Month: January 2015

The Best Home Improvement on a Budget Tips

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Changing the look of your home does not have to be expensive because home improvement on a budget is possible. It takes a few tips to get the desired new look and style in your home without spending so much. The first thing that you need to do is to plan well and establish a budget based on the amount of money you are willing to spend. Ensure that you leave an allowance on your budget just in case your estimations may have been inaccurate. Next, prioritize the areas of your house that need makeover during the renovation process. Your chosen color theme must complement your furniture and other decorative household accessories to make your home very attractive and stylish. Just changing a few things here and there around your house will give it a brand new look that is as good as a totally refurnished and improved home décor.

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Periodic expenses

My husband and I were discussing so many things early today including the bills to be settled this week. All the other things which are supposed to occur this week including room repair and dentist visit might be postponed (again) for another week due to insufficient fund. The kids need tooth filling and cleaning. I told hubby we should prioritize dental care to save our kids’ teeth from bad tooth decay. I know we are expecting to spend more than a thousand for the dental procedure. In times like this, hubby and I realized the importance of health insurance and savings for our family. It would have been easier for us to pay for medical and dental care. Plus we have pets to look after now as our cat (Cordelia) just gave birth to four kittens. An extra amount is needed to buy vitamins and food for the pets.

Positive thoughts for a fresh start

“Don’t let tarot cards; superstition and fortune tellers dictate your lives.”

It’s actually an advice coming from an old friend of mine Fr. Glen Gomez, the spiritual director of the Christ the King Seminary in Quezon City.

I heard this radio program the other day where hosts are discussing about superstition in welcoming the New Year. We, Filipinos are known for adhering to some traditions handed from generation about celebrating the New Year observing typical practices such as collecting 12 round fruits, filling pockets with coins or jumping on New Year’s eve, for good luck. Not to mention our penchant to resort to soothsayers and tarot readers and the like at the end of the year.

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Fr. Glen said we resort to these things because we want to hear positive things about us. And the only positive thing about these beliefs is that we want to avoid bad things to happen to us.

But if Fr. Glen were to ask, he said that everything that we fervently wish is possible through prayers. Prayers and then action, he said. We should not cling on the material thing (tarot card, crystal ball) for power.

If we really want to start the New Year fresh, we should leave old and bad thoughts behind and entertain only positive things.

The human brain could entertain and process 60,000 new thoughts everyday. Instead of preoccupying our thoughts with superstition and gossip, we can create 60,000 positive thoughts (that’s Fr. Glen talking).

I’m not a prayerful person, but I intend to do that (fingers crossed) this year. Leave the old and bad thoughts and grudges behind and entertain only positive things for 2015.

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