To all you mothers out there… Happy Mother’s Day!
I do believe that one single day is not enough to celebrate the greatness of your tribe. I do think that we should all celebrate mother’s day every single day of our lives.
Mother. Mom. Mommy. Mum. Mummy. Nanay, Inay, Inang, Nanang. Mama.
You are amazing!
Enjoy your weekend!
People I know are rushing to buy gifts for their mothers. I learned that two of my friends are ordering something online right this very minute and having it delivered on Sunday in time for mother’s day. Berries. Both their mothers love it. Since the shop can send chocolate strawberries nationwide, they are ordering their berries from them. Plus, the berries from the said shop are truly of high quality.
I still have not thought of any gift for my aunts. I might order the same berries for them. I am sure they will also love it.
It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday. What are you preparing for the one constant woman in your life?
I am not so sure if it was fed to international news agencies that there were devastating floods that happened several months ago. The people of those provinces affected were left homeless. A tent city was temporarily built for them were families were given a tent each. Summer is almost over so the local government is deliberating whether to have steel buildings built for a temporary shelter or use other establishments they will convert into housing for them.
If you ask me, I think it would be better if the steel buildings be used. For one, they will be safe from the rains. And another, they will be sure that it won’t collapse on them as it will be new and well-built.
Papa Lonnie has this hard habit to break… smoking. He is partial to cigars. He doesn’t light it but would just put one in his mouth most of the time. He would often ask his son to get him some at the http://www.famous-smoke.com and it makes him smile just seeing them all lined up in his cigar box.
His sons indulge him, he is aware of that. He knows that they want him to totally quit smoking for his own good but it is already a habit to him and he feels restless if he’s not able to smoke one.
Anyway, he is taking things slow so he knows that he is still off the bad charts.
When we were kids, money was not enough for us. We were seven in the family including my parents. Can you imagine how costly it is to bring up five kids? It didn’t end with food. There’s also clothes to wear, school to pay for, and other basic necessities that a child needs. Multiply that by five!
So there were days when we didn’t have enough food on the table. Seeing as it wasn’t enough for the kids alone, my mom would give up her portion for us to eat. She’s always sacrificing something so that we could have enough.
And did I mention that she did almost all the work at home? She gave up her dreams so she could be with and take care of us.
I don’t think there’s any that could equal the love of a mother.
Ever!
To make sure that the engine will always have enough fuel for it to be ready to run, the couple ordered a Carter fuel pump assembly that they could bring with them on the trip. There are stretches of road where there will be nothing but land and grass. If ever the engine empties of fuel, there will be nowhere for them to have a refill of.
This will be their first time to travel this far. They are both excited and apprehensive over it. The couple will be visiting their daughter who gave birth and since she lives in another state and they are not too fond of plane rides, they thought it might be better to bring along their RV and just drive for eight hours.
May it be a cat or a dog; having a family pet will teach you a lot of things. They teach you about companionship, obligation, loyalty, and compassion. In a household, the family pet is their best friend – a companion that will provide unconditional love. No matter how much you grow, or change, and no matter how busy you might get, you need to make time, to make way for our pet companions that depend on us.
Owning a pet is a big responsibility. When I say big, it’s a HUGE obligation. It means that, you have on our hands the life of another living creature. You will have to care for it for the rest of its life. Owning a pet requires commitment. It’s not just about the food, the shelter, and everything that money can buy. They need emotional care too. Having a pet is good for both mentally and physically, unless you’re allergic to them. If you have a dog, you’re most probably taking your pet out for a walk and that will provide you exercise.
I have heard friends saying that having a pet can help you get relaxed whenever you’re stressed or tired from a hard day’s work. Some say having a pet can lower down your blood pressure and help cure depression. Pets are amusing to watch and they provide a good distraction from any troubles you may have going on with your life. Though owning a pet is not easy, the love they give is unconditional that scooping a poop or two is well worth it.
This is a guest post by Ciel. She loves listening to Asian music, and strongly believes that music is the universal language. She enjoys working from home as a writer. She is currently writing for afslibning af gulve, which concerns about sanding of floors.
I know that all of us get our faith tested from time to time. Some of us get by easily while some of us go through a really tough time it becomes hard to get on with life. I’ve experienced that time and again and I tell you, my faith got/would get a beating each and every time it happened/happens to me. I try to be a total positive person, a source of inspiration to my love ones, but when I am experiencing a tough time I feel like giving up and just letting the negative envelope my being.
Just very recently a problem that I thought was solved a couple of years ago resurfaced. It was just lying dormant and waiting to erupt again. And it did. I am still finding a way to solve it, all of it! I am still reeling from the fact that I am in this situation again. I thought I am over this kind of situation. I thought I am done feeling so nervous about tomorrow. And yet I am here, in this exact same situation I’ve been in years and years ago!
I know that at the end of all this I will go back to prayers, and believing and hoping that tomorrow will be a better day. But for now, right this very minute, I am a ball of negative energy trying to make sense of things.
We were already selling one of our pups today when buyers came and it was all so fast one of our pugs got sold right away! I thought it would be okay should it happen as the pug is quite loud when it barks. But I was wrong!
