Last night and this morning were tough for us here in the Nevil household. It was tough to choke back the tears as our minds wandered to all the FUN we’ve had while Jeremy was here on leave. We seriously had a blast together. It reminded me of how I felt shortly after Cooper was born. I remember wishing that none of us ever had to work again and that we could all just revel in our relationships with each other and the love and joy that abounds in our home. That’s about how I felt these last two weeks.

Our very special date night with the Metcalfes!

For me, it was a time to remember that I am not just a mom. I really needed that reminder more than I ever would have thought. I don’t mind being a mom, I love my role, but I got married because I love Jeremy and I love the person I am when I am with him. He reminded me that I’m a fun chick! He reminded me to be silly and to let go of being an authority in the household, he reminded me that he doesn’t just think I’m pretty, he thinks I’m GORGEOUS!

Our fun shopping date sans kiddos

We laughed and we played and we joked around so much. It was so fun to have someone who “gets” you around, someone who has been with you for so much of your life that you can say just one word and you look at each other and fall on the floor laughing because you both get it. It is an understatement to say it was a blast!

One of my other favorite things about having him home was seeing him with our children. I always knew when I was dating Jeremy that he would be an AMAZING Dad. He has lived up to and exceeded all my expectations in the “Dad” department. He is hilarious and wonderful in every way. Cooper has had Daddy so long that he knows the fun that awaits him when Daddy comes around; but Chase doesn’t quite know that yet. It was very special to watch Chase and Jeremy reconnect with one another. Jeremy is a really hands-on Dad; he tosses the boys in the air, gently wrestles with them and just plays and plays with them. I’m not that kind of Mom, so Chase was a bit scared by some of Jeremy’s antics at first. But once he understood Daddy was just playing and messing around with him, he warmed right up.

Of course, Daddy didn’t fully know how snuggly, cuddly little Chasey-Bud is. So the first time that Chase snuggled up on Jeremy’s chest, I thought I was going to have to catch him as his knees buckled and he melted into a pool of Daddy Butter. It was precious.

Chase snuggling Daddy

While Jeremy was home on leave, we tried to just live it up and do whatever we wanted whenever we wanted. We let Cooper stay up past his bedtime, we went driving through Christmas lights and sipped hot chocolate and coffee, we had a totally ROCKING game night with our friends as well as a Christmas Party/White Elephant gift exchange, we went out on a SUPER fancy date with our best friends, we ate out, we slept in, we shopped-it was so great!

We’ve been telling Cooper for a long time that Daddy would visit and then have to go back to his Army stuff. We reminded him all throughout the visit so that he wouldn’t be surprised. I don’t regret that in the least, but he certainly had a tough time last night with the thought of waking up to a house that doesn’t have Daddy in it.  Cooper is a very tender and emotional child, so I wasn’t really surprised. And he did finally fall asleep and did ok.

This morning when he woke up, he came and snuggled me and just told me he was sad. He played his Daddy doll over and over again (it’s a doll that Jeremy says is “a Daddy action hero pillow” and it has a voice recording to Cooper/Chase from Jeremy that they can hear whenever they squeeze him) but other than expressing a couple thoughts, he did ok. I’m thinking that a little time with his friends and a little bit of out and about stuff (can you say after Christmas sales?) should perk him up a bit. He likes to shop so long as I’m not buying clothes…he he he he….

I’m clinging to a lot of Scripture and just reminding myself that this is the down-hill side of things. Each month that passes is one step closer to the end and I can handle that.

Thanks for all your well-wishes, phone calls, emails and texts to cheer me up. You guys are the best friends and family members anyone could ask for! I am so encouraged by you, thank you! And thank you for all your prayers- I certainly notice them being answered.

According to an article published by the Daily Telegraph one single father’s group has actually advised their members that due to court closures over the Christmas/New Year period, now would be the ideal time to abduct a child from a custodial parent.
The holiday season sees a sharp rise in the number of parental abductions in Australia.  With emotions running high between separated and divorced parents during the Christmas/New Year period, a small number of parents will take the drastic step of abducting their own children.  Most of these children are eventually recovered, but a small number of parents will experience the agony of never seeing their children again.

According to an article published today by the Daily Telegraph one single father’s group has actually advised their members that due to court closures over the Christmas/New Year period, now would be the ideal time to abduct a child from a custodial parent.  Although the article did not name the group, there are several men’s groups in Australia who have deliberately flouted Family Court rulings in the past.  However, it must be acknowledged that almost half of all parental abductions are perpetrated by women.

