<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 22:13:42 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>vanity</category><category>motherhood</category><category>meme</category><category>blessings</category><category>birthday</category><category>money matters</category><category>family</category><category>splurges</category><category>internet</category><category>women empowerment</category><category>everyday life</category><category>music and film</category><category>writing</category><category>good thoughts</category><title>The Good Man's Blog</title><description>Sharing Positivity Online</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>259</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-8839406480364204603</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 06:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-28T12:15:16.413-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>birthday</category><title>for my 33rd Birthday</title><description>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RPLdv4UKNBc/ThY4SECVe_I/AAAAAAAAACU/UIM9IAK2KC0/s1600/birthday.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="305" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RPLdv4UKNBc/ThY4SECVe_I/AAAAAAAAACU/UIM9IAK2KC0/s400/birthday.jpeg" width="305" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I cannot begin how to thank everyone who remembered my day :). I was overwhelmed with the outpouring of love and greetings from friends and relatives abroad and back home. Again, thank you! You know who you are, I am still sending out Thank You messages in FB, I want to personally thank each one of you. An Aunt of mine commented that I am Ms. Congeniality because of the long birthday greetings in my wall hee hee. I was really overwhelmed. Thanks for remembering and for making my day extra special. xoxo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muchas Gracias! Merci Beaucoup.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-8839406480364204603?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2011/04/for-my-33rd-birthday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RPLdv4UKNBc/ThY4SECVe_I/AAAAAAAAACU/UIM9IAK2KC0/s72-c/birthday.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-1503912357991453315</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 21:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-30T06:36:40.669-07:00</atom:updated><title>Oldies but Goodies</title><description>Thank God It's Wednesday and that only means one thing, I am working from home, hence blogging now. I swear this could have been my most grounded day of the week, why? Because I have to breathe a little and destress so I would be able to cope up with the rest of the week. If my week did not start out so good, I have to catch up with myself during this midweek-day and eventually I am back to being A-OK once again. I usually start my day by playing &lt;a href="http://www.ioldiesmusicstore.com/"&gt;Oldies Songs&lt;/a&gt; in the background. This type of music usually centers me and give me that kind of feeling when you go to a meditation session. I guess it all boils down to the fact that I grew up listening to my dad's kind of music, yes, old songs you got it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, I realized that my penchant for the American Idol is the fact that I am truly a music-lover. But I would also have to declare this self-realization that I am more gearing towards contestants who would choose songs that are classic and from way back in the olden times because I love oldies songs. Let me share you a bit of information where I usually download my oldies songs just in case your folks do not keep them anymore. You can visit IOldiesMusicStore.com and be surprised by their vast and I mean, Massive collection of oldies songs.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-1503912357991453315?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/oldies-but-goodies.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-8914843282742961760</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 21:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-30T06:50:22.660-07:00</atom:updated><title>Customer's Option</title><description>If you do not know what &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card"&gt;Credit Cards&lt;/a&gt; are, you are probably living under a rock. Just Kidding hee hee, you see, I am having a good start of the day so cracking up some corny jokes may be my kind of thing for now. Moving on. You see, I have some friends who until now do not keep credit cards even if they know that this would help them as far as credit standing is concerned. Although, I have so much admiration for people who do not have credit cards and yet, they have a lot of cash stash in tow, I strongly believe that it is important to have credit cards especially for emergency purposes. This is also the main reason why I dislike stores or restaurants or any establishments/&lt;a href="http://www.acceptcreditcards.me/"&gt;Merchants&lt;/a&gt; who do not offer the credit card payment option to their market or customers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For me, it is very professional for any establishment to offer different payment options to their clients. This only means one thing, that they value their clients buying power as well as decision-making. Now, if you are a merchant who still do not offer this kind of payment to your customers, it is very easy, just gather as much&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.acceptcreditcards.me/quoteform.php"&gt;online quotes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from AcceptCreditCards.me and start with the credit card payment option as soon as possible. Your customers will love you and I bet your sales will also increase.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-8914843282742961760?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/customers-option.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-4987261171890683683</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 21:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-30T07:55:35.226-07:00</atom:updated><title>Free Online Poker is My Kind of Game</title><description>I used to not really like Poker even if it were a &lt;a href="http://www.faceupgaming.com/"&gt;free online poker&lt;/a&gt; kind of game. Anything to do with gambling, I tried to veer away myself from. Until a friend offered me a job that involves organizing poker events and eventually I was exposed to the various people who love to play poker online or for real. At first, I was a bit hesitant to accept the job for various reasons, first, I think it might just give a not-so-positive impression on my curriculum vitae but knowing the kind of &lt;a href="http://www.faceupgroup.com/"&gt;social gaming company&lt;/a&gt; I am employed from, I realized that this is actually a serious business and game.