PBA Finalist For Home and Parenting

The Philippine Blog Awards 2011 winners would be announced this coming Dec. 3 at the Carlos P. Romulo Auditorium, RCBC Plaza, Makati City!

I can't believe that my blog is considered as one of the Finalists for Home and Parenting Category – National Level!

Weird feelings crept in when I got to read the email. Why did the nomination came during this time when I'm experiencing blog drought? Would this bring back the love?

How I wish the judges would let me know what they recognized in my blog or what made them choose me as a nominee. That made me think... yet, I could not discern.

I am more than thankful because some people see what I could not and a few appreciated my small space on the web. In the blogging world, I just see myself as a small fish in the ocean or a mushroom in a garden full of plants, trees and flowers. There's so much I still need to learn and experience.

Honestly, for quite some time, I lost my passion. A phase I hope would soon pass. Blog posts kept running in my mind every day. How I always wish my mind alone can write those words.

I salute those who maintain many blogs and manage to update theirs regularly. That I wish I could do.

Every time I thought of leaving this blog, I look back and remember. And I look forward. Then I realize what I'll be missing. This blog had somehow made me a better woman, a better person.

Honestly, do I consider myself as one worthy to receive an award? I don't.

But then, I remain to be grateful and I will always be!

Thank you to those whom I inspired, who dropped by from time to time and appreciated my few posts.

May this PBA nomination awaken my senses to see the beauty that blogging had once given me.

Yes, I'm happy to be included in the list of great blogs that I also look upon to - The Finalists for Home and Parenting Category (National Level):

A Woman Remembers (serenityoverload.blogspot.com)
Dainty Mom (www.daintymom.com)
Her Fashionality is Motherhood (www.trishvelarmino.com)
Lessons Of A Dad (www.lessonsofadad.com)
My Address is Earth (myaddressisearth.blogspot.com)
My Happy Home (www.eleanoraguilar.com)
Pinay Mommy Online (www.pinaymommyonline.com)
Proud Mommy of Three (www.mommyrubz.com)
The Hippie Mum (www.hippiemum.com)

Let me congratulate all the finalists and (in advance) all the winners of the PBA 2011!

More power!

Sunshine Award for My Top Entrecard Droppers for February

THANK YOU to my Top 10 EC droppers for February.

Cooking Japanese Style
The Way I See It
AsTheCrackerheadCrumbles
Grampys World
Live for Life
Laane Loves
Photography by KML
Laane on the World
My Thoughts, My Heart, My Turf
Jean sQuared

As my way of saying how much I appreciate them, I am giving this Sunshine Award to each one. 

Sunshine Award Rules:
1. Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
2. Pass the award on to 12 bloggers. (though,  have passed mine to only 10 bloggers)
3. Link the nominees within your post.
4. Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

THANK YOU to Ivy, Bambie and Moonchild for giving me this award and including me in their list. I really appreciate that.

THANK YOU also to everyone who keeps on visiting my blog, commenting on my posts and dropping messages. Each one of you really brightens my day!

I'm A Beautiful Blogger and So Are You

I am Beautiful and wow three four people also think so! Hehehe. 

I've got this Beautiful Award from from Levy, Melandria, Cen's World and Bambie. Thank you for including me in your list of beautiful awardees.I really appreciate receiving this award. I haven't posted blog tags and awards for quite a long time, but since 3 bloggers have awarded me with such, I am posting this.

7 Simple Things about ME:
+ I'm a chocoholic... I love eating chocolates after every meal
+ I sleep late, around 2 a.m. everyday
+ I'm a vampire... for I don't like the sun and its heat :)
+ I seldom complain and make criticisms
+ I am a dreamer, a free spirit... wishing to have 48 hours in a day 
+ I always got scratches from nowhere... 
+ I take risk, but I always choose to be in the safe side...

Beautiful Award Rules:
1. Thank &; link the person that gave you the award.
2. Pass this award onto 15 bloggers you’ve recently discovered and think arefantastic.
3. Contact said Blogs and let them know they’ve won.
4. State 7 things about yourself.

