this morning

i saw my boss' shoes when she came in and i couldn't help but stare and give her a complement.  they look lovely!  she had them in black, so now i want to get it in brown.

she said they're super comfy!  the heel is just high enough.  urgh!  i want these!!!!

holiday spirit

all this talk about facebook 'following' everything i do on the internet has left a very foul taste in my mouth.  i told myself i will use less facebook...more twitter and blogspot - i don't know if that's a good thing! =

anyway, it's almost october and i'm getting the itch to start decorating the house for the holidays.  i know, i know, it's too early!  it's not even holloween!  not even thanksgiving!  but here i am dreaming about things i want to do for the house this holiday season!

oh well!  that hasn't stopped me from getting ideas from all over the web on what i can do to decorate the house with stuff we already have and inexpensive things i can create (a.k.a. crafts with michelle).  last year, our tree was decorated in gold ornaments.  this year, we're going to do silver and white ornaments...i think we have enough white and silver to decorate the tree.  if not, i'm making a trip to the local thrift shop and see what goodies i can find.  all the other colors we have will be used around the house...i'm also thinking of getting a small (mayb 4 or 5 feet) fresh tree aside from our 'fake' tree...if i can find room for it, that is. 

as far the rest of the holiday decorations, i very much like these ideas:

all better!

after fighting a fever since thursday and missing two days of schoo (friday and monday).  michelle is all better!

you'll never be hungry

sometimes i forget how good God has been in my life.  occasionally the worries of this world get to me and i wonder about the future and what lies ahead of me. 

but He reminded me that if i follow him, i will not lack in anything...instead i shall have abundance.  in this story from matthew, they crowd had nothing when went and followed jesus but went home not only fully satisfied physically and spiritually, but received an overflow of blessings enough to share with others.  

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand (Matthew 14:13-21)

When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. 

As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

"We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.

“Bring them here to me,” he said. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Never forgotten

whales eat people!!!!

michelle was drawing a whale on the board, and then she said, 'i'm scared of whales! they eat people!'



i said, 'no, michelle. whales don't eat people.'

michelle looked at me and said, 'no, mommy! in my bible, the whale ate the man, so whales eat people!'






nga naman! si jonah kasi, matigas ulo e!

michelle's room makeover

usually around christmas or her birthday, michelle breaks open her piggy bank.  this year, we decided to fix up her room and make it more conducive to learning (michelle's now in kindergarten).


so this is how it turned out.  i just hope she keeps it clean!

happy 5th birthday, michelle!

my dear daughter turned 5 yesterday and we celebrated with a cat in the hat themed birthday party at CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point Park.

the awesome birthday cake was baked by one of ninong ed's closest friends, mar.  i found a neat cake online and emailed mar the picture and she did it!  hooray!!

cake by mar 

gift boxes for her guests

catering by tselogs

entertainment by happily ever laughter parties

miss raina, the circus girl

look at alex, the little girl at the bottom center of the picture.

she kept interrupting miss raina who wanted go on with the show 

and started to politely ignore alex;

alex in return pretended to be falling asleep during miss raina's routine.  hahaha!

face painting also by miss raina

it was one, fun, party!!!!

no present this year from mommy and daddy.  they spent too much for the party.