My Lil Turtle

11 years ago at exactly 3:22am, God gave me the bestest gift in the world. Happy Birthday E.J.! Mommy loves you! Awe look at you!!!

[And....this is what happens when Mommy embarrasses him - HOW CUTE!!]

One Day....

I'm a total sucker for true love amongst the elderly. I admire couples that have shared so many decades together and yet are still so very happy. It's very rare nowadays. Being able to witness gray-haired couples holding hands out in public after more than 50 years of marriage is simple joy for me. Even though they are strangers to me, I feel touched with their happiness as if it was a contagious disease minus the negativity and the deadliness. As odd as it may seem, the feeling I get just channels complete bliss for me. Now that's LOVE! One day, I too hope I will be just as blessed with a husband that I can tolerate and who will put up with me. Seriously, though. To find genuine true love is a gift that no one should ever let go nor take for granted. Once you read this article, your heart will just melt. Makes you just want to spread love everywhere!

A stranger with a metal detector recovers the wedding ring of a couple married 68 years

My favorite love quote by far: "If you promise yourself to someone, that's for life."- Mary Marzec

Photo by BRENDAN FITTERER, Times

May your love continue to shine Mr. & Mrs. Marzec! =)

Puke Smiley

This might sound entirely ridiculous but I recently got into an argument with Mr. Wrong #19. It was not via telephone nor in person like regular people date do. It was worse – via Yahoo! Messenger. Unbelievable, right? What in the world am I thinking?! How could I have possibly let some dude get to me via Instant Messenger. Anyway, he ended our chat w/a freaking puke smiley! And that smiley made my cry. For the record – rarely, does any sad movie make me cry…I guess I’m a big lame-o.  Gotta love my life….


p.s. Mr. Wrong #19 and I are still not in speaking terms…..AND chat terms!  (damn you technology)

Dear sharebare,

Dear sharebare,

I hope you start to realize that you are indeed an idiot. After years of battling the dating scene, finally a guy got under your skin and broke you down by speaking the truth. It’s very true about truth being extremely hurtful. It comes in all shapes and sizes, including people you thought actually cared for you.

After today is a start of a new beginning. He was right, sharebare. You are what you think. Don’t ever try to put yourself down ever again. Please remember to love yourself before you offer love onto others. So what if you thought he was “The One”! There’s no excuse for the degrading behavior you have witnessed earlier today from this pig. Don’t let people make you feel less of a person. Move on to bigger and greater things. Put the focus back on your life and your son. Do what makes you happy. You still have my permission to explore what’s out there but please, leave your pants on this time around at least for year or so.  Take your time. Love is not a race. Being thirty means nothing but gaining wonderful memories and learning from bad experiences. Most importantly – think positive.

It Pays to Be Healthy

Back by popular demand - Chicken Adobo for dinner! Kids, I tell yah...they don't seem to like change. Seriously, again?! But since they love my food, I guess I shall. After work, I headed over to Ranch 99. I think I'm getting the hang of going the Asian market. Well...it's more of an Chinese supermarket chain. Good enough for me! It's the next best thing to "real" Asian grocery stores. You know what I mean?? For example, it's nothing like Manila Oriental of Daly City. And it definitely beats the Marina Market in San Mateo (<---still kind of traumatized by the flying Tilapia fish experience). Anyways, I never realized how much cheaper raw chicken meat is at the Asian grocery store. Sorry Foster Farms! I used to love you, but you are far too expensive especially with how the economy is today. Speaking of cost - did you know that it costs more to buy boneless AND skinless chicken thighs? Like, you can save an average of $2.00 if you purchase it with the skin! Unbelievable! I guess it pays to be healthy. The family loves them some skin. There's not that much harm in that, right? I got myself a good deal. For some reason a tray of drumettes cost about $4.00 more than a tray full of (8) large chicken drumsticks with skin! That's right fellas! I paid an whopping $2.38 on EIGHT drumsticks! It totally made my day. It's too bad that the lady behind me at the checkout line decided to have the cashier ring her okra and ginger to my incredibly cheap bill. The thrill of a bargain was lost for a quick second. $10.83 for drumsticks, chicken thighs, and a white onion?! That couldn't be right! I guess cashier dude and I were overly distracted by the FC newbee and tried to help her locate the nearest post office. It's all good though, it only took me 5 minutes to get a refund - $4.66 to be exact! Life is good!