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This 3-day weekend left me exhausted!  We had three parties, customer service training for the staff and a movie. It is waaay too much for me to keep up. #notgettinganyyounger

Yesterday we were 90% out of the house doing what we have to do and attending a couple of parties. I didn't want to put so much energy into cooking and cleaning up after so we decided to eat at McDonald's for breakfast. It was my first time to try their sausage McGriddle and i absolutely LOOOOVED it! It's quite filling having it with OJ, good thing I opted for the meal without the hash brown beacuse I don't think I could finish one serving. The twins had pancakes and we were delighted to see them finish what they had on their plates. After breakfast and still no shower (ha!) we went to have Lana's (our beloved Mitsubishi Outlander) tires replaced. And yay for promos! Payless Tires along Quezon Ave have 3+1 for Federal Tires.  It was 1pm when we got home and we had to prel right away for our godson's 1st Birthday Party in Pampanga. We were just in time but we had to leave for the Starbucks Party here in Quezon City. We got our invitation Sunday last week from our...

The three day weekend has begun! We're a bit fully booked for the next three days with 3 parties and a movie. :) My mind is still running, still working on the business plans and coming up with ideas and I'm not even done with the SEO's of www.twinelephants.net.  And the free adwords will expire on the 30th, that means I have until Sunday to put more pics of pre-loved baby items for sale. :) I'm keeping this entry short, just wanted to clear my head before I sign off for the day.

When the "ber" months started we were swamped with events and it won't stop until early next year. Because of these feasting, I was unable to follow my low-carb diet: the Whole30 Program. I felt really great when I was on that program, my chest pains disappeared and the palpitations went away too. I still don't eat a lot of carbs, I try not to, even if my kids constantly ask for carrot and chocolate cakes, I am able to avoid the temptation that stares at me from the fork that I hold to feed the twinnies. After I got better, I slowly went back into cardio exercises using the elliptical instead of running. And I really miss running. I'm so out of shape and I don't think I won't be able to go back until next year. Anywhooo, I have added Barre3 into my daily routine, doing 10 mins a day of this wonderful exercises. I have been an online member and I do see results. It makes me feel amazing whenever I do this at the start of the day and more relaxed when ...

From the time that we got back from Singapore 3 years ago, we were able to open 3 business establishments all of them are still in the process of expansion. I can't believe that it has been over three years now since I retired from the corporate world.  Working and having your own business is so different from each other. One might think that running your own business is easier. Let me tell you one thing... it is not. The success of your company deeply relies on you, the time you spend managing it, marketing your products and services and so on. When you decide to put up a business, choose something that you are deeply passionate on. Choose something that you like and have extensive knowledge on. Don't dive into something that you don't have any idea what's it's all about.  For example, if you love food, put up a business that's about your specialty, not just food in general. I'll write a series of blogs about this topic. I have decided to put ...

I was reading Forbe's article 14 Things to Do Before Leaving Your Day Work and unfortunately for me, I don't leave my Day Work because I work at home. Work at home Moms and Dads do not have the strict 8 hour work schedule which sometimes makes it impossible to stop at a certain time. Pros: 1. No heavy traffic and no transportation costs. Saves a lot of time and money. And most especially spares you the stress of dealing with insensitive motorists and being stuck in traffic for hours. 2. You get to be with your child. Even if you have a nanny, you being at home gets to supervise your nanny. It's also calming to know how accessible you are to your child whenever she needs you.  3. You have the option to eat what's in your fridge. And that saves you money and putting on more calories from eating fast food. You're in control of the menu at home. 4. The Liberty to Schedule Your Time There is flexibility on your hands to schedule wh...

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Yay! It's here! And I'm not even a coffee lover. Thanks to my hubby who shared the yummy calories with me for a couple of weeks I was able to get one as early as now. But I was kind of disappointed it didn't have the last weeks of 2015 and I wanted it to have that. I got the small red one since I find the smaller planners more suited to my needs. I like how one page is for one day for each year compared to the bigger ones with limited spaces to write on. Plus it's compact, it fits my bags just fine. It came with the usual monthly freebies too. Now since this planner starts exactly on the 1st of January, I'll put it aside for now. Hopefully I don't forget I have it. For now I came back to using my 2015 planner and it did help me set my priorities for the day. There's a bunch of things happening in my head and I definitely need to declutter.

So I have this on and off relationship with my blog. Now it's back on. Why? Because I need an avenue to put my thoughts into. As the year ends, I need to recall the important points of 2015 and move on to bigger things in 2016. I hope I can at least focus on my goals as this year went by so quickly as the girls started schooling in June and us moving to a new house in April. After that everything went by so fast... Really, really fast. Time to focus. Time to make history.