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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Feline Friday , Health , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Throwback Thursday , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 03/24/2016 at 14:00
Happy BiG 1-0, Grad Cat ASIA
Happy Belated St. Patty’s Day a week ago! ☘
#HappyStPattys & sneak #peep to #Easter ♥love♥ & #luck♣ from #DoubleATeam #ShamRockStar #ShamrockersGatherHere #KeepCalmAndShamrockOn #GoodLuckCharm #GradCat #DecadeOfAsia (1wk from today) #CareBears #GoodLuckBear #TMNT #TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles #DeepBlueNeedYouEyes #GreenEyes #GoGreen #GOP #GoodLuckElephant #LuckyBamboo #LuckOfTheIrish #KissMeImIrish #shamrock #4leafClover #lucky #LuckyCat #BirthdayCat #ThrowbackCat #ThrowbackThursday #TBT ☘🌈🏆🐱🐯🦁🐰🐻🐼🐨🐸🐢🐣🐤🐥🐇🐘🐈🐆🐅🎄🌳🌿🎈🎂🎁💝💋💐🇺🇸
Remember JESUS CHRIS† ,†Crucified† & Risen , on this Holy Thursday & always! 🙏🏽
#HappyEaster to my #Peeps this #JubileeYearOfMercy #Easter2016 love from #DoubleATeam #RememberTheCross #JesusChristCrucified #MaryMostSorrowful #HolyMedals #flowers #crucifix #OurLadyOfGuadalupe #PopeFrancis #cross #mercy #PeterCottontail #EasterBunny #NewLife #DecadeOfAsia TODAY #BirthdayCat #EasterBunnyCats #HolyCowCats #ThrowbackCat #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #HolyThursday #Easter #YearOfMercy #ElaineDispoPhotography: original photos including medals on the petals #DrDISPObustAFlow 🐰🐱🐯🦁🐤🐣🐥🐇🕊🐈🐆🐅💐🌺🌻🌹🌷🌼💝💒
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Foto Friday , Home Sweet Home , Public Interest , Relationships , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Yours Truly on 03/04/2016 at 17:00
What’s better than seeing game animals🐿 in taxidermy on a wall?
👓Seeing them live, of course!
In spirit of 🎍Texas Independence🎋 this week plus with 💐spring🍀 and 🐇Easter🍳 around the corner to celebrate new 🕊life, I’m sharing a few of my favorite sightings as a tribute to ☝🏽️GOD’s creation of our 🌠Great Lone Star State’s creatures!
Speaking of animals…
Happy Early 10th 🎈Birthday🎁 to my 🦁ASIA🐅 Holy Thursday !
& speaking of birthdays…
Happy 106th Birthday to my 👵🏽Lola Rosa🌹
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Health , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 01/14/2016 at 15:33
Happy National 🏡Home🏠 Organization Day!
What a way to place that need for order as we ring in the New Year !
Let’s welcome ☼everyday☼ with
I live by these planning approaches:
Fail to plan, plan to fail. ~ Brian , 👊🏽Toned U p💪 🏽 on Bravo!❗️ Plan to work, work to plan. ~ Alex , Carpenter from 🏡Treehouse Masters 🌳 on 🦁APL🌎
Here’s my organizational strategy:
Map out day (night before ) 🕯💡🛣🌃🌉
Visualize : Pray🙏🏽 ☝🏽️✌🏽️ 👓🌈Exercise💓💞 👣👟🏋 Breakfast ☕️🍊🍳🍞🧀 Tackle the tough things 1st 🏉🏈🏅🎖🏆
~ adapted from Forbes ‘ most successful people
A couple of my Catholic brothers have made these remarks about planning (paraphrased):
How do you make GOD laugh? Tell Him your plans! ~ Danny Barrera , JD 👔What’s the point of planning? It takes up more time! ~ Capt. Kirk
While I’m an advocate for daily game planning to help us establish order in our lives, our plans don’t work unless we
know that we can’t implement them singlehandedly, and
that our ultimate goal is to follow GOD’s perfect plan 👏🏽🙌🏽
3:33 ~ make a wish … or, actually: a †prayer !!! ✌
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In Health , Higher Ed , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Soul Saturday , Thirsty Thursday , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman on 01/08/2016 at 15:45
My 2016 challenge for all of us:
Be merciful to everybody!
No matter how educated , experienced, affluent or advantaged we are, none of us are better than everyone else. We all are called to
Happy One Month Anniversary to my Name Change:
Dr. Dispo !
I defended my dissertation on an extra special day for the Church
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Health , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Sports , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Workout Wednesday , Yours Truly on 11/11/2015 at 22:35
* V eterans * V ictory * V irtue
Please join yours truly as I salute and pay tribute to
This also is a special Veterans’ Day as I passed my full faculty defense according to GOD’s perfect plan !
While our military heroes engage in rigorous physical training, with PT tests that time:
1½-mi. runs
### push-ups
### sit-ups
I did my share of high impact activity to prepare my energy for this AM’s event …
Just like I’ve connected almonds with energy for my full marathon as an analogy for my multiple regression statistical analyses , I’ve tied in what worked for me on the days I passed my previous rounds :
Here’s my training session from yesterday to work both the lower and upper bod :
2 for Tuesday : Double Whammy beyond the Moons on my Hammy
Simultaneous Moves for 20 reps/set with body weight or light resistance (ankle or wrist wraps, dumb bells or bands)
Squats (legs ) & Shoulder Raises (delts and traps )
T-Bird Dead Lifts (booty ) & Rows (back )
Extensions 2 Ways ~ Standing (quads ) & Overhead (tris )
Curls 2 Ways ~ Standing (hams ) & Upward (bis )
Trunk Twist (core ) Curtsy Lunges (legs )
Ab -duction (inner thighs & waistline )
CHEERS to ALL of our service men and women in uniform who’ve
fought for our freedom, both in the States and overseas
bled for our country, earning themselves the Purple Heart
died for those freedoms, earning themselves the Flag
as well as ALL of our military families who experience the sacrifice.
