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activities</category><category>saturday 9 memehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif</category><category>special kid</category><category>play station Move</category><category>snow</category><category>hiltons at brason</category><category>money</category><title>Life is Good and Beautiful</title><description>.........with Jake, who is our pride and joy.</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>887</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-8472784912317437894</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-18T21:00:19.447-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>spiderman</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>face painting</category><title>My Little Spider Man</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Last month if I am not mistaken, one of my son's classmate named Layla knocked on our door. Jacob and I were surprised to see her in front of our door. This girl was really mean to my son. She plays with him and then punches him afterward. She calls my son shorty. For a little while there, I would talk to her and ask her to stop bullying my son. Thank goodness, she stopped. Anyway, she asked whether Jacob can come to her house because her mother was doing some face painting with the girls. I asked Jacob if he wants to, and he said; 'yes.' And so away he went with her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OBTLLVyVNhE/T7XIarev8YI/AAAAAAAAGj8/Yb1ncUQkyxM/s1600/April%2B2012%2B003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OBTLLVyVNhE/T7XIarev8YI/AAAAAAAAGj8/Yb1ncUQkyxM/s320/April%2B2012%2B003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5743717260454785410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Few minutes later, he came back with the SpiderMan painted on his face. Kind of cool, don't you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-8472784912317437894?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/05/my-little-spider-man.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OBTLLVyVNhE/T7XIarev8YI/AAAAAAAAGj8/Yb1ncUQkyxM/s72-c/April%2B2012%2B003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-6976172900476331162</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-17T20:51:40.958-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>newport beach</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>summer getaway</category><title>Family Summer Vacation at Newport Beach</title><description>&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;      &lt;p&gt;This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=7846719"&gt;Newport Beach&lt;/a&gt;.  All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt; Last month, my family and I had the chance of visiting Utah for a week. It was the perfect time for us to see few state parks there such as the Bryce Canyon, Arches, Canyon Reef, and the Zion National parks. We had a lot of fun! After ou vacation, husband and I taught of moving there someday. Utah is such a nice place to live and raise children (we think). Anyway, we didn't get the chance to see the Grand Canyon because we ran out of time though it wasn't really far from Utah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Husband promise me that we will go there next year. Now that summer is right around the corner, I was kind of changing my mind about our trip to Grand Canyon. It would be nice if we go there this summer and then drive to California to visit my cousins especially the one who lives near the &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=22193&amp;amp;oid=7846719"&gt;Newport Beach&lt;/a&gt;. It's been like 11 years since we last went to the Newport Beach. I miss that beach. I remembered going there every morning for a week. Husband and I walked, rode our beach bike, swam and waded on that beach. That was a relaxing and enjoyable week for both of us before we got married.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Newport Beach is a very nice place for a family getaway. The resort itself gives a relaxing environment for everyone who gets there. It is beautiful and the water is inviting and pristine. A perfect place to relax, shop, ride a yacht, swim, play sport and more. By just thinking about all the fun things we can do there, makes me want to go right now!&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;img class=" zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb" alt="" src="http://bs.serving-sys.com/BurstingPipe/adServer.bs?cn=tf&amp;amp;c=19&amp;amp;mc=imp&amp;amp;pli=4598155&amp;amp;PluID=0&amp;amp;ord=[timestamp]&amp;amp;rtu=-1" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt; Interested? Why don't you visit their site and find out for yourself why it is one of the famous destinations during summer. Watch the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6AdLJ6LeSVA" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"&gt; &lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;while there and get excited with what the place can offer you and your family. Talking about a place to stay while there, the Newport Beach offers wide range of hotel to choose from; they have budget hotels, Inns and even luxury hotel like the California oceanfront resorts, and the Crystal Cove Beach Cottages or the historic Balboa Inn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are plenty of things to do such as surfing, swimming, excursion on Newport Harbor, a drive down Newport Coast, a hike in the Upper Newport Bay nature preserve and reserve, or the best shopping in Orange County at Fashion Island in Newport Beach. Not to mention the large selection of family and couple-friendly restaurants, where you can dine along Newport Harbor. To those who enjoy bars, don't forget to go to the  the legendary “Balboa Bar” on Balboa Island in Southern CA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Hyatt Regency Newport Beach hotel offers promotion for families right now. If you buy, one room at full price, you will receive a connecting room for kids 18 and under at 50% off. I love that the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach because it is like a resort-style bayside with 3-pools and whirlpools, shuffle board, ping pong, a 9-hole, par-3 golf course. To avail of these great promo, call 800-233-1234 and mention the Family Plan to book today! &lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt; Please watch the video attached here to see how exciting it would be to be at Newport Beach this summer. I'd like you to visit their website and check out the kids summer camps which is also available. I bet your kids will love going to the summer camp in there. Anyway, when on a vacation, what you love to do? What would you like to try to do when you get to Newport Beach? As for me and my family, we'd like to watch the sunset, ride beach cruisers, picnic, play beach volleyball, surf, swim and more. How about you and your family? Which do you think your family would love to try at Newport Beach?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;  &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=7846719"&gt;    &lt;img class=" zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb zsjhguhidsxxrkcvhwxb" style="border:none;" src="http://app.socialspark.com/views?oid=7846719" alt="Visit Sponsor's Site" border="0" /&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-6976172900476331162?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/05/family-summer-vacation-at-newport-beach.