week and the week before that, I have been busy and stressed out so I didn't have the time and energy to do some general cleaning in the house. But this afternoon, I was able to vacuum the whole house, except for the kitchen. Well, I guess that's not the whole house but most of the house. I've re arrange my daughter's bedroom to make it more open and now it looks like there is more room for her to play. Except after a few hours of cleaning it and re arranging it, she went in there and played with her toys. So now, the little creatures are all over the place again. Oh well, she has a different plan.

And while I was doing that, I went ahead and remove all the curtains and wash them. Only now, the sheer curtain in the living room is all wrinkled. I didn't have time to steam it. Maybe tomorrow, hopefully.

Then, our living area was turn around as well. My husband said that when he got home tonight he was a quite shock to see the new arrangement of the living room. I can't help it. Whenever I get bored with the layout and placement of the furniture, I get this urge to re arrange them. To give it a different look each time. So now that I've re-arrange it, I now remembered that I have been planning of buying a new lampshade. But each time I see one that I like, I always end up putting it back. I always have this "light bulb" in my head that our lampshade is still in good shape, more of like a conscience... not to spend anything.

So, after I've finish re -arranging the bedroom and the living room, vacuuming and dusting... lot's and lots of dusting... it's time to fold laundry. I really want to mention this one because I can't get over the fact that my daughter who is 2 1/2 years old wanted more wash rug that she can fold. I thought her how to fold wash rug a couple of times so whenever I fold towels she gets to fold the small ones. And tonight I ran out of small ones for her to fold. And after the fact that she finishes all of the small ones, she was still asking for more. I wish she can do the big ones so I don't have to fold them. Kids! You just have to love them.

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I ♥ Faces {Laughter}

I found this really cool photo challenge tonight and I just have to join them. It's called I ♥ Faces.

This week's theme is "Laughter". And to tell you the truth I have so many photo's of my little girl that are all smiling, it was tough to chose. But I wanted to get one that is recent so below is my entry.


This was taken in our backyard while she was playing with her bubble machine.

Be sure to check out the rest of the entry over at I ♥ Faces.

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How to make a baby?

I was browsing around today and I saw this video about "how to make a baby?". Yes the title is right and you are reading it right... how to make a baby?

After watching the video I was laughing so hard and of course I just have to post it here so I can share it to you my dear readers.

I hope you get your laugh for today. Enjoy!



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Are you "Living in Style?"

One of the newest social community that I am working on is called "Living in Style." A place for all walks of life who has a definite definition of "Living in Style".

Everybody as we all know has their own sense of style. It doesn't necessary mean that our style is accepted or is the norm but in our own way, we know we have a sense of style. May it be in our home and kids, the way we dress up, the way we arrange our clothing in the closet, our style of cooking or our style when we travel and meet people.

This community is aiming to find and share different style of people who are online. If you think you have a sense of style or would like to find out what are the style of different people or simply wants to connect with different people from all walks of life, then join us and create a Free account and share what's your style in life.

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Storage and more storage

A couple of months ago, I purchased another hard drive to store all my files and graphics for I am running out of room on our main drive. Plus I don't want to overload the main drive so my computer will still run faster. But after we got the second hard drive, I bought my notebook. And now I hardly use our desktop computer and most of the things that I do, I am doing it through my notebook and I will like I am running out of space on my computer.

Same thing with my digital camera. I am running out of space that when I use it, taking pictures is really a pain. I really need to get a micro sd for an extra storage. You see I don't take my pictures to have it develop and get a hard copy. Most of the time I just store it or put it on my computer or a flash drive.

This makes me think, I need to get a hard copy of our pictures so I can send some of my daughter's picture to my sisters and my mom.

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Natural way...

These days I find myself thinking about ways on how to lose weight naturally. Ways that I can do that will help and actually will help me in the long run. Tonight, after eating dinner I just have a realization that when I was still single, it was hard for me to gain weight because my body was so used to eating small portions at a time.

And since I got pregnant I have to eat more than the normal since I am feeding not just myself but my daughter inside me. Although I was trying to watch what I eat, still my body got used to eating more than I should be eating. And now that I am not pregnant anymore it's harder to control myself not to eat too much due to the fact that my body got used to it already. It will take some time for my brain to actually get used to the idea.

It's probably the reason why a lot of women is having a hard time losing the weight and if they lose the weight it's harder to maintain it. But, I maybe wrong. I am just basing this on my experience. Although i know a few people that has this issue.

Also, there's a lot of people now that are turning to nutritional health supplements to help them get the most for their body. Don't get me wrong I am not against it, specially if it's really helping you. I am just the type of person that wants to do it the natural way. It's just so difficult that there are times, giving up is easier.

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Birthday Favors

Okay, I should be talking about the coming celebration... Mother's Day. But here I am will be talking about birthday supplies.

The reason I wanted to talk about this because my sister's birthday is next week, my oldest sister is next month, my nieces and nephews are in July, my husband is this coming August, my daughter is this coming September and my other nephew, then October is my other sister. It's crazy! Every month somebody is celebrating birthday. The only month I get a chance to relax and not think of birthdays is November, December and January.. but in those months I have friends that are celebrating their birthday as well.

If you have a financial issue, keeping up with birthday's is a headache. Now I don't actually have to give gifts if I don't want to but just to think of it, gives me a headache. I still can remember when my daughter had her first birthday, I have no idea where to get her 1st birthday supplies. Well, I was a first time mom and I have never really planned for any birthday celebration since I move here in the US. I was an expert of party planning when I was in the Philippines but so much has change since I move here. I huge change.

Good thing, my oldest sister knows where to get birthday favors. I planned for a small birthday party but we actually end up having a big one. I was involved with a mom's group so I ended up inviting most of the moms in the group, which was fine but with so many kids running around babies... After the party, let's just say that I was exhausted.

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What's the best diet ever?

If you ask me what's the best diet ever, I will say eating food in moderation, small portion, drinking water and of course doing exercise. It's proven and you can be sure of a long lasting result.

However, for those who need to lose weight faster, diet pillis still the one thing that you can turn to. But since you wanted a faster effect, 90 percent of the time after you loose the weight, you are going to go back to your old weight. The reason is your body system did not really go through the training and process of eating in small portions. But if you have a great support system and you think you have the will to do it, then diet pills will be your best bet to lose unwanted fats. While you are losing those unwanted fat, don't forget to do your exercise and eating the healthy type of food.

Just my thought for today.

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