Looking Back...

God. It’s been a while since I talked to my friend back home. So much had happened. In six years to be exact. I called her last night. It was so good hearing from her. Catching up. We recall stuff from college and it just made missed home so much. I want to go home. I want to go home. I want to go home. I thought.

Her baby is turning 5. Also, two of my other good friends are pregnant too. And my best friend who’s my cousin at the same time just had her baby. A boy.

It’s just amazing to see that we are all parents now and our perspective in lives changed overnight. But we are still the same person as were, funny, crazy, and carefree, although we progressed in certain ways.

So much had happened and changed over the few years back home since I left. Old teachers got married and had kids on their own. Old boyfriends are now husbands and fathers themselves. Parents died. Working professionals. Relocation…

I paused myself and asked what could have happened if I have chosen a different path. Would I be married? To whom? If so, how many kids would I have? What kind of profession would I be in? Have you asked yourself that before?

Looking back…

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STOP Violence

Debbie got me tagged on this one.

In places where there is war, upheaval, insurgence, human rights violation, bloodshed, calamities...



Spreading the word,

1) Tibet - Philippines
2) Joyoz - Australia
3) A Fil-Am Journey - USA
4) Me and My World - USA
5) Real Expectation - USA
6) You...

Please help us spread the word, Vhiel and Soshana.

Spreading Creativity

Hmmm...

How did I started?

Well, it's in my family. I've always had a bit of creativity in me. While some of my relatives are really good in drawing/painting, I on the other hand are good with letters. Calligraphy. I also like to put cute, pretty things together. Scrapbooking.

I got into scrapbooking few years ago when I got a gift set from a relative. I try to avoid hobby stores lately just to keep myself out of trouble. Specially when you get coupons, it's hard to resist.

But these days, I don't always have time for the manual scrapbooking so I got myself into the digital world of scrapbooking. Since my face is glued to the monitor most of the time and my right hand is tied to the mouse, so why not do it on my computer instead?


{start copying here}



{ created by me, please don't delete the graphics or alter it }


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. You're next...

Bloggers I know that have eyes on creativity are:

Princess of Images of Aloha
Dette of Mammadawg

Wordless Wednesday - Before and After

To a mother like me, this is more like what I want to see each time I go into her playroom. Organized. Clean. But then again to my child’s preference…



This is more like what she had in mind.



Happy Wednesday again everyone.

I Love You THIS Much Award

Isn't she sweet?!



Dette has become one of my good friends in the blogging world. And she gave me this cool award. So sweet! Love you back girl! Please check her out at MammaDawg. She has great post.

Now I'm handing this award to my good friends Debbie of A Fil-Am Journey and Vhiel of Can of Thoughts. I love you this much guys!

Another Sleepless Sleepy Nights

It’s 1:18 in the morning and I should be in bed right now.

This is one of those sleepless sleepy nights. I have about five piles of laundry to go. And what in the world have I been doing for the last 8 hours? Hmm, let me think.

Darn. At 3:13 this afternoon I realized I had to send out a laptop back to San Antonio and it was too late. FedEx had already come by for the day. This means I had to stop by their office on my way home. Just another stop I didn’t want to make.

-- SomeHow.I.Tripped. --

Got home around 6:10. Gee time just flew by. My husband got this coupon from Nike for 25% off entire purchase of $125 or more. Since I’ve needed a new pair of running shoes we decided to go. I got me a new pair of running shoes, shirt for hubbiepooh, a sandal for little miss sunshine and a pair of shoes for her too. It was funny looking at her walking in her new shoes for the first time. She was wobbling. But to my surprise she has not tried taking them off. Let see how long those shoes will stay on.

Somehow from all that walking around Nike, we realized we were not in the mood for taking-the-steak-out-of-the-refrigerator-thaw-it-out-start-the-grill-steam-the-broccoli-grill-the-steak-eat-clean-up. Hmm, too much work and too late... On our way home, we stopped by On the Border for dinner. Got home around 9:40. Already? Oh, by this time little miss sunshine still has her shoes on, surprisingly. She must have liked them better than sandals. Or she just does not know yet how to take them off.

It’s amazing how time just came in a swoop and not realize how unaccomplished I was.

So it’s 1:37, I better go to bed… more coffee for me tomorrow.

First, Now and Last

I got a tagged Vhiel
So here goes...


First

* First name: Cathy
* First screen name: ccandia79
* First funeral: My uncle died and don't remember how old I was
* First kiss: not telling, lol
* First love: as is this one, lol

Last

* Last beverage drank: what else, coffee
* Last food consumed: banana
* Last phone call: HP Technical Support
* Last time showered: this morning
* Last CD played: Jim Brickman in my car this morning on my drive to work
* Last website visited: Anything and Everything in Between

Now

* Single or taken: absolutely taken and never will be available
* Gender: Female
* Birthday: last Sunday
* Sign: Cancer
* Shoe size: 6 1/2 - 7
* Thinking about: Going home

Participants:

1.) Me and Mine
2.) Creative in Me
3.) Little Peanut
4.) For the LOVE of Food
5.) Pea in a Pod
6.) SugarMagnolias
7.) Blogsilog
8.) Captured Memories
9.) Cherry’s Comfort Zone
10.) Thinking Out Loud
11.) Wishing and Hoping
12.) Buzzy Me
13.) My Precious Niche
14.) Just Me.. Eds
15.) Eds Mommy Life
16.) Can of Thoughts
17.) Designs By Vhiel
18.) Vhiel's Corner
19.) Anything and Everything in Between
20.) Me and My World
21.) You...

I'm tagging everyone!