Archive for the 'Living' Category

30 Jun

Lighting for your tv room

Do you know that it’s important to have good lighting when you watch TV. I’m sure many of you have a home theater system installed at home. They are so affordable now these days compared to just a couple of years back. I told hubby when we buy our house next time, i want to […]

22 Jun

Taking it one day at a time

Many of my friends have advised me to move out of my in-law’s place since i dont really like it here. Not that i cannot get along with them. I just dont feel at home until i have a place to call my own. Life really sucks when you have to live under someone else’s […]

18 Jun

Looking for cheap term life insurance?

My brother-in-las just called up to let me know that insurance premium will go up again and asked if we’d like to increase our coverage or not before it does. I think we’re reasonably covered for the time being. All of us have term life insurance and also medical insurance. Cant be paying a huge […]

09 Jun

Save money off your electrical bill with indoor solar-powered lights

As a homemaker, it’s part of our duties to help with the family’s finances. I’m very much a working mom myself and knows how hard it is to make ends meet. I’m beginning to take some measure to try to save some money and cut down on unnecessary household expenses. It’s really no joke at […]

15 May

Philadelphia assisted living facilities

I dont understand why Janice wouldnt want to send her mom, who’s afflicted with Alzheimer’s to a nursing home. She says her maid can take care of her mother. Says she doesnt feel at ease with her mom at those places. Come on, man…. gimme a break. A maid can only do so much. Apart […]

09 Apr

Of rats and more mouse traps

Haih, in our quest to catch all the rats in my house, both my kids love them to bits. My elder boy loves his Mickey Mouse to bits, and the young one adores Ratatouille. I just put his favorite VCD into the player for him. In no timne, he will be giggling and laughing away […]

09 Apr

I love our homemade mouse traps

We just caught a rat. Do you know how many rats we have inside our kitchen. So far, i think we’ve caught at least eight rats. Hubby is very good at homemade mouse traps, and each time, we catch a few. Too bad we’re out of glue, if not, we can make another mouse trap […]

14 Mar

Malcolm loves greentea

Dont you think it’s unusual for a 20 month old to like greentea? Malcolm just turned 20 months old and he now likes everything that has greentea in it. He’s been eating greentea ice-cream at the tea gallery for as long as i can remember. If it’s not greentea, he wont touch it. Not even […]

04 Feb

Cook or eat out during Chinese New Year?

There’s so much to do in preparation for Chinese New Year. I’m lucky as my MIL does most of the shopping. She hinted to me to cook but gimme a break. I dont really enjoy cooking for a crowd. Hubby suggested she leave it to my brother-in-law who’ll be back soon. He loves to cook […]