I love freebies.  Just like this NextGen Gallery plugin that I uploaded to my personal blog.  It allows me to post photos and display them as thumbnails/list or slideshow.  Uploading both the plugin and later on the photos are a breeze.  Pretty functional and user-friendly it is.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/installation/

 

As I am currently updating my personal blog site, I was lucky to stumble upon this minimalist yet so beautiful and functional theme called the Cotton.

http://themeforest.net/item/the-cotton-powerful-minimalistic-wordpress-theme/240813

Considering its very appealing functionalities, it is so cheap for the price of $35! I must admit though that I saw this template first from a digital scrapbook-er. So credits to her, I discovered the WP theme that fits my liking and needs perfectly.

We are on the look-out now for a new home theater system.  The one that served us for more than seven years has died on us two months ago.  I am tracking a few brands online right now and checking their reviews along side, too.  One time, I came across a 3d TV reviews site and the TV unit on offer has a home theater bonus.  Too bad we weren’t decided to go with the brand that time that now we regret not acting on it fast.  It would have been a value for money purchase.

I haven’t slept through the night for a little over 19 months now.  I am starting to feel that it is taking a toll on my health.  Forget about the dry hair and growing pimples and blackheads on nose, but I am feeling physically weak now, more than ever.  I hope my little boy sleeps through the night really, really soon so that I can start to regain my health.  Otherwise, I might lose my sanity along the way, too.

My kids love carousel rides and often than not, they will have a go at it whenever we are at the shopping center. It has then become a habit for me to collect “gold” coins and keep them all in my purse just so I’m always ready. They’re most favorite is the Wiggles ride, which luckily is almost always available in big shopping centers.

The weather has been really weird the past months that Summer brought us extremely hot days and windy or cold nights. So as with the first month of the Autumn season, the flowers are still in full bloom and the weather is Summer-y like on some days and Winter-y on the rest. Because of that, we have our heater, dehumidifier and vaporizer on stand by to help with the extreme weather changes.

With the help of a friend, my blogs were moved successfully to a new host.  I had planned it for the longest time, primarily because of the high fees I was paying my former host.  But I could not commit the time to move about seven blogs, consolidate some and implement plugin changes without making mistakes along the way.  I am so glad I had help doing these, stress-free.

My subsequent task was changing templates.  I wanted a custom theme done for me but again, the fees are way too high for my blogging needs.  And so hiring professional web page builders was slashed out of my options.  Then I come across a site offering heaps of templates for a single fee.  I liked a few, which are best fit for my active blogs and so I signed-up thereafter.  I’d say that the developer should charge more for his work.

They say that the wedding business is a big business and I believe it’s true.  When I was planning for my wedding, I discovered so many suppliers offering a variety of services and products that can easily make a couple go bankrupt if they are not careful with their wedding budget.  Then there are wedding businesses too that help you cut down on expenses, such as bridal gown or plus size bridesmaid dresses rentals. There’s just a business for every wedding detail.

YouTube is indeed a goldmine.  Just yesterday, I wanted to install new fonts on my Mac and found this on the Google search results.

Downloading Fonts to Photoshop (Mac)

It’s quick and painless! Ha! :)

I am still on a hunt for a new phone and I haven’t decided what unit I should buy yet. The apple iphone is not totally out of the equation yet since I am also pining for the latest ipod itouch. I just need to convince myself that an iphone is what I need more than what I want. Until then, I will hang on to my dear Nokia phone, which is “dying” but still serving its purpose for almost 5 years now.