Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

Our Plumbing Experiencing

Can you imagine a life without plumbing? No hot water, no drainage and no clean water to drink. I can’t imagine a life like that. Of course there was a time in our history where plumbing was not yet invented, but that was a long long time ago. Plumbing was here as early as 2700 B.C or even earlier than that. It was developed because of the need for potable water and drainage of waste water. Nowadays, more sophisticated plumbing is being practiced and plumbing companies are here to offer plumbing service for our convenient. At local Rotorooter, for example, they offer not just emergency plumbing service but as well as full service plumbing and drain cleaning.

Last year, I had a problem with our drainage. Our drainage was not functioning properly. At first we thought it was the sink that’s causing the problem but when the drainage in our laundry area started giving us trouble, we know it was a bigger problem. Imagine, whenever I need to do the laundry, I had to take out the washing machine outside to prevent flooding the laundry area. That is quite tasking and time consuming. We called a plumber in our area and I was surprised with how much it will cost to repair our drainage system. The plumber said, he needs to drill our system and re install a new drainage. The whole procedure will take 2-3 days. Our land lord suggested other wise. She asked the plumber to check the drainage outside first and good thing she mentioned that. We found out what seems to be the problem. Our pipe was below the street drainage, so that’s why the water is not flowing out. He just cut a few inches from our pipe and the drainage is functioning again. It saved me a lot, the cost was reduced to half and it only took a few hours to finish the job. Thank goodness my landlord knows a lot about drainage.

Plumbing, specially the drainage system is a lot of hassle when it is not functioning properly. A few things I have learned, specially with sink is not to put waste on the drainage. I have the tendency to drain our food waste directly to the sink instead of placing it in the trashcan (ah yeah talk about laziness). Now I know what how to take care of our drainage system.

Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post however, all the points and views are my own.

Mrs Fields Valentines Giveaway!

I joined this giveaway because I love Mrs Fields! And to my dear readers in the US, I know you want this too! Come on guys, this is the perfect gift this Valentine’s Day, with Mrs Fields Little Bit of Love Box, you’re partner will be delighted 🙂

This Review/Giveaway is done by Kathy’s Freebies & Savings.

Valentine’s Day is coming up soon? Do you know what you’re going to get your significant other? Maybe you plan to buy your mother or any special lady or man in our life something. I know it can be hard to find the perfect gift for someone. You want everything to be special and have the right gift. How about some cookies from Mrs. Fields?

If you haven’t heard of Mrs. Fields yet, you’re in luck. They have the best cookies. I did a review on some of their cookies before. If you haven’t checked that out make sure to take a look at it. It was for a Winter Flurry Snowman package.

This time I was provided with a Valentine’s box from Mrs. Fields. It’s called the Little Bit of Love Box. It came with 18 nibblers bite sized cookies and 2 hand frosted heart cookies. All the cookies are soft and moist. I would have to say these are my favorite brand of cookies. They also sent me a 20% off card which I’ll be able to use on an order.

I really enjoyed the chocolate chip and triple chocolate cookies. My husband and daughter ate the heart cookies before I was able to take a close up photo of them. I got a little piece from my daughter and it was so delicious. I love how soft the cookies are. You can see a photo above of the heart cookies. They are sugar cookies with frosting on top. I normally don’t care for frosting, but this frosting was different. It was extremely good.

If you’re looking for some Valentine cookies for someone or maybe even yourself, check out Mrs Fields cookies. They have a lot of different options for Valentine gifts. Many other items to choose from as well.

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Disclosure: I received these products in exchange for a review. The opinions are all my own and may differ from yours. Make or Break is not responsible for prize shipment.

Getting Ready For Run United 2013

I was bitten by the Holiday bug! Oh yes, tamad mode since the Holiday started and I thought I’d be better after the Holidays, I was wrong.. the mojo is still in vacation mode! That’s in terms of writing and working out (obvious ba, wala masyadong updates sa blog hehe). Good thing, I did not earned that much pounds during the break.. pero un lang I did not earned that much money din wahaha..

Now, it’s running season again! Run United registration is open.. waahh time to move na talaga! But it’s quite hard to get back to working out.. specially that I feel like I am busier that I was last year. I find it hard to squeeze working out to my schedule.. but I need to! by hook or by crook! And last week I found a good way to work out while doing some errands.. ang sagot sa problema ay PANDESAL! err not pandesal abs but buying pandesal every morning.

The pandesal store (it’s not a bakery, pandesal lang talaga tinda nya at sa umaga lang sya bukas) is 200-300 meters away from us. It will take about 5-10 minutes or more to buy pandesal (lalo pag mahaba ang pila).. one time, the kids are running late but I still need to buy their pandesal baon.. so I got my rubber shoes and run towards the store.. I was home in less than 5 minutes! whew! And that moment, my friends, is a moment of discovery! I can do that everyday! I can run to and from the pandesal store.. 2 birds in one stone! may pandesal na ang mga anak ko, naka pag work out pa ako! Ayayay!

RU is quite challenging this year eh.. the shortest distance is 5k.. no more 3K. Unilab Active Health and RunRio are now focusing on longer distance because runners are progressing rapidly, they noticed that longer distance races get filled faster. Sabi nga ni Coach Rio, “This is in line with our plan to be part of the growth and journey of Filipino runners. It just goes to prove that the local running community is more mature, that is why we also launched the Run United Philippine Marathon (RUPM) last year. Filipino runners have leveled up.”

No worries mommies, they retained the 500m dash for the kids. For adults, the race categories for 2013 Run United 1 include 5km, 10km and 21km; for Run United 2 (10km, 21km, and 32km); and for Run United Philippine Marathon (10km, 21km and 42km).

Here’s the complete Run United 2013 race schedules: