July 12, 2010

The Car at its best

The auto body shops in Tampa made me proud of my car through their great and professional performance. When I encountered vehicular accident using my car, I thought it was the end of everything but I and my car strongly survived and rise above that predicament. Seeing my ruined car with scratches and wind shields damage reminds me of that mess and feel sorry about myself. “Life must go on”, I told myself. I just thank them for taking care of my car.

 

Meanwhile, the expert team of auto paint shops Tampa Bay promised me complete car restoration and excellent car appearance ever with less cost of payment.

My car doesn’t just restore, it also restored me away from being sorry for myself and loneliness. Together again, we will stand and continue to travel using my car with extra careful this time. The paint, the durable car frame comes to life. The 80 years of great experience made them ASE certified. I will never be afraid to travel again and again as long as this company exists. I am looking forward to seeing lots of cars in their service area in the next years!

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June 21, 2010

Moving out with the Kids

When I and my children have to move away after my divorce with their father, we called on this local moving company to assist us in taking out stuff from the house that bore our pain. Lawrence, my firstborn, is six years old yet he could already understand what’s happening. My son has been a great help and blessing to me. He helps out these men move out our stuff with his little hands. His sister, Aurora, is still 2 years old and could barely lift a box. However, the three of us managed to be out of the house by sundown, and we all were eager to start a new life without a father who is abusive and had neglected us for so long.

I thank these packing companies, who did not just lend a hand in carrying the bulk of our stuff, but also helped us packed. They’ve got very organized compartments and boxes for our things and eased up on our load. We are very happy when the house is cleared up. My son loves being with them, admiring their sturdy arms; I guess it’s a longing for a father’s guidance that my husband never got to give.

Regrets aside, I and my two children are ready to start a new life.

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June 10, 2010

Is New Always Effective

My sister is always on the habit of buying everything new. She splurges money especially when it comes to computer gadgets, because of her being a programmer; she feels that it pays to have good quality equipment. She’s got materials with famous brands such as HP SAN, among others. She is working in a top notch IT Company with wide internet resource. I always admire her painstaking search when buying her IT equipments, but when her data storage went on black out, that’s the time when she realized that proper handling is more important than buying first hand products.

I was quite her opposite, being prudent. I want to get the quality of every penny I use. So I suggested her to go and look into one of the reseller stores to buy a refurbished HP Storage. At first she was reluctant, until she finally gave it a try. She visited a computer equipment reseller and was surprised at the wide range of materials she saw. She was so excited because she saw these equipments still in a good condition but costs a lower price than those in IT specialty stores. She bought her new storages and equipments here, and became a fan of it ever since! That’s when she learns that the expensiveness of a material doesn’t mean it’s of a high quality. A lesson learned!

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June 3, 2010

Expanding our Small Business

My friends and I have a small business selling pastry and other baked goodies.  Since we decided to start small, all operations were done at our house and we were able to manage.  However, when orders started pouring in and we were able to get clients such as coffee shops that were willing to sell our goodies, we knew that it was time to expand the business.  We assessed all the assets and checked if we had enough to be able to expand and it showed that we were short of funds.  We looked for ways to get more money and one of our partners suggested that instead of getting a bank loan, we dispose of our unwanted jewelry for she was willing to sell wedding ring of her ex husband.

We found a very reliable company near our place that entertained those who wants to sell old jewelry.   We got their services and was able to get enough money to cover our planned expansion. Now we are able to get more clients and increased our production without sacrificing the quality of our products.  This has kept our clients happy and referred us to other clients.  We could not be any happier for we are starting to get noticed maybe we would be able to put up a pastry shop downtown if all things go as planned.

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May 26, 2010

Brand New

I am expecting my second child next month. Unlike the first time, I am less afraid because I already know what to expect in the operating room. I am also less stressed since I have experienced the same cramps and pains during my first pregnancy. Also, we need not to buy baby stuffs all over again, because my first baby’s things are neatly and properly shelved and kept.

However, when I checked the old infant clothes of my first baby, it was already worn and torn. In short, it was not in a really good condition. So, in a rush, I went online and looked for a shop that has babies’ stuffs in wide varieties. Luckily, I saw this site and I easily fell in love with the picture of footed pajamas, baby sleeper, etc., they have posted. They were all really cute and little and I can just imagine my baby wearing those. I immediately clicked on the things I like, and since they offer baby clothes of different brands, I get to choose which I trust the most.

I smiled to myself and I thought that even if my second baby will be using some hand-me-downs of his elder brother, the newly ordered baby clothes will really make him look and maybe feel brand new. Seeing those little clothes just made me more excited for his coming.

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May 17, 2010

Happy Family

Ron and I intended to have a big family. But, while we were starting out, we didn’t have that much money. What we did was to buy a big lot area but with a very tiny home for us. It used to be a two bedroom home which was ok until we had kids. Sybil came and she occupied the other room. The next year, Andie  which was ok since they were both girls and they could share the spare room. Now, I am expecting twins. One is a boy we chose to name Gilbert and the other is a girl named Mimi. We knew we had to add another room for them.

So, 5 months and counting, Ron made it a project of his to hire a room additions Florida company to do the job for us. He was interested in 2 crews. The first one was quite expensive although they had the best materials to offer us. But at this time we cannot afford. The other company was interesting since they came to our home, inspected it, gave us the estimates after I told the inspector of how much we can afford for a room addition and said goodbye after telling me to give him a ring anytime 24/7. He didn’t even charge me for the consultation!

What is so great is that this home remodeling Tampa FL crew can do the job at the rate we can afford so we hired them. It has been a great experience since they are so good at what they do. We both love the new room for our babies and we will surely hire them again to add new bedrooms in the near future.

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March 22, 2010

The Discount Office Supplies Store Has New Owners

The discount office supplies store that I have always used, just told me that they had been bought out and they are not sure if the people intend to continue to offer the same products or not. I would be really upset if they stopped carrying everything that I have been use to getting from them for the last few years.

I knew that something was up when they did not have the big inventory of office supplies that they usually carry. They explained that the new owners wanted to get the large inventory down, before they took over just in case they wanted to change a few things. I have already contacted a different local discount office supplies store that I think might work out, if this one changes too much.

I think that the other one has most of the things that this one offers, but their prices might be just a little bit higher. As long as they have the things that my employees have gotten used to using, then I do not mind paying a little more money. I told the owners of the discount office supplies store that just was sold, to make sure and tell the new people that people do not like change and if they do too much, they will probably lose valuable customers.

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March 1, 2010

Selling Silver Watches On The Street

The man that was selling silver watches on the street was selling them for dirt cheap. I suppose that they might be stolen, but fifty dollars for a silver watch that looks that good, is hard to pass up. I did however walk away thinking that he might be out here selling silver watches like some sort of police sting undercover operation and as soon as I hand over the money, they will arrest me.

I wonder how many people sell silver here in the city that are legitimate business owners. I have always been taught that if they are using the streets to sell silver or gold than it must be hot. My cousin used to sell silver coins that he stole from his father’s coin collection and make a few bucks every week, until his father caught him and then he had to get a real job and pay back all the money with interest.

I told a coworker of mine all about the guy on the street selling the silver watches and how I was afraid to buy one, he laughed and then pulled up his sleeve to show me that he had not been afraid and had the nice silver watch to prove it.

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