ABP World Group Ltd. advises parents to be alert to the threat of parental child abduction over the holiday period.  Statisically, half of all threatened parental child abductions are acted upon, with children aged between 2 and 11 making up the bulk of those affected.  ABP World Group Ltd. assists those whose children have been abducted by the other parent.  You can contact us via our website.

This is an issue close to my heart.  I personally experienced the agony of parental child abduction back in November 1992.  My youngest son was taken by force from my arms when he was just 13 months old.  My then estranged husband (now ex-husband) and his parents were British citizens and I knew they wanted to return to England.  So my greatest fear was that they would take my young son overseas.  Because his father and I had recently separated and there weren’t any custody orders in place at the time, I was told by both the Local Court and the Police that there was nothing they could do.  Thankfully, his father did return about a week later, but for that period of time I didn’t know whether I would ever see my child again.

I cannot adequately describe in words just how it feels to be the parent left behind when your child is abducted.  What I can tell you is that the incident did leave a permanent emotional scar on both myself and my older child who was only 4½ at the time.  I thank God my youngest child was too young to remember the incident.

Statistics of Parental Child Abduction

• Every year 650+ children are abducted by a parent or other family member in Australia.
• 15% of abductions involve the use of physical force or violence.
• 75-85% involve interstate transportation of the child.
• 50% involve failure of a parent to return a child/children after an authorised visit or stay.
• 25% occur before the relationship between the parents ends.
• 50% occur more than 2 years after the relationship between the parents has ended.
• Most (but not all) abductors have a history of violent behaviour, substance abuse, or emotional disturbance.  46% abductors have a criminal record.

Published by: ABP World Group International Child Recovery Service

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A recent story I did about Low-Income College Dreams made CNN’s homepage.

A series of photo’s I shot ended up on the University of Cincinnati’s Homepage, I even got a chance to sell one of them to a Magazine.

Santa and his Favorite Reindeer

Okay, so I’m not exactly Santa…and Heather isn’t exactly a reindeer…but we are wearing the right things on our heads!  Enjoy your Christmas Eve, and look for the two of us flying through the night sky tonight!

Title: 미남이시네요

Genre: Romance, comedy

Episodes: 16, approximately an hour each

Average Rating: 10% nationwide in Korea

Where to watch: Youtube, Viikii

Main Characters:

Jang Geun Suk as Hwang Tae Kyung:

–About: Jang Geun Suk is one talented actor. He’s acted in various dramas and movies; however, before watching You’re Beautiful, I only saw him in 2 movies- Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do and Baby & Me. He is also a singer, as he’s sang in Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do and You’re Beautiful.

–Character in drama: Hwang Tae Kyung is the leader of popular idol group A.N.JELL. He’s very cold hearted due to the fact that his mom abandoned him when he was young.

Park Shin Hye as Go Mi Nam (male) /Go Mi Nyu (female):

–About: Before watching You’re Beautiful, I saw Park Shin Hye in 2 dramas – Stairway to Heaven and Goong S. In Stairway to Heaven, she had a very minor part as the younger version of Choi Ji Woo’s character. In Goong S, she was the one who liked Se7en’s character but was rejected.

–Character in drama: Go Mi Nyu is an orphan who grew up in the convent, and was going to be a nun. However, she went into A.N.JELL in place of her twin brother because he was in the states getting surgery.

Jung Yong Hwa as Kang Shin Woo:

–About: You’re Beautiful is the acting debut of Jung Yong Hwa. He is also in the up and coming Korean indie band C.N. Blue, which is a group similar to FT Island.

–Character in drama: Kang Shin Woo is the kind and caring member of A.N.JELL. He is always very thoughtful and in my opinion, the best looking one out of the 3.

Lee Hong Ki as Jeremy:

–About: Lee Hong Ki is the lead singer of boy bang FT Island. You’re Beautiful is also his first real acting debut.

–Character in drama: Jeremy is the funny, light-hearted member of A.N.JELL. He is from Britain (or something like that) and you’d hardly see him sad. I’d consider him the Ji Hoo from Boys Before Flowers. x]

UEE as Yoo He Yi:

–About: UEE made her acting debut this year in the famous drama Queen Seon Duk. She returns again in You’re Beautiful. UEE is also the member of girl group After School.

