Presents Under The Tree

Are your trees up yet? Or maybe i am just a little too late asking about it lol! I should ask you about the presents underneath the tree if they're wrapped and ready to be given by your loved ones. Ours are not quite ready yet, we supposed to do the shopping last weekend but it did not happen because i went to a Christmas party with some of my friends. So since this is the last weekend we can have to shop for the presents of our kiddos and for ourselves as well, we've got to be done by then.

I am not so sure of what my husband is going to give me this Christmas holiday, i don't want to expect anything from him though. But i already have something in my mind what to give him and to my precious kids. In fact, i already wrapped some presents for them but i want to wrap more presents for them to open. Although they are not so expensive but i am proud that i earned that money through my blogging. I can't wait for Christmas, i can't wait to see the excitement of my to open their presents under the Christmas tree. And, oh, i will have to buy a gingerbread kit, i almost forgot about it, it's going to be the first time. And i am excited to make one for my kids...

Custom Laptop

Though i am not so sure if hubby will buy me a new laptop this coming holiday season, still i am hoping he will for he already told me that he will sometime. Anyway, i asked my brother what kind of laptop should i get that i would like, since i don't really know how to pick. He is good on computers that's why i asked his opinion, and he told me that i better get the customized one because nowadays there are lots of custom laptops, so i can personalized it according to how i like to look like and everything. Hmmm, that is indeed a really good idea, i never thought of that before not until my brother suggested it.

Honda Portable Generators

We hardly get lack out here in our town, probably because there's enough power to supply each and every houses here. Since this is not as big city as the capital city here in our state, i should say that power shortage is not a problem here. But still, hubby is ready enough just in case there will be a black out that might happen, he already have our honda portable generators to keep our house bright. But that generator is never been used since i got here because if there's black out going on, it only takes for a few minutes and the power goes back on again, it's not worth turning on our generators.

Bathroom Cabinet

The first thing i noticed when i got here in this house is our bathroom cabinet. It's so small, not enough room where to put all the medicines we need. It's probably because hubby is being just by himself for long years and not thinking that he would remarry and will be having kids. Now that he's got new family, he replaced a lot of things around in this house. Just like what i said that the bathroom cabinet is not that big, so he bought a Robern Medicine cabinet and replaced it. It's unwise not to keep some medicine in the house especially for kids because if they get sick, there will be nothing to grab to make them feel better.

The Two Opposite Boys

You probably heard me already before ranting about my two boys that they are totally opposite in so many ways especially their attitudes. My eldest is more quiet and reserved, a keen observant boy and has so many questions that is always ready to be thrown to us his parents. It's sometimes getting so tiring answering his questions because it's endless, there's always question from one to another. He is a smart little man that always asking what's going on around him.

The little one is more handful and adventurous. He likes getting into everything and screams so loud whenever he gets his time out, his crib time. He doesn't like being stuck in one place, he likes roaming around in the house and makes a mess. He's the most tiring boy to take care of for i have to watch him all the time but he is also a joyful one for he entertains us his family every single day.

My boys are sure different but even though they are opposite in so many ways, i love both of them for how they are. Every kids comes out with their own personality and i don't want to change them the way they are now for that's how they came out to be. I can just guide them by disciplining them, but not to change their personalities. The little one might change later as he grow though, that's what my mother told me. He will be a fine young man just like his big brother.

We Have Lead Free House

Worrying about my family especially my kids's health is my first priority. I have to make sure that everything they touch is not harmful to their health and it's clean. I am not a clean freak mother but i always make sure that they won't get sick because of something that they might get from somewhere. So hubby and i made sure that our paint here in our house is lead free. Lead is the most harmful chemicals that are very risky for the kids. I did not know that some paints are containing some lead, i have no idea about it then not until hubby told me and bought some lead test kit to make sure that the lead is not present in our house.Hubby is very resourceful, i always learn something new from him which i am so happy because i learn new things and those things that i learn from him is very important to know. Just like the lead, some people might not be aware about it just like me before, but they have to know about it for their family's health sake. This most effective lead test kit can detect whether the things around the house has lead just by rubbing it to the things you want to see if there's lead presence in it. Within just thirty seconds you will get the result if there's lead in it when the instant lead testing swab turns pink.

