{happy fourth of july}

You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You may think you have overeaten, but it is patriotism.

~ Erma Bombeck

May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!

~ Daniel Webster

happy-happy and safe 4th lovelies

oxox

Liz♥

{image: camilla belle by ellen von unwerth via william mcfadden}

{simply me}

hello hunnies...

this post is way over due, but so happy to oblige my bloggy friend hazel for tagging me a few weeks back. i see it as wonderful opportunity to share a bit more about me with you, my lovely readers and followers. feel free to grab the tag and play along.

lovely hazel tagged me with the following questions;

1. what's your hidden talent?

     i am not sure if it's still considered a talent, but when i was younger i learned to play the accordion, not really by choice but more like my mother's, surprisingly though i was very happy and proud of myself by the end of my course. now that i am older and see how one of my favorite singers, like julieta venegas (above) hones her accordion make me wish i should've stuck with it and thank my mom for enriching me with such talent.

2. what would your last meal be?

     gosh, this one is hard miss hazel, cause i am a foodie. but if it had to be the last i would go for some dessert, my fave...banana cream pie from marie callendar's.

3. favourite teacher?

     another hard one. the only teachers that come to mind are the ones from junior high, not only do i favor one, two or three but four of them, like mrs. das (math), mr. green (german), mr. pearson (rip) (music) and mrs. carter (math), ooh was she mean, let me tell ya, but i loved it she had a way, a strict and productive way of teaching, which i got. but is it safe to say? i still don't like it...math that is. but still like mrs. carter.

4. least favourite chore to do?

     ooh, i would have to say the bathroom. hate it, hate it, but still do it and when it's all done and clean it becomes my favorite room, everything so shiny and sparkly, looking pretty and smelling fresh.

5. cupcakes or macaroons?

     cupcakes all the way! especially if they are red velvet. i've never had macaroons, but love to try them someday.

6. one summer movie that you have to watch?

     call me a big kid or not, but one i am anticipating to watch is toy story 3. saw the first two and absolutely adored them. it's out now, so go out and have some fun and laugh your heart out.

7. what are you currently reading?

     recently posted about it here...isabelle lafleche's j'adore new york.

8. who is your doppelganger?

     my what?! can you believe i did not know that word before...doppelganger. thank goodness for google, i googled it, lol and this is what i found out...

so whaddaya think? yay or nay?

i personally think it's a good or pretty close match, since i am almost always confused with being of filipino descent.

so will you jump in the fun and share some more of you with us?

feel free to swing by hazel's and say hello. stick around, she is a lovely girl you'd love to get to know.

Liz♥

{images: here, 2 and 3 from we♥it}

{merci isabelle}

this past weekend i received a very special package from none other than miss isabelle lafleche, author of what's becoming a most talked about book in the blogosphere and am so excited to start reading. j'adore new york is miss lafleche's first novel and it's a story that has all of the elements i can relate to such as a new career, lover of everything fashionable and stylish and of course new york, a city i dream about visiting one day. but to find out more of what incites the pages of j'adore, just go here.

not only is the cover of j'adore new york candy for your eyes, but the feel and texture of it and it's pages are so creamy and soft to the touch. i am so proud, happy and honoroured to have won miss lafleche's giveaway and look forward to her second novel.

please feel free to visit isabelle's incredibly gorgeous blog. i am sure you will be delighted and wanna stick around.

merci isabelle darling

Liz♥

{images: my own}

{wonderful news}

hello hunnies ^-^

i have some extremely great news to share with you all. i am so elated that one of my storms and hurdles  is finally over. i haven't talked about it much but i did mention here before and finally can say i am back in the work field

hallelujah, thank you God for helping me jump this hurdle and for blessing me with the most loving, gracious and wonderful friends this girly could ever ask for. without You and my bestie Sandra this would not be possible and is therefore that i am forever grateful for this day in time, when i know how tough it has been to find a job and know that there are many others in the same situation. i trust in You Lord that you will guide them as well to their own piece of mind and forsee them jumping in joy and praising You for Your guidance and always being there.

so with this much said....

I LOVE YOU SANDRA!

i will and cannot ever thank you enough for being there for me and helping me every step of the way in realizing this job opportunity.

God is GREAT and so are you!

hunnies i hope you can imagine my relief and happiness with the awesome news i just received a couple days ago.

i see toys in my near future, come monday to be exact and wonder if my desk will look something like the one above.

after these exciting news my hubby and i gathered up with our friends at their home for lakers finals viewing and shared with them our joy for my new job venture and they couldn't be more happier for me. my girlies Ana and Joanne fixed up some margaritas and toasted to me and my new job and wished me the best of luck which truly touched my heart and felt so loved. i am forever grateful for having all these wonderful and supportive people in my life who i can call friends and most of all my hubby for not ever pressuring me in those tough times.

God bless my angel in heaven, hubby, besties, family and you all reading my humble blog.

Liz♥

{images: 1, 3 and 4 via we♥it and 2 via here}

{grandpa larry}

today while picking up some sandwiches at Subway, my grandpa Larry came into mind.

oh how i treasure my times spent with him. he has since passed many years ago, but our moments

together are not far from my heart and mind. those moments together with both my grandpa Larry and grandma Ramona were few but very sweet and memorable. memories that i still remember till this day and make me so happy to be able to share a bit of those with you today.

grandpa Larry (rip) was a tall and handsome man with the most beautiful and soft green eyes i've ever seen. a gentle soul and very wise man he was.

one of the memories i treasure and that came into play this afternoon...

was the time when he, grandma Mona and i went to have breakfast at a restaurant. even the flashback of this time is still vivid in my mind...

i can see my grandpa Larry being the gentleman as he always was, no matter the place or occasion. sitting tall and proud like a true service man he once was.

once we've placed our order and waited for our waitress to return...

it was then when he shared and instilled in me a lifelong lesson i remember each time i'm at a restaurant and even when at a fast food venue. he said to me the following...

"mija...whenever you're at a restaurant, no matter how old your waitress is, young or old, always ask her and thank her with a Miss"

so today while at Subway, i refered back to that good ol' statement from

grandpa Larry and i did thank the young lady behind the cash register by saying

"thank you Miss"

and thought of him, my Grandpa Larry.

i am so proud of the man and wonderful grandfather he was to me. grateful for having a grandpa who loved me so and cared so much to teach me the prim and proper way to respect not only my elders but those younger than i.

{i hope i make you proud Grandpa and you are smiling down at me.

i miss you so and wish we could go back to those times when it was

you, grandma Mona and i. love you very much and will never forget you. i know it's early, but Happy Grandpa's Day in heaven ♥}

Liz♥

{Photo credits: 1) here, 2) & 4) we♥it, and 3) here}

{love and}

...live by sweet and endearing quotes such as the one below

Liz♥

{Photo credits: 1, 2, 3, & 5 found at we♥it and 4. VSpink}

{reminiscing}

... about purple hues

when i was younger, my favorite color was purple. whatever happened to those days i ask myself time and time again. so viewing all these lovely images brings back that rush and also reminds me how much i loved purple, especially the softer hues like lilac or lavender so much so that it was the color i chose for my damas (similar to bridesmaids) dresses for my quinceneara (similar to a sweet 16).

now i so want to hone a beautiful and gorgeous flowy and flouncy lilac dress, throw a fanciful party with tasty treats to match and rest awhile in the lusciousness and gorgeousness purple furnishings and throws can transpire.

Liz♥

{Photo Credits: 1. here; 2. via here; 3. here; 4. here; 5. here; 6. here, 7. here; 8. here; 9. here and 10. here}