A Mothers Horizon

… musings of a Stay-At-Home Mom

Document Management Solution

When I start working some years ago as an Accounting staff, we do our documents filing manually. I have to stay late to sort out and arrange the different receipts, invoices and others documents. If I skip a day or two of filing, all the paper works will piled up and reconciliation at month end might be a little hard. So that’s how the process before, which has been changed drastically with the modern technology to make the work easy and more importantly paperless work hence a way for cost cutting.

Nowadays, most companies apply document management solutions that can diversely change the way to document their files and scan images. Like for instance document scanning would be easy using document image management software for faster transaction. That’s only one of the document management tools. And using any of the document management software, it can save money since it will be paperless and increase business profit.

Food stall franchise

Miguelito’s fried ice cream
The first time we saw the stall of Miguelito’s fried ice cream at Shopwise, my son was a bit excited and curious about the product. He said, “Mommy, a fried ice cream?? How come? “ ;) Well, not only him but I’m also interested how they do it especially there was a long line on that stall. So we lined up too and when it was our turn, I noticed my son was really observing the process of doing it. He chose the flavor, the toppings and here below our fried ice cream in vanilla flavour…

Oh it’s good! And yes we love the taste…
Miguelito’s fried ice cream is one of the many food cart franchise business and after tasting the product, I actually thinking why not avail of the franchise. ;) Well, I need to learn few things before diving in like how to franchise a business and the different process to operate.

On Dietary Supplement

Some women who wanted to lose weight try diet pills or any weight loss dietary supplement. However, one physician said that “dietary supplements may represent the next big drug safety catastrophe. “ (via health.yahoo.net) . That’s why it’s important to have knowledge and be aware of different measures to protect yourself. Let me share two things:

1. Be a cautious consumer.
Make sure bottles are sealed and check for the expiration dates.

2. Speak out about side effects.
Most diet pills have reviews and feedbacks from the users. For instance the oxyelite pro side effects that you can read on the site. So if you experience unexpected symptoms, speak out so everybody can be aware of.

Take note that these are suggested measures.
And keep in mind that a healthy diet and regular exercise is still recommended as a sustainable way to lose weight and stay healthy. :)

inspirational quotes about crayons

Compiled some of my favorite crayon quotes… Read them below:


photo via http://www.flickr.com/photos/laffy4k


We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.  ~Robert Fulghum

Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world.  Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak.  Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.  ~Allen Klein

Certain peer pressures encourage little fingers to learn how to hold a football instead of a crayon. Rumors circulate around the schoolyard: kids who draw or wear white socks and bring violins to school on Wednesdays might have cooties. I confess to having yielded to these pressures. ~Chris Van Allsburg

When we distributed the paper and crayons, they were fighting over the blue crayon. Everyone wanted to start with the blue, and that was the water. One drawing shows the trees under water. I was really moved. ~ Connie Sellecca

Gills Cruises UK

If there’s one thing that I wish to do on vacation that is to experience cruising together with my family. :) This dream prompted me to think again when I saw different deals at gills cruises. From royal Caribbean cruise line to mini cruises that will take you to interesting places.

gills cruises
I believe I can board on a cruise someday, hehe…

So if you’re planning for a perfect getaway this year, cruise it baby… there are recommended gills cruises that I’m sure perfect for your family…

Where to go on vacation?

Few weeks more and school break already. My son is excited for this break not because we’re going to somewhere else but he wasn’t able to have a vacation last year. After his graduation in June, he went to school the following month. This year, I’m still thinking where we can spend few weeks getaway. It would be nice going to far places spending time in a beach vacation rentals like the Outer Banks vacation rentals however, budget is so tight so I might think of a place where we can enjoy and have fun together as family. chocolate-hills-bohol

Hmmm…. what about going to Cebu or Bohol? Migs actually like to see the chocolate hills and the tarsiers at Bohol. I wonder if there’s a promo package going on right now, hehe…. Well, I just hope the husband can be here if we decide to go. Otherwise, we might fly to HK for a quick visit….

Let’s see what we can come up for this summer 2011… :)



Fun Ranch first family run day

Something to look forward to…. :)
funranch


10 tips for raising a well-rounded boy

I got this very informative article from babycenter.com and I want to share it to my mommy readers especially with a son like me… I know raising a son can be a challenge for us and as others would say, boys are more playful and naughty than girls, hehe… so here are the 10 tips…

1. Give him some responsibility.
2. Let him show his emotions.
3. Give him plenty of physical affection.
4. Don’t try to shut down his high-revving engine.
5. Don’t worry if he isn’t acting “masculine” enough.
6. Give him chances to polish his social skills.
7. Make music part of his life.
8. Encourage his interests, even if they aren’t “boy” activities.
9. Get involved at school.
10. Praise the positive.

For explanation and more profound details of each tip you may visit this site- http://bit.ly/hfWXr.

Have fun reading! :)

Protect yourself with a term life insurance

Many years ago when someone offered me a life assurance quotes, I always say “no” or “not this time” as I considered it to be just an expense on my part. But later on with my friends’ persistent, I tried to get an affordable life insurance for myself and as I go on paying its premium I realized how important it is. I’m happy that I got it while I’m on my early age as the money I’m paying already earned. It’s like an investment. So aside from having a protection, you can earn dividends from the money you paid and can use it on retirement age. By the way this is different from a quote term life. If you want to know more you may check this term life insurance definition. Other types of insurance are also discussed on that site so you may want to check it and see what could fit to your budget. Remember, think this as your investment for your retirement years. :)

Need doctor check-up

Thanks to this medical cart site I chanced upon this morning because it reminds me to schedule our doctor check-up that is overdue… :) Well, after a tiring house transfer and sorting a lot of stuff, I need to see a doctor for some medication and yearly physical check. I still have a husky voice and my colds up to now still disturbing me. The same thing with my son who still have colds for a long time now. I’m afraid he has allergy on something (I’m guessing the dust mite or aircon) and I believe he needs medication for it. Hopefully we can be accommodated this weekend.

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