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I opened up myself to the whole poker world and learned that I have a lot of close friends and relatives who are into this game as well. Most of them have joined and won various &lt;a href="http://www.faceupgaming.com/online-poker-tournaments.html"&gt;online poker tournaments&lt;/a&gt; which made them really proud. I guess more than anything else, this game is all about the right perspective. For as long as you know your limits in terms of gambling-side and that you are aware of the mechanics, you can have both fun and earn at the same time. But what struck me the most is that when you play this game, you are in for a sure ball of fun as well as be ready to meet interesting personalities along the way.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-4987261171890683683?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/my-kind-of-game.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-1453545721097490836</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 23:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-29T07:24:46.614-07:00</atom:updated><title>Fitness in 90 Days</title><description>Oh boy, I am so not into the mood to work today. This crankiness and unproductivity started last Saturday when we finally bought a reliable weighing scale from IKEA. I was hoping that all my hardwork for almost half a year now paid off but surprise, surprise, I did not lose a single pound! Nada! Zero! Then I started to wallow into my own insecurities, I swear I just want to give it all up until this entry, I realized that I need to pull myself together. I have 3 more months to work really hard in order to get that &lt;a href="http://www.beachbody.com/"&gt;Beach Body&lt;/a&gt; before our family reunion. Maybe reading about this &lt;a href="http://www.90dayreview.com/"&gt;90 Day Review&lt;/a&gt; will bring me to the best yet effective &lt;a href="http://www.extremebodyworkout.com/p90x-products.php"&gt;Extreme Body Workout&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do not know exactly what is wrong with what I am doing for the past 5.5 months. &amp;nbsp;Religiously, I have been really working out and running and I do watch what I eat. Maybe, my metabolism just slows down when I reached 30s and I need a nutritionist to guide me so I can shed off the last 15 lbs. Ahhh, I know I want quick results but I have to put in mind too that I need to be patient if I want long-term results. My weight loss journey may be derailed from time to time but I ain't giving up on myself this time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is a guest post provided by &lt;a href="http://www.fitnessalliance.net/"&gt;Fitness Alliance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-1453545721097490836?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/fitness-in-90-days.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-1879204229898930608</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-28T05:27:33.026-07:00</atom:updated><title>Automotive SEO</title><description>When we were &lt;a href="http://www.showroomlogic.com/"&gt;car hunting&lt;/a&gt; for our 2nd car, I volunteered to dear hubby that I would do my own little research online first before we go to each and every car dealer  in the neighborhood. Of course, I understand his predicament that he needs to check on the actual car before we could actually purchase one but according to a friend of ours who is into &lt;a href="http://www.showroomlogic.com/blog/automotive-seo-did-you-take-a-beating-in-the-google-penguin-update.html"&gt;automotive SEO&lt;/a&gt;, online car dealers these days are actually at par with those car dealers that we see everywhere. Also, the first thing that a car hunter or car buyer would do is to check online for a list of nearest car dealers available for him or her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is also the reason why most car dealers would make sure to put up an online site just so they could reach as much clients as they could without having to go all out with marketing and advertising as mostly people are online these days. Now, for those of you who are trying to boost up the popularity standing of your own car dealership online site, it is better to check on this &lt;a href="http://www.showroomlogic.com/dealer-seo"&gt;SEO Dealer&lt;/a&gt; for their automotive search engine optimization services. I am sure that you are going to thank me for this.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-1879204229898930608?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/automotive-seo.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-6333921845444483903</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 20:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-28T06:04:33.409-07:00</atom:updated><title>Tax Preparer</title><description>I have mentioned my desire to stay at home and focus on rearing my young kids and building this family as best way I know. However, with the kind of economy we have plus the fact that I did not marry a millionaire, I have to make sure that I do my part in finding ways on how to earn at home too. May it be online or offline but I have to earn as best as I could while I stay at home. Nothing is planned yet as of the moment, only options that I need to research on and discuss with my ever-dear hardworking husband. Now, these &lt;a href="http://fastforwardacademy.com/index-page-irs-paid-registered-tax-preparer.htm"&gt;income tax course&lt;/a&gt; are something that has been in my list of options for quite some time now. A friend recently concluded his &lt;a href="http://fastforwardacademy.com/index-page-irs-enrolled-agents-ea-test.htm"&gt;irs exam&lt;/a&gt; and gave me a feedback that it is not actually that hard of an exam considering his non-accounting background like me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are also interested, you can check on Fast Forward Academy as that is the site I have been researching on these courses. I am actually 80% interested on being a tax preparer as one of my stay-at-home job options but I have to make a budget on both my personal time and financial resources. I have to make sure I have enough time to study as well as enough budget to back up this course.