Today is the last day of November for us here and tomorrow we will be going full head-on with December’s countdown to Christmas! 25 days to Christmas?! Are you excited?

I think I am. Slowly, getting excited, that is. I still haven’t gotten our tree up but will take care of it today as I promised the kids we will. Black diamond earrings will be kept in the drawers as I am going to be in my jammies all day, listening to Christmas tunes and getting into the holiday spirit.

If you are asking me if I am going to be doing a December Daily album, the answer to that would be a NO. Since it’s too late for me to actually prepare for one and I am almost certain I would not be able to take a picture everyday for December. With the kids in school and me being busy with work and trying to rest as much as I can (sick again!), I don’t want to pressure myself into documenting the season. For once, I think I’m just going to be laid back, and see what happens afterwards. (I got to do my Christmas Album 2010 in June 2011 – so, you get the picture).

However, I have some Christmas favorite kits already

I really wanted to do a 5×7 album this year since I still have my Evalicious Christmas hybrid album from 2008:

We will see, you can read about how Lynnette did hers (and plan to do hers along the way), here.

And some of the kits I am partial with:
Deck The Halls: Collection by Kristin Cronin-Barrow

KCB’s Christmas Collection ALWAYS ALWAYS ends up to be a favorite. I have used her Christmas collection last year for my 2010 album and I have been so pleased with it. (Plus her colors are very friendly with a Christmas that doesn’t experience snow and winter dont you think? )

Now, Dani’s kit HAS a snowman, granted. But the papers are just so yummy! Very child-like (like my kids) —- and I am guilty of ordering Christmas PJs to match THAT kit
Fa-La-La Layout Kit by Dani Mogstad

And for those who want the paper-ish look and feel, Jenn’s kit is perfect. All the tidbits are going straight into my Christmas album I can tell:
Kitschy Christmas by Jenn Barrette and Sahlin Studio

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When business owners spend money on doing customer satisfaction survey and retention programs to please their customer base, they should also invest on employee surveys to find out the current level of their company’s employee engagement. Employees are what you can say the warriors of a company, going out to battle every single day and their engagement levels – satisfaction, loyalty and trust, among other things – should be high enough to make sure your business will be taken cared of and represented well.

Here are some communication tips to enhance the level of employee engagement in a company:

1. Use visual communication a lot – survey shows that 60% of people communicate better with visual cues. As an employer, if you would not be able to attend a meeting or convention, make sure your presence is felt either by a video message or representative.
2. Smaller face to face executive communication, such as brown bag lunches and skip level meetings, offer a more personalized and engaging format for leadership communication.
3. Make sure employees understand how the unit they work in contributes to the overall success of the organization. Expand their awareness beyond their own performance and extend it out into their team.
4. Highlight best practice. Include articles in your staff magazine that show how employees are modelling organizational values or supporting wider company initiatives.
5. Provide employee helpdesks. Set interactive online helpdesks to let staff ask questions about any aspect of the business and their role within it.

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This probably would be my last album project for 2011 – since it’s almost end of November and I haven’t finished it yet (still with March). I am going to make an album of almost all of my Instagram photos (photos taken from an iPhone and uploaded through the Instagr.am app for photo effects) because I have been consistent with taking pictures from my camera phone rather than my actual camera so real life has been captured more there. (Sad, I know).

Hopefully, I can finish everything up — I have been loaded with too much work lately, studying about austin nutritional counseling, planning Christmas activities with my family, doing major budgeting with the husband for the upcoming year (trying to finish a huge project so we can meet a goal this year) that scrapbooking needs to take a backseat for a while.

I haven’t forgotten you though. I will get back to you!

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Today…

Outside my window…we have very nice cuddle (bed/sweater/pajamas) weather today! It has been raining for the past two days and today the sky is overcast but there is no rain. It makes me want to go out and have some coffee at our favorite place!

I am thinking…that I am spending too much money on myself for a change. I want to say I deserve it but it also drives me nuts when money gets tights, because I control our spending.

I am thankful for…a lot of things. It is Thanksgiving Season – but right now I am thankful for my mother – she really is the best mom every woman needs. It’s just that sometimes women just see what they WANT, and forget what they NEED.

From the kitchen…sinampalukang manok. And some herbal shakes and fruit juices. Trying to detox my compromised liver.

I am wearing…a very large comfortable duster my Mom gave me. It’s so big I can fit a pregnant me in it, and that’s saying something because I already look very pregnant

I am creating…some rough drafts on some projects I want to tackle.

I am going…to be extremely busy, socially and physically, this month.

I am reading…nothing, unfortunately.

I am hoping…to finally crossing out some things off my 30 at 30 list. I’m currently done with a measly 3 out of 30.

I am hearing…Martha playing with her playmate.

Around the house…I see no signs of Christmas approaching. I need to remedy that soon.

