Weekend

It's going to be one busy weekend for us. I guess all weekends leading to Christmas is going to be busy. I hope I can squeeze in some time to go online to look for term life insurance as T had asked me to do this early this week but I have never had the time to do so. I'm looking forward to seeing my relatives as they are all leaving next week for the Philippines. I'm still feeling sad that we are not able to go home. I know I will be missing out on a lot of fun. Happy weekend everyone.

Last Weekend of July

This weekend is not to be as busy as previous weekends. Other than dinner with T's college friends tonight we don't really have anything planned for the weekend. We would probably be staying home and start fixing the house. We have a lot of things happening in the coming weeks and I'm pretty sure we would be really busy with the house and preparing the house for "tornado". Hopefully we could also go over the list of term life insurance quotes we got from our agent. It's something we have been putting off for the longest time. Oh, and probably go the filipino store to buy some groceries. Come to think of it we would probably end up having a busy weekend. lol.
Happy weekend

Blessings

The social security disability insurance that my dad's friend is receiving after the accident he encountered at work is truly a blessing to their family. Since my friends mom had retired last year and her sister still in school my friend was really troubled on how to go about with their daily expenses since she's the only one working. Little did she know that her dad was going to be receiving insurance money.

God works in ways we cannot see. She didn't expect for this blessing and is more than thankful because it covers for her dad's medicine and their daily expenses.

Insurance

T has recently updated our home insurance and a discussion on getting a term life insurance started. He has one already and I have one in the Philippines but that is not a lot. We both agreed how important it is especially since we are starting our family. Thank God for websites that give us atleast an idea of how much it will cost us. We got some really good deals online and we just have to decide on which one to get and on how much coverage. Our goal is to get this sorted soon.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

While printing the carinsurancelist for T to be picked up before lunch by one of his co-workers, I decided to do some baking. I have never done any baking in the recent years. I remember baking chocolate crinkles and probably the last time I did so was way back in college. I love the smell of home baked cookies/pastries!

I didn't make those cookies from scratch though. I first got a taste of the yummy cookies over at my cousins house and they told us where and what they bought. Last night, just before we went to the grocery we went to Trader Joe's first to buy the ready mix cookies and a few bottles of our favorite iced tea.

I'm trying baking again soon. Maybe make some cupcakes and cookies. I hope I ended up with good stuff too.

Biggest Loser

I was told by my Aunt that she's giving me 6 months to gain weight. I know it would be even shorter if I don't watch what I eat. Food is very cheap and comes in big servings here in the US. No wonder one contestant for this season's biggest loser weighs more than 520lbs. I wonder how high his life insurance rates is or if he is even qualified for one. I can only imagine how much food he eats that he ended up weighing that much. Looking forward to seeing on how far he'll go in the biggest loser camp and on how much weight he loses.

Just Another Saturday

All I can remember that I would need to do today is to study. How boring right? Everyday for the coming weeks that's all I have planned out. Well, I am going out later in the afternoon with the parents and meeting up with my cousins and cooter but that just about it. When I get home, it's time to hit the books again. Last night though, I was side tracked from all the studying. I feel guilty for all the time spent surfing but then again it was a good time off the books. Everybody is getting sick and I just thought of looking for the best and yet affordable health insurance. So many options online but you really have to be careful with signing up with an insurance company and make sure that they'ld provide you with the best coverage.

Need to get off the internet now and go back to do some reading. I hope to have some fro-yo later as reward for myself.

Happy weekend everyone!

SSS

Working from home for a company that is not based in the Philippines has it's disadvantages but I believe the advantages compensates for whatever the disadvantages are.

Just got an email from a staff in the US who needs to file for a social security disability. Our US staff members are pretty lucky as we got Allsup who does the representation for us. All I had to do was forward the request to Allsup and they do all the work. They have been in the business since 1984 and that's one of the main reasons we decided to hook up with them. For one, they have a 98% success rate. That speaks a lot for a company.

I could only wish that they have a branch here in the Philippines to help us with all our claims. Such a hassel to deal with SSS. Not only with SSS really but with almost all government agencies. Too much red tape. If Allsup was only a local company, all I'ld need to do is to forward all the requests and just have them process everything. That's such a convenience. But right now, all I could do is wish.

truck accident

one of toto's driver got into a semi truck accident. the driver didn't see a car coming. no one got hurt, thank God. with what recently happened to sen saguisag and wife, truck accidents are really scary. especially with truck accidents, it's very rare that no one get hurt. accident's like this are really a hassle but no one really wanted for it to happen. thank God also for insurance since accidents are unexpected expenses as well.

mortgage life insurance

i was chatting with my cousin earlier and she mentioned that she recently bought a mortgage life insurance. it was the first time i heard of such so i had to ask her to tell me about it. she bought a condominium unit which is set to be completed in 2009. she is still paying for the said property and will pay for it for the next 15 years. the mortgage life insurance is to pay off her home mortgage if she was to die unexpectedly. i was at first shocked but later on realized she did the right thing. she says that just in case anything happens to her she would at least be assured no one gets burdened by her home mortgage. i never realized such insurances are already being offered. weird but it does make sense.

accidents

my friend called me overseas last night as he was so scared. he got into a car accident as another car was over speeding. he has mentioned that in north carolina, knowing on who is legally responsible for the accident is really difficult. my friend is so lucky not only as he is not harmed from the accident but especially because he got the help of Raleigh accident lawyers. it will take time for him to get over the accident. it will take weeks before he gets his car again. but we are all glad he is okay and will get the help that he needs.