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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good Lord, Dana Perino Is Full Of It

From yesterday's White House press briefing: MS. PERINO: Also at the end of this week, Congress is expected to go on their August recess, ... of it. Yes, across America families putting off vacation plans until congress votes on offshore [more...]

Date: 2008-07-31 01:58:02

Israeli strikes change peace plans

Israel’s air strikes in Gaza end any faint hopes that President-elect Obama will take office with a clear path toward Middle East peace laid out ... who also said the president-elect will continue to closely monitor these events from his vacation home ... Israel’s attack. The White House put the onus for the Israeli strike squarely on Hamas [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 16:11:13

expect the unexpected

We're back from Christmas vacation and therefore I'm back from my temporary blog hiatus ... and sleeping and feeding plans and discipline and other ideas about how this house will run ... .  However, we are having too much fun drawing vacation out at home as the girls don't return [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:53:15

Guideposts for the New Year

The last few weeks have truly sent us into vacation mode ... - like I’m accomplishing something around the house when in all reality I’m just sitting on the couch ... m planning on enjoying every minute left during our “vacation.”Which reminds me.  I’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 21:30:16

I Feel I've Been "Churched" Enough!!

Image by jodigreen via FlickrSent in by DebTheQueenBee I am so glad that I found your website ... has a plan and a purpose", and "In my house, we will serve the Lord" is nothing but a CROCK OF SHIT ... , my life was pretty good. I went to New Members classes, vacation bible school, Sunday School [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 23:22:30

Magic Minimum: Cleaning Secret of Organized Families

Magic Minimum: Cleaning Secret of Organized Families Posted September 29th, 2008 by Cynthia Townley Ewer in clean house family ties Autumn days are long and lazy? Not for today's busy families. Between work, children's activities, and vacation plans, even breezy fall [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 16:18:49

My Dollar Plan Month in Review - July 2008

I’m a firm believer in setting goals and making plans to achieve your goals. A great way to work your plan is to monitor it at regular intervals ... for Your Mid Year Checkup 7 Ways to Payoff Credit Card Debt 12 Tips to Prepare Your Finances for Vacation ... Downsizing It All - Your Work, Your House, and Your Life 4 Things to Consider When Picking the [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 13:29:54

Over the river and through the woods

January 2, 2009 in Stray Threads, Vacation OK, so we didn’t go to Grandmother’s house, but I did go away — did you miss me? ... , I might have had to kill him. Our little mini-vacation took us norht (yes, it was colder ... I was going to go downtown to meet her, but then our plans ended up changing, and she was willing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 06:02:11

I've been done with child clinic for over a week -

And I still can’t shake the recurring ingrained nagging in my head that I need to be getting my lesson plans and materials ready for the upcoming sessions. I go to my bag to sort out stuff and eventually realize I’m done. Then I wander aimlessly around my house before just taking a nap. Cheers to vacation. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 22:50:14

Obama’s Inaugration Resonates in the Motherland

Obama’s Inaugration Resonates in the Motherland January 19th, 2009 By Pamela Gentry, Senior Political Analyst Jan ... vacationing at a coastal resort put their holiday plans on hold to watch and wait for election results ... to maintaining his good relationship with the White House on issues like AIDS, education for girls [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 05:02:43

Looking back...looking forward

So I hadn't planned to open 2009 by not blogging for over a week, but somehow it just happened ... is concerned, I nodded kindly when I asked myself for some vacation time and said "sure ... to Monet's house in Giverny and going to the top of the Eiffel Tower. You can also visit Paris in its proper [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:40:00

Davao Itinerary

Yeay, I will be in Davao on Friday for a short vacation with my family. We’ll stay in a pension house  for 4 days, 3 nights. We actually wanted to stay in the Pearl Farm Beach Resort except that we have a very tight budget ... . No plans on the first day yet, we’ll probably visit Eden park to try their zipline ride or try wildriver [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:12:42

A Vacation From Economic Reality

Readers discussed the holidays and the housing bubble ... to LA for some warmth and sunshine, disneyland, and broadway show. About two weeks ago their plans all fell ... , and this was an aberrant year, so we’re thinking that this is way worse than we imagined. We didn’t buy a house though!” [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 15:41:04

Home Loan

When I went home for a vacation last month, I met some of my old friends again. It was so nice seeing some of them ... and distance! So we were chatting about our life, family and our plans. One friend shared how she wants to have her new house early next year. And since they are still applying for a home loan, I think the said [more...]

Date: 2008-07-31 14:06:38

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