Spring!

~ "C"

Here in Cali, our spring probably feels like summer in most states. Guess what! Today, I drove home from work with the AC on in the car! Yes, the temps are up already!. And it didn't feel comfortable. It's the first time that I used the air conditioner in my car and I expect a lot more of these in the days to come.

Supper's ready and I'm just waiting for the hubs to come home. For tonight, I turbo-broiled marinated pork tenderloin and made a sauteed mung bean soup with spinach leaves. So, I'm all set for some rest....and American Idol! I am supposed to root for Thia Megia because she's Filipina and she's really got a beautiful voice, but I've been disappointed in her past performances. I wish she had more showmanship, confidence and expression to accompany that voice. So far, I am deeply impressed by Pia Toscano, and likewise greatly enamored to the cuteness of Scotty McReery despite his single-octave voice range. Cutely appealing anyway. My North Carolina boy! We'll see.

I had almost forgotten. I'm supposed to help my mom finish an article.Do you know what had been really helpful for me that one time I needed to do a lot of research but had so little time! These online sites providing custom term paper writing! Even if I'm not a student tasked to do a term paper, I am deeply grateful for the help of online term paper writers for saving my tush several times where information research is concerned. Especially when pressed for time and I need to pull bits and pieces of information for my own projects. I think I'm going to need them again, but I'm waiting. My usually out of whack schedule might just give me a chance to do stuff on my own.

Oooh, even this reggae girl Naima is growing into me!

Perhaps I'll concentrate on watching for now.

Til tomorrow! *luv always*

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Paranoid much?

~ "C"

The recent earthquake in Japan has really brought about an onslaught of global paranoia. We have every reason to fear since the threat of a looming nuclear meltdown seems imminent, and will surely bring about a chain reaction of chaos all over the world, every corner where a living thing thrives on air and water, forget about the non-basics.

Yesterday, the hubs got a little upset that I am so gung-ho at completing our go-bags should the need to evacuate arise. He's scared, and will avoid and change the topic every chance he gets. I'm scared, but I will confront it every chance I get. At least I can tell myself that I prepared somehow, no matter how unpredictable things might get.

It is scary. But as the domestic household engineer aka Wonder Wifey, I feel that I have the responsibility and that it is upon me to put things in order, situate our plans for whatever the future holds. But we sure hope that this future is bright and shiny, just exactly what we dream of. Yet, it is good to be secure and ready just in case the rug gets pulled under our feet.

For instance, the Wonder Wifey Hit List consist of the following:
1. A fat bank account aka Savings for the rainy day
2. Home Mortgage Refinance
3. Strong Investment Portfolio
4. bankers life and casualty (I'm looking at this bankers life casualty company for more information)
5. A second property (in our hometown, most likely)
6. Retirement security

It's all about the future, while of course, not forgetting that we have a life to live at the present moment. This might be our only gift.

But then again, it will be great to be able to dream. And hope things get better all over the world, so we can all live to see our future, a disaster-free (and debt-free?) future that we know we will be able to partially plan for today.

Let's all hope for the best...and NEVER expect the worst.

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London Customers

~ "C"

My coffee painting is almost done and ready to ship to my loyal patron in London. I can't wait because she promised to endorse me to her other friends. I am so happy. I'm going to ship the painting soon, even if I would prefer to hand-deliver it myself *wishful thinking* I know it's too much to ask, since I just came back from a long vacation, but I guess it won't hurt to dream of spending a few days in a london apartment while on a business trip delivering my art. Woohoo fab!

I do want to have a short vacay to London sometime next year. I heard from my customer that it's so doable to stay in london apartments while on business trips as opposed to spending a fortune in hotels. Especially if you don't know friends or family there who can take you under their roof. That's a very practical way to mix business and pleasure! As I've heard, these booking agencies for short stay apartments in Central London like Robert and Polly Arnold's even give personal service to visitors coming to London from all over the world. That means, Personal attention and extensive knowledge of the area, and yes, quick and easy booking procedures and special rates too!

I am so tempted. Boy I am so tempted. I really might hand-deliver my painting! But, maybe I'll just wait when there's 50 or so paintings to deliver at one time. That's a long shot, I know. I might really slave myself off.

But surely, it doesn't hurt to dream, does it?

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My Weekend

~ "C"

So far so good...

