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WARNING!!! photo credit: legaljuice.com i was encoding english expressions for work early today, when i came upon this passage from a book i was using: When none of my children managed to drop by my house for weeks, I was more than a little miffed. Eventually though, a visit was arranged. My husband admonished me not to cause hard feelings by complaining about their lack of attention, so I didn't say a word. I just had them fill out name tags when they entered. - author unknown if i weren't in my station, i'd probably be laughing my hearts out. i just love the humor, and it's too great not to share. boy, you've got to love women and their cleverness!!! here's another one that equally gave me a smile. i found below from a post over at instanthumour.com cheers to all mothers in the world and a BIG salute to cleverness(wink :)

this is a test... ...still figuring out why in some posts my side bar appears at the bottom of the page.. according to what i've read so far, reason for the problem is BAD HTML. as mentioned in a previous post entitled "messed up blog", i'm not well-versed with html coding. so, right now, i'm just gonna do what one article suggested, find out which blog post is giving the messed-up page look. a friend's comment mentioned that the post "messed up blog" actually looked all right. so, it beats me, which among the posts is causing the problem... so searching...

one of the guaranteed things you will find when you visit my home is little stuff bought from places i was fortunate enough to visit in and out of the country ( haha, so pretentious!) . lest you think that i have a vast collection or am very well-traveled, let me be quick to add that i only meant little knick-knacks, ref magnets mostly, and they are not that plenty YET . moreover, i haven't been to that many places here and abroad. after i've outgrown the habit of buying souvenir shirts, i moved on to buying something for my little pet house. as i can't afford the stuff that i truly want for my pet house, i compromised by getting myself a ref magnet bearing the town/city's name and any small household item i could carry back home. as i'm known to hate carrying anything, i usually just pick out those that i can stuff inside my bag/suitcase. the biggest so far i got for my house are the two orange stools from bohol in 2011 and the hanging lamp i got from coron, pal...

valentine's day once again. for some reason, i like it this year. unlike the previous years, there's no feelings of dread. no feelings of inadequacy. (haha, i'm not wearing black! i usually do in the past years for odd reasons) being single ALL my life, there were years that i questioned how 'unlovable' i must be to remain where i am: unattached . will it ever happen in my lifetime when i hear an xy say the words, "be mine?"? truth be told, i sometimes wonder if i am a failure for the inability to fulfill a basic evolutionary function: pair attachment . but i guess as you age you learn acceptance. you learn not to be hard on yourself because there are things that are beyond your control. to just let go and just live gloriously the best way you know how. am i only saying this to not appear and sound like a loser?<!--more> NO. i'm saying this for the reason that i've accepted that one's marital status is not the end all and be all. in my ...

a few weeks back, i wrote that i haven't done any decorating for christmas . i mentioned that the only attempt at putting some christmas spirit to my pethouse was the act of purchasing these "christmacy" fabric and thread: well, i did manage to start sewing the slipcovers for my twin couches. but was interrupted when i flew to tangub city for this year's christmas symbols. thus, the delay. to rectify the situation, i rushed back to sewing when i returned home last tuesday, december 11 - to ensure that my little pethouse will have a little taste of christmas. my reading nook before my reading nook now a very bare wall a cheapskate christmas wall decor: [last year's christmas lights + 12 christmas cards bought at PhP10 each at the metro] hanging lamp from coron, palawan bought during feb. 2012 trip hanging lamp christmas version [100 RICE lights at PhP60, KaKing Parkmall} old curtain and stripe slipcovers DIY curtain and slipcover...

unlike most women, i don't frequent fashion stores much. i know i should. i'm the first to admit that my wardrobe (lack of it, actually) is very much wanting and is in deep need of changing. one of my staff mentioned that it's odd that i frequent hardware stores. hehe, i love visiting ace hardware, tru value, and cebu home builders. i just couldn't get enough of the lovely merchandise displayed in those stores. in my defense, i like going there because there are so many things there that i'd love to have for my house. i get ideas there. sure, i couldn't afford most of the products they carry, but it doesn't stop me from going at all. so, cheapskate as i am, it was truly a delight when i discovered this store at the ground floor of parkmall:

and yet, there's no trace of it in or out of my pet house. while i love the idea of decorating for the christmas holidays, the cost of decorations is just too expensive. haha, i'm super cheapskate that every time i attempt at buying christmas decors, i usually end up calculating the total decor costs and often end up returning the items to their shelves. i just couldn't convince myself of the practicality of shelling out moolah i could use for something else, such as paying off credit card bills. speaking of credit card bills, i learned a hard lesson on it. friends, do not make the mistake i did. it was truly stupid of me to let someone use my card to pay for her airline ticket purchase. what initially cost a little over 7K reached 13K now due to interests. the original purchased happened july of 2011, and i only was paid php 500 pesos for it until now. haha, i know, it was my fault for trusting. like i said, it was a hard lesson. add insult to injury i came across a provis...