Are your children or somebody you know needs some help with their assignments too? Tutor perhaps?

I think today’s generation of students are luckier than their predecessors because they could get help online. A site called Tutorhub, for example, is a homework help and online tuition website. Kids can share homework questions and work together to solve them online. Those needing more help can also contact paid tutors online for one to one help.

Have you tried going online for school assignments too? Do you think it’s really effective in helping children learn?

The other day, she was very excited while looking at the fishes in an aquarium at the restaurant where we ate. Today, she had a great time looking at the birds in the bird cages at a pet store that we visited.

Actually, hubby and I went to the pet store to buy a pair of birds as a birthday gift for our family friend who really loves birds. When we were there, Georyl kept pointing to the birds in the bird cages – especially a pair of blue and yellow macaw that we almost bought a pair for ourselves.

When we learned that the cost of the macaw was $2000, we just stuck to our original plan of buying a gift for our friend and opted for the relatively cheap parakeet (LOL). I can’t imagine spending two thousand bucks for birds, not to mention the cost of the bird cages, covers, stands, perches and other accessories.

Anyway, we just showed Georyl some videos taken during our trip to the zoo last year to feed her curiosity for animals and pets. My! She asks a lot of questions too and I’m running out of answers.

How was your valentine’s day celebration? Me, I just received a wonderful gift. No, it’s not an i pad or any new expensive gadgets. This valentine’s day, my husband and I received a wonderful gift: a laboratory test results confirming what I’ve been thinking for sometime now: I’m pregnant!

Yes, Georyl is going to become an older sister soon. I hope my pregnancy will be alright and looking forward to having a healthy, normal and beautiful baby a few months from now.

Isn’t that a wonderful Valentine’s day surprise?

Lately, I’ve not been feeling well. I feel like a yomega yoyo (actually the term should have been “like in a roller coaster ride” but since it’s not as dramatic as the latter, I chose to compare what I felt with a yoyo, wink!). Sometimes I am energetic and on the go and then the next minute, I feel so lethargic, sleepy and sometimes, dizzy.

Can you guess what’s happening? First one with the right guess will be featured on the sidebar for a week.

We’ve been busy installing wood laminate on our floors during the weekend. We finished the master’s bedroom today and started on the other room too. Since we still have to buy our portable light a new cree xm-l lamp, we usually call it a day by 4:00 in the afternoon because it already gets dark and it’s hard to see whether the laminates are even.

I’ll share with you some pictures of our DIY installation of wood laminate soon. I forgot to take pictures but we’re gonna do the whole house so I’ll have lots of opportunities in the next few days.

Gonna be a busy week!

Now, here’s the interesting part: quotes we received just to have the dry wall replaced were between $800 to $1200. See how big the area is:

Should we pay $800 to $1200 just to have this wall fixed?

Hubby and I decided to do it ourselves. We watched tutorials on how to install a drywall on the internet. The drywall and other materials such as joint compound, screws (not lag screw but those needed in the screw gun), orange peel texture and paint cost us less than $100.

Here’s our work in progress:

See those holes for the tube and electric outlet? I did them myself.

Now, here’s our almost through project:

Here's the installed dry wall and hubby just applies some joint compound.

Hubby had finished applying the orange peel texture earlier today but I wasn’t able to take pictures because I can’t stand the strong smell of that chemical.

Installing this dry wall has been quite a learning experience for us. I’m not saying it was easy but what we learned about the task and about our capabilities were worth it.

I’ll share the pictures of our finished project next time.

That’s a great news for investors. People can borrow money at low interest rates and invest in something that will yield higher income in assets such as rental properties, gold bullion and others. Of course, as with any business decisions, it’s important that any investment should be informed decisions (based on some studies and data).

Do you also plan to invest in something right now? If yes, in what? Care to share them in the comments section?

The last time we went driving, we just used our van. Although it’s enough for us already, hubby plans to get some RV someday because he intends to travel frequently and make our state to state driving an annual tradition. I’ve heard that as long as you maintain and take care of your RV, it is cost-effective in the long run (but just in case, there are companies that provide rv repair at reasonable prices). Quality motels and hotels will cost you about $100 on the average so an RV is a cheaper alternative.

Anyway, I was browsing through our pictures earlier and saw this picture that I took of the Tomtom GPS that we are using.

9 Hours of Driving. How's that?

This was taken during our trip and we were in Montana when I took this picture. It was still snowing there in the later part of March ;ast year and since we can’t enjoy the place with all the snow, we decided to drive to Salt Lake, Utah (which was 500 miles away).

Hubby didn’t drive that long though (9 hours straight). If I remember it right, we stopped over at Idaho and stayed there for the night.

One of those shows that I really like if I am at home in the middle of the day (which is normally never but let’s pretend that I get to stay at home all day and eat bon bons) is Judge Judy.

I really like this lady because she is a straight shooter. No beating around the bush for her. She tells you exactly like it is and exactly how she sees it at all times. If you are in her court you can usually expect a rude awakening for either yourself or the person that you bring in to her court.

Most people will try to argue with her and also try to use really big and formal sounding words. They just end up looking stupid because Judy really shows them what’s up.

My favorite part is when she lets the defendant go on for about three minutes and she sits there looking bored out of her mind and then, suddenly, she cuts them off and lets them have it. Check out your DIRECT TV guide for the next Judge Judy episode.

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