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Spring 2013

2013-03-21T07:30:00.000-07:00

Hello Every one! It has been one of the most interesting year yet of my life. We have finally recovered with all the sickness and the flu. The whole family is sick free. I kept myself busy with work and home. So many things just keep popping out in my life right now. It is hard to balance and I felt so unbalanced and have no time or focus.. Everyone is good including me and I keep on chugging along.. Life has its way low moments.. I am having mine right now.

Sick

2013-02-07T15:58:00.003-08:00

We finally got our share of the flu. My 16 year old was down for the weekend, Monday the hubby did nit feel good and there I was Tuesday flat in bed. High fevers and joint aches and cough. But today I am able to swallow down some rise soup that my mother use to make when we are sick. Even my head pounding in pain I got up to make me some food to share with my princess who is been out of school for 2 days because her sickness is lingering around. Poor thing, but just want to say something here to keep everyone updated. Thank you all for your continued support in reading my blog.

two teenager

2013-01-30T15:00:00.000-08:00

I am so excited to write this post for some reason. I was busily doing chores at home and making little notes that I am supposed to do with my Princess today after she gets back from school and it came to me that tomorrow after midday I will be a proud mother of another boy to be 13.... OMG!
Time flies...... It make me cry for joy. I remember today like last week when I was ready to having the baby. Of course I did not know it then that January 31 would be the day.

It was cold and gray just like today here 13 years ago. It was the Superbowl That's right! It was Miami Dolphin but I could not remember who the other team was. But I remember I wanted Dan Moreno to have that ring. I was fat really fat for how much baby inside of me. My first pregnancy was all way to careful. The first time you know, you do not know what to expect, you know how it is to all you mother out there who have experience the felling. right?
So my nurse on my first delivery with my first son said "now take those worries of any pregnancy problem you have because you are fine and can have as many babies you want. And honey the way you deliver this one? I wish all mothers to be who are having baby are all like you!" It was a big compliment.

And Oh boy, I did. I ate during my second pregnancy. And not so good too. But I was happy alright. Fat and Happy. So back to the Superbowl game. The game got so exciting in the end because it looked like Miami was going to win. But so close.. I was jumping and I was bad mouthing you name it I was in the game, will all the food I prepare to watch Miami Dolphin win and a ring for Dan Moreno. Down to the wire and as it looked in my TV screen which was big for me, inches away from the touch down and they did not get it. It was short! One tiny tiny short.... Do any one remember that ? I literally down and hurt, After all the jump and screaming I did, and I did! It was late when the game ended and at 2 AM my water broke. Woke the hubby up same way as the first one he said . What? now? Yup.I said!
Baby Thomas wanted to come to the world 14 days early, 5 lbs 3 ounces!

self portrait 12-12

The whole story follow soon, on how he came to be.Thank you for reading..

Princess.

2013-01-29T10:00:00.000-08:00

My princess went back to school today.. Although coughing and congestion is present not just on her but with all three but everyone always in good spirits. I am such a lucky mom. All three of my kids have not made any excuses not to go to school no matter what. It is one of those things that I am so proud about.
School is one place that my kids always ready to go, ever since I can remember. Now doing homework is a different story to say but like most kids including me growing up. I did my excuses but we chug along...
Happy to report that everyone is in good health considering the weather but it could be worst.
I am happy to be here and doing my thing. Which is plenty to keep me busy that is for sure..

My dog shivers here....But not in this photo below..

Jesus loves family dog Ahab.

When I think of it Ahab is been in Mexico all his life.. And he is now 9 yrs old. Wow! What a lucky dog..

flu bug

2013-01-25T16:00:00.000-08:00

It has been nine days since we return home here in the NW from Aticama. At first it was the freezing part that we all had to deal with but now it is the Flu. I am fine, so is the hubby but since my children goes to school where bug can easily be spread so here we go. Picture below was last night staying at Lola's house.

happily dancing 1-24-13

We manage to get through a 7 days in school since we got back in spite of freeze and now is big sickness week for this week. My princess class had at one point 9 kids absent in one day because sick. And we if we are lucky she'l be tough, I thought nope. Today at 1:30 pm the phone rang and on the other line was the school asking me to pick my baby up. She was crunching down on her belly in the sick office, her stomach in pain and crying.

down with stomach flu 1-25-13

Seasons

2013-01-17T10:00:00.000-08:00

When I was growing up a far as I can remember the sun always shines over the mountain, I was not sure the direction where the sun rises. I did not know directions East, West, North , South. It was about 2nd or 3rd grade I believe that we touch the subject, Geography! It took my brain awhile to connect certain directions. As first born in the family the direction was, before the sun comes up I have to be up and make sure that rice is on top of an open fire. My siblings need to be awake and up and made sure that everything is ready to start the day. The training started when I was 5 yrs. old. I was 8 when I really took that responsibility seriously!

