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• Signing Off till Easter.

  24Mar
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  This will probably be my last blog entry until Easter Sunday. I have decided to join the 7 days Fasting and Prayer by Bo Sanchez. I’ve realized that more than ever, now is the most opportune time when I needed to keep my focus and spend more time with God. You see, I have done this annually since year 2010 and I cannot tell you how much Fasting changed my life. It is such a powerful act of sacrifice and prayer that I have become witness to so many of God’s miracles. (not to mention, I’ve lost weight from doing it, buh-bye to plus size work out clothes) From all of the Fasting & Prayer Guidelines I have read and seen, Bo Sanchez’s offers the simplest. For that alone, I love it. It speaks right through my heart as if it were my own words.

  For this year, I have decided to go on a liquid fasting: Fresh Veggies/Fruit Juices and Soups + Avoid unnecessary time spent online meaning, ZERO Social Networking sites: IG, FB & Twitter. Until then, I wish you all the most blessed Holy Week.

  Dearest Lord,
  Teach me to be generous.
  Teach me to serve you as I should:
  To give and not to count the cost,
  To fight and not to heed the wounds,
  To toil and not to seek for rest,
  To labor and ask not for reward,
  Save that of knowing that I do
  Your most Holy Will.

• My DreamBoards.

  22Mar
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  Sharing with all of you my Digital Dreamboards.
  I hope I inspire you with my positivity! Cheers!

  Happy Friday!

  Let’s all do the Happy Dance, okay, those who like the Harlem Shake, do as you please hee hee! (AND…one piece of advice, if you’re stressed, find custom stress balls and squeeze out those stressors away!)
  
  

  “Nothing is lost if one has the courage to proclaim that all is lost and we must begin anew.” –Julio Cortázar

  Tags: Dream Board, Dreamboard

• My 1 Word for 2013: FAITH

  02Jan
  Categories: BE Inspired, Christmas Countdown, Family Basics, Gratitude List, Happy Happy Joy Joy, Happy Thoughts, Ms. Kitty, Oh Life Bites, Pay It Forward, Photography, Shameless Plugs, Something New, Spreading Positivity, TwentyThirteen, Wednesday Happy Thoughts Comments: 0

  
  Hello 2013!

  As early as December 29, I was so excited (and almost ready) to write new pages in my life ‘storybook’ for 2013 (well, and also about my recent good buy, this pair of alpinestars gloves) but the Holidays wanted me to just savor this melancholic last few weeks with my folks. So I decided to veer away from my blogs and just have fun. My folks are leaving on the 19th and I could not even imagine life without them. It seems like I am back to zero, dealing with homesickness-blues-wise. It was a sweet 5-month-vacay that is worth treasuring but we have to move on with our lives. With that being said, I have to make sure I take advantage of this blogging mojo before it slips away, hence, my first entry for 2013. What a mouthful of introduction for y’all hee hee .

  This year, I decided to participate in this group, MyOneWord.org yearly project. Just by picking ONE WORD that would inspire me for the rest of the year. I guess this is more doable than trying very hard to complete the Project 365.

  For this year, my word of inspiration is FAITH. I know that the past 5 years was all about growing up with the Lord but there are still days I lose sight of how Big my God is. So this year, I am committing myself to not worry and just have FAITH. When days seem blurry and uncertainties keep knocking my door, I’ll just keep looking back to my ONE WORD for 2013 and that is FAITH. What’s yours?

  Faith is exactly what it takes to get through uncertainty.

  Faith is not necessary when you know how things are going to work out, – that’s knowledge. It’s in the time of unknowing that having faith is what sees you through to the other side. Faith is what gives you strength. Faith is that light in your heart that keeps on shining even when it’s all darkness outside. Now is the time to keep that faith alive!
  Tags: Faith, One Word, One Word for 2013

• Lil’ Bit of Pixie Dust

  11Sep
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  In 6 years, I will be 40 and like they say, life begins at 40.
  Might as well, start ticking off some items in my long bucket list and put a deadline to it.

