<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133369617282362297</id><updated>2024-12-19T14:25:09.471+11:00</updated><category term="Dr. Laura Schlessinger&#39;s book"/><category term="In Praise of Stay-At-Home Moms"/><category term="Why God Made Mom"/><category term="anniversary"/><category term="happiness"/><category term="how to budget grocery bill"/><category term="motherhood"/><category term="mothers"/><category term="mothers have needs too"/><category term="save and eat healthy"/><category term="stay-at-home mom"/><category term="wedding"/><category term="working mom"/><title type='text'>Mom&#39;s Companion</title><subtitle type='html'>Sharing thoughts, feelings, ideas, and helpful tips on motherhood</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>LEN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184008378634597672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHLyOQX_8K1rhyZHbszhGwK8IvuHjs_cAXSD0Ggkm2e1ROAStvM47V_vVd8GKqFLrzHZeD_fO2JT5aoCJ96TIonRyBK_zKl8nkWT2aszA1tq3Jneae3I7iZiIik97iw/s220/IMG_0718.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133369617282362297.post-4896212984887955425</id><published>2010-10-15T22:31:00.000+11:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T22:31:51.590+11:00</updated><title type='text'>My Li&#39;l Man is Turning 4</title><summary type="text">My little boy is growing so fast! From the moment he can actually say &#39;i love you&#39; NEVER a day ends that i won&#39;t be able to hear him say to me &quot;Mommy, I love You&quot;. Sometimes, he says it in tagalog, &quot;Mommy Mahal kita&quot;. Those words are always accompanied with a hug and a kiss! How I wish he&#39;ll never outgrow it. How I wish the day won&#39;t come when he will get tired of doing it. How I wish he will say</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/feeds/4896212984887955425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-lil-man-is-turning-4.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/4896212984887955425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/4896212984887955425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/10/my-lil-man-is-turning-4.html' title='My Li&#39;l Man is Turning 4'/><author><name>LEN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184008378634597672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHLyOQX_8K1rhyZHbszhGwK8IvuHjs_cAXSD0Ggkm2e1ROAStvM47V_vVd8GKqFLrzHZeD_fO2JT5aoCJ96TIonRyBK_zKl8nkWT2aszA1tq3Jneae3I7iZiIik97iw/s220/IMG_0718.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133369617282362297.post-6029461514056495593</id><published>2010-06-22T13:38:00.008+10:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T17:06:22.331+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="anniversary"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="happiness"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="wedding"/><title type='text'>Half a decade of laughter and tears, in good times and in bad.. All through the years!</title><summary type="text">Yes, you heard me right, half a decade. I am happily married for five years already but it seems just like yesterday. I know five years of staying married is not something that I should pride myself on. And at this point, I’m not really the person whom someone would ask for an advice with regards to marriage. But half a decade of being married has somehow brought out a mature and sensible </summary><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=2c4587e2197d8bd5&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=3376c534cf40bcab&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=abedd84d4ac5a12c&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/feeds/6029461514056495593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/06/half-decade-of-laughter-and-tears-in.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/6029461514056495593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/6029461514056495593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/06/half-decade-of-laughter-and-tears-in.html' title='Half a decade of laughter and tears, in good times and in bad.. All through the years!'/><author><name>LEN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184008378634597672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHLyOQX_8K1rhyZHbszhGwK8IvuHjs_cAXSD0Ggkm2e1ROAStvM47V_vVd8GKqFLrzHZeD_fO2JT5aoCJ96TIonRyBK_zKl8nkWT2aszA1tq3Jneae3I7iZiIik97iw/s220/IMG_0718.JPG'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133369617282362297.post-8430768025995466265</id><published>2010-06-17T15:32:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-23T15:49:26.991+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mothers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Why God Made Mom"/><title type='text'>ON THE LIGHTER SIDE..</title><summary type="text">Parenting is tough.