Coffee, anyone?

Welcome to Clarisse's nook. It's not work. It's not home. It's that comforting space between, where I gather my thoughts; and connect with fellow beings who treat each moment as a gift, and are grateful for life.

Meet me here for coffee, or a glass of wine.

I strongly support the FIGHT AGAINST

BREAST CANCER AND PROSTATE CANCER

~~~My parents are survivors! Thank you all for the prayers. Please keep them going!~~~

CLARISSE'S BREWERY (I'm making hot cups here as well!)

COFFEE MILL (grind your beans, er..brains here)

ESPRESSO MACHINE (rev up the caffeine!)

FRENCH PRESS/Cafetière (my hobbies, in style)

MY FAVORITE BEANERIES

PERCOLATOR (hot!)

THE COFFEE TRADE

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Bob J.: Bob was here.

Heather: The grilled sausages were great....they are gourmet stuffed with poblano peppers and cheddar cheese. We get them at a local grocery store....they also have polish ones and ones stuffed with feta and spinach. They are AWESOME! I LOVE food too!!!!!

Ancestral Paths: Hi Clarisse, you might try doing a search for your aunt's name, be sure to use quotation marks for her name. You might check the Social Security Death Index too. You didn't say how old she was or where she lived. Contact her last employer, other workers, etc. If you will give me her name, I will check at Ancestry.com to see what I can find.

Juliana: Hi Clarisse...Visiting you here. I will be emailing you in a bit and I hope it's ok. Don't worry I'm not borrowing money..hahaha. Maybe some of those calamansi...hehe

MEL: hello, just visiting u here. hope u visit my blog too when you have time**MEL** :)

Trina: hello atsi!!! how r u? pls help me with the pics and fonts problem... and how do i tag someone? hehehe.. thanks :-)

Ancestral Paths: Hi Clarisse, tk for the visit & kind words, you are already added to friends list & tk for adding me to yours.

Ancestral Paths: Hi-like your site-care to exchange links? Hope to see you soon.

J'laine:

bingkee: Hello Clarisse. I'm inviting you to sign in my Guestbook on my site. It's located on the upper right hand corner under my photo. It says Guestbook. Click on it. Sign and leave a photo. Thanks so much.

Heather: I love reading your blog! Stop by my blog (My Daily Walk) for a friend award for you!

Bingkee: Hello Clarisse, I still don't have this tag board or message board. It's not your eyes dear. i don't have it yet. But a lot of people are asking for it so I am looking for a nice one to add to my site.You know Addie? She's a friend I met a long time ago. I don't have her permission yet kaya inerase ko .

Latrelle: Thanks for stopping by :)

Live2Create: Hi

, just out and about. Great overall theme you've done with your blog. Fun, keep up the good posts.

Juliana: Doing some much needed hopping. Howdy?

Katy: Thanks for visiting! I don't get to blog much, but it's nice to meet new people here. :)

marites: visiting here:) hope u r having a good week after the long weekend.

fel: i added u :)

JennyR: Hello Clarisse! How r ya?? I got u tagged!!!

Heather: Thanks for stopping by my blog! Hope you don't mind but I am going to add you to my friends' list, so others I know can read your blog and I can come back and read here often.

Juliana: Hey...thanks for the Kick Ass award....haha...not sure I kick ass but I'll take it anytime. Enjoy the weekend ahead.

Mr. Chuckchuck: You have a nice place to visit... I feel welcome!

sharon: hi there, can we x-links? have a goodnight!

jennyra: forgot to add in my comment, i have an award for u...click my name...

glenndel: happy thursday

Juliana: Hey again...I just did a quick search sa Amazon.com, a few Zapped DVDs came up. Baka andun yung gusto mo.

J'laine: Hi Clarisse-thanks for stopping by and the kind words. Hope your toothache is better. Have a great weekend.

Juliana: Hey....naku wala akong Zapped puro Mickey, Disney, Wiggles, Barney at Elmo and the Harry Potter Series...

Emzkie: got u tag sis.. just simply click my name. =)

Juliana: Happy weekend Clarisse! Hope you're having a good one.

JennyR: how r u Clarisse? Thanks for stopping by my bravejournal! BTW, i have a tag for you...just click my name here.

bel: good luck on ur house move.... lots of stuff to do....but it will be fun fixing ur own...;-)

glenndel: hi , blog hopping here :)

Juliana: Thanks for keeping me company Clarisse. It's been raining here bec of Fay so a lil co can go a long way.

Fretz: hello log hopping here.

glenndel: hi, doing my daily routine here:)

Juliana: Visiting you here this Saturday. Big 4-0 next year, eh? We're passed that so I have to think of the big 5-0...hahaha...

canoodle: Wonderful blog header!

•·.·´¯`·.·•Geca•-)•----:: Hey Clarisse! Planning for a big move eh! Good luck girl!^.~

Juliana: Hey! Hopping by here....

glenndel: hi was here today :)

critica trasversale: visit me

pinaymama: a tag for you

Krishna: Hi, Thanks for your visit. Sure, we can xlinks. Add me and buzz me, I will sure add you.

Julie: Hi, just blog hoping, you have a nice blog here. Although it doesn't seem to poor me my coffee when I press the return key. I think it may be broken j/k. Have a good one.

Fretz: hello paying you a visit. hope we can exchange links sometime. Just let me know. have a nice day!

Krishna: Hi, blog hoping! You have a very nice journal!

pinaymama: hi Clarisse, added u too!! thanks for the add :)

Benny: Hi! u have left in my blog a greeting.i return it :)bye benny

•·.·´¯`·.·•Geca•-)•----: *bump* "Wanna hear something really funny?" --- please stay away... I love my hair! hehe jk

pinaymama: hello care to exchange links??

Tuesday, July 15th 2008

2:00 PM

Sunblocked in Reno

Mood:

I’m drinking pepsi today.

(The rest of this post will have nothing to do with drinking Pepsi).

Hubby and I went to Reno last weekend for his softball tournament. A really welcome respite from it all. But it was so darn hot out on the field last Saturday, I practically melted over my flipflops while I screamed and cheered and nurtured a deep-seated anger for sticky sunblock. I wasn’t being little miss quirky, in fact, I had loathed anything that was smelly, waterproof, sticky or greasy (especially that altogether in one formula) on my skin eversince I was a kid. The scent of Coppertone would always send me running for my life and nothing has changed thus far. But I guess, you can’t hate what protects you.

Enough about sunblock.

The rest of the weekend went really great. Had two buffets in a row (Silver Legacy on Saturday night, Atlantis for Sunday’s lunch)…in between was a series of relentless unproductive “alcohol-infused” affairs with the slot machines at The Nugget where we stayed for two nights and at Harrah’s downtown. Man, these things guzzle up bucks like crazy! I’m not really the gambling kind. I would rather see my money vanish on good margarita…or food…

Yeah right, food… I just impulse-bought a small princesscut diamond pendant in one of the pawnshops in downtown Reno. I wasn’t intending to buy it but we made an offer for a hundred bucks and the guy agreed. I figured, since I could have been seeing that same amount chip away in a thousand little pieces while betting on the merciless Wheel of Fortune machine, I might as well turn my remaining gambling allowance into a girl’s bestfriend, and for 1/4 the price of the real value!

So in principle, “we” sort of recovered what we lost and it’s on my neck right now (not to mention the rainbow-colored stuffed butterfly, the anemic monkey and the powder blue teddy bear from Circus Circus). I’m not really materialistic. I liked the diamond because it was cute (and cheap), not because it’s a status symbol.

Plus, I think it’s a reasonable reward for putting up with sunblock. Yes, I hate it that bad.