Let’s Make More Friends

Avee tagged me for this. Thanks!

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This is the easy way and the fastest way to :

1. Make your Authority Technoraty explode.

2. Increase your Google Page Rank.

3. Get more traffic to your blog.

4. Make more new friends.

Rules :

1. Start copy from “Begin Copy” until “End Copy” to your blog.

2. Put your own blog name and link.

3. Tag your friends as much as you can.

1. Picturing of Life

2. Juliana’s Site

3. Hazel-My Life, My Hope, My Future.

4. Jeanne-The Callalily Space

5. Starz in De Sky

6. My Charmed Life

7. Denz Techtronics

8. Denz Recreational

9. Life’s Simple Pleasures

10. My Blog

11. Because Life is Fun

12. In This Game of Life

13. Scribbles of my Life

14. Changing Lanes

15. This is what my heart says…

16. A mom’s note

17. Tasteful Voyage

18. Twerlyn’s Blog
19. Avee’s Adventures
20. Never Ending Stories
21. Air Sick

22. GreyMom

 

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I am tagging Julie, Cookie, Feng, Anne and Maps

Add Up to the Love Train

Wenchie tagged me for this. Thanks Wenchie! Now let’s spread some love!

I have randomly selected 5 of you below to be tagged and I hope that you will similarly publish this post in your blog. You will have to tag 5 other bloggers and just keep adding on to the list. (Do not replace, just keep on adding! Yes we hope it will be a long list!

It’s real easy! Tag others and see your Technorati Authority increase exponentially! The benefits of Viral Linking:

One of the fastest ways to see your technorati authority explode!
- Increase your Google PageRank fast
- Attract large volume of new traffic to your site
- Build your community
- Make new friends!

The Strategist Notebook, Link Addiction, Ardour of the Heart, When Life Becomes a Book, The Malaysian Life, Yogatta.com, What goes under the sun, Roshidan’s Cyber Station, Sasha says, Arts of Physics, And the legend lives, My View, My Life, A Simple Life, Juliana RW, The Callalily Space, Petra, Summer in Blue, Confessions of an Army Wife, Bless’ Sanctuary, Happy Life, Living @ Evergreen State, La Place de Cherie, Chez Francine, Le bric a brac de Cherie, Little Peanut, Pea in a Pod, The Creative In Me, Me and Mine, Me and my Two Boys, My Life is Peachy, Chat, My Happy Place, Raising Sandy, I am Dzoi, Snapshots of Life, My BIG Picture, Welcome To My World, Hannah, Michellie, Lisa, Ris, Scotty’s Princess, What Women REALLY Think, Not Much More Than This, Jayedee , Jenn, Beth, Christie , Marla, Cailin, Simone, FlipFlopMom, Katrina , Gill’s Jottings , Work of the Poet, Wakela, Modern Day Goddess, Livin With Me, Writing in Faith , Maiylah’s Snippets, Soulful Thoughts of Rachel, REPAH, My Little Moments, Missy Misyel, Mga Muni-muni, Gina, Rowena’s The Sweet Life, GreyMom, you’re next…

Hailey, IA, Rey,DanaDebbie, and Momoftwo .

Window View

I have been tagged by Julie last year and I sincerely apologize as I am behind on my tags, awards and memes. I will catch up on everything one day.

I blog in the living room when I am alone. This was the view last week:

These are all views from my window. I sometimes sit on the settee and look out as the world goes by. I sip my coffee and bundle up in a warm throw as I earnestly wish for winter to be over and spring to come. For now the view is clean and pure and serene even though outside it’s cold and harsh and draining. I stay in the warm confines of my house and look out the window, glad that I am not out there.

5 Things Tag

Bang tagged me for this meme. Thanks Bang!  