My Saturday was really good because half of it til 9pm was spent in a birthday celebration of the hubs' friend punctuated by short visit to Ross, yes, half an hour before closing time, and the hubs buying me a pair of Guess high-heeled wedges...the kind that wraps all over the feet with straps, loops and shoelaces. Life is good! And throw in the all day feast we enjoyed at the birthday party which left me stuffed until midnight leaving my system pining for an hcg diet plan , LOL. Which, by the way, as I've mentioned earlier, is beginning to be a fad at work. I wonder if these hcg homeopathic drops are really good. I'll probably check out the hcg drops reviews soon.

Especially since Sunday was stuffing day again!!!

At noon after church, we had a very filling lunch at this new Chinese place my sister recommended. We had walnut prawns, salt and pepper squid, beef stew...and the best one, lotus leaf-wrapped rice cooked with wine sauce, fish and mushroom. It was the bomb!

The only thing...I really suddenly felt sleepy. MSG much?

I don't know for sure, all I know, is I had great meals...and a weekend packed with ZERO stress. As in, zilch.

It's a good thing.

What more can I ask for?

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This Diet Thang

~ "C"

TGIF! I'm sitting on my afternoon coffee break while munching on some flamin' hot Cheetos while rethinking the plight of my nutrition. Surely, it's not yet going to the dogs is it? Not that I have anything against Cheetos (because it's my one uber-favorite guilty pleasure of a snack, that and a Kitkat...yes, together).

But seriously, I know that my choice of food has gone downhill since I took a feast-all-you-can vacay to my hometown during the holidays. It's been 3 months and I'm still vacay-hungover. I'm stubborn like that.

I know I should hop back into a regimen of healthier options because I know that even if I am a "closet vegetarian" ( a natural knack for adoring and choosing all things tofu over scrumptious meat dishes), I know that it doesn't make up for the other junk I introduce into my system. Aside from that, it will be great to shed off at least 50% of the pounds I've put on over a period of 5 years. Yes, it was THAT dramatic.

My co-workers are on the HCG Diet which involves, I think, an enticing 2-day gorge period (yeah, chug on that melted butter, baby) then taking HCG drops while on a 500-calories per day period. I can already see some good effects. Boy I am threatened. I used to be the smallest and skinniest in my department, and I am not small, I tell yah. Maybe one day, they will overtake me, or I will overtake them. Hopefully not.

I might consider the HCG Diet diet after all!

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Eyesight for $ 6.95, can you beat that?

~ "C"

So yes, another public service it is! We'll be full of it these days! Hehe.

While we can't buy vision per se (for cheap that is, or at all...ever!) , one thing is for sure, it doesn't have to cost us an arm or a leg to buy reliable spectacles anymore, even those fab and fashionable to boot!

There is an article about how a woman who used to shell out a few hundred bucks for her eyeglasses have now found where everyone else is rushing to like flies to available food for inexpensive and ultra-affordable eyeglasses. I am happy for her. She has found what I found:

I own like several pairs, in different styles and colors. Well, not that many. Four to be exact. Black, Red, Pinkish Brown (Rose Brown?), and a transparent bluish purple purplish blue hahaha. All fab four without hurting my pocket. I got my prescription eyeglasses online at Zenni. And don't tell me you haven't heard of it.

It's like gold for the vision-challenged who has a flare for rocking specs that are fashionable, and a fab match to every wardrobe. These online companies like Zenni can offer eyeglasses at a lower cost because they don't have overhead, and there is no service involved. Surely, no one will help us select the frames, but do we really need them? Also, if the frame breaks (like I am inclined to do...try sitting on them or stepping on them accidentally AND REPEATEDLY, I should know).

But, seriously, for a price range of $5 to $20 how can you go wrong?

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A Little Public Service

~ "C"

I'm still waiting for the hubs, and I'm done scratching off the items in my TO DO list for tonight and so I'm back to blogging because I'm once again drawn to the couch because of American Idol. Im not YouTubing this time though.

So you bet, I'm here again! But this time with a little bit of public service.

I feel compelled to talk about this because I came across it on the internet. Plus, I went upstairs and saw the little toy baby block perpetually sitting on the corner of my dresser, constantly reminding me of my little angel Cody. The son I lost four years ago.

