Vacation Plans
My sis and I have been planning early our summer getaway and we’re eyeing the land of my husband’s parents, the beautiful beaches in Samar. My in-laws were always there twice a year to check on their house and to have a vacation as well. Their house is just a few meters away from the white sand beach so it’s very convenient to spend [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 10:32:00
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Christmas Isn't Christmas Without ... Spam
From back here on the frigid East Coast, I've been envying the reporters who drew pool duty for the President-elect's vacation in Hawaii, ... house. Evening plans? Uncertain. Jeff Zeleny New York Times ... sitting outside the club house. Asked how his game was going, he smiled and conceded: “I'm [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 12:31:48
Signing
We had a nice weekend in Th*non enjoying the fresh lake and mountain air and dreaming of our plans to eventually have our house back one day as a vacation house. That part was nice. Then there was the difficult part where the scar of leaving ... it is to see him in my house, using my old dishes and my blender and cooking on my old stove [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 09:38:00
A Self-Fulfilling Thing In Florida
The Orlando Sentinel reports from Florida. “A federal bankruptcy court this month approved the sale of 122 acres that were once planned for vacation ... of these folks mortgaged their house to come up with the down payment. Some of them are retired. It’s not easy for them,’ said attorney Nick Bangos, who represents about 106 investors.” The Palm Beac [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 13:40:10
Somebody Stole My Camera!
Either that, or...I lost it. I prefer to think some wicked-cute pickpocket a la Oliver Twist snatched it out of my bag rather than ... missing work over/changing vacation plans for/leaving my house. Or, I turn it down because [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 01:57:33
Cafe Living Room
Hubby stayed home for eight days after his three-month stint. It was just in time for Kuya's school vacation ... about the kids, the house, our plans or reminisce about the past. He jokingly refers to this as, "Cafe ... . When he has plans to come home, he calls to ask if there's coffee. Instant coffee or not, Cafe Living Room [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 21:56:00
'Singlism' and the workplace Have you read what Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said about Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano's appointment to the Cabinet? ... that people must be wondering if she plans to immolate herself on the White House lawn during ... supplements on vacation deals.) But it’s unmarried women at the top who often wind up portrayed as [more...]
Date: 2008-12-06 03:20:36
Fast personal loans
When you have a good credit, it is always easy to get an unsecured personal loan ... t let money problems hinder your plans to do something. Go ahead with that vacation that you have been longing for, make plans about renovating your house, or just treat yourself. If you do not need [more...]
Date: 2008-06-07 13:53:57
Ten Tips on Traveling with Babies
by Ada Denis Pick a good place for the whole family The first thing is to make sure the whole family can have fun ... if they are not quintessential family resorts. While perhaps not on your top list of vacation spots, a trip near grandma’s house might be just the ticket so that you actually get a break during your vacation. Plan age [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 09:38:16
Holiday apartment La Finca
Holiday apartment La Finca Author Moutushi Banerjee explains: Spain is most famous as a holiday destination, ... for Family Vacation Author Nathalie Fiset explains: Family vacation can be fun if one plans right. How ... Spanish country house with a private pool which is situated at the most beautiful part of the Costa [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 03:52:07
Gag Me With A Spoon - Obama in Hawaii
I can't post the picture cause I'm just getting over an intense GI Virus and just attempting to copy/paste the pic made me gag.. ... out at his vacation spot since he plans on using Hawaii as the "Western White House".GAG... ... 2 months ago but priorities are priorities. Valerie Jarrett is joining the "family" vacation so I guess [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 01:36:00
Tuesdays Top-Grossing Reviews: 1990
Year: 1990Film: Home AloneBox Office Gross: $285,761,243Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars for best Score and Original Song, "Somewhere in My Memory" ( ... of his family descends on his house at Christmas en route to a vacation in Paris. Inadvertently, Kevin ... their plans and decides to defend his home. Much of the hilarity ensues as Kevin sets up all [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 14:09:00
What Are Your Holiday Plans
Since I’m officially on Christmas vacation and I know it will be flying by so I am trying to come up with a list of what I want to accomplish during ... know beyond that it sounds like something to do with the transmission. I go to his house after ... I need to do some lesson plans. I’d like to have a solid day to day plan for at least six weeks [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 01:50:25
Progress Report
It has taken me all week to get there, but I am finally happy to report that I am making significant progress on my holiday projects ... ! When he called today, he said his vacation will begin on January 25th, and he plans to be here for three ... like the house is in pretty good shape. It is a nice feeling to go into the weekend in that state!Only [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 22:15:00
building home
One of our purposes in having a vacation in the Philippines is to find a house we can buy ... his family a comfortable life. We already have so many plans in mind about our dream house. We've ... want them to enjoy all the things they can find inside the house. There was only one suggestion [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 03:35:00
No More Food Fights! Let’s Throw Shoes!
