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My Entire Being... going all out for my husband Dee, my son little Dustin, my family, my friends, my career, my hobbies and my faith... a collage of memoirs. Share my journey and have a sneak peek of my BIG picture!
My Mood Today! 
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Players: ALPHA / YEN / LITZIE / YOUR BLOG WHERE YOU POSTED THIS
My roommate and I once: Okay this is hard, I never had a roommate! LOL. 
Never in my life have I: tried bungee jumping.
High school was: a lot of fun! Great times!
When I’m nervous: I somehow sweat a lot and my hands get so cold. I hate it!
My hair: naturally curly but I had it rebonded, I think 4 months ago?!
When I was 5: I started to go to school and I remember my brother going with me sometimes, sitting in for play school.
When I turn my head left: it’s the wall. I’m at the office.
I should be: at home and just work from there. If only we have a nice business, I want to be a SAHM for now.
By this time next year: I want us to experience Orlando vacations but if ever we can’t get visas, we might settle for Hong Kong or Singapore, maybe Japan? Dream come true if that happens.
My favorite aunt is: That would be “are” for me, I have 2 from my Dad’s side and My only aunt from my mom side. 
I don’t want to mention their names. I could get into trouble. LOL.
I have a hard time understanding: HTML codes or any codes that are about anything online. Good thing I have really nice online friends who are always there to help.
My ideal breakfast is: Hot coffee, fried rice, bacon and eggs.
If you visit my home town: you will now see Bonifacio High Street, Serendra, Market Market and lots of restaurant! I grew up in the part of Fort Bonifacio that President Ramos sold to private companies.
If you spend the night at my house: you will hear the wind and frogs, lots of frogs especially during and after the rain.
The animal I would like to see flying besides birds: Horses.
I shouldn’t have been: eating too much but I love food and it’s so hard to control eating.
Last night I: watched a movie with the husband but we were so sleepy we didn’t finish the movie.
A better name for me would be: Litzbernn still but I would be really happy if people close to me would call me by Litz or Litzie. I hate the nickname my parents gave me!
I’ve been told I look like: Sunshine Cruz when I was in college, minus the freckles and pimple scars. I didn’t have those yet when I was in my freshman college. But I don’t think I resemble to anybody popular.
If I could have any car, it would be: a Mercedes ML320. I love big cars now that I’m a mom!
Tagging you!
Early Gifts
I have yet to update our long weekend escapade but for now lemme tell you about my early Birthday presents, yes that would be with the letter “s”, for the Husband who will be turning 30 this September 3. Last Saturday before we went to Market Market for some window shopping we went to Ross Cycle Center in Cartimar, Pasay City to buy my husband some early gifts. So just this June, I asked him what he wanted for his birthday and he was not so sure what to answer but after some serious trailing, he already knew what he wanted and though the gifts were no surprise anymore, I am happy that I gave him what he really wanted for his birthday and besides getting the wrong shoe size will be a hassle if I will buy him the shoes without him trying it. Anyway, I gave him this…
LG(Louis Garneau) Tail Grip Shoe in this color, he just loves black with red… and he has so many biking shirts that will match it.
And unplanned is this,
He wanted to pay for this saddle but I told him that I will just give it as another gift. He needs a soft saddle since the one he has right now is not so comfortable, hence backaches. He is more deserving of all these things for being a loving husband and giving him such is not enough. I hope he enjoys his day and maybe a dinner with his family and my family will cap the celebration!
Okay off to shop for some office furniture for the hospital. Yay!
Mesothelioma
Ever hear of this? Mesothelioma is a serious cancer that occurs in individuals exposed to asbestos. And what is asbestos? It is the name given to a number of naturally occurring, fibrous silicate minerals mined for their useful properties such as thermal insulation, chemical and thermal stability, and high tensile strength. Asbestos is commonly used as an acoustic insulator, and in thermal insulation, fire proofing and other building materials. Many products in use today contain asbestos.Asbestos is made up of microscopic bundles of fibers that may become airborne when asbestos- containing materials are damaged or disturbed. When these fibers get into the air they may be inhaled into the lungs, where they can cause significant health problems. Scary isn’t it? Some people are more exposed to this material and would sometimes need a Mesothelioma lawyer to fight for their rights. I just hope nobody could ever experience this kind of sickness.
Hello Korea!
Hubby and I have been hooked to some serious movie marathon these days. Our “us” time is during the night, right after my son falls off to sleep. When the sound of deep breathing is heard? My husband grabs the laptop and sets up our mini theater. What movie are we interested to watch right now? All those love stories from Korea. I hated watching foreign movies with subtitles before, the closed captioning and subtitling are done in poor taste that I don’t understand every sentence I read but lately, we’ve been lucky and so far I get to appreciate My Sassy Girl and Wind Struck. I have yet to find Gong Yoo movies and I’ve been bugging the husband to look for my list. I miss GY and as much I want to see Coffee Prince again, with the best subtitling of course, I need to move on and see him with other actresses. He is way more than Coffee Prince and I want to see that, with the Husband of course. LOL. 
