charmed & blessed

Day 635, 9/26/26:

I am a huge fan of Chavez Supermarket especially now they sell pupusas which is a “thick, handmade corn 🌽 or rice 🌾 flour flatbread from El Salvador 🇸🇻 that is stuffed with savory fillings cooked on a griddle” (Wikipedia.)

“Comer aqui por favor 🙏🏽” This dish is best unrushed and savored to the last bite 🙌

I get the “frijol y queso” (bean and cheese) and pair each bite with pickled veggies + mild green sauce. It’s so simple but luxurious 😋👌🌟💓 This hits more wholesome than a burrito 🌯 or taco 🌮 to me for sure 👍

Happy 😊 Saturday 💞 Eat well ❣️

Day 634, 9/25/26:

Happy 😊 Mabuhay Friday 🌺

I got to watch an early screening of the much anticipated animated film by Dreamworks yesterday based on Filipino 🇵🇭 folklore we grew up with.

Not gonna give any reviews here other than I enjoyed it, and you gotta watch it, so we can talk about it ❣️

Have a safe + wonderful weekend 💝 my loves 💓

Day 633, 9/24/26:

I love 🥰 how Gigi has taken this traditional 1st day of school photo and documentation all the way up to college 🙌

With her roomies at the back to school outdoor concert 🎸🎫💓🥁🎶

Happy 😊 Thursday everyone 💓

Day 632, 9/23/26:

Toasting 🥂to us that the dynamic mom 🤩 duo is back🎉 together!

I asked for my virgin piña 🍍 colada to please be dressed up in a pretty 🍸 glass so that I can match my pretty sista’s 🌺

My toast for you today is 🥂 that your happiness, peace, and blessings become so abundant they spill over to everyone you love 💕

“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23 NIV

I am feeling super sparkly ✨🌟💫 today I am operating in three languages musically 🎶🪇🪈🩰en Español / Français / English:

Listen to Dorada 🎧 here

Listen to Briller 🎧 here

Listen to Golden 🎧 here

Guard your heart 💝 for every good thing comes from it 🙏🏽 Have a Wonderful Wednesday my bloggy blog 💓

Day 631, 9/22/26:

Tuesday work vibes:

Kianga said I gave her TLC vibes with my look today (the hip hop / r & b musical girl group) so we listened to my favorite playlist of them together.

💓 🎶 🎧 👟 🥁

These are eight (8) of my favorite 🤩 TLC songs for a total of 38 minutes in the order I like 👍 for feel good vibes 😎

Listen 🎧 here

Happy 😊 T.L.C. Tuesday 🎉

Day 630, 9/21/26:

How old you? For real?! (them talking to me fast in a high level, non-classroom Spanish.)

I can’t reciprocate so I point at my shoes 👟 and add both hands 🙌 x 2 = shocked 😳 “No❗️Es jovencita ‼️” (I have never even heard of that term in my joven and non joven life let alone be called one. But . . . I googled the term and decided I like it 👍 😍 👌 🥰

I let people think 🤔 what they want, it’s their brain, and not mine 💞 but gracias for sharing 🌺 and then I say “Te amo Maluma 🥰” Everyone and their mama’s mama loves him.)

Listen 🎧 here

Happy 😊 Maluma Monday 😘

Day 629, 9/20/26:

Gigi’s college 🏫 move in day was a success 🙌 Have a wonderful school year ahead 💯 We love you❣️

Day 628, 9/19/26:

Inviting new experiences with love and spreading this positivity around is a win-win for all.

While walking around the hotel I saw a sign for an Asian fusion restaurant just around the bend.

I lucked 🍀 out and spoke with Drew who is the GM of the establishment at Nova Kitchen & Bar. He showed me around the newly renovated space that felt so effervescently vibey I had to return later in the evening for dinner.

I was seated in the gorgeous main dining area where my view was curated artistry with ambient lighting that created drama and excitement.

Jay, my attendant was fantastic and was able to accommodate my request for an omakase style platter that was a show-stopping array of deliciousness.

First off was the blueberry mocktail:

Then the miso soup 🥣 and vegetable gyoza 🥟

Then the 6 piece omakase style nigiri 🍣 platter

And lastly, Jay threw in a mochi dessert with berries that was gently dusted with powdered sugar.

This will definitely be the first of hopefully many dining experiences here 💘

Thank you 🙏🏽 Nova for taking such good care of me💞 I will definitely be returning with my peeps 🐥 😉

P.S. Check out their Limitless Sunday brunch offerings below:

Happy 😊 Saturday everyone 🎉

Day 627, 9/18/26:

Happy 😊 Mabuhay 🌺 Friday 💘

So Cal travel 🧳 pics 📸

I like 👍 picking my seat 💺 with plenty of leg room and beating the herd in getting t/f outta the plane fast lol 😂 Plus the lavatory is right there 5 hops away 👏

Good traveling 🧭, Millie 👩🏻‍🏫 Style, means not driving so waiting around builds patience and tolerance. Dude why you rushing? You’re on vacay hello 👋

Most importantly, my outfits are planned to the T so I don’t have to check any luggage and be about my business 👩🏻‍💼 fast:

(1) Workout outfit that pairs with pants and a hoodie and hat because there are gross 🤮 people on the planes and you are trapped with them.

