Day 21: He Makes Me Happy ( A Photo Of Something That Makes You Happy)

He makes my heart flutter <3

Ladies and gentlemen, meet the attorney/bf. :)

He makes me happy.

He has been making me happy for the past 60 fullmoons we have been together and I have this gut feel he will still in the next fullmoons to come.

It is our fifth anniversary today, perfect for the theme of this 30-day blog challenge. We have come a long way from the five years we have been together. We never had a fight that broke us down. It is really true when they said that when you put God in the center of your lives as a couple, He manages to help you both make things work. I am thankful that my years of waiting had paid off and his too. We are each others first real relationship.

From him, I have learned the true essence of love. It is not the butterflies in your stomach that matters, not the material things you give each other, not the effort of putting your best foot forward that makes it real. No, not that. Love is really about working at making things right even if it is hard. Love is to really accept the person whom you entrust your heart with, warts and then some. Love is anticipating that the person would change and you will be there to help him change for the best. Love is just silently sitting side by side and holding each other or in our case, laughing like there is no tommorow even if there is nothing funny to laugh about.

This is the beginning of having that chance to spend our lifetimes together. We are getting into it and we are dedicating everything to God.

Happy 60 fullmoons of togetherness my love!:)

If you get caught again by surprise with this, one it is not my intention. I like making you smile for no apparent reason at all. :)

Day 7: Here Comes the Bride, All Dress in... GREEN (Ideal Wedding)

Here comes my "favorite" entry. :)

At the right timing because the attorney/bf and I are on our way to preparing for it. We have a target date and the numbers of months are getting lesser and lesser as days go by. Hopefully we can achieve first the amount of money we project to have.

Having said that, my ideal wedding would be very simple with only a minimum of 70 to a maximum of 100 guests mostly immediate family members and our closest friends. I will put most of our money on two things: the reception and photography. People who attend weddings only remember the food they ate, so I want our guests to enjoy the best our money can afford. Also, I want to capture every moment with a very good photographer and videographer for memory as possibly as it can be. Everything else I can scrimp at, including my wedding gown, which really I will only wear once and I am not sure my future daughter would want to use.

But above everything else, I would just like to see the attorney/bf at the end of the aisle, all smiles and us looking at each others eyes as we near that very moment we can be together in this lifetime. Without a care in the world and only our love floating in the air.

Of course wearing a green wedding gown would, for me, spell A-W-E-S-O-M-E!

Day 3: Make Me Laugh (Ideal Perfect First Date)

I absolutely do not like going to getting-to-know-each-other dates.

Usually I befriend guys I like, so I have never gotten around to a first formal date. I have only been to one and I swear it was such a disaster that I never will go over it again. That and of course the attorney/bf. I feel that first dates are more of impressing each other, which turns me off. I like to keep things as real as possible.

But of course I have to blog about my "ideal perfect first date" and mine would be corny. It would be the usual dinner-then-coffee kind of thing. It is the best environment for two people to talk about anything under the sun, preferably at some artsy restaurant or coffee shop. I like to start knowing someone through a good conversation.  It is my absolute non-negotiable since we are at impressing each other anyway. Somewhere along the conversation if you can make me laugh, I will consider a next date with you granted you want it again.

Then again if you like less words you can always bring me to a theme park but on one condition. You have to take all the extreme rides with me.

Glad I am over this kind of dating. ;)

Peanut Butter Bliss No.02

Some things I like/love/discovered over the weekend:

*AHAVIA Lounge Spa's Oriental Massage ~ at P 299 for 60 minutes of pure bliss who could beat that??!!

*Taking a wrong turn at the road and finding what you where looking for by accident. ~ The attorney/bf missed a turn when we were looking for Ahavia in Wilson St. but when we made another turn, there it was. Talk about serendipity.

*Long rides going to my home with the attorney/bf. ~ He still doesn't own a car but whenever he has the chance to borrow her sister's, he will insist on bringing me home even if my place is at the far end of the woods from Mandaluyong. I like the talks we have at that moment.

*Trying out a new recipe and actually getting it near perfect the first time. ~ I cooked again and tried making Chicken Inasal.

Peanut Butter happiness!!! :)

The Dysfunctional Family I Love

I got inspired by an application message I received from my social networking site. The message in essence meant to celebrate life with our families. My heart was filled with so much joy upon reading that message for I have that family who celebrates my life with me.

We are a dysfunctional set and I am not ashamed to admit it. When I meant dysfunctional, what I am trying to say is that my family is not of the normal kind. We are not showy to each other to begin with. We have our quirks but the good thing is we do not pretend to be perfect for others to see. This trait is what makes us strong and what makes our love better.

But in spite of the quirks, the problems and the issues we have as a family, I am thankful for having these people in my life. They are there in the best of times, they are there in the worst of times. They may not be saying things out rightly but in actions I know they will always stand by me. I have failed several times to live their expectations but not once did I ever hear them blame me. Not once. All they did was to make me feel that they support me in picking up the pieces of myself even if they are disappointed. I will never hear from them that they are ashamed of me. I will never hear them say that "I told you so."

I may be the biggest failure in the eyes of others but to my family I am damn perfect.

And for that I am eternally greatful to the universe.