Friday Fill-Ins #126

And...here we go!

1. It's cold and raining the night before we left the province.

2. I'm not a fan of tomatoes.

3. My favorite health and beauty product is a lip balm from Body Shop.

4. Our trip to the province last week was a nice long ride.

5. Well, first of all I'd like to introduce my self....

6. Me, Kim Chui and Gerald Anderson; those were the cast of characters in a recent dream and it was hilarious!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to our rehearsal for the worship service on Sunday, then cook for tomorrow's activity after, tomorrow my plans include making sure that everything's taken care of for the little lady's birthday and Sunday, I want to rest!

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Just had our dinner...

...okay, so I'm back. Having a sumptuous dinner can really help in getting my blogging mojo back. I'm thankful that I don't have any church activity to attend to every Tuesday. This is the day when I'm usually free so I can still bond with my daughter before going to sleep. I missed her last night because when I got home, she's already past asleep. Well, I was also too tired last night that after the service, I was rushing to go home. If not for the taxi driver's initiative to take the elliptical road, I could have gotten much later. He's indeed a blessing.

Well, I'm off for now. I'll go and play with the little lady first before going to bed. Have a good night everyone!

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Word of The Day: Pejorative

Pejorative \pih-JOR-uh-tiv\, adjective:

1. Tending to make or become worse.
2. Tending to disparage or belittle.
3. A belittling or disparaging word or expression.

Examples:

Citing the construction industry, car dealers, and politicians as the purveyors of "sprawl" (a pejorative term that does not even allow for the possibility of benefits associated with low-density development), Kunstler fails to consider the role of market forces.
-- Julia Hansen, "letter to the editor", The Atlantic, December 1996

While he said that he is not a "fanboy," mildly pejorative slang for an aggressively obsessive "Star Wars" fan, he did mention that the John Williams "Star Wars" theme was played at his wedding reception two years ago.
-- Michel Marriott, "On a Galaxy of Sites, 'Star Wars' Fever Rises", New York Times, May 6, 1999

Welfare state is now, even for the Labour party whose grand historic achievement it was, obscurely shameful. A pejorative for our times.
-- John Sutherland, "How the potent language of civic life was undermined", The Guardian, March 20, 2001

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Something different

After reading about Mesothelioma lawyers, I'll be off to cook our dinner. I missed cooking. Since last Friday, we're eating food prepared by somebody elese. I've tasted so far, the best Goat Caldereta in Mindoro courtesy of hubby's brother, the great chef. And it was also my first time to eat Dalag (mud fish). I never thought it was good. Hubby's aunt let us brought home two live mud fishes from their fish pond, and that's what I'm going to cook now. So see yah...

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Haaayyy....

I had a very busy day today. I prepared some presentations for the excom meeting this afternoon the reason I'm not able to update this blog. Tonight I want to sleep early since I didn't get to sleep enough last night. I attended our monthly shed session so I came home half past twelve in the morning. I wish I'll be able to post tomorrow. I have so many things in mind to write about.

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USB.

Technology has blessed us with gadgets that make life easier like the flash drive. Who would have thought that we can now save and transfer files from one computer to another with the help of this gadget? When I was first introduced to a computer I was using a real floppy disk. I think the size was 5 inches. Then years after, we shifted to a 3 inches disk. And now, the USBs. Flash drives now even have a variety of looks, styles and design. I had a key chain and a pen flash drives and I even saw watches and necklaces that are one of the most stylish kind of flash drives. Man is really full of intelligence to invent these gadgets.

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Word of the Day: Equanimity

Equanimity \ee-kwuh-NIM-uh-tee; ek-wuh-\, noun:

Evenness of mind; calmness; composure; as, "to bear misfortunes with equanimity."

Examples:

For one whose mind has been notoriously troubled, Brian Lara is at least retaining a sense of equanimity.
-- Richard Hobson, "Croft offers no respite as Lara's theme continues", Times (London), June 8, 2000

When one is happy, one can look at both comedy and tragedy with equanimity.
-- Phillip Lopate, Totally, Tenderly, Tragically

I think one person can hardly understand why another has conducted his life in such a way, how he came to commit certain actions and not others, whether he looks upon the past with mostly pleasure or equanimity or regret.

-- Chang-Rae Lee, A Gesture Life

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Refreshing Weekend.

