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Weddings, Engagements and More.Posted by admin on June 4th, 2010

I clearly remember the time when I was planning my wedding. We really didn’t have any formal engagement, but for people who need Engagement advice, the site of My Big Fat Engagement will do wonders! I know that there are specific customs for engagement parties of Chinese couples so you might want to look into that especially if you have a Chinese fiance. Diamond Buying Advice can be read at DiamondAdvising.net – what would be the ideal shape of a ring. You can also get acquainted with the 4Cs of diamond shopping. Celebrity Jewelry have always inspired wedding bands and engagement rings, so do not discount that.

After the engagement, the real wedding planning happens. There are unique wedding ideas lately that sometimes I wish I can get married again (to the same guy of course) just so I can execute all the great wedding planning ideas at WeddingSetUps.com! The wedding industry has really bloomed in the past years!

Snowed In.Posted by admin on January 9th, 2010

I have heard from the new and from friends in the Midwest Coast how very much they are snowed in. I cannot even begin to imagine how cold it is. A friend who loves animals earlier lamented that sea turtles and manatees cannot take the cold anymore and there have been reports that a few are frozen. Now I understand why people are so excited to go out and travel and book destin florida vacation rentals when the sun is out in the US. With winter lasting so long, you can surely get cabin fever.

It Gets LonelyPosted by admin on August 14th, 2008

Really.

I wish I can put into words the loneliness I feel everytime the night creeps in and Im the only adult in the house. Even during the day, I dont have a decent companion to talk my common interests too, save for the laundrywoman who is actually a doll and my parents – but there is a limit in things you would like to talk about.

It has been more pronounced with our internet-less house (I applied for relocation connection by the way today).

What can I say. I really miss the husband everyday.
It doesnt get easier, even with me having the kids all by myself all day.

Crisis.Posted by admin on July 6th, 2008

I just got some bad news that two of our family friends has lost their homes in the US because they couldnt keep up with the monthly mortgage payments anymore. That and the news the employment there has been having massive lay-offs and retrenchments. Even big companies are in freeze hiring. If this crisis can happen in a big wig country like the US, what more small countries (add to that a country laden with corrupt officials and a government filled with red tape) like the Philippines?

It really is a crisis.
God help us.

Describe Yourself Today.Posted by admin on May 14th, 2008

Rules:
1. List 6 things that describe yourself today.
2. Add your blog to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs.
3. Tag other online friends you know.

Today, I am:
1. PMS-ing
2. Feel creative.
3. Feel the need and drive to clean and organize my mess.
4. Feel depressed. Sometimes.
5. Feel frustrated. Esp. when the youngest throws tantrums
6. Doing OK.

Links: Creative In Me | Little Peanut |Me and Mine | Pea in a Pod | Sugar Magnolias | IamDzoi | My Happy Place | To the Moon and Back |Raising Sandy | All Things Me | Because Life Is Fun | Mommy Talks. | Aggie Shoots. Aggie Scraps | Winding Creek Circle | Pink and Brown Diaries | YOUR BLOG HERE

How are you today Jane, Abie and Kelly?

BustedPosted by admin on May 8th, 2008

Well, better call it bus-ted.

It seems that two buses out of the five that our organization rented for the events we have this weekend has a faulty aircon. This cannot be as the delegates came for all over the world, and the weather has been crazily humid this week (especially in the city). If only we can afford to buy a bus, we would. But we have been building a retreat house and activity center so having a permanent mode of transport isnt the priority.

I hope the bus company replaces the faulty buses!

Lesson Learned.Posted by admin on April 23rd, 2008

The main reason why I named this blog Winding Creek Circle is because like the shape of the circle, I believe there are simply no ends to everything, we all just go round and round albeit with different situations. It would all boil down to this: We all come full circle.

And that holds true today. More than ever.
I love how you believe in things that come full circle.

Me Time.Posted by admin on April 22nd, 2008

Finally.
I get to be able to finally enjoy my coffee and net time today. The baby woke up at the ungodly hour of 6AM demanding for milk but so graciously slept again. I had to force myself to get up though. I promise to use my dad’s treadmill here. A treadmill that is soon to be mine! I asked for it last year jokingly, when we were planning to move to the area, and my dad said yes.

I had time to practice on it yesterday and came to one conclusion – I need shoes. Good running shoes. It is a good thing that I was able to find a very informative article on tips on the types of running shoes and what is good for flat-footed women like me (who are also obese).

I have long been a Nike Fan so naturally Id like Nike Shox – most especially when they are discounted AND in pink:

However, Id heard great things about the Adidas a3 Cushion Shoe and am tempted to give it a try.

Thanks to the article I read, I found out flat-footed women like me need motion control running shoes or high-stability running shoes. And a search on those categories led me to this:

It’s the Adidas Women’s Response TR 14 Running Shoe.

Goodbye Nike.
Hello Adidas

I want..I need – BIG differencePosted by admin on April 16th, 2008

I’m at the stage in my life where I really must need to decide which things need to go and which ones need to stay.
One must notice I used the word “need”.

To put it simply, Im at the stage of my life where I feel I can do everything and everything is within my grasp. When you feel that way, you generally want more things, more accomplishments, more goals and everything is generally MORE that what is really needed is forgotten.

Like family time. Taking care of the kids.
Taking care of yourself.

Do you know that for the past two years the last thing I always pray to God is, “Tell me what you want me to do. Point me to that direction.” And for the past two years, I have NEVER felt so disoriented in my life.

This is the time when I got promoted at work, cash was pouring in, the kids looked like they were thriving, my relationship with my husband is becoming stable. Everybody thought I was going in the right direction.

Inside, I felt I was driving at 200kph and I was speed-racing to nowhere.
Yes, nowhere. I know whatever I was driving to really wasnt my goal – my destination. But since I was driving so fast and I was high with the thrill of it all, I was scared to put on the brakes and stop. Because I was afraid stopping was going to pull me out of equilibrium.

But God was still good to me. He gave me a chance to stop. He gave me an opportunity to take a break.
He has answered my prayers.

Now, Him answering my prayer isnt really going to be a walk in a park or a dream come true. I’m scared shitless of what “might” happen.

But you know, I thought about it in parts last night, on the way to work, while trying to think what needs to be done next and it all boils down to this: My kids need me. I need them.

We will survive.
I want certainty. I need faith.
I choose faith.

We will survive.

Change is Constant.Posted by admin on April 1st, 2008

They say the only thing constant is change.

And change is something you can adapt to or resist.
I choose to adapt. Because change can be good.

This blog was started during the time when big changes are happening to my life.
Adjustments, sacrifices and decisions need to be made.

I choose to see change as something I can eventually conquer.
Because we all come full circle with ourselves sometime.