Archive for December, 2009

I am not. I still have a million things to do and just as about every time I get overwhelmed, I do nothing.

1. I need to do one last general cleaning of the house before we go out of town for the new year.
2. I would need to renew all policies (Wholesale Insurance) before December 29th, the last day of the working year.
3. I need to dispose all the trash aka toy boxes and gift wrapping papers lying around the house.
4. I need to finish all work so I can make sure I can get paid on time next year.

Christmas is just but two days away and chances are, you are now broke, after buying the necessary gifts for loved ones and friends, attending parties which require you to shop for new outfits and eating out all the time. You might also have exhausted the money from the payday loans you have applied for.

How to get some cash before the year ends? Here are some ways that can help you.

1. E-bay.

Chances are you have some things you can dispose of – and E-bay will be your best bet to reach the most number of people with the least inconvenience. Almost all money-making articles you will find online will mention E-bay.

2. Freelance your services.

If you can write, take pictures, have organizing skills to become a virtual assistant/secretary, market yourself. It can be as easy as babysitting for an hour everyday.

3. Online jobs – read e-mails, take surveys, click on link advertisements.

There are lot of these “mindless” jobs online that pay in cents but if you have time to kill and have got nothing better to do than surf the net, you can always earn a little on the side while killing time.

4. Craigslist

You will be amazed at how much people are willing to give away and how much you can take and sell over at E-bay. I also notice how it can become concentrated on a local area so making money – getting things to sell, offering services – is easier.

5. Small Businesses

Many people are still ignorant in making websites. If you know HTML (most web design interfaces offer WYSIWYG editors already) – you can make a little money with this.

They say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Beauty is subjective and everybody is really beautiful. But marketing has given us the concept of “beauty” – thin, sexy (shapely) bodies, fair skin, perfect face features – and it has greatly affected our concept of beauty nowadays.

While before plastic surgeries were frowned upon and altering one’s face and body were done in discretion, these days liposuction is done by people from all walks of life. It is now seen as a means to help people boost their self-confidence and gain a better concept of self.

One of the services at sono bello is the Vela Shape. As a woman, I think we were born with cellulite in our body. Vela Shape is the only proven non-surgical FDA-cleared medical technique for body reshaping and cellulite treatment.  VelaShape™ enables you to comfortably and safely achieve a toned, contoured and well shaped body in as few as 4 sessions; making you look and feel more youthful. This non-surgical procedure also requires no downtime and is a virtually painless treatment for body reshaping and cellulite reduction.

While I am definitely open to liposuction (my tummy post-kids is a sight for sore eyes) – I am now leaning towards the non-surgical procedures that have been introduced lately. I am quite wary to be undergoing procedures under general anesthesia.

If you are like me, you are extremely lazy when it comes to giving gifts this Christmas. Do not get me wrong – I think about them as early as September but I am a perfectionist and procastinator to the core. I want each gift to be well-thought of but I end up deciding to order them at a later date when it is no longer physically possible to make it in time from Christmas – so I end up not giving gifts this season. Again, for the nth year.

If I had known about the discount printing offered by PSPrint, I would have ordered calendars, post cards and greeting cards this Christmas. Calendars are 25% off, greeting cards 40% off (Maybe I should order in time for Valentine’s Day?) and postcards are 60% off. Their calendars would be the perfect gift to my husband’s colleagues at work – they have individual workstations and it will fit in nicely.

Their greeting cards come in different sizes and folds too – this will be perfect for people who send cards traditionally to all relatives and friends every season.

• 7" x 5" (folds to 3.5" x 5")
  8.5" x 6" (folds  to 4.25" x 6")
  10" x 7" (folds to (5" x 7")

A couple of friends have invested on getting their dream homes or having theirs finally built at last. It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to finally make it happen, not to mention a lot of money scrimping and sacrifices but as they said, it is all worth it. Now they are poring over house plans trying to decide which one do they want and which one is a perfect fit for the house they envision.

They do have hired the service of a project architect but they still want to learn more about what they are getting into so they deviced to get a home plan of their own. There are cottage plans
available in www.HousePlansandMore.com — these are house plans available for the taking, incorporating beautiful design with efficient functionality that will truly make your dream home come true!

Hopefully we can have our own by next year as well! Keep your fingers crossed for us!