My friend is a novelist. She writes novels for a local publication. She is also a contributor to a couple of local magazines as well. Since she needs a place at home where she can concentrate, she turned her den into her own home office. The first thing she had installed in the room are window blinds. I can understand since she needs to focus and find her muse to be able to dish out novel after novel and article after article for her editors. So far, I heard that her home office is the best place where she can truly concentrate on her work.

Window blinds can give you that… concentration. You won’t be distracted by what’s happening outside your window. The bright sun would not bother you. There are people out there who loves being in a dark room. If you have window blinds, even when the sun is shining brightly outside, you can still have a dark room inside. My friend is like that. She can concentrate more when she feels like she’s all alone in the world. According to her, her muse comes out only in the dark.

It actually made me think about having faux wood blinds at home. I am easily distracted. Just a small movement outside my window can derail my train of thought. If my friend can concentrate when the blinds are drawn, I’d like to think that I can, too. It would be great to finally be able to concentrate for hours, without anything to distract me. For sure, I can complete a lot of tasks by then.

Go to SelectBlinds.com now. I will, too. Let’s select the best blinds fit to our windows. The site carries quality made blinds that are on sale right now! Go now and shop for the blinds for you! Who knows, we might find our muse, too!

This would have been a cool place to be right now…

The water is so near. Plus the place looks cozy. A place where I can read a good book or just catch up on sleep. And then whenever I feel the urge to submerge myself in water, I just have to go to the beach nearby.

Sounds like pure bliss to me!

My sisters and I can be couch potatoes on weekends. We love marathon movie viewing. We love watching re-runs of our favorite tv shows. There are also days when we tune in to HBO and watch movie after movie. The Samsung HDTV is really a good investment for a family like us. Our TV is not only used as a display but it’s in the living room to be used daily.

To be sure that we are not overusing the TV, though, I bought a small back up one for the bedroom.

I want to sell my timeshare. That’s what my uncle told me and he wants me to help him find a buyer. A legitimate one, of course. And he wants to be able to do this within the month.

I run errands and do favors for my relatives. The close ones only. It’s okay with me because I know they will do the same should I be the one to ask for it. But I make it a point to tell them that if it’s urgent and I am busy, I can’t do it. If they will allow me to do it according to my schedule, then it’s fine with me.

The heat is starting to get so unbearable these days. I know it’s summer here in the country but the weather is driving people crazy! I really am so thankful for the fact that I am working at home. Otherwise, I would be one of the crazy people walking under the blistering sun on weekdays rushing to work.

Don’t get me wrong. I love the sun. I love a sunshine-y day. But sweating? That’s what I don’t like at all! Unless I am at the beach or near a pool and I can dip in the water anytime I want.

How about you do you love the sun and the blistering weather?

A friend of mine closed his business because of too many uncollected receivables from clients. Bad management, you can say. I think it traumatized him already. He lost a sizable amount of money from his business venture. But he needs to increase his income. His eldest will start private high school soon. I told him to check out vending machines. It is 100% cash business. No overhead costs to think of. No office rental and utility bills to pay for. No need to spend on advertising costs. It’s a simple business that won’t require too much capital and time from the owner.

I am sure my friend is very much interested in this venture. How about you? Visit Vendstar.com for more information or call them right away.

I swear sometimes it feels like I need to starve myself literally just so I could lose weight. I cut down my intake of sweets. I haven’t been drinking sodas for over two months. I don’t eat chocolates or candies unless there’s an occasion. I have been doing things for me to lose weight.

The only think I have a hard time giving up is rice. Aside from it being a staple in the country, I just don’t feel full without rice for lunch or dinner. Maybe it’s just psychological but it is the only thing that is hindering my weight loss progress.

I wish I can give up rice. Even lessen my intake. I wish I don’t get so hungry easily.

I wish. Sigh…

I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been ‘lucky.’

- Oprah

I believe this, too!

A construction site is a place ripe for injuries. My dad once worked in a construction site abroad. He saw a co-worker fall down and injured his back in the process. Another co-worker’s hand was accidentally smashed with a concrete block by another co-worker. I was so grateful when my dad’s stint there was finished and he suffered only minor injuries.

If you suffered an injury at a construction site caused by the negligence of the owners, there are lawyers for this kind of injury. One of the Personal Injury Lawyers Omaha is Attorney Larry R. Demerath. He’s spent his life fighting for the rights of those injured caused by the negligence of others. Go ahead and visit his site at DemerathLawOffice.com now.

Happy Monday!

My mind is set to buy a fitness equipment I can use at home. I really need to start losing weight otherwise I might end up over sixty pounds overweight. The only way I can see myself losing a pound or two a day is to starve myself. But since I can’t do that, I am opting to invest in a fitness equipment or two, ask a nutritionist to design a diet program for me, and stick to it.

I just hope I can find the determination and resolve to do this until I’d be near my ideal weight.

Who would have thought my uncle has the idea of living somewhere cold? We just found out about it when he told us that he’s looking at Anchorage homes for sale. He’s the financially well off in the family so he can really afford to buy a house there.

My dad, on the other hand, is still standing by his statement that he would rather stay put wherever he is right now. He’s better off with the tropics, according to him. I was actually asking the family if they wanted to move down under. But, well, my dad didn’t want to so we are still here where we were all born.

Life can change in an instant. Sometimes it’s the result of a chance encounter, or the reading of a letter discovered at the bottom of a jewelry box…And sometimes it happens over office supplies.

- Maria Wilhelm & Dirk Mathison

Happy Monday everyone!