–Character in drama: Yoo He Yi is a famous actress. Everyone sees her as the nation’s fairy, but in reality, she’s a deceiving witch.

Synopsis (from Viikii): You’re Beautiful follows teenage pop idol group members and their growth, love lives, and conflicts as they progress in their careers. The premise of the drama will follow the story of the top 3-member idol group, who is searching for a 4th member. Lee Hongki, Jang Geun Suk ang Yonghwa recruit a new male member played by Park Shin Hye, but when he suffers an injury, Park Shin Hye’s twin sister, also played by Park Shin Hye, takes over.

Review:

I actually heard of this drama when it came out, but I didn’t start to watch it because I thought that it was going to be a bad drama since idol group members are acting in it, and the main cast is pretty young too. However, one of my friends got hooked onto this drama over Thanksgiving weekend because her cousin recommended it to her. She told me to watch it, but I couldn’t, because of my busy week ahead of me. After that week was dead week and then finals came up, so I couldn’t add another drama to my already long list (I was watching 4 dramas at the same time during that time). So once finals were over and winter break started, I began watching You’re Beautiful and it blew me away. I fell in love with this drama right away. My mom also began watching with me (she hardly watches Korean dramas with me) and she really liked it too. If you like cute romantic dramas that are funny, this is for you. I’m a sucker for these types of dramas. Also, if you liked Boys Before Flowers (I liked it, but too overrated!), then You’re Beautiful will meet your expectations too. In fact, You’re Beautiful is even better than Boys Before Flowers!! In fact, this drama was so good that I finished it in a few days. I kept watching until my eyes hurt. Despite their young age, the main cast acted really well to me ^^ This drama also had lots of eye candy. A LOTTT x] And well, I’m a 16 year old girl, so I like eye candy when I see it (; Stop reading this review already! Just watch You’re Beautiful!! Another thing I liked about this drama was its OST. Most of the songs in the OST were actually sung by the main cast themselves, so I thought it was really cool. I was so close to buying the OST today, but since my dad doesn’t want me buying so many CDs, I will have to hold off on it D: But yes, I loved the songs in this drama just like the OST for IRIS. The only thing I didn’t like about this drama was UEE’s role. She was so annoying and evil! But I guess all Korean dramas, or dramas in general, have antagonists. One more random thing- the love triangle, or square, as you’d call it was also really cute ^^ This time I’m on Shin Woo’s side though. In Boys Before Flowers, I liked Goo Joon Pyo (played by Lee Min Ho) more, but this time, I like Shin Woo better. My mom liked Jeremy though x]

Rating: 4.5/5

I really want to give this a 5/5, but I will never do that because despite how perfect a dramas seems, there will always be flaws x]

This morning I discovered a letter on my desk. Initially shocked by the arcane manner of communication, I stood in awe for a moment before tearing in, half sure I’d find a message from the past or perhaps something addressed to Neo. Instead, I discovered a sloppily written letter from a twenty-one year old undergraduate we’ll call Sam, and it was, against all odd, addressed to me. Apparently word disseminated down to dear young Sam that I have, on occasion, offered advice on sexuality to some of the people here at the Celestial Panther office. I won’t go into the byzantine friend of a friend road that brought my acclaim to Sam to spare the innocent but I will say the letter wasn’t addressed on the envelope. Sam it seems, somehow, took the opening up of our submissions to the public at Celestial Panther to mean I’d be thusly offering up my advice to the public as well. I hadn’t really planned on it, but since Sam had a question I felt like was on the minds of many others like him (as well as those more comma inclined), so I decided to address it here. If you have a question you’d like answered, publicly or not,  feel free to send it to panther.jaywill@gmail.com … I kind of enjoyed this.

Sam writes,

Jeremy,

So this is kind of weird for me to ask advice on chicks from anyone, but my buddy ***** told me you guys were taking submissions and how you helped him land ****** so I wanted to see if you could help me. I ve been seeing this girl ***** for a while but she says she’s not looking for a relationship, right? I’m not the kind of guy to settle down either but this chick is smoking hot and I know if I don’t nail her down someone else is gonna come scoop her. I’m not trying to wife the chick or nothing like that, I just want to know what my chances are with her. She acts like she’s really into me most of the time, you know, but then talks all that shit about not wanting a relationship. What am I supposed to believe?

