Lakwatsera

Updates on my Q1 goals:
Learn 5 new recipes – pot roast, bistek tagalog, salmon salad, fajita salad, carrot cake, and more! I find that planning menu for the following week is fun and something I look forward to
Read at least a book – Secret life of bees is what I’ve tried reading. It’s hard to concentrate on reading a book when you have an infant to watch
Make an artwork – i might have to give up on this one
Complete my 2008 photobook – i might have to pass on this one
Create a scrapbook for my baby – not yet done

NOW I’m really looking forward to Spring. I’m sick of the cold winter. I’m missing going out for walks with my baby.

1) All being well with my family and new family
2) My husband
3) My baby’s birth
4) Pregnancy
5) Our home – finally together under one roof!
6) Relocation
7) Quitting my job
8) Tagaytay 29th birthday celebration
9) Baby shower in Manila
10) US baby shower
11) Going back to Mla after a vacation in the US
12) Eating filipino foods that I soooo craved while pregnant
13) 1st trip to NY
14) Drive along the East Coast (Boston, Maine, CT, etc.)
15) Finally connecting with half brother
16) Hana Yori Dango and The Devil beside me
17) My chrismas presents
18) My cats
19) Good health and fast recovery from health woes
20) Mom’s wedding
21) Our 1st wedding anniversary
22) Bed rests
23) Being a stay at home mom
24) Learning to cook
25) Independence and freedom
26) Foot spas and pedicures
27) Witnessing the 4 seasons
28) Summertime walks
29) New friends
30) Old friends
31) Driving again (after having stopped for a while)
32) Library privileges
33) In laws who are supportive and generous
34) Safe delivery
35) Trip to Las Vegas
36) Visiting the empire state building (though experience was frustrating), Statue of Liberty
37) 1st time in a ski resort
38) Zoobic safari
39) My very 1st pregnancy ultrasound
40) Leslie’s visit
41) My reliable and handy camera that captures my life’s greatest moments
42) A friend having similar life events same time as me
43) Life and knowing that 2009 holds more and better things – Praise God!

I thought I have gotten past this tendency of dwelling in the past but now that I have a new life in a new place and with a new family I often find myself how my life was. I don’t want to miss on the blessings I am enjoying now so I would like to remind myself everyday that I should live i the present moment and enjoy it!