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ME! I took little C out for a walk this afternoon. Honestly, it was the trash I took out. Hahaha but I could have delayed it till tomorrow but I didn’t coz I really wanted to take the little girl outside.  It’s rare to have sunny days lately and since today was one of those days, I wanted her to enjoy being outdoors again. Last summer, we were out almost everyday and she really had a grand time.

Basking under the sun at Petrin Hill, the summer of 2008

So we just walked and walked (I purposely didn’t bring her stroller) getting our share of Mr. Sunshine’s warmth with little C stopping every now and then when she gets distracted by the sounds and sights that appeals to her – the welding works in the nearby construction, the barking of the dogs, kids in their strollers, dogs running around, a broken case of a mobile phone, a friendly woman greeting her… It was a nice day, I savored every minute of it. Just me and my little C.

Whenever I want to find someone, a long time friend, a former classmate or a relative, I would scour the social networking sites. Sometimes I am lucky to find the person I’m looking for, other times I’m not.

Up to this day, there is this one person whom I haven’t found yet. She was a good friend during my elementary years that I have lost contact when she transferred to another school. I remember her as a kind girl and we sort of made a pact that we’ll remain friends no matter what. I wonder if she still remembers all that.

Anyway, my hopes were renewed after finding the search engine called Lookupwho.com which I can use to locate my friend for free. I only need to input her name and the state where she’s living and the search engine will look it up for me. Unfortunately no match was found. =( My guess is that she might have been married and is now using a different family name and she’s not living in the US. Hopefully Lookupwho.com can come up with people search for other countries as well so I’ll have better chances of finding my friend. They’re currently supporting searches within the US and Canada only.

But for those who are sure of the names of the persons and state they’re located, go ahead and try it, it’s all for free anyway.

I think I should create a note which tallies how many times I go to the kitchen each day.
What’s the extraordinary thing about it? kitchen is where you prepare the food and cook, it’s only likely for a homemaker to go there unless it’s along the way to the toilet or if i’m a glutton.

Anyway, aside from my own personal trips to the kitchen, my tiny companion at home always takes my hand and pulls me to the kitchen many times during the day. You should see her happy face as we take small steps towards her heaven. There are many cabinets there, and the handles are within her reach so tinkering with them makes a very tempting past time for her. Open, close, open, close. She already knows which cabinet had the food supplies, she opens this more often. And there’s another cabinet that’s full of canisters and plastic containers which she’s very fond of - pulling them out like weeds in the fields. Arghhh extra work for me!

My only consolation is, she takes me along on her kitchen trips. At least I am aware what she’s doing there unlike if she just sneaks in there on her own.

and so does this song. It goes round and round in my mind. Dang! I was playing the toddlers’ music collection of little C and the song got stuck up there. Another case of LSS (last song syndrome) on a Friday night. Lalalala Am I glad the weekend’s here? Are you?

The little girl is with her granddad now so I can wash the dishes without any whinings in the background. =)

This year will be my third to celebrate Christmas in Prague (that’s what I thought). But it might change. Weeee..

Yesterday I sent an email to our family yahoogroup asking everyone’s plan for December. I know my sister in Finland is going home for the Christmas break, but how about the rest? I wanted to know.

Soon their replies came; Asia and Europe responded. I found out all my siblings and their family will be in our hometown on Christmas and even New Year except US! Whaatttt?
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Have you been bothered with a prank call? If you’re residing in the US, with the online Phone Book you’ll be able to look up for the number and get information on it. And perform a background check too. That will give you an idea who’s making behind the calls. Well, I don’t know what you’ll do next; maybe give the caller some lecture?

Anyway, the phone book lists phone numbers including cell, business, residential and even unpublished and unlisted phone numbers. From Alabama to Wyoming, you can make a search by phone numbers or cell numbers or by area codes.

I’m not yet ready to part with my eyeglasses. I bought it only 4 months ago! So we tried to go to the optical near us and asked if they can fix it. We were advised to have it repaired in the store where I bought it as they usually have spare parts for their frames. That can’t be coz I bought mine from a far away island in the Southeast Asia. Ha! The pretty girl gave us another option; look for a small optical shop where they might be accepting repairs. Since it was Friday, small shops were closed for the weekend. I couldn’t bear living without my eyeglasses for another day coz my head was already aching from balancing the one-legged glasses I have.

So I let *Mr. Handyman fix it instead. And it’s fixed! Fixed as in repaired, good as new! And fixed as in the leg he attached can’t be folded, immovable! Hahaha. That’s because he glued it with super glue! =) its fine with me. I am happy that I can see clearly again and that my pair of specs is back to where it should be.

*Mr. Handyman is M, my hubby =)

=(  Silly me!  I shouldn’t have left my eyeglasses lying on the table within little C’s reach.  Now it’s broken - my 4-month old photochromic eyeglasses!  I was watching a movie that moved me to tears, so I took off my eyeglasses to wipe my wet eyes.  Then I forgot all about it, until I noticed the silent little C playing with it.  Duhhhh! How can I be so reckless? Remind me not to watch tear-jerker movies again.

Having a digital camera makes snapping pictures very easy. I can take all the shots I want as long as my battery lasts and the memory can hold. I can choose which ones to keep and which to delete. And because of that convenience, my photo files are increasing each day!

Most of the photos stored in my album are those of little C. Her photos and videos are eating up a lot of disk space! And she’s barely 13 months old! I take her pics almost on a daily basis. Geeez, imagine how much disk space I’ll need and add as her collection grows?
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