(2) Pool outfit that doubles up for cute date night dinner outfit later

(3) Date Night outfit inspired by my fishing 🎣 net looking off the shoulder semi sparkly frock

(4) Easy breezy casual walking around outfit

Day 626, 9/17/26:

Don’t be scuurreeed ya’ll. It’s only college. No biggie. You guys got this💓

Bang ‼️ bang ‼️ James Logan Forensics gang ❤️

Remember who you are and where you come from

🤗♥️🙌😘

Happy 😊 Thursday everyone 💘

Day 625, 9/16/26:

What is lost and truly yours will eventually find its way back to you. Like this little shit 💩 right here has been playing hide 🙈 and seek with me for over a month. . . under my bed 🙄 Hope you find all your lost things❣️ Happy 😊 Wednesday 💯

Day 624, 9/15/26:

Flower 🌼 Power is the ability to make others smile 😊 simply by way of existing 🌺 Happy Tuesday 🙌

Day 623, 9/14/26:

Happy 😊 high achievers day ❣️

Taking care of a lot of family business stuff with Gigi today and treated ourselves with some yummy 😋 eats @ The Melt👌

This Impossible burger 🍔 is meatless but glorious 😋💯🙌👌

Day 622, 9/13/26:

I 💙 it when I get up early and handle my day like a bawws 🩰

Happy 😊 Lord’s Day everyone 🙏🏽

Listen 🎧 here

Day 621, 9/12/26:

I’m officializing a new holiday this weekend called ==> G-MAX Holiday cuz it’s all about Gigi-Maxxing 💓 Gigi-Core before Irvine happens! Thank you 🙏🏽 to everyone who showered / showering my fave baby 👶 adult with all the L♥️VE because she truly deserves all the flowers 💐 and joy 🤩 and spoils ❣️

Mexico 🇲🇽 Típico in the Une is our fave and we had a blast chillin 😎 + having the best conversations with Latoya + Cordell 💕

“Sugar cane ✅ Sugar cane ✅ Straw ⁉️” lol 😆

Yummmaaayyy 😋

Pretty nails 💅 she did herself ✅

Shared dessert 🍨 has no calories 😉

Lil sis (Latoya) is beautiful, brilliant, and ⬆️ has the biggest heart. (Just a heads up we’re gonna conquer our corner of world 🌎 ✌️💝 💛)

😘 Happy G-MAX Holiday ya’ll❣️💃🏻🩰🕺🪩

Listen 🎧 here

Day 620, 9/11/26:

The only voices in my head 🧠 I welcome 🙏🏽 are God’s and Mr. Miyagi’s, my Fight Coach.

Positive guidance + love always wins 🥊 🙌 🎯 🇵🇭 🎉 Everything else I muzzle out like “Bob” below ⬇️ lol

Guard your mind 🥊

Guard your heart 🥊

Guard your body 🥊

Listen 🎧 here

Happy 😊 Friday and respectful 911 remembrance 💟 🧎🏻‍♀️‍➡️God bless all of us today 🇺🇸 and every day 🙏🏽

Day 619, 9/10/26:

Diamonds 💎 are not a girl’s best friend. High quality bone 🦴 broth is 🥰

Happy 😊 Thursday 💓

Day 618, 9/9/26:

Happy 😊 Wednesday

🙌 🌟 💕 💝

Day 617, 9/8/26:

I popped out of bed early this morning dancing so I know today will be a good one ☝️ 😊 💃🏻 🥰

Listen 🎧 here

Happy 😊 Tuesday 💓

Day 616, 9/7/26:

Your lil baddie girl crew says a lot without saying a word 🤫 ✌️ 🎉 🇵🇭 🇧🇿 🇲🇽 🎀

Happy 😊 Monday 🌷

Day 615, 9/6/26:

Happy 😊 Lord’s Day ❣️ May God bless you and everyone you L💓VE 🙏🏽

Day 614, 9/5/26:

Never settle for anything less than you deserve not because you’re snotty but because you have high standards and values for yourself. Anyone willing to meet those standards will most likely be worth your time and energy 💓

Day 613, 9/4/26:

Gigi making her rounds and everyone is wishing our college girl all the best 🥰💯🌟🎉🙌💓 (Flor + Dave said I could borrow Lyza so I won’t miss Gigi so much 💝.)

