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August’s Simple Pleasures

September 21, 2009

I just had my period and as you all know, when this happens, hormones are really going haywire for many women like me. However, I am thankful that my menstrual cycle seems to be getting more and more regular (I used to have it just thrice or twice a year…yeah, it’s really crazy) but I believe my veggie juice is helping me out in that department. I had my period last month then this month and hopefully I’ll have it again next month and the months thereafter… So anyway, I was hormonal and I felt like I may be on the verge of burning out these days. And when I start to feel this way, I stop, review what’s been happening in my life and reassses if I should refocus and reprioritize. I guess I just needed to reaffirm myself that I am still able to enjoy myself despite the busyness of my very blessed life. Being a visual kind of person (as evidenced by this blog being full of pictures), one of the things I do to make myself feel better is to look at our old and recent photo albums.  That’s when I realize that despite my back to back jobs, biz and other activities,  I am still able to enjoy my life once in a while…. that there are still moments when I am just simply enjoying life’s little pleasures… Like last month for instance:

 

 At the top left photo, our front yard just used to be a vacant two-car garage with a bit of grass and plants at the side (July 2007). Then on the top right photo, as you can see, we had the inner garage transformed into a lanai (Dec. 2007). As the months passed and considering that we’re doing the household chores ourselves these days, I had the front yard cemented with rocks and pebbles. It was such a blessing! Coz not only did it become easier for us to clean the front yard, the neighborhood kids also stopped loitering on our property. I guess they were intimidated by the scary surface. Teehee.

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 This was taken last August 30, when we got home from the 3-day Vita Plus Success Camp. It was pretty late but Peter was so kind enough to prepare some pasta dish for us. We were also able to open our bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon (despite our missing cork screw) which we shared with our friends (Jerry, Kuya Jom, She, Ces and She’s GF) . I missed our house so much that the sight of our old Christmas lights and my drums made me feel right at home and  peaceful again. ^_^

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This was taken last August 31. Peter and I ran a couple of errands that day from The Fort to meet up with Pau, to Commonwealth Ave. in QC to Congressional  also in QC. It’s just good to know that despite the pace of our life, we can still stop and “smell the flowers” so to speak. We can still enjoy a good conversation with our friend Pau, we can still enjoy a good meal at one of our favorite coffee places, Figaro, and we can still meet up with people who are close to us like Gab, peter’s first cousin. Life is beautiful and I’m thankful that I am still able to enjoy some of life’s simple pleasures. AMEN!

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