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-6333921845444483903?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/tax-preparer.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-5923641418051428421</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 20:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-28T05:58:39.378-07:00</atom:updated><title>SEO Finds</title><description>I know it is suppose to be a long weekend on my side of the woods and I should be sleeping in and resting, but here I am working so hard as early as 4am. I do not want to complain any further as I know that my hardwork will pay off if not now, maybe in the future. Besides, I should be selfless knowing that I have a family to support, specifically kids to feed and husband to work with. Currently, my dear husband and I have been talking a lot about our future. Not only focusing on building our dream home and securing the kids' education expenses but more of where our career paths are heading. I have been considering a lot about staying at home and just simply focusing on rearing the kids the best that I know. However, with the tough economic stature we have right now, having 3 kids and living under a single-household income is just too hard to meet both ends. So, this is the reason why I want to put up a small business and would hire a &lt;a href="http://www.revlocal.com/Local/SEO/"&gt;local search engine optimization&lt;/a&gt; service provider to make sure that my online business will surpass the wide and strong competition online.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am still thinking what business niche I would focus on and the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.revlocal.com/Local/Small-Business-Marketing/"&gt;small business marketing&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;strategies will just follow. But currently, I am deemed at hiring the services of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.revlocal.com/"&gt;RevLocal&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;not only to give me tips on how to put up my online site successfully nor gain marketing and advertising tips but also make sure that I have enough search engine optimization that would help boost up my site and eventually get into the realm of the online world competition. These are the things that have been running up in my mind lately and yes, I guess I will take this challenge of balancing work and family life. But of course, family is always my priority.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-5923641418051428421?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/seo-finds.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-2764945557163301218</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 20:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-28T05:46:25.427-07:00</atom:updated><title>Park Auto Mall</title><description>Who does not like &lt;a href="http://www.parkautomall.com/used-cadillac-deville-tampa-bay-florida_vid_441866.html"&gt;Cadillac&lt;/a&gt; probably never seen one, nor heard how good it is or have yet to ride one. I woke up early today considering the amount of time I only spent sleeping last night. I guess I am getting really old that sleeping has become like a waste of time for me. The first thing I did upon waking up was to go over my wishlist or dream cars, then I found myseld checking on this site : &lt;a href="http://www.parkautomall.com"&gt;http://www.parkautomall.com&lt;/a&gt; for their comprehensive list of tampa used cars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then, I got redirected to &lt;a href="http://www.tampacarblog.com"&gt;used car videos&lt;/a&gt;. I have learned that this specific car dealer online which is based in Tampa, Fl does not necessarily needs Credit Approval on specific car rates. Not only does this Park Auto Mall car dealer has the best collection of used cars but also they have been getting raves from the State of Florida, either from their previous clients or current ones who just recently made a purchase. I suggest that if you are looking for used cars, you can stop by at their site and see what they have to offer from their site.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-2764945557163301218?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/park-auto-mall.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-8315951825286265443</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-30T14:50:24.702-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>good thoughts</category><title>Quit Worrying</title><description>DH always reminds me how carefree and very spontaneous wife I was before DS came into our lives. I guess the word 'worry' was born the day we had DS! Like how the word procrastination was born the day I started graduate school!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's something I snagged from Alpha.&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Her blogs have wealth of inspiring thoughts :).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 40px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;Do Less planning and worrying and future thinking. Spend more time in the moment. We worry too much, and it does us no good. We think about things that haven’t happened, instead of what’s happening now. And while some planning is necessary, too much of it is a waste of time — there’s no way to predict the future, and trying to control every little thing that’s going to happen is futile. Learn to go with the flow, look for opportunities, find the natural path of things, and do what is needed in the moment. You can’t control outcomes, but if you learn to work more fluidly (instead of rigidly following plans), you can get to outcomes that are good.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;So yea, I am a work in progess in terms of letting go of all my worries :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-8315951825286265443?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2011/05/quit-worrying.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-1085881999929010810</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 15:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-30T14:50:10.988-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>splurges</category><title>shopping too much???