Mirage

Gold!

In this distressed economic times, people are torn in investing their money and time from real state, jewelries and gold. However, among these, gold has been the most useful asset from old until now. Even in an unstable economy, you can be sure that gold is liquifiable and would be sold in whichever part of the world. This is the reason why banks keep gold in their reserve, which makes me actually wonder if those who go bankrupt didn’t invest as much. Gold coins are your safety net for the future. To buy gold coins, you need to look for a trusted expert on it.

If you collect gold, it is an assurance that you have invested well for the future. In any case, there are many opportunities for gold in the market. You can buy gold bullion and sell it later on, it is acceptable in every country and every currency. Another advantage is that gold bullion coins are in demand to buyers nowadays. Otherwise you can have an gold ira transfer (Individual Retirement Arrangement) and use your gold when the time comes, with a certainty that your gold value will grow. Knowing why and how to buy bullion and gold coins will lead to a more secure financial stability.

Bonding time

When it’s cold (read: winter), the hubby has a way of bonding with the kids aside from getting wet in the snow. He would allow them to watch and play video games. If it’s a schoolday, they have to finish all homeworks first. If it’s a holiday or during the weekends, they are given more playtime.

It’s a different story for the little boy. Since he doesn’t go to school yet, he can watch regardless of the time. I see to it though that the hubby plays games that are’n too violent, well there’s just Littlebigplanet for that category but the characters there blew up too!

The lcd monitor in the photo proved useful for their gaming purposes. Hubby bought this from a friend who had used it for like 3 days only! (Yes, a steal with guarantee still intact!) Though this is the 3rd monitor at home, he likes using it most because it’s easily movable unlike the other two which are mounted on the wall.

Anyway, since it’s still summer we were out most of the times. Apart from going home (Philippines), we are spending time out by the Danube river where the kids can run at the vast greenery and where hubby can test-fly his RCs! More about that soon.

Kitchen needs

Having some days off proved useful for hunting kitchen cabinets and appliances. I also had time doing some floorplans and designing with the help of a free online software. I don’t plan on changing ours but looking at IKEA’s and other kitchen design websites is simply inspiring. If for anything, I want my mom’s kitchen back home renovated. (This topic is normally posted on my other blog btw.)

Browsing about led me to a widerange kitchen and dining products buying guide, shopwiki. Like it’s other pages, the guide is a treasureful of resources.

Advice on buying pots and pans per usage, care, which size to use are carefully detailed. From the featured photos, I identified some are like mine. I’d be embarrased to admit though that I sometimes use the frying pan and sauté pan alternately.

I’ve been wanting to buy a blender since but seeing this food processor makes me think. Blenders are often seen behind coffee shops or bars. They can be used to purée, blend, and grind. As for the foodprocessor, it excels at slicing, shredding, chopping, and pureeing fruits and vegetables, grating cheese,grinding stale bread into crumbs, cutting butter into pastry crust, and kneading bread dough. The shopwiki page additionally gave recipes for great blends you can do at home. I’m still choosing which is better to have though.

So if you are in search of kitchen gadgets for your own kitchen or for gifts, unleash the kitchen-ista in you and visit the shopwiki guide on toasters and ovens, kitchen appliances, coffee makers, dining sets, wine glasses and more.