Long Weekend…
… started yesterday and yes, we’ve been busy, traveling? Maybe. Not that we need any travel insurance since we just go around the metro. But heck, it’s been quite hectic and to prove it? My son sleeps like a log since yesterday and you don’t need to tire him from walking around the house, he’s been doing it out especially in the mall and we’re not even done yet. My dad planned a MOA trip for the family so the tots will do some serious walking tomorrow. Dad plans to leave in the morning and he told us that we might eat lunch out. Long weekend, tiring yet fun since four whole days of spending it with my boys and my fam is always a BLAST. Later for pictures (I hope!) and stories.
My Boys…
… today are just super buddies. They are so attach to each other. My son calls “dada” or “da-di” when he wakes up every morning and he can’t say mommy still. Poor me. My husband doesn’t even ask how I am after a day at work, when we see each other at 5, he always asks “How is Dustin?” to me. I have no complains, I want them to be really close as buddies since they are both boys. I’m very happy to see them like this, playmates and sweet to each other.
Here the husband is handing cookie for the son while they are playing in our room. I was in bed and I thought of capturing this nice shot. Our son is getting bigger and bigger each day and the husband? Will get a year older again soon. So yes, I am busy looking for a nice gift for him and while browsing online I saw these nice sporty Festina watches and I am considering this. I need moolah badly! LOL. Enjoy the weekend.
Friday Fill-ins
Grabbed here.
1. The last meal I had at a restaurant was Japanese food last Wednesday lunch!
2. Hot weather, feeling hungry and looking for a ram are something I intensely dislike.
3. The full moon is creepy sometimes but I find it nice in pictures most of the time.
4. “Opo” is one of my favorite local expressions that all Filipinos should learn to say.
5. Sometimes it’s best to just keep quiet than be so talkative and offend the person you are talking to.
6. Don’t mess with Zohan and Windstruck are the best movie I’ve seen so far this year we downloaded online!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to a movie night again with the husband after a quality time with our son before he goes to bed and Sunday, I want to go to church and go to this Baptism ceremony where my husband will be a godfather!
Enjoy the weekends everyone!
QOTW 27
Please join us here.
If you’re joining;
+ try to leave some love to the others! Specially to the one up above you 
+ A link back to this post or to this blog would be appreciated. So that others would know and join!
+ If you have sets of questions that you like to ask, email it to me. And we will post it next week!
1. Do your days fly by or seem to last forever? Sometimes they go so fast like when I’m busy at work or when I’m taking care of my son during weekends, but there are days that I wish the clock will just go fast forward.
2. Have you ever stayed in a fancy, high class, rich hotel? Fancy, I’m not sure but we were billeted once in MGM Grand, Las Vegas Nevada and I experienced staying at Holiday Inn, Golden Mile HK twice.
3. Have you ever stayed in a rent-by-the-hour motel? Not really.
4. What, in your opinion, is the best advertising slogan out there? Just do it from Nike. That’s the only slogan that popped in my head. LOL.
5. When they start sending rockets to the moon for us civilians will you be on the list to go? Oh no. I’m already scared of riding a plane what more a rocket?
6. How are you feeling right now? I’m feeling bloggity. If there is such a word, so I’m taking advantage of it while taking notes in my notebook using mom’s red and black inked promotional pens.
7. Have you ever written anything on your skin? Yeah, when I was a kid.
8. If so what? Just doodles.
9. Have you ever looked directly at the sun? Oh yeah and it’s not really good.
10. Name something you just cannot forget, no matter how hard you try. My high risk pregnancy.
Had fun. Go grab it so you can have fun too and please link me up so I can take a peek.
Shirts for the Hubby
My husband needs new cool t shirts for his wardrobe. His few tees get so worn out, I hate looking at them. I already gave most of it to charity but I need to leave a few for him so he can have something casual to wear aside from all his polo shirts which I believe looks better on him. Christmas is coming so I have reasons to buy him new shirts, he’s just not that too conscious of how he looks, as long as he is comfy which is great of course but I told him that he has to consider fashion once in a while too. So after little talk about it, he said yes, I can choose nice and cool shirts for him and then we are back to talking about biking. Yikes!
New Homes…
I have 2 new homes aside from this little nook here. Please updates friends. Thanks so much.
oh and husband jump in the bandwagon so please leave him some love too and maybe you can link him as well,
Again, thanks!
My 6 Layers
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RULES:
1. Add your blog/s to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. It’s okey if you only post this questions in one blog as long as you answer them.
2. Get back to Me {YEN} and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list HERE! Note that you are not ALLOWED to change the link of the here.
3. Copy from Start to End.
4. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.