Now sitting in my own home, where rocket of noises I here from a road construction outside, feeling the seasons in my bones and it made me realized, I am alive and well! I feel the freezing temperature and it is winter! A week ago I was in the Tropics, lazily enjoying the warmth of the sun and the sounds of the ocean waves as I meditate a minute or two!
I can picture hilltop home facing South, and in my minds eye I am looking at the vast ocean ahead I inhale fresh salt air slowly and as I slowly exhaling the music that the village wilingly shares as they wake up in their own relaxed comforting pace. The gentle music that the waves offers reminds me of my birth home.

There are three seasons in Aticama the hot season, the rainy season and the perfect season in between! In my opinion! I am fortunate to have experienced many seasons in my life...

Cannon Beach Sunset 07-2012

Portland

2013-01-16T10:00:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone, we've made it to our Northern home. And guess what it is freezing! LOL!
But we are all well. The trip north is mechanically uneventful, but never the less full of many surprises. As always this family defies normality." We make it happened...

We drove in our driveway at 7:30 pm. Found ourselves cold but we did what we had to. In automatic response we do what is necessary to make things work. Our water was frozen but no pipe burst that we can see.
Got up this morning like a clock, took care of the water situation and got the children ready for school. I am one lucky mama. My kids are great they got their things ready and had breakfast, showered clean with a nice hot water and off they go to school smiling and eager to be back in school. I am so proud and happy.
It is true that its cold and it sucks to be here in this time of the year but with the smiles I get from my kids like this morning it is all worth it!

Little sacrifices for good cause brings great reward in life. We are home and the journey continue!

I thank each and everyone who is so dearly committed on reading the stories I have to share.
I am also sharing the hope, joy and good health this New Year may bring, to one and all.

From my family to yours.. 12-09-12
May each day filled with smiles and gratifying joy!

I share this photo to all and send healing energy to our dear family, friend and Mentor, Herman!

came and went

2013-01-13T11:00:00.000-08:00

Oh dear me!
I am right now setting in our dear friend house in Phoenix and yes we made it back in America and well. It was in Gila Bend for my last post and OMG! Fast forward 4 weeks after!
" Life is what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans " was that saying from that famous late guy " John Lennon"!

At our lovely friends home having lovely visit!

Having a delicious breakfast in our wonderful friends home in Phoenix.

Gila Bend

2012-12-16T06:00:00.000-08:00

Here we are pulled into a truck stop just before highway 8 to continue our journey down to paradise. I am here in a laundry room at shell gas station and just happy as I can be to find out that the wifi signal is so good. The post before this one was written in Quartzsite and just as I was hitting the button the battery on my sons laptop died. Oh well!
But here I am while everyone taking their snooze in the car I thought I'd spend a wee time to share our travel.

I got o ff to a rough start. The first time in our travel history that we never walk around the house and property before leaving. So I forgot a few things. But all is okay.

Friday morning our friends RV broke down. Broke log nuts rare left tire. But it was a lucky break nothing else is harm. We got delayed one whole day. And on the road again at 12 noon Saturday!

We drove on and all is good. The plan, rest for an hour and press on. We are now at Gila Bend. Then continue until we hit the border and press on... So you might see another post from me when I get a chance. But if not I will be next to Jorge posting for you with the full details of this very interesting trip we are having.

Again thank you all so much for sharing your time and support in reading my blog..

It is my time to drive... See you soon! Kids, hubby and I with our traveling friends are on our way and well!

Quartzsite

2012-12-16T05:02:00.000-08:00

We now on the road . There is always a first for everything in life. We left our drive way on 12-12-12 at 12:12 pm and 12 sec. As the hubby express a rare phenomenon. And we did it!
I was soo scared, you have no idea... You may wonder why is that, Weng?
Well, as you might already notice this family tends to do things in very unique ways!
The hubby had hernia operation 24 hours before. So you can guess my anxiety I have never drove in the free way with full load in any trip we took to Mexico or anywhere. And with the hubby's condition It was my responsibilty to get it right and be strong in my mind to do the job right. But to make the story short for we are right now resting at a McDonald at Quartsite.. And all is well. We are on the road to paradise for our home in Aticama.. I was so tense, I cried..... But not with this picture below. I did it!

