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A Walgreens store has just opened in my nick of the woods. I have been there twice to avail of their promotion, free 4×6 photos which the quality I am happy about. This is the first time though that I have heard about the Walgreens Prescription Savings Club but then like I said, they just recently opened so I am not that familiar with the store yet. From what little I have read, it seems like it is a good deal especially for people who have prescriptions. I have experienced having to pay a lot of money for my contraceptive prescription after insurance. Had I known something like this exist I would have gladly paid the membership fee to get a discount no matter how little. Walgreens is running a promotion which for a limited time new membership (and renewals from January 1-31, 2012) will only have to pay $10 a year, and that covers the whole family including spouse, dependents under 22 and younger and even pets. Imagine the money a family will be able to save if they have to refill their prescriptions. The membership also has other benefits like savings on brand name and generic medications, discount on flu shots, pet prescriptions and other supplies, and bonuses when a member purchases Walgreens brand products and photofinishing services. That is a lot when you think about it. I need to check this deal. I might go to the store to make sure I get everything explained to me in detail. I do ask a lot of questions and I want them answered, hence the trip to the store. I have liked Walgreens on Facebook so I can be updated with any new promotion and hot deals. I would have followed  Walgreens on Twitter if I have figured out how to do that. Sadly, I do not know how to work my twitter account to think that I have had it for a while now. But if you do have a Facebook account or a Twitter account, check out Walgreens. You might just score a deal when you do. I know I will be keeping a close eye on them on Facebook and their website.

The husband has a target for us to move to the new house in February. I hope that will happen. I don’t mind living in a house that is not completely finished as long as I have a bedroom, a functioning bathroom, and a kitchen to work on. I don’t mind people coming over to finish work either because I know the husband will be there and his sister will be present too. And as long as there is something to keep the kids (especially my little boy) occupied we should be out of everybody’s hair. The reason I am willing to move in even if the house is not completely finished is to save money. We are paying rent now plus bills on utilities on both houses which is not really practical. It is a lot of expenses which can be cut in half by moving in early. So I am hoping we will be able to move in by February. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

For a long time, we have had problems having water and electric in the property we bought. An inspection has to be done before the electric company will turn our electric on but the county planning and zoning will not issue a permit because of a building violation that was done by the previous owners. We had to hire workers to do the job and when it was done and corrected was when we got the permit and had somebody inspect the house. We have had electric for two weeks now but we just had water today. We paid to have a new service put in a week ago and was told to wait 3-4 weeks but for some reason they came weeks early and hooked up our water. That is something to be really grateful for because then the work should start speeding up now that the basic utilities are in place. I am so looking forward for the house to get finished so we can move in. The drive from home to the new house is long and expensive what with gas over three dollars a gallon. We need to move in already. I hope that work will pick up a bit and that the hired workers will do their jobs quickly but efficiently.

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I am due for an eye exam. I have not made an appointment yet because I am still debating which office is the best choice. This is one thing that I do not like about moving, having to look for an optometrist to have an annual eye exam and renew my eyeglass prescription. As for the frames, I already know where to get them, at Zenni Optical. I have been meaning to do this since after I paid over a hundred dollars on my last two frames. I do not know why I was charged that much when I knew I chose two pairs of frames that were on discount. But I am not going to make that mistake again. I have found a pair of cheap eyeglasses that I think will look better on me. I have included a picture of it below so you will see it too. I also plan to get snap-on sunshade for it so I can use it without worrying about the glare of the sun when I am outside. This business of choosing eyeglasses is not as stressful as looking for the right optometrist especially when there are affordable options at Zenni Optical. I do need to make that call for an appointment soon so I can have new eyeglasses to wear. I am happy that I know I can save money by getting my frames from Zenni, I might be able to buy a portable dvd player for the car for my little girl so she will behave when she is in her car seat. But I have to get my prescription first. I have a question though, how do you think this style will look on a heart-shaped face? Do I need to look for a different design? What do you think? You can visit Zenni Optical to help me or you can check their website for your own eyeglass frame needs. You can leave a message if you think I need help. Thanks.

And we will be moving in it early next year. The reason being there are still little things that need to be straightened out about the property and appointments we need to keep using our current address. The husband and I are excited and have been making plans as to what appliance goes where inside the house. I have visualized our furniture on the new house and thankfully he is fine with my plan. He knows I will b*tch if things don’t go my way, lol. I just want to make sure that we have room for our stuff so we can get rid of what we don’t need. We agree that we don’t like clutter in the house. We dislike cramped spaces especially with kids around, we want them to be able to roam free inside the house without crashing into anything. So, we are both looking forward to the move even if the little man isn’t. He said where we are at now is home. He has been to our new house and even said he likes it but he said it is not home. Well, he is right. It is not home, not yet anyway. It will be next year though

It is a beautiful day today. The kids are being good and I have plenty of time in my hands to do whatever but I have not done anything save for a few loads of laundry. I thought about increasing traffic to my blogs by visiting other people’s blogs and leaving comments but I don’t have the energy to do that. I am so weak. I have a cold. So when I finished doing laundry I got on the couch with my laptop and have been online since. Here I am reading Love Quotes online. Reminds me when I was in high school and the slumbook was the rage. I had to borrow my dad’s book of quotes just so I can write “cool” love quotes when one of the girls asked me to sign her book. Those were fun days.

My parents applied for their Philippine passports this month. With longer processing times the passports will not be released until December. I know it is two months away but I am still glad because if you know my parents, this is a very big achievement. Lol. It took me a long time to convince them to apply for passports. For some reason, they were embarrassed to do so which was ridiculous especially when they told me the silly reasons. It was only now that I have become a naturalized US citizen that they agreed to apply for their passports. It took months to procure the necessary documents for the application but they did get everything the agency needed and so they are awaiting for the day to pick up their passports. A lot of people will have heard about what they did and I am sure there will be talks and rumors and intrigues but I told them to not be bothered by any of it. Some people sometimes just get jealous and make up stories and sometimes make fun of others. It is a sad fact of life. Anyway, even if I do have plans of petitioning them it is not going to happen yet. My family has to be financially stable here before we can go through another immigration process again because it is a big responsibility thus needs more time and planning. I am currently content for what was done and am grateful that the passport application went through without a glitch.

This is a short test post using my HP touchpad. It is the first time I have used it for any blog post and I think this is better than my smartphone when it comes to ease of typing and viewing as well. I might use this again when I need to, like when we are not home or when my laptop is unavailable. I still have to figure out  how to work some features here but I have plenty of time to do that