A Happy Family

A Hairy Yellow Caterpillar

>> Sep 17, 2011

This yellow caterpillar was easily noticed as it’s walking on our black home fence. Since I’m afraid of caterpillars, taking pictures of a caterpillar wasn’t an easy job for me. Seeing it made me cringe! Do you?

Getting Benefits from Using the Best Plumbing Products

When it comes to home plumbing system, you must use tubing and pipes that keep sturdy and elastic from temperatures under freezing to 200 degrees F. All PEX products have the required characteristic; that’s why it’s appropriate to be applied in home plumbing system where the temperatures may change by climate and water temperature.

Plumbing with PEX tubing will give you some advantages, such as the solid tubing will reduce expansion and contraction problem that can happen while bonding PVC to copper or galvanized pipe; and the flexible tubing will ease your work as you don’t need to glue PVC fitting in each bend. PEX tubing won’t rust and it’s well-matched with existing metal pipe. You won’t face any hassle if you want to make any improvement.

Whenever you search for heating and plumbing supplies, you can find it at PexUniverse.com. If you want to link lots of pipes to main water sources, you’ll require a PEX manifold that will help you to control the pressure inside the pipes. You can also easily handle several water supplies around your house. With PEX manifold, you don’t need closing the full system, but only arranging the specific pipe. With large benefits of using PEX manifold, it’s no wonder if there are many people have used it in their water supply installation.

In every plumbing project, using proper and high quality tools like PEX tool is very important. To guarantee a clean cut end, you must slice the tube with a good PVC cutter. The different kind of connection will require the different tool. For example; if you apply an in-line fitting, you’ll need a clamp-ring crimping tool.

There’s no need to search for high quality tools anymore, as PexUniverse.com has offered a wide variety of PEX tool for you; from cutters, crimping tools to clip guns. You’ll get the tool that most suits your needs. To handle all your plumbing and heating needs, you can rely on PEXUniverse.com!

6 Ways to Create the Perfect Kids Birthday Party

There shouldn’t be any feeling other than excitement at planning a birthday party for your young child. The best parties are a reminder to us of how great it is to be young and hopefully makes us think back to fond memories of our own birthday parties as children. Unfortunately, often these parties turn out to be a lot more stressful than they need to be. It can be easy to over-think things and crack under the pressure to make the day perfect. Here are 6 ways to help you create a birthday party that is nothing than a whole lot of simple, pure fun.

1. Send invitations out well in advance.Printing and sending out cute invitations to all those invited is absolutely key. You need to make sure all your child’s friends and their parents can make the occasion, so be sure to give plenty of notice. It also helps to put an RSVP date on the invites, so that you can get an idea of exact numbers. Knowing exactly how many will be attending will make planning everything else for the party a whole lot easier.

2. Invite as many parents as you can.It’s unlikely that all the parents will be able to come, but making sure that they know they are all welcome will help take the pressure off on the day. A large number of children, who’ve all consumed a large amount of sugar, can be a significant challenge to keep under control.

If you make sure to provide some entertainment for the parents who attend, the day will run a lot smoother and you will find you are able to relax and enjoy the party.

3. Fancy dress.This is the simplest way to create a fun environment for the children. Everyone loves an occasion to dress up, and role-playing will be the easiest way to keep the kids preoccupied for hours and hours.

There’s no need to come up with an elaborate theme: something simple like ‘what I want to be when I grow up’ or ‘favourite character’ is all you need. This means the other parents don’t need to worry about purchasing a new costume, and all the fairies, princesses, pirates and peter pans will make for great photos and help create an exciting atmosphere.

4. Balloons, bubbles, music.
This is essentially all you need to create the perfect party atmosphere. Have a bunch of kid’s albums ready to play so you don’t go crazy from hearing the same music over and over. The kids probably won’t mind but you certainly will! And never underestimate the power of bubbles in providing hours of entertainment. So simple, yet so effective.

5. Get creative with the birthday cake.This is always the highlight of the day, so it deserves a bit of attention. Visit your local bookstore or library for ideas on creating a cake that stands out.

You could also look into creating a birthday cake out of a lot of mini cupcakes, which has become quite popular recently. A lot of nicely iced little cupcakes can look very impressive and take the pressure off making sure that the one birthday cake is decorated to perfection. Of course, the easiest option is always to simply purchase the cake or rope someone else into baking it for you.

6. Take lots of photos on the day.
You will regret it if you don’t. Children typically enjoy having photos taken, and it really is to your benefit to document the special day.

After the occasion, you can use your local printing services to send some of the pictures to the other parents, or create an album from the day that will make for a great memento. If you’ve followed the steps outlined here, the party will have been a success and you deserve to have something special to remind you of it.

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Water in Gentong

>> Sep 14, 2011

Gentong is a large bowl for water. Yesterday, my husband and I visited Sunan Ampel Mosque in Surabaya (East Java, Indonesia). The mosque was built in 1421 and it’s already becoming a famous destination of religious tour.

Around the mosque and graves of righteous men, there are several large bowls that contain fresh water from the natural water source nearby. The water is ready to drink and provided for every visitor in the area.

Watery Wednesday

Seventh Day, Handsfree Mobile Phone

>> Sep 12, 2011

I’ve been at my brother’s home in Surabaya (East Java, Indonesia) for seven days. My father’s health condition is stable. There are about seven different drugs that he must take every day. With controlled meal, proper medicines, and frequently doctor consultation, I hope my father’s stable condition can be continuing kept.

Since my brother has come back home from his work duties last Saturday, I and my husband plan to go back to our home in Bogor (West Java, Indonesia) next Tuesday. I believe that my brother and SIL will take care of my father well.

For Blue Monday, let me share here a female medicinal herbal drink vendor whom we saw in my FIL’s home (Bumiayu, Central Java). Have you tried to drink any medicinal herbal drink before?

There’s another interesting about this woman –the way she put her mobile phone-makes it a handsfree one. Cool!

Thinker

>> Sep 10, 2011

Thinker is my niece’s cat. Though I’ve been in my brother’s home for more than a week, I still haven’t heard yet her voice. She’s so quiet and calm. When I first met her, she’s always running away every time I’m nearing her. But now, we can already play together. She also let me take close up pictures of her.

Welcome Home, Father

>> Sep 9, 2011

My father came back home ( to my brother’s home) from the hospital yesterday. For his daily lunch and dinner at my brother’s home, we decide to subscribe the specific meals from the hospital catering. The doctor said that he must take low fiber diet.

I remember a nurse’s advices yesterday, while I conveyed our appreciation for taking care of my father during the days in the hospital. One of her advice was she forbid my father to watch football matches on television, since it can provoke his emotion and then affect his heart. I still can’t tell him; my father is a football lover!

Yesterday I also received a call from the woman that keeps our home in Bogor (West Java, Indonesia) while we’re going out of town. She said that the telephone was broken and there are some leakages in my father’s bedroom. I still can’t go back home; I can’t leave my father here while my brother hasn’t been coming home yet from his work duties in other towns.