Duck, duck…BUSH! What in the world is goin’ on in our world today? ... back and actually report on whatever the hell W was talking about (probably his upcoming vacation plans or how much he hates being in the White House). So that one I kind of understand. Now another [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 14:24:49
supreme bathing experience
ever since i was little, i have always dreamed of having a bathtub in our home ... whenever i go on vacation at their house, i always look forward to having the chance to savor a nice ... to bathrooms - it's one of my favorite parts of the house. i just hope i can turn my plans [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 10:15:00
ukuleles
This afternoon I went to a 'ukulele jam party' at the Poor House Bistro ( ... snapped shut far too quickly for me. Plans to combine vacation with work shut-downs evaporated, and of course, my finances are in disarray, with mom's death and the maintenance needed on her house far [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 17:39:32
Friday Links — January 16, 2009
A glowing pseudo-review of The Hijabi Monologues. Another one here. The life journey of one Lisa Nichols ... to vacate her house. The National profiles Salwa Zeidan and delves into her plans to re-open the first ... -brother’s abusive treatment. Hijab Style reports on a Palestinian fashion show [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 13:00:06
Positive Parenting During Stressful Times
Image by Libertinus (license). Note: This is a guest post by Brianna K ... up on one another’s day, watch a little television, read or even make plans for our “someday” vacation. Around ... : three out of the four of us in the house haven’t had an uninterrupted night of sleep in at least a week [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 14:12:13
The what, why and how of travel insurance (the who is you)
My travel habits are just that — habits. I always go to the same place on vacation: Chicago, because my family lives there, ... in the vacation plans.” The site gives some examples: *-Delays and cancellations. If your travel ... . All my other trips are up to the in-laws’ house in the Poconos or to the Jersey Shore, so nothing [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 16:14:47
Obama Caught on Open Mic Discussing Vacation Plans
ABC News picks up the Illinois Senator’s private chat with Tory Leader David Cameron as they stroll around British Parliament Saturday. Obama tells Cameron he’s had no time off, plans to take a week for himself in August. He also ... House official. Read the transcript here. PHOTOS: View gallery of Obama in England here. [more...]
Date: 2008-07-26 15:16:14
Cheap Airfares Help Make Affordable Vacations
If you are trying to make flight plans to get you to the relatives house for a special occasion or a holiday event, making arrangements for a long awaited dream vacation, or simply needing to book a flight for a quick business trip, then finding cheap airfares is always exciting when air travel is in the future [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 11:42:37
Dreaming of Spain
Well, this dreaming supposedly stopped this month! But our European tour was cancelled. 3 months vacations back home, traveling around,side trips, then house renovation was the answer ... , too many plans and hopes..But we’ll get there:D And this Rome Hotels is a must check! If you’re [more...]
Date: 2008-08-21 14:46:57
Luggage for My Travel
I just remember my three weeks vacation to England last year. It was a fantastic and memorable one ... was that I left some clothes and other stuffs in my friend's house. I was even planning to buy a Designer ... am also planning to buy a new luggage for short trips anywhere here in Europe. Usually [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 20:54:00
Bush: Gustav, Katrina, tale of two storms
by Mark Silva ST. PAUL, Minn. -- President George W ... his convention address, now plans to monitor events from the White House. The president said he did ... following a vacation at his Texas ranch, made a low-flying arc over the flooded Crescent City [more...]
