Thanksgiving is just around the corner!

Which means I will be on pie duty for the next several days while the dusting of flour and the smear of butter covers the kitchen.

I love making pies.  It really makes me happy. 

I also love helping people plan their trips.

I am blessed to be doing work that I love to do. 


After the baking madness, I'm leaving for a trip to the Philippines and Thailand for work. I would enjoy it more if my loves could come with me but they can't.  I miss them terribly when I am away, but time does fly so the 9 days will be over in no time.

it's back to writing

it's been a year since i last posted anything.  i've written things on my computer but none of them made it here.  RA makes your head fuzzy and i told myself i should write more so i have somewhere to go back to and read when i suddenly forget things.

what has happened in the last year?  well, the biggest change has been the addition Ash to our family.  i've never had a dog in my life so this was all new to me.  fast forward 1 year and i am absolutely in love with dogs.  they say that dogs can prolong people's lives and I have to agree.  since adopting Ash, i have not come home stressed.  as soon as i walk in the door and see how happy he is to see me home, i leave behind the stress.  no human would greet anyone that way, that's what makes dogs special.

michelle has grown so much in the last 12 months.  she really looks dalagita now.  she's spending less time with paul and i, staying in her room most times but when i call her to say it's cuddle time, she still hurries to our room excitedly and cuddles with us.  i am so proud of how she's grown.  she really is a smart, and beautiful young girl, with a good heart and fears the Lord.  

i'm currently going through some personal issues with family back home but I know that God is faithful.  God has been so good to me, there's no reason to doubt his reasons and his will now.

paul, chel, t, and i are also on the verge of a major business venture.  again, trusting God on this because really if we relied on our will alone, it would not be possible.  also extremely thankful for our restored friendship with Ate Thez.  God is really a god of love and restoration.  

the last year also, our business became victim of fraud amounting to tens of thousands of dollars.  again, God showed up and restored what needed to be restored and provided a just punishment against the person who committed the wrong doing.  

just recapping the last year and this weeks recent events really proves how far the Lord has taken us.  God is good.