About a year ago, we contracted a guy from Georgia to build as a side curio for the living room. He was very accommodating when we contacted him. The husband gave him the specs for the curio that we want and the contractor sent us the different available woods. When everything was all ironed out, he asked for the usual 50% down payment which we readily sent him via money order. He was in constant contact with us for a few weeks. He promised that the curio will be delivered in a few months...it never happened. More than a year later, we are still waiting for the curio.

What happened? Family crisis on his part. His wife left him taking their 2 kids with her. She's not American, she's European. If you ask us, that shouldn't be our concern anymore. But this guy seemed to have found an 'unwilling' confidante with my husband. During their many talks on the phone in the past months, he's been asking my husband where he can contact solicitors in chesterfield. HUH?? Why would he even bother my husband about that? I have no idea.

The only reason my husband calls him is to follow-up on the super-delayed curio that he is supposed to make for us. Instead, he would make false promises to my husband then divert the topic to his on-going family crisis. I don't think it's our job to look for solicitors in chesterfield [or solicitors in derbyshire or any other solicitors for that matter]] since it's not our problem. He owes us. We don't owe him. We have given him more than enough time to come up with the curio. I told hubby to give him an ultimatum already and tell him that he should not only worry about the solicitors in chesterfield that his wife will probably will but from our lawyer as well. I think more than a year of waiting is way too long....

I'm not busy today so I've been surfing online to fill my time. I came across an article about the newest gig/video of the now famous Cebu Dancing Inmates or CDI. This time they got a little help from some choreographers....MICHAEL JACKSON's choreographers that is! Yes, ladies and gentle men, CDI is now THAT famous. Who would have thought, eh? I posted that video [which will be included in the This is It release I think] in my PINAY WAHM blog. Click here to watch it.

I thought I'd post another video here [of the CDI] dancing to "NOBODY" made famous by a Korean All Girls Pop Group called: WONDER GIRLS...

Here's that video...

A father and a son were taking a walk in the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAhhhhh!" To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAhhhhh!"

Curious, he yells: "Who are you?" He receives the answer: "Who are you?"

Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!" He receives the answer: "Coward!"

He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?" The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention." And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!" The voice answers: "I admire you!" Again the man screams: "You are a champion!" The voice answers: "You are a champion!"

The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains: "People call this Echo, but really this is Life. It gives you back everything you say or do."

Our life is simply a reflection of our actions. If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence.

This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it." Your life is not a coincidence; It is a reflection of you.

I was able to catch a glimpse of the televised telethon "Hope for Haiti" last night. I wasn't able to watch all of it so I did some You Tube search and found this Lean on Me cover by Kid Rock, Keith Urban and Sheryl Crow. They did a great cover of the song.

It's been a week [almost anyway] since I last posted here. There's nothing much to blog about. I got tired of complaining about the weather here...although the weather has not been as bad as it was the last couple of weeks. Aha! That's probably why I didn't post here...nothing to whine about.

Winter is in full swing. I'm not sure if we've experienced the coldest yet. Maybe not as it's only January. We still have about 2 months more to go and the little one can't wait for Spring to come. She's been watching her calendar like a hawk. She just told me a few minutes ago that Easter Sunday is on April 4 this year.

The grass in our yard is all brown now. Thanks to that extended cold spell we had. The trees that we planted just last year are also looking pathetic right now. I'm just hoping there's still life left in them or that would be hundreds of dollars down the drain. The lady in the news said that even if they look dry [and dead] on the outside, they may still be alive. Just leave them be for now. Guess what's green on the yard right now? WEEDS! The one that I painstakingly pull out and kill survived the cold spell. Why is that?? Why can't they be the first to go? Hubby joked last weekend that I should be out there pulling them out since it's easier to see them now. He's right....so I went out to pull some out...but there's just too many...

That's my post for now...yep, a WHINE! Again! ciao!

That's how long this cold snap has been going on here in our neck of the woods. Compared to other places, 11 days of below freezing is probably nothing. It's becoming a big deal here because it's the first time since who knows when below freezing temperatures lasted this long. The local meteorologist even said that they don't have any record of the last time it happened.

It's no longer about physical discomfort anymore. Many people wish it's only about that but it's already causing people their lives and their livelihoods. Aside from record breaking temperatures, the crops/produce are very much affected by this kind of weather. They are predicting that millions of dollars will be lost because of it. It's probably one of the worst time this could happen considering the state of the economy.

Oh and did I mention about the numerous sinkholes that have been opening up everywhere? Fortunately, I have not heard of any casualties as a result of the sinkholes but numerous houses have been swallowed by them already...that means people being displaced.

So yes, it's no longer about me being cold. I can bundle up to get warm but it's now more than that. I am crossing my fingers that the cold snap will go away already. SOON....