&amp;nbsp; But, I’m sure everyone will agree if I say that being a parent, especially to a young kid, can oftentimes be fun and blissful. Children have a bizarre and astonishing imagination. And sometimes, they say the darndest things.I bumped into this article a short time ago and thought of publishing it on my blog to share and spread smiles and laughter. Enjoy reading.Why God </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/feeds/8430768025995466265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/06/on-lighter-side.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/8430768025995466265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/8430768025995466265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/06/on-lighter-side.html' title='ON THE LIGHTER SIDE..'/><author><name>LEN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184008378634597672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHLyOQX_8K1rhyZHbszhGwK8IvuHjs_cAXSD0Ggkm2e1ROAStvM47V_vVd8GKqFLrzHZeD_fO2JT5aoCJ96TIonRyBK_zKl8nkWT2aszA1tq3Jneae3I7iZiIik97iw/s220/IMG_0718.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133369617282362297.post-9097398114356904119</id><published>2010-06-09T11:23:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T11:39:26.252+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dr. Laura Schlessinger&#39;s book"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="In Praise of Stay-At-Home Moms"/><title type='text'>“It will be gone before you know it.                                                                                                                                The fingerprints on the wall appear higher and higher.                                                                                      Then suddenly they disappear”. -Dorothy Evsli</title><summary type="text">This morning, as I was having my breakfast in front of the computer reading emails, my son approached me and with a pleading voice he said, “Mom, can we play, please!?” I was about to tell him, “Later, mommy is busy.” But then, a voice inside of me was shouting, “Go ahead Len, play with him. Your son will not forever be 3 years old. He’ll grow up and soon you’ll realize he’s no longer at your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/feeds/9097398114356904119/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-morning-as-i-was-having-my.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/9097398114356904119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/9097398114356904119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-morning-as-i-was-having-my.html' title='“It will be gone before you know it.                                                                                                                                The fingerprints on the wall appear higher and higher.                                                                                      Then suddenly they disappear”. -Dorothy Evsli'/><author><name>LEN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184008378634597672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHLyOQX_8K1rhyZHbszhGwK8IvuHjs_cAXSD0Ggkm2e1ROAStvM47V_vVd8GKqFLrzHZeD_fO2JT5aoCJ96TIonRyBK_zKl8nkWT2aszA1tq3Jneae3I7iZiIik97iw/s220/IMG_0718.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxX2vQSBau9vF3F69j3MYcV9xVDY_EZfDnnP3_ISrk4RGPRYRQL2Jk_pdNXSVT0J3W71PJmoId-QBFUMQIlfO3uCsc1aHnrJ-jVAa_pntbCResO2ULsW1EuVHMUPOnIXOMFvknipR4oo/s72-c/blog4_2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133369617282362297.post-8577556151856714604</id><published>2010-06-03T21:45:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-03T21:47:09.193+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="stay-at-home mom"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="working mom"/><title type='text'>I&#39;m a S-A-H-M... and proud of it</title><summary type="text">&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; How time flies.. It’s been 3 years since I decided to quit my job to become a full time housewife and mother. I did that without having much thought about the kind of life I was going into. As a first time mom, I was really looking forward to being a hands-on mother to my child 24/7. For me, that’s what being a mother really means. All I was thinking that time was I would</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/feeds/8577556151856714604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/06/im-s-h-m-and-proud-of-it.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/8577556151856714604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/8577556151856714604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/06/im-s-h-m-and-proud-of-it.html' title='I&#39;m a S-A-H-M... and proud of it'/><author><name>LEN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184008378634597672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHLyOQX_8K1rhyZHbszhGwK8IvuHjs_cAXSD0Ggkm2e1ROAStvM47V_vVd8GKqFLrzHZeD_fO2JT5aoCJ96TIonRyBK_zKl8nkWT2aszA1tq3Jneae3I7iZiIik97iw/s220/IMG_0718.