I will feel guilty if I say that I'm no longer grieving, but my heart is no longer crying. I've been blessed to finally be able to move on, although sometimes I ask myself, have I really moved on? Or I'm just convincing myself. But I must have done a pretty good job convincing myself, because life is in fact going on. The grief that used to come in waves come in tiny ripples now. Maybe because time is helping me accept it, and helped to heal my heart. I'm not exactly over it, but I've come to terms with it. Oh, I am going around in circles! What I'm saying is...losing my baby left a chip on my shoulder, but the happy relationship I share with the hubs is preventing my heart from being stuck deep in sadness. You now what I'm saying?

Perhaps now, the only thing I keep thinking about is the question of what I did wrong, even if everyone else is saying that losing a baby if you know that you've actually done your best makes you really faultless in every way. I used to think, is it something I did or ate or taken?

I'd like to think that I've done my best. So I rest in that thought. Maybe. Oh, the heart of a woman is an ocean of secrets.. Yes, I admit, I am still blaming myself. Maybe I didn't care of my baby enough. Or take care of myself enough. I guess, I will carry that burden for a long, long time.

If anyone of you are like me. I wish you well. I wish you peace and freedom. Because that's what I wish for myself, every time I see that light blue baby block on the corner of my dresser.

And my public service for tonight is on topamax and pregnancy because I found out that some may suffer topamax birth defects .

I am not a victim but I know that there are women who are, and they can actually seek help and legal assistance for topamax lawsuits . Every little thing matters. Go for it.

Everyone wrong needs to be right. Everything lost, needs to be gotten back. Every little baby deserves a chance.

I hope I have another one of those chances.

You too.

dd

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Multi-tasking to the maxxxxx

~ "C"

I am watching two things. TV and YouTube. Yeah, with YouTube sort of on the foreground and the telly in the back (if you don't count this netbook, actually). I recently got hooked in this pinoy soap which was actually aired I believe in 2008 or 2009. So, catching up it is! While, of course, getting my other ear entertained by FRIENDS reruns. Soaking it all up! LOL.

While I am kept busy with my audio visual department, my gustatory channels are open as well. My nose catches a whiff of my adobo cooking in the pot in my kitchen as I type this, while my tongue is still reveling at the experience from the last time I taste-tested it, which was about 5 minutes ago. Ah...almost done.

The only thing that is probably not running for me yet the speech department because the hubs is working late and fortunately, I am still not in that stage of cuckoo-ness as to be talking to my self. I really am the silent type, yeah right. Iam seriously considering the prospect of calling my mom, but figured that it can wait for a little bit. Maybe after this post. Or after checking out YourDissertation.com . You might wonder what sort of scholarly pursuit got myself entangled with again. Actually, it is not for me, but my friend's son who needs assistance with custom papers and as Miss Congeniality that I am wont to be, I volunteered to check out the thesis online that he is consulting. You know, just to make sure things make sense. I do get asked favors of that nature most of the time, and it's a lot less work to be able to find other forms of assistance online. Bang for my time, so to speak.

Dinner's almost ready, it's getting dark. I should start with the next things in my multi-tasking list: Come up with new designs for the new cards I'm selling (I've been going crazy about Zentangles lately...it's also my way of relaxing from my 8-5 job) then fold the laundry before the hubs arrives. While catching up on YouTube, of course.

Aaaah life. Life of a Wonder Wifey!

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~ "C"

"I call upon you to draw from the depths of your being — to prove that we are a human race, to prove that our love outweighs our need to hate, that our compassion is more compelling than our need to blame."

–Elizabeth Taylor (RIP 3/23/11)

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Something more cheerful to look forward to

~ "C"

