As the year 2008 draws to a close, we ask ourselves how we have been during this year.
Was I hopeful or lacking in hope?
Was I happy or not?
Did I make the right decisions or have I acted on impulse?
Did the goals I set for myself and my family come true or did I not take the risks involved?
Has my faith been tested? Did I believe enough?
We look back and we learn.
We hope, we pray for a year better than the years past. These do not only take time to be fulfilled, it needs acceptance of the challenges ahead and taking the risks with our dignity intact.
Are you ready for 2009?
I am.
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GreenBucks: Thoughts for 2008
Teacher Julie: Thankful for the Year that was 2008
Tags: 2008, 2009, introspection, New Year, thoughts
Almost everyone I know loves coffee.
Why, even my 7 year old son would declare that “coffee is his favorite smell”. Really.
I love coffee too though I can survive the day without drinking a cup. My hubby makes a wonderful cup which I love to drink.
We rarely use coffee makers since we use instant coffee drink. In fact our coffee maker has been unused since we got it five or so years ago.
Coffee shops have grown exponentially for the past year.
These are sprouting like mushrooms, they are almost everywhere! Proof that this country loves to drink this beverage or just want to hang out with friends holding on and drinking a cup of coffee for two hours. Ugh.
UPDATE (Feb07,2013)
Since this blog post, we started on drinking brewed coffee and has not gone back to drinking instant coffee.
Tags: coffee, drinks, food, food and dining
I have read about the wonders of vinegar as a cleaning agent. In fact, a good friend even blogged about it in our group blog.
Of course, this being an environmental friendly cleaning agent, I had to give it a try.
A few weeks ago, I tried it for the first time. I used the vinegar in cleaning the bathrooms and kitchen. What I did was spray on the tiles and leave the vinegar for a while. Then I brushed using a tile grout brush. It worked! Even the bathroom faucets got shiny after the cleaning was done.
I smelled like vinegar after the cleaning was done but I didn’t mind at all because I can wash up and have the smell removed.
What made me appreciate using vinegar were the benefits: environment friendly, affordable and not chemical-based.
Tags: cleaning up, home, housework, vinegar
Last week of the Filipino Mom Blog‘s Fab Holiday Finds and the theme is RED and/or GREEN.
One of the gifts I got from my students was this red wooden Christmas tree which I already featured as a part of our Advent Wreath.
This mini tree has “gold” trimmings and red accents on proper places that lights are reflected on the glitters.
In the background is the big Advent Wreath which I got from NBS for less than PhP100.00 because the tag says “less 20% off”.
I am still updating my other blog for another red and green entry.
Here is my post about the Handmade Christmas tree ornaments with red and green colors.
Tags: Christmas, Christmas decorations, Christmas tree, Fab Holiday Finds, FilipinoMomBlog, Frugal Christmas
Lasang Pinoy Sundays for this week is all about Noche Buena.
Noche Buena is that midnight feast meal which families share to celebrate Christmas. These can be a table full of elaborately-prepared dishes or just simple meals that best reflect what each and every member of the family wants to share or to have.
We have had a simple Noche Buena. Pasta carbonara, baked ham, macaroni salad for the kids and my hubby and potato salad for me. We were going to have lunch in my hubby’s aunt the next day so I dd not cook a lot.
What I did (the salad) was just for me to have during the Noche Buena and breakfast. Or so I thought.
Who would have thought that they (hubby and the kids) wanted the potato salad better than the macaroni salad?
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Tags: baked ham, Christmas, Lasang Pinoy Sundays, my family, Noche Buena, Pasta Carbonara, potato salad
Vacation mode has finally set in two weeks ago.
I have been a little disoriented about the date and the days! Maybe its the workaholic in me that is starting to worm its way out of the “system” I am starting to get comfortable with, a slower pace without having to hurry to avoid the unavoidable traffic jam.
Maybe I have had too much of malling and looking for a good sale which I can get a lot of good deals from.
I have not dealt with my students for weeks but I have two deal with my three sometimes bickering, sometimes fun to be with children.
For now, I am enjoying my vacation and I hope I would be able to do the chores I have to do before I have to go back to the real world: work and traffic.
Good thing its only twice a week.
Tags: Christmas vacation, family, vacation
