Down to our last 10 days so got to do some shopping already! Although, we were in Las Vegas during the Boxing Day (December 26) and I was able to score some great pieces! (wink!) Tomorrow, will be going to the mall to get those make-ups from MAC and Chanel. I am planning to try also some eyelash growth serum from a beauty store I saw in Promenade Mall. I have to get the lipsticks that my friends asked me to buy. I hope all stocks are available.

Hectic schedule has taken its toll on me for the past few weeks so that explains why I do not have any postings just yet. Sorry about that. Life is pretty busy but still amazing! Currently on vacation here in California and we are just having so much fun! It’s great to be reunited with families! My kids are enjoying their stay and even saying that they don’t want to go back to the Philippines! Oh, but we just can’t! It will be the last 10 days of our vacation and we look forward to making the most of it. For the meantime, let me share few pictures from our wonderful time here…

Hope everyone is having great holidays as well! From our family to yours, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I just love my job! It’s all weddings and more weddings. I love the details of all the weddings we have recently. One has a vintage theme in Cebu, another one is an Autumn Theme in a hotel, a Rock n Roll Party Theme and today, we have a Spanish Theme. I love the idea that even souvenirs are varied. Apparently, even cohiba cigars can already be given as tokens. It’s one of the many souvenirs we have for tonight’s wedding.

Weddings nowadays are entirely revolving. And I love that I am becoming a part of it. I am witnessing all of these new trends unfolding before me.

I just love my work!

Whew! Someone thought that I am losing weight because of detox opiate! Are you kidding me? It’s the most offensive comment I ever received. No, I am losing weight because of too much stress and too much work. I work even wee hours in the evening because there are tens of emails to answer and tons of paper works to finish. The only consolation of being this busy is that I have really lost about 10lbs already! Clap, clap, clap for me! Maybe, I should work hard more so I can even go back to my pre-pregnancy weight!

Wow, I can’t believe it’s almost a month since my last post. Work has been tremendous recently and I cannot even think how to squeeze everything and try to finish all my pending tasks before we go for a major vacation before the year ends.

November got pretty busy since we had a couple of events. Most of it as well came in last minute. Not that I am complaining. I am actually grateful for the blessings from the One up above.

December will completely be the busiest month with me finishing 4 events before we leave and try to complete all turn over for all the events I will be leaving to my team while I’m away. I am now even thinking if I need to even lend my desktops to my staff as most of my files are there. There are tons of documents to even turn over to them.

Now, I am getting anxious for things to be done soon so I can look forward for the grand vacation with my family.

To our dear Bianca, you may be 5 years old already today but you will still be our baby forever! We love you very much sweetie! – Daddy, Mommy and Ate Margaux

I am sure everyone’s wish is to be debt-free in the next coming year. I am glad we are gearing up our plans to pay off all our bank loans and mortgages already. My credit cards have been free already and I am very happy about it. I have zeroed out most of my outstanding balances from my card. Well, getting ready for another round of shopping in outlet malls in the US come December. I am sure my card will get a lot of beating during those times. So now, I doubt if I would truly be debt-free by 2012. Maybe, I can say, before the Chinese New Year? lol!

A couple of weeks back, I had a chance to visit the husband in his office. I was surprised to see how nice and huge his room is. His room is actually located at a corner office. He even has his own restroom. Although I think he needs a better coffee table and chairs for his small meetings. Well, apparently, his requisition has not been processed yet. Oh by the way, he is actually looking for some qualified people for available posts in their office. They are offering Case Management Manager Jobs for those who can meet the qualifications.

We are off for a quick trip next weekend to celebrate our 2nd daughter’s 5th Birthday so the husband sent the cars already for maintenance. Another expense! Oh well, good thing it is not as expensive as an rv repair. It is just expensive sometimes to maintain vehicles. But of course, we cannot get by without one. Insurance fees are also coming in next month. Oh well, for the meantime, will just look forward to the trip that we will have.

I have been receiving a number of good news since last week. I have friends who have been announcing their pregnancies recently. It’s Baby Boom at this time of the year! It makes me think when should we actually try for our 3rd one. Yes, we are actually planning to have another one but as to when, we still not yet sure. We have been shelving the idea for the meantime as we have a number of upcoming events still. I am happy to rejoice with my friends for a while and just share to them some baby product reviews I have read online lately. But I have to admit that I do miss having a little tiny one. My girls are growing so fast and I just can’t stop the time. No matter what though, they will still be my babies forever!

Taken during Margaux's Family Day in School

Such heartwarming to see the ones on top on my husband’s office table. The photo book was something I made for him. I placed the names of the kids making it as their gift to their dad. It was my first time to see his room office this week as I went with him to do some bank errands. I am surprised on how big his room with his own comfort room! Then he also has a brand new Asus Tablet PC.

I wanted to put some decors to his room though. Maybe, I will do so one of this days. I am even thinking to bring him some christmas decors

With just 70 days to go before Christmas, are you ready with you list? Me, I am almost complete so I am starting my Christmas shopping by November. I am thinking to buy few items from the malls and for some just order online. I am planning to send a holiday gift baskets to some of relatives based abroad. There are yummy gift baskets from berries.com and it’s so enticing, I want to order for myself. It would be a great centerpiece for our Christmas dinner. For the meantime, I need to finish my list already so I can be ready to hit the stores by November.

