Weekend Snapshot 82

We went to Six Flags last Sunday. It was fun. The day was nice and cool and sunny.







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Emerald Sunday 21

This looked green but it sort of came out blue. It's this telescope at Six Flags Over Texas.
My daughter after buying a few things at Target.






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Skywatch Friday No. 37

These are skies over Santa Rosa, California.


These are skies over DFW, Texas.





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Toy Hunt: Wings

My son insist that this is his best airplane invention ever. So, it's my toy hunt for this week. It's an airplane made of lego complete with wings!

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LP 51: Sapatos (Shoes)

One of my favorite Bongo boots, as modeled by my youngest baby in his favorite suit.

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Ruby Tuesday

One of his bedtime rituals, but also a good chance for him to delay bedtime by stretching this activity to a half-hour event. Isn't he a darling though? He always keeps a monologue the whole time why he needs to be doing something on the way to brushing his teeth!








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Today's Flowers 32

What do you call these flowers? I think they're weeds? But a weed is a weed if it's unwanted, and I wanted this one. Anybody have a clue what they're called?

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It's The Little Things That Matter

I received this as an e-mail, mass-forwarded. However, it's got good lessons, and why not post it here so I can read it again someday? Take time to read it, you might just get away with some food for thought.

When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.

Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly.

She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why?
I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Dew. I didn't love her anymore. I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company.

She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Dew so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.

The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn't have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Dew.

When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.

In the morning she presented her divorce conditions: she didn't want anything from me, but needed a month's notice before the divorce.
She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month's time and she didn't want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.

This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding day.

She requested that everyday for the month's duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.

I told Dew about my wife's divorce conditions.. . She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said scornfully.

My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don't tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn't looked at this woman carefully for a long time... I realized she was not young any more. There were fine wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me.

On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn't tell Dew about this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger.

She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily..

Suddenly it hit me... she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head.

Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it's time to carry mum out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day.

But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn't noticed that our life lacked intimacy.

I drove to office.... jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind... I walked upstairs. Dew opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Dew, I do not want the divorce anymore.

She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Dew, I said, I won't divorce.. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn't value the details of our lives, not because we didn't love each other any more. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until death do us apart.

Dew seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away.

At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I'll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.

That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed - dead.



The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank, blah..blah.. blah. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse's friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage!
If you don't share this, nothing will happen to you.

If you do, you just might save a marriage.

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White Astro Repair

White Astro:
Last month: repair heater blower, plus headlights aligment: $90.00
Today: Ignition switch
$70.00 labor
190.00 parts

Green Van:
$50.00 driver side door



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Monochrome & Music Monday

This is my youngest baby and my lotion. Who needs moisturizer on leather when I've got him?

This is an 8-bit grayscale conversion.


This is charcoal effect.

This was the music I was listening when I walked in on my baby and his thing. My husband and I loves this Lady Gaga.

Mum mum mum mah
Mum mum mum mah

I wanna hold em' like they do in Texas Plays
Fold em' let em' hit me raise it baby stay with me (I love it)
Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart

Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh,
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got

Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)

P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)

I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will be
A little gambling is fun when you're with me (I love it)
Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun
And baby when it's love if it's not rough it isn't fun, fun
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh,
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got

Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)

P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)

I won't tell you that I love you
Kiss or hug you
Cause I'm bluffin' with my muffin
I'm not lying I'm just stunnin' with my love-glue-gunning
Just like a chick in the casino
Take your bank before I pay you out
I promise this, promise this
Check this hand cause I'm marvelous

Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)

Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)

Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got to love nobody)

P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)

P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)

P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
(Mum mum mum mah)

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Emerald Sunday 20

I thought of this picture from a year ago taken at Six Flags Over Texas.
I saw these tiny flowers growing on my yard. I really like them, they're small and beautiful.
This sorry looking green is another rose bushes that I am attempting to grow again. I killed about a dozen of them last year. This time, I'm only planting two of them. What kind of plant do you usually try to grow?





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Camera-Critters #50

I was up early and cleaning my car when I saw this thing. I couldn't bring myself to touch or disturb it, but I thought it might have been dead because it's was upside down. I came back an hour later and it was gone, so maybe not?





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Backgammon or Birthday?

I've wasted over 6 hours of my life this week playing backgammon. Most of the times I'd have a winning streak, but the rest of the time, I lost. I find it annoying when I lost. I get quite cranky about it too. It just occur to me that I should be reading instead.

