Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Mixed emotions

For the past few days, I have been intentionally taking off my mind the possibility of me being pregnant again. haha. I don't know why for some reasons, I've been doing that. Since simone is officially a toddler, people are starting to tease me if we want to have another baby and i willl always pretend not to hear them. haha. We'd want at least a 3-year gap but honestly, and this i can speak for the husband too, we're fine with not having one more baby. And I know this decision will change in the future. But as of now, this is how we want it at least. But while I was greatly anticipating for my cycle to turn and simon teased me that I might be pregnant, I felt fine. Scared but fine. Panicky but still fine. haha. Scared of having to go through everything again. Fine because i know we will be. Babies are blessings and their arrivals are always of perfect timing. :)

And then today, my cycle has turned once again. Should we have another baby? That we will find out soon. :) Anyway, that's the way the cookie crumbles.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Simone's favorite toys

Tagged by Mai.


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Here are the rules:

Post a photo of your baby with her/his first ever favorite/comfort toy. Write some details of your fondest memory of your baby and her toy. This will make a good moment when your baby grows up! Lastly, don’t forget to add the link to your website’s at the end of the page. I’m sure many moms would love to see your sites, too!

Amelie’s mom, RD and CN’s mom, savenathan, Great People Make us feel we can become great, Everything That has Breathe Praise The Lord, Surviving deployment, Simple Life, Simply Me, Asawa’s Love Book, Pinaymama’s Diary, Just Life…, A Mother’s Journal, Dion’s Mom(Jona), PinayWAHM, Loyna’s Life’s Endless Possibillities, Can of Thoughts, Designs By Vhiel, Anything and Everything in Between, D’ Cooking Mudra, My Life in This Wonderful World, My Precious, Just Me.. Eds, My Colorful World, Spin180 | Wisdom City | MY Happy Place | IamDzoi | ClikTrik |I Love the Thirties | My New Home | All Things Me | Because Life Is Fun | Walk on Red | When Mom Speaks | Buhay Misis | Kathycot | Kathycot Cooks | Love. Happiness. Us. | The Scrapaholic Me | Swept Away | Jacque | Your turn!

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Simone does'nt have so many toys, just enough for her to learn, discover new things, and keep her amused. We buy her a new toy one at a time so she can maximize playing with it until it gets worn out. haha. But her first comfort toy is more like a security blanket (err..pillow) and two small stuffed toys she can never leave home without. :)


This is Elmo. This was mine, i got it when i was in high school i think and I'm passing it on to her. hehe. She loves this Elmo so much. She adores Elmo and can speak Elmo more clearly than when she pronounces mommy or daddy. haha. Barney comes to a close second place to simone's heart. She used to love Barney so much too and can speak the word Barney effortlessly.

If you see the white small pillow tucked beside her, the one without any cover in it, that's her security pillow. She does'nt sleep without this. I mean, she can sleep but she'd wake up and will look for her pillow. haha, if you want her to have a good sleep, never, never leave the pillow by her side. :)

Thanks for the tag! So Renzo, Yakee, Vito and Carlos, what are your favorite toys?

The weekend that was

Friday, since it's been a while that i helped out clarice on their weddings and since she's on maternity leave, i got a wedding with her team and it's the wedding of jon chug, one of the threelogy guys. It's a 400-pax wedding and my feet and legs hurt until now. I had to ask my husband to give me a massage and i savored the feeling until i dozed off to bed. Never wear pointed shoes again when doing weddings.

Sunday was dress up day for King's birthday and I was so happy to meet Concon's family again. They are very friendly, even the guys. You'd expect some guys to just nod at you and pass by at you. Con's brothers are machika, warm and always smiling. Con's sister, Tin, was her usual smart and machika too. I just so love them. While I was decorating their house, I could'nt help but observe them cook and take over each of their own corner in the kitchen to prepare their assigned viand. A family who loves to cook! Their mom won't even have a hard time preparing for events such as this. Cool! Thanks con!

In the afternoon, we went to church and spent the rest of the day with the family.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Good start

Thank you, thank you to all our clients who gave us opportunities to kick off Party Boosters with a good bang. I did'nt expect we'd have clients til december and I'm grateful that you trust my little but creative hands to make you and your family happy on your special occasions. haha, i sound like i'm giving my speech for winning an award.

