2006-12-29

eLeNa

hello , My Elena is now officially in her terrible two's!!! not that she didn't started any of it yet.. huh! anyway Yesterday I got too lazy to get up! I actually got up @ 6:30 b4 my hubby left but didn't get out of bed til almost 11!!! yeah lazy! anyway then I got panicked & started running around!!! I went to the store to buy all the stuff that I needed yet... forget somethings!!! so i went back to the store again... not only in one store but I have to go to different ones each time!!! Scatter brain is what I am! well, i didn't had anytime going out the day before since I had that major headache! It took 2 hours for me to finish making lumpia..... not including frying it! I didn't even took lots of pix since I was too busy cooking 4 different foods @ the same time! finally my hubby came home & helped me a little the my guests started popping while I was still cooking wahhhh!!!! terrible hostess ehhh??? we only invited 2 families since it's a last minute invitation!





her baby pix



I was cooking like crazy & then I realized!!!!! I forgot to buy more soda!!!! & TP hahaha!!!!!! I didn;t get to my grocery shopping yet I have to do that next week! so i sent my hubby to the store close to our house with the other guys.. lol some kind of a host we are huh?? well, I finally finished cooking & finally fed my starving guests! :(( wahhhhh!!! they seem to like everything I made (thank you, thank you,bow!!!haha) I made some pancit guisado , menudo, lumpiang shanghai & that chicken stir-fry. I didn't even had the time to make me some fruit salad .. I just bought Elena's Cake I almost forgot about it! til I heard a advertising on the radio about the station's anniversary you know they were talking about having cake so i turned around & went back to the store LOL!!! finally had the cake! lol good thing i didn't forget about the candles while I was there!

The cake was actually pretty good! I chose the marble cake since everytime we always have either white, strawberry, chocolate or raspberry cake. I was surprised how good the cake tasted!
we invited the Morris' & the Miallie's bad thing was that i didn't took a lot opf pix! not even had a pic of Hailey wah!!! sorry Lesa & will! But Lesa took lots of pix while I was in the kitchen!



Elena was so hapy with her presents! she got the cooking stove from grandma! & a doodle pad from Will , Lesa & Hailey & she have that toy food & cutlery!she was excited about the cooking stuff she wasnted us to put it up for her! she shoudl practice since Mommy needs a little helper in the kitchen:) ahhh.. when is that going to happen?????
While we are putting it together! we watched the Mavericks Vs. Suns game!!! it was like 3 minutes on teh 4th quarter & the score was 93-92 LOL!!1 I was jumping up & down almost peed on my pants when my Mavs scored!!!!! hahahaha!!!! then it was tied god!! I hated how good Steve Nash play basketball lol!!!!but My Dirky scored 2 points then wham!!!!!! we won!!! yehey!!! GOOOO MavSSS!!!lol okay enough about that!
After that we put the kids to bed except for the b-day gurl! not liek I didn't wanted for her to sleep but golly I couldn't leave her on her crib since she tried to jump down!!( again!) so I grabbed some blankets & I lay he ron the floor we watched "Over The Hedge" it's such a good movie! the voices of Bruce Willis, Steve Corell, Avril Lavigne, William Shatner & Wana Sykes! it's actually very good!
She fell asleep on before it was over but I finished watching the movie anyway! then I put her back on her bed & closed the door then i went to bed myself it was like almost 2 in the morning! when My hubby went to work this morning! I jumped on my bed since I heard my daughter screaming afraid that she will climb out again!!! so i went to her room & got her out & took her in my bed! we have to convert her bed to toddler's bed tonight! I have to find the parts & the instruction!! where could it be??? ugh! anyway gotta go coz my little ones are up & whining! anyway HAVE A SAFE & A HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! I wish you all the best!!! May we have peace in this chaotic world!!!!!!! mwah!!!!

2006-12-27

after Christmas!

