Many of us here in the late 40s are very concerned about our future – how can we not right?  after all, we have to start saving for retirement if we haven’t by now.  But it’s not only our future we have to think of – our kids as well.  So for the longest time [...]

Last year the oldest just went to college in the city and we had bought her a 2nd hand car to help her go from her apartment to the campus but since gas is so expensive we decided to let her scoot around the city in a scooter instead of a car.   So we went [...]

For Canadians in Nova Scotia, don’t missed out on this program, if you and your spouse combined income is less than $42K per annum – then you are entitled to this rebate of up to $200.  Sure $200 is not a lot but why not right?  every little bit helps.  If you are a single [...]

A few weeks ago, we did a little re-organizing of the home office to make space for the children to use our home office and also because it was Chinese New Year and a tradition in our home to clean up.   We also bought the kids their own printer with extra  ink cartridges so that [...]

I’ve had an old back injury for the longest time – I think more than 20 years now.  I was moving to a new home and a new office simultaneously and hurt my back accidentally.  But I had seen a chiropractor for the longest time  and even though it helped a bit – it didn’t [...]

Many of my friends are still renting a home – because rental houses are so cheap these days – you can get the entire house for less than $1000 – and for those who’ve just migrated – I strongly recommend you rent and don’t buy a house till you are all settled and know where [...]

While others decorate their home with primitive decoration from gift shops – I loved to decorate my house with crystals or this kind of Himalayan Salt Crystal Lamps because I hear it brings calmness and harmony just like when I am wearing the Swarovski Crystal beads – these are always supposed to bring me good [...]

Making ordinary snow man like this one is easy – how about making a colorful one – I saw a neighbor who did that earlier and I’m gonna copy her – I’m making a pink snowman the next time – stay tuned.

Tempted to bring the entire family to Disneyland this Christmas because the room rates are as low as $42 at the orlando hotels .   I would love to go that’s for sure – but we have to get back in time for school as we have all 3 kids who are still in school.  It [...]

My oldest kid who is currently now in college has a part time job with a book store in the city.  She didn’t need to work part time but she wanted extra money for a new car – currently she is driving a used car.   It’s a pretty easy job – and she only need [...]