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Evenings and early mornings are becoming cooler. The trees on the side of our home are becoming leafless as the days go by.

“Winter” has finally arrived.

Our “winter” in this part of the world is not snowy nor is it not even very cold. The temperature is just right, a bit chilly but not too cold. Though of course being used to hot-very hot daytime weather. people are becoming sick with colds, cough, asthma and allergies. I do get these headaches, runny nose and itchy eyes when I wake up.

I wonder how I and my son who has asthma would fare in places where there are four seasons.

We would like to experience real snow for sure, even if it means allergy attacks 😀

Is it time to examine our options then and look up mover NYC just in case?

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Spending a frugal Christmas is not just an idea that propped in my mind for this year. When I came to, I realized we have been doing this for years. Not really, short-changing the expenses but rather being more practical in our ways.

One of the things I have to get for myself is a pair of eyeglasses, consider it as a gift for me. I have survived not wearing one for years but I have a hard time of course. Last Sunday my hubby was bugging me to have a pair done for me when he saw an optical shop beside the donuts store where he got a box from of goodies from.

Were those holiday glass frames from Zenni Optical, the popular online eyeglasses shop?

Hmmm…would this be like the $ 8 complete Rx eyeglasses? I sure would not like to pay for a fortune with these things even if I know I need a pair.

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With Christmas around the corner, one of the foremost things in people’s list of to-do during these holidays would be parties and eating, after shopping.

I have something that is bugging me.

During parties, the main meals are fabulous yes, but if one is asked, its them dessert that makes the eating even more fun. Would one get that extra slice of cake? An extra brownie fudge? An extra scoop of ice cream? An extra topping?

How much could one indulge with that extra something?

Surely its not that bad at all considering its the time to be happy. But on the other hand, one should also think about the consequences about having something extra.

I’m sure, a lot of Hydroxycut reviews will be read after the season is over.

One word of caution though, let’s not over-indulge 😉

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Yes, there is no stopping Christmas. Even the moms over at FilipinoMomBlog.com are excited about Christmas. Why? Click here to know.

At this time, everywhere one goes, one is reminded about the commercialism spirit of giving. Traffic has become worse in our little part of this world, even before the month ushered in. Shoppers have come to invade the malls, bargain shops and sales, like troops ready for battle.

This time of the year too is a good time to reap profits, especially for those engage in the merchandising business. Yes, business has seen better years and this is not one of those.

Incidentally, there are a lot of jobs in retail available in the market at this time, perfect opportunities for those who want to earn shopping money for the holidays.

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It has been ten years since we moved in this house where we are living. We moved before a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse happened on a Green Corn Moon or Grain Moon, and finished everything on a triple 8 date, August 08, 1998.

We also had the usual custom of bringing in salt, rice, cotton, monggo seeds and water with us when we moved in.

We even had a dog with us when we moved.

We did not have moving trucks though these would have been helpful to help us bring whatever we had, though these were very few. We just used the car and an aunt’s AUV/pick-up to bring our things and we had to travel a few times to be able to complete the moving tasks.

The adjustments were very difficult at first because my work was only a few steps away from our place before (in fact I just had to climb two sets of stairs) but we managed to adjust. I am still adjusting, especially during times when I get irritated by neighbors.

So many things have changed since we moved, all for the better, I guess. Our family have grown bigger. My eldest daughter who turned three a few days after we moved is now 13 years old and we now have a 7 year old boy and a 5 year old girl.

The dog has been long gone and we have two other dogs now.

All in all, ten years had been blessed, despite glitches and small inconveniences.

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Yesterday as I was waiting for my daughter’s school program to start, I saw her classmate wearing a shirt that said something like this:

“I look like 20, I act like 30, I think like 60, I must be 40”

I chuckled when I read this and realized that messages can come across strongly on funny t shirts with messages that were written for fun or for getting a strong message across.

Some of the funny shirt one-liners that I have seen are:

“Beer Factor” for “Fear Factor”

“Inutil (Filipino word for stupid) Inside” for “Intel Inside”

“Goat Milk” for “Got Milk”

What is your favorite funny one-liners on shirts?

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