Treasure Jar

I just love going to sale events (even.if.I.have.to.elbow.my.way.out.of.throngs.of.people) because I not only get discounts, I like to feel that I am spending more because I get more out of the money I have. Not that I have a lot, LOL.

Hubby and I have a short list on what we think we need just in case a sale happens and we can afford to go:

• outdoor shoes and clothes
• discount office furniture for our home office
• a new gadget
• kitchen and baking equipments
• new neighbors oops, sorry, haha

Now that the Christmas season is just around the corner, we expect more sale happenings around us. Meanwhile, I gotta do some saving up before that happens.

Tags: mall sale, sale, shopping

I had the chance to visit Island Rose rose farm a few days ago with other bloggers and print media people. Island Rose is a premier rose grower in the Philippines.

Island Rose has state of the art greenhouse facilities that house their fresh and beautiful roses that can be ordered through an efficient and easy e-commerce means though islandrose.net.

The greenhouses are computer controlled where there are mist fans providing mist, roofs that automatically close if there are changes in the weather and weather station that provides data necessary to grow these roses.The ideal temperature would be around 26 degrees and not more than 30 degrees inside the greenhouses.

Every year, Island Rose produces over two million roses.  It ships around five thousand roses in the country daily from their rose farm to your home.

There are twelve varieties of roses available. The three types of red roses are the Grand Rose (thornless, thick-stemmed and has dark red buds),  Red Giant (long straight-stemmed) and Red France (vibrant red petals). Osiana roses are peach-colored. Noseblesse roses have salmon pink petals. Vivaldi roses have very light pink petals. Texas roses have golden yellow buds. Christine roses have light yellow petals. Salsa roses are deep orange in color. Lambada roses have bright orange tones. Tineke roses are white and have thick-stems. Gloria roses have the purest white color.

You can check the website for the bouquet arrangement you want and include other items with the bouquet you wish to send your loved ones.

The roses are licensed plants and each plant can produce maximum flowers within seven years. The roses are harvested three times a day at morning, noon and afternoon. No, these can’t be planted in your outdoor garden as these would not survive.

Thanks to the Andaya brothers Dustin and Arnold for the tour of Island Rose flower farm 🙂

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I think most men love Mafia movies. My husband does and I must say he loves these with a passion especially the scenes with adrenaline rushing car chases among alleys and/or scenic highways.

No question why Mafia Wars is one of the more popular game app in Facebook (which the hubby does not play, btw).

Most Mafia bosses are portrayed as mostly surrounded by a posse of heavily set armed (not visible) men, has cohiba cigars on their hands, have big bullet-proof cars, have beautiful daughters, live in posh homes and have slick hair that seemed to have been combed with pomade. Don’t ask me why I know what a pomade is please 😀

I also like movies that are Mafia-themed but sometimes the plot gets predictable that it gets boring because one gets a feeling that “I’ve seen that before”.

If there was one tagline I’d probably remember from a Mafia movie, it would be this from Scarface:

“In the spring of 1980 the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun washed avenues of Miami… wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana but the world will remember him by another name… Scarface“

Tags: mafia movies, Scarface

Happy anniversary. Happy Birthday. I love you. I’m sorry.

Sometimes words are not enough and we opt to say what we want to be made known through flowers.

This same rose came from Island Rose.

Have a great weekend all ye Photo Hunters 🙂

Tags: anniversary, Island Rose, Island Rose roses, Photo Hunter, Photo Hunters, rose, roses

Neat-Oh! Zip Bins are cool!

We love our Neat-Oh! HotWheels Wheelie Zip Bin.

Cars not included.

Neat-Oh! Zip Bin is distributed by Zhazhiki Import/Export Corporation. They also have RainbowBrush Markers.

Tags: Hot Wheels, Hot Wheels Zip Bin, Neat-Oh Wheelie Zip Bin, Neat-Oh! Hot Wheels Wheelie Zip Bin, Zip Bins

Our two younger kids joined an online contest last year launched by Del HypoAllergenic Fabric Softener. And they won!

We promised them their own laptop IF they do what is asked of them which was fairly easy: to dance. Dance they did and we won, yipee!

They have been bugging us when we are going to get the promised gadget for them and I know it is gonna be soon since we already got the price money.

Kids these days, they don’t ask for simpler things anymore, they like techie stuff 😀

Tags: children, family, online contests, technology