Celebrate good times, come on!!!!!

There are 2 reasons for me to celebrate today.  First is classes officially end today (fireworks!).  Second is the awards you see above - the Passionate Blogger Award from Carmel and the 2009 Friendly Blogger Award from Ruby.  Thank you, fellow earthlings.  And sorry, it took a while.  I was a busy bee this month.

This afternoon, Jeff and I went to the eye doctor to have his eyes checked.  Next week, we’ll come back to pick up the prescription glasses from her clinic.  Next week is also the start of his basketball class.  You see, mothers don’t rest.

That’s it for now, people!

Final exams started on Monday and today is its last day. Yeheeeyyy!!!!! School days are finally over. Amen to that. And students have until Friday to have their clearances signed by each subject teacher. After 10months of school, let me sigh the sigh of relief. Siiggghhh!!!!!

Two weeks ago, I enrolled Jeff in the Milo basketball class. His schedule is every Tuesday and Friday starting on Apr03 and ends on May01. I am still yet to confirm the schedule for the guitar class before I enroll him by end of this month. I want everything organized because I don’t want us to be rushing from one place to the other to attend these classes.

That’s how Jeff spends his summer vacation. Every year, he has activities to keep himself busy and make his vacation enjoyable. Few years ago, he attended the Introduction to Basketball class. The following year, he had his swimming lessons. And this year, he’ll continue with basketball, the sports he really loves. And since he finished the Intro class already, he’s in Level1 now.

There are so many activities this summer that your children, and you, will enjoy. Depending on their interests, you may ask around on how to get a membership for kids book club where you can avail of books for a lower price, and sometimes, for free!  You may also take them to an art workshop or an acting workshop or a dance workshop where they can learn ballet and hip hop. Are they into sports? Then enroll them in a sports clinic. They have classes for gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, taekwondo and many more.   When Jeff was younger, I thought he will be into arts. But when he grew older and learned how to play basketball with his father, he loved the sport right away. Every weekend, you’ll see him playing with the other kids outside. Since his father works abroad and I am not a sports person, the basketball class is there for him to learn the techniques of the game.

What do you and your kids do when the classes are over?

Please support the Earth Hour this coming March28, 2009 by turning off your lights from 8:30-9:30pm.  Help save the earth.  Help fight global warming.  Click the banner to find out more.

We Filipinos are known to be one of the most hospitable citizens of the world. I’m not going to brag, but this is true. Ask anyone who had visited our country and been to our hotels and restaurants, and that person will probably tell you how good the services are. We welcome guests, local and foreign, warmly. In fact, many establishments even get out of their way to meet their clients’ needs. An example of that is a funeral parlor that has put up this sign on its door.

Yes, and it belongs to the one which is only a few meters away from our place. Come to think of it. They are so hospitable they are happy to do business with you again

1. personalized theme for OiS (done on Mar12)

2. LCD/flat screen PC monitor to replace the one I’m using which is having its near death experience (this was on last year’s list but I crossed it out because I can still manage to work with it, but it has to go this year because it’s not doing good things anymore to my eyes)

3. new camera/camcorder (my husband and I decided that we buy this next year, in time for Jeff’s graduation)

4. at least 2 new pairs of pants

5. (to be continued)

From this . . . . .

. . . . . to what you see now.

This won’t be possible without Carlota’s help and I thank her from the bottom of my heart.  I woke up this morning and saw OiS looking brand new.  What a surprise! She installed everything while I was asleep.  What a good way to start my day!

We use the same template and made some color changes and added the header.  A little change that means so much. 

Carlota, thank you for your time, support and patience.  As always, you did a wonderful job.  I consider this as a post-birthday gift for OiS’s 1st birthday last month.

For all the other earthlings who want to check out Carlota’s works, you may head on to her blog.  She does both Blogger and WordPress templates.

If you find some errors, please let us know by leaving a comment. 

That’s it for now, people!

Money will save you; but only if you save money

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