Shabby Blogs Link Party: Top Ten Favourite Musicians

It’s Link Party time once again and this week’s topic is all about music: Top Ten Favourite Musicians.  When I was single, I couldn’t do anything without music.  I worked with headphones on beating deadlines, something was always playing in the background.  I grew up listening to the Beatles, Paul Simon and the like, so … Continue reading »

Shabby Blogs Link Party: Ten Things Happiness List

It’s time for the Shabby Blogs Link Party once again.  This week’s list is called 10 Things Happiness List.  Here’s mine: 1.  Happiness is seeing my daughter’s cheeky little smile first thing in the morning. 2.  Happiness is blue skies and when the sun is up and shinning and actually stays like that all through-out … Continue reading »

Magic Kisses

 Are you feeling poorly Mommy? Yes, sweetie… I replied from under the duvet with a slight temperature and the chills. T bent over and kissed me. There!  Are you feeling better already? She asked me with a conviction only a two-year-old would have – that her kisses would make her mother better. With a heavy … Continue reading »

Too early?

A few Sundays ago, T came in from her weekly swimming with her Dad and her best-friend F.  The husband announces that F was coming over for some play-time.  Like a lovestruck teenager, T wanted to wait for F by the window. Come and have some lunch first before F arrives. No!  I want to … Continue reading »

Celebrating Summer

While it’s scheduled to rain in the next few days, a few parents and us, got together for an impromptu BBQ at the beach yesterday to celebrate the arrival of summer. It was absolute bliss! Let me show you what it was like: Little T skipping on the beach. Here’s hoping that this is just … Continue reading »

Summer is here …. I think.

I’ve actually felt some warmth the past few days, especially while sitting under the sun.  Yes, the sun.  You read it right.  The sun does come out once in a while here in England and when it does – the landscape becomes alive and even more beautiful.  This actually makes me really think summer may … Continue reading »

May Chat with a Mom: Cristina Delakovias

We all have our go-to person, someone who has known us for ages, someone who probably knows us more than we do.  Best friends – that’s what they are called.  And mine is this woman, whom I love dearly like a sister.  In our early twenties, we used to talk about being mothers, how much … Continue reading »

Shabby Blogs Link Party: Ten Random Things About Me.

I’m a big fan of Shabby Blogs.  As you can see I use a lot of their buttons on my blog.  I love their designs and the best bit is that they are free! =)  Yes, I’m such a cheapo.  In this case, that old adage is true – The best things in life are … Continue reading »

A laugh-out-loud read: Cooking with Fernet Branca

The first James Hamilton-Paterson book I’ve ever read was Playing with Water.  This book isn’t fiction, it’s more of an autobiography Hamilton-Paterson wrote about his stay in an isolated little island some where in my home country, the Philippines.  This book made me teary-eyed and homesick.  It’s a lovely book about a writer’s reflection on life … Continue reading »

Don’t you just love the way…

kids operate on what they want regardless of how silly it may seem to us “grown-ups”.  Like wear your swimsuit at home - all day.  Why not? I’m normally not fond of two-piece swim suits for children, especially young ones, however, during emergencies at the beach it’s so much easier to take off the bottom of … Continue reading »

Window shopping from afar

Back when I was working and single, whenever I was down or feeling burned out from work, my number one stress-reliever would go to the mall and do recreational window-shopping. The danger there of course is that I would sometimes come home with purchases I absolutely regretted. Now that I live in a little village … Continue reading »

Too much Toy Story

You know your little one has seen too much of Toy Story when she says to you:  ”Mom, I don’t like confrontations.  I’m hopeless like Rex!” For those who have not seen or have forgotten the characters in that wonderful animated movie Toy Story from Pixar, Rex is the toy dinosaur who is a bit … Continue reading »

Mist & Fog

Our little village is covered in a grey and wet blanket once again.  While it isn’t really raining hard, it’s been drizzling all morning.  Just to give you an idea, see forecast below: And tomorrow is even worse: Fog, mist and white cloud the whole day. Looks like the sun has gone on holiday this … Continue reading »