Copy this Participants List: Me and Mine | Creative in Me | For the LOVE of Food | Little Peanut | Pea in a Pod | It’s Where the HEART Is | Around the World | SugarMagnolias | I Am Mommy | All About The Memories | Enchanted Play | Just My Scrap | Whats Up | Simply Me | Kitchen Deelite | A Mothers Horizon | In Depth | A Life in Bloom | Because Life is a Blessing | Digiscraptology | All Things Me | Feels Like Home | Because Life Is Fun | My BIG Picture | You
LAYER ONE:
– Name: Litzie.
– Birth date: March 20.
– Birthplace: Manila, Philippines.
– Current Location: Taguig City, Philippines.
– Eye Color: Dark Brown.
– Hair Color: Dark Brown with tons of Gray.
– Righty or Lefty: Righty.
LAYER TWO:
– Your heritage: Filipino and Spanish.
– The shoes you wore today: My Puma sneaks for work.
– Your weakness: I worry too much.
– Your fears: Big C, loved ones getting sick or dying.
– Your perfect pizza: Anything from Yellow Cab.
– Goal you’d like to achieve in life: To make Denon and Dustin happy and raise Dustin to be God fearing and a perfect gentleman.
LAYER THREE:
– Your most overused phrase on AIM: LOL. If that’s a phrase!
– Your first waking thoughts: I’m still sleepy. 
– Your best physical feature: I have no idea.
– Your most missed memory: High School life.
LAYER FOUR:
– Pepsi or Coke: Coke Zero.
– McDonald’s or Burger King: McDo, I don’t eat at Burger King that often.
– Single or group dates: It varies.
– Adidas or Nike: Nike.
– Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea.
– Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate.
– Cappuccino or coffee: Coffee.
LAYER FIVE
– A famous person, dead or alive, would you interview: Gong Yoo and Oprah.
– Movie can you watch and say the lines along with the actors: My Best Friend’s Wedding, Pretty Woman and Above the Law. 
– Name two of your passions in life : Digital Scrapbooking, Photography and Cooking. 3 na pala yun!
– Least favorite time of day: I love weekend Mornings. Just hanging out at home, eating breakfast and drink coffee while I look at my son walk around the garden.
LAYER SIX
– Use hairspray or gel: Hairspray in High School.
– Your favorite meal: Kare-Kare if it’s Pinoy.
– Color in the inside of your head when you close your eyes: Blue.
– Listen to classical music: No.
– Ever said LOL in real life without thinking about it: Never. That will be very funny.
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Tagging Marc and Shey. 
It’s All About Me
Thanks Jacq!
The object is to complete each of the following snippets. I have included the blank ones at the end of this post so they can easily be copied and pasted
Participants: Startin’ A New Life, Too / All Things Me / Because Life Is Fun / Feels Like Home / Mommy Talks / Aggie Shoots. Aggie Scraps / All Kinds of Me Stuff / The Salad Caper / Winding Creek Circle / InkBabyStudios / I Am Mommy / All About The Memories / Enchanted Play / Tailgater Network / Merger Guru / My BIG Picture / YOU
I am: Litzie
I think: I really need to be disciplined in taking care of myself and be very health conscious.
I know: I’ll be having late lunch today, hubby told me he’s looking for this business performance management software for work and be a little late to have lunch with me.
I have: Layouts for my 2 CTs.
I wish: It’s Friday today, long weekend coming. Yey!
I hate: Mondays.
I miss: my son.
I fear: of death and very dark places.
I hear: the deafening voice of Kris Aquino on tv.
I smell: alcohol. I just used it after attending to a patient.
I crave: for TGI Friday’s food.
I search: for success for the family and contentment.
I wonder: I can lose more weight this week. Got stuck with th3 5 lbs weight loss.
I regret: the day when I left my Nikon in the car.
I love: being with my family.
I ache: My butt from sitting down too long.
I am not: talkative. I’m usually quiet and shy in person.
I believe: in God.
I dance: More of danced, past tense. I danced when I was in high school.
I sing: in the shower.
I cry: when my husband and I get into a fight.
I fight: with myself sometimes. In a quest to be a better person.
I win: when I get into a debate with the Husband, he usually gives in just so I can win. LOL.
I lose: Paypal money to Etsy, soon!
I never: Bungee Jumping and I’m scared to try now.
I always: think too much.
I confuse: Denon most of the time.
I listen: to my husband most of the time, if he only knew.
I can usually be found: in front of my Apple.
I am scared: of dying young.
I need: save more for future plans with the family.
I am happy about: my family life and I’m very thankful to that.
I imagine: a lot.
Busy Bee Today
One of my company logo shirts was worn from Friday night until late noon today, that’s how busy I was at home, I didn’t manage to even change my shirt until I took a shower and change to some decent clothes to visit my in laws around late noon. Backtrack a bit, I hit the sack around 3 am because I had to finish tasks so when my husband left to go biking early morning I was in dreamland and did not even notice that he left. So from 7.30 am until the husband arrived, I took care of our son, our active toddler who just loves to walk around and touch and throw the things he can grab. Oh boy! Anyway, had a little rest at my in laws’ place since after 3 weeks of not seeing Dustin, they were all excited to watch over him. Time flew fast and we had to go to the mall after the visit for Dustin’s passport photo and some errands. So here I am still drowning myself for some more load and I need to clear my plate a little more before I join the boys in the sack. I hope you had a fun day today too!
