Stay at Home Blessings

Butterfly face painting is really popular among kids. About 3 weeks ago, we went to a baby party and the hosts had face painting as one of the activities. My 2 girls were enthusiastic about it and were among the first ones to have their face painted. Thanks Richard for the photo. Thanks Richard for the photo. I know I have already made a post on how to do butterfly face painting before with a video from You Tube but the designs that were done on my kids this time were a little different....

It's been more than a week since I last posted. We've been busy attending the year end recognition day of our children. Since the school programmed the recognition day in 4 days time categorized as to preschool, primary, intermediate and high school, we had to come back to the school in 3 different schedules/days. We had 3 children who received recognition for the past school year. Janel, who's in Kindergarten 1, ranked 4th in their class and got 3rd place in their Math Quiz Bee. Yuan, who's...

Last year, when we had our summer vacation in the Philippines, we had to leave my children under the care of my sister for one day. They did together some activities like drawing and water coloring; animal clay models (I was not able to take pictures then) and origami. Origami is the art of folding paper into different shapes including flowers, birds and animals. This interesting art work originated from Japan. My sister gave her book on origami to my children and we took it back here with...

In two days, the 4th quarterly examination of my kids for this school year will be over. At last, we can have some rest. I'm not sure yet if we are going to the Philippines this summer but it would be really nice if we could have a vacation. If not in the Philippines, how about in Orlando, Florida? Image by Serge Houtain, sxc.hu In my dreams! Well, I can dream as much as I want. It's free. But for those who can afford to go to Orlando, Florida, you need to know your vacation options. There...

It was about 2 or 3 weeks ago that my family was invited to a birthday party. It was celebrated in a park and my children really enjoyed the outdoors. It has 2 -3 big and small playgrounds. Many of my kids' friends are also there, so they had lots of fun. Playing outdoors is really important for children. It gives them some time to be active and do some physical activities. Most children lack this these days because many (including my children, I'm afraid) have preferred to just stay indoors...

There are a lot of ways to make money online. One fast but not necessarily easy way that I have become familiar with in the past 2 years is through getting online jobs at oDesk and Freelancer.com. Simply, these two sites are online job marketplaces where employers around the world post their job openings and freelancers get the chance to get hired to do various jobs online. I won't be writing here about how these sites work. For that, you can refer to my previous post Finding Online Jobs at...

One of the good things I look forward to every year is to watch my kids do some creative presentation in school. Last year, my kids surprised me with their talent in dancing. Well, this year, I'm sad that I did not see my two boys perform because their younger sister was sick. I was able to watch my 2 daughters' presentations in their school's Foundation day because theirs was held on another day. Here is Janel's number together with her classmates: A dance number to the tune of Singing in...

I received in my email today that the book Glaen by Fred Lybrand can be downloaded for free from Amazon this February 10-14. The book is about a professor named Glaen who teaches a college grad-student named Annie discover the secrets of real relationships. It seemed like a good timely read. I went to Amazon hoping I could download the book but I cannot. I cannot download the Kindle version of this book in my location. It's only available to those living in the US. Anyway, if you want to...

I caught my children's flu so I'm sick since last night. I can still remember the chill, headache and nausea. I heard myself saying "Jesus, Jesus heal me." I feel a little better now though I still have some dizzy spells. I entitled this post "In Everything Give Thanks" because in spite of the sickness there are a lot of things to be grateful to God for. I'm thankful to God because when I asked my children to pray for me, they know and do, especially 3-year old Angel. I'm thankful to God...

My daughter, Kristel, has been complaining about her back pain since yesterday. She asks me from time to time to give her a gentle back massage. When asked as to why her back is painful, I told her that it must be because of her position while sleeping. Sometimes, she sleeps on her side with an arched back or in an awkward position. I also thought that maybe the condition of our mattress had something to do with Kristel's back pain. (I also get it sometimes but then again maybe it's just...

I Heart Job Offers by SOCIALisBETTER (Flickr CC) In the post I wrote recently entitled 5 Tips to Get Hired Doing Online Jobs at oDesk and Freelancer.com, I emphasized the importance of taking tests and certifications relevant to your skills on your profile so that potential employers can assess if you're fit for their job opening and you might end up getting more job offers. One website that you should know about concerning this is Brainbench. Brainbench is a program which gives people the...

I browse online a lot and bookmark sites, articles, tutorials and videos which I like to visit again using my web browser. But bookmarking and organizing online pages this way is just for personal use. What if I like to share part or all of it with family and friends? Well, I found that clipix is a new free online site which offers a great way to bookmark or "clip" what I find online and store them there in "clipboards" for later browsing. This is how a clipboard looks like. As you can see...

Image by svilenoo1, Stock.xchng There are lots of people who create blogs just to blog or write their thoughts and publish them online. But there are others who blog with the intent of doing business. I read an article yesterday entitled How to Really Profit from your Blog and it was an eye opener. The author, Pat Flynn said as he was talking to a friend, "Nothing is wrong with starting a blog, but what’s the business? How will you make money?" So, if you have a blog and would like to move...

Techie She Weekly Giveaways. This week’s lucky blogger will win $10 Paypal credits from Borris of Humble Opinion. Financial tic tac toe. Image by Kikashi. Anyway, I didn't do any part-time work until recently when I started doing online freelance writing and some virtual assistant jobs. But let me share with you my list of 10 extra money makers that OFWs or their dependents are doing here, in the Middle East, part-time or even full time. This is just based on my observation and personal...

Last week, I received an email from Mom Bloggers for Social Good to campaign for Malaria No More's "Dream Big for Africa" project. Malaria No More is an organization working towards ending Malaria deaths in Africa by 2015. 655,000 people died from Malaria in 2010, 91% of which occurred in Africa, mostly children under 5 years old. If you want to help this cause, join the "Dream Big for Africa" campaign. Since last week until February 16, anyone who texts "Dream" to 85944 will donate $10 to...