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pier 1. All opinions are 100% mine.
The world has been hit here and there by unsettling phenomena lately: natural calamities, man-made tragedies or disasters brought by both.
It feels so surreal to me. I see stuff on television that I used to see only in movies. Incidents evoking fear and paranoia, which used to be stirred in viewers by scripted film. Not anymore. Scary things, which we used to think as unlikely happening, have suddenly started to prove how highly probable they can become. The earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the volcano eruption in Hawaii. It's not good.
Yesterday, I was just thinking...
All of a sudden, all of us are contemplating about our future, and what's left for us to look forward to. That aside from being happily cherishing the wonderful feeling when winter ends, we are also forced to think about getting ready for any future calamities which might happen still. Last night, while the hubs and I were packing our "cold season" clothes away in anticipation of spring, we have set aside a few items including a blanket for a "go-bag" which might come in handy. That, plus shopping for more canned goods than usual.
But you know, we resolved that life must go on. Nothing can ruin the coming of spring and the beautiful promises that it comes with. We got stuff ready in case some more ominous things show up, but at the same time, we choose to not stop living the good life on its tracks just because of that.
We are going to make good our plans on sprucing up our backyard, in anticipation of more outdoorsy activities with family and friends. We checked out Pier 1 and we're just in time for registering for special in-store offer this weekend. We're heading right there in a few hours! And tomorrow, who knows, if we find more stuff to buy! I am particularly eyeing the Taza Round Outdoor Round Table since the style is perfect for my art taste, a kaleidoscope of color atop a sturdy iron base with every tile handcrafted out of clay, screen-printed, then individually hand-painted. Can almost pass as my work! But I'm not a fakey like that! And of course, one of their Papasan chairs! I'm still debating if I should get the red or teal. Red is my motif indoors, while I have teal for the outdoors. It's kind of crazy because these things can be used both inside and outside, and so I am confused, nonetheless, greatly wowed by the versatility. I hope you can visit the site to check the wowies out including their Pier 1 Outdoor newsletter, because I really really love their stuff (and the great bargains they offer!) How sweet is that. I've been a loyal customer since we moved in to our house in 2008. Something to "wow" about, that's what I can say!
And yes, they have Pier 1 Tweetups: March 22 in Dallas, April 5th in Atlanta and April 20th in NYC!
So, life must go on. I will continue to welcome spring and live life to the fullest. I will continue to hope for summer. And pray fervently that all the chaos and calamities will stop shaking us. I will continue to trust in God, and His love for us. And continue to be faithful that he will grant us more Springs and Summers to come.
Each day is a gift.
Especially these days.
Let's not throw any day away.

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Finally...

~ "C"

If you've been lurking around my blogsite, you probably have bumped into my very comprehensive (I'd like to think) article on the "Go Bag" which is the ever-proverbial last minute evacuation bag in times of natural or man-made calamities. It is a little luggage which you try to pack and put together and hopefully don't get an opportunity to use. I was actually referring to my own researched list from not so long ago as I put mine and the hubs' go-bag together earlier this evening (and a third one which I plan to make hubs carry as well LOL) in view of recent paranoia brought about by the recent disaster in Japan, and the looming possibility of an earthquake here in the Bay Area. There are still a lot of loose ends to tie, particularly in the canned food department (my sister already bought some for us during her recent trip to Costco and I just need to get them) but I'm happy to say that I've pretty much gotten it together. I just hope and pray that nothing devastating comes that will make us run for our lives with these go bags in tow. I hope and pray. I hope and pray.

I've also gotten a little first aid kit together, bandaids, triple antibiotics, alcohol wipes and all, including common medicines that might come in handy such as Theraflu and ordinary pain relievers. I am thinking of going the extra mile and buy cheap tramadol 24h for my kits (yup, 3 of them, so I really gotta buy tramadol hcl 24h huh!). I know I might not really need one but you'll never know who else can benefit from it. By the way, it is used for relieving moderate to moderately severe pain in extended release tablets for round-the-clock effct. I like to share and help when I can. If I'm going to pursue this, like dreaming of providing for the entire neighborhood and community, and easing everyone's pain, I really might as well buy tramadol online at lowest price. But then again, yes, hopefully nothing happens to warrant the need for any of this I'm talking about. It's just good to be ready than not. KNOCK ON WOOD...

Like I said, I've pretty much covered the basics.

Notes to self for tomorrow:
1. Get some flashlights into the bags.
2. Matches
3. Candles
4. Copies of IDs (Passport and Driver's License)
5. Family Picture (easy face identification)
6. Socks (oh I forgot that, good thing I remembered now)
7. Hats, beanies
8. Contact information (phone numbers of family members and next of kin)
9. Crackers
10.

I'll come back here when I think of something.

Apparently, I'm far from done!

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Thanks!

~ "C"

My co-worker made my day yesterday.

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note to self

~ "C"

Buy brand new shaving razors. 'Nuff said.

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Weekend!

