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Sale!

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.

Posted by Treasure Jar on Sep 14th 2010 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,Purse Strings | Comments (0)

Roses from Island Rose

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

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.

Preparing Island Rose roses

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.

Pink Rose

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 🙂

Oreo Snack Pack for 5 Pesos

Yes, Oreo Snack pack can now be bought for suggested retail price/SRP of PhP5.00

OREO snack pack

The Oreo Snack Packs (two pieces of OREO in the pack) are available in vanilla, chocolate and strawberry fillings.

Play the OREO Twist, Lick and Dunk game to win tickets to the OREO Get Dunked! event at TriNoma on Sunday, September 12, 2010.

Jell-O No Bake Cherry Cheesecake

So I make cheesecake at home. From a ready-made box that we love: Jell-O No Bake cherry cheesecake. I made a strawberry cheesecake here  😀

Cherry

My children love it and a cheesecake doesn’t last long.When I did this last week, I was doing some online research about construction and didn’t noticed the kids were “devouring” the cheesecake. They left a wee slice for me though.

I got these boxes from a duty-free store and they want me to look for boxes in nearby supermarkets. I already did and these stores don’t have these products. Where I got it from was more than a hundred kilometers away from home, argh.

I may have to learn how to make a “real” cheesecake the hard way. I hope I am up to it 😉

He Likes Home-Baked Goodies More

The birthday is up and coming for my son and mine at the same day. Our only son requested that I bake some goodies to bring to school for his classmates. He wouldn’t hear of store bought goodies since he said he wanted his classmates to taste what I bake at home. I feel giddy of course that the son feels like that even at my lack of baking prowess.

I have been steering clear away from the tempting oh-so-good baked goodies for personal consumption but I can help get a small piece, and another and another especially when these are still warm.

I feel ze waist expanding and something tells me that I might be hearing whispers of get strongest fat burners soon.

So off to the kitchen to start the mixing and baking.

Posted by Treasure Jar on Jul 13th 2010 | Filed in For Little Hands,From the Admin's Desk,Kitchen Needs,Plateful of Fun,Purse Strings | Comments (0)

Sunday Family Picnic

Sunday Family Picnic

Posted by Treasure Jar on May 18th 2010 | Filed in From the Admin's Desk,Purse Strings,Through the Lens,Visual Delights | Comments (2)

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