Thank you, GOD, the Saints and the Angels for watching over us!!!
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Home Sweet Home , Relationships , Sports Sunday , Sunday Fun Day , Travel , Weekly Wonders , Yours Truly on 10/25/2015 at 15:00
♪Happy ☼Birthday☼♫ to my Dad today!
Go, *Dallas Cowboys *
Just like any fortunate child who has grown up with a father or paternal figure, I feel extremely †blessed† and grateful to still have mine as a constant part of my life.
Papa Jun is one of the most well-rounded people who I know and admire:
Even as an adult, I still keep learning from my Dad, who always enlightens me everyday, through his example and his wisdom as a prayerful soon-to-be first-time grandfather with whom I attended Church today. Cheers, Pops!
Maligayang Bati, Papa Jun , at ♥Mahal♥ Kita!
✌ R.I.P., Flip Saunders of the NBA
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Health , Home Sweet Home , Public Interest , Relationships , Soul Saturday , Thirsty Thursday , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Yours Truly on 10/17/2015 at 13:30
As I prepare for my service to our Church as commentator *** today, I continue to seek the Holy Spirit ‘s guidance .
Dr. Grassi Guts, Grace & Glory approaches scripture like a linebacker* ~ so I’ll do the same, per these positions:
Stance ~ “starts with the right foundation”
So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock. But anyone who hears these words of mine and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, the wind blew hard against that house, and it fell. And what a terrible fall that was!
~ Matthew 7:24-27
Alignment ~ line up with the right people
Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make friends with stupid people, you will be ruined.
~ Proverbs 13:20
Do not be fooled. “Bad companions ruin good character.”
~ I Corinthians 15:33
Christ’s message in all its richness must live in your hearts. Teach and instruct one another with all wisdom. Sing psalms, hymns, and sacred songs; sing to God with thanksgiving in your hearts.
~ Colossians 3:16
So Jesus said to those who believed him, “If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples; you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
~ John 8:31-32
VIDEO
Spiritual Sources
*Grassi, J. E. (2013). Guts grace and glory: A football devotional . New York, NY: Thomas Nelson. (p. 69)
**Rainbow Studies, Inc. (2000). The Catholic Rainbow Study Bible: Good News Translation (2nd ed.) . El Reno, OK: Rainbow Studies International.
*** Rev. Fr. Ladra, Marío José. (2007). Straight from the ♥Heart♥ … A †Prayer† Companion
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Health , Higher Ed , Home Sweet Home , Pro-DiSPO , Public Interest , Relationships , Technology , Thirsty Thursday , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Workin' Woman , Yours Truly on 09/10/2015 at 08:00
The struggle is real.
Do you ever find yourself in conflict with your values and the demands of everyday life?
Which is more important …
… & of the Son
Some of us may encounter the challenge of pleasing the LORD , the world and ourselves.
MORE ♥LOVE♥ for Our Eternal Savior = LESS Stress in the World as We Prepare for ☼Heaven☼
I’ve led this in ♪song♫ at †Church , and it truly has brought tears to my eyes …
VIDEO
In spite of our strife to look and feel good, our spiritual health
Soon-to-be Bday Grrr l Angel Annie Rosary everyday with yours truly … The simple pleasures of life✌
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Floral Friday , Health , Home Sweet Home , Public Interest , Relationships , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Yours Truly on 08/28/2015 at 04:44
During my bday vacay last week, I visited a home that is among my fondest memories :
my beloved soon-to-be (in 2½ weeks) Birthday Girl aunt’s estate !
Not only am I a fan, but apparently and rightfully so, her community also is as well because both
in ☼ The Baltimore Sun☼
The highlight of my stay was when I sat in my Tita Fe ‘s gourmet kitchen with Mami Aya
Tita Fe & Tito Rudy Tito Robert & Tita Yollie (my mom’s youngest brother & his wife)
each endorsed me for my PhD ~ providing their sound advice that I’ll take with me as I progress toward my doctoral dissertation defense .
4:44 ~ make a Bday /BTS wish!!! ✌
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In ♥ & Soul , Community , Health , Home Sweet Home , Public Interest , Relationships , Thirsty Thursday , Travel , Weekly Wonders , What's Hot , Yours Truly on 07/23/2015 at 18:40
Everything
There’s this Beyoncé💃🏽 🎼song🎵 that I first heard👂🏽 earlier this week (although I’ve had it on my 🎧iTunes📻 for awhile) when I had my 💿playlist📀 on shuffle. I thought that it was lame because she kept singing🎤 about how she loved her husband more than 🎹music🎶 …
Maybe it’s because I’m not 💍👰🏻married?
Yet since GOD is my #1
Furthermore, I watched a Eucharistic Adoration💖 segment on EWTN📺 the other day. One girl with whom I really related mentioned that without spending time with the ♥Blessed Sacrament🙏🏽 and receiving her 💒Daily Bread , she’d have nothing in life.
☝🏽GOD guides us toward our blessings indeed!
When I had brunch with my devout Catholic friend after this morning’s Holy ⏰Hour , she pointed out my sentiments exactly:
GOD is the center of our life! ✨
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