We visited my in-laws in Mindoro last weekend. It’s been more than 3 years since I last saw hubby’s parents and siblings. When hubby was abroad, I was not able to pay them a visit. Its hard to travel specially when you don’t have anybody to company you like your husband. So when he came home, this visit was one on the list of his itinerary.

As usual, her sisters complimented my figure. Lol! They said I haven’t changed since they last saw me. This was by the way, during my wedding day. They even thought I was taking diet pills to maintain my weight. But I told them no. I just don’t get weight. And that’s my problem, lol!

It was an enjoyable weekend. Tasting the life in the province was something that we, who live in the city should experience once in a while. It was refreshing.

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8 Things

This one is from Vannie. Thanks sis! ^_^

8 Things I’m Looking Forward To

1. Trip to Mindoro this weekend.
   
2. Jaden's 3rd Birthday
   
3. 5-4 Shed Session's return on Monday.
   
4. The husband's package (Hopefully arriving today)
   
5. Meeting my in-laws
   
6. Go to the beach.
   
7. Nichole's birthday on the 27th
   
8. Finishing my online tasks.
   

8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Worked.
   
2. Grabbed online tasks.
   
3. Tweet.
4. Meet my church mates at Starbucks.
   
5. Blogged.
6. Read e-mails.
7. Listen and study my lineup of songs for next Sunday
   
8. Answer phone calls.
   

8 Things I Wish I Could Do

1. Dance :D.
   
2. Bake.
   
3. Drive a car soon.
   
4. Have a one week vacation leave.
   
5. Win cash from any raffle contest.
   
6. Be a WAHM.
   
7. Have and run my own business.
8. Help everyone.
   

8 Shows I Watch

1. American Idol
2. Barbie and the Diamond Castle.
   
3. HBO
   
4. Only You
   
5. Tayong Dalawa (lol!)
   
6. TV Patrol
   
7. Playhouse Disney
   
8. Pocoyo
   

8 people to tag

Lilet, Milet, Eds, Mye, Toni,Mai, Jona, Kitts.

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My New F480

I love music as much as I love books and reading. I love listening to my favorite genres of songs whenever I’m traveling or even when I’m not doing anything. I don’t have an mp3 player so I made sure that the phone that I’ll have can be an mp3 player and phone at the same time. And hubby knows it so when he came home, be brought me a Samsung F480 phone with an extra 4G micro sd where I can store as much music as I want. I’m loving it now. It’s a touch screen phone which is very handy and user friendly.

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WW: Helping Out

The little lady removing her dad's shoes. View my other entry here.
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Word of The Day: Lugubrious

Lugubrious \lu-GOO-bree-us; -GYOO-\, adjective:

Mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner.

Examples:

Oh yes, he says, and his lugubrious expression suggests that the loss afflicts him still.

-- Mary Riddell, New Statesman, September 19, 1997

His patriarchy often seemed lugubrious; he would often have tears in his eyes when elucidating all my failings.

-- Richard Elman, Namedropping: Mostly Literary Memoirs

Previous visits hadn't yielded this art-after-death aura, which had everything to do with two installations on display, work so lugubrious it cast a pall over . . . well, just over me, but dark clouds hovered above the city, and the gloomy weather might as well have emanated from the art.

-- Bernard Cooper, "The Uses of the Ghoulish", Los Angeles Magazine, February 2001

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Shelved.

It’s more than two weeks now since the husband returned and since then I haven’t grabbed any book nor advanced any chapter from the book I was reading before he came home. I miss reading because now I’m busy with all house matters. My husband Is somewhat meticulous so I don’t want anything that will disappoint him. So now that he’s here, I think some of the books will be parked on the shelves until I have the time to read them all…Haaay, I hope that it happens soon.

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Word of The Day: Stolid

Stolid \STOL-id\, adjective:

Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily excited.

Examples:

Normally stolid, she occasionally joined in the frequent applause and smiled along with the laughter at the high-spirited session.

-- Seth Mydans, "Indonesia Leader Imposes a Decree to Fight Removal", New York Times, July 23, 2001

The inherent irrationality of markets was first demonstrated in the 17th century, when the normally stolid Dutch population was seized by a tulip craze that caused the people to pay insane prices for a single bulb.

-- Robert Reno, "Analysis: A market that rides on bubbles", Newsday, August 7, 2002

Ulster Protestants are a slow, stolid, quiet, decent, law-abiding people, unstylish and unfashionable.