</title><description>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"&gt;I hate this feeling, really. I do not want to feel guilty for things and events I shouldn't be but here I am sitting in this old, blue couch feeling it. I should just write it down to empty whatever I have inside. You see, I have been working my *ss off so hard the past year and for the last few months of 2009 up until 2010, I have given much more what is required of me. So when a huge opportunity came in January which would give me a chance to earn buckets and buckets of moolah, I thought, it would be, well, appropriate to reward myself. So I did, a couple of pair of Aldo shoes and that's it. One night, I was bored and was in my lowest moments, I turned to my release, surf purses over at eBay and voila! A beautiful designer purse was just a few minutes away for closing. Surprisingly, I typed in $175 without the intention of really winning it because I know it was an authentic designer purse and there were a lot of bidders but guess what, I WON! The bag was for me after all and I was even happier to confirm the authenticity of the bag. But bills are piling up right at this moment and yes, I feel guilty. Should I be? I wanted a variation in my everyday-full-of-chores kinda life. Call me pathetic for replacing or diverting this so-called episode with a shopping loot but yes, it helped me felt good even for just a few days. But did I have the wisdom I prayed and even fasted on when I did my eBay bid? Oh God, take away this guilt-trip in my head and please I want stability and yes, a full-time job that will awaken the old ME.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-1085881999929010810?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2011/05/shopping-too-much.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-7886400053988543725</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 15:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-26T08:18:44.353-07:00</atom:updated><title>Asian Women and Their Love for Beauty</title><description>I admire Korean women for their zest of life. I have never seen a Korean woman whose appearance seems not to be well put together. They are always made-up and trendsetters. In fact, one of our Korean friends enrolled herself in one of the top cosmetology school in Phoenix, not because she is putting up a salon or she wanted to pursue a make-up career but it was more of her personal well-being. She wanted to improve on her personality that is why she's taking this course. The name of her school the &lt;a href="http://www.regencybeauty.com/campus/lakewood-colorado.aspx"&gt;Regency Beauty Schools&lt;/a&gt;. You can visit their site at RegencyBeauty.com for more information. My Korean friend has been raving about the curriculum she is in and hoping to share to me whatever she learned from this beauty school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-size: x-small;"&gt;This blog post was based on information provided by Blogitive. For more information, please visit Blogitive.com or contact Regency Beauty Institute – 3583 Alpine Avenue NW – Walker, MI 49544.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-7886400053988543725?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/asian-women-and-their-love-for-beauty.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-6286367615335038614</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 06:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-30T14:50:38.921-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>everyday life</category><title>WTG! Mondays!</title><description>Wheee Mondays! Happy Monday everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If most people hate Mondays, for some weird reason, I LOVE MONDAYS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is something about Mondays that makes me excited for the week ahead :). Anyway, looks like I will be really blogging less for the rest of the year. Summer Quarter started last Friday and boy I am swamped!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why why do I have to deal with 2-3 economics courses? boohoo. Not to mention, my thesis is just around the corner.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apart from school, I have been accompanying DH's cousin and his bride for their wedding preps. A trial make-up had been done last Sunday and although, I had fun, I was super tired haha! It's been a while, you see. I promised both of them not to post pics, so I won't :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess by the time this year ends, I have mustered/mastered time management skills already. I have to veer away from unnecessary time online to complete my everyday to do list. So if I don't get to drop by your blogs as often as I could or return your comments and cbox messages, know that I am thankful for your visits :).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, I rarely check the number of subscribers in my blogs' feeds and was surprised to find out last week that my feeds subscriber have increased :). Thanks again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That would be all for now. Wishing you all a happy Monday!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am counting the days till my folks' arrival, I miss them big time!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-6286367615335038614?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2011/06/wtg-mondays.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-927078364211189367</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 06:06:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-30T14:50:56.916-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>writing</category><title>65 wpm</title><description>I am a very fast typist, my last check was 65/wpm. This skill has been developed during my 7 years of encoding days(LOL!) in the Embassy. But, my friends in the Embassy are somehow pissed with the way I type, I have very heavy fingers which create terrible typing noise haha which, even my Mom, up to this day super hates it! During our promotion competitions/exams no one would ever dare to sit beside me as their concentration will be distracted by how noisy I type hahaha! Now, my 3-month old HP Pavilion Laptop which hubby gave me as his Thanksgiving Loot Gift, lost it's 1st key hay naku! So yesterday, we bought this wireless keyboard online before my laptop lost another key.