Mojave Desert stop

In this travel we are traveling with friends in their RV for the first time. Caravaning was always a curiosity to do for the hubby and I. And this is the fist time we had more than two vehicle. As you might see my Penny of a car is to my right and fully loaded.

Car overhaul.

2012-12-07T06:13:00.001-08:00

I have to admit I have been very lazy on taking photos on things that I should so I can share them with you also. But from what i have been doing for the last few months to keep us survive, well? I tend to slip on the responsibility of a photo op. One example, yesterday. It was a busy day with all the schedule set up personal and trip related, then work. But in late afternoon we had the car in to a friend mechanic Dean.
He looked at the car check important things like brake, oil in all axel and other things such as strats replacement. Funny I feel like I have idea what these things are lol! But I don't, all I know these are parts of my car that needs tending to make my car run and operate properly, so when I drive my Penny on the road she will take me and my family down safely to paradise.
So what did I do while all this was happening? I was yacking with the secretary in the shops office. I did not even think off it up until few minutes ago when I decided to update my blog. How lame of me! Can you imagine that! Man I have have got to get myself back into the groove here... Too excited perhaps?

Eight days and counting..

2012-12-04T23:00:00.000-08:00

There is no doubt that when Weng and Francisco put heads together on an idea and work through a plan even the hardest things to achieve ones determine, we know we can pull it. But this time it is a very thin stretch.

At this moment I am letting everyone know that we are on the count down. Our annual swim, crawl and chug down south of the border is on. So much has happened and much more to do to prepare and get ready. Putting this trip this time is no short for the word miracle. And as always with much intense sacrifices to make it happened. Man Oh, man do I have a story to share with you...

In a week from today we will packed and ready to go for the crazy left off of 12-12-12 at 12:12 pm. It's got to be grand.. With my tiny car to carry the whole family and a dog to Aticama....

To be continued....

PS.. It is amazing knowing that of all this time, you guys are still out there so kind, patience and ever supportive of my blog.. I thank you so very much.. Weng's wacky English is back..

arsenic and old lace

2012-11-17T23:36:00.000-08:00

With all the stuff that has been happening in the Weng world I can share a good one that made this mom of a 16 year old very happy and so proud.
Just got home from a high school play which my 16 played Einstein in "arsenic and old lace". A fall production of his high school. He takes theater and loves to participate in these play productions. The whole family along with Lola and Lolo and few friends came along to watch him in the play.

Einstein, his real hair too.

A big role he worked hard, with German accent and all. This was his 3rd time participating in school play. It is such a wonderful feeling to watch my son in a very active role and enjoying himself so much. A proud moment of accomplishment indeed. He is growing up! We are all so proud of this young lad.
OMG! He was so good...

What is up!

2012-10-26T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! The last time I posted here in my blog the sun was out warm and beautiful. And today it is nice crisp and rain is on the way. Mother nature gave us a break since Monday and ever since the rain come down on us here in the NorthWet!
I really thought that when rain starts I would have more time to devote in writing and start sharing again of stories that I left off since July. But this what I can share. Time is tough, and I am not the only one with this sentiment. I am very grateful that I have work and bringing the money home with part time job. Now for the first time in years, I know how it felt to be the one depended upon. I thought I can not work any harder. But as long as my health and body allows me to do so I will carry on.
You might find this post sad or something but I do feel bad that I have not have the time to write. I am very busy and whatever time I have I do spent it in things that recuperate my energy and time with my babies. Although my kids are no longer babies but I sure love this time in their life. The kind of work with them is much more easy now physically than it use to, but non the less hard work. But the reward is gratifying Love!
The joy of my life!

Lola's beach house 07-12

Thank you all for your time in reading and following my blog. I am doing my best and I am here to write when ever I can..

Sun and more sun

2012-10-06T09:52:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, a rare event for me to set and spent time with you to share a few words in Wengs world.

I do not know what weather in other part of the globe is having but here in the Portland, WOW! We are having such unbelievable beautiful and and very comfortable Fall! I am sure many of you out there who are in this part of the globe as I am certainly is enjoying this time.

I have work many hours for money and home. The hubby worked on our home all summer in return. Many has been accomplished and we want to do more. So now beginning this week hubby is back to work with me.
The plan is laid and the countdown begins.. Our adventure our journey time will tell.
Thank you all for your continued reading and support. You out there are the best...