All grammar aside, which was tough to do, Sam raises a great introductory question. Sam, my byzantine friend, you’ve run face first into a smart girls first line of defense against fake guys. Those things you call chicks, are actually really smart humans, sometimes far more advanced at handling humans than your average male human. They, much like god, work in mysterious ways. One of those ways, I’ve found, is to throw up the “just looking for a friend” line. Don’t misunderstand my usage of ‘line’ though, and think it’s some sort of lie, because it’s not. That’s where they really get you.

You see, most of us men meet a girl and wonder to ourselves immediately if they’re potential mating material (and I refer to mating more in the carnal sense than the procreatic one). Women, however, as a generality, are water testers by nature; less apt to just jump right in. So, what we have here, is a failure to communicate. Essentially, Sam, what the “just looking for a friend” does, is free the woman up to decide you’re a loser three weeks in and drop all, or simply a majority of, contact with you. This is clever, however, as she is not ruling out the possibility that you’re not a complete douche bag, but rather suspending judgment until more evidence is available. It’s like a two-phase rocket, and if you don’t have enough fuel (not being a douche bag), then the thing never gets too far off the ground to hurt anyone seriously. We males might learn a lot from such a strategy.

So, what does someone like Sam do when faced with such a finely honed defense mechanism? First, don’t be a douche bag, but be yourself; even if it’s moderately dickish, some girls like that, and you’ll only regret trying to be someone else no matter what. Secondly, be patient, be more than patient, barely care. Care about what she says, but until she starts asking where it’s going, you shouldn’t. Fact. Exception-less. Third, listen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Not only might she be impressed with your ability to carry on conversation about her, largely separate, life, but you’ll also be able to tell one of the most important things of all, and my final piece of advice on the subject: she might be a cotton-headed-ninny-muggins that you want nothing to do with. Don’t let yourself get wrapped up before she does, because wrapped up people are most often blind people. Love doesn’t make you blind, lust does. Fact #2.

With that I close my un-planned advice column. I hope it helps Sam. Remember, be her friend, be patient, and don’t be a douche bag. Not calling her a chick might be a good start. Maybe some comma’s, but that’s unrelated. Oh, and “smoking hot,” should be kept between you, me, and Jersey. Good luck.

Jay-Will

Its that time again, folks! Because nothing says “sport” like treating your favourite players as stock market, money making bet machines, am I right? Carry on.

Buy – Juan Martin Del Potro

What else is there to say? Oh, that I think he has the capability to be a number 1 some day? Oh, I went there. In an age where Fed and Rafa have really been the only ones who have mattered at the top, there’s been whispers of the fall of the two of them (specifically Fed, due to age), something really no one wants to see happen. But its going to, and in 3 years Captain BumblElf will be a shy 24. Fed will be 31. Rafa will be 26, Muzz and Nole will both be 25. Not that that’s old, but the US Open was THE statement for Juan that he can in fact beat anyone on tour. And hell, if he beat Fed in Paris, he just might have won the French Open (AKA for being a big time power player, he can play on clay). I don’t want to get too out of control with speculation, but it doesn’t even feel like Elf has reached the full potential of his game yet, and he’s already one of the most dangerous players on tour. You’ve been warned.

Sell – Robin Soderling

Sure, he made a slam final, and upset the King of Clay on the way (not to mention some other great clay players like Koala and Ferru) and it seems a bit risky because of his rather awesome end to the year. The fact of the matter is that he got his clock cleaned by Fed about 40 times last season, really failed to come up with any serious upset other than Rafa at RG, and only won one 250 tournament. He only turns 26 in August, but I have a hard time believing that Sod will be able to keep such a high level of play, or ranking, all year long. Perhaps Sod will be able to come up with another major upset or two, but I wouldn’t count on his ranking or play getting him much higher than he is now.

Buy – Jeremy Chardy

The 2006 Wimbledon Boys Champ and USO Runner-up made two 250 finals this year, losing the first to Jo in South Africa in February, and winning his first title in Stuttgart in July. He made the fourth round of the French Open, and at age 22, the Frenchie is slowly starting to creep his way onto people’s radar screens, finishing the year at the 32 rank. Oh, and he took a set off of Dick at Wimbledon in the first round, for what its worth, and beat both Marin and T-Rob. As his game continues to improve, along with his ranking, look for him to avoid big names in early rounds now that he’s in the top 32, and slowly creep his way up the rankings. Allez!