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Hello How was Christmas??? as for me it was okay I guess!! Don't get me wrong Santa has been very good & I got what I wanted & what the kids wanted this year but... seems like this Christmas has no "Christmas Spirit" as what they say! No Christmas Lights in Mahoney Park this year.. usually the Boy Scouts always have this Christmas Lights Events every year... but not this year!!! We all been sick for these past few weeks!! have thsi Stomach Virus been going on all over town I guess & my Mother in law told me that they have those too in Tennessee! Today i woke up with a big fat headache! & I didn't have any appetite! I got sick a while ago coz of my headache( NOT PREGGY PEOPLE!@!! I have to let u know about this.. I cannot get pregnant anymore!!! no more babies for me! I'm done & I don't want to have one anymore!ever again!!hahaha) seriously! first, it was my hubby he was off from work coz he wasn't feeling well & ended up puking & not eating! then it's my Daughter Elena then my son Ethan, Shaun got a fever but got over it the very next day & now I am sick ...but I can't get sick really... well ..technically I can but have no time to get sick since I still have to do lots of stuff for my screaming kids! not that I am complaining or anything hehehe!

well, Maam Lyn will have a wonderful New Year since she will be leaving tomorrow to visit her hometown in Tanjay !!!! yehey!! Bon voyage madame & have fun with your family! don't forget.... 1st paak sa litson ug bingka huna hunaa intawon ko maam!!!!! hehehehe

Tomorrow, Is my Elena's 2nd b-day.. I don't think we are going to have a party.. well,, I was thinnking about inviting people but too late for me to invite them eh.... ??? tomorrow is her actual b-day we could celebrate it on Saturday but hubby's gotta work & can't do it on Sunday since it's New Year's eve some people has to go to some places to spend their new year to their families... so I was thinking.. maybe next year!!!!! I was thinking about just cooking at home for her b-day! I will cook lumpia, that spicy chicken stir-fry that I made ( still have no idea what's it called!! but spicy chicken stir -fry's a good name for that huh?? hehehe) rice & bam-i :) I have to get up early tomorrow to buy some water chestnuts & green beans for the lumpia! ( i was in the asian store the other day& forgot all about it! darn!) I am still struggling if I just make it chocolate cake cupcakesinstead of the whole 13x9-inch one u know!! I guess I will make it or maybe just buy one to make it easier heheheh!! hey.... I still have to make the rest of the stuff you know!!! Santa still didn't brought me a second oven for my kitchen in addition of what i have now!!!!! blame Santa not me!!!!but then again... all teh food that i metioned.. only the cakes are the ones that needed to be baked hehehehe!!!anyho!!!I'll figure it out tomorrow!!!

Anyway as I was saying, this Christmas is not that great! the day after Christmas I got a call my friend in California, I met this couple on CEBUANO group in San Diego, Noy Jorge & Nang Fely both from Cebu. From teh time we met, she told me I looked like one of her daughter proabably thats' why we became close. She always asked me to coem over to her house & cooked something nice for me:) . Noy Jorge is from Ramos & NAng Fely is from Daan Bantayan! They are such loving & wonderful couple! They have lots of kids all grown up & have kids on their own! When Rocky came back from TN to get me Nang Fely asked Rocky to take good care of me:) she was like a mother who consent to give her daughter away to her husband to be:) she was wonderful.. anyway, I was shocked when he told me that they have been calling all their friends to let us know that Nang Fely might not make it anymore:( See, she's been sick for a while & now it just getting worst she has diabetes & they cut her knees so it will stop spreading. & she cannot talk anymore. I know that it's so hard for them to see her struggle & I guess they decided to cut her life support to end her suffering & finally rest in peace but one of her daughter wont let them do that coz she still believe in miracle that her mom will make it .. I understand that it is hard for her to let go of her mom who she loved very much! who would wanna let go of someone we truly love? but for me, I think it's better to just let her go in peace & end her suffering:( I told Noy Jorge that I didn't know whta to say coz I was shocked! & I still can't believe someone as nice as her is suffering oon this sickness! She reminded me of my own mother who is a wonderful person & yet died through another illness! I guess they were right..."Good people die earlier than bad ones" hello.. don't we all know that! I bet! I hope that she & her family will find peace through this turmoil! I was saddened when he told me about her situation. But my prayers are for her & her family.