Health Freak
With all the diseases around us, I want to achieve to be really healthy this year. As of today, I’ve been exercising and doing Taebo for 20 minutes then do 3 sets of sit ups plus spend 5 minutes on our stationary bike from Mondays to Fridays for almost 3 weeks now. Well, did I lose weight? A little, because I still eat more than I should, which reminds me to consider colon cleanse one of these days, but I feel lighter and better compared to those times that I chose to just lay in bed or sit in front of the monitor when I have the time to exercise. Hopefully, I can achieve the 115 lbs. weight before the Holidays come. Hopefully.
Dating 101
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Players: Ozzy’s Mom | Me,Myself + 2 | Kidd Designs | Fun.Fierce.Fabulous | | Me and Mine | Little Peanut | Pea in a Pod | Creative in Me | Notable Bistro | Sugarmagnolias |Around the World | All About The Memories | I Am Mommy | Enchanted Play | My Happy Place / Iam Dzoi / Suburban Sass / To the Moon and Back / Raising Sandy | Tailgater Network | Merger Guru | My BIG Picture | Your blogs
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1. When was your first kiss and where?
..::.. I was 18 and the boy? My husband.
2. When was your first real relationship and how long did it last?
..::.. It was during college, I was 18, lasted for about a little less than 3 years.
3. What age were you allowed to date?
..::.. My parents are so open but not liberated, High School they said okay to it already as long as they know about it.
4. What’s the craziest thing you did (for love) when you were a teenager?
..::.. Locking ourselves in a room only to get a kiss. Corny!
5. How long was your longest relationship and what’s the secret?
..::.. One and Only. The Husband of course. Secret? Secret nga eh! LOL.
6. How long did you date before you decided to settle down?
..::.. 4 years 
7. How did you know he was the ONE?
..::.. Kasi sya lang eh, wala na akong iba pa.
8. Now, at what age will you allow your kids(s) to date?
..::.. 18?
9. When it comes to your kids dating, will you be a cool parent or a strict parent?
..::.. I want to be friends with my son when it comes to this. Want him to be reeally open about it just like I was when I was still dating.
10. What piece of advice can you give to your child when they start dating?
..::.. Enjoy that stage, but please always think wisely and never be stupid and be sorry in the end.
Thanks Dzoiey!
Know It All
I should know it all when it comes to frames, I’m an Optometrist and when the husband asks me to look for a decent frame for him, something he can wear at work and would look serious and professional, I should know what to look for and where to look for that specific frame. Good thing Zenni Optical was on FOX News! I don’t need to go that far. Zenni Optical $8 RX Eyeglasses even caught me in surprise, this is really a treat since the husband will have his eyeglasses for free, from me! So what I did was browse through those Incredible Stylish New Frames from Zenni and found this…
I’m sure the Husband will be very happy!
Out from CT
I’ve been scrapping like crazy lately, well thanks to work which doesn’t have internet access since Monday, all I did for the past 4 days when I didn’t have hospital related duties was scrap. But yes, I’ve been having a little of creative dryness, must be because it’s been a duty lately not a hobby so to let the juice flow again, I scrapped out from my CTs. I was cleaning my EHD when I found some kits that I bought from the past NSD and boy there were quite a few that I haven’t used yet. Talk about impulsive buying. First thing I played with? My fave scrapper Kay Miller’s kits and my, was I satisfied, very satisfied like a traveler who just found a very great deal of travel health insurance that doesn’t need any paying at all. Do I make any sense? Go figure. Anyway, here’s the layout and that perfect photo that blended well with all the trimmings.
Hmmm… a breath of fresh air for me! Tomorrow? Hopefully our internet will be up and running!
Tag-a-roo
Tag-a-roo from my online friend Joy! Thanks Dzoiey!
Describe My Day Tag
Here are the Rules:
1. List 6 things that describe yourself today or yesterday.
2. Add your blog to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs.
3. Tag other online friends you know.
GailAdi/Momeen/Emmyrose/Dennis/Dette/Jirl/Janny/Nanay Belen/Carol/ Something Purple’s cucina / Vanity Kit / Mind Bubbles / Stripe&Yellow / Something Purple / Em’s Detour / Spin180 / Wisdom City / MY Happy Place / IamDzoi / ClikTrik / I Love the Thirties / Tailgater Network / Merger Guru / My Big Picture / YOUR BLOG HERE
TODAY, I:
1.) Woke up late, so I rushed myself in prepping myself to work. Had to bathe Dustin and prepare his things for the day.
2.) Was on time for work, miraculously even if I woke up late.
