Blue Monday #1
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WW: Seven Years Ago
Birdie’s Resolution Contest
Ever since I started blogging I have always admired Gisele’s template. I am glad I found out on time that she’s having a contest and I am entering to win a blog makeover.
What you can win:
- A custom blog theme/template for selfhosted Wordpress or Blogger (no Wordpress.com, sorry, it’s not possible).
- With up to 15 credits in istockphoto images for the design (if you want more images, you’ll have to purchase them).
- And up to 3 revisions of the blog sketch!
- You will also get a 125 x 125 px banner for it!
Important Guidelines
- The design will include fonts that are free for commercial use (but you can choose to buy yourself a professional one, there’s some really cheap ones).
- The theme/template will include a credit link in the footer.
- The prize does not include plugin customization, or anything like that outside the theme itself. Uploading content to the blog is your responsability.
- If you have images you want included in the design, you must own them, or have a license for them. Using images right out of Google or other places won’t be possible.
How to enter? Check out her blog now! Deadline is on January 20th. Don’t miss this chance to get a blog makeover!
What’s Your Resolution and Sticking with It
New Year’s resolutions. Everybody makes them. But does anybody really keep them? I, myself, have resolutions this year and last year, and the years before that. Some of them I stick with, some I find a hard time keeping. So maybe a good New Year’s resolution is to commit whole-heartedly to your New Year’s resolution? Or resolve to not make any New Year’s resolution anymore since you’re so bad at keeping them. LOL.
Either way, any resolution has to be realistic, otherwise you’d just be fooling yourself. Do not make your resolutions on New Year’s eve. Those are the most likely to not be kept, so make them early. Make your resolution known to family and friends. They might help you in sticking with it. Keep a list, as you might forget. Track your progress and reward yourself if you’ve accomplished your resolution. Just don’t obsess over them, as that’s not healthy.
Happy New Year Everyone!
Holiday Hangover…Time to Get Back to Work
Saying that we all dread going back to work after a looong holiday would be stating the obvious – but I just did so what the heck 
The workaholics might not agree, but for the rest of us who fully enjoyed the season, it’s time for the holiday hangover. It’s amazing how we can easily adapt to very short leisurely periods (the I-can-get-used-to-this feeling), but find it a pain in the butt to return to our everyday routine, you know, that thing called work (or school, or whatever it is that you have responsibilities to). Bosses (or instructors, or anyone superior) can’t seriously expect people to swing back full of energy the first day after the holidays, as they themselves must also be feeling the same. But hey, we’re back to reality now, and no, there is no sense holding on to the “good” days.
Just don’t stress out too much and do what we humans naturally do best: get back on track.
Vacation in the Philippines
In a few days I will be in the Philippines again to celebrate the holidays with my daughter at their farm. I am very excited about this trip as I haven’t seen the farm for along long time. I am curious to see on the changes that have taken place there since my last visit.
THE CAT’S EYE – A TYPICAL GIRARD Perregaux WATCH FOR LADIES
Women are great lovers of wrist watches all over the world. The kinds of watches they wear are always very slim and sexy. They are always quite different from the ones used by men all over the world. Among the leading replica watches for women, the Cat’s Eye model which is a typical instance of Girard Perregaux watch is very awesome. So many women like the watch for its peculiar features.
The replica lady watch model is first of all the carbon copy of the original version invented in 1852 by a couple namely Constant Girrard and Marie Perregaux. This couple did their best in blessing the watch industry with the wonderful brand and its models.
The replica Cat’s Eye is meant solely for the ladies. It is a watch every fashionable woman goes out for.
The Basic Features
The replica Cat’s Eye is very slim and sexy in nature. It has very slim facial compartment with unique facial glass made of the mineral crystal element that is always very glossy.
The replica watch is known for its sexy leather bands which are always very tiny meant for the slim hands of women all over the world.
The Cat’s Eye has wonderful glow-in-the-dark hour markers and hands that remain very visible in dark places of the night. This makes it the delight of many young ladies.
The unique watch is also powered by the Japanese quartz movement which gingers it to the right actions all the time. It also has a self winding mechanism that makes it very automatic in the task of accurate time regulation.
In all, the replica watch is very good for all women, young and old. It is also very affordable.
A revised sample coordinates the mod wallet.
Keeping Your Weight Loss Resolution in 2009
Finally people have woken up to the fact that obesity is truly killer. Half a million people die each year due to obesity-related complications according to statistics and hundreds of billions of dollars are lost each year in medical costs. This does not mention more billions that are lost each year in lost economic productivity when obese workers have to take time off for medical checkups.
Obesity is a medical term which refers to when one’s body accumulates enough for it to be a health hazard. There are different reasons why people become overweight. One of the reasons is failure to watch one’s diet. We are living in a society which is very busy and people are pressed for time. This means that when people arrive home after work they are very tired and have little or no time to prepare a meal. This has resulted in many ending up at fast food restaurants. As a consequent, many fast food restaurants have mushroomed in many places and it is no longer uncommon to see families eating breakfast, lunch and dinner at a fast food restaurant. This food is mostly deep fried and therefore contains fat that adds to the calorie level of the food. There are even meals that end up containing more calories than the entire daily requirement.
Another reason why people become obese is because they fail to engage in enough physical activity to burn the fat that they eat. In Western countries, people have formed the habit of driving even for short distances. This coupled with a high calorie diet causes people to accumulate more fat than they can possibly burn thereby becoming obese.
But many have finally had it when it comes to obesity and they want to turn the corner and lose weight. This is actually a New Year’s resolution for many people. But how can one determine that they will stick to their resolution?
The first way is to get an accountability partner. This means someone who will hold you accountable to your weight loss commitments. This can be a spouse, a friend, a work colleague and even a child. People who are susceptible to high calorie diets need accountability partners to enable them to stick to their resolution to lose weight in 2009.
Another way one can stick to their resolution to lose weight is to develop a calendar and populate it with exercises that one can do to lose weight. There are many tools online that one can buy and use to keep a professional schedule of tasks complete with reminders. Microsoft Outlook is a cheap way to keep tabs on your exercise regiment.
One can also keep tabs with their weight loss resolution by becoming more vigilant on what they eat. Before you buy your groceries , read the can or container to make sure that there are no excess calories present. Diet drinks can help because they have almost no cholesterol.
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Planning a Family Trip
Planning family holidays is not difficult to do, but it does need to be planned carefully.
First you need to decide what kind of holiday you want. Do you want to do a lot of sight seeing and learn about cultures or do you just want to relax at the beach and read a good book? I chose for the latter.
Now, after you have decided what kind of holiday you want, the next step is to find the hotel that would provide you with your wants in this trip. There are lots of websites that offer the best prices on hotels, so make sure to check several of them and check for reviews as well of people who have stayed there before, look at the negative comments too.
Now all that is left is packing the right clothes. Weather is very unpredictable so make sure you are always ready. Our trip is on Saturday and the weather is expected to be mostly cloudy but there is an always a slight chance of rain so I will be packing a thin sweater in case it gets a bit chilly.
I have been researching for this trip for the longest time – it always got postponed due to work or other family matters. It’s finally going to happen. Now the only thing left to do is wait for the day and have a good time!
What about you, have you planned your vacation for this year already?
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Wordless Wednesday:Bedroom
Wish my bedroom is as pretty as this.
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