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It has been 15 years exactly on this date since we moved into this home.

From one child we now have three. From a clutter-free home we now have a clutter-filled one.

De-cluttering is something I do every year but it seems that the junk still continue to accumulate because I don’t get rid of these, I just found other ways to store these out of sight. Getting the junk out of their hiding places is therapeutic for me because I get to assess what needs to get rid of and what needs to stay. Last time I de-cluttered, I found my unfinished cross-stitch patterns, some curtains I have forgotten, a hammer that hasn’t been used, and a pair of scissors I have been looking for.

Who knows, next time, I get to unearth the man of the house’s compression machinery mounts and small detail tools that he has been asking about.

When asked if its possible to have the old magazines donated he said yes, but only to the library of the school my late FIL founded.

Problem is, the place is just too far away so that means…. 🙁

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We do a lot of printing at home with three children going to school. We currently have one college freshman, one high school freshman and a fifth grader.

Here is our home printer, an HP Deskjet P2480. We still have an older HP Laserjet printer in the storage.

This printer serves as a scanner, copier and printer for our printing and file storage needs.

When it comes to printing a lot of colored pages though, we sometimes have these printed out from computer and printing establishments. We do have this place we go to for cheap postcard printing and even tarpaulin printing, if a need for that arises.

We also do not use the refilled ink from ink refilling station so that we won’t have printer problems later on.

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As of this moment, I am downloading have downloaded Angry Birds Space in my android gadget using the kids’ netbook. It even asked me to choose the device where I want it downloaded to.  I use two android devices with one Google account.

Let me see if I can have a vlc download so I can watch my favorite tv series or the kids can watch their favorite animated movies (or past Grand Prix races).

This is “technology at your fingertips” and I love it 🙂

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For Android users, you can now use Instagram on your gadgets. Just go to Google Play, and download for free.

I also created my account there several hours after it was released.

Here are some of my photos:

Fast car

Blue and white

Overlooking view of Laguna de Bay

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I got no business cards as of this moment. In fact I have got no business cards since last year when there was a change in a blog site written on the biz card I have.

Is this important, having business cards with me? Have I lost possible business opportunities/clients because I didn’t have these with me?

I’ve an experience I wouldn’t forget. I went to a movie premiere and when I was about to board the train bound for where I can go home, a certain lady with a little boy asked me if I also watched the movie she obviously watched too.

I said, “yes” I watched the movie that she did.

She handed me her plastic business card and asked if I have one. I said I had none.

She sheepishly (or was it just my perception that her voice changed) asked what my blog name was and I gave it.

Then she asked if I have a Facebook account and if I do, can I like her Facebook page?

Ok, next time, I will have business cards with my name printed on it but I will not give these away like I am giving away free candies. I wouldn’t want to deal with a lot of spam emails and solicitation proposals.

What if I missed a good opportunity for a partnership? If others want my services, even if I don’t have these cards, they’d probably look me up.

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I’m using a laptop that is several years old. The cd drive is not closing properly so that means I can’t watch my DVDs anymore. The keyboard is missing a period (.) and > so I’m using a small keyboard attached to it via a usb. Yeah, I’m that miser when it comes to gadgets. Good thing the hubby got himself a new old laptop so I get to use his netbook when I go out of the house to teach.

Lately, there are so many deals on laptops maybe because more people are buying tablets and Android phones. I guess it’s time I get myself a new one. Or maybe not since my reliable old one still serves me well 🙂

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