Yes, this blog have started since November 2007 and this is my 1000th post… I can’t believe I have written that most number of blog posts. Although I have not been regularly posting, blogging have actually brought about a number of things for me. I was able to document things and happenings on my daily life, my family, my kids and just about anything. Most importantly, I gained a lot of friends (real ones actually) through the course of my blogging career! I won’t promise I would do regular posting but I’m far away from knocking this down. There are just so many things I still love to share. Best of all, it is something worth keeping.

To have a quick break from my very busy schedule, I would like to think of happy thoughts first.

1. It’s a busy schedule so that means, more work for me. I thank God for the blessings for my business, my work.
2. Finalization stage for the new company we are putting up.
3. Little shopping this weekend. Thanks to husband’s generosity from his bonus. I am hoping to score a nice watch Could I be happy with a citizen watch already? Hmm, let’s see.
4. Heavy breakfast.
5. New Artscow loots.
6. Movie date with friends.
7. Revamping our website.
8. More inquiries from clients. Bring it on!
9. Good news from relatives abroad.
10. Booked a supplier for Margaux’s party next year.

Whew! What a very busy monday! I think the day just slipped by. And I am expecting that my entire week will be something like this. I am juggling from working from my MBP and the other tablet computers so I can finish all my paper works in a day.  I can feel the pressure of peak season already as my day is always full of meetings.  I need to take extra multi-vitamins to keep me healthy as I cannot afford to get sick these days.

Oh! It’s been a while since I last did Wednesday Happy Thoughts. I regret not religiously doing it as there are just so many blessings to be thankful for.

Anyway, for this week…I have so many happy thoughts in mind…

1. Hearty breakfast this morning with “daing na bangus” and “itlog na maalat” Lol!
2. Husband has been losing weight. That’s good for his health.
3. Helpers being productive.
4. Kids sleeping in their own room.
5. Will be using my “new chloe” baby today.
6. Cable HD! Woohoo! Thanks to the newly hired Network Installer Jobs in my husband’s office, there’s no delay in the installation anymore.
7. Lunch with Friends.
8. Finalized US Itinerary for December
9. Free weekend
10. New clients

There are just so many things to be thankful for! I hope to do this again next week.

Friends were asking me if I am taking weight loss pills because I am kinda losing weight! Woohoo! Though I am considering already but I am taking a different diet at this time. It is actually not a total diet formula but I am just watching my food intake now. I try to read labels and ensure that I would only take a maximum of 1300 calories a day. I still take coffee because I cannot do without in a day, still eat few sweets and even take 1 cup of rice every meal. 1 cup of rice is equivalent to 120 calories only. It’s actually the same thing like taking 3 slices of Skyflakes biscuits yeah, that’s right! So I would rather take 1 cup of rice and a deck of cards size of viand be it pork, beef or chicken. See, it’s effective…you can now see my collar bone! Woot! Harharhar

She’s so cute on her Ms. Thailand costume which she wore during their Asian Book of Days.  Thanks to her Aunt Cindy who took time to get her this costume in Quiapo, since I cannot leave the house that time due to my sprained ankle.

All teachers commended her costume.  I was glad she actually wore it.  I was worried at first that she won’t even fit the head dress.  It was perfectly fit on her.

Yay! I hope my daughter Margaux won’t get this fat! This is from Fat Kiosk application in my iPhone. I also tried it myself and I wasn’t very happy with how I look. I was even mortified when I tried with my husband! lol! No, I am not going to post his picture here. I think we would need to get a portable ecg machine if he gets 50lbs heavier. harharhar.

But I wouldn’t allow it to happen of course.  In fact, we are back to eating healthy.  We are practicing calorie counting.

We love family travels. I love traveling with my girls and my dear husband. It is always refreshing to go to a nice place and spend some quality time with the whole family. It is just about rest and relaxation. We recently had one. Will talk about the trip more on another post. But talking about family travels makes me think about security as well. I think it is also important to consider like accident insurances. What do you think? It’s also a consideration to keep in mind a professional to run to in case something like an accident happens. I know there are lawyers who are actually known to be efficient on such job. Example is an Austin personal injury lawyer. These are lawyers who actually takes care of a case when you have been injured through negligence of another party. The known lawyers in Austin for example are the ones from O’Hanlon, McCollom & Demerath – Personal Injury Lawyers – who are located at 808 West Avenue, Austin, TX. 78701 – 512-494-9949. I know it is a group to keep in mind.

I cannot wait for the photo books I have ordered from Artscow. One of my favorite books that will arrive is the Sisters Forever I ordered. It contains beautiful pictures of my two girls. I hope they would both like it. I want to impart to them that they will indeed be sisters forever. I am hoping that my first batch of order will arrive by next week. That would be a happy treat for a busy mom like me. Now, for the meantime, let me finish my research on document imaging as I need it for my business.

A super late post about Varekai. The husband and I watched it last July 21. Glad we never failed to see it. It was a good decision to buy our tickets last minute since we even got a 10% discount through SM Advantage. The husband enjoyed the show very much. In fact, he said we should also watch another Cirque de Soleil show. I hope we could get to see one in Las Vegas by December. But the show tickets are just expensive. I wonder if we could squeeze on 4 tickets with our budget considering that we are also saving up for a lot of upcoming expenses including our pocket money and the Wholesale Insurance which we need to settle before we leave the country. Crossing-fingers!