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/6AdLJ6LeSVA/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-2637955514136236427</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:14:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-05-14T21:24:18.635-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>bike ride safety</category><title>Bike Riding Safety</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Saturday last week, I took my son to the park where the Crandall Fire Department conducted a safety bike ride for the kids ages 12 and under. Jacob learned to ride his bike with obstacles like the cones and dropping something on the trash can while riding the bike. He had fun, and I had fun watching him, too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7V-zRs-MrqI/T7HYhKEeMsI/AAAAAAAAGic/V_bqiD6lciM/s1600/May%2B2012%2B014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7V-zRs-MrqI/T7HYhKEeMsI/AAAAAAAAGic/V_bqiD6lciM/s320/May%2B2012%2B014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5742609064024486594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jukggnIbfu8/T7HYgxx86LI/AAAAAAAAGiQ/LUkjCNwyx9A/s1600/May%2B2012%2B017.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jukggnIbfu8/T7HYgxx86LI/AAAAAAAAGiQ/LUkjCNwyx9A/s320/May%2B2012%2B017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5742609057504356530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, when it was about to rain, we decided to walk back home. I was just disappointed that they didn't teach them about safety, like stopping and looking both ways before crossing the road, not riding the bike but pushing it to get to the other side of the road. Husband and I decided that we would continue to remind Jacob of safe bike riding to school and hopefully he would apply them when we let him ride his bike to school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-2637955514136236427?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/05/bike-riding-safety.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7V-zRs-MrqI/T7HYhKEeMsI/AAAAAAAAGic/V_bqiD6lciM/s72-c/May%2B2012%2B014.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-9083165447248452131</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 02:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-29T13:33:31.017-07:00</atom:updated><title>Celebrate at Chiils with #CoronaRita!</title><description>&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;      &lt;p&gt;This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=7757943"&gt;Chili’s Grill &amp;amp; Bar&lt;/a&gt;.  All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; My family and I love to eat and that is one of the many reasons why I cook a lot at home. My husband is very adventurous when it comes to different kid of foods I prepare. I'm glad he likes everything I cook for him and my son. The best thing he loves about my cooking is that I always serve him healthy foods such as veggies, fish, tofu, and lean meat. I serve fruits instead of sweets for desserts. My son came to love the foods I serve and prepare, too. No wonder why he is healthy and hardly get sick. He loves vegetables and is not picky about it.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; Part of our love for food is that we always enjoy trying new cuisine. Good thing there are plenty of restaurants we could go to when our cravings attack. Husband and I have tried almost every cuisine from Asian to Mediterranean. But when we crave for American dishes, we always go to Chilis where they serve our fave meals. Husband loves Chilis's cheeseburger sliders, mine is the custom combination, and our son loves their baby back ribs.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;img alt="CoronaRita sm.jpg" src="https://img.skitch.com/20120423-bk4en9f4c8jrjb3a8rkm1qusm7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; Talking about these foods make me feel hungry :-(. Now, I think of asking my husband tonight to go out for dinner since it is weekend. I hope he would agree with my plan because I am craving for my favorite dish at Chilis.  I wonder whether the custom combination dish is perfect to be &lt;span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;paired with a glass of CoronaRita. Well, we'll never know till we try one, right? Anyway, &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=21855&amp;amp;oid=7757943"&gt;CoronaRita at Chili's&lt;/a&gt; is their new blend of Margarita and is made with Jose Cuervo Especial Tequila and Coronita.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; Summer is fast approaching and I am pretty sure you are excited about it. Why not go out with your friends and have a glass or two of margarita and some delicious food? Go to Chili's and check their menu. See which one of their yummy dishes would be a perfect pair for your CoronaRita. And before you leave this page, please share your thoughts through comments on this post.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;img alt="Google Image Result for http___www.findthatlogo.com_wp-content_uploads_2011_07_chili-large-logo.jpg.jpg" src="https://img.skitch.com/20120425-bd2g83e1sjajx8bdy37f2hnwp8.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; Disclaimer: “You must be 21 years or older to drink alcoholic beverages and as always, please remember to drink responsibly”.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;  &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=7757943"&gt;    &lt;img class=" ekhyfqyvxvdlfpgqujvf ekhyfqyvxvdlfpgqujvf" style="border:none;" src="http://app.socialspark.com/views?oid=7757943" alt="Visit Sponsor's Site" border="0" /&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-9083165447248452131?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/04/celebrate-at-chiils-with-coronarita.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-4117130115083163172</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-04-28T09:49:58.612-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>fruits</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>vegetables</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>gardening</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>raised bed garden</category><title>Our Raised Bed Garden</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A couple of weeks ago, hubby and I started our vegetables garden in the backyard. He made two raised bed garden and here is the first one. We planted tomatoes, watermelon, cantaloupe, jalapeno, red and green peppers, okra, eggplant, and yellow squash. Oh, I couldn't wait to see some harvest soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BXZZfqyluTo/T5wdSz_M5DI/AAAAAAAAGgs/e7CWT0aqN7g/s1600/April%2B2012%2B012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BXZZfqyluTo/T5wdSz_M5DI/AAAAAAAAGgs/e7CWT0aqN7g/s320/April%2B2012%2B012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5736492234393314354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Below is the garden after two weeks. Can you see the difference? They are all grew a little bit. Husband sprinkled some iron granules on it since the plants need it because the leaves are tuning into yellow. Anyway, the other bed will be planted with Asian veggies such as bitter gourd, jute, papaya, long/string beans, and calamansi. By the way, my son helps with the watering the plants and planting some seedlings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-4117130115083163172?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/04/our-raised-bedgarden.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BXZZfqyluTo/T5wdSz_M5DI/AAAAAAAAGgs/e7CWT0aqN7g/s72-c/April%2B2012%2B012.