Building a Tower

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

This is the traditional Catholic prayer to the Guardian Angel.
Angel of God, my guardian dear
to whom God’s love commits me here.
Ever this day/night be at my side
to light, to guard, to rule and guide.
Amen.

I learned this prayer in kindergarten. I grew up praying this before going to sleep and before going anywhere. We even prayed [...]

Giveaways, From Juicers to Footwear

These are interesting products for giveaways, from state of the art juicers to kids’ footwears.

Lexen Healthy Juicer
from An Island Review
Giveaway ends on midnight, Nov 7th
This product looks like a state of the art appliance that promises convenience in the kitchen. See product details from 1-877-MY-JUICERS.com

Sportys DVD
from An Island Review
Ends midnight, Nov 7th
“The Sportys is a DVD [...]

Ghost and Things Ghostly

Have you had any ghost encounters or ghostly experiences? Do you believe in ghosts?

My father died when I was 13. I was starting High School then. During the first year after his death, I swear, there were a few times I would smell his scent and I would hear his distinct coughing from the location in backyard of our house, where [...]

More Bloggy Giveaways, Fall 2008

$10 Gift Card for Build-A-Bear
from Val’s View
Ends on Monday 11/03/08 at 11:59 pm est
$25 Gift Card for Build-A-Bear
from Three Ladies and A Dad
Ends on Saturday, November 1 at 12:00 p.m., CST
I have not seen Build-A-Bear Workshop around here in our little town in Alabama but I’m be willing to browse through our navigation system to [...]

Bloggy Giveaways, Fall 2008

I’m a sucker for giveaways and I love to win these prizes:

DVD “The Flight Before Christmas“ from An Island Review
I love Christmas Movies and this one fits our Christmas tradition to watch christmas movies on Christmas day. It will be exciting to watch a new Christmas movie this year especially if I got the DVD [...]

How to Eat Breakfast

Parents’ Nightmares and Parents as Nightmares

I came upon this TV show while flipping TV channels. It talks about urban legends that are mostly funny but some are scary. One of them disturbed me a lot. I think it’s because when I watched it, and heard the story for the first time, I was pregnant with Matthew and overwhelmed with maternal instincts. I was, [...]

Military Boarding School, What Not To Blog

If I have to blog about everything that has been happening around here, then I will be bloggiing a lot more than I am blogging right now. I don’t mean those that Matthew are up to or what we ate every meal. I mean all those happening with the people around us, pertaining hubby’s job and [...]

Summer End

Are you happy that summer is almost ending? What do you want to accomplish before summer ends? (Or, what do you want to accomplish before the month ends?)
This summer is the most eventful summer we have ever had as a family. Our transition from Japan to the United States was smooth. Our travels and vacations were [...]

Back in Florida

After three weeks of our continued vacation – to Michigan and Delaware, we are back in Florida.
We went to Michigan and spent less than two weeks there. Then last Tuesday (22 July), we went to Delaware to visit dear hubby’s sister Sheila and her family. (They had not seen each other for 18 years.) Last Saturday morning, our [...]

Frankenmuth, Michigan’s Little Bavaria

When we arrived Michigan on 7 July, our first destination was at Frankenmuth. It’s one of Michigan’s tourist spot famously known as “Michigan’s Little Bavaria” for it’s Bavarian(German)-themed shops and attractions. We spent three fun days there. [Click here to read more.]