Saturday, April 9, 2011

Techie Wannabe: Blog Speed Test

As a regular blogger, I wonder how viewers see my blog and how fast it loads to welcome readers. I've recently read that blog speed is very important because it increases blog traffic and makes your blog come up on search results faster.

Ha-ha, talking about these techie stuff leaves me perplexed! I'm being honest here, dear readers. Yet I consider it a necessity to read up on these topics because it will help our blogs performance greatly.

1-2 seconds is an ideal page loading speed on a regular computer, of course. I'm out for the moment at an internet cafe with a blessed fast rented computer! So I tried the Blog Test on Pingdom Tools and my blog's result was 0.5 seconds! It's good enough :)

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Friday, April 8, 2011

Friday Fill-ins #2

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1. In the near darkness I hope to sleep not so restfully as we need to keep watch at night, some strange things have been happening out our front door.

2. My eldest has not gone back to nursing assistant class til further notice.

3. But this summer, now that his brothers are on summer break, I would like him very much to go back to his classes.

4. Summer is sweltering hot, I wish I could cool my heels at noontime in the stream.

5. It's always nice to work around the house nowadays.

6. I enjoy my boys' jokes,stories and pleasant company.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __, tomorrow my plans include _working on our new farming project on vermiculture and Sunday, I want to rest and relax after I come home from church.

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Facebook Friday Hop #13

I'm joining Week 13 of Facebook Friday Hop by Real Mom Reviews
All you have to do is follow the first blog on Facebook! Then hop to any other blog(s) you wish!


Click on the button above to add your facebook page (not your blog URL) and join the blog hop!

And by the way, mine is Teach Reading In 90 Days

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The Simple Woman's Daybook

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Outside my window... Humid weather, summer in the Philippines is really something! One would wish to go to the beach as often as possible or even take a long vacation in Baguio City- the summer capital of the Philippines -which I say is my most favorite city in the world! I wish we could go there sometime...

I am thinking... of the paperwork that we need to work on. Can't divulge the situation just yet, but it's going to be huge. Am excited of what will come!


I am thankful for... the summer holiday of my children which means summer holiday of the wallet. I hope I can also save for the next school year.


I am wearing... black strappy top because of the warm weather, and striped brown shorts. I'm barefooted, need to add :)


In the learning rooms... I'll be teaching my youngest "Cupcake" some basic math with math games suited for his age. He learned counting up to a hundred, a few months ago but when he counted from the chart to "teach" his second cousin .. he forgot some. I'm positive he can learn again in time for school next year.


I am going... just to my malunggay farm this late afternoon to check on the trees. Will see if I'll be going someplace else much later.


I am reading... Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki... it's just an 80 page book but with great ideas there! Glad that I got the time to read despite having the book for almost a year now. It's about getting off the"rat race" of having a 9-5 job.


On my mind... I am calm and okay today, not being affected by anything. Thanks for the prayer and meditation too. Could have been from the wonderful dream I had.. of being in Manila and seeing friends.

From the kitchen... Stir-fried vegetables - Chopsuey- cooked by my eldest, because "I'm busy" today.


Around the house... clutter, as usual... crayons, pencils, paper... we got no energy to clean up much because of the weather (again) but I'll work on that later as I will work on the inventory of my ebay stuff.

One of my favorite things... is to catch up on much needed rest, for now.

From my camera... I got two photos from my son Popcorn's graduation last April 5th ...
one, with him and Cupcake. That's my son, always serious even for the camera!
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And here below, hubby and me. That look? We hope the camera would work right :)
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Twitter Tuesday Hop

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Best Deal With Smartbro

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Call it a blessing in disguise when my previous was halted last week for reasons I can't explain. (Lesson learned over that one) But oh my! We are ecstatic to switch to SmartBro, knowing through word-of-mouth that Smart has better service and Smart is proven customer-friendly.

Dear friends and followers, can't contain my happiness despite that hindrance I was able to make it doing my rounds this week despite no internet at home. It was difficult because I had to physically hop from one to another - haha, like I did during the early years online. Internet cafes with fastest speed were usually packed with customers so I had to keep looking for another internet cafe checking on their computer's speed test first.

Anyway, extremely happy that is over and am here now online at home because of Smartbro! I'm ecstatic due to their fast service, we just applied Tuesday and got connected that evening! Nothing can beat that :)))

What's more, applying for a connection with Smartbro has it's perks! Surprise! A free 3-in-one too!

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Not only that, with Smartbro, I got what all I really wanted for a long time... you will laugh at this - been asking what is my IP and now I got my own! (I hope) ^^,

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Friday, April 1, 2011

Friday Fill- Ins #1



1. I can't believe we've got new and better internet connection with perks!

2. Caring for everyone.

3. How can I motivate my children to keep busy this summer?

4. Baked potatoes with butter was the last thing I cooked.

5. Six of one makes a mad mathematician out of me. The mere mention of numbers, haha. It's a joke!

6. Staying awake and stressing out; nonono!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to being online yes, on a Friday, tomorrow my plans include working on our next farm project and Sunday, I want to go to church as usual with my 5-year-old.
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