Time to Save Water

I heard in the news couple of months ago that the water company here in Saint Louis is planning to raise its price. It made me think of how hard will it make our budgeting if they would do that. Water, like gas and electricity are the things that we can't live without. We need water in almost everything and if there would be a raise on its price, that would be totally awful.

I was thinking if water would be expensive, then we should really put an effort on how to save it. I know there are many ways to do that and we can do everyday. If we are washing the dishes for example, why not recycle the water. During summer time, we can use the used water to water the plants. If we are brushing our teeth, why not use a glass than letting the water continously flowing?

There are so many ways to help save water if we are only paying attention in our daily routine. One of the many ways too is the use of dual flush toilet. I have heard it from a friend because they are also using this one. Dual flush toilets are designed to help save water every time we use the toilet. It has an ability to use way lesser water than our conventional toilets that's why it is really an investment having them in our households.

I hope we will learn to save water. I think we really should!

What did I do this Halloween?

What did you do this Halloween?

Trick or treat is the most famous association to Halloween, making this holiday very famous to kids. Trick and treat is done by almost everyone in the neighborhood where kids in costume visit every household for some treats of candies.

For some adult, Halloween could be very fun because of the costume parties where everyone get to dress up in some cute and weird costume like being a school girl, a vampire or an angel.

So what did I do this Halloween?

Early this morning our whole family together with our close relatives attended a memorial mass for our loved ones who have passed away. The mass was very emotional but everyone left the church with a feeling of relieved and assurance that our loved one is now in good hands with our Dear Almighty.

After the mass we went to a nearby Italian restaurant with all the relatives and had a good lunch. We were able to talk to some relatives that we haven’t spoken for a long time and we had caught up with the time that we had missed.

We were planning to attend an adult costume party tonight but we decided to just stay at home for an early mass tomorrow.

How about you? How did you celebrate your Halloween?

All Cellphones Numbers Go Public this Month

Have you ever experienced receiving calls from telemarketers? Well, if you live in United States these annoying calls from telemarketers is normal. Our phone at home would ring so many times everyday and only few calls deserve to be answered; majority of these calls are coming from annoying telemarketers.

I know it’s pretty annoying to talk to telemarketers, but do you what we will have more problems regarding with the unwanted calls from telemarketers? I just read an update from a friend in facebook that all cell phones numbers are being released to telemarketing companies this month. My friend’s update goes like this:


Kae Pearl :
FYI: Cell Phone Numbers Go Public this month. All cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales calls.YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS. To prevent this, call the National DO NOT CALL list 888-382-1222. It blocks your number for five years. You must call from the cell phone number you want to be blocked. You can’t call from a different phone number.

I am so thankful that I am aware about this as early as today to prevent more unwanted calls from telemarkets. I just called the number and unregistered my cell phone number.

Finding the Car Repair Estimates

When my car broke down and it needed to be fixed, I crashed too. Why is that so? Well, think of how much it cost me to have my car backed in shape.

I think one of my mistakes why I spent a lot for my car repair was I didn’t have my car fixed in the right car repair shop. Yes, if I was smart enough that time I would have found the best shop that would fix my car for the right price. I only got an idea that it is very important to find out the estimates of the car repair before even choosing a place to have your car fixed. I talked to a friend from California and she told me the same. When she needed the timing belt of her car replaced, she researched first what is the estimated price of it before even finding the right place to get it replaced and done. She recommends RepairPal.com to me because she solved her problems with her car repairs through this site. She was able to find the estimate prices of her car repairs and the best San Francisco Auto Repair through this site.

When I visited the site, I was pretty impressed what it can offer. It has unbiased comments and ratings from real user. Like the ratings for Honda Accord. The comments are really coming from the people who have owned this car so you are secured that they are giving the right ratings and comments. It also provides estimated prices for any car repairs you will need in your area plus some advices from the experts.

I am so happy my friend told me about Repairpal.com. It is now easier for me to solve my car repair problems in the future. I am praying I won't need one though. *Laughs*

Obsessions

When I was trying to find the other pair of my earrings tonight, I came to realize that I actually have quite a lot of jewelries. I don’t have an obsession of collecting them; in fact, I don’t even wear jewelry most of the time.

Ask yourself. Is there anything that you are so obsessed about? I know people who buy things like crazy even if they don’t really need it. For some rich people they collect expensive cars and multi-million dollar diamonds; others buy expensive line of clothing’s, shoes, and bags like crazy. I know someone who collects the most expensive watches in the world.

If you buy/collect something excessively, you are obsessed of it. Being obsessed of something is bad. I don’t want to throw any blame to those who have problems like this because psychologically, it is considered to be an illness. I have read stories about people who are “shopaholic” or those who shops so bad that they can no longer control themselves from buying anything even if their wallet is hurting. People like these have to see a psychologist just to cure this kind of “illness”.

Well, it is a different story for those multi-billionaires like Paris Hilton who doesn’t care if she has an illness of shopping too much stuff because she can actually afford it. Or maybe to those very poor people who can’t even afford an obsession of eating right or having a simple home to live in. Isn’t it hard to think how the chosen few (rich people) buy anything that they want while majority of the worlds population can’t even eat enough food everyday or live even in a simple shelter they can call home.

I feel for those unfortunates but I don’t blame the chosen few because I know life is just life. We always find it unfair and crazy but no one can ever fathom the real reason why things existed.

So if we have some little or huge obsessions to anything, just always remember that we are responsible for what ever deeds we do. If you think you enjoy it and you’re not guilty of hurting yourself or other people then just let that guilty pleasure go on. Remember, your own life is your own responsibility; we just live our life once to live it not only to the fullest but also in the right way.