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-728924617875616753</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-26T15:35:45.305-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>miracle gro</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>expand 'n gro</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>gardening</category><title>Spring Time is Gardening Time!</title><description>&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=7431955"&gt;Scotts®&lt;/a&gt;.  All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; It's spring time once again which means, time for gardening. Well, at least in my house this is the time where we start gardening. Husband and I started working on our yard last week. We mowed the lawn, dug some weeds and then put some fertilizer on the ground. Pretty soon grass will be green again and flowers will bloom.... plants will be happy and so are we!&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;center&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;img alt="EnG Product Shot.png" src="https://img.skitch.com/20120305-dg5che3p4r85mcxhcixpg84c66.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; Last year we didn't plant any fruits and vegetables due to the kind of soil we have here in this part of Texas. It's like a clay! Really, it would be hard to grow any plant with this kind of soil. But we will not let this problem stop us from gardening again. We've save money to make our plan work. We are going to do a square foot gardening this time and we want to make sure that the soil we will be using is perfect for gardening. I already know what kind of soil we will going to mix with the clay soil.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/kTmqG114Az8" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"&gt; &lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; I heard that Expand ‘n Gro to helps plants thrive even if they are not planted on the ground. I like that it can expand up to three times, thus helps me save money than I usually spends buying sacks and sacks of soil. &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=21325&amp;amp;oid=7431955"&gt;Expand ‘n Gro™&lt;/a&gt; absorbs 50% more moisture which can help your plants acquire all the nutrients they need. This is perfect for the ground, too! All you have to do is spread an even amount of it,  then work it into the soil. You can then place your plants as you normally would. The great thing about this product is that it expands three times its volume when mixed with water. Amazing, isn't it?&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/N869.154520.IZEA/B6366047.5;sz=1x1;ord=%5Btimestamp%5D?"&gt;&lt;img class=" pcqucjefzoqcikkjyegx pcqucjefzoqcikkjyegx pcqucjefzoqcikkjyegx pcqucjefzoqcikkjyegx" alt="Advertisement" src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/N869.154520.IZEA/B6366047.5;sz=1x1;ord=%5Btimestamp%5D?" height="1" width="1" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; I'll say, you should try this amazing product and find out for yourself how this product makes wonder on your garden. Check their site now for more info. As for me, we will definitely use this product on our garden. I couldn't wait!&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;  &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=7431955"&gt;    &lt;img class=" pcqucjefzoqcikkjyegx pcqucjefzoqcikkjyegx pcqucjefzoqcikkjyegx pcqucjefzoqcikkjyegx" style="border:none;" src="http://app.socialspark.com/views?oid=7431955" alt="Visit Sponsor's Site" border="0" /&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-728924617875616753?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/03/spring-time-is-gardening-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/kTmqG114Az8/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-5578570181634076385</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-29T20:22:38.842-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>zoo</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>family bonding time</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>aquarium</category><title>A Day at the Dallas World Aquarium</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This Monday there was a Staff Training at my son's school, and so there was no school. As family, we decided to make this day a fruitful and fun day for each of us. In the morning, we went to the Dallas World Aquarium. This place is in the middle of the big city. It is more like a rainforest with bit of everything  like a mini zoo with small animals, and a mini sea with interesting fish. The most popular part of this place is the&lt;span class="onHide"&gt; 22,000-gallon tunnel with a panoramic view of underwater reef life. It is amazing! &lt;/span&gt;From the top you think you are just looking into a large pool of water,  on the lower floor, you are seeing under the water and looking up  towards the people looking down. I loved the walk thru enclosed waterway  where the sharks are swimming above your walking path.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5xDxcowjPEI/T073lijzBLI/AAAAAAAAGec/QatfwPo5uZU/s1600/Feb.%2B%2B2012%2B103.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5xDxcowjPEI/T073lijzBLI/AAAAAAAAGec/QatfwPo5uZU/s320/Feb.%2B%2B2012%2B103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714777201483908274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4o4nj5kNc3I/T075C_EnBkI/AAAAAAAAGes/4-4ptRIT_qg/s1600/Feb.%2B%2B2012%2B002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4o4nj5kNc3I/T075C_EnBkI/AAAAAAAAGes/4-4ptRIT_qg/s320/Feb.%2B%2B2012%2B002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714778806865561154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nk0RfEFM10M/T073k1sN5OI/AAAAAAAAGeI/mFck-zFzpG0/s1600/Feb.%2B%2B2012%2B069.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nk0RfEFM10M/T073k1sN5OI/AAAAAAAAGeI/mFck-zFzpG0/s320/Feb.%2B%2B2012%2B069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714777189439628514" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oqaUk0ghCW0/T073lAuqhqI/AAAAAAAAGeQ/OlinTqkQf9I/s1600/Feb.%2B%2B2012%2B071.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oqaUk0ghCW0/T073lAuqhqI/AAAAAAAAGeQ/OlinTqkQf9I/s320/Feb.%2B%2B2012%2B071.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714777192402683554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-5578570181634076385?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/02/day-at-aquarium.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5xDxcowjPEI/T073lijzBLI/AAAAAAAAGec/QatfwPo5uZU/s72-c/Feb.%2B%2B2012%2B103.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-8901361144610677549</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-18T09:29:58.011-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>valentines cards</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>arts and crafts</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>butterfly lollipops</category><title>Mommy Moments: J's Valentines Day Arts and Crafts</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Every year for the past two years now, Jacob and I made Valentines cards for his class. He brings them to their Valentines Day party and gives them to his classmates, and in return he gets cards from them, too! I really enjoyed doing arts and crafts with Jacob every time; he loves to help, too! In fact, he looks forward to this moment every year. I am glad because he shows his interests in arts and also learning something he can be proud of.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nqzci86OHtQ/Tz_dzVn_P8I/AAAAAAAAGc4/yBvhzjCoQ8Y/s1600/valentines%2Bcard.