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-927078364211189367?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2011/06/65-wpm.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-8437673195734166392</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 03:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-28T05:38:46.379-07:00</atom:updated><title>SEO Consulting Services</title><description>There is no doubt that most companies these days would put up their own online site just to boost sales and of course, a way to market bigger clientele. However, even if companies do have their own information technology department who are actually well-versed in this arena, other companies would still hire a 3rd-party who would provide &lt;a href="http://www.seoconsultant.net/"&gt;seo consulting services&lt;/a&gt;. These &lt;a href="http://www.seoconsultant.net/"&gt;seo consulting services&lt;/a&gt; would not only improve the site's ranking in terms of Google search engine optimization but also it would advice the site owners of the importance of keywords in their online sites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel like it is necessary for every company to make sure that they do have an online site no matter how small the business is because more and more people are using the internet whenever they are looking for something, researching about something or just simply want to buy something. Now, these &lt;a href="http://www.seoconsultant.net/"&gt;seo consulting services&lt;/a&gt; are highly-affordable considering the return of investment it would bring your online site and eventually the company's sales and income. There are a lot of sites that try to make a comprehensive information and selection of the widely-available search engine optimization companies such as SEOConsultant.net. It is however, advisable to make always the right choices before committing into hiring an SEO services dealer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-8437673195734166392?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/seo-consulting-services.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-6702084027971788091</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-28T12:14:54.460-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>good thoughts</category><title>The Child in YOU.</title><description>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MmyrknOX5Ms/S4u43rYNVwI/AAAAAAAAAJg/mbyVMOmVYXI/s1600-h/differences.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443647841283954434" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MmyrknOX5Ms/S4u43rYNVwI/AAAAAAAAAJg/mbyVMOmVYXI/s400/differences.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 284px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 366px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tell me about your childhood.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell me about what you woke up to each day, and what woke you up. What time on your clock? Were your sheets soft? Were they thick enough? Could you remember the scent of the sun on your pillow? Or were there more important things than sunshines and pillows? And did it matter? Did it matter if you woke up early or not?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you get lots of presents during Christmas? Did you celebrate Christmas? Were Sundays fun days, or were they just gloomy transitions to Mondays? Did you have ice cream on Sundays? Or were there more important things to spend on than ice cream?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell me about the people around you. Were they nice to you? And what is "nice" for you? Did they smile a lot? Did they smile at you? Did they tell you you were pretty and did they tell you enough? Did they hug you when you were good? And what is "good" for you? What is "bad"? What did they do when you were bad?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;I'll tell you about my childhood. Let's compare notes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Then maybe we'd understand each other more, and judge each other less.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-6702084027971788091?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2011/05/child-in-you.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MmyrknOX5Ms/S4u43rYNVwI/AAAAAAAAAJg/mbyVMOmVYXI/s72-c/differences.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-5444650354053801426</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 02:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-25T07:56:10.532-07:00</atom:updated><title>Blue Global Media</title><description>Today is my most awaited day of the week, yet I feel like I am going to have a rough day. You see, the past days has been quite frenzy on my end and I am unhappy to tell you that I had been unproductive all throughout the week as well. I would not even begin to tell you that what made me busy was not even worth it. Today, here I am rejoicing that this week is almost over and yet, I am beginning to be cranky so I digress and so I will try my very best to be productive and focus on bigger things such as researching on &lt;a href="http://www.blueglobalmedia.com/"&gt;Blue Global Media&lt;/a&gt; for some reliable &lt;a href="http://www.blueglobalmedia.com/"&gt;payday loan leads&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know life is still tough and I cannot believe that people still patronize &lt;a href="http://www.blueglobalmedia.com/payday-loan-affiliate-program.html"&gt;Payday loan affiliate program&lt;/a&gt; in order for them to meet both ends. However, I could not blame these people because like I said, times are still tough that we tend to check on these financial assistance. I am doing this research specifically for a cousin who has been terminated form work but has found a new employer but he is set to begin working with them in a couple more months. Just so he has enough to cover some bills, he will need these payday loans. We just need to get a list of reliable payday loan affiliate programs and decide from there. I am so fortunate to chance upon Blue Global Media and that is what we are about to check now.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-5444650354053801426?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/blue-global-media.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-1449838587419997891</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-15T13:06:09.264-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>money matters</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>good thoughts</category><title>Purging Season, oh yeah!