Good Housekeeping and 3M “Get Hooked On DIY” Event

Remember the get hooked event invite I posted a few weeks back?

Too bad I missed the program and the workshop..was late for the workshop and had to leave early before Team Kramer appears. Apparently, I missed a lot.. and here are some of those:

Are You In Command booth that showed how to properly install and remove the Command Hook. Buti na lang the lady manning the booth was nice enough to show me how:

How to correctly install 3M Command Hook and How to correctly remove 3M Command Hook:

In Bathroom Battle booth, attendees had to apply and remove the Command Hook on both wet and dry surface.

A challenge to organize a room based on a photo peg was experience by attendees at the Prep the Dorm booth.

Participants took their best selfie using the Good Housekeeping cover and 3M editorial photo frame at the Hanging the Frames. They were encouraged to upload their photos on social media using the hashtag #3MGHDIY

At the Be a Commando & Do It Yourself booth, attendees did all the tasks assigned to them using 3M products.

Aside from Team Kramer, home improvement expert Coni Tejada also graced the event and share her insight on space management and organization:

Here are some example of the things you can do with 3M Command Hook line:

3M Philippines Consumer and Home Improvement Markets Division Product Manager, Jermits Rabonza shares, ” We, at 3M continue to provide solutions for every Filipino consumer in the managing and making their home spaces a better place for their families. There is a Command product for every part of the home that let’s consumers maximize ther home spaces by utilizing their walls damage- free!”

DAMAGE- FREE. This makes me consider using 3M Command Hook product line. You know we’re just renting our place and as much as possible I don’t want to damage the paint..using 3M Command Hook (specially for my DIY parties) just solved my “wall damage” worries.

3M Command has 7 product categories:

Decorative
Multi -Use
Home and Office Organizers
Cord Management
Picture Hanging Systems
Replacement Strips
Bathroom Solutions

Cord Management seems to be the perfect product for me specially for my parties 🙂

Baby On Board: Tips for Flying With A Baby

We love travelling but never tried flying, yet. I don’t think I can handle flying with 4 kids haha maybe a few more years from now,or maybe next year (*wink). For sure flying with an infant is a lot more difficult than flying with kids. So if you have plans on travelling by plane this summer or any time soon, this helpful tips from Mommy PRO can save you a lot! (Italics are my opinions)

1. Travel light.You’d be surprised at how laborious it will be to pass through security gates with a baby and heavy luggage in tow, especially if traveling without help. By packing lightly, your transitions from door-to-door or gate-to-gate can become breezier.

Travel light? with an infant? sound impossible no? When we travel, it helps that I am breastfeeding, we don’t have to bring cans of milk, feeding bottles and sterilizer. But for those on formula, limit your feeding bottle to 3 or 4, and use milk dispensers instead of bringing the whole. Bringing a few diaper change will also lessen your baggage, for sure you can more diapers to your area of destination.

2. Bring a travel and space-friendly baby stroller.Your top three considerations when buying one should be: portability, ease of folding, and storage space. If it ain’t all three, then re-consider bringing one.

My sister traveled with his a few years back, alone. I can’t imagine how she did it but she said that her portable and light weight stroller made it possible. I’d go for sling instead of stroller.

3. Always ask for help.Flight attendants are trained individuals and would be more than glad to help. Seeking assistance can range from having them help you with your hand-carry, grab something from your baby bag, or even carry/supervise your baby so you can take a bathroom break.

And ask nicely, having a cranky baby does not mean, you have a ticket to crankiness too.

3. Get breastfeeding information ahead.Inquire in advance on the breastfeeding policies of the airline you are taking. There never seems to be a consistent “policy” when it comes to breastfeeding even if it is generally allowed. Discussions remain torn on whether breastfeeding moms should apply full discretion or go about her nursing duties unabashedly. Wear clothes that make it extra easy for you to breastfeed (like buttoned or zipped blouses) or have a thin blanket to cover up if you are uncomfortable nursing in public.

Here’s a tip: Wear a tube inside your blouse, it makes breastfeeding easier without exposing too much (specially the tummy area).

4. Bring a pacifier.With the root word being “pacify,” they are perfect when it comes to avoiding that dreaded crying fit inside the plane. They minimize the pressure in the ears, too, which could be bothersome for infants (and we don’t want bothersome!) during take off and landing.

I don’t use pacifier, never tried using it but it works to some, so go ahead bring one (as I have mentioned before, I breastfeed, that’s a good “pacifier” too)

5. Choose front seats.You can request for front seats when you check-in at the airport. You and your baby might move a lot during the trip – shifting positions to be more comfortable, standing up to reach the overhead cabin, and rummaging through the baby bag. Having ample space to stir around will give you less stress during the flight.

I don’t know you can request for a front seat but I am sure when nicely asked, a airline attendant will gladly oblige.

Have you tried flying with an infant? How do you prepare for the flight? How was the flight? Please do share your expereince with us so we can learn a thing or two from you. 🙂

Nofollow Plug In For Unnatural Outbound Links

Last week, some bloggers received an email from Google stating that their blogs have unnatural links, here’s a copy the email received:

And because of unnatural links (which has been tagged as paid links/ sponsored links), Google has applied a manual spam action to their blogs.

What does Google manual spam action means? It has been observe that blogs that received this manual action got penalized with a PR0, this may also mean disappearing from search engine. YIKES! No blogger would want that!

As mentioned on the email, you can submit a reconsideration request provided that you add rel=”nofollow” to paid links.

EASY? yeah if your blog is relatively new and have 100 or less post.. 100 is still a lot no? The best way to do this is to install a NOFOLLOW plug in (if you’re in WordPress of course).

Here’s a tutorial if you’re using Blogger as a platform>> How to Make Nofollow All External Links Automatically in Blogger

The best NOFOLLOW plug in for me is Nofollow for external link. This plug in automatically adds rel=”nofollow” to all external links, while maintaining a dofollow attribute to all internal links.

External links> any links outside your blog (other blogs, website etc)
Internal links> any links inside your blog (old post, etc)

Out of all the NOFOLLOW plugins listed, this one seems to be the most effective. All plugs in have the same problem> it automatically nofollow all links, new and old. I choose this one because of the rating and user reviews.

If you’re creating a new blog post and requires dofollow links, just add rel=”dofollow” to the link.

No Follow vs Do Follow

(from techpehpot.com)

Do follow links are links that is followed. That’s easy. Followed by whom? and where? Example, if your link is here in my blog and if it is a do follow link, the search engines will follow that link and will associate your site to my website.
A no follow link is simply a way of saying that a link should not be associated to your site. This is best done for sites that you think have malicious contents. So if you don’t wanna share your page ranks and all, use rel=no follow on your links.
In human terms, do follow means we’re friends and you know what they say about friends, tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are. And with no follow it means you are not friends.

Advertisers will always ask for dofollow link since they want the PageRank juice from a blog, but this is against Google’s Webmaster Guideline, as PageRank manipulation is a part of search engine optimization (SEO).