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nqzci86OHtQ/Tz_dzVn_P8I/AAAAAAAAGc4/yBvhzjCoQ8Y/s320/valentines%2Bcard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710526726577012674" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Butterfly Lollipop card&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yi4uPOhQ5AQ/Tz_dy_VwOUI/AAAAAAAAGcs/n8_D1uUXSAg/s1600/valentines%2Bcard4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yi4uPOhQ5AQ/Tz_dy_VwOUI/AAAAAAAAGcs/n8_D1uUXSAg/s320/valentines%2Bcard4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710526720594950466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The Finished products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJmyhuUPQ88/Tz_dyim7eBI/AAAAAAAAGcg/gM0mdos225E/s1600/valentines%2Bcard2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJmyhuUPQ88/Tz_dyim7eBI/AAAAAAAAGcg/gM0mdos225E/s320/valentines%2Bcard2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710526712882362386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;The making of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LdJFuA_vezY/Tz_dzyMzEgI/AAAAAAAAGdE/2jli_DLoU58/s1600/valentines%2Bcard3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LdJFuA_vezY/Tz_dzyMzEgI/AAAAAAAAGdE/2jli_DLoU58/s320/valentines%2Bcard3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710526734247596546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Thank you so much, son (Anak) for helping Mommy, and for showing your interests on doing other things than playing video games and watching TV. Keep it up my dear! I love you and we are so proud of your accomplishments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-8901361144610677549?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/02/js-valentines-day-arts-and-crafts.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nqzci86OHtQ/Tz_dzVn_P8I/AAAAAAAAGc4/yBvhzjCoQ8Y/s72-c/valentines%2Bcard.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-1083452392399221240</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-03-07T20:29:26.075-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>nexus</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>htc evo</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>sprint</category><title>Sprint Surprise Gift on Valentine's Day</title><description>This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=7223791"&gt;Sprint&lt;/a&gt;.  All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It's been years since my husband had his mobile phone and he still doesn't want to upgrade it to a newer one. I kept  teasing him that he needs to replace it but he wouldn't' for the simple reason; he said it is expensive! I really don't know what else should I do to convince him. If I tell him it would be my gift for his birthday, then he wouldn't let me buy it because he doesn't want any gift either on any occasion for the matter. But, if I surprise him with it on Valentine's Day, he wouldn't have any choice. Okay, I think that's a plan that may work, lol. I am glad that Sprint has a limited time sale right now and it is only online. I can get my husband a &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=21039&amp;amp;oid=7223791"&gt;Nexus S™ 4G&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;       &lt;center&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=21039&amp;amp;oid=7223791"&gt;&lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;img alt="Facebook_Nexus.JPG" src="https://img.skitch.com/20120205-wxr3wbe11e7b5qmwhgf4up5ag.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; for free when I open a new line of service or even add to my account if I already have one. When I sign up for a 2 year contact, its regular price of $540.00, I'll be able to save $400.00 plus $100.00 for  a new line, it would be free! I am pretty sure that my husband can't say no to a new mobile phone anymore! How about the &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=21041&amp;amp;oid=7223791"&gt;HTC EVO™ 3D&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;img alt="Facebook_EVO 3D.jpg" src="https://img.skitch.com/20120205-tbpywi77s25rxjm4q5p252ad5j.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would only pay $49.00 only instead of $549.00. Huge savings I'll say, don't you think? How about waiving activation fee for new lines so the shipping would be free? Sounds great to me! Get yourself a new phone. Check  the links provided here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;a href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=7223791" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;img alt="Visit Sponsor's Site" src="http://app.socialspark.com/views?oid=7223791" style="border:none;" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-1083452392399221240?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/02/sprint-surprise-gift-on-valentine-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-2622797274249683870</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-06T02:26:32.924-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>me time</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>mommy moments</category><title>Mommy Moments: Girls/Mommys Day Out</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Not very often I get the chance to spend time alone. I am always busy taking care of my son and husband's need at home. As a Mom, I also want to contribute with our finances, and so during my spare time, I work on the computer blogging and doing some paid posts to earn some money. On top of that, I also go to church regularly magnifying my calling as a teacher for 7-8 year old children. My life can be boring at times. Good thing I have few friends whom I can spend my 'me' time with. As always, every time we go out eat, shop, or just visit a botanical garden, I always have so much fun! Last week, we went shopping a little at the mall, had lunch and some chatting :-) which was the highlights of our girls day out. Someday, I would like to have a night out, too with them. Anyway, here are few photos taken when we went to the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical garden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DJHNk-yrCU8/Ty-peSD-tWI/AAAAAAAAGb4/NXrfsiWayU4/s1600/daabg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DJHNk-yrCU8/Ty-peSD-tWI/AAAAAAAAGb4/NXrfsiWayU4/s320/daabg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705965590611408226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Lyn and Me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Q-9c0HmCec/Ty-peGrnKfI/AAAAAAAAGbw/1pyu-51Oxuk/s1600/daabg2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1Q-9c0HmCec/Ty-peGrnKfI/AAAAAAAAGbw/1pyu-51Oxuk/s320/daabg2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705965587556411890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Just me...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DgkU4toD5AY/Ty-pem0QrQI/AAAAAAAAGcI/-62m1xc2n5U/s1600/daabg3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DgkU4toD5AY/Ty-pem0QrQI/AAAAAAAAGcI/-62m1xc2n5U/s320/daabg3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705965596182621442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Analyn and Emely&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Join us at Mommy Moments; click the button below!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mommyjourney.com/category/mommy-moments" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="mommy moments" src="http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/mommyjourney/mommymoments.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-2622797274249683870?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/02/mommy-moments-me-time.