Sell – Tommy Haas

Some serious props need to be given to a guy who managed to adapt his game, and serve and volley his way into his first Wimbledon semifinal at age 31 (on courts that were supposed to be slow!) and still goes by the name “Tommy”. I’m getting visions of Rugrats. Not to mention he made the fourth round of RG and the third round of the remaining two slams. Not bad at all my friend. At the same time, there’s a reason why I call you “Old Man Haas”. Its because you’re old. Don’t expect another freak slam semifinal run from the German, who managed to finish the year inside the top 20 at 18.

Buy – Feliciano Lopez

Yup, Feli managed to finish the year ranked lower than both Blah and someone by the name of Horacio Zeballos (who?). But if Feli’s long hair gave him magical powers in the bedroom, getting rid of it gave him magical powers on the tennis court. After what was becoming an absolute joke of a year (and still ended with a losing record) and only getting to one quarter final all year, he knew he had to change it up. So he cut his hair. And made it to the Shanghai semifinals. Sure, everyone and their dog was injured (Feli retired against Rafa in the semi) but he beat Ferru and Sod along the way, no small feat. The dude has more talent than he let onto this year, that’s for sure, and much like Ana for the women, it seems nearly impossible that he could have an even worse year than he did in 2009.

Sell – Mikhail Youzhny

The Youz had a rather quiet yet effective year, winning the Kremlin cup and making three other finals. However, if you think Caro played a lot of tournaments, get this. The Youz played a whopping 31, five more than her. Hard to see the 27 year old’s ranking rising much higher than the 19 its at now.

WOOOOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Jeremy made Sergeant everyone!

Stockings Hung on the Staircase with Care

Yay for Christmas morning and stockings filled to the brim with all kinds of good stuff!  After ripping through all our presents, we headed downstairs to find out what goodies were waiting in our stockings.  I’m sure there was some good stuff, but it likely didn’t compare to our other presents that included: a basketball net, Micro Machines, and a cool VideoArt TV drawing thing for Michael; some Barbie Sensations dolls and a Garfield plush toy for Kristin; and some awesome toys like Zaks, LiteBrite sheets, a Play-Doh Fun Pack, a Hess Truck, and a Playskool PipeWorks building set for myself.

Christmas Morning 1988

I have had so much contact with spirits, that it has become routine to me.  Don’t get me wrong, I still have a feeling of gratitude and wonder towards the experience.  It is always a gratifying thing to speak to and hear from the Other Side…

So in tribute to all the spirits that have taken the time to come through and see us, I wanted to talk about friendships that can take place between people who have “died” and those of us still here working on our physical lives.

This is a story about a dude named Simmie Williams…he was 17 years old when he was “murdered” in Fort Lauderdale, FL in 2008.   He “died” early on a Friday morning.  On the next day, Saturday, I woke up here in Richmond, Virginia, in the late afternoon, from a strange dream and felt like something was different, but I wasn’t sure what it was.  Getting up from my nap, I could see a young black dude in my “mind’s eye” with a bunch of palm trees and a reddish sky behind him.  I knew it was a spirit, but I wasn’t sure who.

I turned on the computer and started randomly reading news articles on the Net.  I came across an article regarding the murder of a 17-year-old transvestite in Florida the day before.  Looking at the picture that was included in the article, I was surprised to see that it was the young brother I could see around me in my apartment.  I started speaking with him, and felt him there in the apartment with me, just hanging out, chilling with me.

At this point, I called Jeremy, who, as you all know, is a medium, and asked him what he saw.  He saw the same spirit as I was seeing.

I could feel Simmie riding along with me in the car several times.  I could feel him sitting behind me, massaging my shoulders while I drove around.  I felt an incredibly strong connection, spiritually and otherwise, to him, and told him he was always welcome to hang around with me anytime, as I truly appreciated his company.

Jeremy channeled him for me a few months later; he came through wearing white pants, a white shirt, with some kind of unbuttoned cream-colored shirt over the white shirt.  He was holding a white cat.  He said that he and I had a lot in common, so that is how he found me.  After he left his physical body, he could freely move around and be anywhere he wanted with the speed of his thought.  He ended up gravitating to me.

Simmie was not condemned and thrown in some “hell” by some angry “god” for wearing womens’ clothing, even though the Bible condemns the practice.  He was not condemned and judged for being attracted to men, and not women, even though the Bible says “men lying with men” is an “abomination to God”.

