Here are a few scenes in our place this Christmas!

The giant Tree near our place.

Holy Family in a manger scene - life size!

Have a blessed Christmas!

Thrifting has been acquired early on by my ten year old Sophia. She grabbed an old Christmas tree and cut the leaves into small parts, glued them together on a twisted paper and voila!





Who says Christmas has to be commercialized or expensive?

Let me be a stage Mom for two minutes. Again.


Remember the Writer at home?
Well, she just finished her story.

What else could make my ears wiggle with pride than to read my 7-year-old child's 21 pages "short" story?

I was not writing 21 pages when I was seven.

I was not thinking about story conversations and characters.

I am so out of adjectives to describe how I feel. So I started reading this.

Just let me share a portion of the story:

"I'm in my first day of school. I met a girl with blond hair and blue eyes named Elliana.I told her that I love fashion, and make up..."

Do I have a career in publication?

Our town mayor has decided to ban the use of plastic bags. Isn't that great? Our mayor has the political will to pass the law.





What a way to save the earth...I promise to do my part of segregating trash no matter how s-l-o-w-l-y.

No. matter. how. difficult.

That is my promised share.

Agree with me?
Might do this more often.




Idea is from here.

Cheap thrills, you may call it.





Home gardening gives me time to think. Reflecting, as I pull out weeds or trim the plants.

Makes me eager to see new flowers or shoots or fruits...




With this I look forward.

Looking forward to something gives excitement.

This leads to simple contentment.

Then there is peace. No matter how fleeting.

Isn't that what we all look for?

place of we can take off our shoes and be ourselves.
Scratch where it itches; clutter stuff, pick up, argue, agree.






And most importantly, it is where we learn that imperfections of others and ourselves are acceptable.

...where simplicity begins.




Simple pleasures come from simple things.


Vase hand painted by my daughter. Flowers came from the backyard, left in the wild by previous neighbors.



Mine to behold.

What do you think?

Are you a Brosix IM Client? Have you tried this new technology?

We are trying to research on this new technology. News has it that Brosix has increased its customers three times in the last twelve months. We are not yet new customers of this but definitely will do our part in trying to investigate how this new technology has increased in the number of customers despite lopsided economy.

My husband is an I.T. professional and web designer also. He likes to learn new things about technology. It is very natural for him to read technical manual and programming languages books every day. Maybe he has heard of this. Maybe during one of his lectures to his classes or students he has already mentioned this topic. Since it safe, secure and updated I am sure he likes his students to explore this new technology. If he finds this really reliable he will surely recommend it to his colleagues or even his students.

Aside from the fact that he is a practitioner of the I.T industry, he is also taking up his Masteral Degree in I.T. so one of these days, I am sure he will encounter this new technology.

Sometimes wishes do come true.
Long ago, i wished my kids would grow up fast...




Now that they are bigger, I miss the sticky kisses, innocence and baby antics, too.
There are times I want to just say: stop growing!