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAmGUCpE-mLTcyr602fPzWQoUkJ45c2JTOd8SBViuqvIQm6SjV1oJLbgp6OliSuxP5osMQ8kDAI8fd6QhHLW9elv6gC5pwiFEjiKXj8CZRN6M8mIu-r2KD8O1pjukgHw1-8uv92EcL7I/s72-c/S-A-H-M_1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133369617282362297.post-3304901666371835066</id><published>2010-05-13T16:42:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T09:25:00.178+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mothers have needs too"/><title type='text'>The Gift</title><summary type="text">I got a very nice present from my husband last Mother’s day, a pair of earrings. It wasn’t an expensive one, but sure it’s special because it comes from the love of my life. It was not really a surprise for me because my husband asked me what present I would want for Mother’s day. Initially, I said nothing. But then, I remember what my mother told me. She said that even if I am already a mother </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/feeds/3304901666371835066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/05/gift.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/3304901666371835066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/3304901666371835066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/05/gift.html' title='The Gift'/><author><name>LEN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184008378634597672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHLyOQX_8K1rhyZHbszhGwK8IvuHjs_cAXSD0Ggkm2e1ROAStvM47V_vVd8GKqFLrzHZeD_fO2JT5aoCJ96TIonRyBK_zKl8nkWT2aszA1tq3Jneae3I7iZiIik97iw/s220/IMG_0718.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1U-Dm5JndWieWHwbdysaK3YE8kJBSrTlulYJp6VngxqtI_-_apxZnjUksWCHb8hBmHq-t3pRsYXl1COxmgvFKWESjeCXvM_NfNUGOqBwypng2vrlXbuFoOdhrPsvMQBFq2tsjqNY7LXc/s72-c/IMG_1153.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133369617282362297.post-4042970285180071825</id><published>2010-05-10T17:17:00.000+10:00</published><updated>2010-05-13T17:14:47.262+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="how to budget grocery bill"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="save and eat healthy"/><title type='text'>Eating Healthy on a Budget</title><summary type="text">One of the most challenging jobs of every mom is to stay within the budget limit and save with the grocery bill without compromising the quality of foods that she provides for her family. But the question is how to do it. 
Here are some tips that I want to share to other moms to cut weekly grocery bills, save money, and eat healthy.
1. GO for  the Basics
Basic foods such as fruit and vegetables, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/feeds/4042970285180071825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/05/eating-healthy-on-budget.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/4042970285180071825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/4042970285180071825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/05/eating-healthy-on-budget.html' title='Eating Healthy on a Budget'/><author><name>LEN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184008378634597672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHLyOQX_8K1rhyZHbszhGwK8IvuHjs_cAXSD0Ggkm2e1ROAStvM47V_vVd8GKqFLrzHZeD_fO2JT5aoCJ96TIonRyBK_zKl8nkWT2aszA1tq3Jneae3I7iZiIik97iw/s220/IMG_0718.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133369617282362297.post-3088944867300842231</id><published>2010-05-05T14:55:00.001+10:00</published><updated>2010-05-05T17:11:53.364+10:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="motherhood"/><title type='text'>The beginning....</title><summary type="text">About 4 years ago, my life had a complete turn for I became a mother for the first time. A new creation that was in me came into existence and from then on I knew my life would never be the same again. The moment my child was born, I felt like I was a new person eager to embrace this new chapter of my life and ready to face the challenges of this beautiful journey... MOTHERHOOD!!Now, I have 2 </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/feeds/3088944867300842231/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/05/beginning.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/3088944867300842231'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/133369617282362297/posts/default/3088944867300842231'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://momscompanion.blogspot.com/2010/05/beginning.html' title='The beginning....'/><author><name>LEN</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13184008378634597672</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuHLyOQX_8K1rhyZHbszhGwK8IvuHjs_cAXSD0Ggkm2e1ROAStvM47V_vVd8GKqFLrzHZeD_fO2JT5aoCJ96TIonRyBK_zKl8nkWT2aszA1tq3Jneae3I7iZiIik97iw/s220/IMG_0718.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>