When you already began treating a pet as part of your family, losing the pet is heartbreaking. You will feel like you lost a member of your family and it’s truly unbearable.
Those without pets won’t understand this feeling of loss but if you are a pet lover like me, you will know what I am talking about.
Good thing the pug was given back to us. No more selling of pets until the Husky gives birth to her litter.
There are choices in everything we do. We can choose to do good, follow the light… or we can choose to do something bad, follow the dark path. It’s always a choice. I do believe in gray areas but ultimately we go back to the only two concrete choices in this world: good or bad. Light versus Dark.
So which is your choice?
Happy weekend everyone!
I feel like staying somewhere other than our home. I want to stay somewhere I don’t need to clean after and I just have to order food and not have to cook it myself. I think I will go check the link that a friend of mine told me to go see. It’s http://hotels.orlandovacation.com/kissimmee-hotels.php where I can possibly book a stay at.
Some people are not too keen on staying in hotels. I am different. If I know the hotel is clean and the staff are capable and good, I go back there again and again. I love staying in hotels! Especially those with great views!
The whole family will be spending part of their summer at the farm. All three kids already have their saddle pads ready because they will be riding their ponies every single day they are at the farm for sure. They spend part of the summer at the farm every year and the kids look forward to it. The adults look forward to it as well.
I wish we also have a farm where we can escape to when there’s nothing to do in the city or whenever we feel like it. Unfortunately, we don’t have one or know anyone who will have us over so we make do with our own home and just endure the heat.
One indulgence that Norma has is her regular facials. She would go to her favorite derm clinic at least once a month for their services. But since she is cutting down on her expenses as she’s saving up for a very important out of the country trip, she thought she’d just do skin cleansing herself using aztec secret. Anyway, she can still go to get facials once she’s able to save enough funds for her trip.
I also love facials but since I am also saving up I don’t go as much as I used to. What I indulge in is foot spa and pedicure. I get that regularly.
I hate being on death watch. I was in it thrice already. My brother, my mom, my maternal grandmother. It was crazy and heartbreaking and if I am not a strong person I would have probably gone mad with all the deaths I’ve witnessed already. I am not talking about my loved ones only. I also saw cancer patients dying one by one during those six months my brother was going in and out of the hospital.
And now I am on death watch again. With our favorite puppy Drako. You may laugh at the thought of me dreading the death of a puppy but if you have a pet at home and you just love your pet so much, you would know how I feel right now.
It’s back to that first time my brother had a stroke twice the first one causing him temporary blindness and the other causing him to choke on his own saliva. There wasn’t a third one as he slipped into coma before he passed away.
I hate being in this situation! I know every individual goes through this with their love ones and medical professionals and those connected to emergency response groups witness death almost every single day. But believe me, if you are in this situation, you don’t know what to do. You feel like crying and ranting about the injustices in life at the same time.
One thing I learned from my mom is to keep gifts. I mean when someone gifts the family a gift, regardless if it has a use now or none, we keep it. A family friend gave my parents a mexican blanket. I told my mom that we wouldn’t be using but what do you know! My sister is now using the blanket for her yoga classes.
You really never know when you will have use for an item given to you. So don’t throw away gifts. Keep it. Especially the ones you know will have some use for you maybe not know but in the future.
About a month ago, my sister went home with a yoga mat. She told me that she couldn’t take the stress at work anymore so she thought of a way to unwind and release the stress in her mind and body. A lot of her friends suggested she do yoga so she went to the gym where she’s enrolled and joined the yoga class.
She is now attending yoga classes regularly. Thrice a week, if I am not mistaken. It’s just a month but I can already see improvement in her disposition. She is less cranky nowadays and can already control her temper more.
I want to try out the oil free moisturizer that a cousin told me about. She said that it’s the moisturizer she uses and it has worked wonders to her dry skin.
I was having the same dry skin problems and I remembered that my cousin used to complain a lot about her dry skin and how she’s always so prone to skin breakouts. I called her up and she told me about that oil free moisturizer that’s working wonders to her skin. I would like it to work wonders on mine, too!
There are a number of charming little houses in our area. I like all of them but the one I like the most is the house with the wrought iron window boxes. I just love what the owner did to her windows! It’s like having mini gardens for each window of her house.
Whenever I pass by the house, I keep thinking that I want the same house for me and my sister. For when we grow older and we don’t really need a big house anymore. I want my very own charming little house, too!
Focus on faith… and the rest will fall into place.
I believe this. If we just focus on keeping the faith and letting God’s hands do wonders in our lives, we will probably be surprised to find that our lives are running so much more smoothly than when we lack faith.
How’s your faith?
I am so touched that my aunt’s husband, even though we aren’t that close, would consult me on important matters specifically on investments. He called me up last week asking about the us mint. He heard it from a very good friend of his and he is interested. He asked me if I could do a research for him and he would pay me for my services.
Of course, I said I’d do it for free. He is my uncle and I don’t charge fees on family. He told me that he is very much interested in various avenues of investing and that he would want me to act as his portfolio manager. I said yes to that offer!
