happy day

just a very quick note...

i am so happy to finish a layout based from the sketch of inspired blueprints! my first for the year, and my 2nd 12x12 LO! yey! finally! it just feels so good to scrap again!

i just love the pictures of euan and his cousin yancee. i love how they laughed, played and had a great time by merely playing with a yellow ribbon they picked up while running around.

here is a picture of my son after i finished the layout. i think he is more excited than me! :)

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Title: That yellow ribbon

Journaling: (continued from the title) ...was enough to make an afternoon of endless fun...

Materials used: Paper: Scrapworks Magpie, Srout and Starburst; Bella Blvd Super Stud; Embellishment" Carolee's creations word play; All about scrapbooking chipboard and alpha stickers; ribbons and buttons.

it's all about perfect timing

I missed blogging! I missed writing down my thoughts… but most of all, I missed having to express myself in ways that I never thought I could!

I feel guilty…Guilty of letting the time pass me by so swiftly, just as where the wind has left me. Guilty of the time wasted for finding all the excuses to not do what I needed to do. You know those times when your brain is telling you to scrap but your body refuses to follow? (There goes another excuse!) Now I am left with nothing concrete on hand but just pure memories from the past.

But what if those special memories escape me? I could never have a way to relive those moments. Worse, I could never be able to pass on our life stories to the very people who have been so much a part of that journey.

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on the best way I could do the things that I need to do with the time that I have. With the many roles that I have to sanely juggle to make a happy home, I believe that the key really is to manage my time wisely. That is what I really need to improve on.

That’s why today, I feel the need to start writing those life stories. I feel the need to cherish and re-create those moments in ways that work best for me (I have tons of pictures waiting to be scrapped!). I have found once again how it is to really celebrate life! And I love it!

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p.s.

Quote: Brian Tracy; Digital kit: Eloquent Autumn by Betsy Tuma, Two Peas in a Bucket; Overlay: Jessica Sprague Grunge Frame

humbled

this was a busy week for the family...my family and our SFC friends organized a relief distribution last monday and yesterday to tunasan area (in aplaya to be exact) who were greatly affected by the typhoon. upto now, the water is still leg-deep. we have to ride a banca in order go to the church and school where the people evacuated.
monday night's distribution was a little over 30 bags only, and with my 3-yr old son euan in tow, it was frightening... at first he didn't know why we had to ride a banca, but with a lot of explanation, i think he was able to understand...
seeing that what we had distributed was not enough, we decided to set another distribution by thursday...we sent email and text brigade to ask for donations...it was not hard to mobilize our sfc friends...and so by wednesday, we re-packed goods and clothes at our place...we also sought help to our CFC south sector office - monday night they gave us clothes, blankets, water and 3 boxes of ready to eat food and by thursday, the gave clothes and food at 200 bags each plus ready to eat food like kamote, egg and bread!!! god really is good!
and so yesterday, at around 11am we went to the area again, this time with almost 20 volunteers, most were from YFC South B. good thing they were with us because it was difficult to transport and unload 4 bancas full of relief goods! i am so thankful for the people who have helped us even for a very short notice because we were all so desperate to get there the soonest. some even offered rubber and pump boats but it wasn't feasible to use them due to narrow roads in aplaya. the distribution went well but it took us til 4pm to send it out to the evacuees.
i just feel so bad that i was not able to bring enough money to feed the volunteers. we were all hungry, buti na lang masaya kasama ang mga YFC, kung nakakabusog lang ang tawa, malamang bundat na kami :D
through it all, i am humbled by the experience. i feel blessed after seeing what others went through but my heart goes out to them because they have to start building thier lives all over again knowing that many of them were not able to save any belongings...
right now, we are still seeking for donations... how we can be able to sustain their needs after this week? i don't know... but what comforts me is knowing that the Lord will provide us with more blessings so we can fill their needs ... i know that God has a hand on this... no matter how big the challenge may be, God is so much bigger and greater than all this. and i still believe that despite of what happened, our nation is still blessed.

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here's my son helping us out in sorting the goods... i'm so proud of him.. young as he is, he already knows how to share :)

thankful

Today I feel thankful… that in spite of the recent calamity that had stricken our country, we were spared from the great flood that submerged almost the entire of Luzon…
I feel even more blessed that, how a country like ours who has suffered a lot of trials as a people and as a nation, came out to be united in helping out the victims of this tragedy, where people forget about all their personal agendas in the light of extending help to those who are greatly in need.
I pray for continuous healing of our nation and of the people who have lost not just their properties but sadly, the lives of their beloved.
And if we have the capacity to help, let us do our share to care for the needs of our fellowmen. May god bless us all…

excited

yey! i finally made it to the scrapjam this october! it's my first time to attend a class like this so i'm a bit nervous but i am soo looking forward to this...from the class descriptions, there's so much to learn...this will definitely help me bring that (long lost) "mojo" back...

torned!

this is one great deal that is sooo tempting! i recently found out that scrapjam has extended its early bird deal until august 20! i've always wanted to join but somehow, my schedule won't always permit. **this has always been a part of my wishlist every year.** now if only i can attend this event, and get to shop! {kahit window shopping lang!} hmmm, i still have to work out our schedule because euan has kindermusik class every saturday and we have consumed the allowed make up classes {we missed 2 sessions already!} but im sooo dying to join the scrapjam! i'm so torned! ...so many sponsors and lots of goodies to look forward to... i'm drooling! :P

mourning

today our nation mourns for the passing of one great leader. a leader who restored democracy to our nation. a leader who has made a great impact not only to our country but to the world. that even after her term as president, she continued her fight for democracy. i respect her for the kind of leader that she was, but i admire her even more for the kind of mother that she is. her unfailing love for her family is the source of their strength. how she strive to raise her children and have remained a loving mother to them in spite of having to fight for her advocacy.

we thank you for the inspiration, president cory.