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MmyrknOX5Ms/S3B9CWcfXHI/AAAAAAAAAHY/mB5Z4qZeLVM/s1600-h/purgegenie_logo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435982229574474866" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MmyrknOX5Ms/S3B9CWcfXHI/AAAAAAAAAHY/mB5Z4qZeLVM/s320/purgegenie_logo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 261px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yes, it's purging season on my end. I finished making back-up copies on photos and documents in my laptop as well as DH's PC. It took me almost 2 days to complete that particular purging task. Thanks to our neighbor who accidentally pull out and cut our cable, internet and phone connection, thus making me offline for almost 4 days. Also, I was able to catch up with some unread feeds in my Google Reader. In the process, I was able to unsubscribe to sites I do not really read, I have tons of those! I finally purged websites and blogs about gossips, mostly showbiz/hollywood, hee hee. Anyhow, as I was checking my feeds, I chanced upon these 50 Fabulous Ways to Save Money from &lt;a href="http://aspirelifecoaching.org/cms/node/2128" style="color: #000099;"&gt;THIS BLOG&lt;/a&gt;, such a nice read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 85%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;1. Balance your checkbook... avoid bank fees.&lt;br /&gt;2. Empty your spare change in to a jar.&lt;br /&gt;3. Bring your own popcorn to the movies... forgive yourself for sneaking it in.&lt;br /&gt;4. Make coffee at home.&lt;br /&gt;5. Eat out less often.&lt;br /&gt;6. Shop the sale sections.&lt;br /&gt;7. Purchase gifts throughout the year and store them.&lt;br /&gt;8. Wash your car at home.&lt;br /&gt;9. Turn off the water when not in use.&lt;br /&gt;10. Take a picnic to the park vs. eating in a restaurant.&lt;br /&gt;11. Distinguish between your wants and needs.&lt;br /&gt;12. Water your lawn in the evenings.&lt;br /&gt;13. Purchase fewer "trendy" items that need to be replaced each year.&lt;br /&gt;14. Carry a calculator in your purse.&lt;br /&gt;15. Mow your lawn less often.&lt;br /&gt;16. Pay your bills on time... avoid late fees.&lt;br /&gt;17. Run your dishwasher only when full.&lt;br /&gt;18. Track your spending.&lt;br /&gt;19. Use Coupons.&lt;br /&gt;20. Do your nails at home.&lt;br /&gt;21. Only get the occasional manicure.&lt;br /&gt;22. Maintain your car well.&lt;br /&gt;23. Wash your clothes less often.&lt;br /&gt;24. Pay off your credit cards... avoid interest fees.&lt;br /&gt;25. Empty your fridge before shopping again.&lt;br /&gt;26. Stick to a budget.&lt;br /&gt;27. Turn off unused lights.&lt;br /&gt;28. Purchase vehicles used.&lt;br /&gt;29. Use your local pet store shot clinic for pets.&lt;br /&gt;30. Increase your insurance deductibles.&lt;br /&gt;31. Visit your state's controller office and claim any of your unclaimed property. Click here for California.&lt;br /&gt;32. Grocery shop on a full stomach.&lt;br /&gt;33. Maintain excellent credit... avoid higher interest rates.&lt;br /&gt;34. Carpool.&lt;br /&gt;35. Pay ahead on your mortgage.&lt;br /&gt;36. Shop craig's list! www.craigslist.com&lt;br /&gt;37. Exercise outside vs. the gym.&lt;br /&gt;38. Avoid shopping when feeling emotional.&lt;br /&gt;39. Complete your returns!&lt;br /&gt;40. Grocery shop with a list and stick to it!&lt;br /&gt;41. Simplify! Need or want less...&lt;br /&gt;42. Use the mail in rebates!&lt;br /&gt;43. Purchase store brands or generics.&lt;br /&gt;44. Sport a low maintenance hair style.&lt;br /&gt;45. Get facials at your local beauty college vs. spa.&lt;br /&gt;46. Make conscious spending decisions vs. autopilot choices.&lt;br /&gt;47. Shop the Internet.&lt;br /&gt;48. Pay your savings first.&lt;br /&gt;49. Accept "hand me downs".&lt;br /&gt;50. Organize your receipts and warranties so you can find them. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-1449838587419997891?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2011/06/purging-season-oh-yeah.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MmyrknOX5Ms/S3B9CWcfXHI/AAAAAAAAAHY/mB5Z4qZeLVM/s72-c/purgegenie_logo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-472317868217966554</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 06:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-28T12:14:41.884-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>good thoughts</category><title>BEAT the FEAR!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MmyrknOX5Ms/S8mmRCnTX0I/AAAAAAAAAMI/5cvepHAF3K4/s1600/MD55.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461078834853142338" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MmyrknOX5Ms/S8mmRCnTX0I/AAAAAAAAAMI/5cvepHAF3K4/s400/MD55.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 397px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We all have fears but these fears hinder us from achieving our most desired goals. Step out of your scaredy cat self and move on and climb up to your fears. We can do this!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;"To me, FEARLESS is not the absence of fear. It’s not being completely unafraid. To me, FEARLESS is having fears. FEARLESS is having doubts. Lots of them. To me, FEARLESS is living in spite of those things that scare you to death. FEARLESS is falling madly in love again, even though you’ve been hurt before. FEARLESS is walking into your freshmen year of high school at fifteen. FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again … even though every time you’ve tried before, you’ve lost. It’s FEARLESS to have faith that someday things will change. FEARLESS is having the courage to say goodbye to someone who only hurts you, even if you can’t breath without them. I think it’s FEARLESS to fall for your best friend, even if he’s in love with someone else. And when someone apologizes to you enough times for things they’ll never stop doing, I think it’s FEARLESS to stop believing them. I think allowing yourself to cry on the bathroom floor is FEARLESS. Letting go is FEARLESS. Then, moving on and being alright…That’s FEARLESS too. But no matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it. You have to believe in love stories and prince charmings and happily ever after. That’s why I write these songs. Because I think love is fearless."