Sunday, December 7, 2008

Video of our Romania trip

I am so thankful to have a talented husband who comes up with all these amazing videos of our trips. Every time I watch one of them, that particular vacation comes back to my mind so vividly and all I can do while I sit and watch is relive the wonderful times and get inspired for the next one:))

Meantime, here is Romania:

Friday, November 7, 2008

Still alive and still kicking

You know when you keep putting something off, the more you wait to do it, the harder it gets. I often think of my 'muse', how quiet I've been lately... And it's not that I don't have things to say, experiences to share, photos to display, trips to brag about... Oh man, if I only had the time to do it!! That's my enemy as always and it looks like it's winning, BIG time.

A temporary solution for me was the micro-blogging on Twitter. I have more updates there that I have emails written down and sent and it's all because it's fast and convenient. These two words are so incredibly appealing with this 21st century lifestyles, that my only solution was to resume to my daily and randomly twitters.

Maybe these few lines will spark something in me and I will have a grande come back... but I don't want to give hope anyone. I am realistic by nature and optimist by choice so I hope the choice will win over my nature this time!

Until then... au revoir, take care, eat your veggies and carpe diem! What else??

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

But for this one I wrote an essay... and I WON!


My dear friend Kathy was the winner last year of an ice cream block party when her essay submitted to Edy's ice cream was chosen and rewarded! This year I tried my luck as well, and somehow my words convinced them that I, actually better said, my neighborhood is worthy of such a treat!:)

I received a thick envelope in the mail last night with all the details of the party- the date, the ice cream delivery, the ridiculous amount of it etc. I think it will be such a great opportunity for our street to bond and enjoy a fun afternoon together.

Because I won the ice cream party, I want to extend the invitation to all those who want to stop by and mingle. Feel free to come out of town, we'll make room for you (Kathy... what do you say?:).

PS. This is the website if anyone else wants to apply for next time. Good luck!:)
http://edys.slowchurned.com/neighborhoodsalute/english/Default.aspx

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

And I didn't even pray for this...

I so love this feature of our God- He can see in the future and He knows when we run out of patience and we might just do something stupid. And sometimes, just like in this example below, He does something out of the blue and totally smart about it.

I think I was almost at that point regarding my right-next-door-cubicle neighbor. She is not the most quiet person so besides loud chatting on the phone, loud comments yelled over the cubicle to her co-workers, loud singing along with her load overplayed music... yeah, all these added up can make my angelic face turn into a monster. This monster totally dissapeared at the great news she just gave me: she is moving to another cubicle, close to the window and... far away from me.

One thing I will not miss for sure is hearing "We Are The Champions'' song four, five times a day. I've never heard that song played so many times in my entire life added up together. I am not a champion anymore, but I feel like a winner... I gained my peace and silence back!

Monday, June 9, 2008

'Just because'

I came in at work this Monday morning and I couldn't help it but have a BIG smile on my face. There was this amazing multi-color rose arrangement waiting for me on my desk. I knew about it because last Thursday I got a phone call from the inter-office mail center to go and pick up a flower delivery I received. On the way there, I started thinking of the day... June 5th, first Thursday of month of June, etc but nothing came to mind that might be worth celebrated with a flower arrangement. Am I missing out something??

I thought it was my dear hubby surprising me with something. He did ask for my work address a couple of months ago, after all. I signed up for the box, and curiously opened the card. It touched my heart to read this: "We love you! Thank you for being such a wonderful daughter-in-law. Wendy and Barry." I knew this already, but I truly have the best in-laws I could have asked for.

I want to think of myself as being a giver more than a receiver but my in-laws gesture made me realize two things: once in a while it's great to be at the other end and receive and secondly it's even better to receive (or give) when there is no particular reason. That one simple explanation 'just because' is so refreshing to hear sometimes.

I am on a look-out for a 'just because' good deed to do!





Tuesday, June 3, 2008

My first race




Michael asked me last night if I wrote in my blog about my thing on Sunday. When I said no, he was surprised so I figured I should mention my little achievement.

Well, I finally signed up for a race (thanks to my good friend's Kate request- thanks girl for initiating this!). It was a 10K ZOOMA run in Annapolis, MD and now that I did it, I understand why some become addicted to racing. There is an adrenaline rush going, a high that keeps you going and makes you give your best. 10K is only 6.241 miles to be exactly, and that's a distance that I often run on my regular work outs. I figured I can do it without too much effort.




The results came in yesterday and in my age group of 25-29, I finished on the 8th spot, with the time of 51:47. I was also on the 25th place overall, out of 609 female runners for the 10k race.


Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Philadelphia Video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kZ0jrgEovMs

I was writing some time ago very enthusiastically about going to Philadelphia for a short trip. Here is the video clip my talented and wonderful husband put together. It totally captures the essence of the trip!