3.) Wasn’t able to blog because our internet at work was down.
4.) Was able to do 3 layouts because I wasn’t disturbed of all the browsing and twittering on the net.
5.) Bought salad ingridients because I feel so fat, I just feasted on veggies salad and oven baked Chicken for dinner after a good 8 minute Taebo workout.
5.) Had to give some time for the husband to use the Apple for some searching for saddles, I sometimes hate biking, these terms are making me crazy!
6.) Need to blog hop and blog some more before I hit the sack!
It was a good Tuesday nevertheless. Thank God for today!
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I Hate These Chores
This meme idea started out of the blue while I was staring blankly at the 2 weeks worth of washed clothes that I have to fold. I instantly want to resign on my household duties and just laze around. I miss my mom and yaya chona so bad! - Author of the Tag
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This meme is pretty simple.
Here are the rules:
1.) List down the household chores you hate and why. Do you think you can survive without helpers and nannies?
2.) Copy the image.
3.) Tag as many girlfriends you want, the daddies and hubbies can also join.
4.) Add your blog’s link in the domesticated divas linky love. You can add all your blogs.<
5.) Leave ME a comment and I’ll add you up in the masterlist.
DOMESTICATED DIVAS: Living the Healthy Life / Sripe&Yellow / Vanity Kit / Mind Bubbles / Something Purple / Em’s Detour / Me,Myself+2 / Kidd Designs / FunFierceFabulous / Ozzy’s Mom / Insights from the Grocery Cart / Living A’ La Mode / God’s Best Gift / MommyAllehs Up-Close And Personal / My Precious Niche / Just Me.. Eds / Eds Mommy Life / Mommy Talks | Aggie Shoots. Aggie Scraps | All Kinds of Me Stuff | The Salad Caper | Winding Creek Circle | InkBabyStudios | My Happy Place | Iam Dzoi | Suburban Sass | To the Moon and Back | Raising Sandy | Tailgater Network | Merger Guru | My BIG Picture | YOUR BLOG HERE
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These are the things that I hate to do at home, the washing of dirty laundry, thank God for washing machines but the loading of dirty laundry in the washer and dryer, that I hate plus the hanging of wet clean clothes, oh my… then there is the folding and the ironing. These things I need a nanny for but everything for the family, I can gladly do without hesitation!
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It’s Snack Time
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I want all mommies to share their kid’s favorite snacks.
When you are done with the tag link me up here so I can add your blog(s) to the master list.
1. I Am Mommy 2. All About The Memories 3. Enchanted Play 4. Just My Scrap 5. My Happy Place 6. Iam Dzoi 7. 8. Suburban Sass 9. To the Moon and Back 10. Raising Sandy 11. Tailgater Network 12. Merger Guru 13. My BIG Picture 14. Your Blog
(Credits: Doodled snacks by Kate Hadfield)
Dustin’s fave snacks:
1. Honey Stars
2. Healthy Times Vanilla Arrowroot Cookies
3. Marie Buscuit
4. Banana
5. Apple
6. Pear
7. Health Valley Vanilla Cookie Cremes
8. Nestle Mango or Strawberry Yogurt
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Imperfectly Perfect Apple
I never blogged about my laptop after purchasing it. So, do I still love Apple? Oh yes, definitely is still the best in the world. Well, my G4 is not perfect, I sometimes wait for things to load which means I might need to buy larger capacity memory stick to make it run faster, doesn’t have the built in card reader and worst, our usb card reader is not compatible with it but it does everything a scrapper like me looks for. I can open tons of windows and can view everything simultaneously in just a touch of the mouse. Everything is so user friendly. love it from inside-out. So will I be keeping it? Most definitely.
Sink Sucker
Have you seen these really nice vessel sinks that look really nice in your bathroom? We have this kind of sink in every bathroom at home and I love our bathroom because of that. It gives a really nice touch to the zen feel in your bathroom. The nice thing I also observed with this kinds of sink is that it’s easy to clean.
We have this similar sink at home and I tell you, it’s stylish. This is my favorite spot in our bathroom actually!
What Scrapbooking Item Are You?
Kathy tagged me. Thanks Kathy!
My Result
You are PAPER!
You are an all natural basic person who likes to act as a foundation to others. You are willing to take a backseat in most of your relationships and let others take the spotlight, while you show your support and help them shine! Underneath it all, you are the one who makes it all happen. You are the focus and stability in any group, even if you are not the leader. Others look to you to set the pace and provide ideas for ways to get things done. But Paper Beware - sometimes you get a little edgy with the people who look to you for support and can give them some papercut remarks that can hurt their feelings. Remember to watch what you say, because you are best when leading by example.
Get the quiz here.
PLAYERS: THE SCRAPAHOLIC ME - Stickers | Because Life Is Fun - Paper | Quicker8 - Paper | kathycot - Ribbons | My BIG Picture - Papers | yours
Tagging all the scrappers who visit here.
