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Cozy Home

Last month, the interior designer BIL and wife had their newly remodeled unit (at the third floor of an adjacent 4-door studio type units beside the family’s main house) blessed. We attended the housewarming and was surprised at how the place looked so much different. I used to work in this part of the in-laws’ place a few years back.

BIL's living room

It was cozy in the unit. It had one bedroom since they didn’t use the available room (one where I used with my students) and just had it for storage. Maybe when they have their own child they will use that spare room. No room for a clawfoot tub yet in their bathroom which is probably what the BIL’s clients love to have in their own homes.

I know my kids would love to have a tub in our bathrooms too but right now, that is not an option ๐Ÿ˜‰

What I like about their new home aside from being cozy is the simplicity and being clutter-free. If there’s a baby, I’m sure a lot will change, ๐Ÿ˜€

 

California Berry Ice Ice Baby

Sometime ago, I purchased California Berry’s Ice Ice Baby vouchers for the family.

I know we had these yummy desserts a long time ago, but I’m just blogging about it now.

Anyway, the kids enjoyed the idea of using the vouchers so much so I got another set of vouchers earlier this month. LOL.

gummy bears

Gummy bears and blueberries. Don’t ask, lol.

oreo

Oreo bits and shaved ice ala cookies and cream.

kiwi

Banana and kiwi slices.

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There are so many kinds of vouchers to be bought online from restaurant vouchers (we’ve had a few of these) to vacation packages (no thanks), car cleaning services (we availed of this before too), cakes (I just ordered one a few weeks ago), “beauty procedures” (ahem!) and gadgets (we did too and had ordered another one last night). I wonder what they’ll think of next time: motorhome repair, leaky roof repair, gardening services or home-based pet grooming services?

I saw a house-cleaning services in one of the sites. I think I need more than one voucher, LOL.

Digital Copies

Our wedding “VHS tape” is somewhere in the library gathering dusk and whatever musky things that stick to things like it.We still have a VHS player somewhere (or have I thrown it away?) with a Formula1 VHS stuck inside. There’s no way we can watch that wedding tape for sure unless we look for services being offered about these things.

We are looking for services that will help us “recover” the contents in that VHS tape. I know it’s bound to be expensive but I believe memory is priceless. Our digital photos are stored not just in our computers, there are also online copies as well as copies in EHD. The hubby has also “burned” these in DVDs for easier viewing. He also does dvd duplication so we have multiple copies.

The problem with these digital copies is that even if one tries to have multiple copies, there seems to be glitches unexpectedly. There are times I miss the old days when we all have hard copies of our photos, even if we have to wait for a few days to a week before these are printed ๐Ÿ˜€

 

Calamansi Love

I harvested, well sorta harvested, today several green juicy and definitely sour calamansi. Will post a better and higher res photo later. Click here for a link on the photo. Here is a photo of the sour babies:

calamansi

These have thin skin (dunno what they’re called) and very juicy.

Rains and used coffee grounds are two big help that had the little tree bear these little babies. Sunshine helped the little tree too of course. Everyday, I mix the used coffee grounds in water for “watering” the two little calamansi plants (the other one didn’t yield more than three of these) and the other potted plants. Still have to get photos of these pandan plants and green onions.

Yes, you can get a lot of benefits from used coffee grounds for your vegetable garden. And if you have a catering biz and Caterer Jobs, having your own vegetable garden will help you save some on your expenses to up your profit. #JustSayin’

Get used coffee grounds for free from a Starbucks near you.

Just one of the benefits of being REAL coffee drinkers. We stopped drinking instant coffee a long time ago and only have brewed coffee in the mornings and sometimes as night cap too.

 

Facebook Timeline

So you’ve heard about Facebook Timeline and you want one? Here’s how to get your own Facebook Timeline. The easier way would be to find friends who already have and just click a button whereabouts his/her page so that you can get yours too.

Here is my current Facebook Timeline Cover Photo:

My Facebook Timeline Cover Photo

Pixie Pixels or Photo Stories is my photo blog.

At first Facebook Timeline looks weird, because it looks like an online magazine with different sections. It takes some time to get used to it. The wonderful thing is, it is like blogs, with archives according to year and month. For bloggers like me who are used to having archives, this is a great tool should I need to go “back in time” and look for that link I shared some time ago. It may be that link about a funny video on YouTube, the appetite suppressants for men I shared with a friend or something interesting in a link I shared that I have to write about.

Did you get annoyed with the new Facebook changes? I did, still am, with that ticker box that’s like a Stalker Haven, ๐Ÿ˜€