Simmie is the kind of person I would have liked to have met in the physical world.  He is a very sensual person; he likes being physically affectionate more than sex itself.  I could have easily become good friends with him here in the physical.  But I am happy just to have him around, chillin’ with me from time to time, in spirit form…

Jeremy said he felt Simmie is living it up in the Spirit World.  While his family, friends, and others who love him and are still in the physical world are crying and grieving, he is partying and enjoying himself like never before.  Let me tell you:  one thing the spirits want you to all know is : DO NOT GRIEVE.  Sadness from time to time is OK, that is part of the process of loss.  But continued grieving does nothing good for you, or for them.  In fact, it can actually bring them down:  thoughts about them attract and pull them to the person thinking about them, automatically.  If you are constantly grieving, for a long time, you are draining them as well as yourself.

When a person “dies”, there is NOTHING to be upset about.  In fact, when a person leaves this world, we ought to throw a BIG PARTY for them!!  For real…that is what a spirit would want!!  Party for them: knowing that they are there with you, partying with you, even though you might not always be able to see or hear them…

As I write this piece, I see and feel Simmie here with me, looking over my shoulder, reading along with me…

For sure, a good friend doesn’t have to be only in a physical body!!

One love to you Simmie, for real, thanks for everything you have done, and do, for me…I hope you continue to consider me worthy of your friendship – and I can’t wait to get back to the Spirit World & chill with you for real!!

In peace, in love, in harmony

…your friend Matt

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(This is something I posted in my Facebook account. And as I was browsing through my notes/blog posts there, I thought this is something I would have to post here. So here goes. You may make your own in your blog sites, too. Just let me know so I could read through them, too.)

1. I never really cooked at home before I got married, but now, I do, and Bong and Kara love whatever I cook, and that’s what’s most important to me.

2. I love kissing and cuddling, so whatever chance I get to kiss and cuddle my children, I grab it. And yes, I LOVE doing this too with Bong.

3. I cry a lot—in the movies, even at home watching an episode of MMK, when there’s a misunderstanding between me and the people I love, when I share and hear sad stories, the first time I saw my babies after giving birth to them—the list goes on.

4. I once dreamed of becoming a lawyer after finishing my Journalism course. Then I had Kara. But you know, I would never trade Kara for any dream in this world. I love my daughter (and the two little ones) to pieces!

5. If I argue with you in English, then that means I am really really mad.

6. I feel I am always put in situations where I need to fight for my rights or my loved ones’, for that matter, that’s why I almost always come off too strong/mataray. But then, I was never a pushover, either.

7. I had difficult pregnancies because we discovered I had APAS (Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome), an autoimmune condition which makes my body reject the developing baby. To save the baby, I had heparin injections twice a day which would leave purple bruises on my belly. Which reminds me…

8. I don’t drink coffee that much anymore. Ever since I got pregnant twice in a row, I have somehow gotten coffee out of my system, and even the usual 3-in-1 could give me heart palpitations now. (funny though, fraps work well for me)

9. The only regret I had marrying Bong was that we didn’t have a wedding singer as good as him. sad.

10. Surprisingly, I liked the Sex and the City Movie. I can’t wait for the next one.

11. I once sang the part of Asaka in our college production of “Once on this Island .” And I would also sometimes pitch in for an orgmate who played the part of Ti Moune whenever she’d get hoarse from singing.

12. I used to commute from Sta. Rosa to UP Diliman and back during College. My parents didn’t consider having me live in a dorm or a boarding house.

13. I once wrote a balagtasan piece for our annual celebration of the priests’ day in High School.

14. I passed the first exam given to wannabes of PSHS, but wasn’t able to take the second exam because the schoolmate tasked to give me the letter informing me I passed the exam failed to do so.

15. I turned down Bong not once, but thrice. And just when he was no longer interested in me, that was the time I discovered I had feelings for him. The rest, as they say, is history.

16. I once auditioned for UPSA (UP Singing Ambassadors) only to prove to an ex that I could get in and sing with the group. And when the novelty of it all wore out, I started losing interest, too. It was also hard to keep up especially when you have to go home to Laguna after rehearsals at around 10-11pm. (but I was able to perform with the group a few times, so to me, that was already enough)

17. What first attracted me to my company was the piped-in music they were playing during my entrance exams—classical music, would you believe!

18. I took over the responsibility of enrolling myself and my siblings to school (including my cousins pa pala) when I was only in grade five. Since my mom has work, she trusted me with the enrollment money. That taught me to be more independent.

19. I was able to watch two Oblation runs in UP. I realized after the second time that once you’ve seen it, you’ve seen all.