2006-12-15

eLo!

elow! kumusta na?? ako eto naglalabada! yesterday I started uploading pix coz u know na it takes forever to upload pix & videos! nothing much had happen really lalo na last week! Noong dumating yung asawa ko from MI we went bowling kasama yong mga co-workers niya pati na yong mga pamilya ng co-workers nya! okay din ang dating sa right side nyan is the bar tsaka meron silang poker tourney every night free ang entrance pero mananalo ka ng real $ sa left side yon na ang bowling alley! meron din ang pool tables! don na rin kami kumain kasi hindi pa kami kumain that time! masarap yong inordcer ko pero na food posioned ata yong asawa ko sa chicken fingers nila! :( he got sick the very next day. hindi na makakain palagi na lang sa banyu! pero after 3 days okay na rin siya! I forced him to drink hot water tsaka banana! ayaw naman kasing magtake ng pills nga asawa ko oi! tsaka ayaw din ng doctor!but we had fun noong nagbowling kami! hindi nga lang happy the very next day !




My hippie bowling shoes!!

Bailey









Most of the times nasa bahay lang kami! no where else to go! but on the 13Th we went to Ethan's party sa school nila! we got to see their creations like, their own photo albums, his gingerbread house tsaka yong gingerbread man na paste yong mukha nila:)lots of people came! taska pagkatapos pumunta nakami sa cafeteria para sa kanilang activities Ethan didn't feel well that time kaya no mood talaga siya sa kanyang performance!
candy cane lane!


Gingerbread Ethan
Gingerbread house




holiday paper stocking!



his photo album

we made a paper plate wreath


then they had their activities like singing & dancing! although Ethan didn't feel well, he participated kahit nga hindi siya masyadong happy!










That night he had a fever so the next day he didn't go to school! tsaka Friday too! we went to his doctor & binigyan na siya ng antibiotic! Rocky went to work today Saturday! overtime nga kasi hindi ron sya pumuta sa work noong Fri-Tuesday! nasa bahay lang feeling sick! hahay ngayun naman Shaun is coughing! talagang nakakaloka ang weather ngayun! oi! it supposed to snow next week so hopefully hindi marami kasi nga ayaw ko ng sobra cold no! kakainis! hahay anyway gotta go clean the bathroom! ako kasi tsimay dito no one's going to help the poor little me hahahah! oh by the way, Ma'am LYN eto na answeran ko ng yong Tag mo sa kin ha!
*************************** TAG FROM LYN!!**************************
10 fave songs that starts w/ H!
1. HUMAN------ Human League
2. Have you ever?----Brandy
3. Hung Up--- Madonna
4. Hello, Goodbye----The Beatles
5. Help-----Beatles
6. How did you know--- Joey Albert
7. How deep is your love-----can't remember who but u know the song!!!!
8. Healing-----can't remember who sings this one but it goes like this... ( now, that we have gotten through, one more fall.. i just can't admit hhhmmm( i forgot the line) coz I do coz I got u, I crossed this battle lines too many times!!! it passes through the heart but never leaves a mark cozz your love just kept on healing me!!!!no matter what i do if I could just blah..blah...
9. Hush Little baby--heheh a kiddie song!
10. Hotel California---- eagles
it's so hard thinking about how many songs I like starts w/ letter H!!!!!! but there yah go maam Lyn I finished it! hehehheheheh sa susunod ulit!!!
okay so whoever wants to answer... tag you na rin!!!!!! list u'r 10 favorite songs that starts with letter I!! okay gotta go clean the banyu bavoooo!!!!!!mwaH!

