Trendy Tummy Maternity Dresses and Tops

One of the things I enjoy during pregnancy is dressing up my baby bump. I always look forward to wearing dresses in different colors and styles. One event I experienced during my last pregnancy was to attend a formal occasion. It was my first time to dress up in a formal attire and with a bulging tummy. Since it was my first time, I had to go through several magazines and fashion websites to have an idea on what to wear. Trendy Tummy maternity formal dresses was one of the informative websites I came accross. The website contained several maternity dresses both casual and formal wear.

And for cute maternity tops. One doesn't have to be old-fashioned looking if pregnant. Because cool and cute maternity tops are now available in the market. Moms- to- be can  purchase chic maternity clothes anywhere.

These maternity tops and dresses are so cool, too cool that you can wear them even after giving birth. I got a dose of nice maternity tops from my mother-in-law last year and I'm still enjoying every piece even as a top at the beach.

Trendy Tummy Maternity was created when founder and owner, Catherine Adderson, was just over 8 months pregnant with her second baby girl (in 15 months).However, in order for her to stay home and raise her sweet little girls, she needed an income. Her passion has always been business,which she excelled in.

Test Your Driving Skills and Attitude

I remember getting my professional driver's license more than 10 years ago. It was hard to be able to acquire one. Usually, a non-professional is given to a regular driver. But my dad thought that carrying a professional license will make me feel more of a responsible driver. Part of the process was a hands- on driving exam and a written exam. Few knows that the Land and Transportation Office in our country holds strict qualifications on acquiring a license. That is, if you're going to avoid fixers and "under the table transactions". The process itself is hard and challenging. The scenario feels exactly going through a college entrance examinaton.

To be able to gain knowledge on the right driving skills which includes following road rules, traffic signs and signals and being more of a defensive driver than offensive. Some go online to get information. One is dmvcheatsheets drivers test.  It's more of a reviewer. They offer study guides and online practice tests. As you go through this mock driver's exam, try to apply all essentials in actual driving so you get to practice, see and feel how it is if one will follow traffic rules and regulations.

Driving is a skill and a skilled driver is a person that has control and knows how to decipher what's right from wrong. There are rules to follow, a driver's license is given to us with approval and trust to be a responsible driver not as a permit to become reckless.

Emo Making My Day Brighter

Finally, I'm able to go online again. I've been sick for 2 weeks straight. Terrible flu, super terrible... I seldom get sick, but when I do, it strikes hard. Aside from my family, Emo was one important factor that kept me going during my sick days. The thought that he's just there waiting was a motivator. When I was able to get up, I made sure to spend time with Emo.

Sweetest dog ever!

I just love this dog... Emo is family. He's like a kid running around, playing, making each day brighter. He's such a loving dog...

Bring out the best in other people. It's better to build up than tear down.

Have impeccable integrity.

It brings peace of mind and a reputation of honor.

-Hal Urban's 10 Commandments of Common Sense-

Music To My Ears: Rock of Ages

This has got to be one of the best Rock n' Roll album I've ever listened too. Contains the greatest mashups ever recorded. Rock of Ages is originally a musical. Broadway has been featuring this hit since 2009 up to the present. The music goes around the 80's glam rock up to the early 90's. This year, Rock of Ages was brought to the big screen with an all-star cast ready to bring the house down with awesome music. Tom Cruise played as Stacey Jaxx went through rigid training five hours a day with Axl Rose, Keith Richards and Jim Morrison. Catherine Zeta- Jones, well we all know the splendid job she did with Chicago. One of my favorite songs in the movie was from Catherine Zeta- Jones: Hit Me With Your Best Shot!

Julianne Hough played Sherrie Christian, her voice was spectacular. And I got familiar with Julianne Hough through the Rock of Ages. This lady will make it up there.

Since the featured songs and genre were the songs I grew up with, it was pleasing to hear how some of my favorites was liven up with new versions or call it mashups. My ultimate favorite in the album is the More Than Words/Heaven mashup (Diego Boneta and Julianne Hough). It's the greatest! Got the full album from iTunes too ;D

Father's Day 2012

So here's another post due for shring. I know Father's Day was celebrated 2 months ago, but no matter what, I just need to make a post about the small feast we shared with the head of our family.

Namely:
My dad- father of 5 children
my brother- father of 2 kids
and my husband father of 2 kids

Just like what we do every year, we prepared simple dishes and desserts to add color to our celebration.

We had:

Vegetable Pasta

Walnut and Pineapple Salad
Shrimps
Fish and Chips

Other than that, our gathering concentrated on the time given to us to bond and to even share the same stories over and over again.

We have gifts prepared for each dad. An artwork for our Daddy, since my brother has this thing on keeping his car clean all the time, we got him some cleaning tools and for my husband, his favorite car scent and goodies. Nothing much, but we made sure that we're able to capture their heart's desire.

What I like about celebrations? Since we have a big family, everytime we celebrate an ocassion even in its simplest form, we feel like or I feel like it's something grand.

Personally, all I'm after is the moment spent with each member.

As the night went on, the boys were given their time to talk about serious issues and business. I heard one of them mentioning about timothysykes.

The highlight of the event was capturing a new photo of an old picture we found.

Well, I didn't quite get the very same pose, but look at Nino hehehe! he didn't change a single expression he just grew taller. Everyone on Facebook liked this photo. Reenacting was a bit challenging, we were laughing and laughing it was hard to keep a straight face.

Setting Up My Corner Slowly

We've settled in our new home for about a month ago, but I haven't fully transitioned my life online to the present. A week before we officially moved to our new place, my pc got busted. So it took some time before we were able to look into the problem. The computer suffered minor problems, but we opted to have it reformatted and have some features such as the operating system updated from Windows XP to an original Windows 7 Ultimate.

My husband bought a new table for my computer and it's really nice. The new computer table matched the rest of our furnitures. As you can see, though it's a bit blurry, I want my work table to be free of clutter such as excessive wiring, papers and folders, and even a mouse pad. That's basically because I find it hard to move the mouse everytime I play. As of the moment, my computer has only the basics. I don't even have my Canon Utilities installed yet and the games I play. It's good enough to be able to surf online and make short articles in my blogs. In a few weeks, hopefully, I will be able to begin on posts due for sharing.