One of my favorite things…my maintenance medicine for my allergic rhinitis – it has been a God sent! And the juicer I invested on last month.

A few plans for the rest of the week:
Finish work before Friday, with reserved articles for the week ahead. Start planning for Christmas!!

A picture I love:
My beautiful Mom – doesn’t look like a day over 61!

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You might be wondering if there is another way in getting cheap human hair extensions other than going by clip on hair extensions.

Here are some methods in applying hair extensions:
1. Weaving.
This involves sewing the hair extension into a woman’s natural hair which is woven around threads, creating a track in the process. The extensions are then stitched into these tracks.

2. Clip on.
In this method, the extension is clipped on to the original hair

3. fusion hair extension method.
This has been gaining in popularity because it ensures a head of hair which blends in most naturally with your own. Usually, 20 to 30 strands of the extended hair have an application of warm keratin bond put on them by means of a keratin gun. The extended hair is then attached to a small portion of your own hair and the two lots of hair are rolled together until a smooth protein bond is made. Work then begins on another strand. Usually, it requires around 150 separate strands to be applied to complete a full head of hair for a woman and it takes about three hours to complete.

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DSD (Digital Scrapbooking Day) has started on most stores but with SSD, the celebration will start tomorrow, Saturday, November 5th. I am so excited because I finally have some layouts to share in time for new release tomorrow – that hasn’t happened in a long time!

After dealing with sickness – allergies and ear problems that Audiologist Jobs sounded very interesting already, I was in the hospital every 3 days for follow up – I can finally sit longer than three hours to actually scrap – YEY!!

Now for some layouts:

This is a template from Traci Reed and Nettio Designs (Lynnette Penacho) called Embellish Holiday:

This one is a very very cute kit from Julie Billingsley called Masked Marvels:

The last one is my new most favorite kit for the month – and it’s only the start of November! Krystal Hartley is a master of vintage and dainty and whimsy stuff. Great stuff this kit – aptly called Natural Beauty.

And isn’t my mother so gorgeous in that picture?
I will be back hopefully for more sneak peeks in the form of more pages!

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Today…

Outside my window…the sun is finally out – after almost two weeks of non-stop rains and four typhoons! Thank You Big Guy Up There! (Need to prepare the compost bin ready for falling leaves)

I am thinking…whether or not I should buy something or not. Fickle-minded.

I am thankful for…continuous work pouring in, generous friends, loving family, stress-free conditions at home.

From the kitchen…I am thinking of baking butterscotch brownies (White King) again. But I need to start eating healthy again. NEED.

I am wearing…leggings and a stained shirt.

I am creating…lists and lists and lists.

I am going…out with friends on Friday! Yeeeeeeeeey!

I am reading…nothing, unfortunately.

I am hoping…to getting fully paid this week. And I am hoping that I receive more work.

I am hearing…Grey’s from my iMac and the Biggest Loser XBox game in the background.

Around the house…It’s a mess. We have yet to clean as the husband is still working out – we have a very small house, obviously.

One of my favorite things…new favorite things – bags, lipsticks and a watch given by a very generous (best) friend.

A few plans for the rest of the week:
Finish work. Go out with friends. Get the new iPhone4. Detox. Buy a juicer. Celebrate feast day this weekend.

A picture I love:

My father-in-law’s 68th birthday:

A picture I love:

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After dealing a no-signal problem in our area and fixing it with a cellular booster antenna, I am so happy that I finally ordered Becky Higgins’ Project Life!

I just ordered the Amber core edition kit + a plain black 12×12 We Are Memory Keepers’ album and it will be arriving just before 2012 starts.

I am sure this will help me document our everyday life more. I have seen a shift on how I document things this year and I want to capitalize on it because my life IS changing too and I cannot scrap dozens of layouts every month anymore. But it doesnt mean I have to stop being my family’s memory keeper – I just need to find a way to adapt it to what I can use and do. And Project Life is the answer! Im so excited!!

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I haven’t been a lean, mean scrapping machine lately (too preoccupied with watching TV and catching up with fall TV) and I have been busy attending birthdays left and right (It seems we have a lot of October birthday celebrants in the family) and signing up our car to a roadside assistance club but I want to share with you the latest page I made using Nettio Designs’ latest template available at the shoppe:

Credits:
KCB Splendor
Nettio Designs Fave-O-Rites Vol. 4:

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Credits:
Lleilla Designs Autumn Harvest
Cindy Schneider Half Pack 19
Font: Annalisse 2011

I have come to heavily depend on digital scrapbooking templates everytime I scrap these days. Thankfully, I can turn to Cindy Schneider templates and Nettio Design templates anytime I need inspiration or a jumpstart to my creative process. (And I get them for free! Yeeey!)

I need to scrap actually – haven’t scrapped in these days.

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