What a nasty way to start the new year! I’m so very late again. I have so much to tell you about our Christmas holiday in the Philippines. It has been 19 years for me since my last Filipino Christmas so I was excited and had high hopes about it.
But before that, let me show you the person I miss the most from the Philippines: my grandson Nash!
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Leaving for Manila soon.
Might be out of interweb coverage for a while.
Be good and play nice while I’m gone.
My DSLR has taken more than 20,000 photos since its life began. I think. The file number has reset to 001 again. I’m worried that it might not be too long before the end comes near for my dear 400D. Anyway, I’m going on a tangent when I meant to show you some more photos from our Abu Dhabi trip. Including this pair of keys which we uncovered in one of the suitcases while unpacking. We have no idea what this goes into!
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When Carrie asks me to test knit a new design, I find it very easy to say “Hell yes!” Even though I have other projects on the needles, knitting something that only a few other people have seen is pretty special. It’s like sharing a secret with a friend and then smiling like an idiot when your friend tells her secret to the rest of the world and maybe sharing a knowing look because you both know the secret long before other people knew. Yes, it’s that kind of feeling.
The latest IGK test knit is an infinity scarf. It deserves a special occasion for it’s first public outing and Eibee’s 16th birthday dinner was nothing less than extra special.
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Sixteen years ago to the minute, Eileen Victoria Viernes was born. She is the only one of my four children who arrived right on schedule. One was a day early, one was two days late and another was two weeks too early. Plus she is my only child who lives up to the family name: she was born on a Friday (Viernes is Friday in Spanish).
This is an incomplete family photograph, but you get the idea. The star of the evening is right in the middle; Lord knows how I managed to convince them to dress up properly for dinner!
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There’s something about sleeping in another bed. Well, in my next case, the lack of it. I turned in at nearly 2am and kept tossing and turning. The bed was soft, the pillows were fluffy and the duvet was warm and soft, but I just could not sleep. I must have dozed off a bit at dawn but was up bright and early at 6.30.
The family were up at 8.30 and we headed out to get some breakfast. Here’s an unconventional family portrait. I like it.
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Road trip! Yay! Was I the only one excited about it? Well no, the kids were excited too. See? Bottom right photo was taken in our hotel room as soon as we got in.
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If it were up to me, we would have stayed home this past weekend, being Holy Week and all. As Roman Catholic, I grew up being told that you were not allowed to play, have fun or do much during this time of the year. Of course, now I know that it was just the adults trying to keep you quiet and make you sit still without resorting to threats of bodily harm.
We did go out, and this sight was one of two that greeted us on our way to Festival City. The other one was too graphic for this blog. It looked like no one was seriously hurt though.
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“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (excerpt from Matthew 28:20)
That’s Happy St. Patrick’s Day in English.
Wear green, drink green beer, kiss someone who’s Irish. In other words, enjoy the craic.
Here are a few Irish-themed things I am doing today…
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