Day 3: Dinner Ticket!

I actually woke up to stress today. I am skipping details because I don't think it is worthy of this blog. Anyway...

Mid-afternoon, I got called up to my aunt's office. I was actually feeling a tad sad because of this morning's events, so I wasn't expecting much. Maybe this was a dash of salt to already-painful wounds. 

Turns out, she just wanted to hand me dinner tickets to a special Nick Vujicic event! Yes! I wasn't expecting a seat for this, maybe just a role with our selling team. But God wanted me to know I was His child, and that in spite of trials, I am still blessed.

Yay! I got a golden ticket! 

Thank you, Auntie B, this is a big blessing, and it definitely made my day!

You know how God can turn circumstances around in an instant? Well, He broke through for me today! Blessed!

Day 2: Mogu-Mogu!

Since my daughter A mentioned that my youngest brother, KA, gave her a big bottle of Mogu-Mogu once, I've been on the lookout for one. See, this is A's favorite drink. But so far, I've only seen the small bottles. A says my brother got the big bottles from Shoppersville, but so far, three separate visits to the Katipunan grocery has proven futile.

Today, after his meeting with our finance director, Boss S comes into my room and tells me to pick a bottle from a bag he was carrying. Mogu-Mogu! The BIG bottles!

Turns out, he went to school with the local distributor, and today, the distributor met with Boss S and the finance director. So A, after 10,000 years, here's your big bottle of Mogu-Mogu Strawberry!

Mogu-Mogu!

Thank you, Boss! 

The small things still count. What small blessing are you thankful for?

Day1: Post-Mother's Day Lunch!

We usually do lunch on Sundays. But because it was Mother's Day yesterday, my folks decided to move lunch to Monday (to avoid the crowd). Thank goodness for holidays!

And thank you, Lord, for blessing us with this delish bounty from Passion! 

What a spread! Thankful for family! And an extra day off work. That, plus peaceful elections. 

What are you thankful for today?

Jumpstart!

So I figured that the only way I could get this blog going, and keep it alive is to NOT BE PRESSURED to dish out a post every single day. See, that's what had me procrastinating last time I resumed posting, it started to feel like a task. Whenever I missed days, I felt I had to write down everything, and eventually, the habit turned into a chore. Not that I didn't enjoy counting my blessings, but it became a pain to recount everything whenever I didn't have time to write (which usually would span from a couple of days to a whole week)!

Oh, and I felt pressured to post pictures! I realize now though that the photos are supplementary, not compulsory. Besides, I could always go back to a past post to update with pictures,

So here I am, hoping to jumpstart this blog. Yet, again. I need this activity to remind myself that God provides. And that Life isn't so unfair when you keep your eyes focused on a fair God.

"With Him, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE!" 

Matthew 19:26

Staying focused,

Kaye

Day 41: Thank You, Pot!

My office BFF JPot went to Davao on official business. Davao is love. Haha, if you don't know why, you should be reading my other blog (or wait, did I hide those posts?), LOL!

Anyway, because she read about that Starbucks mug my brother got in Cebu, look at what she had for me when she came back!

Starbucks Mug #2: Thanks, JPot!

Plus, she gave me a box of fruits! Mangosteen is by far, my favorite fruit! Hehehe.

That Davao Pomelo was soooo juicy, RL ate up half of it!

Thankful for friends who think of you even when they're away! Thank you for blessing me, Pot!

Day 40: Movie!

The kids and I haven't watched a movie in ages! We used to go on "Rockwell Sundays" with the 'rents but since I started volunteering for Kids' Church, I had to shelve it. Priorities, I guess. But also mostly because we now attend the 10am/2pm service (to avoid traffic) so having lunch and a movie becomes out of the question.

So when my mom asked us to watch with them, my kids were thrilled. We make it a point to watch the cartoons with them, because RL loves watching movies with my brothers - that and because my dad makes it a point to get him his own big bag of Cheetos. LOL!

We watched Hotel Transylvania. For free.

Yaya J kept laughing throughout this movie!
Think she enjoyed this one more than my little boy. Hehe.

Hehehe. Thanks, Mom! And Dad (for the Cheetos!).

Have you gone on a movie date lately? What was the last movie you watched with your folks?

Day 39: "Your Majesty..."

"..And honorable guests..." Oh yes, guess who got to watch "The King and I" for free? Haha, ok, not exactly free, because I'm sure my mom spent good money on our tickets but yep, she got A and I tickets to go watch with them. What a blessing!

Your Majesty, I beg to put before you, Wicked Simon of Legree!

I love theatre so this was a great blessing. "The King and I" holds a special place in my heart because we performed Uncle Tom's Cabin for International Week back in Middle School. We had won a competition and went on to perform this several times after. Yes, that portion from "The King and I" where Tuptim narrates the story in front of the king and his foreign guests. My daughter has yet to catch the theatre bug, but she loved this better than "The Sound of Music". Added bonus was seeing Sheila Valderrama after the show and getting a fan girl photo with her. She played Anna that day and was dazzling!

KY and I with Sheila Valderrama.

The King and I is currently being staged at the Performing Arts Theater of Resorts World Manila. For more info, please visit the RWM Website here.

Received any blessings from your parents lately? I love how this was a reminder that they still constantly think of me!