5 Things Found In My Bag

• Wallet
• cellphone
• lip balm
• receipts or coupons
• House and car keys

5 Things Found In My Wallet

• Cash
• Credit cards
• Identification cards
• old receipts
• pictures of my boys

5 Things Found In My Room

• Books
• Television
• Humidifier
• Mac
• Bed

5 Things I’ve Always Wanted To Do

• Go on a cruise with my whole family
• Enrol in culinary school
• Own a business
• Go back to gym
• Have formal singing/vocal lessons

5 Things I’m Currently Into

• Bargain shopping
• Reading
• Recreational baking
• Being a wife and Mom full time
• Super secret mission

5 People to Tag for This Meme

• Hailey
• Maps
• Kathy
• Lizzz
• Belle

Tags and Memes

One Word Meme 

I was tagged by Belle to do this interesting tag. I told her it’s going to be hard as I am a woman of many words. Too wordy sometimes, I think. So just imagine how hard it is for me to do this tag. LOL Just kidding, Belle!  

• Where is your cellphone? Table
• Relationship? Good
• Your hair? Long
• Work? Never-ending (that counts as one word, doesn’t it?)
• Your sister? Prettier
• Your favorite thing? Baking
• Your dream last night? None (twas a dreamless sleep)
• Your favorite drink? Tea
• Your dream car? Pick-up (truck)
• The room you’re in? Livingroom
• Your shoes? (fuzzy) slippers
• Your fears? unknown (the not knowing what or where or when)
• What do you want to be in 10 years? traveling
• Who did you hang out with this weekend? family
• What are you not good at? cleaning
• Muffin? Blueberry
• One of your wish list items? iPhone
• Where did you grow up? Philippines
• Last thing you did? drove
• What are you wearing? Jammies
• What aren’t you wearing? Socks,etc
• Your pet? Dogs
• Your computer? Laptop
• Your life? Chaotic
• Your mood? Pensive
• Missing? Philippines
• What are you thinking about right now? Kids
• Your car? SUV
• Your kitchen? Messy 
• Your summer? Fun
• Your favorite color? Brown
• Last time you laughed? today
• Last time you cried? october (?)
• School? fun
• Love? forgiving

Baby Talk

Lizzz tagged me for this!

1. Are there any babies in your family or circle of friends? Yes, I have a 6 month old niece.

2. Are you one of those people who use a high-pitched, sing-song voice when talking to babies and small children? Yes. I even do that to puppies too!

3. If you were standing in line next to a *very* pregnant stranger at the bank or grocery store, what would you say to her? Depends. If she talks to me first, looks friendly or I am feeling friendly, I will ask her “how far along are you?” followed with “do you know what it’s going to be?”

4. Similarly, what do you say or do near babies in public? smile, wave, make funny faces

5. When walking through a department store, are you the sort of person who can go by the baby clothes without even a glance or do you have to stop to ooh and ahh? I have to stop and say “awww, how cute! why wasn’t these around when I had my babies?”

I still owe a couple more tags but this’ll do for now. I won’t tag anyone right now but if any of you who are reading this is interested, please feel free to do the tag. Thanks!  

Nice and Buddies

Rachel of Heart of Rachel gave me this award. She is an awesome Mom, blogger, internet friend and awesome, thoughtful person all rolled into one. And to receive this award from her just blows me away. So thank you, Rach. From the bottom of my heart.

I would like pass this on to the following people who I consider my net buddies:

TeacherJulie - she’s always been there to offer advice and to offer kind words and encouragement.

Tina - we’re practically neighbors and she’s always there to give advice if needed.

Maps - a new found net buddy who share my GA obssession

Cookie - she always comments on my posts. like a friend who’s always there.

Lizzz - she’s such a cool and hip Momma!

Lizzz gave me this Nice matters award. Like I said, she’s a cool and hip Momma. Thanks for inspiring us to be cool, Lizzz. More power to you!

I give this award to the following people:

Rachel - she’s such a thoughtful and nice person.

Bang - have you guys seen the stuff she bakes? Yummy!

purplegirl - she’s currently overvolunteered right now but she’s a cool Mom too!

Belle - nothing is simple about this woman. she rocks!

Thanks for the awards, Ladies. And for the awardees, I congratulate you. I wish I can name more but I’ll save them for later and I want others to give other equally awesome ladies the awards. Pass it on!