But seriously, God is really good and even if it's a small venture, He blesses it and we're all happy. The husband is happy seeing me happy, i'm happy seeing my clients happy, and my clients are happy seeing many balloons. hahaha. loove it!

I'm thinking of coming up with a blog for it where i'd be sharing tips on how to properly inflate balloons, how to DIY balloon decorations, and the like. It's for moms who don't have the budget for balloons but would want to make a party festive by coming up with nice touches as decors.

I'm also organizing my files of different venues and their guidelines for party decorators so i'd be well-briefed and i'm coming up with my form for every client i have so that i'd easily take note their theme, motiff, balloon requests etc.

What do you think? Should i have a separate blog for party boosters? hmmm...on the other hand, i can use all of those in my multiply site. ahehe.

Blog experiment

Tagged by Jown

Participants:
1. Me and Mine 2. Creative In Me 3. Little Peanut 4. Pea in a Pod 5. Sugar Magnolias 6. The Salad Caper 7. All Kinds of Me Stuff 8. Aggie Scraps 9. Winding Creek Circle 10. Mommy Talks 11. Fun Fierce Fabulous 12. Me, Myself + 2 13. Confessions of a Supermodel Wannabe 14. My Precious Nice 15. Just Me.. Eds 16. Eds Mommy Life 17. Jean’s Live it Up… 18. My Simple Joys 19. My life is Peachy 20. Mommy Talks. 21.My Colorful World 22.Changing Lanes 23.Pit Stop 24. Shopaholic Ties the Knot 25. Jown's Brewery 26. The Adventures of Dong and Jing 27. That's the way the cookie crumbles 28. We are Family

RULES:1. Add your blog/s to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. It’s okey if you only post this questions in one blog as long as you answer them.2. Get back to Me {YEN} and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list here!3. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.

QUESTIONS:
1. I posted this experiment at URL: http://www.jacquetan.com/2008/07/blog-experiment.html
2. I posted this on date (day, month, year): 17 July 2008
3. I posted this at time (24 hour time): 1230 hours
4. My posting location is (city, state, country): taytay, Rizal, Philippines
5. My blog is hosted by: blogger
6. My age is: 29
7. My gender is: Female
8. My occupation is: an aspiring entrepreneur
9. I use the following RSS/Atom reader software: no idea!
10. I use the blog format to post to my blog: blogger
11. I have been blogging since (day, month, year): September 2004
12. My web browser is: Mozilla Firefox
13. My operating system is: Windows XP

And i'm tagging, Maia and Mari. :)

Genies

Thank you Jenny for the tag! it's cute, now our blogs have protection from evil things in the form of computer viruses. hehe.

"The mighty Genie King and the beautiful Genie Princess from the magical Land of Faraway are back! Upon escaping the clutches of their Evil Master after being held captive for 1000 years, the magical genies have been busy flying on their Magical Flying Carpet, granting wishes and spreading love throughout the blogosphere.


"And now, the genies are back with a special gift for everyone! Behold the sacred, Magic Lamp of Luck! With this magic lamp, your blog will enjoy much good luck and fortune, warding off all things evil lurking around in the blogosphere. We would like to share this magic lamp with you so please pass on the Magic Lamp of Luck to those in need of some good luck. Remember, do not be greedy or unkind, evil or vengeful and good luck & fortune will always be with you! Join us on another exciting magical adventure as we spread goodwill and good luck to one and all!"


I've been visited by the Genies for a stroke of luck, which I really need it! Thanks a bunch, Genies! :)

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1. Add your site(s) to the list once you have received the Magic Lamp of Luck.


2. Pass on the Magic Lamp of Luck to as many people as you like. After all, everyone needs some good luck!


3. Leave a comment HERE once you’ve passed on the Magic Lamp of Luck. Once the Genie King and Genie Princess have visited your site to make sure your links are complete and proper, you will then be added to the Master List.