Online Diva
Yes, you are an Online Diva!
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The button is a Flair created by Litzie!
Rule:
1. Post the button in your blog.
2. Please link back the person that gave the button to you.
3. If you have more than one blog, please post this to all of your blogs so your other blogs can be listed to the master list too.
4. You need to pass the button to at least 4 people that you think are also divas in any way.
5. Come back here and leave your post url so you can be added to the master list and help increase our rankings.
6. Please add to the list below a reason why you love being online all the time.
Online Divas:
1. All Merging in the Path of My Life
2. My Big Picture
3. Walk on Red with Me
4. Supah MaMa Wannabe
5. The Stories of a Now SAHM
6. When Mom Speaks
7. Kathycot Cooking With a Twist
Reasons why I am an Online Diva:
1. Litzie - It helps me pass time when I’m at work and don’t have any patient to attend to.
2. Kathycot - Because it serves as my past time plus it gives me moolah for my kapricho’s
3. You
Now, I’m tagging Mai, Aggie,Caryl and Wanda!
Weight Loss
I am trying to lose weight, not because I want to look better, well okay it’s one of the reasons but I want to be healthy, that’s the main reason of my weight loss. For a span of 2 weeks, I lost 5 lbs., not much but at least I’m starting to lose some weight. Hopefully, I wouldn’t need Phentermine’s help in the near future, I’m really scared to be obese, health wise it’s not good to be really big.
Before Weight Loss Project: 125 lbs.
After 2 Weeks: lost 3 lbs.
Diet: Low Carbs Diet
Workout: Taebo 8 Minute Workout or Taebo Advance 2 Routine, 6 x a week, for at least 20-30 minutes
Target Weight: 110 lbs before Christmas
God help me! LOL.
All Mixed Up
Thanks Jacq!
PLAYERS: CHIKAI | All About The Memories | Enchanted Play | I am Mommy | InkBabyStudios | TheSaladCaper | Mommy Talks | Aggie Scraps. | Tailgaternetwork | All Merging | My BIG Picture | You
1. Are you pregnant? Oh no. I have the red flag right now.
2. When do you want to get married? Got hitched with my one true love.
3. Do you curse a lot? Rarely.
4. What are your favorite books? Cook books and Scrapbooking books.
5. Do wish you were with someone right now? I just wish I am with my son, staying at home, taking care of him.
6. Who were the last three people that sent you a text message? The nanny, our friend priest and globe info message.
7. Are you happier single or in a relationship? I’m happier now I will never trade anything for being married to Dee, but some “ME” won’t hurt once in awhile.
8. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance? Of course.
9. Do you wish someone would call you? A call from an employer to Canada from the Work Abroad site will be nice! LOL.
10. What is bugging you right now? Those sites I enrolled at that just disapproved me. If you know what I mean and how to deal with my unstoppable dark spots from multiplying.
11. What’s something you wish you could understand better? I want to wake up one day, knowing, speaking and understanding French.
12. If someone doesn’t like you, its usually because…? I’m too quiet? But I don’t find that too annoying.
13. Do you have a wild side? Hmmm…
14. Kissed someone in the last twenty-four hours? My Boys.
15. Have you lost friends in the past year? Thank God no.
16. What were you doing at midnight last night? Surfing the web.
Tagging YOU!
The Little Boy’s Favorite Toy
A cute tag from Kathy and Alpha. Thanks Girls!
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Here are the rules:
Post a photo of your baby with her/his first ever favorite/comfort toy. Write some details of your fondest memory of your baby and her toy. This will make a good moment when your baby grows up! Lastly, don’t forget to add the link to your website’s at the end of the page. I’m sure many moms would love to see your sites, too!
Amelie’s mom, RD and CN’s mom, savenathan, Great People Make us feel we can become great, Everything That has Breathe Praise The Lord, Surviving deployment, Simple Life, Simply Me, Asawa’s Love Book, Pinaymama’s Diary, Just Life…, A Mother’s Journal, Dion’s Mom(Jona), PinayWAHM, Loyna’s Life’s Endless Possibillities, Can of Thoughts, Designs By Vhiel, Anything and Everything in Between, D’ Cooking Mudra, My Life in This Wonderful World, My Precious, Just Me.. Eds, My Colorful World, Spin180 | Wisdom City | MY Happy Place | IamDzoi | ClikTrik |I Love the Thirties | My New Home | All Things Me | Because Life Is Fun | Mommy Talks | Walk on Red | When Mom Speaks | Buhay Misis | Kathycot | Kathycot Cooks | Tailgater Network | All Merging in the Path of My Life | My BIG Picture | YOUR BLOGS HERE
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My son plays with so many toys, there is his Alphabet thingie with buttons and sounds or the rubber balls or the airplane blocks or his tiny cars but right now, his latest favorite is the choo-choo train and it’s not even his, it’s his cousin’s!
Want more proof of the adoration he has for it?