Date: 2008-09-01 03:58:54
Assumptions: I am the Ass
It's my fault. I expected too much. I assumed my mother's cross-country move to within minutes of our house meant she planned to take on a much ... , when making our plans to attend the games, I phoned her and invited her to come with us. She declined: "I'm saving my money for my own vacation." We told her no money was expected - we would cover the cost [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 15:38:00
Mitchel Musso: Cookie Good Enough For Me!
Hannah Montana star Mitchel Musso is ready for his Christmas vacation to start and he dished to JJJ on what he plans to do ... the house. Each of my brothers gets their own hunt. It’s for kids and I am one big Kid! We also put ... bakes a million cookies and we have a HUGE party at our house on Christmas Day evening [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 17:29:33
The Perfect Vacation Cottage
by katie George If you are looking to purchase a place where you can simply get away from the world on your own little vacation, ... . Another benefit of cottages would simply be their size. Most cottage style house plans are on a smaller scale. If you are shopping for a cottage, the odds are good that the house is only [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 23:23:43
The Perfect Vacation Cottage
by katie George If you are looking to purchase a place where you can simply get away from the world on your own little vacation, ... . Another benefit of cottages would simply be their size. Most cottage style house plans are on a smaller scale. If you are shopping for a cottage, the odds are good that the house is only [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 14:04:30
The Perfect Vacation Cottage
by katie George If you are looking to purchase a place where you can simply get away from the world on your own little vacation, ... . Another benefit of cottages would simply be their size. Most cottage style house plans are on a smaller scale. If you are shopping for a cottage, the odds are good that the house is only [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 03:42:43
Old Hands With A Finger In The Pie
Many critics on the left have unanimously branded the Conservatives as ideological tyrants who are trying to undermine democracy by crushing their ... in order to cancel plans to go to Florida on vacation and ensure that his political legacy is safe ... the confidence of the House for a "reasonable" period of time, or about six months [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 23:57:16
New Year’s Eve 2008/2009
12/30/2008: The same ritual every single year: What are your New Year’s Eve plans? Will there be fireworks? ... Bar" shin-dig. House Parties. Vacation. Far from Hoboken. NYC all the way, baby! I'm [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 13:59:03
Learning to Live Modestly
J.D. is on vacation. This is a guest post from Gail Vaz-Oxlade, a Canadian financial writer and host of the television series ‘Til Debt Do Us Part ... and be able to sleep at night. The rise of materialism Before the advent of retirement savings plans ... are there in your house? How many televisions? How many tools, hair clips, sets of dishes? How [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 16:00:51
I'm running away!
The B. family is sneaking out of town for a few days to go camping in Sequoia National Park. Being the B ... , I made my vacation plans before I got hired and I'm not changing them), and btw does anyone know yet ... to leave; 2. Having to clean the house before leaving (no, seriously: the dishes will rot if we don't [more...]
Date: 2008-08-08 18:26:27
McCain vs. Bush: Russians in Georgia
by Mark Silva President Bush will have lunch today at the George Bush Center for Intelligence, ... to his possible successor, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona. While the White House was busy "setting ... , visiting the CIA today for briefings and lunch with staffers, has postponed his August vacation plans [more...]
Date: 2008-08-14 12:40:13
Obama Supports the Sit Down Strike
CHICAGO – President-elect Barack Obama is weighing in on behalf of workers staging a sit-in on the factory floor of their former Chicago employer to ... , especially since Curly burned up the plans. The eventually finish the house, a monstrosity ... t leave the plant until they are assured they’ll receive their severance and vacation pay. link here [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 18:30:00
Saving for what’s next
This is Part 2 of a three-part series, Navigating the Financiapocoalypse ... purchase you’re aiming for (house, car, vacation, etc), you should have an emergency fund. This fund should ... when health care costs are rising and retirement plans (and the chances that Social Security will exist [more...]
