February 13th, 2012

Who doesn’t want healthy toned muscles? I do want one, specially for my arms and thighs. Argh! The two parts of my body that I feel like giving up on most of the time. But working out can help, I know that. Two of my friends from high school were telling me the other day how they are using the gym to help them get the healthy toned muscles everyone wants. They are losing weight fast because they work out almost daily and both use deer antler extract so the pain and soreness of the muscles they are toning will go away fast. They need to work out again the next day so the pain and soreness needs to be out of their system as soon as possible.

And it’s working for them! One of my two friends is now down to the last 15 pounds he has to lose. He is a power user in the gym where he is a member of. I think the past year has been good to him and the extract is also helping him achieve his goal by taking away the pain in his muscles after each heavy workout session.

I wish I can say the same now but I know very soon I can also achieve what both my friends have.

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February 3rd, 2012

Dinner Party

Unlike other people my age (I am turning 34 this year) I am looking forward to the big 4-0. Forty years old, baby! I am telling you I will throw a big dinner party on my 40th birthday! I will invite only those closest to me. There will be good food and overflowing drinks. And oldies but goodies music in the background.

I still have 6 years to prepare for it. I am hoping that the dinner party will be held in my very own new home!

;)

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February 3rd, 2012

I went inside the church to take advantage of the mid-afternoon quiet. I wanted a quiet place so I could talk to Him in peace. I was seated in an area by the door when a group of individuals wearing nursing scrubs passed by. I didn’t mind them as I was busy praying when all of a sudden someone tapped by shoulder. It was my high school friend!

She was there with her nursing classmates and they came from the hospital where they were interns. We haven’t seen each other for a couple of years so we ended up catching up until early evening! We didn’t notice the darkening skies because we were too busy talking. We missed each other a lot! She was one person who could understand what it was to be the eldest and have siblings looking up to you. We were kindred spirits.

And I was so happy to learn that we are still kindred spirits. It was like we never had those years of non communication at all.

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February 3rd, 2012

I have a lot of plans for our home. Not only am I talking about repainting the walls and changing the decor. I am also talking about change in flooring and lighting! I also have my eye on double bowl undermount sinks for the kitchen as well as the one we have outside in the laundry area. Tiles for the bathroom and new built-in closets!

I swear if I only have enough funds to spend I will be hiring a couple of workers to do everything I want done at home. I want to use the summer to finish every item I planned so that by the time rainy season comes in, we will all be relaxing already.

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February 3rd, 2012

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
– Oprah

It’s not easy being patient when you are waiting for your wishes to come true. I am sure majority of you are with me on this. Am I right? If we pray now we are sure to wish for our prayers to happen NOW. Or anytime VERY SOON. That’s how I pray!

But even if I do pray for a speedy process on my wishes, at the back of my mind I know that everything will happen in His time. Not ours but His. He controls everything and makes sure we don’t get ahead of ourselves. The world needs a semblance of control and if He grants our wishes in the blink of an eye, there will be chaos. And no happiness at all.

I kept praying. The half part of 2011 was not too good for me but I just kept on praying. I know things will ease up this year for me and I trust Him to see that it happens. In His time, of course.

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February 3rd, 2012

Mr. Buddy is our local milk man. He has a herd of cows in his huge backyard that he milks everyday and the milk he sells in front of his house. You can always see him wearing his overalls and his funny cow-like hat. Every Friday afternoon, he gives out cold milk in small cups to little kids.

My dad said that Mr. Buddy used to have a shop with his wife. They sold not only milk but also other dairy products. But when his wife passed away, he closed the shop and concentrated on his cows.

Mister Milk Man is now close to 70 years old and we, the little kids who grew up knowing him, are all praying he live up to a hundred and more!

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February 3rd, 2012

I am saving up to have the walls in our whole house repainted. I will begin with the walls in our living room. The paint already peeled in some portions and it’s not pleasant to look at anymore. So it will be paint the walls and change the wall decor as well as the switchplate covers to match the new paint.

It’s a lot of hard work and a big fund need to be allocated for it. But we will be living in this place so a spiffy one is in order!

I just hope the fund needed will come in these next few weeks so we can have the wall painting as well as some minor renovations done over the summer.

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February 3rd, 2012

Wisteria

Flowers, most specially, remind me of my mom. She loved flowers and anything floral. She used to have floral tops and skirts. She also loved any decor that had flowers in it.

I saw this photo of Wisteria and it immediately reminded me of my Mommy. Last February 1st, she would have been 55 years old. If she was still here with us, we would have thrown a party for her. Or we would have gone out of town, somewhere we know she would enjoy.

Too bad she was taken away from us when she was just 48…

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February 3rd, 2012

My paternal grandmother is now confined in the hospital. She was not feeling well and felt so weak that my aunt rushed her to the hospital. The attending doctor in the emergency room told them that grandma had to be confined because a series of tests had to be done on her. She’s been in the hospital for the past three days and so far all the necessary lab tests were done already.

We visited her yesterday and when she heard that the ekg machines were free to be used and she had to be wheeled in for another test, she suddenly got nervous about it! We had to tell her that we wouldn’t leave until she came back and that’s the only time she calmed down.

It’s really a must to have a healthcare plan these days. You don’t know when you will need it specially if you are already a senior.

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February 3rd, 2012

One of the games from the past that I played was yoyo. When I was a kid, boys and girls had their own yoyos and everyone knew how to play it. We knew how to do the tricks. We were all very active players, I tell you.

I am just reminded of my former love for yoyo when I saw diabolo online and I heard my brother talking about it. I told him how we used to be so active in playing yoyo and how I knew some of the easy tricks. I tried but I am now rusty so I think I need to brush up on my yoyo skills and let my brother see how good I was.

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