2006-12-05

just blogging!

wuzzz up??? it's December!!! & 19 more days to go before Christmas!!!!! I bought these cute shirt &a robe for my Elena! isn't it cute????I felt bad since I didn't even get Shaun & Ethan something!!! not enough $$ to spend!!! it's getting cold here in NE & I hate cold weather!!! everybody got dry skin!!! everyday i had to get up early & make the kids something to eat & get them ready for school! sometimes I get up late & ended up making kids a sandwich for breakfast! & sometimes it's so hard to get them boys up to get ready!!! I have to yell @ them boys!!! if I get too lazy cooking something to eat I always fix a salad anytime ..

I made this yummy food that I dont' even have any idea what's it called!!! I was confused on what I'm going to make with a chicken!! I got tired making Chicken Cordon Blue or Stuffed Chicken! I don't really like making fried chicken very well unless using a deep fryer! So I just cut it up in bite size & marinade some soy sauce & then I chopped all the veggies I had in my fridge & there you go I got a very yummmy dish!!!! there's one complaint though!!!! TOO SPICY!!! i put a lot of crushed red pepper on it!!! I lvoe spicy foods









The next day I made a baked taco!!! you have to brown teh ground chuck first on a skillet then put it on the oven & I also made some taquitos to go with it! for some reason I am into cooking stuff!!! I bought new springfoam pans! & 2 round cake pans! I was planning to make some cake today but I got lazy once I sat down in this chair! SHOCKEr!!!

I made some beef steaks & I fried some daing to go along w/ it! thsi time I didnt' put any oil in it i just fried the onions first & i put one beef cube to make it taste better & add the meat!!! Sometimes I need to practice cooking filipino foods i am getting better with this one but I couldn't make inun-onan!! for some reason it will end up too sour or too tasteless!!! & I still suck in making torta!!! not the sweet one but the meaty one ! when i tried making torta I end up making meatloaf since they have the same ingredients!!! & when I get too scared frying the meat afraid that i will be wasting one meat that I thawed for dinner so i will just bake it in the oven!!!!!

Rocky went to Connecticut last friday to see if whats' wrong with this guy's plane but he got back last Sunday& went back to work the following Monday! but he left Monday night to go to Omaha since the plane will be leaving from Omaha to Battle Creek Michigan! there's 3 other guys going with him. They have to go to some class for thier job!
Ethan's class is doing this "CAndy Cane Lane Project" we had to decorate a paper candy cane just like the turkey tails last November for Thanksgiving celebration . i forgot to buy Christmas sugar decoration & too late for us to go out so i grabbed some silver,red & green threads & started sewing it to teh paper but too hard to do so I decided to just paste it on the paper. we put some Chistmas stickers on it isn't it pretty????:) hahaha
I feel the need to cook again.. probably my own cure fror loneliness or boredom! I made this Chocolate Cheesecake Flan! it took 6 1/2 hours to make!!!! 1/2 and hour to prepare it! an hour to bake it & an hour to cool it completely & 4 hours in refrigerator for it to set !!! but it was yummy!!!:)
caramelized sugar
melting baking chocolates

blending all ingredients
pouring it over the caramelized sugar

baking it in bath water!


cooling it completely


after 4 hours in refrigerator


poured more caramel & chocolate

garnished with cooled chocolate

YUMMY!!!
yesterday I went to the asian store & got me some fish & as usual I tried making inun-onan & i guess it wasn't pretty bad . I fried most of it:) were sleeping in the living room coz.. hello I get paranoid when Rocky's not here! he wont be back til friday so that' s a long time for me!!! he called me a while ago & told me that there's lots of snow in Battle creek . Oh yeah I watched this movie The Lake house I thought it's pretty boring!!! I also watch the 1st 2 episode of HBO's "BIG LOVE" you know about this guy ( Bill Paxton) a polygamist with 3 wives & 7 kids LOL!!! it's a pretty good show & I have to rent the next episode tomorrow!!! LOL!!! anyway gotta go make dinner!!! probably we will just eat sandwiches & hotdogs!!!:) adios!!!& take care mwah!