Coffee

Hello! Been away for a while. Have been extremely busy.

I just thought I'd share this coffee picture. It looks so perfect and so inviting. I still have coffee once in a while (maybe max of once a week or twice if I'm really bad) because I just love the ritual.

Hope you are well and happy. : )

Photo from here.

  

How wonderful is this photo and the story that goes with it?!

Click on this to read the caption.

I still remember my wedding day like it was last week. It was one of the happiest days of my life. Applause-worthy day. I had no idea things would only get better and better, year after year. : )

Come Hurry Up, Summer!

 Skirt I made for myself which a friend ordered also. Fabric is made that way, with the florettes. I wear it with a simple tee or tank top. I just love whimsy. Good morning!

Goldie

I should post more pictures of some of the stuff we make. Here's one that got finished today. : )

steamed salmon on a bed of lettuce, topped with crunchy capers, served with brown rice, corn and turnip salad and edible flowers on the side

One of the dishes we tried this trip to Eve's Garden in Baguio. More about this soon!

Happy New Year!!!

Here's to another year full of creativity, humor and hope.

Our first day of work today in the shop and this post from Hello Sandwich is such an inspiration. Great way to kickstart our work!

More stories in the coming days! Lots to tell you. : )

Adorable Little Storyteller

I remember when I was small, I'd listen over and over to a record by the Boston Pops. I love them.

Here's my favorite version of Sleigh Ride by the Boston Pops, to get us kickstarted into Christmas.



You have to watch it. You'll love the guy playing the slapstick or clapboard, or whatever that thing is. :)

Happy weekend! God is good!

Boo Nestle

Our household has been Nestle-free for more than 5 years now.

Read here to find out why Nestle should be boycotted.

When I was still working in UNICEF, we were going around some health centers and a community health worker remarked that some parents in poor communities are deluded into thinking that by giving their babies infant formula instead of breast milk, they are giving them better nutrition. Many of them go into debt just to buy the very expensive infant formula, when the best nutrition for their babies (breast milk) is actually free.

So when you buy your Halloween trick or treat goodies this year, do consider what the Boo Nestle blog has to say.

Inspiration

This made me smile today.

Isn't she just so lovely and happy? :D I love rolled up pants.

It's a rainy day here today and everything feels so fresh and clean.

Happy Friday everyone! xoxo

Photo from thesartorialist.

Happiness Is...

an onion and tomato omelette. With some dried danggit (dried salted fish) and warm brown rice.

Lately I've been making my meals. Our helper can't seem to get the proper taste so I've been cooking more. Good therapy and yummy eats!

I'm thankful for these little simple pleasures.

A Timely Word

Proverbs 15:23 - "A man finds joy in giving an apt reply - and how good is a timely word!"

I've been having trouble writing a proper post. So many things to say, a lot of sadness at times and I just can't get to write about it. Sadness mainly because a good friend told me I was fat. Haha.

Last night I got this text from a client:

"Sorry for late text, just pleased to say the dress and top fit me really well! Thanks! :)"

It was timely and such a blessing.

The part about work that I am most challenged with is following up payments. Oh how I hate it and wish so dearly that someone could do it for me. And lately the unpaid accounts have been piling up and I am struggling with follow-up. And I have to do it or else what is the point of this business, right?

Well, I have to really brace myself and be diligent in getting paid. But last night, getting that text from a client, it just really encouraged me so much.

Payments fill the cash box and allow me to pay the staff and fuel the business. Compliments for a job well done fill the heart and inspire one to keep at it.

Why I Want To Be A Mom (Reason #1)

So I can make this cool Halloween craft to entertain my daughter/son:

Martha Stewart Craft Of The Day here.

Relax

If Scout could talk, she'd tell me that all the time. :) Stop worrying and relax. :)

I spend a lot of time on the road. Not the whistling, road trip kind though. Just the sometimes mind-numbing slow crawl of traffic kind.

Sometimes the traffic is so bad I get to take pictures. It entertains me a whole lot and I also feel I would someday love to look back at these road pictures and remark how things have changed since then.

This and the photo above is the Cubao underpass and the underbelly of the MRT.  Taken one gray September weekday.

Lazy Monday

 

It's not Friday Back To The 80s but this song seemed like a refreshing treat on this warm day.

I am sooo lazy today. Didn't sleep well last night, that's why.

Trying to wake up with Starbucks Via Italian Roast. Tastes like it's brewed.

I'm off to acupuncture in a bit. And hopefully yoga tonight. It's going to be PAINFUL, after being away for such a loooong time.

Other than this sticky laziness, I am happy today. 

Here's wishing you a great week!!!

Prada Spring 2011 RTW

Drool.

Photo from thesartorialist.

"Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So
throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade
winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."-- Mark Twain 

Congratulations, Marysol!!! :) May the next few days, months, years be pee-in-your-pants exciting!