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Helping Hands

The chinese have a saying – no one wants to be bald if they can helped it. And no one want to borrow or get a loan with high interest either but look – life can be tough sometimes and as bad as people may say cash advances are – I beg to differ. Why? personal experience of course. Many years ago – the store wasn’t doing so great – and we need a bit of cash for a roll over at the store – and we couldn’t go to the bank – because they wanted a collateral that we didn’t have. So we had no choice but to get a high interest loan – and it took us a while to pay it off – but we knew what we were getting ourselves into and without this cash advance – we wouldn’t be where we are now. Our loan is paid off after several years – sure it was high interest – but what can we do – we needed the money BAD! the folks where we got our loan from never bothered us – we paid our loan monthly and religiously and we are debt free now – and we know how to make better choices now. So for those who say that cash advances are evil – it’s not true – it is you who made that choice to loan – so it is your responsibility to want to get out of debt. It is what you do after getting the cash advance that is important.

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Kids & Vitamins

Like every parent – we want what is best for our kids – from buying them the most expensive books to nourish their mind – to getting them the best multivitamins to nourish their bodies. I’m no different and I strongly believed in multivitamins for kids – as well as ourselves. Of course, the doctor had said that if your kids are given a well – balanced diet – they don’t need any more vitamins. But if you have a kid like mine who don’t like greens – then you’ll have to find a vitamin that can supplement that right? Yes – I’m the official helicopter mom – but nope I don’t overdose her with vitamins – although I’ve heard that if you feel like a cold is coming – you should get an overdose of Vitamin C. Anyhow, I’m sure if you are a mom who cooks home cooked meals a lot for your kids – and is a stay at home mom – it will be easier to monitor their diet – but for moms like me who needs to work, it is harder so don’t feel bad if you are making your kids take vitamin because you feel they are not getting enough from their food.

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My New Past Time For Destressing

PB has been playing online games since Everquest 1 first came out – and that was even before I came to Canada 11 years ago. But as time passed – he also played EverQuest II, WOW (World of Warcraft), which was a big hit around the world, Lord of the Rings Online for a while and now – he is into a new game called Rift. First, they have to pay for the game – and then they have to pay a monthly fee – and what they do is gang up and kill other people as far as I know. But as for me – I’m not into those games – no matter how much I tried to get into it – I was never that kind of gamer.

I tried the Facebook online games – the fishing game and also the Chef game – but after a month or so I got tired of it – too time consuming and don’t really make me think so there’s no real motivation there (no offense to those who love FB games eh!). But PB still encouraged me to find a game that I will enjoy playing – to de-stress, so I thought about games that I used to play every now and then back home. Mahjong is one of them and of course I also played the slot machines every time I was on vacation or on a work trip near a casino. But where I am currently – in a small town – there are no casinos around – so PB showed me how to play slots online – whenever I want to have some fun and do something I like.

I’ve known about internet casinos for quite a few years now but never really did anything about it till now since I like thinking games like blackjack and mahjong – I hear it’s especially good for training ones mind as you get older – so your brains won’t get lazy on you. But I never go overboard when playing online games – I play because I want to have fun and de-stress and of course I did my leg work and checked out only the reputable online casinos. It’s amazing how much information a reputable online casino has on their site and I can even use my paypal for deposits and payments – I never have to have it reflect on PB’s credit card statement – definitely a plus point in my case – I like to keep my online gaming private since PB never liked to go to a real casino – so this is a fun thing I can do on the weekend when Chloe is sleeping and I’m all done with my housework. I play responsibly of course and know that playing in an online casino is for fun and not for trying to become a millionaire.

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Spring Weddings

Spring weddings are so beauty – don’t you think? we’ve just attended one of a close friend and it was absolutely beautiful – despite the fact that the weather was still a bit too chilly for our liking. But the bride was beautiful and the designer bridesmaid dresses were to die for! I told PB that had I known that the bridemaid dresses were so gorgeous – I would have begged to be one of the bride’s maid – hahhaha!! But it was a beautiful wedding and everything was perfect – even the wedding cake were yummy and gorgeous. The bride and groom served us the wedding cake themselves and it was definitely a very nice gesture. The couple was the sweetest and I wish them happiness always.