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DJHNk-yrCU8/Ty-peSD-tWI/AAAAAAAAGb4/NXrfsiWayU4/s72-c/daabg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-1135077435921471851</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-01T06:21:48.033-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>hard work</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>money</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>concept of money</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>chores</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>allowance</category><title>Allowance for Jacob</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This morning while we were eating our breakfast, Jacob was talking about the things he wants for his birthday. I can not help but smile hearing him say the lists. These are on his list: an iPhone, a pet (puppy or fish), Diary of a Wimpy Kid book, and his own set of scriptures. Who knows what else he would add to the lists before his birthday comes in July, lol. Anyway, I was thinking that it is time for him to understand money or its concept. He needs to understand that he can not get whatever he wants without working to get it. He is old enough to help in he house, and so I was thinking of giving him a job or tell him to help in the house for that is how he earns the money or allowance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k6tcEsshX8o/TylGLA0raSI/AAAAAAAAGbk/erj1TwsjQhg/s1600/mixed%2Bphotos%2B2011%2B041.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k6tcEsshX8o/TylGLA0raSI/AAAAAAAAGbk/erj1TwsjQhg/s320/mixed%2Bphotos%2B2011%2B041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5704167558054897954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 153, 51); font-style: italic;"&gt;Suze Orman&lt;/span&gt; had great advice.  She said give the &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;child&lt;/span&gt;  1o cents per minute for the time he/she takes to do a task.Jacob is already  7 year old and I have decided to give him $1 a day.  I will also make him a chart.  If he does everything on the chart he gets paid the  fully $1.  For everything he doesn't do, I will deduct 10 cents. Whining and throwing temper tantrums are also deductions. I will have him do things  that really help me around the house (sorting  his toys, cleaning his room, emptying the dishwasher, sweeping the floor).  He also put his dirty clothes on the laundry basket and sort them out according to colors.  Anything that will really help me  can be a chore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you guys think? Do you have any suggestions? Please share them with us; thank you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-1135077435921471851?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/02/allowance-for-jacob.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k6tcEsshX8o/TylGLA0raSI/AAAAAAAAGbk/erj1TwsjQhg/s72-c/mixed%2Bphotos%2B2011%2B041.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-83311260122513979</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-31T20:06:06.041-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>bonding time</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>family time</category><title>Busy, Fun and Productive Day!</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Yesterday was a 'parent/teacher conference' at my son's school. We were scheduled for the 8:40am session and were able to talk with my son's teacher for at least 20 minutes. It was great to find out that J is doing pretty well in school we just need to help him with reading comprehension and managing his time wisely which is normal to  kid his age. Anyway, after the conference, we headed to Tanger Outlet mall in Terrell to shop at Old Navy then headed for Rockwall to play bowling. Yes. we had a great day since there was no school yesterday. It was an enjoyable and tiring day, but we all had all fun! Before finally going home, we did a short visit with the Reamy's in their home at Scurry. After the visit, we finally went home with some firewood with us for our fireplace. By the time we got home, it's already dinner time. After unloading the firewood, we went out to eat dinner at a Chinese buffet restaurant. We ended the day doing Family Home Evening and a family prayer at 8:30 and in bed by 9:00...yeah I know it was that early to go to bed, but we were all tired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-83311260122513979?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2012/01/busy-fun-and-productive-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-5144808373862716355</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-01T01:55:53.684-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>walgreens prescription savings club</category><title>Walgreens Prescription Savings Club</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=7055057"&gt;Walgreens&lt;/a&gt;.  All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some months ago while waiting for my turn to fill a prescription at Walgreens, I noticed a familiar face talking with the pharmacist. That person was one of Taekwondo student's mother  where my son attended a training for six months. Anyway,  It sounded like she was having a problem with the dispute between &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=20759&amp;amp;oid=7055057"&gt;Walgreens and Express Script&lt;/a&gt;. It seemed to me at that time that the problem was solved. She left the pharmacy with her husband and I overheard her talking about finding a pharmacy that is going to accept her prescription for the prices they can afford. I felt sad for them because they have been waiting in line for at least 30 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyway,  so far we are happy Walgreens customers. We never had any problems with them ever since. Although Walgreens wanted to offer more savings for their costumers who are under Express Script program, it is so sad that the proposals were rejected. Now, she doesn't have any choice but to conform with the program.    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, that was long time ago. Walgreens now offer a special discount on  annual membership for its  &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=20793&amp;amp;oid=7055057"&gt;Walgreens Prescription Savings Club&lt;/a&gt; Members wherein it covers every member of the family and that includes pets for only 10 bucks per year. Sounds great, don't you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are interested, visit your nearest Walgreens today and join the club. When you do that,  you will receive discounted prices on your prescriptions. 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All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Just like most people who made New Years resolution to lose weight and didn't succeed, I am not losing my hope that I would be able to keep my resolution this coming 2012 which is to be physically active, eat healthy and lose weight. I know I have been trying to lose weight ever since I gained weight, and this time I intend to work on my goal just because I am scared of losing my transplanted kidney. I am diabetic and have an elevated blood pressure and losing extra pounds would really give great help in managing this two life threatening diseases.    