Good morning beaugorgeous! Happy Monday! Today on my way to work I decided to stop and smell the flowers or more like photograph them :) and I realized that I haven't done something like this for a longggggg time. I felt that I have been too occupied with getting things done in my to do list that I forgot to slow down. So I took a deep breath and take in the simple gift of...
Currently Reading and Me Vs. Tree
November 27, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
Hey beaugorgeous! Happy Sunday! I am having a low key Sunday at home which basically translates to doing a ton of reading. And because I am bored I decided to share my current Weekend read which is Deborah Harkness' All Souls Trilogy A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night and The Book of Life. I got the complete set from my latest scavenging at the flea market and got it at a very, very, surprisingly...
Weekend Treat and The Spirit of the Tree
November 26, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
Hey beaugorgeous! I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. Mine is a little uneventful. Well besides doing the usual house chores and trying to be productive I am a little bit undecided whether to put up a... our christmas tree this year. I know, how can I even be so undecided about it. right? what a grinch. LOL! its just that a lot of things are going on this year and I have been...
The Childfree Tag Part I - Choice, Ambivalence, Acceptance
November 25, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
Hey beaugorgeous people! I know I have been MIA the past few months and yes throwback blogs doesn't count as a comeback either. LOL! but excuses granted, I have been so busy with beating deadlines, making a living and getting responsibilities done. Yeah, its called being an adult (duh) and it can get very exhausting. Anyways today I decided to do the childfree tag. And yes there is such a thing as a childfree tag...
Chemo Brain Alert So I am Doing a Little Weekend Throw Back
November 18, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
I've been dying to blog these past few days. But it seems like I have nothing to say. And I don't know if this is still the effect of chemo brain or I was just too caught up with "adulting" and doing things which needs to be prioritize :) and hands up those who think that being childfree gives us all the time we need that we end up bored most of the time? Nope,...
You and Me and a Puppy - Just Us Three
November 18, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
My Ryan and I, although we are always together at school and basically anywhere we go, we see to it that we spend time together (not doing work). Family time is very important to us specially spending time, undivided time with our little dog Kodi. So, weekends are always spent with just the three of us. Whether it is going out to a low key brunch our just spending time at home reading and cooking...
How We Spend Our (typical) Weekend No Children Required
November 17, 2016 / BY Shannel Lee
My Ryan and I have always been home buddies ;) we hate going out and both of us believe that books are the cheapest way to travel besides the fact that we both also believe that thrift deals and clearance sales are mana from heaven LOL! obviously our weekend leisure involves things we can find and we can do within the neighborhood. So Saturdays and Sundays are best spent at the tennis court and the...
...she sat wandering away thinking about how it would feel like to be a mother. To cradle someone out of her own self and watch it grow into a person she is a part of... to hear someone calling her mom... the happy they said... the bliss and fulfillment they said... and then she wonders if it is a curse to never ever experience it... or is it not? I have waited for a long...