Project Life Starts Now

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If I were still working in NCO, today would have marked my 6th year anniversary. I also would have been the only one from Wave 6 to still have been there. Check out last year’s Happy 5 Years post.

What happened in the last 365 days? A lot. I wish I had a photo for each day to tell the story.

But I don’t. Hopefully though, by this time next year I’d have a full album to look at to remember the year that was. It could be a photo-a-day, or just a spread for the week. I’m not sure how it’s going to shape up, but I am so excited.

Tracy, thanks again for inspiring me and leading me to Project Life.

Last week I laid down the cover and end pages. This is how the first version looks like, but I doubt it will remain the same until next year.

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Yesterday I added our very old family photograph:

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The photo is old, and needs to be restored. I hope I can find a reliable shop to entrust it with.

I posted a scanned version of that photo in Facebook, and my mom left a comment giving insight into the occasion it was taken. I’ll share a better view, and the story behind the photo some other time. Smile

I will be printing yesterday’s photo and will be adding it into the album today. The journalling for that is actually already done. I don’t know if there’s going to be a picture for today or not, but I hope there will be Smile

The PL Kit has a lot of these journalling cards included, and I have set aside two each designs to carry with me wherever I go so I can take down notes anytime.

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I am so excited already and have so many ideas for this album. I can see it branching off to at least two projects, but I don’t want to get ahead of myself and so I’ll just take each day as I go for now. Amazing.

In the meantime, fill yourselves with more Project Life inspiration from the wonderful Ali Edwards.

Getaway

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Today I scanned prints that didn’t make it to our photo albums. I’m not sure if we just weren’t into photo albums when the photos were printed, or these are excess ones that didn’t make the cut (ouch). Most of the photos are more than a decade old.

Apart from admiring the cute smiles on the innocent faces of my nieces in the photos, there were also ones of my parents on one of their road trips/vacations.

vacay bicol mayon

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Mom and Dad loved road trips! There was a time when they would go on weekend drives, and summers where they would go on vacation on their own. Now they don’t that do that enough. I’d actually really wish for them to go on trips and enjoy in a new place and just relax. Sadly, resources are just enough and the reality is that vacations can be costly.

If I ever win the lottery, I’d make sure my parents won’t have to keep on working, and instead get to go on vacations wherever and whenever they want. We’d go too of course. Or I’ll invest in fractional ownership condos. I think those are a wonderful idea. As an owner, one can get huge discounts to use the facilities, amenities and services of a five-star hotel/condo.

BC Bloggers: how much Time do You Spend On facebook?

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Too much!

There was a time when I’d be online in Facebook for hours on end. I’d read updates, and go back as far as I can go if I ever miss out on logging in for a day or two. When I got my Blackberry, getting connected in Facebook became even easier. I was virtually online 24/7.

Facebook satisfies the tsismosa in me. Not that I look for or start rumors ha. I just mean that it satisfies my interest in my friends’ lives. Pareho lang ba yun? But the novelty of that soon wore off. Now I don’t care if I miss out on your latest status update. And I don’t view half of the videos that have been shared on your walls. I do check out photos. And I leave comments where they are welcome. Smile

But it’s the game apps that really got me hooked in the first place.

There was Restaurant City. Then Farmville. Café World. Baking Life came next. And now CityVille.

Good thing though is I’m weaning myself slowly from all those. I only really actively play CityVille now, but even that I am slowly giving up. It’s just too time consuming. Hahaha.

Okay. Enough of this. I’m going to logon to FB now. Smile

This is an entry to this week’s BC Bloggers Meme.

