Lavender & Coffee Stains

Dear Me,

I'm feeling like I wanna be organized and that most of the time, I jot all my things-to-do, errands, important reminders, schedules in my blog. I checked my blog posts for the month of July and included them in my list below.

Just for the benefit of wanting to accomplish tasks left hanging, I opted to add them up in my Thursday Thirteen post today.

I allocate my thirteen (13) things to be done within thirteen (13) days. I have thirteen (13) stuff here but only covering eleven (11) days at the least --- just in case I don't wrap them up in the desired time, I still got two (2) days to finish them all.


Thirteen Things To Do Within Thirteen Days
(July 31-August 12)

1. Register received postcards at Postcrossing.com. --------> July 31
   
   
2. Wrap our gift for Janelle (Jovee's baby) who will be celebrating her first birthday on August 2. --------> August 1
   
   
3. See to it that Miguel's playpen and toys are cleaned up. --------> August 2, AM
   
   
4. Attend Janelle's birthday. --------> August 2, PM
   
   
5. Counter-check the books I have won with those that were now in my possession and inform the wonderful senders by thanking them. --------> August 3
   
   
6. Send a postcard to Laura and Susha of BM for their kindness. --------> August 4
   
   
7. Finish my books' database. --------> August 5
   
   
8. Dust off the chairs. --------> August 6
   
   
9. As a sign of appreciation to those who take time to read and comment in this blog posts, I will return the favor by doing the same. --------> August 7
   
   
10. Update my Year Of Reading list. --------> August 8
    
    
11. Purchase a cabinet with a table counter of some sort for groceries' stocks. --------> August 9, AM
    
    
12. Meet Jeni, have coffee and chit-chat about the good, old days. --------> August 9, PM
    
    
13. "Relocate" the dining area. --------> August 10

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Dear Me,

Here's my 5th edition of Wordless Wednesday.


Happy Birthday!
Miguel turned 6 months old last April

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Dear Me,

A few months back, my brother (who's currently working as a cost planning - civil engineer in Abu Dhabi) was looking for a copy of Anthony Kiedis' book called Scar Tissue.

Scar Tissue is the autobiography book of Anthony Kiedis, Red Hot Chili Peppers' vocalist. From his birth in 1962 to early 2004, the book details Kiedis' life and experiences with drug addiction, stardom and struggles. The title of the book was derived from the band's album Californication's single called "Scar Tissue."

I searched the bookstores but the book in question was out-of-stock and would be unavailable indefinitely for months.

My brother then was scheduled to take a month-long vacation and I knew it would pleased him to have it.

Well, I searched for the book elsewhere. Thanks to BM courtesy of Laura, who made the book available and to Susha of UK, who angel mooched it for me!

To Laura, thank you because you made it available and it's totally new and a hardbound version.

To Susha, I really wanna say a lot of thanks for sending it over. A hardbound copy and such costly shipping from UK to the Philippines. You're an angel!



I also sent to my brother in prior all my Bob Ong books except for the Alamat Ng Gubat which I bought in NBS because I didn't have a copy.


I hoped he enjoyed the books. :)

Dear Me,

I'm pleased to find out that a new blogger friend gave me this:


Carol, who is blogging at Insights From The Grocery Cart was nice enough to pass this on to me. She is a military wife and a SAHM (stay-at-home-mom) to two adorable (2) kids: Kuya and Kowi.

Five (5) trivias about her:

• She finds peanut butter on bananas delectable.
  
  
• She last drank coffee in 2002.
  
  
• Instead of the husband, she was the one who made the proposal. Hehehe.
  
  
• She and her husband will be celebrating their 11th anniversary on 11.11.11 (November 11, 2011).
  
  
• She's positive that she can win the PhP1-M money on the pot in the show, The Singing Bee.

Come and visit her blog and tell her I sent you. :)

Have a great day!

Dear Me,

These packages came from the mail (oops, more like picked up from the local post office by hubby) for me.


Those actually contained books I have mooched overseas and won in book blog giveaways. :) I was so excited to open them up and see what's inside. *winks*

I tell you: it's fun receiving something from the mail. :)

Dear Me,

Back then, I never thought I would have my own family. I was one of those idealist, career-driven working girls who wanted to create my own niche, be independent and be able to help my own family. I thought I would probably have my own family when I reached my forties.

