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It is a news aggregating site where different information are gathered throughout the web (Or so they claim!). Some news, it claims are not even generally published on the web. Although most posts are about Debt Management, I saw a couple of post that are not related to their topic, example: funny news and wireless internet providers.

This site might develop into something else in the future. As of today, they have six posts altogether. With four posts discussing debt, I think reading through it would increase information on debt consolidation.

Ano ba ang kinakandaduhan nito?

Hindi para may makalabas kaya may kandado,

Kundi para maiwasan ang mga maliliit na kamay na pumunta rito,

(What is this lock for?

It is not to prevent someone from coming out,

But to prevent little hands from getting into this:)

If you are on vacation or traveling abroad, the one thing that keeps you worried is if you have your house safe, right? If you own a second home, and remains vacant for many months of the year, who maintains your place? These are questions easily solved by Maxim Enterprises. They are property managers in the event that you can’t maintain, clean, repair, board up your house in case of storms and other natural events and monitor your homes. You wouldn’t want to come back and find you home engulfed in sky high grass and weeds, wouldn’t you? Oh by the way, they would maintain your yard and landscape too.

Dito lang sa Massillon ko nakita ang mga building na piniturahan ng Americana Folk Art. Oo nga naman, sayang ang canvas of bricks na kung hahayaang blanko ay nag-iimbita ng mga unwanted graffitti.

Ang Massillon, Ohio ay isang malaking high school football town. Ang team ng Massillon Tigers mula sa Washington High ay nananalo ng mga regional at national high school football championships. They commemorated the town’s love of the sport by assigning a whole building face for them.

Kahit na ang mga local businesses ay nagsisi-paglagayan  na rin ng ganitong displey. Di nga naman masama na kahit ads ng kanilang business ay maki-uso na rin.

Kahit na maliit lang ang painting, sabay pa rin sa tema ng bayan ng Massillon. Kahit na kaunting frame painting sa puting background ay pwede na.

Ito ay nasa parking lot ng isang bangko sa downtown Massillon. Parang totoong tulay ano? Nakaka-hanga ang mga artist na nag-tyaga nito. Kung tutuusin, mahirap ngang mag-pintura sa isang maliit na canvas, paano pa kaya sa isang 3-story building. Daming galon ng pintura siguro ang nagamit dito.

Ito ang close-up view ng artist’s interpretation of Tuscarawas River. Mukhang ang init sa painting, ang sarap maglangoy sa ilog. Huwag ka lang mabangga ng barge.

Ito naman ay nasa tagiliran ng isang cafe’. Yung kanilang front end ng business ay kapareho ng painting na ito.

This is my favorite wall mural amongst all the paintings around town. Nasa isang kubling alley at one way street. In my opinion, ito ang dapat manalo ng best mural. Kaya lang sayang naman at di gasinong nakikita ng tao dahil nga di main street. Siguro dahil sa maraming tao sa painting, kaya mukhang masaya. May makaluma pang sasakyan sa garahe at realistic na ivy na gumagapang on the side of the building. Buhay na buhay ang pagkakapintura.

At kahit na abandoned na ang isang building, tulad ng Sugar Bowl Building, akala mo ay totoong may tindahan pa sa loob ng ice-cream.

These murals are an essential part of the life at Massillon. Sinasabayan pa nila ng mga Old Time music na maririnig all along the downtown mainstreet. Parang isang malaking park ang mag-lakad sa downtown. There are benches everywhere and little shops to stop in for shopping. Ang paborito ko rito sa Massillon ay ang marami nilang antique shops na palaging rotating ang inventory.

Dito lang sa Massillon, Ohio. Tara!

Owning a home can be tricky in this economy. Tricky because the housing market may be down and home buyers can easily afford the mortgages offered in the market. But the tricky thing is when you lock in into a rate without reading the fine print: variable rate, fixed rate, increase in after x number of years, re-mortgaging and others. It is only wise to find the best of today’s mortgage rates through careful research and wise decision making.

One of the things that a home can expect is the deluge of bugs. Especially in a hot and humid season like summer, bugs can crawl from every crevice and cracks in your home. Recently, while cleaning out our basement I saw little critters crawling out of nowhere. This sure made me jump and shiver like a dead leaf against the autumn day. I wanted to find out how in the world these critters came in our basement. So, I grabbed my camera and zoomed it on the bugs and took a picture.

The bed bugs were so small that my pictures turned out blurry and when I showed them to my Father-in-Law, he said he can not tell me the solution because he can’t see what we’re after. I bleached the floor and aired out the mattress in our basement but it seem to not work. I tried to look for solutions on the internet but the thing is I did not know where to look. I was getting frustrated and angry at these bugs because I have little children crawling and playing in the basement all the time.

Finally, I found my solution at an Orkin site where they have pictures and information of each pest that may plague our home. I was relieved that I can also call an expert to fumigate and get rid of these parasites for good. Today, our basement is pest-free. It just goes to say that we as homeowners have to keep up on home maintenance and we’ll be okay.

Safety is the best policy when raising kids. Keeping them from any bodily harm can reduce hospital visits and extra costs in medicines. How to keep them safe?

• Train kids not to open doors of our homes to strangers.
• Train our kids to call 911 in case of emergencies.
• Teach them to say their names and their phone numbers. It is also necessary to let them know their parent’s names.
• Install security alarm systems in our homes to prevent unwanted “guests” coming in our private homes.
• Make sure all our outlets and electrical cords and devices are safely out of our kid’s reach.

What are other security advice you can share?