Life’s Lessons

Officially, summer is here and I can’t wait to go to the beach! We’re supposed to go on a week-long vacation but we might be pushing it to a later date. However, knowing that everybody loves the beach, we will definitely spend a day or two in a resort in Samal or in Talicud. Holy week is not a good time for it because beaches are packed with people during those days. We might be going there  before or after the holy week.

Anyway, here’s where we have been for the past years….

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I have a long list of all the things and happenings that I should blog about but lazy bug always hit me everytime I plan to post about it. Anyway, last December we had a reunion. Our relatives from Kabacan drove to the city, spent a day at the beach and spent the night at our cousin’s house. However, not everybody was able to make it.

Anyway, here’s some of the photos of Inang and Tatang’s(+) treasure, their grandchildren and great grandchildren….

the two “olds” in the last photo are our aunt and aunt-in-law.

That didn’t make half of our total number. I guess that’s only a quarter of the gorgeous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Different faces, different complexions, different body builds. Some are fair some are dark. Some are flawless some needs tretinoin. Some are tall, some are petite (in which I belong!). Anyway, I am looking forward for another reunion on Tatang’s death anniversary on April. I hope those who weren’t able to make it to the reunion last December will be able to make it then.

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Not all couples are growing old happy and inseparable. If there’s one couple that I admire for that, it’s my parents-in-law. For more than nine years that I have known them, they’re always together. Happy together despite all odds. A great example of living by the marriage vow “in sickness and in health, for richer for poorer, till death do us part”. If you just listen to their stories, it’s full of wisdom and in their lives you will learn a lot especially in dealing with married life.

I am so blessed to have married a man who have grown by their teachings and their example. My husband may not be perfect but I can see the values that was instilled in him. Hence I may not need the best eye cream for wrinkles in the near future because my husband is not giving me reason to be unhappy (read: unhappiness=more wrinkles). I can see we will grow old like DadMa, happy together.

Aside from the values that our lifetime partner has, the secret of having a good husband is being a good wife. As the old saying goes, “you reap what you sow”. Hence, a good wife makes a good husband.

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Ohhh…I’ve been silent here for days.*pout*. It’s not that I have nothing to share but work just kept me busy and made me crazy! Anyway, before another busy week at work starts, I think I SHOULD update this blog.

Last week was pretty fine. Ace started going to the office with his second wife. Oh, I haven’t blogged about it here. If you’re curious, just check out my other blog. He hasn’t driven for years and the first time I rode in a road bike with him was in Dumaguete City. It was unforgettable because we were almost hit by a car. With that experience, my impression that Ace will have a tendency to be an offensive driver lingered for years. So when I first rode with him, I kept on reminding him not to overspeed. My eyes were stuck in the speedometer and when it reaches 40, I prod him to slow down.LOL. I am just so paranoid of motorcycle accidents. So every time he leaves for work, I remind him to drive SLOWLY.

On Friday night, we (together with Donald, Carol and the kids) visited DadMa (Ace’ parents) in their apartment. It’s almost a 30-minute ride from here and the first time that Ace drove to that route. So far, so good. Again, my eyes are stuck in the speedometer and reading it aloud!LOL. I bet Ace won’t let me ride with him next time.hahaha.

On Saturday, it’s payout. The biggest payout so far so I was able to pay my balance for my Coach Heritage Satchel bag. I just can’t wait to receive the parcel and use the bag! Thanks Faye! You’re one great seller. My other loots are yet to come. I and Ace went to SM for grocery shopping. I planned to buy something for the kitchen but ended buying 3 12×18 photo frames for the prints that I ordered from Artscow. So our bare wall turned to a beauty. Ace was amazed how those prints (the photos that I took more than a year ago) look so gorgeous on those frames. He said he didn’t appreciate those prints until he saw it on frames. I still need another 3 frames and I hope to get those on payday. Ace is now encouraging me to order more prints and turn our walls to a photo gallery.LOL.