I didn't.

I got married, had my own baby even before I treaded my thirties. I stopped working so I could be a full-time mom and wife.

I am not that idealist anymore (I guess there's really nothing wrong being one).

I would go back to work someday for self-fulfillment, do my part to provide for my own family and help my parents live in comfort.

moi, Miguel, Papi Dex
But for now, I'm contented to be at home and be an adoring mom to Miguel and loving wife to Papi Dex. :)

Dear Me,

I feel...light, carefree. Mmm.

Just for Fun: What's The Meaning Of Your Name?

I ~~ Loves to laugh (I'm a laughing hyena just in case no one knows...hehehe)

V ~~ Not judgmental (that's highly unlikely)

A ~~ Gorgeous (Ehem!)

N ~~ Sexy (Ehem again!)


G ~~ Never let people tell you what to do (Oh, yeah. Absolutely...the hell I care)

I ~~ Loves to laugh (hihihi!)

R ~~ Good bf/gf (Honestly, I wasn't)

L ~~ BEST SMILE (Nope)


Spell your name using the letters and their corresponding meanings.

Name Meaning Here:

A: Gorgeous
B: Loves people
C: Really easy to fall in love with
D: Is great in bed
E: Deeply in love with his/her gf/bf
F: People wild and crazy adore you
G: Never let people tell you what to do
H: Freakin' beautiful eyes
I: Loves to laugh
J: Makes people laugh
K: Really silly
L: BEST SMILE
M: Makes dating fun
N: Sexy
O: Has one of the best personalities ever
P: Popular with all types of people
Q: A hypocrite
R: Good bf/gf
S: Lives life for fun
T: Great kisser
U: Gets blamed for everything
V: Not judgmental
W: Very broad-minded
X: Never let people tell you what to do
Y: Loved by everyone
Z: Lives life for fun

Dear Me,

I love receiving letters, postcards and parcels from the mail. It is just typical that I have become friendly with Mr. Mailman who is kinda pleasant, too. He will always buzz the house and shout my name (I stay in the 3rd floor of the house that's why), screaming that he got something for me.

Anyway, it is just befitting that as much as I am fond of receiving something, I am also pleased to send something out. Except for the sky-rocketing rates of shipping packages overseas, I cherish the excitement of mailing a little of me to someone so far away - be it a cute postcard reminding them of home, a novel-like letter telling tales of everything around me or a small package, which I have wrapped with care and a smile in my face. :)

postcards and packages sent
The above photo was a collection of postcards and packages (books entirely) I have mailed. These postcards traveled to Finland, France, the Netherlands, Taiwan and USA under the Postcrossing project. On the other hand, the parcels were received by two people in the metro, one in Denmark and two people in the USA.

Do you love receiving and sending mails? Have you received or sent something lately? :)

Dear Me,

Supposedly, hubby and I would be bringing dear baby Miguel for his pedia check-up today. Well, hubby decided to re-schedule it for tomorrow. Hmm.

Anyway, my house chores' (what else am I supposed to do at home? hehehe) list is jampacked today.

groceries

• Wednesday means laundry day! [ONGOING] [DONE!]
  
  
• check the previous grocery stocks (I don't want expired products in the house) [DONE!]
  
  
• sweep and mop the floors [SWEEP - DONE! MOP - LATER] **[SOON]
  
  
• "relocate" the dining area [MAYBE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON] **[SOON]
  
  
• dust off the chairs [AFTER I DO THE LAUNDRY] **[SOON]
  
  
• gather all trash [LATER IN THE AFTERNOON] [DONE!]

That's it for today aside from feeding, bathing and taking care of the little angel. :)

It's chow time! I'm starving.


PS. **updated 7/31

Dear Me,

Here's my 4th edition of Wordless Wednesday.


Cadbury & Hershey's Milk Chocolates

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Dear Me,

I've been surfing book blogs as usual and I sort of got curious about the books referred or alluded to in the critically-acclaimed drama tv series, Lost.

Lost, a tv drama series that follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the South Pacific. The survivors are forced to find inner strength they never knew they had in order to survive. But they discover that the island holds many secrets...