-- John Derbyshire, "Paisley Goes to Washington", National Review, March 15, 2001

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Bonding Time

Family bonding time. This was what we did last Thursday. He had dinner at Dencio's then strolled at the park after. The little lady and the husband enjoyed their time together biking and laughing together... I wish we can spend more times like this. We enjoyed the whole night.

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Friday Fill-Ins #124

1. If we had no winter there's no white Christmas.

2. That's a perpetual astonishment.

3. If I had my life to live over I'll still live it with you.

4. A lot is happening inside of four and twenty hours.

5. If you've never been thrilled you're missing a part of life.

6. To be interested in the changing seasons is part of a weatherman's job.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to bonding with my daughter and husband, tomorrow my plans include visiting our dentist for hub's check-up, buying groceries,and a family photo shoot and Sunday, I want to watch a movie!

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WW: Rest

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Unconscious Mutterings: Week 328

1. Again ::Retell


2. Shower :: Blessings


3. Flirting ::Not my thing
   


4. Moving on :: Forward


5. Rachel :: Anne Go
   


6. Chips :: Potato
   


7. Texting :: SMS


8. Feel better :: Relax


9. Cashmere :: Comfort


10. Sucked :: Snake Bite
    

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Photo Shoot.

The zany little lady on one of her best-mood-day.

She begged for a photo session in front of the house. Feeling like a real model, lol!

..then later, I joined her...



And later that day, with her mom and dad inside the mall....

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Tuesday Toot

It's Tuesday and time for the Tuesday Toot.

Well, today I'm not going to tell you of my accomplishment but my husband's. I'm just thankful now that my husband is home. All the things that needs to be fix inside the house were taken care of because of him. I'm just so happy that finally, we have someone who can do man's job inside the house.

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Word of The Day: Munificent

Happy Monday everyone. Let's pray that we'll have a great start of the week. Here's the word for today:

Munificent \myoo-NIF-i-suhnt\, adjective:

Very liberal in giving or bestowing; very generous; lavish.

Example:

Another munificent friend has given me the most splendid reclining chair conceivable.
-- George Eliot, Letters

The fleeting movement of air inside the black tunnel before and after the passage of a train made it a source of refreshment more munificent than a roaring window air conditioner.

-- Norma Field, From My Grandmother's Bedside: Sketches of Postwar Tokyo

John Sr.'s paycheck, while hardly munificent, was steady, and frugality did the rest.

-- Sylvia Nasar, A Beautiful Mind

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Happy Mother's Day...

Nanay...

I won't be a good mother if not for your teachings and good example. You're the most wonderful and the number one mother in the whole world! I love you nay!

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Friday Fill-Ins #123

1. Apples are to oranges as wives are to husbands?

2. "I understand", and that's all I have to say about that.

3. I think I hear footsteps of my daughter.

4.I'm making a flag for my friend's golf tournament tomorrow.

5. Do what you want to do, but don't force me to agree with you.

6. My nephew is coming and behind him was a Radio Flyer wagon; in the wagon was a bucket filled with his toys.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to dinner with my husband and my daughter, tomorrow my plans include going to prayer mountain early morning and Sunday, I want to see if the invitation is genuine, our former pastor invited us to their thanksgiving and celebration service, hmmm...will see!


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Free Kit

Because of Toni's great "convincing power" I was encouraged to get the Everyday Mineral Sample Kit. Why not when it's free! We only paid for the shipping cost which is actually very very affordable for $4.00. Want to know about mineral makeups? Visit here and order your own free kit.

I'm excited to received mine which will be arriving on the 10th. Thanks to Toni :)

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Word of The Day: Quaff

Quaff \KWOFF; KWAFF\, verb:

1. To drink a beverage, esp. an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
2. To drink (a beverage) copiously and heartily
3. An act or instance of quaffing.
4. A beverage quaffed.

Examples:

He gets drunk with his guides, makes eyes at the girls and gamely quaffs snake wine.
-- Pico Iyer, "Snake Wine and Socialism", New York Times, December 15, 1991

If you were patient and kept your nose clean, you could slowly, almost effortlessly, rise from serf to squire and maybe even all the way to knight, in which case you, too, would be entitled to quaff bowl-size martinis at midday.
-- Charles McGrath, "Office Romance", New York Times Magazine, March 5, 2000

Instead they consume caviar, feed off foie gras, chomp exotic cheeses, and quaff champagne.
-- "Internet Shopper", Times (London), August 11, 2000

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