let’s recycle!

Do you throw that middle brown core of toilet papers? We don’t!  We let our little C play with it first.  She likes to pretend that its binoculars, or a phone, or anything that she can imagine.  Once its all torn and rotten, that’s the time we throw it.    Its even funny coz kids like playing with things like this compared to their toys.  Last night, little C was playing with packs of chocolate powder that she stole from the grocery bag.  Hubby was able to get it from her without protest by replacing it with a box of coffee powder.  See?  What we deem as trash can still be useful for our little ones.  So before you junk those food containers and boxes, recycle them first for your kids.  

saying bye to processed foods?

With so many unhealthy food options that are commercially available nowadays, i.e. fast food fixes, MSG laden junk foods and sugar loaded sweets, I’m seriously considering about slowly letting go of the processed foods habit and going for more healthy food choices. I’m sure this would result to a much healthier and active me who’s not anymore worried about how to how to reduce belly fat. That means I’ll have to start cleaning up my shopping list of processed foods and buying more fresh food items then.

that dot on my face

Oh no!  The result of sleepless nights are starting to show on my face! I notice a small pimple on my right cheek this morning.   But I don’t have to worry and scramble for best acne treatments coz I already know what works when I have acne breakouts.  Just a little dab of my powerful cream and it will be gone soon.  What I don’t like is the scar though.  After the acne dries, it will leave a small black dot on my face.  Sometimes it takes awhile for the scar to disappear.  I will have to use concealer to hide these light blemishes on my face.   Maybe on my next ebay purchase, I will have luck and find the concealer I want.

shopping in ebay

I signed up for Ebay Philippines since November last year but hadn’t really used it.  I plan to sell some stuff later when I am in the country but since I am currently living in Europe, my account has been disregarded.  I have been enjoying buying online while here in Prague.  I have found plenty of nice things at low prices compared to the stores. Since my family is planning to go on vacation to the Philippines next month, I thought maybe I can check out some items in ebay ph, just to see how the prices are. It was a good move.  I really found some great stuff that are far cheaper than those I have bought here.  For example, the Loreal Tru Match Super Blendable Powder I bought here in Prague cost about 700 in pesos, while one Ebay seller was selling it for only P275.  What a big difference in price!  So there, I am going to buy many beauty items from this seller which will make nice gifts for my girlfriends. I might even find some weight loss supplements at a low price for my fat friends. hehehe  I am lovin’ online shopping, also ebay too!

weeding out unwanted comments and messages

Having been very busy lately being a homemaker, I couldn’t find the time to weed out spam messages in this blog. I don’t even have any of those jobs in Philadelphia yet I am this super busy! But today I got annoyed with all those uneccesary messages that I finally took the time to manage the comments and message board.  Whew!  I think I have to schedule doing this once a month so my blog wouldn’t look like messy!

Most of the messages were advertising shoes, bags, dental equipments and the likes.  I wouldn’t mind if they spam me with the real things.  I could use those designer shoes and bags they sell.   

Anyway, it’s such a relief that I got my blog cleaned.  And it didn’t even take a long time, just a few minutes, and it was all done.  

too lazy for this

I just opened the birthday gift I got from my mother-in-law, inside was a body lotion for dry skin and a facial night cream.  She commented to hubby few weeks ago that I have dry skin.  I don’t know if this brand will be effective on me.  I actually also got a night cream for Christmas but I am lazy to apply it on my face every night.  I only put moisturizer on my face during the day, but only when I remember or when I feel like it.

I really admire those girls who are diligent in applying creams, moisturizers, including the best eye cream for dark circles to maintain their faces’ youthful glow.  

Anyway, since this if a gift from my mother-in-law, I will try to use it coz she might inspect my skin next time we see each other, if it has an effect or not.  If it works or not, at least I can truthfully tell her.  But tonight I’m so sleepy already that I’ll just skip this beauty regimen.  I’ll start tomorrow!

using your credit card

Having a credit card can be both good and bad, depending on how one uses it. A responsible owner should know what he’s supposed to do, paying on time, paying the interest, maximizing its usage, how to get free credit score and the likes.  If you’re really good in using it, you can even get freebies sometimes.  But there are some that abuse their credit cards too.  They use it as if they have all te money to pay for everything they spent for.  I know some people who have accumulated big debts while some are just paying the interest fees every month coz they can’t afford to pay for the principal.  

Which group do you belong?  Oh no, don’t ask me coz I don’t have a credit card, I only have a debit card. It’s better that way so I won’t be tempted when I am window shopping.