thanks...

aww.. 2007 is just 2 days away, I can't believe 2006 went by so fast just like that. so before the year ends I would love to give thanks to God who made this year a fruitful year to us. we were very blessed to accomplish a lot of things with a lot of his help. trials had come and go and we got through with it with prayers. we didn't get sick as much as much as we used to. we are very blessed to live the simple life. we may not have a lot but we are very happy the way our lives are now. thank God, my son is with us now, as well as my mom. shortly my brother will be with us soon, too by January. me and my hubby's love for each other had grown stronger each year inspite of the trials we've experienced. to all the family and friends out there who stood by me no matter what, great hugs to you all! I truly value my online friends, for you guys make my day all the time. thanks for the text messages and voice mails, you guys know who you are. I feel that I know much my online friends than my offline friends, weird but yeah.. online friends remembers your birthdays and all important stuff, offline friends don't do much. ahh, I hate saying all these but it's true. even my bestfriends forgot about me, well, I have to understand that not all of them have computer access so it's really hard for them to reach me. X_X

I just watched "the Notebook" last night, and I was bawling like crazy I tell ya. Nicholas Sparks sure how to touch a woman's heart with this kinds of stories. I just loved it, a perfect score! we had a great christmas, my mom whipped up Ham and spaghetti and the next morning opened all our gifts, Nathan was happy with all the gifts he had received and I myself was happy too coz my family is complete. hubby was suppose to buy me a new digital camera for christmas but I insisted on buying it for my birthday since it's just lil months away, no big deal.

THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING:



I found a lil game awhile ago.. try THIS

FINALLY.. some new Lo's!

my niece Celina with her co-cheerleader in Zama high school, Japan. credits: scripts by Kristie, daisy flower from the Mdent Valentine kit, peptoplosion papers and borders by hollihobbi holli green, paper from Raechel Knight and ribbon from zazou je t adore heart pin.

my auntie Elsa and cousin Marie in Monticello, Kentucky. credits: kit from Embellies.com

Nathan last christmas eve. credits: from the Holidayze kit, by brentboone designs.

credits from: credits: kit from Betty's blog, Bettina Theilig.

HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!

a christmas carol...

I can't believe it's the day before christmas eve. time sure flies by so fast. so how's everyone doing? I know lots of you are pretty excited, some are not, well we all have our own differences, it's really nice to know that there are a lot of people out there who really care. I'm truly blessed to meet a lot of people who truly care for you. 2006 is almost going to end, time to ring in the new year!

I'm happy coz I finished everything I needed to do. I wrapped up lots of gifts and candy treats *whew* baked a chocolate cake for the christmas potluck. mailed in the christmas cards, as well as the other packages. boy, christmas can sure be tiring. a lot of work.. but it's all worth it. no words can express the happiness you feel from giving. that's why they say "it's more blessed to give than to receive".

nothing sure beats spending christmas in the Philippines, where my hometown is. everything is so different here in the states. but I learned to cope up with it coz my family's with me now. eversince we were little kids my dad would always have presents for us. he's so creative when it comes to gift giving. Christmas isn't complete without puto bumbong or bibingka, after going to church mass we'd stop by a few blocks from our house and we'd buy hot bibingka. I love the hot smell of bibingka cooking thru the cold breeze of december. I remember every year lots of family friends and relatives as well as neighbors would come over with their lil ones to claim their gifts (mamasko po!) ha haa, I remember I'd help my mom wrap gifts and candy bags to give the kids who would come ringing our doorbell. it was fun. christmas eve would come we'd have our noche buena ready and we'd be counting the hours before christmas *lol* I miss that... neighbors would knock at our door and give us some of their food, and we usually exchange with them some food that we had, too. school kids are walking throughout the streets with their gift bags from all their ninangs and ninongs, most of all I miss the lil poor kids carolling at out gate all the time. it was really funny coz the more you give them, a few minutes later they would come back, this time a different singer would switch but since I usually remember their faces I'd still give them though, what's more funnier about it is the more you give then the're not satisfied with it they would sing:

"thank you, thank you and BABARAT NINYO THANK YOU!!"

then they would run really fast laughing and all. I'd just laugh at them ha haa! for I surely miss those days. everybody was happy and all. God, I miss those good ol days.. but now times have changed. and I'd like my family to be happy all the time. I'm sure you are all having a blast now. you guys take care!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!

* thank you to all those who gave the time to make personalized gifts I truly appreciate it. gifts are going to be posted after christmas!!

why, oh why?

my site ran out of bandwidth!!! ay dios mio! oh well, I want to rant as much as I can, but ranting won't help. for the meantime let's just stick with my lil bloggie here.

I was schocked from what I had found out today from my friend Kimmy, this story really blew me away, not just me but for the other folks at the commissary as well.

read the article here..

http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5842430&nav=menu498_1_3

the once lil boy who was always happily, running around in circles at the commissary just passed away. how sad. I felt my heart being jabbed by a knife. it struck us so bad, we almost cried. we used to play with him all the time.. the last time we saw him was around last year before they moved to Las vegas, coz the grandmother who used to be a teller(where I work at, in the cash room) always took care of Brandon along with her husband. I can't believe it. I really can't.

To Brandon Tamoria-Lamug:

may you rest in peace, lil one...

my condolences to the Tamoria-Lamug families..

happy birthday, Hubby!

it's hubby's 34th birthday this december 15th. I scrapped this as a lil gift for him. I love you, Jon you don't know how happy I am whenever I'm with you. thank you for everything and thank you for making me for what I am right now. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

kit from Sarah Batdorf of Scrapartist. heart ribbon from Lianne carp of Scrapateer. Scale paper from Digital Scrapbook Place.

the 2 important boys in my life..

kit from Lisa Howell of Scrapartist. Sarah Batdorf of scrapartist. younique photos. tags from free digital scrapbooking. alphabet, ribbon and tag element from digital scrapbook place.

sad boy

papers from Scrapbytes. papers, and rusty nail from digital scrapbook place. buttons and words from scrapateer.