~ "C"

I just blogged about anticipating spring and all that, but I don't see it published yet. Oh well, I hope it goes through because I put some heart into it.

Yeah, the past week had been sad because of the earthquake in Japan, and also hard on us here in California, where the fear of another earthquake is hanging like daggers above our heads. I hope and pray that it doesn't happen.

Meanwhile, as life goes on. The hubs and I are helping my brother-in-law replace their chandelier lighting in the dining room and the foyer. That inspires me to really, once and for all, go for the mini pendant lights that I want to drop from the ceiling of my kitchen sink. I hope that my brother-in-law's move inspires the hubs who actually wants home improvement but is weighed down by mood swings. Home improvement mood swings!

I would love to install sconces on our upstairs landing too. But my question is, by doing so, do we need to put holes in our immaculately painted walls?

I'm just happy to be thinking about these things instead.

Oh, I'm cooking tonight. But we really haven't decided yet. I'm for sure making a pot of chicken macaroni soup (with some secret flavoring -- a leftover been dish from the hubs' auntie, and some leftover roast chicken from Safeway). That is straight up yumminess to the tumminezzzzz.

Be safe, always, y'all. *luv always*

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Weekend Re-Tweet

~ "C"

RT @Billy_Cox: Its not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do whats required.- Winston Churchill

Sent from my iPhone

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A Moment of Silence

~ "C"

I won’t blog-a-lot today.

My thoughts go out to the victims of the recent earthquake in Japan.

Let’s pray for them… Let’s pray for the whole world.

For all of us.

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Haha

~ "C"

My turbo-grilled pork is almost done and the hubs should be home soon. I'm happy with this Thursday night. It is somehow fulfilling a promise of a tranquil night that I so hoped for. The washing machine is busy doing the work for me with sheets and our tablecloth. We are expecting guests this weekend and I'm right on schedule. It was just kind of funny to see hubby's new Boardshorts thrown with the laundry due to be washed. Apparently, someone is very excited for the coming of summer!

I can't wait either. I have already re-organized my own closet to make way for clothes for the coming warmer days. After all, spring here in Cali almost feels like summer in the other states. Consider us lucky. It's always nice and beautiful in our side of the world.

Anyway, have you re-organized your closets yet? Is it time to put away the heavy jackets and knee-high boots to make way for a light and breezy wardrobe?

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On a Roll

~ "C"

I'm having the time of my life with increased internet presence, thanks to abstaining from Facebook for Lent. I now conclude that the time spent on Facebook is really inversely related to the amount of time I can put in on my blogs and surfing.

The fact that I am here now, more often than the past six months or so proves that. I have more time now and I'm bouncing off the walls. Suffice it to say, I am able to accomplish more of the "official" stuff which used to take a back seat when the fun of Facebook interaction beckons.

I was able to update almost of my online sites (the monetized ones) a task which is extremely imperative as my earnings by far have already reached rock bottom. So far so good now. Reconnecting with fellow bloggers surely is great too. So far, I'm able to blog-hop and tell my former blogger friends that I am still alive at least haha.

I'm also able to surf and check out what's new online, and the icing on the cake? Stumbling upon free samples which a hardworking wifey like me seriously appreciates! Come on, who would say no to free samples of make up and other freebies out there nowadays?

Plus, I saw on TV the other day that it is better to get samples of products before you buy the real deal so you know that they work for you instead of wasting hard-earned moolah.

I'll let you know what else I see. Right now, I'm on a roll with this whole blogging shebang that it feels like a reset button has been pushed somehow.

Maybe someone up there did.

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Hi J!

~ "C"

A friend in the blogosphere dropped by and noticed my return!

Thanks for the welcome, J! I know it’s been a while, but I’m back…

And it feels pretty….darn….super!

I’m glad to be blog-hopping again too, of course.

It’s a two way street….so, wait for me, I’ll come right by, and won’t forget to say hi!!!

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Bang for my time

~ "C"

The rice is cooking, my teriyaki chicken's marinating, and peas are nuking soon. While I answer emails (legit, business-related ones) and as I conceptualize designs in my head, waiting for the time to finally grab my sketchbook and render the details.

This is my life. If I didn't think about ways and means on how to get things done in a multi-tasking way, I won't be able to accomplish. Blogging is one of my therapies of choice. Now that I have about 10 minutes of free time, I choose to come here for a little release.