I was wondering what books were featured for I never caught the bug of including Lost in my list of tv series to watch. I thought it was boring although I had watched a couple of episodes then.

Because sheer curiosity is bugging me, I am going to watch Lost from its premiere season till the last or current season it is running (if I read it correctly, Season 4 is done already and Season 5 will be shown next year?). Sounds pathetic, ha?

And so I searched for the list of books involved. I begun last night but I was too preoccupied to focus on it. Just now, I found it.

I wanted a list that I could copy but I didn't find any. I, too, was then wondering if I could find the list of books as featured by season. And yes, I did find it, too. Perfect.

Via the official Lost website, I found the bookclub. Books as shown by season is here.

These are the books from Season 1:

1. Island by Aldous Huxley
   
   
2. Walden Two by B. F. Skinner
   
   
3. Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
   
   
4. Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
   
   
5. Watership Down by Richard Adams
   
   
6. Lord Of The Flies by William Golding
   
   
7. A Wrinkle In Time by Madeline L'Engle
   
   
8. Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
   
   
9. Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden

Out of the nine (9) books:

• ~~ I have only read two: #3 and 9.
  
  
• ~~ I would like to re-read #3.
  
  
• ~~ I think I have a copy of #7 in my TBR shelf.
  
  
• ~~ I think I will find copies of the other books in this list.
  
  
• ~~ I don't think I'll ever read a Harry Potter book.

I'll list the books from Season 2, 3 and 4 later.

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What book or books are you reading right now?
Currently, I'm reading two (2) books:
Rosie Dunne by Cecelia Ahern (daytime) and
Murder at the FBI by Margaret Truman (bedtime).

Rosie Dunne
The first few pages of Ahern's book, Rosie Dunne relived in me what it felt like to be young and be in a platonic relationship with a guy. But the succeeding pages were somehow akin to mine almost a year back.


Murder at the FBI
On the other hand, I can say that I am biased about any Truman's murder series book. It's always the suspense that keeps me from wanting to read and collect her books. :)

Anyway, I'm not even halfway done reading either of these books. :)


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Dear Me,

Here's another Plugging of interesting information, activities plus contests/giveaways:



CEB AirBus A319
image courtesy of Cebu Pacific's website

Cebu Pacific Transfers to Terminal 3 on July 22nd

Starting tomorrow, July 22, this low-seat-fare airline will transfer part of its domestic operations to the new airport terminal in NAIA.

Flights from Manila to Boracay (Caticlan), Laoag, Naga, San Jose (Mindoro) and Tuguegarao will be the first to operate out of the new Terminal 3 starting July 22.

Visit this for more info about this good news. :)





Win Concert Tickets: Simple Plan Rocks The Big Dome

Wanna win tickets to Simple Plan's upcoming concert?

All you have to do is fill this up and refer two (2) of your friends. Promo runs from July 18th till the 31st.

Get a chance to watch Simple Plan, Jamie Scott & The Town and New Found Glory all in one night of slammin' rock 'n roll at the Araneta Coliseum on August 4, 2008 8:00pm.

Click here for more info about the Simple Plan concert.





Win Movie Tickets: Screening of The Alps

Wanna win free movie tickets to the screening of The Alps?

To win, hop on to Nimrodel's Shopping Finds' post and comment. She will raffle 3 pairs of tickets by July 25, 2008. Each winner gets 2 tickets.

The Alps will be shown on August 4, 2008 - Monday at 5:30pm at the San Miguel Coca-Cola IMAX Theatre of SM Mall of Asia.

Dear Me,

It's almost been more than a month since I last scribbled here. It's just that I felt there are lots of things to be done and I just can't seem to find the will to get started. *sigh*



What's your favorite beach in the world?
~~ To be honest, I'm not really a beach person. But I love the idea of lying down in the sand, reading a good book under the shade.

I've been to a lot of beaches but I love the beaches located in the islands of Puerto Galera and Cebu. They're paradise, wanting you to escape the real life in the city. :)


What's the next country you want to visit?
~~ Setting aside the financial constraint, I'm torn among these four (4): Egypt, France, Spain and Italy.

But I can manage saving for Thailand in the near future. :) I would love to visit the countryside. :)


What one thing are you craving today?
~~ A hot, creamy soup with croutons in it.


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Have a pleasant week!