Tuesday Topics v. 1

I was not really planning to write a post today but as I was reading some blogs, I saw a link-up called Tuesday Topics on Tiffany's blog.

Thought it was fun, so here I am, typing away and making this post.  I guess I'm a little late, I'm starting at seven but what the heck.

Here are the seven things I do every day.

1.  Of course, I take a bath and brush my teeth.  Now that it's summer I often take a shower three times
     a day.
2.  I tell my son I love him before I go to work and before I sleep at night.
3.  I make a small cross on my son's forehead, I use my thumb to do this.  I do this before I leave for
    work.
4.  I tell my husband I love him.
5. I eat meals thrice a day and snacks twice a day.
6. I check my facebook and read blogs that I follow.
7. I pray several times a day.

So these are the things that I normally do every day.   And then in between all those, I ....

....daydream
---drink, and crave for something sweet to drink
---look at myself in the mirror (I'm not that vain, but I haven't met a girl who doesn't like looking at the
    mirror.
....think about my fears (I'm a little paranoid)
....call my dog
....laugh out loud
..
That's all I can recall for now.

What do you do every day?

Counting Blessings v. 2

It's the night before Easter. Over the last few days, we have been reflecting on our lives, on what we have done, on what we have failed to do  and on the goodness and love of God.

As always, I realized that despite my weaknesses and failures, God has been so good to me and is always blessing me and my family.  So I have decided to do a weekly count of my blessings.  I have done a post entitled Counting Blessings some months ago but starting today, I will do it on a weekly basis, lest I forget how generous God is.  

Here we go....

1. Ruel arrived safely from Vietnam.  

   

    And though he had just given me these from his trip to Thailand two weeks ago,

    He still gave me something from Duty Free.  I bought a shirt by esprit and some Victoria Secret.

  

2.  I got a free diamond peel treatment from the mother of a former student of mine.  I accompanied my friend, Angel to the skin clinic three days ago.  She was going to have a facial.  I didn't know that I was going to have a nice surprise.   The receptionist asked who Ms. Fernandez was and Angel said it was me, and I was so surprised to hear that I had a free diamond peel treatment.  So, who was I to say no to such a blessing , right?

3. Emilio, my baby nephew has now started babbling and now loves to lie on his stomach.

4. I did the Stations of the Cross with my son, husband and parents on Good Friday.  And after that, I treated them to a simple but yummy lunch.  Since it was Holy Week, we had to keep it simple and light.  It  consisted of fish, veggies and noodles.  It feels good to know that I can do this once in a while for them.   

There are so many other things that I consider as blessings, like my life and those whom I love, our safety and our health.   These three will always remain as the most important blessings and which I do not need to mention.

My Firsts

I stumbled on  Mandy's blog and saw this fun post which some other bloggers are doing as well.  I decided to join in the fun and make my own.

1. First thing you do when you wake up in the morning.  

   Look at the time on my phone then spend a couple of minutes trying to convince myself to get up and prepare  

   for work.

2. First thing you do when you get home from work.

    Sit without doing anything.

3. First kiss.

   With my son's dad.

4. First thing you wanted to be when you grew up.

   Hmmm.... a wife? 

5. First choice beverage.

   iced tea

6. First choice dessert.

   So hard!  I love desserts....but maybe if I have to think of one that I will never ever get tired of eating over and over and over again, it's mango float!  I sing whenever I eat it. And I thank God I'm alive.  Really! No kidding!

7.  First choice of a restaurant.

Don't have one, probably something that serves pasta.

8. First song that comes to mind.

I Dreamed a Dream

9. First major purchase.

My laptop, if you can call that major.

10. First job.

.  After I graduated from high school I had a summer job in a pizza parlor.

11. First time you flew on a plane.

 I was 23, I went to Zamboanga City to meet my in-laws.

12. First real "big girl" job.

     I was 20 years old, two months after my college graduation, I started working in Sunlife Financial which was still Sunlife of Canada during that time.

Weekend Recap

The last weekend was a little stressful because I found out I had a mass in my endometrium which made my doctor recommend a hysteroscopy.  It's scary for me because of the risks involved and the financial implications.

Good thing, I went to a birthday party right after the doctor's visit.  It was the first birthday of my cousin's daughter.  She had her party at TGI Fridays in Libis.  The party was from 3pm to 6 pm but because of my check-up, we arrived towards the end of the party.   You know what that means...
Anyway,  it's always fun to see my relatives, plus, my sister and her family were there too so I forgot my problems for a little while.

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Hope you had a nicer weekend.