I am overloaded with other tasks as well, such as writing for some clients, or at least helping out with custom research papers writing that I am sometimes tempted to refer them to free essay editing online which a lot actually don't mind. I know of the best writing services out there anyway. Most of them a better deal than me. Multi-tasking, always rushing, list-driven me.

Okay, time is up. Just thought I'd drop by to say hi. Gotta get back to the grind, but before that, I need to start turbo-broiling my teriyaki chicken. And then back to being workaholic monster me.

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The Modern Apron

~ "C"

I don't work in a hospital but I wear medical scrubs.

I'm not up for a riddle!

I'm just saying that I do.

Because I have discovered the 101 uses for nursing uniform scrubs (outside the healthcare setting, that is). First of, they make really comfortable pajamas! Or house clothes, if you the kind of person who wants to spend a free day at home in comfy clothes, you know, somewhere in between soft yet figure-hugging gym garb and silky-slipping-off-your-skin negligee. It's practical, you don't have to scamper up the stairs to change when the doorbell rings and you get a surprise visit from someone you don't actually like, teehee!

You can sleep in them, bring them to pajama parties and sleep overs, you can layer tanks and long sleeved shirts under them and stay warm while you move about freely.

I also buy scrubs because they protect my clothing from messy stains when I cook (and need to entertain in a few minutes). They have more coverage than a regular apron! I use it a lot for my art projects too, and my clothes are protected from paint and glue that I am wont to play with when my creative juices flow.

There you go. I hope this helps!

More stuff

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Missing

~ "C"

Our family friend used to call the hubs (aka the car expert) whenever car problems would arise. Lately though, we haven't heard from him. It's either he has finally found the ultimate Los Angeles auto repair that equals the hubs' expertise (in honesty, cost and service) or the head gasket of his Honda Civic hasn't given him a headache recently. Or he just got embarrassed of perpetually bothering us, which we really wouldn't have minded!

Anyhoozens....

I think that's what I really thank God for. I'm blessed to have someone look after my car all the time and all I need to do is gas and go. I cannot imagine a life without someone taking care of that for me. I'm not helpless, I'm sure I'd be able to cope up when the need to handle it alone arises, but I'm really just thankful that the hubs is there to do it for me. My single and living alone co-workers go through car headaches by themselves and because I know the difference (the joys!) of having someone to help right away, I feel sorry for them.

Yet, if one doesn't really know what they are missing, they won't really feel bad, right?

I guess that applies to all aspects of our lives.

I should know.

I'll tell you next time.

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Summer, hurry up!

~ "C"

Spring arrives on the 20th of this month but it seems like it has already come and I'm glad. I'm so happy each time the leaves turn green, flowers blossom and you wake up to the chirp of birds.

I don't really want spring to end right away, but the prospect of summer and everything that comes with it are beckoning. Aside from summer festivals around town, picture this: barbecues, going to the beach, lounging under a beach umbrella with a good book while kids play beach volleyball around you or have fun with their
surfboards , bonfires, smores, the moonlight reflecting on ocean waves that make them look like white horses galloping to the shore, the calming sound of the waves, the cosmic serenity of the starlit nightsky....walking, beachcombing with the one you love,walking hand in hand...

I'm gushing.

I can't wait for summer to come. And be free of heavy sweaters, boots (not that I don't want them-- in fact, I love them!).

God is great for inventing the seasons. Brilliant! You don't get bored with one, you come face to face with real changes and you actually go through them.

It makes life full of adventure, and surprises, and great tomorrows to always look forward to.

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What do you think is in your kitchen that your friends do not have?

~ "C"

That's the question that one our my friends posted on Facebook.

I'd say stray crumbs from the instant mashed potato I spilled from the box last weekend?

A really sharp japanese knife that could split a floating air molecule into two?

An antique"flying saucer sandwich" maker that I took from our ancestral house?

Other than those three at the top of my head, I can't think of any. The rest, I believe, are present in almost everyone's kitchen in various styles, models and forms. Aside from expressing our own styles and tastes with handpicked decor from fine wood cupboards to sturdy undermount sinks, to copper pans, it is guaranteed that almost every appliance and culinary necessity is common.

To tell you the truth, we don't have much. But aside from my reliable stovetop/oven, and the microwave, I have a George Foreman grill, a NuWave (broiler)oven, a coffeemaker, and a rice cooker on my countertops. Four appliances I can't live without.

