I am now just waiting for ‘some’ news and I probably can get back to doing things that I used to enjoy . Like blogging . Blog hopping. Making tiny bears. Etsy. Maybe getting together with some friends. Or simply having fun.

And that is why  this meme is more meaningful and more important. Thank you Leah for passing to me this worthwhile tag.

* One in eight women or 12.6% of all women will get breast cancer in her lifetime.
* Breast cancer risk increases with age and every woman is at risk.
* Every 13 minutes a woman dies of breast cancer.
* Seventy-seven percent of women with breast cancer are over 50.
* Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women between the ages of 15 and 54, and the second cause of cancer death in women 55 to 74.
* Risks for breast cancer include a family history, atypical hyperplasia, early menstruation (before age 12), late menopause (after age 55), current use or use in the last ten years of oral contraceptives, and daily consumption of alcohol.
* Early detection of breast cancer, through monthly breast self-exam and particularly yearly mammography after age 40, offers the best chance for survival.
Facts taken from Women’s Health

And now here is the tag and the rules:

1. Put the logo in your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who shared it with you.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Add your link to the list of participants below
5. Leave a message for your nominee on their blog.

PINK Sisterhood

1- Fara 2- Massy 3- N.O.Y 4- Mariuca 5- A Great Pleasure 6- LadyJava 7- Kim 8- Pink Thoughts 9- Turn-u-Off 10- Roxiticus Desperate Housewives 11- STAY AT HOME MOM 12- Fida Abbott 13- Also Mommy 14- Janice Ng 15- Juliana’s Site 16- The Painted Veil 17- Heart of Rachel 18- Mga Muni-muni 19- Gina 20- YOU.

Dear reader, consider yourself tagged.

With the ice pellets and freezing rain from last night’s snowstorm, the roads have become a huge skating rink. No less than shoes with blades or spikes should be used by people walking the sidewalks. It is THAT precarious. From my 6th floor view this morning, I saw the cars move at a crawl along the street, and some snowplows and ‘salt dispenser’ trucks making the thoroughfares less slippery and safer to navigate. The city does look picture-perfect with all the roofs and the grounds blanketed with the white stuff. I would have loved it if it were not so dangerous.

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I have randomly selected 5 of you below to be tagged and I hope that you will similarly publish this post in your blog. You will have to tag 5 other bloggers and just keep adding on to the list. (Do not replace, just keep on adding! Yes we hope it will be a long list!

It’s real easy! Tag others and see your Technorati Authority increase exponentially! The benefits of Viral Linking:

One of the fastest ways to see your technorati authority explode!
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I tag the following if you haven’t done this yet.

Islander Aryo, Rowena, Mitsuru,Zherwin, and Cheska.

I am talking about my favorite pastime ,nay addiction of late. ISC online scrabble. For after months of trying to up my rating from 400+ (?) to a more braggable (is not even a word,this one) 800 where I got stuck for the longest time, my rating slowly inched up to 900, painfully slid lower, and lower with every crushing defeat. When I reached 987 , I thought for sure that 1000 was within easy reach. How sadly mistaken I was. For it was a slippery slope. For every time, I tried very hard to win one more game to reach my goal, I got defeated by some smartypants scrabbler and a chunk taken off my rating and down the hill I go again. That is, until last night! The scrabble fairy (yes,they are real!) must have been on my side last night and I got really lucky with my letters. They were there when I needed them and I got almost all of the S’s and the 2 jokers. What’s more, most of the red squares offered their space to me, and yes the pinks as well. This trend was constant with my last 3 matches last night and by 11:55 pm, and with my back and shoulder slightly achy, and my eyes red from too much staring on the board, I got what my heart desired. A whopping 1000! No more ,no less.

Therefore , my dear friends allow me to brag and show off this image which I took with my cam ( I don’t know to do a screen shot ). This took months to achieve. So let me to savor my moment of glory and declare it to the world!

* I want to hang on that rating for as long as I can, so perhaps I should have a little sabbatical from scrabbling, huh? For as high up in the clouds I am now with giddy pride, I can still see the ground and know that it wouldn’t take much (and long) for someone to knock me off from my perch.

This is one of the many beautiful verses by Helen Steiner Rice found in the ‘Daily Inspiration for Women’ devotional journal/diary that I was lucky enough to receive as a gift on Christmas. In every page you will also find  verses from the Bible , a question for personal reflection and meditation and the journal space. Today’s question: ‘ Is your heart telling you to be kinder to someone in particular ? If so, to whom?’ I had to think hard. Nobody comes to mind. I know that I have my moments of being selfish and unkind, and have said some hurtful things in anger, but basically, I am a kind soul. I have always believed and wished that nobody should be exempt from happiness. Which takes me back to the question- have I shown kindness today? Have I, in some small way made somebody happy? I’m not sure. What I am sure of,though, is that I always try to live by this rule : ” Nobody has the right to stoop down to someone unless it is to help him up.” And to me, that is kindness.

But,alas, back to work I will drag myself tomorrow. Time to earn the ever mighty $ again. Or another leisurely week like what I just had would be ‘not-doable’. As hubby always says, no money,no funny. He is right, I agree.

So here’s to another year of making money! Cheers =)