My hubby and I are thinking about buying a winter home in the Philippines. The house that we both like is a mini resort type with three rental apartments included. It has a swimming pool, an outdoor bar, a car port and two fish pools. The fencing pool is already completely installed and separate from the rest of the house and yard. We are planning to take a trip to the Philippines next year and will take a look at it. We may actually stay at one of the included furnished apartments while we are there. The house itself is too big for just me and my hubby but it is a great deal and would be terrific for entertaining friends and family.

The article written by Victor Flowers

I have a very bad dog. Mac, my twelve year-old lab/pit mix, has, over the years, become the source of many stories within my circle of friends and in my classroom. He provides endless material for status updates, and maybe one day, he will be the inspiration for the book that been simmering inside my soul for quite some time. Mac was a rescue from a job-site that my husband had delivered some pieces of heavy equipment to when he worked for a large equipment company. Based on his size and weight, he was probably no more than a few weeks old. We loved this dog as he was our “first baby.” And, like the birth of a first born-child, there is a period of bliss that overcomes new parents when they meet that sweet baby that can do no wrong. In a blink, something happens- call it sleep-deprivation, insanity, or demonic possession- something happens to shake you from this blissful slumber into the stark reality that you have a being that is dependent on you now and for the rest of your god-given life. At month two, Mac at the ball out of our computer mouse. Shortly thereafter, he ate an entire pack of cigarettes, a bar of soap, and an advertised “indestructible” dog toy. Each of these ingestions landed us at the emergency vet with the bills piling like a blizzard. This pattern has not stopped, and he is entering the latter part of his life. Many days, I have tuned in to Cesar Milan, “The Dog Whisperer” on Direct tv for some guidance and direction. Cesar Milan can surely perform miracles with canine-behavior, and I often wonder what our life would be like with his help. Maybe this month we would not be replacing the staircase he has gnawed to bits or the sofa pillows he annihilated into piles of feather and down.

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I have not tried to play online bingo nor any casino games just yet. Even though my hubby took me to a nearby casino once, I did not play. Instead of playing, we just went inside to dine at one of the restaurants they had and then we watched as people played the slots and toured the casino. Due to the advent of the internet, you can now play casino games online whenever you want from the comfort of your own home. You don’t need to fight the traffic and that will also help you save money on gasoline, especially now that the price is so high. You can play to your heart’s content and have the money you need at your fingertips.

Even though I have never had any experiences playing at a casino, from my own perspective, playing casinos online is a more convenient and easy way to play for real money. I am sure many gamblers prefer to play online rather than going out, especially during this cold winter season. Despite the tough economic times, online casinos are still popular for entertainment. Many are still playing hoping to win big money. Baccarat, Bingo, Blackjack, Craps, Keno, Poker, Roulette, Sic-Bo and Slot Machines are just a few of the popular online casino games.

I want to give Bingo a try one of these days, when my budget allows. I want to try Bingo because it is easy and not very complicated like poker or some of the other games that require figuring out strategies or probabilities. My hubby says that if I am really interested I should probably start out with simple games like Bingo or Slots and then work up from there. I probably won’t do well in the beginning because I have never tried it before.

Every time my hubby and I go to a clinic for his medical appointments, I can’t help noticing the nurse’s scrub clothing before she jabs him with the needle for a blood sample. I noticed that the nursing scrubs that she usually wears are not the traditional kind. At first I thought that she was wearing a tweety bird print scrub top but when I looked closer, I saw that it was just a checked pattern.

Sometimes the nurse has a really hard time finding my hubby’s veins. Once it took three attempts before she was able to get the blood to come out. That time she was acting very nervous about it but my hubby just laughed at her because he is used to it. Anyway, if you are looking for fashionable nursing scrubs, check out http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/.

I don’t have good vision. That’s why I use prescription eyeglasses, especially when I am behind the wheel. Before I moved here to the United States of America five years ago, I bought two pairs of eyeglasses back home in the Philippines. Those are the eyeglasses that I still use regularly. I used to browse through the eyeglasses that were available at a nearby store every time my hubby and I went shopping but since I found Zenni Optical that has changed. At Zenni, I found cheap eyeglasses that are high quality.

At Zenni I can get eyeglasses for as little as $6.95. I have bought two pairs of prescription sunglasses from them for less than $20 each, that includes shipping and handling. They were even cheaper than the ones I had bought when I was still in the Philippines.

I was very skeptical when I first found Zenni because the price was so low that I thought that they must be of a really poor quality but I was wrong. Actually, the ones that I bought from them were way much better that the ones that I bought in the Philippines and at a nearby store. Buying my prescription sunglasses from Zenni turned out to be one of the best deals I ever got.

I like wearing guys t-shirts at home. I wear my hubby’s t-shirts sometimes. They look like a tent on me but they are very comfortable. My hubby laughed at me when I first tried on his shirt. He doesn’t mind me wearing his shirts, in fact he likes it. That way I don’t have to wear any pants . That way we save on laundry and heating bills.