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600;"&gt;Taylor Swift&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-472317868217966554?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2011/05/beat-fear.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MmyrknOX5Ms/S8mmRCnTX0I/AAAAAAAAAMI/5cvepHAF3K4/s72-c/MD55.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-3751066210781819828</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 23:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-28T12:14:29.474-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>meme</category><title>Wednesday Happy Thoughts</title><description>Happiness is...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;My cousin turning 17 tomorrow!!!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Turkey-filled fridge and more, all ready for the Thanksgiving Parteh!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Some netbooks shopping whee, can't wait for Black Friday sale eh?!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Overwhelming Blog opportunities. Whew!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;My exchange gift turned donation from my Twitter "mommy".&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Happy to find out that my Twitter "baby" got her gifts already and she and her baby are happy about the gifts.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Funny old photos tagged in FB for our upcoming highschool reunion hahah! Can't get enough of those photos.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;NETFLIX new arrivals.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;DS acing his workbooks.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;And again, my core group: Friends and Family. THANKS MUCH and Happy Thanksgiving.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-3751066210781819828?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2011/05/wednesday-happy-thoughts.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-4095402244942053150</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-22T10:42:31.430-07:00</atom:updated><title>Restaurant Hopping</title><description>If there is one thing that my family, specifically me and my dear husband would do every weekend, that would restaurant hopping. We would usually start during the morning of Saturday, have brunch then dinner in 2 new restaurants we have not tried. Then come Sunday, we would end our weekend with a quiet sumptuous dinner on our favorite restaurant, somewhere we regularly eat. Obviously, we love food and this is also one of the reasons why we have been planning on opening our own restaurant someday. Probably, when we decide to retire from our 8-5 jobs. One fine afternoon, we had nothing to do and hubby being in the business development field asked me to get the laptop and a notebook and a pen. The next thing I knew, we were cost-planning our future restaurant by researching on &lt;a href="http://www.peachsuite.com/"&gt;Restaurant Supply&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.peachsuite.com/"&gt;Hospitaliy Supplies &amp;amp; Hotel Catering Supplies&lt;/a&gt; and important high-quality but affordable &lt;a href="http://www.peachsuite.com/"&gt;Restaurant Equipment&lt;/a&gt; at PeachSuite.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess he was really determined to put up one someday. While I love food and eating, he is generally the one who has a talent in cooking especially in plating. I guess his exposure to different cuisines and culture made him like that. As for me, I will just keep praying that someday we would have our own dream restaurant with the right kinds of foods to service the right market we would want to cater.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-4095402244942053150?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/restaurant-hopping.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-7210518042345799542</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-22T10:33:10.170-07:00</atom:updated><title>Dream Patio</title><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/82261130663978620/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://media-cache3.pinterest.com/upload/82261130663978620_Kkn8MUaJ_c.jpg" width="474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://media-cache5.pinterest.com/upload/85498092896061966_i3Sy8uqk_f.jpg" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;media-cache5.pinterest.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/yoshikohkw/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Yoshiko&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/CENTER&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear hubby and I would often find ourselves daydreaming whenever we snuggle in the bed late at night or just about every day at our breakfast table having coffee. We may be opposites as we compliment each other's characters, but we have 1 goal in our young, growing and small family and that is to build our dream home within the next 5 years of our life. We both love kids and so we will definitely have a couple more kids and we wanted a huge backyard with a garden or patio that we could comfortable sit around while watching our kids play in our very spacious backyard. Can you sense how imaginative we are when we do our daily daydreaming sessions? Yes we do and specifically, here is a picture of one of our inspiration for our future patio. Then the next thing we knew, we are ogling around Become.com's website and checking out the best &lt;a href="http://home-and-garden.become.com/cheap-offset-umbrellas"&gt;discount offset patio umbrellas&lt;/a&gt; in the market.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see, I have developed a penchant for this online site called Become.com when I was looking for my own &lt;a href="http://home-and-garden.become.com/cheap-white-dresser"&gt;inexpensive white dressers&lt;/a&gt; and dear hubby when he was looking for &lt;a href="http://home-and-garden.become.com/cheap-zero-turn-mowers"&gt;zero turn mowers for sale cheap&lt;/a&gt;. We have not known of a site that could actually consolidate as much items giving you the most descriptive information with comparative pricing rates as well. If you are like us who like to window online shop, you better do yourself a favor by visiting Become.com.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-7210518042345799542?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/dream-patio.