Date: 2008-11-30 21:31:55
Serious Grape: A Wine Survival Guide for Fall
From Serious Eats Every other week, Deb Harkness of Good Wine Under $20 joins us to talk some Serious Grape. Here's the latest. [ ... ). Then there's your boss, who returned from vacation full of new plans for office efficiency ... will only get more hectic. Why Buy a Mixed Case? Having a mixed case in your house is like having [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 15:41:01
Phone calls and vacation plans
Whatever was wrong with my thumbs and hands appears to have gone back into the hole it crawled out from ... to function. I’d probably never leave the house. Drew agrees. I like to think that we’ve developed ... on what renovations to the house (new insulation, new [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 02:42:05
Looking forward to our vacation cruise in March...
After our two weeks of snow, my mind has turned to our cruise in March ... . :) In our house, my wife plans the cruise a year in advance, and I start paying attention about three weeks out. In this case, I knew it was a southern Caribbean route, but I would have been hard-pressed [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 22:18:53
State of the Blog Update
pen.jpg Between playdates and buying a house, I haven’t had much time to dedicate to writing this summer ... strong, and I have big plans for the future. That being said, I feel like I’m spinning plates this summer. Between kids being home from school, trying to buy a house, going on vacation, and other summer [more...]
Date: 2008-07-21 11:00:56
Will I Ever Get Out
Will I Ever Get Out date Posted on 08:40, January 8th, 2009 by Small Town Mommy After two long days of school (after a week and a half vacation) ... to get to their house (he is a writer, so works from home). Now I need to make something clear ... it is a good place to raise children. I have plans to move the day after Joanna graduates from high [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 13:40:59
Running mate math: Ridge 1, Clinton 15?
by Mark Silva A couple of Pennsylvania governors grabbed some headlines today, raising a certain running-mate math question: Republican Tom Ridge, ... . plant in Erie. When a GE worker asked McCain about plans for his first 90 days in the White House, McCain replied: "Call Tom Ridge to Washington from whatever vacation he is taking and get him to [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 20:32:59
Trying to get back into things
I had great plans for all I was going to accomplish today, but it seems that a certain little someone thinks it's still vacation time! ... up the house! So even though Cody woke up waaaaaay to early from his nap and is now crying [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 19:39:16
No Fuckin' Way Man, You Know He's Real
A month or so ago I was hanging out with an old friend, shooting the shit, when I got a wild hair up my ass and said to him " ... a road trip during my three weeks of vacation in February.Our only question was "Where to?"Pinky ... ? Philadelphia? Cincinnati? Somewhere in Kentucky?One of these days, I plan on road-tripping to The House [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 06:11:00
Music for life
The Christmas period is full of traditions that mark the season ... at Gentblogt).Music for Life indirectly modified my vacation plans as my colleague had already requested ... For Life . 3 radio DJ's from Studio Brussel lock themselves up in a (mostly) glass house without solid food [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 21:17:00
25 Greatest Christmas Movies: #4: Christmas Vacation (1989)
untitled14.bmp Christmas Vacation is a masterpiece. There I said it. It’s the simplest of stories: Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) ... in the door it’s all downhill with electrocuted cats, house fires, unemployment, SWAT raids, and gas explosions. The beauty of Christmas Vacation is watching both Clark and his plans completely unravel [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 15:47:09
Exciting Times are Afoot
Exciting times are afoot at chez Amanda. In one hour I will leave work and have a glorious, much-deserved 9 day vacation. I have grand plans to bake, craft, read, and freebase cappuccinos. I'm especially excited ... myself in a financial bind and didn't have much money for Hope's Christmas gifts and the house felt [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 22:42:00
When in Rome, do as the Roman’s do.
One of my must visit place is to travel in Europe! It includes Italy, Spain, France, Scotland, Rome and oh every country in Europe! ... and plans changed. We had a major house renovation back home that cost us an arm and a leg ... and we didn’t even visited another country. But next trip would be major and definitely a holiday and vacation [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 04:37:35