4. To ensure everyone receives equal link benefit, please UPDATE your list regularly!


1-Mariuca 2-First Time Dad 3-Mariuca's Perfume Gallery 4-Emila's Illustrated Blog 5-The Other Side of Emila 6-My Sweet Escape 7-Bay Head Blog 8-Roxiticus Desperate Housewives 9-LadyJava's Lounge 10-Petty Ramblings of a Petty Queen 11-The Real Deal 12-Pinay Mommy Online 13-Perpustakaan 14-LadyJava Life's Pages 15-Make Money Online 16-Cat Tales 17-LadyJava's Food Paradise 18-Being Woman 19-Spicybug 20-Biz-N-Honey 21-Aeirin's Collections 22-Sasha Says 23-Project Heavy Traffic 24-Picture Clusters 25-My Wanderings 26-Maiylah's Snippets 27-Moments of Colours 28-Life Quest 29-BigMoneyList 30-The Best Parts 31-Morphed 32-Buhay Pinoy 33-Galatayo 34-Blogging Tips 35-Apples Of The Eyes 36-My Own Utopia 37-Sasha's Corner 38-Under One Roof 39-Say Cheese 40-A Great Pleasure 41-A Life in Bloom 42-Because Life is a Blessing 43-Digiscraptology 44-Xixi 45-Ode to Adrienne 46-CrankyDave 47-Simple Life 48-Dew Drops 49-The Journey 50-Mastering Your PC 51-Day Break 52-A Little Girl Talk 53-Mom Knows Everything 54-Day to Day 55-1 of a Kind Wis 56-It's a woman's world! 57-Breather 58-Photo Hook 59-Letterbox 60-Asian Mutt International 61-Dream Doe Philosophy 62-MommyAlehs Up-Close And Personal 63-Livin' the Life! 64-Restnrileks 65-English Corner 66-English Grammar 67-Bodybuilding & Fitness 68-Everything you need 69-One Stop Games 70-Blockbluster Movie Trailers 71-Bodybuilding & Human Growth Hormone 72-World of Tennis 73-Men's Health & Tips 74-Internet Marketing Strategy & Tips 75-Latest Technology 76-Tentang Binaraga 77-Berita Seputar Selebriti 78-Panduan Kesehatan 79-Insurance For You 80-Crissy's Zone 81-Crissy's Library 82-Crissy's Haven 83-sHeNzEe's wOrLd 84-Voice Of The Spirit 85-Best Cuisine Recipes 86-Stand My Ground 87-SeeNRead 88-This Is A Miracle 89-I AM KCAT 90-Traipsey Turvey 91-GBeX & DOm 92-Spun By A Seanachie 93-ISL Family 94-D' Cooking Mudra 95-'Story' the Great 96-UmmiRosma 97-Munirah Abd 98-Atie 99-Hit-or-Miss 100-Twisted Sister 101-Laketrees Artist 102-Blessed Sanctuary 103-Comedy Plus 104-Blogging By Sandee 105-Living Life to the Fullest 106-Speech-Less 107-Happy Life 108-My Discoveries 109-Strangely Out Of Place 110-Rooms of My Heart 111-The Paper Vision 112-Luxurious Retreats 113-Reef 114-Weekend Snapshot 115-Blessie's Finds 116-Confessions of An Army Wife 117-My Pooch Life 118-Five Martini Lunch 119-TIPS FROM THE TRAILER 120-PoeARTica 121-STAY AT HOME MOM 122-Rantings of a Woman 123-Sjtl's Weblog 124-Turn-u-Off 125-My World in My Own Word 126-Shawie 127-A New Saga 128-Janeth Vicy's Life Journey 129-Simple Reveries 130-Berry Blog 131-Touts4u 132-My So Called Life 133-La Vida es Hermosa 134-Speedcat Hollydale Page 135-mangosteenskin 136-Choc Mint Girl 137-Of Colors And Styles 138-Pinaymama's Diary 139-My Life's Rollercoaster Ride 140-My Life...My Journey! 141-Bonoriau 142-Jenny and Belle 143-Read My Mind 144-A Sweet Taste Of Life 145-Shopping Blog 146-Precious Moments 147-That's the way the cookie crumbles
148 - It's your turn!

