Are you an online shopper? Well, I am, but not as often as you think.  I shop when first, I have saved enough money on my Wellsfargo debit card. Second, when I’m desperate to look for a good find – meaning authentic, brand new and at its lowest price. I do not hoard and the good side of that is I don’t buy something which I would not be needing yet. But when I do, I will hate it if something will get in the way just for me to acquire what I need. I know when I deserve it and when I don’t. Such attitude, eh?!

So that’s why I unceasingly try to find better deals on the net. Because I’m a careful shopper and only wants the best deal in town. Well, who don’t? It’s hard though, looking for an item and when finally I decided on something, I’ll try to compare it to another, browse onto another website, find the cheapest and greatest deals under pressure because you have to mind the expiration of the offer may lapse in a few minutes so I’d better make up my mind before I lose it!! Whew!! Oftentimes I wonder how could sitting, typing, clicking and browsing be such a pain in the neck! UNTIL…. I got to know nomorerack.

What is nomorerack? It is a website wherein you can find incredible daily deals offer! Their deals too expire but for a day. They find good products at the lowest price and offer it to their customers so online shopping is made easier and cheaper!! Payments are made just like in any other online shopping site. Do you want to see the site? Come and click this link: nomorerack.com and you’ll be there in no time.

I recently bought a wallet because my 10 year old Lancel long ladies wallet in canvass and cowhide leather, needs to retire. It was a gift from my father. My Lancel and I shared a lot of good memories together. I’m keeping it but I feel it’s really about time to buy a new one, don’t you think too??? Gosshhhhh 10 years is more than enough! Ha ha ha

There’s one thing that I must do before I stash it. It needs dry cleaning! So when my new wallet is delivered, Lancel will go directly to the dry clean.   

Guest post written by Leslie Kingston

We've never been people that go all that crazy with our Christmas light display, but one thing that I wanted to do this year with all my extra retirement time is put up a little more Christmas lights and really take our display to the next level.

I think that our neighbors are already surprised by our light display. I was looking online to find some tips and inspiration for our lighting and when I was doing that I ran across this Site and decided to use them to replace our roof. The state of your roof is one thing that you definitely notice when your stapling lights to your roof.

I'm really proud of how all of our outdoor Christmas lights turned out in the end and I think that we surprised our neighbors with all the extra work that we did for them this year! We even went to the trouble of putting lights on our separate garage. It's all about the details when your yard it lit up all night.

I caught myself watching Miracle on 54^th Street early this morning. That would be my first pre-Christmas movie this year. Ohh you know how it is on TV each time Christmas makes its presence felt!!  It’s just that this time around, It won’t be a snowy morning. 

Aneyyhoo, I began my morning routine after watching that feel good movie, took a bath and wore my bluish grey custom scrubs hubby bought at medical uniform store somewhere in Houston ages ago. J  It’s a favorite scrub so the color has started to fade from wash and wear. After just drying my hair, my sister knocked on my door, still on her  and just came home from duty and asked something about Ichai, the shih tzu pup. When I’m done fixing myself, I went out of the room to start my day.

It  seems  I’m going to have a smooth day ahead. The weather is a bit wet but it’s ok. My first appointment is an ortho patient . He came. I changed the wires on his upper arch and tied the teeth on elastic chains.  My next schedule is at 2:30pm and onwards so YEY!!! I have much time to surf the net and blog!!

I landed first on this site:  http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/Original-Scrubs/ 

Too much about scrubs don’t you think?! He he he he actually what I really wanted to google is http://www.tv.com/shows/scrubs/

So, just about that for now. I’m going out for lunch in a bit. Hubby’s got no work today because today is declared as a holiday for the whole town. Hmm, I think there’s a big probability we’ll be watching Immortal later tonight. Ta ta!!

PDA 2011

Last Saturday, I went to the Philippine Dental Annual Convention with hubby accompanying me and Cris. I was supposed to be there Friday, November 18, but there was a Root Canal appointment with a patient and an Apicoectomy procedure that day. Anyways, to cut the story short, we arrived at SMX just before lunch. SMX is just adjacent to the SM Mall of Asia. I think it’s barely five (5) years in operation and it was my second time to go there last Friday. The first time I was there was when hubby and I watched Martin Nievera’s - the Concert King – concert.

SMX is I think the largest venue the PDA has chosen to be its new base for the annual dental convention and I commend them for a very nice pick! It’s pretty large and convenient in a lot of sense including the main concern of a lot of attendees - that everything is already in it unlike before, we used to shuttle from one building to another just to attend the seminar because the trade exhibits were at the World Trade Center while the registration and lecture seminars were at the PICC.

At first I felt I was lost (again?!!) with the whole caboodle of where TOs… the registration, the kits, the trade exhibits, the seminars, the renewal of licenses, etc. Of course, my local chapter has always offered pre-registrations usually few months before the convention but in my entire dental practice, I only attempted once to pre-register. Why?! Because I don’t pay until I’m sure of my schedule.

Going back to my confusion – good thing there’s the concierge at the pre-function lobby. I was directed to my left and entered the first main door where the registration was taking place. After registration and payment of my dues I hurriedly went to the trade exhibit hall to buy some stuff I need for my clinic. Ohhh, the trade show flooring’s pretty slippery I lost my poise and almost fell on my knee. Errrr was it the floor or the heels of my shoes?! I don’t know, can’t remember, I was too busy looking for the logo canopy of SHOFU, I hardly realized I was already on the carpeted area of the exhibit and standing on the logo mats of JAGAS. Handsome dental chairs they have, eh?!!! Anyways the trade show carpet was benign,

I did not find SHOFU but bought almost all the things in my list. I did not attend the seminar because hubby and I needed to go to Makati for some errands. I really wanted to attend the lectures but sometimes, things really do not work out according to what I have planned. So, we spent the rest of the evening in Makati and watched the lights display at the Tower 1 of the Stocks Exchange Building. They’re beautiful but I was kind of expecting more from it. Good feeling too to be back walking along the Ayala Avenue for it brought a lot of memories when I was still working as a dental assistant in Makati Cinema Square. If only my legs and back did not hurt sooooo bad…..

So till next year again. I should suggest hubby an overnight stay in a hotel perhaps so I could enjoy the dental convention fully.  For now, I’m thinking of  watching a play or concert before Christmas ends.

We’ll see…..

Guest post written by Derick Burks

Do you ever leave your washing machine running while you’re not at home? As it turns out, that is not the best idea ever. While we have a very nice, very new washing machine, it is evidently not immune from overflowing. We learned this the hard way recently, as we came home from work to a completely flooded kitchen. While I assumed that a washing machine could not produce enough water to do any real damage, it appears that sometimes the water will just keep on flowing in until it’s shut off at the street. Unfortunately, my husband and I had not yet gotten around to getting our tennessee home security system monitored, so we were forced to tackle the issue after the fact. It ended up being okay thanks to our homeowner’s insurance, but it would have been far preferable to be notified of the situation before it had escalated to the point it did. I will tell you this—we called the very next day to have the alarm monitored, and we will never go without that service again