Or prepare for this child's third birthday party. Or maybe remind him not to go naked on the day of his party.



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PhotoHunt 154: Yellow | Today's Flowers

I like how I get flowers from my husband even on days when there's no special ocassion.


I think my roses are sort of sideways. Too lazy to switch it around.

photo hunt

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Tag by a Dictionary

Acey got this tag. You're to visit Urban Dictionary and find definitions to the words in bold, whatever your answer may be.

Name: Midas
really good, golden

Age: 36
The Correct Canadian Slang for the number '36' is Pussy.
--holy cow! Really?

1 of your friends: Chana

A Hebrew name. It means graceful, and only the very coolest people in the whole entire world get this name. Chanas are very unique and someone you really want to be friends with. If you need someone to talk to, a Chana is always there, and ready to listen and give advice. If you have a friend named Chana then you are very lucky. If your name is Chana, congratulations. Chana is the best name you could possibly ever have. All Chanas are unique and beautiful. Sometimes they are brunettes, and Chanas ALWAYS have the most beautiful eyes.

what should you be doing: taxes
Money coerced and collected from honest, hard-working people in proportion to their INCOME. This means that the harder a person works, the more he is taxed. Taxes are NOT collected on WEALTH, which explains why rich people pay few taxes.

favorite color: red
One of the three primary colours of paint. When mixed with yellow, it would make orange. When mixed with blue, it would make purple. It is opposite green on the colour wheel.

favorite number: 7
The fiercest digit known to man.

month of your birthday: February
February is the best month of the year. Its still nice and cold and snowy, but you know that spring is just around the corner if you're tired of all the bad weather. February is also the most unique month. 28 days long,(unless its every four years on a 'leap' year)

last person you talked to: Vickie (she's helping me cook for my party this Sunday)
a person who knows how to fight, and shouldnt be messed with. the person doesnt need a older sister to help her bitch at someone else, a vickie can do it herself. should watch out for vickies

1 of your nicknames: Girlie
A term used to describe how a girl is.
Also a term used to refer to one's friend. Usually one girl talking to another.

what you are wearing now: halter
Someone with a presence or talent that brings people to a halt; to stop or stand motionless.

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Pink Friday 1

I just happen to have this pink rose. I saw Pink Fridays, so why not huh?

This one's a little wilted. I took the picture about a week after I got the flowers.

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Drawings

My daughter loves to draw. She does anime. I'm amazed at how good she is, considering she just started a few months ago. Below is the head sketch.

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Shopping For Goodies

I woke up late, really late today. I did make food late last night so my kids won't starve while Mommy sleep until 11 AM. Then I took my daughter and 3rd son shopping for giveaways for my 4th son's birthday party this Sunday. I can't wait to see friends and relatives who can make it.

We went to 4 different places. My daughter managed to buy a bunch of leg warmers, new shoes and some outfits. And yeah, we managed to buy some giveaways. I suck at picking up things to include in the giveaway. I have friends making food for the party. Thank heavens for friends who can make yummy foods.

This is the birthday guy. He's going to be three.

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Skywatch Friday No. 35

I thought I'd give you three this week. If I'm not mistaken, this is the lane leading to our house.



These are some pictures my husband took after taking the kids home from karate class. It's just perfect for my sky watch Friday. Click on the picture to enlarge. It's taken from a cell phone camera, so it isn't going to be as clear as it could have been. I still love the view though.

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Emerald Sunday 19

This child is going to be three years old in 9 days. The last baby of mine. The next babies will be grandkids, which I hope won't happen for a while since my eldest is only 11 years old.

I took this picture of some plants which grows in my yard. Is this poison ivy? I can't be sure. It could be that Indian strawberry I saw last year, I really don't know for sure.

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Emerald Sunday 18

These are my happy hyacinths. Last year, my husband bought them for my birthday. He got almost a dozen fully bloomed plants in pots. They're so sweet smelling, my husband sneezes when he sniffs them. The first one below is the happy plant because it was planted here.
As oppose to this one which might not so happy because it was planted in a patch of my yard I had forgotten. My trash can was happily driving over it before we noticed that it's valiantly trying to grow. I wrote these hyacinths off as goner when I tried planted them last year and they just sort of died on me.

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Photo Hunt #172: Space

Nothing says space more than 14+ tons of sand for my kids to play in.

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