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Smartphones: Mom’s Best Friend

I never thought I’d be the next in line to sing the praises of smartphones, but I’ve come to the conclusion that they are a must-have item—especially for new mothers or mothers with young children! Why for this particular group? The diversity of apps you can get is just too helpful to ignore. I’ve even been trying out some of the new augmented reality apps and they’re blowing my mind! Here are the top maternal uses of smartphones:

Find retail stores without losing your mind—Whether you’re looking for grocery discounts, localpharmacies, directions to the nearest restroom or just a place that sells sunglasses on an especially bright and sunny day, the GPS features on smartphones are insanely accurate. Needless to say, you can save a lot of time in traffic not traveling the wrong direction on the wrong street during the wrong rush hour.

Use Foursquare to save some money—I wish I had known about place-based messaging sites longer because I’ve already saved a lot of money. I’m the mayor of three different venues on Foursquare and routinely get freebies and discounts simply by checking in to the place when I’m there. Also check out Gowalla and Facebook check-in.

Recipe apps—How many times have you been at the store gathering ingredients for dinner when you realized you didn’t know what the special sauce was made of? Or, you leave the store realizing you forgot the main ingredient? It’s hard to make chicken fajitas without the chicken! Fortunately, there are hundreds, possibly thousands of food apps that list the ingredients you will you need for delicious, inexpensive meals.

Augment Your Reality—Okay, this sounds a little out there, but augmented reality does have practical uses. Have you ever been driving down a street about to run out of gas, desperately hoping for the next gas station? An augmented reality app would overlay the nearest gas stations and what their prices are.

Yes, mommies use technology too and I’m here to tell you that smartphones are a must for new moms or moms leading a team of toddlers down a busy street. Use apps for shopping, meal preparation, driving, and insanity reduction!

This is a guest post from a fellow mom and yes, I am in tune with her in singing praises for Smartphones 🙂

Happy Birthday Kipling!

To celebrate its 25th year this year, Kipling showcased the biggest bag collection last March 30 at SM Mall of Asia Atrium. Here are some of the photos during the show:

I would love to post all the photos I took but that’s a lot! The fashion show lasted for more than 20 minutes.. so many bags!!! I love each collection that I enjoy taking photos of it..

After the show, we enjoy some games Spot the Monkey, Kipling for Keeps and Pair It! My sister won a shirt from Pair It! And of course we did not missed the chance to say Happy Birthday Kipling!

Kipling presented its Spring/Summer 2012 collection, which included bags from the Basic, Basic Travel, Sweet Me, My Valentine, Vintage, Gorilla Girlz, City, City Business, 25 Years, Back to School, and Working Life line. Each collection is perfectly designed to adapt to the lifestyles of today’s discerning women travelers who want no less than quality, functionality and style in their travel pieces.

Kipling’s 25^thanniversary celebration included teaming up with 8 artists of different nationalities for a special bag remix project with the motto: Play! Each image tells a story embracing Kipling’s spirit of being fun and clever using Kipling’s blue and red Classic bags—a statement that fashion is too fun to be taken seriously. The eight featured artists include Sarah Illenberger of Germany, Rankin of the UK, Paul Graves of the USA, Alex Salinas of Belgium, Javier Mariscal of Spain, Vincent Gapaillard of France, Li Wei of China and Prince Lauder of Mexico. (-Press Release)

About Kipling:

Kipling was founded in 1987 and was inspired by Rudyard Kipling, author of The Jungle Book. Over the years, Kipling has evolved beyond its original roots of providing high quality backpacks suited for the adventures of daily life into a distinctive, global brand offering a range of carryalls for a variety of lifestyles. It’s no wonder a lot of people have fallen in love with Kipling bags and its iconic monkey. In fact, more than 35 million people around the world now own at least one Kipling bag.

Kipling is available online at zalora.com.ph and at SM Mall of Asia, SM North EDSA The Block, SM Megamall, SM Bacolod, SM Iloilo, SM Davao, SM Cebu, Robinsons Place Ermita, Rustan’s Alabang Town Center, Rustan’s Shangri-La, Rustan’s Gateway, Rustan’s Makati, Landmark Makati and TriNoma. To know more, visit Kipling Philippines on Facebook and get to find out more exciting news from the lovable monkey through kipling.ph.

Happy Easter!

It’s Easter here already and let me just say, HAPPY EASTER!

We’ll be having our first Easter Sunday party here! yay! was busy yesterday preparing for bunny ears, flowers, eggs and planning for this event..

Our front looks like this:

Those are the bunny ears we made and some flower from paper plate.. making flowers from paper plates is a lot easier. Today I’ll be putting the eggs for their egg hunting activity..(oh I hope my bagets will be careful with my plants).

Anyways, here are some inspirational Easter Quotes that we can ponder (from Quote Garden)

Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there. ~Clarence W. Hall

The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice. ~Henry Knox Sherrill

Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life. ~S.D. Gordon

Where man sees but withered leaves, God sees sweet flowers growing. ~Albert Laighton

We live and die; Christ died and lived! ~John Stott

Once more to new creation Awake,
and death gainsay,
For death is swallowed up of life,
And Christ is risen today! ~George Newell Lovejoy

Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness. ~Floyd W. Tomkins

The story of Easter is the story of God’s wonderful window of divine surprise. ~Carl Knudsen

Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring-time. ~Martin Luther

And here’s a funny Easter quotes:

I lied on my Weight Watchers list. I put down that I had 3 eggs… but they were Cadbury chocolate eggs. ~Caroline Rhea

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