  One of my major birthday wishes this year is to be able to reach my weight goal, I am so proud that I hit it and was given a bonus by weighing even lesser than my desired weight goal. From 115lbs, I am down to 110lbs. But since, I’m at the age where it would look better if I have a little bit of fats here and there, I am just aiming for a toner body and will not push it further to my pre-wedding weight which is 105lbs. So there, before 40, I wish to be able to strut a 2-piece bikini (yes, I am vain like that hahah!) without being too conscious of my flabs because I’ve got a lean and strong body I worked so hard for. Wishful thinking!

  And here’s the rest of the things I want to do before I hit 40 and before I get glued on these e-verify posters:

  • Get a driver’s license, drive and buy my 1st car from my own money under my own name. Nope, not conjugal hahaha!
  • Learn to swim and renew my PADI Scubadiving license. Yes, I am a licensed Scuba/Openwater diver but I do not know how to swim. AND Double yes, that is possible.
  • Travel to Europe with TGL. Just the 2 of us. Sort of like a 2nd honeymoon. We’re turning 10 years next year so maybe in 2 year’s time.
  • Have another bundle of joy, hopefully, a girl this time.
  • Go back to Disneyworld with a pre-teen (MLS) and a toddler (a daughter).
  • Build our Dream Home here. Invest in a Condominium property back in my home country.
  • Join a 5k and a 10k marathon.
  • Watch Olympics live.
  • Be able to participate in a charitable organization where I not only donate funds but be part of the logistics and operations.

  And if I could wish for more, I really hope to see the Great Wall of China with my folks and travel with MLS and TGL in Japan. So, I am blowing out my 34 candles very very hard on the 19th and hoping all these wishes come true.

• Moving On.

  02Nov
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  Ah Bliss.
  Amidst all these hurdles, I am thankful for my unwavering faith in God and guess what? Because me and my family know that there are times we just need to keep still and TRUST, I think we are slowly receiving what we are suppose to receive. Two important blessings were received today that made me trust HIM more. I promise to look at things differently, that every hurdle in life is a blessing.

  Let me share a prayer from Bo Sanchez that I placed in my wallpaper before I check on gifts for him, read: male relatives=early Christmas shopping .
  This inspires me to be a more faithful person each day, to handle every circumstance with grace and wisdom.
  

  “When life gives you lemons you don’t need, drop it. Stop going back to look at how you can make lemonade out of it. Otherwise, you will turn into somebody else’s lemon.”

• Life Goes On

  29Sep
  Categories: Diet Files, Family Basics, Friends Keep Me Sane, Guilty Pleasures, Happy Thoughts, Ms. Kitty, My Little Shadow, Oh Life Bites, Pay It Forward, Shameless Plugs, Spreading Positivity, The Crib, The Great Lab, This is Work, When Vanity Strikes Comments: 0

  
  Snippets and bullets for now.

  • I need to refrain from drinking coffee and eating chocolates. It is a self-imposed health move. In college, I have had previous cysts in both breasts, both excised and were ruled out benign. Mostly were hormone and diet-induced. I have another lump in my left breast now. Well it is still not something to be alarmed (according to my OB, yes, I recently, stepped on her medical step stool) because women who have had breast cancer never had any series of cystic history, they just came in one big scary lump. But still, I need to do this to avoid any more lumps in the future. And yes, this is one of the many reasons why I refuse to take contraceptive pills. It is cyst-inducing.
  • TGL is not liking MLS’ 1st grade teacher and he feels a conference is in order. We are going to request for a class transfer if MLS continues to feel uncomfortable about his class. It is stressing me out! TGL is truly the protective parent and yes, a stage dad to boot.
  • I woke up to a bad dream, I thought I was already a widow! I dreamed about TGL’s death. It seems so real. I should stop entertaining morbid news. More so, try to filter what I spend my time on. Stop researching what caused his or her death, it’s not my life nor should I really care about.
  • I got my Smashbox birthday haul the other day. But I plan to give them away to another friend who also celebrated her birthday this month. There’s just too many make-up in my vanity kit that are still untouched. Sharing is good.
  • There’s so much to be grateful about. We are so blessed and I should focus my thoughts on positive things.

  and yes life goes on.
  I have bills to pay and I have work deadlines.
  Thanks for reading.
  Now, back to reality.