Look at his eyes sparkle while he is playing with the train.
And yes, he kisses it. Caught this on cam. Very affectionate huh? LOL. Kids! ::rolling of my eyes here::
Tagging Liv, Caryl and Lizzz.
Friday Lunch Coffee
Hubby and I went for coffee after lunch last Friday. It was fast but fun trip in Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Gateway Mall. Hubby opted for a Dairy Queen ice cream waffle cone and of course I chose to have coffee. Not in the mood for hot coffee since it was scorching hot that time and so what better way but to order Mocha Mudslide.
Took some photos of Dee feasting on his ice cream while reading techie magazines.
And the gossipy side of me emerged when I noticed this lady sitting outside the cafe, talking on the phone, I think she was crying.
This guy was already eavesdropping and was actually already staring at her.
Power of Prayer
Tagged by Joy.
Prayer for the MV Princess of the stars fatalities and survivors.
Dear God, we pray that you comfort each bereaved family everyday as they grieved for their loss, we pray that you will supply all their needs, we pray for the survivors that they may have a good life after the tragedy, that you will bless them and let them know in the deepest part of their heart that in spite of what have happened, you LOVE and CARE for them. This we pray in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. I encourage everyone to keep the prayer going. LET’S P.U.S.H. (PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS).
We Prayed: 1. Through The Rain 2. God’s gift 3. The Adventures of Dong and Jing 4. Me, Myself and I 5. malditang bunso’s journal 6. Underneath It All 7. 100% Kelly 8. My Colorful World 9. InkBabyStudios 10. TheSaladCaper 12. MommyTalks 13. All About the Memories 14. Enchanted Play 15. I Am Mommy 16. MY Happy Place 17. IamDzoi 18. ClikTrik 19. I Love the Thirties 20. Tailgater Network 21. Merger Guru 22. My Big Picture 23. YOUR BLOG HERE
Tagging Liv, Mai and Caryl!
Busy Week Ahead
My son is sound asleep as I am typing this post. Yes, it’s “me” time and I have to post this before the cute little tot wakes up. We are planning to go to the mall later. Family bonding with my two boys, hopefully not much money will be spent. I’m planning to buy those safety thingies that goes in the electric sockets for our bedroom, our son is getting more curious of the things around him and I think it’s also high time that we pay more attention to the safety precautions as parents. We might have his picture taken too for his passport application that I might probably apply next week or 2nd week of August, depends on my work schedule. Might dine out for dinner too, we’ll see. Enjoy the rest of the weekend, I will be back here with TONS of pictures, tags and stories to tell. God bless!
TGI Friday
I love Fridays, who doesn’t? It means that I have 2 days off from my boring work, 2 whole days with my son, 2 days of lazing around the house or going out to the mall… Saturday and Sunday are just my favorite days of the week. Just want to share with you a picture of my childhood friends when I went out with them last Sunday. The husband volunteered to take care of the little one while I spent my Sunday afternoon with them at Bonifacio High Street. My friends and I vowed to do this once a month despite of our busy sched and so far we only missed May and June.
L-R: The Army Brats: Amy, Det and Jac at Coffee Bean. Have a great weekend!
Spreading Creativity
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1. Copy the graphics designed by Cathy and then tell us your story about how you came to start designing. It doesn’t matter if it’s “for your eyes only” or you are designing for somebody.
2. Come back here and leave your link where you posted the story. I will add your blogs to the master list. If you have more than 1 blog you need to post the tag to your other blogs as well.
3. Passed it to people you know who makes beautiful crafts.
4. Make sure that you come back here to get the updated list of bloggers who joined the tag. This is a good way to increase our rankings on Technorati at the same time we get to read great stories.
So let’s start spreading those creativity.
1. Anything and Everything in Between
2. Designs By Vhiel
3. Vhiel’s Corner
4. Can of Thoughts
5. Digital Scrapbooking Creations
6. Me and My World
7. Big Money List
8. Simple Life, Simply Me
9. Digital Life Scraps
10. The Livy Updater
11. Pinay Mommy Online
12. Blessings and Beyond
13. The Artist in Mitch
14. InkBabyStudios
15. Aggie Scraps
16. My BIG Picture
17. YOUR BLOGS
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I come from a family who is inclined to art. My grandfather (dad’s side) can really write beautiful calligraphy. My uncle (dad’s youngest brother) paints in charcoal, he used to earn from drawing people’s faces during his younger days. My dad and my brother can really draw. My sister paints using pastels and acrylic resin. I used to draw too, can’t draw using my imagination though. Cross stitched, tried paper scrapbooking but I found it very expensive and can take up a huge amount of space. I love photography and when I discovered digital scrapbooking from Aggie, I was thrilled, I fell in love with it and I’ve been doing it digitally since 2006.
Tagging my creative friends Joy, Kathy, Mai and Rissa.