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-9214010114960601035</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-22T10:21:04.967-07:00</atom:updated><title>Imagine a Life without Gadgets</title><description>What a crazy day this Tuesday has become and I am just glad that I am surviving it. Seriously, it is only 1pm and my work day has not been over yet but I feel like I have had enough work that would last me the entire week. If only it would be so easy for me to charge myself under one of these &lt;a href="http://www.batteryheads.com/powerbank-portable-usb-battery-charger"&gt;usb battery chargers&lt;/a&gt; to feel recharged, I would. Yes, I am having too much work with too little time, too little sleep, hence, too little energy. But I have got to thank the power of innovative technology to keep me from consolidating my work easier, faster and much more reliable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just imagine a life without gadgets, can you still be at the same level of productivity as you are right now. This is the question that has been asked of me over and over again and my only answer is a residing NO. Because I got so used to the life surrounded by reliable and top of the line gadgets, I could not imagine living life without one. Although, there are days where I try to slow down and minimize my usage especially when I needed to charge my gadgets through this&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.batteryheads.com/powerbank-portable-usb-battery-charger"&gt;portable usb battery charger&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;but to completely be able to survive 1 full day without a gadget, I cannot. How about you? Have you thought about a life without gadgets?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-9214010114960601035?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/imagine-life-without-gadgets.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-8137661841908384660</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-22T10:11:29.401-07:00</atom:updated><title>Switching or Not, We are Cutting Down</title><description>It is that time of the year again when we do our annual household budget check. Dear husband and I usually do this in the middle of the year to see whether we need to catch up with our savings, if we have been overspending so cutting down is necessary or the better news if we have been doing our homework thus we have a little budget to splurge in some important and sensible shopping or a leisurely trip. It is also that time of the year when most of our billing services contract would expire and thus going over through the current household budget will give us a head start whether we still need to keep or do away with a service provider. Currently, we are paying too much for our bundle plan for our landline telephone, cable TV and internet connection. Every time I tell my friends how much we were paying for this bundle, they always get shocked and would always refer us to get&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.dx3.net/"&gt;direct tv&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;instead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I began my research with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.dx3.net/"&gt;dx3 direct tv&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and found so many advantages with having a direct TV connection provided by&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.dx3.net/"&gt;dx3&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;over what we have now under our current cable provider. I just feel that the cost would not go down that much but the number of movie channels is definitely more than what we have now. My only concern is whether we would have the time to watch all the movie channels and maximize Direct TV's advantages.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-8137661841908384660?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/switching-or-not-we-are-cutting-down.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1946371482101064064.post-4364413075451835456</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-22T09:08:42.568-07:00</atom:updated><title>One Day</title><description>Yesterday, DH and I drove randomly at my in-laws' house. We were surprised that the new baby in his side of the family was there being taken cared of by my GrandAunt. While the baby is very kind and fuzz-free, I still find it too alarming for my elderly in-laws to take care of him. Although, they are both very much physically fit, my GrandAunt slipped on their bathroom and had quite a sore in her right arm. It is good I brought my carpal tunnel support and I had to lend it to her while she is nursing the sore in her arm. However, I was not too careful putting it and I think I have hurt her even more. This is one of the reasons why even if I like to be part of the medical field, &amp;nbsp;I could not because I think that I do not have the skills and passion for it. On the other hand, my brother who is currently a practicing surgeon wants to evolve and take additional&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.medicalinterviewsuk.co.uk/virtuemart/medical-interview-courses/consultant-medical-interview-course%11the-oxford-interview-course.html"&gt;consultant interview course&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.medicalinterviewsuk.co.uk/medical-teaching-course.html"&gt;medical teaching course&lt;/a&gt;. Apart from his completed&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.medicalinterviewsuk.co.uk/virtuemart/career-developement/spr-management-course-for-doctors.html"&gt;medical management course&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.medicalinterviewsuk.co.uk/virtuemart/career-developement/teach-the-teacher-course-for-doctors.html"&gt;teach the teacher course&lt;/a&gt;, he wants to move up into being a medical consultant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is very important that a person should be very passionate about what he does in life. May it be something lucrative, or something that does not come with monetary benefits for as long as they are happy with what they do, they will definitely enjoy the fruits of their labor.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1946371482101064064-4364413075451835456?l=www.goodmanblog.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.goodmanblog.com/2012/05/one-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (administrator)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>