School

2012-09-18T08:59:00.002-07:00

The first full week of school and the kids are off in a very good start. As always they are my champ in waking up and get things ready for school. I am a very happy and proud mama when it comes to that..
The weather is been so beautiful here in the NW. We had a flash storm last Saturday and rinsed off a few dry wall that was laying outside. Ouch, not too bad.

The hubby is been so busy in working on our house and making some changes and re-configuring roof line. It has been an exciting time. And as always we race against the weather and the season then hunker down for the rain and cold.. Isn't that hilarious?

Things are moving along and plans are in order.. We are keeping busy....

the good and the bad

2012-09-11T08:28:00.002-07:00

My full moon celebration went very well. Like my tittle post, celebration was good but the bad was that it was so good that I taking picture was the last thing I had in mind, until everyone was gone.
There are so many changes and many good things has happened between work and home mostly good but the bad is that I have no time and energy and to share it. Like I have express in the past. I will never stop blogging. I know that one day soon my time to set and write will come.But, sometimes I am full s""" when I say I can do it all. I have yet to find better ways to handle the good and the bad and the forward and backwards ways and up side down of things in life. But, I am well and working hard to have my affair with the income/money.. Smiles....

PS... I am sorry to have this post sound depressing but I am feeling a bit down. Fall is coming!!! LOL!
Thanks all for your continued support in reading my blog and sharing your time. I appreciate it greatly!

weng

Blue Moon

2012-08-31T09:56:00.002-07:00

Hello everyone a quick note to share that Weng is having a blue moon celebration tonight. A friend who is born the same day as I am and finding it in a very blue moon kind of way wanting to celebrate our connection.

Before writing this post today to share with you. I happened to visit our dear friend Jorge's archive. I was showing a friend of what our Mexico home looked like and this morning the first thing that pop out of the screen is the George story about Weng.... And I browse thru it and stumble into forum site. And let me tell you. As busy as I am I happened to be sucked in and read a few of the post. I can assume there so many have talk about and so curious about me and the life I have and my family lead and practice. The forum is quite a place to see and learn what peoples ideas and thoughts of my life and express their opinions. It is overwhelming in a fascinating curious way in my mind. How so many so alike but yet so different. My emotion run so high with so much excitement and curiosity. I look forward to the day when I just set and write differences I have learned, observed, fascination in every aspect of my life's journey as a person who I can honestly say I have multiple way's of looking and living and practicing life as it unfolds..Humble and curious of it all....

weng

answer to my silence

2012-08-25T22:56:00.001-07:00

Hello all. I can only imagine all the question and pondering thoughts you might have of me not posting in my blog for so long. Well, first and foremost I wanted to let you all know that we are all fine and well. It has been busy to say the least. All in good purpose and intentions. I won't lie to share that by the end of the day with my busy schedule with my affair with money and a house that is on the great progress in remodeling by ourselves it take more time and energy that I can devote to my blog these days. I feel really bad for not being able to share this adventure in my as it unfolds. I am having a time conflict and the sincerity that I can devote to it, for something that meant to me like my blog is very much of a challenge for me.

Here is the story. Ever since I came to the US I dreamed of being able to build and design our on house with the hubby. Since he in in the construction trade it was a great opportunity for me to be able to participate and learn and work to make our dream in the NW. That was and still is the goal here. But as time crawls along growing family and a hoped of endless summer living comes to mind. The struggle and the hard work that is involved in the endeavor is so much, but we feel that we can do it. Time is all what we have and we will work our best to make this happened. And to make this it short, all of our hard labor has been showing progress. But as must things are it take determination and priorities and a whole lot of sacrifices in life to make everything come true.

I want a house of my own here in the North West and it has been taking a long time to occupy the house but I am happy to say that this is our first whole year living inside the house in the summer. There is so much more to do and we are doing it as time and money allows us to do. And we savored our progress on a hard days work as success one thing at a time..

I appreciate each and everyone who shares time in following my blog.. My emotions run high when I know and receives email of all your concern and curiosity about my little family. Weng is still here. Thank you all so much in thinking of me.

More on the trip

2012-07-22T12:46:00.002-07:00

By the pool buffet for lunch.

Formal dinner for the 2nd night

my seafood salad

hubby's spinach salad

Our main dish was not the best but appetizer and dessert was delicious.. Lime sorbet!

Grand Occidental

2012-07-16T06:00:00.000-07:00

The Hotel where the hubby won his two nights of auction was located in Neuvo Vallarta! It took us a few minutes to find this grand "Accident" of a building as we renamed it! It was opened in 1992 and was renovated for two years and was re-opened last December. No wonder they accepted the hubby'd bid of 58 dollars a night! A regular price of 150 per night all inclusive! What a deal.

