We Will Miss Dada

Two of the nice traits that I love about my hb are his thoughtfulness and generosity. He always gives me something special on my birthdays or on our anniversaries. He used to give me jewelries and one of my favorites was a heart pendant necklace that I wear on special occasion. But for the past years, he's into electronic gadgets like GPS and Nintendo DS. On my birthday last month he gave me a personalized red Sony Vaio laptop.

I'm not in any way bragging about the things I receive, actually even if it is as simple as a funny card from him, I'm already very happy. But I just want to brag about how wonderful to have a hubby like him. My little tot and I will surely miss him when we leave for our vacay in few weeks. It's our first time to be apart for two long months. Yesterday, he was thinking about following us in September. Hopefully his new boss will let him take some time off to join us in the Philippines.

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4th of July Cookout

Over the weekend we had a great 4th of July celebration with some of our close friends. I was so glad that Saturday was spared with thunderstorms despite having a lot of them the days before. It was a potluck party and we had as many desserts as we had main dishes ;-). We grilled pork ribs; chicken bbq; and mixed veggies. We also had Pancit (sauteed noodles); corn on the cob; green salad; Sinigang na Butu-buto (Ribs in Tamarind Soup); white rice and Indian rice. Desserts were fruit salad; cassava cake; purple yam; ice cream cake; key lime pie and leche flan.

While my son enjoyed strumming the guitar with Tita Pin, the adults enjoyed the show and fireworks display on TV. Some friends left at past 11pm and I'd say we had a great laugh and time together. Here are some of the pics of the get-together.

Little tot with one of his girlfriends, Paulina

Little tot is a regular audience of Tita Pin when she plays the guitar.

Cheers for America!

Watching the fireworks display on TV.

This is part of the group posing for a pic at the deck.

Wait 10 seconds and say cheese, don't blink!

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Take Your Website to Higher Rankings

I used to maintain several websites just for fun without thinking about the technicalities of increasing rankings or maximizing search engine optimization. But with the trend nowadays of generating income through ads and posts, it seems that better ranking and improved SEO are very important factors in keeping websites more competitive.

There is a free independent website called FreeWebDirectories.org that offers free directory submissions that will strategically help you build links to the right web directories. There are hundreds of free web directories at FreeWebDirectories.org where you can receive essential web directory links without any requirement for reciprocal links. The tools provided at FreeWebDirectories will let you submit your website to as many web directories as you require. This process will definitely help you maximize search engine optimization thus increasing the ranking of your sites.

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I Had Separation Anxiety

My little tot started his first day of summer camp yesterday. Hb and I were as excited as he was. For the past days he's been pretending like he's going to school carrying his new backpack and lunch box around the house. I prepared him well so he will look forward to the day. I told him he will have a great time playing with other kids; doing arts and crafts; listening to stories and most of all playing in a 'giant' sand box.

I woke up early and got his lunch box ready. I made him heart-shaped ham and cheese sandwiches; some apple slices; and few pieces of wheat crackers. He's got a bottle of water; a little thermos of cold apple juice; and change of clothes. I was praying that he won't cling to me and cry. As soon as we put his stuffs in the cubbyhole, he darted towards the play area and forgot about me. I kissed him goodbye and couldn't control my emotion. I cried! I was the one having separation anxiety ;-).

I didn't think it would be this hard to leave him in the care of other people without me hanging around. But it was a good 3-hour-kid-free time for me, I was able to make several phone calls to doctors without a screaming tot trying to get my attention by grabbing the phone from my hand. I was able to reply to some e-mails without an eager tot asking for his turn to watch a video clip in my laptop.

Summer camp is 4 days a week and 3 hours a day. This is a great break for me to catch up with my projects at home before we leave for our vacation in three weeks.

He's so ready for his first day at summer camp

A healthy snack of ham and cheese sandwich, apples and wheat crackers

At the camp playing at the water table.

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A Simple Plan

I've been planning how we would celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents. If only money is no object, I would throw them a grand second wedding ceremony with my mother wearing a long train while my father wears a tuxedo. But with the present economic condition that has no promise of improving sooner, I feel guilty spending money mindlessly. I am just thankful that my family will be complete to celebrate this great milestone. It's not very often that my brother and I are in town at the same time. I planned to just have a simple celebration, with our priest friend celebrating the mass for my parents' renewal of marriage vows and only close friends and relatives in the guests list. I planned to hire a videographer and photographer to cover the event and to have a family portrait for souvenirs.

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EC Top Droper Day - June

I would like to thank the following avid droppers for last month. Thank you guys for always coming back here despite not being able to return most of your drops, ;-).

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