My mother

My mother is a very, very misunderstood person.  She is loving and wise, quirky and funny, as well as forward looking, innovative even, but traditional.  Others may think of her uh, differently, but I will always see her as Mommy.

I was inspired by THIS blog and its entry.  Also because I've been hanging around my family so much, I thought why the heck not.  Also, 8 is my mother's favorite number, aside from the size of her shoesies. :)

1. Your hair is your crowning glory.  However weird your clothes are, if you're hair is neat, you will look neat.  (My dad said that a measure of someone's cleanliness and hygiene is if their nails are neat and clean.)

2. Every woman should have good posture.  It also shows your confidence when you have none. 

3. There are different kinds of strength and sometimes, it is really, really quiet so it is mistaken for weakness.

4. You can shut someone up with a look. (In tagalog, "makuha ka sa tingin")

5. Every woman should learn how to depend on herself. 

6. You can never love too much.

7. Makeup can be taken off with Ponds Cold Cream and be used as overall body moisturizer.

8. There is always, ALWAYS hope. 

I love my mommy :) 

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Thankful Tuesday

The storm/s have finally passed.  In more ways than one it seems. 

We're supposed to be getting another one, but reports so far seem to indicate it will bypass us.  Fingers crossed.

I had the best news yesterday: that job I've been angling for the last month? The one with the wicked interview?  They called yesterday.  They still are interested and would like a second interview this week.  SWEET.  I'm gonna kill it.  I'm gonna NAIL this.  I'm going to make this happen.  I know I can do this.  And I will :D

So yeah.  Storm has passed, as did that awful mercury retrograde.  Now things are going to move slowly back to what they were, or as close to the momentum of what was, before the figurative s**t hit the fan and made all our lives do a cartwheel.

My attention now has refocused on events and things that were going on prior to the storms.  I need to figure out what I want to be for Halloween for example.  Do I really want to be Toph?  Will people appreciate my effort?  Do I have enough money to get the costume made in time?  Pressing questions to be sure.  Well not really, but hmmm.  Maybe I could go as Max from Where the Wild Things Are.  The fur may be a little too hot though, especially for this climate.  But look at them:

http://www.refinery29.com/the_goods/where_the_wild_things_are_insp.php

And I've been wanting to copy this style:

http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2008/11/bow-ties-for-ladies.html

I'm hoping that with this new job (50% in the bag...so I won't say I've gotten it til I really truly have signed contracts hahaha!) comes a new me.  It seems like the perfect time to start again. 

After the storm, after the mess, time to clean up and start over.  It's time I haul my ass my the bootstraps and get to it.  No one else will do it for me but me. 

I could start with this (Thanks to my friend Lourdes hahaha!):

http://www.oaknyc.com/women/new-items/complex-vertex-gown

Anyway, time to finish stuff and get a move on.  Here's to looking ahead. :)