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    I have done  many things to lose weight including no white rice, white bread on my diet, and less sugar on top of daily exercise and it helped a lot, but then again I started doing the things I wasn't supposed to do. I stopped exercising due to spending a lot of time in front of the computer, watching TV and eating more. I can't blame anybody but me. I need to take control of my life, and take responsibility of my actions. I really need to have the self discipline and self-control when it comes to food otherwise I will regret not taking care of my health for the rest of my life. It isn't too late and I know I can do it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;         &lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;img alt="SF-123-RTD-CreamyMilkChocolate.jpg" src="https://img.skitch.com/20111216-mmw4kcm1jdp8em1sw22nr9ih36.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;         I am glad to know that there is still product out there like &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=20535&amp;amp;oid=6983191"&gt;Slim-Fast&lt;/a&gt; that could help me get slim fast! I like the slim fast method which is called Slim Fast 3*2*1* where I  get to eat 3 snacks composed of 100-calorie snack bars, nuts, fruits and/or vegetables, 2 shakes or meal bars and  1 500-calorie balanced meal everyday. They taste good for I have tried them before. My favorite are the French vanilla, and the creamy milk chocolate. They are available at  stores like Walmart, Target, Kroger and Safeway.  And if you are interested and would like to learn more about slim fast, you can like them on Facebook to get an updates. How about you? What flavor is your favorite? Or what product from the &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=20533&amp;amp;oid=6983191"&gt;Slim-Fast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=20533&amp;amp;oid=6983191"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;3•2•1 Plan are you most excited to try? 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I like that we don't get to cook, clean up. I just  brought a dish to share. After eating, we did talk,  sang karaoke, and  watched the kids play and sing as well. On New year's eve, we have the  same just because January first is my friend's birthday. It would be  celebrated together with hubby's and Earnest birthday as well which fall  on January. Anyway, we are all excited for it and for our trip to  Branson this week. With all these special occasions, there would be  plenty of foods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div  style="text-align: justify; font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IaSDuR65AMM/TvjYiJ40eNI/AAAAAAAAGaY/jn1KC5hp0rA/s1600/us%2B2011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IaSDuR65AMM/TvjYiJ40eNI/AAAAAAAAGaY/jn1KC5hp0rA/s320/us%2B2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690536210464012498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And diet is a must if we are to keep our weight :-); one more week and it would be my hubby's birthday, Marivic's and Earnest birthday, we couldn't wait!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-1696268099838875028?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2011/12/hoilday-well-spent-with-friends.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IaSDuR65AMM/TvjYiJ40eNI/AAAAAAAAGaY/jn1KC5hp0rA/s72-c/us%2B2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-6051251737608585061</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-26T12:34:32.786-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>food storage</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>packit</category><title>PackIt!  Keeps Your Food Fresh!</title><description>&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;      &lt;p&gt;This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=6644493"&gt;PackIt&lt;/a&gt;.  All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt; My family and I live really far away from our folks and siblings. When I say far, I mean at least 12 hours drive one way when we go visit them. My in-laws come visit us at least twice a year and vice-versa. And When we do, we pack a lot of stuff especially food to avoid stopping at the restaurant during lunch or dinner. For our food to stay fresh for at least 10 hours, we put plenty of ice cubes or ice packets. Ice cubes make our cooler  heavy and it melts. Good thing we discovered Packit, an  ice-pack that will make it easier for us to pack our food up lighter. Its size of 8"x10"x5" or smaller when folded, can easily fit in our freezer; we even take it on-the-go when traveling, picnicking or even camping! I like it so much because I can use it for my husband and son's lunches. And for those who play sports or have babies, Packit is just perfect!  Packit, being a non-toxic, sweat proof, PVC and lead-free material, we don't have to worry about health hazards. Mind you, because it is very popular, it was even shown on the Martha Stewart show! Isn't it great?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;     &lt;center&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen="" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7ZuWyYweXRM" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"&gt; &lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt; I tell you, I've never seen a product or  lunch bag/cooler that stays cold longer than &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=19631&amp;amp;oid=6644493"&gt;PackIt lunch boxes&lt;/a&gt;. Sounds too good to be true? Check out their website where for a limited  time only, you can buy a Packit and get one free for only $19.95. Please leave your comment on the comments section of my post and tell me why you would use Packit in your everyday busy life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="thumbnail"&gt;&lt;a href="https://skitch.com/izearhia/fu4gi/picture-17"&gt;&lt;img alt="Picture 17" src="https://img.skitch.com/20110825-pmg4uda2i39k8945r24acc923s.preview.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://skitch.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://skitch.com/"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;Looking at it online, I think it is pretty cool! 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All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; Who do you think deserves a smooching? A cuddly baby or a cute puppy? I know cuddly babies and cute puppies make hearts melt, but it's high time America decide who is cuter. Here goes &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=19637&amp;amp;oid=6639721"&gt;Puppies vs. Babies online contest&lt;/a&gt;! If you can get your votes in from now until November 23rd, you get your say in who will ultimately be the top baby or puppy to win! And the prize? The winning puppy or baby will get $5,000! Whoa!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; If you ask me, I would definitely vote for a baby--- regardless whose baby it is.. Babies are adorable and they do not smell like dogs. Although some babies look like aliens or weird, little, old men, still they appeal to me. Puppies on the other hand, may be just as cute but not as cute as a little me..&lt;br /&gt; So if you agree with me, head on to the voting site and vote today. If you can also comment on this post about &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=19639&amp;amp;oid=6639721"&gt;Puppies vs. Babies&lt;/a&gt;, that would be great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;span class="placeholder"&gt;&lt;img alt="PvB-CuteDar-Green-300x250-Backup.jpg" src="https://img.skitch.com/20111020-t877323jn26qyept2ddpm4xjst.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;on the contest site are the ones , we should vote for as it is now on its voting period. Submissions are far from over. 