I am so thankful that there's a product that's something like this can detect harmful chemicals that might be the cause of the kids's health risk. I thank hubby for being such a resourceful guy, if not because of him, i would not learn about all these that things are possibly has some harmful chemicals just like the lead which is very dangerous chemicals that is big no no for the kids to get close to.

Cheap Eyeglasses For Me

I remember when i was in my country having my long vacation i got scared thought i was going blind. All of the sudden my eyesight was so blurry. I could not see anything that is in a certain distance, i have to look so close enable for me to see it. Goodness that was really scary. So i thought that my eye vision has changed so i bought myself a cheap eyeglasses in there so i can see better, and it worked. I was so glad that i got the eyeglasses for less, and i was able to see things better. That was one scary part of my vacation though, and good thing it did not lasts for a long time, that would've freak me out.

I Must Be Day Dreaming

When i came here in our house i thought this is big enough for all of us. But when we got two kids, then i started to realized that this house is not as big as what i thought it is. The kids are getting big and soon enough they will ask to have their own room each of them, as they are sharing one room as of now. So, hubby and i has been thinking about it that we might have to buy a bigger house, so the kids can have their own room. This house is just not meant for big family for it is not that spacious where kids can run around. Also it doesn't have enough rooms for more than three kids.

If we will buy a new house, i would like to be the one who will pick the house that i want where we can live until we get old and until the kids are grown. I have not much of a choice to this house since hubby already bought this long before he even knew and met me. I want my new house to have some window boxes planters, so to add more beauty to the house. I always get fascinated to the houses i see that has like that, it's just so pretty. Putting some window flower boxes is one of my dream to have in my new house since we can't do that here in this house it is because we are located in a shady spot. It will be hard for the flowers to survive for the flowers surely needs the sunlight.It would be so nice if i wake up in the morning and smell the flowers by my window plant boxes soon as i open the it. It can make my day so beautiful, flowers also can cheer up someone's soul. Oh well, i must have been day dreaming. This is just one of my wish that we can have a more spacious house and a lot nicer outside view, instead of just having tall trees around our house.

Prime Lens For Me This Christmas

Looks like and it sounds like hubby is going to add another lens of my camera this coming Christmas. He already told me that he might have an overtime this coming Saturday and we just go to the store on Friday afternoon after he gets off to work because he is thinking that he might go to work on Saturday afternoon instead of morning. This is the last weekend we can have to buy all the presents that we need to wrap for our family and we've got to get the shopping done so we can wrap the presents before Christmas.

And though i already heard hubby told me that he will buy me a new laptop, i told myself not to get excited too much about it or it might not happen. What i am excited most about is the lens he is going to get for me as additional for my camera. I want the other one though but i understand that hubby can't get it for now for it is a little too much because we are both still paying some bills right now. Maybe i will just save my own little income to get the other lens later on, but for now, i am happy to know that hubby is going to buy me a prime lens that is good for portrait and travel photography.

Shopping Deals on Black Friday

Guest post of the week by Bradley Guthrie

This past Black Friday, I made a trip to Best Buy to get some really great deals. I made sure to set my goals on what I wanted the night before. I set my alarm for about three in the morning and I got up and had a very early morning out shopping and dealing with crowds. I live in a city area, so the crowds are always crazy on Black Friday. I usually have to sit on lines for a few hours before I can even get into the stores. In fact, some stores even sell tickets to people so they can avoid a rush into the front doors. Once in awhile I'll even see some people camping outside the store. I don't think I could ever do that!

This past Black Friday, I made sure to bring a lot of catalogs with me. Apparently, there was a forty inch flat screen television on sale. I made sure to get there early enough to get it. But unfortunately for me, it was already sold out by the time I got my ticket and could enter the store. It was a real downer because that was what I got up early to get. I wound up coming home and relaxing to some programs on my Dish. Next year I'll have to plan a little better before venturing out.