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Checkout last week’s participants to the meme:

Blogaholic Mom
Riza Written
Momma Helps
Single Mother on the Go
Hot Fun Stuffs
Earn Online with Miss C
Here Comes April
Digital Catharsis
Mum Writes
Blogger’s Nook
My Sassy Chef
Sassy Promotions
El Oweini’s Life
Life Ascending
Consumer Mom Talks
Kharen’s Corner
I live to Eat
Chris Chronicles
JeanBeltran.info
The Way I See It
Two4Luv
Travel Sites and Scenes
Little Nars
The GreenHorn Thoughts
Celebrity Lifes
gene + experiments
Virtual Tralala…
My Thoughts in Letters
RJ’s Mama
Piece of Mine

 

If you’re joining us this week, link up with Mommy Diary. Smile

A Weak Moment

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I didn’t think it was possible for me to get even bigger but I have! And I don’t have anyone else or anything in particular to blame for it. It’s just me and all the food the boyfriend and I have been eating. And all the failed attempts to get moving.

No, I haven’t weighed myself again. I don’t need a scale to tell me what I already know.

Truth be told, I am so big it is so hard to move now. The littlest things tire me out. Ugh. Okay. I exaggerate, but I’m sure you can imagine what I mean.

I don’t think there’s ever been a time in my life that I was ashamed of how I looked. I have always been fat, but I’ve always always felt beautiful. (I wish the old Peyups.com was still around, I would so link to my one and only published post there right now). But now I look at my photos and I cringe.

Don’t get me wrong – this is not me putting myself down. This isn’t about low self-esteem because I have so much confidence in myself. I just really hate the way I look right now. It doesn’t help that my face has a dark aura lately. Double ugh.

But I won’t make another pledge or another promise. I’m so tired of doing that and then failing.

Boyfriend! Bring that Wii downstairs and set it up in the living room. Imma dance this fat away! Hahahaha! I don’t care how looooooong it takes, but someday these curves will squeeze into lingerie corset, as long as they have plus size Winking smileI mean seriously, will I ever graduate from plus size? I don’t think so. But I can graduate from being morbidly obese. And I will, so help me God!

Confession: Apart from seeing very recent photos and not liking how I looked, this post is most likely inspired by the photos of all the beautiful brides and their weddings that I’ve been browsing through. It’s so frustrating that they’re all so skinny and they’re weddings are so beautiful and grand and happy and sweet. All so fairy tale like. Mine’s going to be just as happy and beautiful in our own little way. Brr. Okay. Enough. Rant over.

We’ll be back soon with regular programming. Smile

Catch up Starbucks post :)

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Wow. Regular Monday flew right past me. I slept the entire day, passed out on the couch without a care in the world.

Sad thing is that it’s now midnight and I have work in two hours. Because I’ve been up since 7 I’m pretty sure I’ll have low energy at work. Oh well. Such is my life.

You know what though? I normally complain about sleeping in during my days off. But now I know I shouldn’t. Sleep is a rare commodity. And I should be thankful that I have days when I can stock up on sleep. Smile

Anyhoo.. I was looking through the photos on my phone for blogging inspiration and realized I had a few ones on DropBox that I haven’t used on the blog yet. So, here they are!

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Starbucks had their Frappuccino Happy Hour promo earlier this month and I only enjoyed it once, on the last day I think. Smile The boyfriend isn’t a coffee shop fan because he claims not to understand why people would buy expensive coffee and sit around the coffee shop. He’s not a coffee drinker and would only occasionally have some to keep himself awake at work. He’s good with the three-in-one instant variety. Smile

We ordered non-coffee frappes: Strawberry for him, Green Tea with Soy milk for me. Colorfully yum! Smile

Since drinks were half price, we got Venti sizes. I also ordered some food since I hadn’t had lunch.

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I got a chicken wrap, and the cinnamon swirl was for the boyfriend. I also tried a cake pop. The chicken wrap was a healthy alternative to a piece of cake. Sadly it didn’t leave much of an impression on me. I don’t think I’ll be ordering it again.

The cinnamon swirl is pretty much a staple order for us so nothing new there.

The cake pop is a Bakerella sensation. It’s a lot like the oreo truffles that I also make, also courtesy of the Bakerella. I had to try the cake pops.

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It’s okay. Texture was a lot like my truffles. It isn’t too sweet either, which was a bummer. My truffles tended to taste a bit salty due to the cream cheese I think, but these pops are not the least bit salty. I want more. Maybe I’ll make my own na lang. Smile

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