20. I used to be good in math. Really. Unfortunately, years without practice really make one forget the whole thing. Fortunately for me, Kara very seldom needs help with Math.

21. After giving birth to Kara while inside the recovery room, I was in such high spirits that I couldn’t care less if everywhere, other women were either throwing up or plain knocked out after giving birth themselves. I just remember being impatient, and to while away the time, I was singing “Build me Up Buttercup.”

22. I am allergic to all kinds of pain killers except celebrex, and anything containing aspirin.

23. I always tell my friends who are still single to look for a man who shares the same faith as theirs. Worshiping together is very important to me. And I am very lucky Bong and I share the same beliefs and practices when it comes to our faith.

24. Kara used to tell me I make harder (review) exams than her teachers’ actual exams.

25. If there is one person I would want to be with again, that would be my deceased brother, Lon. I miss him and I would want to tell him face to face that I love him so much.

There you go. Your turn.

Archie, Brooklyn, Carter, Charlie, Cole, Cooper, Dominic, Edward, Felix, Gabriel, Isaiah, Jackson, Kingston, Leo, Leon Lincoln, Luka, Luca, Lucas, Marcus, Mason, Noah, Phoenix, Riley, Sebastian, Seth & Toby In 2008.(Names top 100 2008 not in 1998)

Sean, Mitchell, Bradley, Jonathan, Timothy, Taylor, Anthony, Jared, Jarrod, Patrick, Scott, Brandon, Peter, Taine, Campbell, Richard, Kaleb, Louis, Jeremy, Trent, Jason, Justin, Lewis, Regan, Shaun, Kevin, Kieran, Keegan In 1999 (Names not in top 100, 2008).

Deep Snowpit in British Columbia, Canada

Deep snow is great, isn’t it?!  Today, we’re getting some snow here along the East Coast, but I doubt it will get as deep as this bit of snow in British Columbia just south of the Yukon.  The snowpit was for my research project and was about 1.5-2 meters deep (Shannon came along as a field assistant but was working on an entirely different project unrelated to snow and the Yukon…and I’m pretty sure she dug out about 95% of this pit).  We weren’t quite standing straight up in the pit, but we also hadn’t shoveled all the snow out (just enough along the one face to do our work).

This photo was taken near this location in British Columbia, and you might notice the snowshoes nearby…we definitely needed those to walk around here!  I believe there was a very thin ice layer on top that wasn’t thick enough to support much weight, so without the snowshoes, we just sank to our thighs.

Maybe I’ll wake up tomorrow morning and find this much snow outside…

One of the videos that inspired me to become an editor. This video is a simple high school mock up of Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

There are some pretty good times being had here in the Nevil home. We’ve been taking it easy and just having fun being together. Chase and Jeremy are so cute and cuddly together as you can see here.

Blankie AND Daddy? Can life get any better?

Chase LOVES his blankie

But he loves Daddy too so he shared blankie

Toys R Us kids

Jeremy and I have enjoyed some time Christmas shopping together. While it was not so fun waiting until the last minute to Christmas shop, it was worth it to get to do it with Jeremy rather than alone. And we even got the chance to go out shopping without the kids! WOO-HOOO! Thanks Crystal!

We made a gingerbread house together one night. Jeremy didn’t think it was all that fun at first.

"yay" he says

But then after he had some candy, listened to some Christmas music and danced around with me and Cooper while we decorated the house, he realized how much fun it really was and was pretty happy we did it. Here is our finished product.

Cooper had his school Christmas program last Tuesday night and it was pretty hilarious. We did take video, but it is about a half hour long, so we will have to upload it to YouTube in segments. We’ll try and do that later. But here are some cutsie pics of the boys right before we left.

I dunno why we even tell him to smile and look at the camera....

What a winning shot!

Seriously, how can you resist such cuteness?

Tonight is date night and we are so excited! Thank you Shari for watching the kiddos for us!

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Despite the title of this post, their wont be a Jeremy EVERY day. its just, id already changed the god of the week and THEN this picture happened, so I HAD to get his picture on here somewhere.

Its just so perfect. I love everything about it.

Ahhh, Jeremy, why did you have to go and come into my life? why are you so beautiful?

I need me a jeremy. I do, I realy, REALY do. :/

So yeah, this is the one and only Jeremy Davis of paramore. =D

Love You All And Thanks For Peeking.

So Long And Goodnight! Xx