You Capture – Happiness!
September 24, 2009
Filed under YouCapture, beans, birthday, me, razz, sisters, summer, vacation, with pictures!
Tags: beans, razz, with pictures!, me, sisters, pDaddy, birthday, summer, vacation, you capture
This week’s challenge was to capture Happiness…To see other participants, check out Beth over at ishouldbefoldinglaundry.com.
Here are a few things that make me happy and show happiness too!
School Supplies: I loves me some FINE / EXTRA FINE point pens and recycled paper/notebooks. Even back when I was in High School (early 90s…yes, I know…that’s waaaaay back), I used recycled looseleaf paper. I got the pens and notebook from the Philippines – they are all of the above and cute too!
Hello Kitty: Anything Hello Kitty / made by Sanrio. I used to be such a Sanrio junkie that my one wall had NKOTB posters (*GASP*) and the other was a wall full of Sanrio characters and staionery.
Rubik’s Cube: My new/old toy…again. I can still only do 1 side, but I know there’s a YouTube tutorial out there somewhere.
Crackberry: Enough said.
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Beautiful Beaches – another thing that makes me smile from ear to ear. This is one of the resorts we stayed at while on vacation in the Philippines last month. Resort: BOHOL BEACH CLUB – Bohol, Philippines
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Getting a pic w/one of my favorite singers from the Philippines, Gary V (Gary Valenciano). Yup, that qualifies as something that makes me happy too! This was also from our Philippines trip…on the stage of “Wowowee” – a noon time variety show in the Philippines. Let’s ignore my overly cheesy smile and shiny face, shall we? Thanks 
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And of course, seeing these smiles make me happiest of all 
Razz in her spotlight @ OneMGM – Boracay, Philippines
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Beans enjoying her time in the spotlight @OneMgm – Boracay, Philippines
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I never got to play in the rain when I was kid (something about getting sick easily and overprotective parents), but these 2 sure make it look like a lot of fun!
Razz & Beans @ Casa Pillar Beach Resort – Boracay, Philippines
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pDaddy and his youngest…@ Razz 2nd Birthday Dinner
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Happy Sisters @ Razz 2nd Birthday Dinner
Back to Reality
September 11, 2009
Filed under milestones, potty, razz, summer, vacation
Tags: milestones, potty, razz, razz' milestones, summer, vacation
We got back from vacation late Tuesday night (flight came in at 11:35pm after travelling for over 24 hours)and back to work on Wednesday. We’re jet lagging like crazy – 12 hour difference takes it’s toll, you know! I have tons of pics and vids to sort through and hopefully will do a “travel” blog recapping our adventures for 3 weeks in the Philippines…stay tuned.
But first things first, I’d like to announce that Little Miss Razz poopied in the pottie this morning! She peed once before we left for vacation and didn’t really attempt it again until this morning! She just gave 9/11 a happier meaning
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To those who perished, RIP. To those left behind, stay strong.
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PS – WHERE did the summer go? I know before we left, we were finally feeling the summer heat, but I’m hearing it lasted all of 2 weeks? Today, it’s 60s and raining???
VACATION
August 18, 2009 
I’m FINALLY going on vacation tomorrow, well, in a few hours, really. We’re finally ALL packed, but guess who still has to finish working??? ARGH! Did I mention I still have a bit of a cough? GRRR!!!!
Well, see you all when I get back! I’ll definitely miss the weekly challenges I join (Totally Ticks Me Off Tuesday, Wordful Wednesday, YouCapture) and reading my Daily Reads and some others who aren’t on that list. Hopefully there will be free wi-fi here and there, but if not, I’ll be updating again in a couple of weeks
*I am officially on vacation (well, almost…just gotta wrap up work stuff 
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Whirlwind
That about sums up what’s going on in my head. I’m sick, I have tons of work to do and lots more to get done before we leave for vacay. There’s still laundry to be done, packing and booking all our mini-vacation-in-our-vacation flights/hotels (we’re island hopping ). I already know I’m going to need a vacation from this vacation…hehehe
Sorry if my posts have been/are going to be lame, but I’m trying here – sick, stressed and all. Actually, I’m surprised I’ve been able to even post daily for almost a month (1 more week and I will have actually accomplished my “NaBloPoMo” duties).
“Vacation All I Ever Wanted” – the Go-Go’s
Besides all the morbidness (is that even a word?) clouding my head, the other one is vacation.
In less than a month, we will be on vacation! This has me in a bit of a panic mode b/c:
- A – I haven’t even sorted out any of the clothes we have to pack. We are going to a very hot and tropical place and yes, I know it’s summer, but it hasn’t really, really felt like summer here in the NorthEast. We’ve had more spring weather than summer, as of late.
- B – I have to pack clothes for 3 of us (me and the girls) and probably pDaddy to – to some extent. Let’s not forget that I will need to pack toiletries and other necessities for the fam too. Let’s also not forget that I will need to pack stuff for the girls to keep them busy on the plane.
- C – We haven’t finished booking all other hotels/flights to other places we are planning on going.
- D – I haven’t gone shopping for any new clothes and I will need some b/c of losing some weight (woohoo!).
- E – I am paranoid about the girls being on the plane for such a long time (yes, we’re pretty much going halfway around the world). But, we did it last year, so I hope we pull it off again.
- F – I still need to lose more weight b/c I am still about 10lbs away from my goal and 20lbs away from my ULTIMATE goal (but if I don’t get there, it’s ok…I’ll still be happy if I lose another 10).
- G – Work. I am leaving during one of our busiest seasons and I feel so bad for the 2 ladies that will need to back me up. We are all overloaded w/work, but what can I do? I wish they would hire more people “onshore” so they work our hours. We have 8 “offshore” analysts, but my clients wish to keep their work US based (thank goodness b/c that still gives me a wee-bit of job security).
- H – Expenses. For some reason, we have found ways to save money on payments for necessities, but still aren’t saving as much as we should. Why is that?????
