And January Is About To End

I really miss posting a month-ender blog. Except for having my laboratory tests, visiting my nephrologist, a few trips to the supermarket, January has been a peaceful month.

Wow! I do enjoy finding more books and choosing what to read on my TBR list. I got used to having naps in the afternoon  and enjoy the early part of the evening reading. Mornings are spent attending online masses either at The Manila Cathedral or at the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Light. I also enjoy  reading those short notes of Nate on his wall which are sometimes funny.

Life is simple and I do appreciate what it brings.

My  Shanghai Beauty plant.

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Life Is Beautiful

What do you complain about the most?

Life is good. Life is real. Life is something we have to treasure because it is a gift. Except for some kinks that we experience along its path, it is still beautiful. We cannot really negate having to complain sometimes when we  experience those bumps and life’s curves but we could treat them as lessons we have to learn.

I am grateful and thankful for having this life,  and I accept that problems will always present themselves  but I believe that God won’t give us something that we could not carry through.

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Books And Gardening

A good day to garden. It’s a little cloudy but there is no rain.

I woke up at 5am, started gardening at 6am after a breakfast of a hot cup of coffee, two slices of toasted wheat bread and steamed siomai. I had the company of some of our Aspin dogs and the remaining puppy  after the  two  puppies  were gifted to a priest friend of Josef and Jovy. We didn’t bother to name the remaining one since it will also be given as a gift to Jovy’s friend.

Cutting the carabao grass, weeding and pruning dried leaves of some of my potted plants. Some of the concrete stepping stones were almost covered by grass.  I gardened for two hours straight  but only finished a portion of the garden. Two days ago, I harvested winged beans and taro roots. Fresh vegetable harvests are always  the best. Yesterday, I also harvested  a green papaya from our lone tree to cook it with my tinola.

By the way, I started my 13th read of  the 2025 Goodread Challenge last night. It’s The Giodenes Trilogy of Preston and Child. I am done with the Buzzy Books, Epic Quest and Era Explorer Community Favorites Challenge.  I wonder which among the first 12 earned these three achievements. There are three more for the months of February to April. It’s black history month for February. This is actually fun.

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