I have granite countertops, and stainless steel refrigerator and freezer, and a dishwasher.

Oh how about a unique undermount sink? I wish.

But really, what matter are the dishes that come out of the kitchen, and the love you put into them. What matters most are the loved ones who enjoy them.

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LOL

~ "C"

Yesterday, I posted a tentative schedule where my life will practically revolve around and today’s Thursday and I’m sort of changing my mind about the order of that entire thing. Something doesn’t sit well. Like I missed something but I can’t put my finger on it. Well, it’s a dynamic work-in-progress aka continuous struggle to get things done considering that my life is composed of unpredictable critters creeping into my TO DO list, as well as unpredictable stressors (oh darn) so I’ll let it come in when it does. I wonder what I’m missing…

Anyway, I can’t wait to come home tonight and work on my paid tasks, while uploading the last bunch of photos of my Christmas vacay on Facebook. That alone eats up a lot of time. I’m starting to realize how dumb it is wasting a chunk of your life uploading photos and organizing them. But maybe it’s worth the obsession since my friends and family have been waiting for it.

Oh, I have an article deadline tomorrow. One of those serious ones so I should work on that too.

Did I tell you I made a unique kind of pasta last night?

*obviously my thoughts are jumping worse than an old vinyl record*

It’s Kare-kare pasta. It’s a Filipino dish – sort of like a beef stew in peanut sauce. I made a big pot last weekend and I’ve run out of ideas on what to do with the leftovers. So I poured them over pasta and voila! It was a yummy surprise if you think outside the box.

The hubs liked and even said, “Hey, take a pic! This can go right into your journal!”

Here it is:

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I can't believe it...

~ "C"

I just blogged!

Visit my http://www.missclarisse.com and see for yourself that I’m really, honest-to-goodness working my way to get and claim my groove back!

And the writing opportunities (the paid ones) are coming back in trickles. More moolah to come! Plus the wonderful, dorky kind of joy and geeky kind of high I get from writing. I’m bouncing off the walls! I’m back to my old self. I’m still busy as hell (what else is new) but I got a good schedule figured out!

Mondays-Friday: 8-5 work, blog (paid or not) during morning and afternoon coffee breaks. Walk during lunch. Go home. Cook. Eat dinner with the hubs. [Insert specific task as stated below]. Call my parents (everyday or every other day). Chill. Hug time/TV time with the hubs.

Monday nights:

Pursue my paint projects for my portfolio and other commissioned work I am slowly getting now. The local art association is waiting for me, coaxing me to keep going because they have a spot for my art in their gallery. And I have orders! I’m a slave of art and I’m loving it! (Projects: Coffee paintings, Mixed Media Art and Wire-wrapped thingmajigs)

Tuesday nights:

Gymn with the hubs, then take care of stuff for my side-business. http://www.cafepress.com/onebahaykubo. There’s a lot of shirt and novelty item designs in my head and heck, I can’t sell my head! The ideas have to materialize somehow. It’s long overdue! And/or write my manuscript for my children’s book that is as long overdue!

Wednesday nights:

Ha! It’s Criminal Minds night so don’t take that away from me!!! Well, I can do paperwork, filing and bills as I watch TV. And maybe write paid jobs online to make sure I don’t miss deadlines (anymore!)

Thursday nights:

Gymn. And don’t you notice I haven’t mentioned Facebook? Hehe. Yup, nothing laborious for FB such as uploading tons of pics and stalking peeps. That can wait. Thursday nights are…. well, free for now. Unless you have something brilliant to suggest. Or unless I can’t get my nose off a page-turner (electronic, that is) in my Kindle as always. Or maybe paint again. Who knows where my creative juices and burning passion will take me?

Friday nights:

…are date nights! Eat out nights with the hubs! Or eat in….movie nights! One thing I love about Friday nights is that I can pull off an all-nighter and know that I won’t have to pay for sleepiness the next day. How grand is that!

Saturdays: Sleep in. Do chores. Try a new recipe. Go out with the hubs. Or go to a party that we have a tendency to be invited to on a weekly basis.

Sundays: Church. Chill. And make sure to sleep early because…we gotta feel right on Mondays!

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For Mom and Dad...Woohoo!!!

~ "C"

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