Yesterday, I woke up late. We’re supposed to attend worship service but I slept almost 4AM (that I kept tossing in bed) so I woke up late. Thanks, anyway that I was able to have a straight 6 hours of sleep. Breakfast is already prepared when I get out of bed. Isn’t that the sweetest? Yay! (Life’s Lesson: serve your husband and he’ll be willing to serve you without you asking for it). Gets? After that late breakfast I am planning to rearrange the living and dining area but I first organized the kitchen stuffs in the divider and cupboard (and I am not yet done!). I’ll find time to finish it soon. While I was rearranging things, Ace is also busy giving his second wife a shower using his new garden hose complete with nozzle and all that we bought last Saturday. Talk about buying stuffs for his new love!LOL. Carol, Donald and the kids went down to have dinner with us and Ace bought a Red Ribbon Smores cake for our dessert. It was actually late dinner. He texted DadMa hoping they’re still in VP but they’ve gone home. We’ll better plan early next time.

We turned in early (at past 11PM) and it took me a while to finally doze off. But after barely two hours of sleep, I am awake*sigh* and couldn’t go back to sleep so I turned the laptop on and update my blogs. Now it’s half past 4AM and I am not yet sleepy. My bad! I have a long day ahead and yet I am still awake and never had enough rest. Good luck to me!

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Last week’s entry was during our first weekend with our DSLR so I will continue posting in this meme from the oldest photos we have in file.

I and Che2x went home last May 22, 2008 for the death anniversary of our mother will be the following day. On Saturday, one of my cousin’s daughter celebrated her birthday at the ONLY inland resort in our hometown – Kabacan. Waterland Resort is actually the second swimming pool in town next to Garagan Spring Resort but the latter closed from business years ago. Our town is located in the middle of Central Mindanao and the nearest beach is in Digos City or if others could dare, somewhere in Parang, Maguindanao I guess. So imagine people in Kabacan go crazy over swimming resorts regardless of the source of water as long as it is a swimming pool, people won’t mind.

Here’s some of my cousins, nephews and nieces….

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I love it when I am not in the mood to blog for I can accomplish something that I can’t do when my fingers are busy typing posts.LOL. I’ve been wanting to make a photo book and I’ve started months ago. The photo books that I have started are still unfinished until I decided to start a new one and finish it by hook or by crook. So after being silent for a few hours, my first photo book that I will be ordering from Artscow is finished! Yay! I have five free of 8×8 20 pages photo book in my account that will expire on the 20th. Hope I can finish everything before it will be forfeited! Wanna see it? Your may view it here.

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We aren’t celebrating Christmas but I grew up seeing Mamang giving gifts to her parents, siblings, nephews and nieces even how little a thing is despite the fact that we are not that blessed financially. New Year’s eve has been the most awaited time of the year for all of us when we were kids up to this time because it is gift-giving! So when I started working, I tried to wrap something for my relatives even if it’s just small things as long as I can have something to give out to them. Ace also learned that “new year’s tradition” so he was sharing with the expenses in buying gifts for my grandparents, aunts and aunts-in-law, uncles and uncles-in-law, cousins and cousins-in-law, nephews and nieces. Read more… »

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Been meaning to post this for so long. Finally, I found it in my flickr stream while browsing for photos to print. Ella (my brilliant niece who got her genes from her bright tita.LOL) drew this and even titled it FAMILY DAY. Where did she got the idea of Family Day?

Family Day to her is being complete as a family with balloons for her and Eman. What a cutie!

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Graduation Open House Invitation

My cousin’s youngest son will be graduating from high school on March and I am sure they will throw a party for my nephew hence they must need High School Graduation Party Invitations to formally invite important people to that said graduation party cum thanksgiving.

Instead of printing their own graduation open house party invitations, my cousin might as well check http://www.graduationcardsshop.com and see for herself what she can get for the party. There are a lot of unique and exclusive designs available ONLY at GraduationCardsShop to choose from including college graduation open house invitations where you can add a photo, picture or logo to any card on their site.

Tags: Invitations, Announcements, Personalized Stationery, Greeting Cards, Thank You Cards, Graduation, School, Education, Party, Open House

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Eman sleeps with eyes almost half open like his Mom!LOL

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