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And i'm passing this on to Etet, Farah, Geth, Lilet, Rhia.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Prayer Tag



Thanks for the tag, Jannesse

Dear God, we pray for the quick recovery of all the sick and the dying especially those suffering from LUPUS and CANCER. And to those 700 plus lives who have lost during the Princess of the Star Voyage tragedy during the typhoon last week. I pray that their bodies will be found and if not they will rest in peace. My heart aches for them... Amen.
To those who will be all you have to do is keep this circulating. Even if it’s to only one person. In memory of anyone you know that has been struck down by a serious illness like Lupus or Cancer or is still living with it. A Candle Loses Nothing by Lighting Another Candle. Blogs who prayed: 1.) Eida’s Closet 2.) My Precious 3.) Just Me.. Eds 4.) Me and Mine 5.) In This Game of Life 6.) Because Life is Fun 7.) Mommy Talks 8.) Anorexic 9.) Me, Myself and I 10.) A Multiple's Choice 11.) Our Family Adventure! 12.) My Random Thoughts 13) Shopaholic Ties the Knot 14)The Wifey Diaries - Jannesse 15) That's the way the cookie crumbles

Please Keep This Candle Going!There will be a cure soon. Continue to have hope and continue to pray.

Am now passing this on to CWL sisters.

Foodie talks

players: kathyrazzi| kathycot| buhaymisis | whenmomspeaks | kathycotcooks | jacque

1. Chicken sa McDo, Jollibee, or KFC?
::Rank 1: Jollibee
Rank 2: KFC
rank 3: Mcdo
obviously i love chicken so i can't write choose. haha.

2. Pepsi, Coke, or rootbeer?
:: coke

3. Greenwich, Pizza Hut, or Yellow Cab?
::If tight budget, Greenwich. For comfort food, Yellow cab

4. Adobo, sinigang, or nilaga?
:: grabe, super hard question to ha. id have to go with sinigang, but nilaga and adobo come close 2nd and 3rd. haha.

5. Beef, pork, or chicken?
:: Chicken!

6. Starbucks, Coffee bean and tea leaf, or Gloria Jean's?
:: Starbucks unless i find the other two with free wifi and starbucks does'nt have one

7. Cornflakes, Honey Stars, or Milo cereal?
:: not so much of a cereal person but i'd go with corn flakes

8. Goldilocks or Red Ribbon?
:: Red Ribbon naman pero in fairness, i love the choco cake of goldilocks ha

9. Tokyo Tokyo, Teriyaki Boy or Rai Rai Ken?
:: Teriyaki Boy, pero ok na din tokyo tokyo

10. Take Out or Dine In?
:: Dine In! :)

what's your food styles Marvi, Cee, and Jeng?

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Quick blogger update

In my previous post, (just the one below this post) I mentioned that the processing of my first pay should come in five days. I read it wrong. Processing of status of request will come in five days. After which, processing of actual pay should take about 28 days or less. hmm, does it really have to be that long? oh well, will update you again. I really hope this site is legit. hehe.

Anyway, i'm kinda busy with my newest baby and i'm enjoying the "busy-ness" of the business. haha. I never realized how much i love events, I mean, I know I just love organizing one, but I never thought that i'd venture into something like this. God is really good for giving me an opportunity to help other moms who are preparing for their kids' birthday, whether simple or grand. and it's very fulfilling to see the smiles on their faces and hearing the sweet thank yous. It makes my heart leap a beat faster. haha. parang kinikilig?!

And I love how the husband is very supportive of everything i do. He's always been there and he even told me that he loves seeing me enjoying what i do. haha. i'm so blessed with him.

thanks and more updates soon.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

The one with pay2surf

Been a while since my last post, and I've so many updates but since it's 1am already and i'm just waiting for my body clock to give me the alarm that it's time to sleep already, i'll just do one quick post.

I shared with one of my egroups about pay2surf and how easy you can earn with just clicking sites. and even if i've read from other forums that they really do pay, i still have to confirm it myself by receiving my first payout. Just the other day, i requested for a payout already since it reaced the minimum amount of $40. they responded immediately that i have to wait for a maximum fo five days so they can process the payment. It's been two days already and i have three more days to confirm its legitimacy. I hope they really do pay! i'll give you an update as soon the bread goes into the oven, *cashing!*