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Best Laid Plans

I took a shower last night and cooked my rice and let it sit enough and put them in the fridge for the next day to fry some pineapple rice for Chloe to eat in school. And also planned to go out and get some stuff done before going to work this morning – but alas the kid got sick in the middle of the night and puked like 8 times and we only got to sleep at 8am. Didn’t get up till almost 11am and late for work and all – and my acne started popping out of course – what else is new. Every time, I don’t get enough sleep – this is what happens – *sigh* – but what can you do right? for folks like me – we just have the best acne treatments on stand by – like tylenol at home. Yes, you can’t have any best laid plans when you have a kid at home. Poor Chloe – was so gung ho about everything and didn’t cry nor anything – she even said she was sorry she had to wake us up. Poor kid!

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The Birthday Boy! My Ex-Boss

My ex-boss was from Greece but migrated to Spain because he fell in love with a lovely woman from Spain – and I do keep in touch with him – because he treated me really well – during the 3 yrs I worked with him. He was always fair to me – and never treated me like an employee and I had the same benefits as the engineers in our company. From traveling to expenditures – I was able to claim just about anything the engineers claimed. His birthday is round the corner and I know he like cigars for he always gets a box when he flies from one place to another for work – I’ve never seen someone who knows so much about cigars like him. My ex-boss – dear Mr Hernandez is turning 70 this year and I am going to get him some middleton black and mild cigars this year for his birthday, I hope he likes it and why try to stop the man at this age from enjoying something he liked so much right? And I do like the smell of cigar as compared to regular cigarettes. Happy birthday! Mr Hernandez.

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Birthday Plans & Travel

I told PB that when my birthday comes – I want to celebrate it in Halifax – although after visiting NC’s website , I would very much like to spend my birthday in North Carolina instead – with the beach and the son. I know it’s going to be warmer in North Carolina and my best friend lived there – but because we own our own business – me being only owner by association, we can’t just close shop and leave. So yes ! we do have travel plans in the near future for my birthday and as much as I would like to fly on an airplane – that would just have to wait for a bit longer. For those who’ve never been to North Carolina – you have to visit it sometime and if we did go – we are going to get one of those vacation homes instead of staying in a hotel. So much cheaper and a lot more convenient if you want to cook or do your laundry int he meantime. But for this birthday trip, I’m going to visit Annie’s Cafe in Halifax – so stay tuned – while i tell you about this little cafe in Queens Street.

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Getting The Right Healthcare Plan

While I’m not that old yet – one must know that we all get old eventually right. Especially for an expatriate like myself – I have to think of my old age and health plan – while my parents and our forefathers had many kids to look after them during old age, most families has one or two kids these days. Do you really want to burden your kids with taking care of your medicare bills when they are just starting out and making a new family of their own. I read that in the United States where a lot of my friends and family are living in – they have the Medicare plan to help them find the right plan for heath care coverage – now that’s good eh. Like I said I may not be that old now – but time flies and before you know it – I might need some kind of coverage too – now to find a medicare plan for myself is very important too – I tell PB all the time else he would just have to take care of me during old age.

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Cute Beanie For Chloe

I finally found some cute beanie for Chloe and at very good price too !! Only $13 !!!! usually I try to get them from Etsy – but thus far they are far too small or the colors isn’t what we expected – quite disappointing when you have to pay so much for something eh. So I saw some on Kangol and loved the beanie there – and another hat too – for Chloe but I’ll get the beanie for – and it’s going be cold for a few more months – so she can still wear them. And because it is so cheap – I am going to get some for Christmas present for the end of the year – for some of Chloe’s friends – very practical and definitely worth every penny spent if the kids make use of it for months. I just love cute beanies for Chloe because she won’t get any younger and we all know that when they grow older they won’t want to wear cute stuff anymore – so I’m making the best out of the little girl years I have in her.

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Princess Tea Party

The Princess Tea Party is organized by the Children’s Wish Foundation – and I’m sure you all know what they are. This year I decided that we will bring Chloe for the Princess Tea Party – after all, she isn’t getting any younger and you know how kids are – after a certain age – they don’t want to dress up as princesses anymore – they want to be all grown up. So yes ! at 7 yrs old – I think she is old enough to enjoy it. The tickets are expensive and a parent need to be there with them – they made it clear that they are not babysitting for you (so said the ticket seller). We bought our tickets today – after talking with Grampie and making him sponsor Chloe’s ticket. Now we have to think of her costume for the party – and since it isn’t halloween – I might have a hard time finding her the right costume. Chloe just informed me that her tiara is too small for her – so I might get some beads and other tiara stuff online and make my own tiara for her.

If you are wondering why there are so many tickets – it’s because I’ve round up a few friends and their princesses to go together with us. I’m very excited about the party – but chloe – she is so – so excited. She is more busy trying to get her pirate ship going – hahah! The party is in April at the hotel in town – cupcakes and tea will be provided. Can’t wait to take a ton of pictures.