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We were surprised how much he likes the game. He is now learning some of the important moves in playing basketball. We hope he would continue to play for fun and not just for winning. Hubby and I decided that it is time for him to participate in sports so he would have more fun that going to school and home every school days. Plus, he needs some exercise, too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ctFcIpTjMCE/Tr3HvoImgZI/AAAAAAAAGZw/q0fV3D7UWn4/s1600/Nov.%2B2011%2B002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ctFcIpTjMCE/Tr3HvoImgZI/AAAAAAAAGZw/q0fV3D7UWn4/s320/Nov.%2B2011%2B002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673910726597968274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Now, here is the photo I took on the first day of their practice. Some of the moves are harder than it looks and so he complains every once in awhile :-); but we keep encouraging him to practice often so he would get a hang of it....then later on it will be easier for him to make those necessary movements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mommyjourney.com/search/label/Mommy%20Moments" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="mommy moments" src="http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/mommyjourney/mommymoments.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-4407271903843867333?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2011/11/mm-js-extra-curricular-activity.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ctFcIpTjMCE/Tr3HvoImgZI/AAAAAAAAGZw/q0fV3D7UWn4/s72-c/Nov.%2B2011%2B002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-2607710560912177864</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-03T23:16:00.600-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>mommy momnets</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>fall season</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>halloween and etc...</category><title>MM: Fall festival and Halloween 2011</title><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Since there will be any more themes on Mommy Moments from now on, I wouldn't have any problem posting something here. This week, I decided to focus on the Fall season. Fall festival, pumpkin patch and Halloween rolled into one. J decided to be a Mario this year. Here they are :-); seriously, I'll be missing fall pretty soon :-(. Oh well...winter is here and Christmas will be here before we know it. Anyway, hope you enjoy my entry this week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-28QaJlqdjVw/TrNeFaDAgAI/AAAAAAAAGY4/KJh9PN4DT50/s1600/Oct.%2B2011%2B136.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-28QaJlqdjVw/TrNeFaDAgAI/AAAAAAAAGY4/KJh9PN4DT50/s320/Oct.%2B2011%2B136.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670979802773880834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Annual Fall festival at J's school&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qV56uuZTW7s/TrNeE1bgdlI/AAAAAAAAGYo/XSuwvwQJohM/s1600/Oct.%2B2011%2B008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qV56uuZTW7s/TrNeE1bgdlI/AAAAAAAAGYo/XSuwvwQJohM/s320/Oct.%2B2011%2B008.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670979792944526930" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Trick or treat at J's friend church&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-83vSjpdCy6w/TrNeEjkvnTI/AAAAAAAAGYc/rVUo8jbM8Hw/s1600/Oct.%2B2011%2B019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-83vSjpdCy6w/TrNeEjkvnTI/AAAAAAAAGYc/rVUo8jbM8Hw/s320/Oct.%2B2011%2B019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670979788151430450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;With the Pinays kids :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dUeIE5RKcEs/TrNeGWZb1NI/AAAAAAAAGZA/SAfTuBf23xo/s1600/Oct.%2B2011%2B051.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dUeIE5RKcEs/TrNeGWZb1NI/AAAAAAAAGZA/SAfTuBf23xo/s320/Oct.%2B2011%2B051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670979818974074066" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;At the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical garden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mommyjourney.com/category/mommy-moments" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="mommy moments" src="http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/rr71/mommyjourney/mommymoments.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-2607710560912177864?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2011/11/mm-fall-festival-and-halloween-2011.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-28QaJlqdjVw/TrNeFaDAgAI/AAAAAAAAGY4/KJh9PN4DT50/s72-c/Oct.%2B2011%2B136.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-4573722368190430539</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-05T18:33:16.539-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>straight talk</category><title>Hubby Is Ready To Switch To Straight Talk</title><description>&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;      &lt;p&gt;This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=6458461"&gt;Straight Talk&lt;/a&gt;.  All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; If there is one thing we (husband and I) try to avoid right now, it would be signing up a contract with a mobile phone company. We are on a tight budget right now and are trying to be frugal as much as we can so we can save money for emergency and future as well. I wish that all cell phone companies would consider other options than services that only they offer if you sign a contract with them. Good thing there is one and that is the &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=17702&amp;amp;oid=6458461"&gt;Android on Straight Talk&lt;/a&gt;. I really like their plan where it can give you a touch screen phone with app capability to navigate, take picture, record a video, play music, and instant messaging for as low as $45 per month. Yes, you read it right! You can get the “All You Need Plan” that gives you a 1,000 text messages, 1,000 minutes and 30 MB of web data. Aside from those stuffs I mentioned, you will also get the 411 which is included.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jaIMrd83feQ" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable  {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";  mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;  mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;  mso-style-noshow:yes;  mso-style-parent:"";  mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;  mso-para-margin:0in;  mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;  mso-pagination:widow-orphan;  font-size:10.0pt;  font-family:"Times New Roman";} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;Having many friends scattered all over the globe, I like that I can &lt;a href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=17712&amp;amp;oid=6458461" rel="nofollow"&gt;Call a friend&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;wherever they are or I may be…..at home, office for an affordable price. Another good thing about it is that you can use many of the named manufacturers like LG, Mororola, Kyocera and Nokia. Their year plan for only $499 which covers unlimited calls, text, picture messaging and web are amazingly good! The company and its users &lt;span class="illustration"&gt;shared such good and real stories that we fell for it &lt;a href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=17692&amp;amp;oid=6458461" rel="nofollow"&gt;Hook, line and sinker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="illustration"&gt;. Now, hubby is ready to switch to Straight Talk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="illustration"&gt;&lt;span class="illustration"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=6458461" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;img class=" onjrbjtcutngzjrncqed onjrbjtcutngzjrncqed" alt="Visit Sponsor's Site" src="http://app.socialspark.com/views?oid=6458461" style="border:none;" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-4573722368190430539?