It’s My Birthday

My nieces and my sister in law surprised me with a bouquet of flowers, freshly picked from their garden.

Angel and Baby Hannah prepared this cute cupcakes with Nips toppings sprinkled with crushed Hanny Chocolate… Mmmmm….. Yum…Yum….

My other niece, Venus, has it’s own version of her birthday cake for me.

This one reminds me of “Meteor Garden”. Remember the gift of Sanchai to Dao Ming Soo? ….

Actually, I just want to celebrate the day by attending mass with my family and spend the rest of the day like my usual Sunday. But mama insisted to have a little party since we have bakasyonistas, my nieces and nephews.

So here’s the cake from my parents…..

I’m thankful that God gave me a wonderful family…

I'm posting this for my first entry for Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday.

The Terrace: A Special Place in Our House

Beside my room is a terrace. It’s a small one, around 40 square ft. in area. It’s especially made as our prayer corner and sort of reflection area. My mother spends her morning ritual there doing Shibashi. It’s a very relaxing place, especially hearing the chirping of the birds and the rustles of the leaves plus the cool air that touches your skin.

We are planning to beautify it by putting indoor plants. I suggested that we’ll install a water fountain. I know the sounds of the water will even make the place more soothing. My mother was thrilled with my idea.

Currently, there are already indoor plants and drift woods. But it still needs improvement. Perhaps, we can rearrange the plants this Holy Week.

Oh! No! My Sister Gained Weight!!!!

My sister gained weight after a long week of attending graduation ceremonies in their district. As a school head, they hop from one school to other school in order to attend the graduation ceremony as support to other school heads in their district. Of course what can you expect, with such occasion, it also means festivity of foods.

I told her about the flab that starting to show on her body. And she was even surprised and starts to worry. She plans to go back to her old regimen – eating only cereals for her dinner. If she’s really serious with slimming, I guess she’ll need to exert extra effort: aside from diet, she needs to exercise and perhaps try some hcg diet drops.

Magazines

I love magazines; even the old ones. My sister used to buy old magazines from a local bookstore. It’s cheaper compare to the new one but still it serves its purpose: it entertains me as well as gives me ideas about anything.

I love home style and lifestyle magazines because basically the articles are applicable to our day to day activities. I never lost interest with these magazines, that’s why I keep them on my table in my bedroom. I love to flip every pages of the glossy magz and look at the different designs and tips. Oohhhh! I just love art….. love life!

And I think I need a magazine holder beside my bed for me to easily grab the magz.

How Would You Like Your Flooring Done?

Flooring adds up to the beauty of the interior of the house. That’s why it’s wise to carefully plan what type of flooring you want to have and have it installed by expert. There are various flooring you can choose from: tile, granite, ceramic, vinyl, hardwood or carpeted flooring.

I remember the flooring of our house, before it was renovated five years ago; it was purely cemented - red cement actually. Daily we have to scrub it to make it shine and apply wax at least once a week. It’s really tiresome scrubbing the floor from the kitchen, living room, bedrooms and the porch. Not to mention that we have a pet dog at that time, that when it rains it really mess up the floor especially the porch. Good thing my parent decided to have a Tile Floor when our house was renovated.

Photo from Sears Home Services

Personally, I want the hardwood flooring because it brings me closer to the nature; looking and feeling the texture of it. But like the cemented floor it requires waxing and scrubbing. Actually the flooring of my room was made of hardwood. But my father painted it red thus I cannot see the beauty of the grains of the woods.

Carpeted floor is also good. This is ideal in our library. The fabrics make the room less susceptible from noise. The only disadvantage is that it can easily accumulate dusts.

The very practical flooring, for me, is the granite, ceramic, tile or the vinyl flooring. However, when you go for this kind of flooring you have to decide for the color, the design and size of tiles and if you’ll go for granite then consider its texture. This could be a daunting task but you can seek for a help from experts or you do some research and compare.

How about you? How would you like your flooring done?

Message From God

Luke 6:27-28

[27] "But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, [28] bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

Smell So Good Giveaway!!!!

Hi guys I’m back! Although I started blogging yesterday, but I will officially start my come back to the blogosphere by joining Mommy Divine’s Victoria’s Secret Giveaway in celebration of her daughter’s graduation.

She’s giving away Drenched in Pink sweet and tart Supersoft Body Lotion 500ml, Love Spell Hydrating Body Lotion 250ml, Merry Vanilla Twirl Hydrating Body Lotion 250ml plus 2 sets of Aficionado body and bath spray collection.

Hmmm… this is a smell so good giveaways that I want to have, perhaps a great gift for my upcoming birthday. Good luck to me!!!

To know about the rules, please visit Mommy Divine’s site.