Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

Welcome To Our Home

As January kicks in.. there’s this nagging feeling that I HAVE to make our house look better, cozier, warmer and I that I need a small office.. a small area.. but with all our “trash” and our little playhouse.. how can I make it possible?

But I did it! Dance with me!!! hihi

left photo is the living room aka playroom aka tambakan room aka napakagulong bahay!!!

right photo is the living room NOW (This is the part where the playhouse used to be)

left photo is the Computer area aka not so conducive work area aka napakagulong bahay! haha

right photo is my work are NOW, this is the side where the TV was located is now my work area! so cozy!!! and very conducive!

So I move some furniture here and there, bought a few pieces. I actually want to go to Jose Abad Santos to buy some furniture. If you are not familiar with the place, it’s a long stretch of furniture shops that sell cheap furniture (but quality). Cheap in a sense that can you buy furniture 20% or less of those in the mall..same manufacturers.. pwede pang tumawad! Kaso, my excitement is overwhelming.. di na kayang hintayin si Mang Jose LOL

I got a new sala set from Home World at Ever Gotesco, originally 9ooo Php, but got it at 7500 PhP. It’s the last piece na kase… they said that the foam in this sofa is Uratex foam and I tried sitting on some of their displays, and this one one nga has a better foam..

The cabinet beside my table is filled with my favorite things, Glamourboxes, perfume collections and papers.. notes, pens and of course photos of my kids.. also included are the bags that I usually use and some of our artwork materials. I like this set up because everything I need is within arm’s reach. Also, that cabinet serves as my arm rest hihi

My cork board, which I call, PI board (Pressure/ inspiration board), looks like this now:

Ay! I am now in love with corrugated card boards! Ang saya nya i pang art works!

What happened to the playhouse? hindi ko sya pinamigay no!

It sits beside my table.. so I can work and play at the same time!

See? I have my own take out counter!

Ay naku ang mga anak ko! pagkatapos ko is-isin ang paderm ayan may mantsa na agad.. dart board daw yan LOL

I love this new set up.. all I need to buy is a 6 seater dinning set.. our set is telling us he needs to retire! It can wait.. I think I’ll buy my dinning set at Abad Santos Furniture Shops (tipid mode na eh ahaha) and might as well check some midi pedalboard in Quiapo 🙂

New Year, New House Ayos lang ang drama ko 🙂

M&M’s Candy Dispenser Collection

so.. my little big man discovered a new hobby…collecting candies! I mean, collecting M&M’s Candy Dispenser.

M&M’s Candy Dispenser (Gumball and also serves as a coin bank) I want to collect the other colors! ahihi

M&M’s Candy Dispenser Golf

M&M’s Candy Dispenser Airplane

M&M’s Candy Dispenser Vintage Car

What’s your collection mommies?

Blogger Vs WordPress: Which is Better?

I started with Blogger as my my blogging platform.. and why not? it’s free and very easy to set up. As I my blogging career flourish (naks!) I switched to WordPress (I still maintain my old Blogger blog though)..and why not? It’s not free but it gives me control (one of my favorite word) and a lot more blogging opportunities.

Now, I have more than 10 blogs using WordPress as platform.. and I can say, I know WordPress now more than Blogger. If you don’t know what blogging platform to use, here’s a short comparison between WordPress and Blogger:

Blogger is a free blogging platform powered by Google.

Advantages:

user friendly
template set up is easy
more secured in terms of hacking

Disadvantages

less control over your blog in terms of content, Google can wipe your blog and its content if they feel that your blog is spammy
less advertisers because of disadvantage 1

How to start a blog with blogger?

Sign up using your gmail account at Blogger
Create your blog
Start posting

WordPress is also a free blogging platform but in order to experience it fully you will need to avail of hosting service from hosting companies like Bluehost.

Advantages:

more control on the content, you can literally do anything you want
more plug ins to satisfy your blogging needs
more advertisers

Disadvantages:

more prone to hacking (so you have to be very careful.. always update and delete unused themes)
set up is not that easy as it requires a few more steps than that of starting a blog from Blogger.

How to Start a blog with WordPress?

Buy a hosting service
Buy a domain, change setting to point the domain to your host
Add domain to your hosting dashboard
Install a WordPress on your hosting dashboard
Start blogging

What would I recommend? I’d say go for Blogger first.. WordPress can be overwhelming.. not just on the techy side but on the finances as well. As you go along, you can buy your own domain and still use Blogger as your platform. Stay tuned next Tuesday, I will be posting a tutorial on how to set up your own domain with Blogger.