Note our bracelets? This was our hospital tag as I call it! It was crazy to have this bracelets, keep people in or out. It comes in all color for recognition. We were white and it means International guest. I was told!

outside our room 344 3rd floor.

Shopping in Home depot for a weedo for the farm!

Room service hubby.

Lunch..

At the bar right next to the beach!

more food..

Eighteen...

2012-07-15T06:00:00.000-07:00

For the 3rd time we celebrated our honeymoon... Our first time ever far away from our children together.. Two days of pampering ourselves. The hubby and I..

Lobby of the Hotel.

1st dinner the night we arrived.

At the table all inclusive, buffet style dinner.

It rained lazily the night we got there and it was humid. But it was lovely! We ate as much as our stomach can take and had a wonderful time.

mushroom salad was the best.

food of choice for me. mushroom salad.

desert of all kinds.

fresh salsa.

fruit of choice. Tropical!

I ate mostly fresh fruits, veggies and sea food grown and available locally with the exception of mushroom salad. I tried one scoop of the Mushroom salad and I was hook. I could not turn it down. It was Delicious!.

PV here I land..

2012-07-09T06:00:00.001-07:00

As you may know that this time of the year down here in the South it get humid. One big reason I felt why the hubby got such a great deal on this Auction trip as a present to him and I. you may recall my post about the hubby winning an auction for two nights in one of the all inclusive Hotel in Riviera Nayarit.. This two nights was a gift and dedicated for very special occasion. One was for mothers day and the other was for my birthday and the whole trip is for the both of us to celebrate our 18th years of being in each others arms. The hubby thought of it all together. And I accepted this lovely surprise to be away and just be by ourselves. Our first out together away from the kids and out of the country together at the same time.

In the air to PV. Cloud form that I thought was very cool!

Our flight from Phoenix to PV was all the same uneventful and very clam, even thought more than a few threatening clouds was in sight for such storm for the ground below. It was cloudy and was 89 degress and humid as the pilot informed us. I was all smiles. We had brought some sandwiches from home for our lunch in the plane, no food in plane so we travel prepared and grumpy hungry travelers that day. At least for the hubby and I. It was almost full of a flight and everyone seemed to really enjoy the plane ride and I was all jittery for the experience.

Zuki our car rental rep.

Mexican call this car Zapatito. The rental transport!

A very cute submini vihecle with tiny tires. It is a standard drive and cost for rent was 11 dollars a day and 12 dollar for liability insurance plus gas but Unlimited mileage. A 23 dollar car per day with AC was a deal, I think!

Picture post

2012-07-09T06:00:00.000-07:00

As we begin our 6 days trip to PV..

Sharing to you before boarding..

flying over Mt. Hood.

Flew part of the Red Canyon.. It was amazing..

My first ever glimpse of the red Canyon with my own eye over the air.. What interesting beauty!

As we wait in Phx airport for PV flight..

The flight on the way to PV was so uneventful. The pilot was great on swooping clouds to avoid disturbances in the air. And the cloud forms that we flew around were soo magnificent! Picture donot do justice to this cottony and fluffy things.. It was sooo cool.. Not bad for my first time ever to fly in Mexico!

At last

2012-07-08T20:31:00.003-07:00

Hello I am finally on line, free wifi, Yay!

What a time we are having. Let me share the days we left in Pdx. As in my last post I mention that we had a couple of days in the coast of Cannon beach.. Where we enjoyed a lovely time with Lola and Lolo and spend the July 4th watching the parade of which the my Princess V joined in the parade on stilt.

On stilt 7-4-12

She was so confident when she got on. Oregon coast is such a place and this years visit and spending time there was very nice. The sun came out and was just an amazing view. A full moon view and the low tides treasures was out and we enjoyed them. A lot of just relaxing walk and lots of treats food and fun activities like...

walking the dog on the beach

The tide was way out and I was able to walk in the island of which the photo below with my son T2 who was on stilt to get to the days before.

T2 who was able to go across the rising tide to get on the Island.

V and the Haystack rock behind.

Bird watching of Puffins..

Puffin and an Eagle was sighted on Haystack Rock along with the other native birds like Gull and others. It was beautiful..

working on kite to fly

And when the tide is low the star fish were exposed and we were able to look at them up so close and other ocean living things like mussel and others.. It was back in 2009 when we first got invited to see this nature ocean beauties. And was the first as a family to the invitation see Haystack rock up close and spent time with Lola and Lolo in their beach house...