The Face Behind the Name

I have been tagged by Cookie of Scroochchronicles and Hailey for this.

Thanks Cookie and Hailey for tagging me. Glad to know a little bit more about both of you.

Mary aka GreyMom

My Boys aka Ang Tatlong Lalake sa Buhay Ko (The Three Men in My Life)

My name is Mary. I am the eldest daughter, grandchild and niece on both sides of the family. When I was little I had really chubby cheeks that everyone, even strangers pinched.
My handle GreyMom came from my addiction to the TV show “Grey’s Anatomy”. I have the license plate holder and the McDreamy t-shirt to prove it. LOL
I am a very loyal friend and some say a great confidante. Relatives and friends describes me as nice and sweet. A former boss said I’m whip smart. I’m not perfect nor do I strive to be.
I have been married to my husband for about 12 years now and have 2 sons but I’ve always wanted a baby girl.
I never dreamed of being a SAHM. I’ve always wanted to be a career woman until I had a difficult pregnancy and had to stay home. I did work part time after having my kids but it was way more practical for us that I to stay home with the kids. At the moment. Soon I will get back into the workforce. College beckons - for my kids, that is. 
I am very protective of my kids as they are my life. My husband is a very good provider, husband and father. It also helps that he’s handsome. What can I say? He’s my McDreamy.
The Grey’s Anatomy characters have some things in common with me : Like Meredith, I am incredibly flawed. Like Izzie, I bake when I need time to think and sometimes my emotions get the better of me. Like Addison, I can be bitchy at times. Like Cristina, I can detach myself from emotions if need be. And like Callie, when I am in love nothing can stand in the way. I am these and a lot of things. But like McDreamy said: “to know me is to love me”.

The person who tagged me is Cookie (pictured above with her family) whose real name is Pauline -named after a revered person in Philippine history and a revered car in automobile history.She’s married to a wonderful man, her bestfriend and soulmate. They were together for 7 years before getting hitched. Together, they have 2 adorable little angels who we fondly call our Hezbollahs or sometimes The Kutos (sarap tirisin). Her husband and her angels are what makes her world turn. She’s the cookie that won’t crumble.

Hailey also tagged me for this. She has 3 wonderful daughters ages: 9, 8 and 5. She is a very reflective person - “i will think long and hard before opening my mouth.”Sometimes others find her too blunt when she talks but  was brought up to the adage: honesty is the best policy. period. She works full-time as an (alternative) educator but has no helper/yaya at home for a year now. She is married for TEN years………bliss and blisters! and her husband is her best friend…
pictured above are the products of their genetic union.

And here are the instructions for this meme:
1st step - Post a short blog article that includes a photograph (or a series of photos) showing the face behind your blog. If you already showed a photo somewhere on your site (such as in your about page), then make your post more interesting and choose a photo that’s not currently online.

2nd step - Include links to other people that have displayed a photo, or include their photos in your post, adding a reference.

3rd step - Tag as many others as you like in your post to spread the meme.

4th step - If you link back to me and send an email ; I’ll be sure to include links back to you. Each person tagged should create their own post and repeat the process.

I am tagging momoftwo, Mec, Julie, Ms. Annamanila

Yet More Weird Things About Me

I am finding it hard to come up with more weird things about me for the following reasons:

1. I don’t think I’m weird enough
2. What I think might be normal for me will be weird for other people and what I think might be weird for me just might be plain ”huh?” for other people
3. I’m so boring, I cannot find anything weird about me

But I digress. I thought since Scroochchronicles did hers by just adding more to her old list , I might as well do as she did. 

1. I microwave my ice cream. I like it melted. Yum!

2. I cry at commercials. Hallmark commercials, tender loving moments between father & daughter, mother and son, you name it. I cry buckets!

3. I read the newspaper everyday BUT start with the entertainment and comic section before I read the front page. Sometimes I skip reading the front page altogether.

4. I can easily memorize lyrics but don’t know the title or who the singer is.

5. When I am at other people’s houses I re-arrange and re-decorate their stuff in my head. Somehow I have this urge to move the sofa away from the wall, put fresh flowers on the table or change the color scheme altogether.

