2010 January | The Pinay Blogger @ Home
I am Jade. I am Filipina-Dutch and an expat wife. In this blog I would like to share with you tips on home improvement, personal development and family. I hope you enjoy you visit here.
adJan 28 2010
I love spiffing up the house once in a while, in preparation for friends who will come and visit, for a special occasion, or just because. It makes the house easier to look at (my eyes strain a lot at dirty dishes sitting in the counter or a stack of unfolded clothes) and makes me [...]
Jan 18 2010
I am excited to start decorating our soon to be new home in the Philippines. Over the years we have collected many art pieces from the places where we have lived and visited, so I will definitely be using this items to decorate our place. Also I am thinking on what to use on the [...]
Jan 18 2010
As some of you know, I am a MommaWannabe and one of my past time now is too look at baby stuff at the malls and even on online stores. I especially like looking around for strollers and cribs. I like the baby jogger city that I saw online but I am not sure yet [...]
Jan 17 2010
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about automating features and appliances within the house that is being currently built for husband and I. I know it would cost quite a lot, but I know that all upgrades come with a price. It would be easier to outfit the house while it is still being constructed, [...]
Jan 16 2010
Who doesn’t want a flat, gorgeous belly? I know I do. Being a wife and a wannabe mom does not prevent me from wishing I could have that, so of course I am always on the look out for ways on how to burn belly fat. I came across bellyfatburner.org as a resource for comparing [...]
Jan 16 2010
The herpes simplex virus 2 primarily affects the genital area and is usually, but not always, sexually transmitted. So what are the implications for a pregnant woman and her baby? The risk of neonatal infection is highest for the baby when herpes simplex virus 2 is contracted during the third trimester. Antiviral treatments are called [...]
Jan 14 2010
Working from home exposed me to the computer on longer hours than the average person. Although my vision is almost perfect, I have dizzy spells every now and then from staring too much at my monitor. Also, when I have deadlines to beat which require me to work throughout the night, the dark circles under [...]
Jan 14 2010
Securing a trustworthy house help is very hard, and I know that homemakers can attest to that. It’s either you know the individual you are about to hire personally, or they are backed by people that you trust. Hiring from an agency, needless to say, should be the last resort, as we never know how [...]
Jan 14 2010
Keeping house with a large family is a very difficult thing. You can hire an au pair, a cook and even a cleaner but still you have to do tons of shopping every week to keep all of your family happy and smiling. But if you have forgotten to buy your toronto meat or if [...]
Jan 13 2010
Can they really be used together in the same sentence? Yep. In fact, stereotypes of mothers as haggard, hair-pulling creatures have long gone, to be replaced with the perception that mothers are these elegant human beings who can still don Vera Wang dresses while maintaining sanity over the family budget. Women have realized that motherhood [...]
