Sunday

Current mood:blessed
Current Obsession:my new camera and new (slightly used) TV!!!! (Santa came in early-have I told you my sister, brother in law and niece ROCK?)
Currently reading:not yet, but looking forward to reading Open by Andre Agassi Currently listening:Noche de Sexo by Wisin & Yandel (ft. Romeo) Upcoming events: MT's b-day, work,work,work, Wisin& Yandel's concert, vacation and New Year's in Culebra

Why giving thanks is a year round thing

Great article by cnn.Just the simple act of giving thanks every day, may change your life.
Happy belated Thanksgiving!

Good news

Read this and found that even in these different and weird times, there are still good news that puts life and the act of being grateful into perspective.

Back to normal

The past weeks have been crazy on both personal and work. Today I felt that it was the first day of some normal sense and boy does it feel good. As many as you know, last week was my b-day and coincidentally the busiest week of my year, due the national open tennis tournament, which I help run. I managed to squeezed some fun, due to my own predicament that life is not always about work and I have to say that my peeps didn't let me down. I was a lot of fun and most important the out pour of love was AMAZING. More celebrations are due. So I'll keep you posted. Work was a smooth compared to other years. Over time I have become close to some players and they make my day go faster ( well except all those three setters) and I laugh at their teenage and college stories. I have seen most of these kids graduated from high school and college. Their gratefulness help me through the week. So back to the normal routine. I have today and tomorrow off which means I need time to reconnect to my routine and myself. Today I woke up without an alarm clock. Went to the beach, had lunch at mom's and went to the movies with her( The Proposal- after the amazing movies I have seen on Netflix... you can wait for this one on DVD) and had a very productive nap. Walked Carmela. Dog people from my neighborhood missed me they say. Currently I'm reading Twilight and have this interesting recipe from Orangette waiting for me on my fridge. I'm ditching workout today but promise to get back to that sooner rather than later. I have a couple of due project due for this month ( tackling my rss feed is one). which I will tackel.

I'm just happy that the storm came and went and I'm still standing

This made me cry*

"Wallis the wallaby has to sleep in a woolly hat to replicate his mother's pouch after being abandoned at birth.

*PMS? for sure Mom will cry if I told her this.

Gratitude

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

-Buddha

Boy's names and #2

This is a very past due post and part of my reasons to be grateful series

One of my other bf's, K came to PR for some R&R. You see K is pregnant with her second child and she makes the biggest pregnancies that I have seen. K and I go back since college days. At first, I didn't like her at all. Nothing like a beach day, broken hearts and Mexican food to seal our friendship forever. Even in the distance, she lives in Houston with her husband and daughter, we always had manage to keep up our friendship alive and kicking. I had the privilege to be her maid of honor at her wedding and her I feel her family is my family ( yep, I'm that territorial).

Back to the pregnancy. It is almost 90% that is a boy. I find this very unnerving because I keep thinking about the little peepee growing inside of K. So in true sisterhood spirit, we spend most of our Monday night searching for unique names ( the Monteagudo-Perez family collectively have unusual names). We went through Portuguese, Hebrew, Arabic, French and more list of names finding options for this unborn baby. We went through a lot of names, but my favorite is Luka.

Day after, after a sunny day at the beach, we decided to go to a place K went before,#2 kiosk ( called La Parrilla) in Luquillo for some chow time. I'm kind of weary of this places due to the excessive amount of stuff fried in pork lard, but let me tell you this is another level. The best pizza turnover EVER!!!!. I have to say this is not your usual, Luquillo kiosk, this is a restaurant.

So, as I was sitting there looking at my dear friend and her daughter, with some regueaton in the background, I found myself feeling ( once again ) grateful for the friendships that I have been fortunate to have. And even if we are miles away, K and I always come together for some soul sister time...

Reasons to be grateful

Copyright by Andrew Ong, 2008

Rainbows. Mom taught to stop and appreciate rainbows. She gets giddy when they happen, which I found really cute.

Reasons to be grateful

Elizabeth Peyton, Jarvis, 1996 Oil on board, 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

Hort Family Collection

I'm grateful that I have the sensibility to appreciate art. Growing up, art was as important as math and science (Mom was a liberal arts major)

Collection New York City New Museum, Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton

Until January 11, 2009www.newmuseum.org

Reasons to be grateful

I'm grateful today that I was born in a free country founded with freedom values. As I get to ready to vote, I find myself thinking about the people who refuse to taked part of this process, only to complain later. Oy!

That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing -- the truly democratic thing about it -- is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.- Barbara Ehrenreich

Support system

So today I'm grateful for my support system. Their sweetness, tough love and humor get me through in not so wonderful days. So thank God for: Mom, Tania, Geo, Jenni,J, Carmela, Mia, and Abuela for MAKING me see the light at the end of the tunnel.

November

During the month of November, I'll be posting my reasons to be grateful to God. Today, Im grateful my mom made me go to all english high school, even though I hated it. Having been fluent has got me a job which allows me to know amazing people.

"Reflect Each Day On All You Have To Be Grateful For And You Will Receive More To Be Grateful For." -Chuck Danes