6. I clean the house at night, not in the morning. I have more energy during the evening than in the morning. Yup, not a morning person.

7. I write down and take notes of dialogues from TV shows and movies. What can I say? Sometimes you get wisdom from the unexpected sources.

8. No matter how hot or cold it is, I use a blanket whenever I sleep or take a nap.

9. I feel that if I am wearing sleeveless shirts that I am revealing too much of myself courtesy of my kili-kili (armpits). Which is really weird since I am not that modest. (I do wear sleeveless shirts when it’s too hot). I like it on other women, just not on myself.

10. I can and will eat any food and can be adventurous enough to try and eat exotic foods but will not eat certain fruits. I also refuse to try fruits new to me.

11. I have way more cross stitch stash to last me 3 lifetimes but I refuse to part with it. It is intended for my retirement and I plan to include it in my last will and testament.

12. I was in a Romeo and Juliet play in high school - as Romeo.

13. Whenever I’m upset or when I need to think, I bake. I find comfort in all purpose flour and mixing and kneading clears my head. And I will not just bake one kind of something, it has to be 2 different things like brownies and muffins at the same time. I feel that I am wasting time, energy and gas if I only bake one thing at a time.

14. I have sensitive feet. Certain shoes that have no arch support hurts my feet which makes it hard for me to wear cute flip flops. I still prefer sneakers over sandals. I do wear flip flops and sandals but only if I don’t need to walk a distance or stand for a long time. (Although this is more like me getting old than being weird.boohoohoo)

15. I used to be terrified at night in my sleep because I thought bad people were breaking in our house. I would lie awake at night stiff as a board and silent as a church mouse because I thought the smallest movement or sound will alert thieves.

So there. Weird enough for ya?

I am tagging bangusnakulot, hailey, and kristine.

Tags Galore- but the pain!

I’ve been tagged by Scroochchronicles for 15 weird things and who am I and Facts about me by Hailey. Thanks Ladies! I promise to do all of ‘em as soon as I am able. For now I haven’t been feeling well. I’ve been suffering from excruciating migraine attacks for almost 4 days now. And because of this I cannot function normally which is driving me nuts! I’ve taken medication and I do get respites from the pain but it still comes back. So until then my blogger friends, bear with me. I just wanted y’all to know I’m still here and not on a journey to the moon.

Have a great day everyone!

10 Random Facts About my Mom

Mitch tagged me for this and found out in the process that our Moms have some things in common.

Here are some random facts about my Mom:

1. She was the first, at age 19, to get married in her family, making me the oldest among the apos (Grandchild) and pamangkins (nieces/nephews). She had me when she was 20.
2. She was a former stage actress. She belonged to a prominent stage actors association and would have continued with a career in Theater Arts had she not met my Dad.
3. She has great fashion sense. She taught us at an early age what and what not to wear.
4. She’s a great writer and have been writing other people’s speeches for them. I have yet to encourage her to blog though.
5. She’s feisty and a survivor. During times when she had to make ends meet, never once did we feel deprived of anything.
6. I learned my bargaining skills from her. Being the eldest, she’ll take me everywhere she shops - the supermarket, Divisoria, Baclaran, etc. I watched and learned as she haggled her way to sealing the deal.
7. She was the one who taught me to smoke-for a stage play I was doing. My castmates were in awe!
8. Among my circle of friends, she’s the cool Mom - the one everyone calls “Mommy”.
9. She’s psychic, or so she claims. Hey, she’s my Mom. I won’t argue with her.
10. She’s talkative. Sometimes to a fault. She volunteers too much information even to strangers, which sometimes embarasses me. But she means well.

And even though our relationship isn’t perfect, we were close. Sure we argued and we yelled and we had our differences but at the end of the day we turn to each other for comfort and love. We still are close and I can tell her pretty much anything. She’s a good Lola (grandmother) to my sons and a good MIL to DH.

I am now tagging Scrooch, Christianne, Belle, Feng, FeistyMomma, Rachel,  and Tina .