Gimme, Us A Break

It's already the time of the year for our family vacation. I should have been busy preparing for our luggeages by now, except that we haven't scheduled any trip for the month. No concrete decisions yet, just talks (and by the looks of it, there is going to be none). Haaaay. If I have my way, I'd have booked my family to one of those affordable Asian tours. But okay, I will not complain. Maybe there's a far better deal in the coming days *praying and crossing my fingers*

But I really, really need a vacation and I am all the more dreaming (salivating, really!) as I look at the online deals for those Orlando vacations. But honestly, it doesn't matter to me now if the vacation I'll be having with my family is within the country or not, as long as we all can spend quality time together. Now with or without a destination, my scheduled weeklong leave though will push through as planned. So we'll see. (I just hope the hubster's schedule will allow some time for a little R&R.)

RECYCLE Bottles

Please.

And here are my suggestions on how to recycle some bottles:

Medicine/Prescription bottles, especially those with wide mouth, may be use to hold seeds.

Plastic candy bottles or film containers may be used to keep clips, or staple wires, pins, needles or buttons.

Bigger plastic candy bottles like those Trolli Gummi containers may be used to hold crayons, erasers, sharpeners, small toys or whatnot. These container are also handy when traveling. Like when we travel and need to bring bottles of liquid medicine/vitamins, to keep spillage disasters at minimum, I always use these containers to hold such things.

Hope you find this small tip useful. Got to go now and check some environment-friendly office furniture online. Have a lovely day!

Pineapple Everyone?

Because my husband, when he picked me up from the office the other day, brought with him pineapple juice for me (yay how sweet! or should I say sour =D), I thought of writing a simple post about its benefits -based on other people's account and mine.

Pineapple juice is very rich in Vitamin C. It also contains vitamin A&B. Taken with honey, it is very good for the throat.

Now apart from Vitamin C, pineapples are rich in manganese which is a mineral needed to build bones.

Fresh pineapple juice is also said to help eliminate intestinal worms.

Some say pineapple, in fruit or in juice, is also helpful in losing weight. I couldn't really be sure if it's one of those natural fat burners, but I've heard of people who said that pineapple aided them in their weight loss programs.

And last but not the least, pineapple juice definitely helps me keep constipation away. It's actually my armor of defense against constipation, aside from papaya.

Whatever

If "global warming" is a lie, then trust me, I too don't want to fall for that. I don't want to be fooled into believing "something" that will just serve the interests of the "elite few."

But lie or not, I don't really want to find out although I care about the truth. I also don't want to just stand here waiting -doing nothing. Because I care. But I care more about doing what is right in my position than finding out the lie behind all the media brouhaha (if there's a truth in that). Yes,I'd rather make my recyclable boxes with my own box cutter so to speak. And what I think I can do best is to spread the word about loving our environment. In our own little ways.

So while others are doing their thing, finding out the truth or writing the truth they believe, then let me just do what I can. And that is, NOT do anything for the environment. I still believe it's for my, my son's, my family's, my friend's and perhaps *smiles* everyone's good.

RECYCLE. REUSE. REDUCE.

More for the environment

I've been reading articles about the effects of climate change and global warming lately - I've just been reading before I went off to see some pet supplements - and I can't help but be concerned. Concerned like in the verge of insanity -lol.

But really, I'm so affected that may be in my next posts you'd notice a little change in this blog. I think it's time that I do my share of work for this planet by spreading some ideas about taking care of our environment. Yup, you bet I'll be writing more about conserving our ecosystem and helping decrease carbon concentration on Earth. So please, time cooperate -please.

Thank You God

Today, I want to do away with my usual routine to thank God for ALL His blessings in my life and in my family's lives.

THANK YOU LORD!

I honestly couldn't thank you enough for everything, for being so good to me, to us, for always being a great and merciful God. But let me just try.

Thank you so much, Dear God. For always taking care of our needs. For always loving us.

Trying Yoga For Pregnant Women Using Yoga Mats Only

I was humbled when a friend's wife seek me out for an advice on what to do and things to prepare for her upcoming delivery. Not that I’m an expert but feeling her concerns (which were similar to when I was pregnant), I listened and shared pointers and became a very willing adviser, despite the fact that I only had one delivery to date. *smile* After all that’s been said, one last –but very important- thing that I reminded her of was to not to forget her yoga breathing exercise as it will surely come handy during the big moment.

Very early in the pregnancy, she's also solicited my advice on what activities to take while being pregnant. As I religiously performed yoga exercises for pregnant women during my time and as I have seen how yoga has helped me through my pregnancy (and even up to the delivery!), I encouraged her to try it if she’s up to it. Because to me, yoga was the most practical thing I did while being pregnant -aside from doing walking exercises. Not only did it infuse that positive vibe in me but my routine was so easy and fun to do. The stretching exercises also proved to be very useful and then most of all, the breathing exercise has helped me a lot during my labor. It was also economical as most of the suggested exercises for pregnant women don’t need extra yoga equipment or accessories at all. In fact, with my routine, there’s no need for me to use accessories such as yoga balls or blocks but just the yoga mats. Yes, just the mats. *smile*

Now back to the present time. I was so thrilled to have received the news days ago, that my friend’s wife delivered a healthy baby girl normally. And like me, the wife thinks yoga is invaluable, too.