So, here are my random list of beautiful bloggers:
It's Not Always About Me
Happy Home Working
All About Me
Mommy Writes
Pop Ups of My Mind
Life Can't Wait
My Life & My Journey Online
Golden's Diary
UTOTMOPINK
Happy Mommy Ako
Spinning Lovely Days
Travellin' With Marie
My Thoughts on Daily Living
Bloguardian Hellsite: Overcashed
... YOU!!! because all of US deserves this award :)

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UPDATE: thank you also to HitsandMrs. for passing me this award.

A Woman Remembers: Filipino Blog of the Week 197

A Woman Remembers is Filipino Blog for Week 197.

After our family's early summer vacation at Batangas and after winning as Mommy Blogger at Kidsandbabies, I am so glad to be given another award. This time the prestigious Filipino Blog of the Week award came from The Composed Gentleman.

I did not have much time to campaign and seek help from friends, still, I'm thankful for this award. Glad that there are people who wishes me well and voted for me silently.

Now, I am grabbing the winners logo and post this proudly on my sidebar!

Cheers to all Filipino Bloggers!

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These blog awards - from The Composed Gentleman and Kidsandbabies - came when I was too busy to update my blog and visit my favorite blogs around the blogosphere. I guess these would serve as my inspiration to continue and keep on blogging.

Strengthen Friendship Award

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. ~Douglas Pagels

It is always good to make new acquaintances and meet new friends even in the blogosphere. I appreciate this Strengthen Friendship Award shared by my sister, Liv of Tinkerputt's Turf.

The award above signifies:

Green : symbolizes the new buddies
Yellow : represents the guys who are always active
Blue : symbolizes the bloggers with PR
Platform Red : symbolizes that we are all equal and that we are brothers and sisters

Here are the rules for the award:

1. Create a post as above.
2. Include the link Giver Award.
3. For colleagues who have not followed this site or not exchange links, please follow or exchange links with me.
4. Copy-paste the image above

I am now passing this award to these 5 newly-discovered blogs that I found interesting and worth visiting. I have added their blogs in my Blog Roll too! hope that they would accept this award and support the Strengthen the Friendship chain.

All About My Life
A Lil Enchanted
enveloped ideas
Make or Break
Spinning Lovely Days

I also want to share this award with everyone on my Blog List and my Blog Followers. You can all grab this award!

Appreciating My Recovery

Back to blogging.
Back to work.
Back to the online world.

I am well, not completely but I have more energy than before. The food doesn't taste bland anymore, the coughs are lessening and my headache is gone. Thank God for the recovery.

Relaxing my mind and releasing all the stresses is really important. It has been one major factor that makes me feel better. Now, I am taking time and not being harsh on myself. I could work for a few hours, and then take a little rest.

I really appreciate my family, friends and everyone who wished me well. Thank you so much.

When my grandma learned that I've been sick for more than 4 days, she even gave me a can of her Ensure and vitamins! She keeps stocks of Ensure and I know she needs it more than I do, but I accepted it because I know that's the best thing to do. She said that I need to drink Ensure to regain my lost nutrition. Thank you “mommy lola.” If my “daddy lolo” (grandpa) is still alive, I know he would keep on reminding me to always take good care of myself. And I would always feel great being one of their favorite "apo" (grandchild).

Of course, thank you to Grampy Russ of Grampy and You for this Humane award. He gave this award to me last week and I am really honored. Thank you also for your get well soon message.

Now, I am sharing this award to 6 bloggers who also took time to wish me well. Thank you for the kind and thoughtful words. It made me feel better too. Please continue the kindness and share this award to everyone else.

Femme Power
Enveloped Ideas
Pop Ups of My Mind
Bitz 'n Pieces of My Life
Dear Xayne
From this Side


Updates: Thank you also to David of Basic Bloganomics for giving me this award.

More Awards and Tags

I appreciate every blog awards that I've received from my fellow bloggers. Now, I am posting and sharing the tag and the awards that I received a week ago.

Thanks to Rochelle of Femme Power for the One Word Tag and the Over the Top Award and to David of Basic Bloganomics also for the One Word Tag and the Spread The Love Award.

One Word Tag

Here’s how it works: Use only one word! It’s not as easy as you might think. Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It’s really hard to use only one-word answers.