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2011/10/hubby-is-ready-to-switch-to-straight.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/jaIMrd83feQ/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-1040103032189571408</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-06T12:56:14.254-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>blogthing</category><title>The Apple Sider Side of Me</title><description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="350"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bg=""  align="center" style="color:#EEEEEE;"&gt;&lt;span style=" ;font-family:Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:14pt;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogthings.com/whatappletreatareyouquiz/results/?result=Cider"&gt;You Are Apple Cider&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatappletreatareyouquiz/apple-cider.jpg" height="100" width="100" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are affirming and supporting. You accept people where they are, imperfections and all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You often give too much of yourself, and you rarely put your own needs first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are tender and compassionate. You wear your heart on your sleeve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are capable of great love, but it's hard for you to focus your love on one person or relationship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogthings.com/whatappletreatareyouquiz/"&gt;What Apple Treat Are You?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-1040103032189571408?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2011/10/apple-sider-side-of-me.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-1301040184657922602</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-14T17:11:56.272-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>tracfone</category><title>TracFone is the Smart Choice of Smart Moms</title><description>&lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=5613732"&gt;TracFone&lt;/a&gt;.  All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; The kids’ summer vacation has just ended. Now let me ask you, did you encounter any problems during the break from school when it came to getting in touch with your kids to find out where they were? I bet so. Well, if you were subscribed to TracFone then you wouldn’t have had that problem in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; TracFone is the latest when it comes to reliable mobile phone service provider. With their inexpensive plans, you can well afford to pay for a postpaid line where you and the entire family would benefit. They offer monthly plans with 200 minutes for under $30.00, and as low as $9.99 for 50 minutes. They even offer a 1-year service card where you can receive double minutes for your phone or get 800 minutes for just $119.00.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qDbhrCU19j0" allowfullscreen="" width="420" frameborder="0" height="345"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; With TracFone, you won’t be bound to any contract. There are no hidden charges. You can also choose among brand name cell phones packed with so many features like a camera and video recorder, web access, app capabilities, mp3 player, and full QWERTY keyboard and all that for just $29.99! &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=17042&amp;amp;oid=5613732"&gt;Real TracFone customers&lt;/a&gt; also attest to the fact that you can call 60 international destinations straight from your TracFone at no extra cost.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; So now you know what you need to do next summer. Apply for TracFone and stay in touch with your kids all summer long without paying too much. I am pretty sure your kids will love it because it has &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=17032&amp;amp;oid=5613732"&gt;So many features&lt;/a&gt; that suit their need.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;  &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=5613732"&gt;    &lt;img class=" cokaxaqydjwuwgotamem cokaxaqydjwuwgotamem cokaxaqydjwuwgotamem cokaxaqydjwuwgotamem" style="border:none;" src="http://app.socialspark.com/views?oid=5613732" alt="Visit Sponsor's Site" border="0" /&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;/center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613385385225484132-1301040184657922602?l=www.mcrjk2008.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.mcrjk2008.com/2011/09/tracfone-is-smart-choice-of-smart-moms.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Cecile)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/qDbhrCU19j0/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613385385225484132.post-442144780608135516</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-29T23:20:43.642-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>straight talk</category><title>Switch And Save With Straight Talk</title><description>    &lt;div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;      &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/disclosure_clicks?oid=5244952"&gt;Straight Talk&lt;/a&gt;.  All opinions are 100% mine.&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p&gt;	&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;	Finally after a two weeks of waiting, my communication gadget has been replaced.  Yes!  I have been miserable because I cannot call or text.  My cellular phone is one of the precious possession I got.  It went dead suddenly.  And whatever I did, it would not charge at all.  It took me a long time to wait before replacing the cellular phone because I was looking so hard for good savings.  My mother and I exchanged ideas.  She referred me to Straight Talk.  No denying that I got what I wanted.  I switched to Straight Talk cellular phones.  Big savings like cutting my monthly bill in half.  Contract?  There is no contract.  And that is what I needed.  I do not want to be tied on something.  Would you?  No worries if you want to &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=15352&amp;amp;oid=5244952"&gt;call a friend&lt;/a&gt; or a family and talk for hours.  At low rates, long distance calls to my aunts will be fun.  No hidden fees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/v-0MNzR98HQ" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" width="560"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;With Straight Talk phones, you get unlimited texts, calls, picture messaging, and web browsing for only $45 monthly service.  There is no extra charge for 411 calls too.  Yes, &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://app.socialspark.com/clicks?lid=15342&amp;amp;oid=5244952"&gt;everything you need&lt;/a&gt; in a phone is included.  Straight Talk only uses trusted phone manufacturers like LG, Motorola, Kyocera, Nokia and Samsung. What a deal!  Now I have extra money to treat my mom to a movie or a dinner some time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;	I always appreciate my mother’s help on this.  She was the one who gave me the idea of trying Straight Talk.  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