1. Work came in which guaranteed me not worrying about our first month for 2012 (Thank You Ama!)
2. In conjunction with number 2, I am close to zero-ing our CC bill (after four months!). — I do solemnly swear to steer clear of coupon buying sites in 2012.
3. Victoria’s Secret Angels Fashion Show 2011. I like em long legs! Whoa!
4. Excited to complete our shopping later – just buying presents for the little kids. If you are a big kid (read: 12 and above) and are a parent/sibling/working/even if not working – you still get a present from us! LOTSa LOVE!! Sorry honey, we need to save for important events in 2012!
5. I am so excited to give my presents to my husband and son! Wooot! If only Martha is old enough to appreciate one, but when she is older, she will get one too.
6. Matthew is turning 11 next week! 11 years since my life has changed for the better! I became a Mommah!
7. New tunes on my iTunes.
8. Some life lessons on marriage and self-improvement learned the past week. It’s a bitter pill to swallow. But I was able to take it in! I may need continuous bitter pills for maintenance, just in case.
9. Sunshine this week! WOAH! I never knew I’d miss the sun this much! After almost a week and a half of gloomy skies and endless rain – we have sun! And what is so good about it is it’s not hot where we live! It’s just wind, clear skies and sun in the mountains!
10. Lunar eclipse last Saturday. I have not seen an eclipse since I was 6. When I was 6, I saw the moon and sun eclipse each other in broad daylight. Last Saturday I witnessed it at night, but the moon turned bloody red and there was this large white halo around the moon in the sky. It was eerily frightening, if you are superstitious, but very beautiful.

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Taking a vacation with your family can be a blast, but keeping your children entertained for a long car ride is often a nightmare. The key to having a peaceful car ride that does not set a negative mood for the entire trip is to keep your children distracted from boredom. If you do not want them to cry or complain for ten hours straight, you have to give them something entertaining to do. Playing family games in the car is an effective way to solve this problem. Study up on some of these amusing car games and hop in your used honda for a car trip that is ten times better than last year’s.
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Dear Aggie,

People love things. But things will never love them back. Their cars will never love them back. Their clothes will never love them back. Their jewels will never love them back.

Detach,

God

P.S. You know this already, Aggie. But I just want to remind you: Things will never make you happy.

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Individuals or businesses who do not have the time to completely clean their properties can hire cleaning services providers whenever there is the need to thoroughly clean their house or business establishments. These Maid Service Bethesda MD cleaning services providers invest in the proper equipments needed to provide whatever type of cleaning services their clients need. They also make sure that their employees undergo regular training and seminars. They do this to make sure that all of their employees can provide excellent service to their clients at all times. They have quality standards to maintain which is why all of their employees have to be properly trained. They have supervisors or field managers that oversee each project to ensure that the particular needs of each client are met.

Freelancers or individual cleaning services providers usually get their tasks form individuals or business who have tried their services before. They try to look professional as they can so that clients can deal with them with the same level of professionalism.

Private companies that provide cleaning services to households and business establishments make their employees wear uniform that projects the high standard of the services they provide. They make sure that their uniforms are made from fabrics that provide comfort to their employees. The uniforms are designed in such a way that those who wear them can move freely and without any restrictions. The quality of service that their employees provide may be affected if the uniform that they are wearing makes them uncomfortable. They are made more stylish by the embellishments or prints that they have.

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The 4 benefits of sending your child to daycare

During the olden times, only men work to provide for the needs of his family. The mother stays at home to do all the household chores and to attend to the needs of their children. But gone are those days as women now have equal rights like men and they too can look for a job and help his husband earn a living. And besides, because of the difficult times, both parents have to work now to earn a decent income to provide for all the needs of their kids.
Because of this, parents are left with no choice but to find alternative ways to get help in taking care of their kids and the most common is by leaving their kids to a CT daycare. Most parents would feel guilty in leaving their kids to a daycare to work but they should not feel this way as there are a lot of great things that a child can benefit from a Connecticut day care.

So why would you send you child to a daycare? Here are a few advantages:

1. Facilities and Services. Since a daycare or CT preschool is built particularly to cater to the different needs of a child, they are equipped with facilities like educational toys, play and explore area and the like, that are child-friendly, educational and stimulating so they are the perfect venue where a child can play, learn and be safe under the care of the competent of daycare staff.
2. Good place for kids to socialize. This is especially beneficial to a child who only has their parents as a companion at home. By sending your kids to a daycare, they will learn how to interact with other kids. They will learn the value of sharing, of being a good friend, trust, and many more which can help them become independent and will prepare them for the formal school set-up.
3. Competent and well-trained staff. Since daycares have staff that has experience with child care and early education, they have the knowledge and skills to properly take care of a child. The child can greatly benefit from this as they know how to encourage a child to explore new things which can enhance your child’s growth and development.
4. Good starting point for early child education. A day in the center revolves not just on play but on education activities and projects too which makes a daycare a good place where your kids can learn the basics like counting, letters, colors, alphabets and more. This will give them a head start and the proper training to prepare them for the more structured big school environment.

The formative years in a child’s life is very important as this is where they absorb knowledge and values that will shape their personalities. A daycare is the perfect venue where children can spend their formative years as they have the resources, staff and facility to help in the early development of a child.

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Day 5

It was really cuddle weather – raining all day.

Had some QT with the husband while we ran some bank errands.

It was really a very gloomy day – my hormones were driving me crazy and I was feeling grey but this made me happy:

(Cant wait to do our Disney project with it!)

Day 6

Ultreya Night!

Christmas sweets:

Finally tried some manual shots on my LX3 – trying to perfect the twinkling shots (I will get there!)

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1. More work for me and the husband!
2. Glee’s sectional episode – love Mike’s story arc!
3. Project Life arriving! Yey!
4. My mom’s macaroni and refrigerator cake
5. Officially getting bitten by the holiday bug!
6. Packages arriving safely.
7. holiday movies – Love Actually & The Holiday
8. Pinterest
9. holiday family pictures – we already have two and it’s only the 8th of December!
10. 17 days before Christmas!

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Dear Aggie,

Work with what you have. Work with the talents that you have. Work with the money that you have. Work with the circumstances that you have. And be the best that you can be.

Go,

God

P.S. Remember Aggie, I stand behind you, producing the miracle you need.

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