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I plan to walk more this year

January 10, 2013 6 Comments

Apart from my goal to be healthy, what actually led me to aspire to walk more this year is the hope to lose a few pounds that I have accumulated whilst living a half-sedentary life at home. Walking can be a great form of exercise, especially on those days when I feel like my bum is growing abnormally large from too much sitting. I bet it will also be good for the little man. He, after all, needs more outlet for all the extra energy.

I shall begin that plan by walking to and from the house, instead of riding a tricycle, whenever we go out to run errands or go somewhere. The walk from the house to the main road may only take us about 15 minutes but if we can do it regularly, I bet it will work wonders on our bodies. Apart from that I will also be saving P20 for each tricycle ride that I will not take! 🙂

Oh well, now that I will be walking more, I cannot help but wish that we have those lovely streets in Baguio here. Walking will surely be one great adventure if you’re doing up and down interesting slopes and plains. Check out this street photo we took of the Post Office Loop last November. This was taken less than an hour after we arrived to the City of Pines {for more of our Baguio adventure, you can check out my travel blog, musings on meanderings}.

Sharing this thru Blog Photo Challenge and with #fmsphotoaday

mum musings

Cleaning Up After the Holidays

January 9, 2013 4 Comments

It has been more than a week since we bid goodbye to 2012 and to all the hoopla that Christmas and the New Year celebrations bring. It is now time to clean up and tidy up after the holidays and don’t you just find that rather tiring? Blame it on the weather or on the fact that I’m back to my old routine of burning the midnight oil to update my blogs that I am rather sluggish and lazy when the morning comes.

I have not done much of tidying up lately. In fact the tree is still up and I am just asking the little man for permission to put it and all its accoutrements away. Of course all the gifts under the tree has long been opened and used, save for these two lonely packages whose recipients failed to pay us a visit for the holidays. Am going to have to put those away, too, maybe safe keep it so that I can give it to my godchild the next time I see him or find other use for it somehow.

I know am going to have to muster enough enthusiasm to box the Christmas tree and its trimmings sooner than later. I intend to use them for a longer period of time, so storing them properly is of utmost importance. I will put the balls, the lights and the flower decorations in separate boxes before I seal it away in a big brown box.

Anyway, I have managed to snap a photo of our tree, including some of the gifts under it just before they went to their respective owners and I am sharing that with you today. The Girbaud and Sanuk gift bags are mine, gifted by Jared’s dad on our anniversary! ^_^

How about you are you done cleaning up after the holidays?

My 6th share for this month’s Blog Photo Challenge and for #fmsphotoaday.

events, Jared, simple pleasures

Our Disney on Ice Experience

January 8, 2013 6 Comments

One of the highlights of our 2012 will have to be the Disney on Ice: Princesses and Heroes show that we watched on 26 December at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Apart from being such a lovely experience, it was also momentous as it was the first time that the little man get to watch a show like this and his first time inside the Araneta, too. I’ve been there numerous times in the past as I’ve watched a couple of my favorite bands concerts.

For a first timer, I’d say my little man aced it! He was all eyes on the characters dancing on ice and would do as the rest of the audience do when it is time to give a round of applause for one enthralling performance. And what he actually enjoyed the best will have to be the time Mickey and Minnie went out to the stage to introduce the princesses and their princes. The endearing mouse is, after all, one of Jared’s all-time favorite characters and if only for that, I would say the money spent on buying tickets for this show is money well-spent.

I am fully aware that Disney on Ice runs every Christmas at the Big Dome and it was actually rather untimely that we get to watch the show now that it is featuring the princesses {I believe that little girls would’ve enjoyed this one better}. But, nevertheless, the little man still had a wonderful time watching the characters that mum grew up with and used to watch as a little girl, even when his own favorite characters were nowhere to be found. He was particularly enamored with the seven dwarfs and would blurt into “hi, ho, hi, ho, it’s off to work we go..” even now.

It was such a great show and we simply love the choreography, the colorful costumes {imagine Ursula from The Little Mermaid and Genie from Aladdin coming to life}. They even had a little fireworks display towards the end of the show and I find the grand finale quite magical, with that golden chariot to boot! Oh well, I bet you can tell that I enjoyed it much more than my little one!

I will make sure that we watch this show again next Christmas and I will cross my fingers that Lightning McQueen, Buzz Lightyear and Agent Oso will be present this time around! 🙂

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