Day 612, 9/3/26:

Movement is Life 💯👌🌟😘

Gettin it ✌️ Have a good day everyone ❣️

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Day 611, 9/2/26:

Gigi said she wanted a fresh new cut for college with my talented stylist so we made that happen today❣️Thank you 🙏🏽Tanya always for taking care of me and Gigi 🥰

Have a great Wednesday everyone 💝

Day 610, 9/1/26:

These kids right here ⬆️ ⬆️ make me such a proud Auntie 💝 Leianna #24 (my God-daughter) played a standout game as Quarterback for Kimball’s Girl’s Flag Football Team. She read the plays well, passed accurately, and successfully drove the football 🏈 resulting in a 19 - 0 game. Lei’s big bro 😎 Lorenzo (my Practice-kid) recently graduated from the University of Hawaii with high honors and new knowledge he is eager to apply to their family businesses that are growing and thriving 🙏🏽

Such a beautiful girl inside and out with talent to boot! Keep shining bright 🌟 Lei, we see you❣️💯👌💥

I couldn’t be happier last night making lots of noise with our noise makers while the opposing team’s fans taunted us by taking their shirts off lmao 😂 Yo! Do your guy’s eyes 👀 even work? Do you see the score board? Being shirtless won’t change that fact Lmao 😂 Soooo much good ole’ fun 🤩 last night 🙌🤩✌️🌟

Hope everyone has an amazing 1st of the month and a happy 😊 and blessed 😇 September ❣️

Check you all out mañana ✌️

Day 609, 8/31/26:

Happy 😊 High Achievers Day friends ❣️

Check out this quote curated for me from this app that keeps me focused on my goals 🎯:

Agreed, Jay 👌 Hope to see you guys on the other side ⛰️🌞🤓✌️

Day 608, 8/30/26:

Happy 😊 Lord’s Day everyone 🙏🏽 Today’s gospel was a pivotal one in that believers are asked to take up our own crosses for and with Jesus. Deacon Tim gave a good homily today and left us with three ideas on how to bear our crosses well by offering the following quotes from St. Joan of Arc:

1) I am not afraid

2) God is with me

3) I was made for this

To drive this message further home 🏡 , I frequently return to this explanation on “How to pick up your cross” by Father Mike Schmitz, who explains this concept aptly:

Link here

Take good care all and God bless 💓🙏🏽💓🙏🏽

Day 607, 8/29/26:

Look at what my A/I kid, “Allan” 👶 made for me. Pretty good, kid 👍 Just had to make some aesthetic tweaks to have it be accurate + presentable here, but 95% of this image is Allan’s work and I want to give credit where it’s due 🫰🔥🫰🔥

The imagery below is powerful in that “Number 3” has the winning mindset in that he blurs the competition and focuses on his efforts and his end game. I freakin ❤️ this!

Happy 😊 Saturday everyone 🙌 We can coexist and should always choose to be good humans 🕊️so those who are studying us can learn 🤓 accordingly 🥰

Day 606, 8/28/26:

Trained hard and learned a helluva lot today like damnmmmmm ‼️ Mr. Miyagi is one badd m/f ‘r and I am now a badd-m/f’r-in training.

If I even become a C- woman fighter version of him I would be absolutely lethal and that’s what I want to be in life and in the ring; to be precise, smooth, and calm as sh*t like him.

Will keep you guys posted on my progress. Have a wonderful weekend, don’t be a bum be a boom 💥

💥🥊💥🥊pop☝️👌❤️👌❤️

💥hooray ✌️

Day 605, 8/27/26

The dynamic duo of Gigi and Milly will continue their adventures in Irvine together. Milly is one year older and has always taken her lil sis 👯‍♀️ Gigi under her wing 🪽I love my girls 🥰 ❤️🥰❤️ Take good care of each other 💕🙌💕🙌

Day 604, 8/26/26

Robust health, from head to toe, and everything in between, is what I’m after, day in and day out 🎯

Staying focused on all my goals 👩🏻‍🏫 + keeping properly grounded 💯

Happy 😊 Wednesday ✌️

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Day 603, 8/25/26

We loved it 🎥 Happy Tuesday everyone ❣️

🤗✌️🤗✌️

Day 602, 8/24/26

Happy 😊 high achiever’s day guys❣️ Gigi and I already got loads done and it’s only noon so wanted to quickly pop in and report back on the high protein ramen 🍜 I found at Walmart yesterday.

It’s hellaaa good 🙌 and I only added hot boiling water to test it out.

That sodium content is on the high end so I only had one ☝️ and can already imagine all the glorious and healthy hacks I will create one cup at a time. Have a wonderful + productive day / week C & B fam 🤗🥰🤗🥰

**hugs**

Day 601, 8/23/26

What I love about my walk with God is that as my faith grows stronger, the more my life becomes aligned with His will for my life.