November 29, 2008

That’s the only word I could think of to describe how our group of 13 (6 adults and 7 kids) felt after our yummylicious Thanksgiving dinner.

We had turkey, of course, with a choice of homemade grave and cranberry sauce, fried noodles with seafood, callos, mashed potatoes topped with cheese and bacon, rice “stuffing” on the side, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes and for dessert, egg pie, rich chocolate pecan pie and refrigerator cake.   *satisfied sigh*

That meal alone was a very good reason to be thankful.  No energy pills necessary after a meal like that! Hee hee.

I wasn’t always a stay-at-home mom.  Before we moved to Texas, I was designing home decor for the family-owned business.  We export metal sculptures, both functional and decorative, to other countries…to Europe and the US mostly.  In my eight years as product designer, I consider these balcony frames to be my babies…

Design ideas pop into my head in the same way visions come to clairvoyants – abrupt and inexplicable.  Hahaha!  Balcony scenes in a residential building, say a condominium or a hotel, was the main concept for these wall decorations.  I designed 10 different scenes in all but was only able to bring 9 with us here in Texas.  Of the 10 balcony frames, three of them made it to a store chain in the US – ZGallerie.  They are the following:

“Balcony Conversations”

“Painter on the Balcony”

These three frames had a good 4-year run with the the store.  For a fun that long, I wonder if they ever made it to las vegas hotels. Hahaha. But it doesn’t really matter.

Enjoy the rest of the Thanksgiving weekend!

November 26, 2008

“In God’s time“, mga katagang lagi nating naririnig kapag tayo’y may hinihiling sa Diyos na kung maaari lamang ay ibigay na sana kaagad.  Kakambal nito ang isa pang kataga: “Patience is a virtue”.  At siya ngang totoo.  Sa aming pananalig sa Diyos at pagtitiyaga, kami ay marami nang ulit na nagwawagi.  Marami na sa aming panalangin ang nabigyang kasagutan.

Anim na taon na kaming kasal ng aking kabiyak at lima sa anim na taong iyon ay nakatira kami sa bahay ng aking ina.  At sa limang taong din iyon, ipinpagamit sa amin ng aking ina ang isa niyang sasakyan.  Kaya ganoon na lamang ang aming pasasalamat sa kaniya.  Ngunit tulad ng marami, pangarap siyempre naming mag-asawa ang magkaroon ng sariling bahay at sariling sasakyan.  Kasama palagi iyan sa aming mga panalangin.

Hindi namin inaasahan o pinlano ang mapunta ng Amerika.  Mahigit isang taon na kami dito.  At kahit kami’y nangungupahan pa laman sa kasalukuyan, itinuturing at inaalagaan namin ang aming bahay na parang kami na rin ang talagang nagmamayari nito.  Umaasa kaming pag dating ng araw, bibiyayaan na rin kami ng Diyos ng aming sariling bahay.

Noong Abril, nakabili na kami ng aming unang sasakyan.  Binili namin ang sasakyan (at hinuhulugan pa!) pero ang pakiramdam nami’y para kaming nagwagi sa isang patimpalak.

Sadyang napakabait ng Diyos sa amin.  At kami nama’y talagang gayon na lang ang pasasalamat.

Isa pang lahok para sa LP DITO.

English translation:

“In God’s time”,  a line we often hear when we’re asking for something from God.  It’s a line, which is closely related to “Patience is a virtue”.  And we know these to be true.  We’ve always had strong faith in God and in His time, many of our prayers have been answered…bigger and better than we wished for.  God always leave us feeling triumphant.

Hubby and I have been married for 6 years.  Five of those years, we lived in  my mom’s house.  And in those five years, my mom lent us one of her cars.  We will eternally be greatful for my mom’s kindness.  Even if we had a house to live in and a car that took us everywhere, we still dreamed of having our very own home and our  very own car.

We didn’t plan on moving to the US.  We’ve been living in the US for more than a year now.  Although we’re renting a townhouse, we treat and care for the house we live in, our home, as if it were our own.  In God’s time, we know God will bless us with a house that we can truly call our own.

Last April, we bought our first car.  We spent money on it and we continue to pay for it, yet, it feels as if we won the car.

God has always been very good to us.  And we are ever so thankful.

oOo

One more proof of the truth behind the digital signage-worthy lines “God is good, all the time.  All the time, God is good” can be found HERE, my other Litratong Pinoy entry.

One of the gifts Hubby received for his birthday was a poker set.  It was given by one of our dearest friends.  Hubby gamely showed off his poker chips…and poker face.

During his birthday lunch, hubby got a free slice of cake, my other WW entry.

November 24, 2008

Spectrotel is a leading New Jersey-based telecommunications provider of internet, long distance and local telephone services for small and mid-sized business through the Untied States.  It was founded in 1996.  Local, long distance, data and Internet services are the company’s business and residential solutions.

Spectrotel offers: (1) competitive pricing; (2) reliability; (3) unequaled customer care; (4) one easy-to-read invoice; and (5) online billing.  The company is backed up further by these impressive stats:

• 90% of customers recommend Spectrotel to others
• 99% of customer service calls are answered
• 80% of calls received are answered in < 30 seconds

Recently, Spectrotel’s already robust product set was significantly expanded to include a full suite of T-1 based services that includes dedicated voice, data and Internet. This move enables their agent sales force to provide enterprise-class service, reliability and performance that were not available to smaller business customers before.

Towards the end of October, the company announced , too, that it will expand its services into Illinois. Spectrotel will initially focus on small to medium-size businesses and soon follow with a residential product.

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