Neglected
That’s what my “My BIG Picture” blog is nowadays. Sorry for being absent. I have tons of photos to scrap and blog about from last week but fixing my new blog, that is coming soon (hopefully), takes up my time. I will come back soon. Thanks for friends who left messages at my box and the lurkers too. Take care!
Tiring Weekend
I had a very tiring but very productive and happy weekend spent with family and friends. Not to mention buying some promotional products I gave into spending some of my extra cash. Never mind those things, the husband might be reading this. I took tons of photos, bought kits on sale, bought something I’m looking forward to, sticked to my diet and who can beat starting my weekend with a new laptop? I am truly blessed. Off to sleep and will update you again tomorrow. I need to finish some of my online friends’ tags. I really need to write these things down or else I will be just like before, confused and overwhelmed! Tatah!
Let’s do the countdown!
Participants: Me and Mine | Creative in Me | For the LOVE of Food | Little Peanut | Pea in a Pod | Mommy Talks | Aggie Shoots. Aggie Scraps | All Kinds of Me Stuff | The Salad Caper | Winding Creek Circle | Princess Sophia | Spin180 | Wisdom City | MY Happy Place | IamDzoi | ClikTrik | My BIG Picture | YOUR BLOGS
Ten movies you’d watch over and over:
+ 50 First Dates, Gorgeous, Cars, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Parent Trap, Message in a Bottle, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Notebook, Passion of the Christ and Coffee Prince (if this is a movie)!!!
Nine people you enjoy the company of:
+ The Husband, Dustin, my brother, SIL, my nephew , my sister, friends Amy, Det and Mitch
Eight things you’re wearing:
+ Right now? Shorts, Tee and Undies - 3 lang eh!
Seven things on your mind:
+ Did Denon arrived in La Mesa already? Is he enjoying his biking? (I hope so!) I hope Dustin wakes up a little later when I’m all done here. I hope to chat with our sister later. Mall of Asia. Shopping. I hope to have a great weekend.
Six objects you touch every day:
+ laptop, feeding bottles, toothbrush, stationary bike, cellphone, wallet
Five things you do everyday:
+ eat, sleep, take a bath, play, pray
Four things that you see when you turn your head to the right:
+ our bathroom, our wooden drawers, calculator, our cabinets
Three of your favorite things that are red color:
+ my son’s small red hotdog pillow, my pen for striking things on my everyday lists, our colgate toothpaste (sorry i don’t own too many reds)
Two people who have influenced your life the most:
+ Denon and my mother
One person who has been nice to you today:
+ Dustin, he showers me with hugs and kisses.
My Apple
This is what our table looks like since yesterday evening!
Finally!!! I want the Air but that’s too much to ask. I thank God for letting the Husband find this. It is second hand, slightly used by a nice guy (from what my husband told me) who lives in White Plains that owns 2 Macbooks so he decided to sell the iBook that they (he and his wife) don’t use that much. It’s still on Apple Care until December and the guy already changed the owner’s name to me which means, if anything happens with this laptop anytime this year, I can get it fixed for free including parts and other stuff and we even bought it in a very reasonable price. God answers prayers so quickly sometimes! Thank you Lord. Now I am in the mood to search for this KVM switch that our hospital needs, I should’ve been on IT instead of the usual Dr. tag. I don’t know how I got into being the one who has to look for these kinds of stuff when our internet connection is having a problem. I don’t mind it now, I just want to use my new toy even for this kind of searching!
Aggie Wants to Know #2: Halfway There
Her post and I’m quoting:
How’d your first six months go? And what are you looking forward to the next six months?
I figured that a half-year roundup will do all of us good - it will make things easier by December when we do a lookback, right? Here’s what I did, I posted my roundup month per month, with an equivalent word (I planned this for scrapping year end month to month memories), and posted some highlights per month (your blog will come in handy here). If it’s too tedious for you, you can just list some memorable things/accomplishments/disappointments that you remember or do the survery I snagged from Glo (which you can see below - Im a sucker for these things I did it as well). If you have your Things To Look Forward To or resolutions from last January, link that as well. At the end of your post, please tell me what are the things you look forward to with the remaining months of the year (Masyado atang kumplikado to no? Hehehe - You will thank me for this!)
My Goals for the Rest of the Year:
1. Improve in my patience department. I’m not a very patient person especially with the people I love (ex: the Husband), I kinda have this idea that they love me anyway so I can be hot tempered as I want to be and they will still love me the same.
2. I’m aiming the 110 lbs. weight this year. If I get lucky I might drop that to 100 lbs. but my Husband said I will look so skinny, it will be ugly. We’ll see.
3. Eat and live healthy. It means, trying to minimize my coffee intake, more veggies and fish, less carbo and less meat.
4. Application to go out of here. Probably. Hopefully.
5. Just try to be a better person inside and out.
A little selfish with almost all the goals just for myself? But come to think of it, the people that I love will certainly benefit from these too. I pray to God that everything will go as planned, if not maybe better, in His name.