1. Where is your cell phone? table
2. Your hair? colored
3. Your mother? powerful
4. Your father? smokes
5. Your favorite food? chocolates
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? water
8. Your dream/goal? travel
9. What room are you in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? blogging
11. Your fear? loss
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
13. Where were you last night? home
14. Something that you aren’t? harsh
15. Muffins? corn
16. Wish list item? house
17. Where did you grow up? Manila
18. Last thing you did? eat
19. What are you wearing? T-shirt
20. Your TV? on
21. Your pets? none
22. Friends? many!
23. Your life? beautiful
24. Your mood? grateful
25. Missing someone? grandpa
26. Car? parents
27. Something you’re not wearing? makeup
28. Your favorite store? SM
29. Your favorite color? red
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? months
32. Your best friend? hubby
33. One place that I go to over and over? mall
34. One person who emails me regularly? client
35. Favorite place to eat? Sbarro

I am sharing both awards and tag with my fellow bloggers :

Blog Appetite
It's a woman's world!
Mom from Manila
The Power of Housewife Word of Mouth
The Life of a Breadwinner
Everything Nice!
Grampy and You
Sale, Promos, Events
BitterSweet Life
It's not always about me...

Award Rules:
1. Copy the badge and put it on your blog.
2. Link back the person who passed you this award.
3. Spread the love to at least 10 or more bloggers.

Set of Awards for A Woman Remembers

Starting my Monday sharing and passing these awards I received last week.

Thank you to Ianne of Pink Notes Diary for the Elite Blog Artist Award. I also got her I Love This Blog tag, an award exclusively created and given by Ianne.

Thank you to Golden of One Proud Mom, One Proud Wife for passing 5 awards, though I've only grabbed 3 awards since I've already the twin awards from another blogger a week ago.

Now here are the recipients of my blog awards. Check out and visit each blogs below.

The Elite Blog Artist Award is given to a blogger with a superb artistic layout and written content. I'm passing this awards to these bloggers:

Simply Being Mommy
I Love Hate America
Femme Power
Basic Bloganomics
Fragments of Thoughts... A Piece of Life

Here are the recipients of my The Adorable Blog Award, Uplifting Blogger Award and Friendly Blogger Award:

Mother No's Best
Pink Notes Diary
Mom's Place
Tadaima
Larla's World
From this side
D'Anjhel
Subjective Soup
Moments...Events... Places...and More...
Utotmopink

There are no rules for the Uplifting Blogger and Friendly Blogger awards. Here are the rules for the Adorable Blog Award:

1. Include the award logo in your blog or post.
2. Nominate as many blogs which you like.
3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.
4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award


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I still have a tag and an award that I'll be sharing and passing within these week.

Awards for A Woman Remembers

I am grateful for these 2 blog awards that I received from Mary of Mother NO's Best. Now, I am sharing these awards to 15 fellow bloggers. Visit their sites and see out how lovely their blogs are.

Proud Mommy
Blog Appetite
I Love-Hate America
Conversations with Moms
Czech Off the Beaten Path
Where the Moon Shines
Ask Ms Recipe
Mom From Manila
In Love With Daisies
Chicken Heart
A Little Boy's Blog
Golden
Me, Myself and a Star
All about Babies and Kids
Realm of a Dreamer

The rules for these awards are:

1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Updates:

Another blogger friend, Joy-Anne of From This Side have awarded me also with this twin awards. Thank you so much!

Lovely Blog Award for A Woman Remembers

I've seen different blog awards being given and passed around the blogosphere. I have never realized how good it would it feel to receive a blog award until I received one from a mommy blogger, Crystal. Her blog site is really worth visiting! This is my indeed my first blog award and really appreciate this. I am deeply honored.

Lovely Blog Award Rules:
1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.
2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

I've seen a lot of blogs that are really lovely and I could have passed this on to every blog that I had visited, but I have to stick to the blog rules. So now I am passing this badge to my list of newly discovered blogs... and I'll be adding them in my blog links too!

Heart of Rachel
Straight From the Heart by Mommy Elv
Pinay Mom Blogs!
Sassy Mom's Corner
Bitz 'n Pieces of my Life
Chicken Heart
The Power of Housewife Word of Mouth
Femme Power
It's a Woman's World
Homebody.com
Mom's Place
Basic Bloganomics
From This Side
Life of a Filipina Blogger
JC in da House

It was May 11 when I received this blog award, and I should have posted this as soon as possible. Whew, I really need more time!