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10/13/12

Some Thoughts

So, the other day my goddaughter called me and asking for a Christmas gift. I usually give her clothes and toys for her birthday and Christmas but this year I've decided to give something different to all my godchildren, an educa puzzles :) I'm encouraging them to play with other kids just like what I did when I was a child. We don't have computer, ipad, iphone and other techy stuff but we had a memorable and happy childhood memories :) Asked your parents, I bet they will agree with me :) So if you have a chance to go away from your computer on weekends and have some quality time with your family, do it :) Building good memories with family is more important that updating your status every minute :)

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Ginataang Kalabasa and Tilapia

for dinner :) We bought some fresh food veggies and fish from Asian and I cooked it right away :) Ginataang Kalabasa and Tilapia

Anyway, we were out this afternoon and just went back from shopping :) Went to outlet mall and scored some shoes! My husband bought me a pair of black shoes from Ecco :) Aside that it's very comfy, It is also a good deal, 80% off! :) Thanks Hani!:)

It's Fall

.... But the weather is too cold for fall! It feels like winter already :( I miss summer! I'm not yet ready for winter and I bet you too. Anyway, last night I hung out with my girlfriends. We had Chicken Paella for dinner. And would you believe that we were in the Restaurant for 4 hrs? Sorry, Chino Latino, they didn't turn the table fast last night because of us. We had so much fun and I hope we could do it again more often :)

We went home late last night. The weather was very cold and I'm just wearing a leather jacket. It's time to bring out my winter clothes or columbia womens jacket online :)

One Lucky Wife :)

Crispy friend fresh Tilapia, tomato, cucumber, lemon, onions and soy sauce for dinner :)

My husband cook this delicious meal for tonight and this was gone in less than 10 minutes! I'm happy and lucky wife! He's been extra sweet these days :) Can you imagine he woke-up earlier than me and he cooks/prepare my breakfast? He even make me coffee, so sweet!:)

10/8/12

5 Things I'm Grateful For Today

For today, I am grateful for…

1. Countless blessings! Thank you Lord!:)
2. Having a supportive and very patient husband. I'm thankful that he never gets tired for loving me even in my worst.
3. Having good and trusted friends around! They are our family!
4. the travels this year :) And still hoping for more :)
5. Got an olbas oil from a friend, I asked my massage therapist to use it last night and it was really good!

How about you, what are the things that you are grateful for?:)

My Current Fave

Indian Food :)

Garlic Naan, Basmati rice, Chicken Makani and Kirara Balti :) Perfect to start the week indeed!

I hope before the year ends I can learn to cook these so we don't have to dine-out every weekend!:)

Apple Picking

Gone to apple picking with great friends two weeks ago. The apples was really delicious and we will definitely will do it again next year. Originally, our planned was to have a photoshoot same as our Christmas photos but unfortunately the weather was too hot and some of my friends didn't make it that day :( I was still thankful that my husband and I still have a decent photo together! I've noticed that we don't have much photos together lately. Thanks to my friend Ryan for taking this!:)

That's it for now, I have to talk to my Aunt about the credit card for teenagers. She was thinking that it's about time to teach her children to handle their finances and teach them how to use their budget wisely :)

Job Interview Tips

I've been searching for job since last year. And just last month, I'm getting a lot of calls from hiring managers and head hunters so I've decided to prepare for this. Practice and preparation put you in a good situation and if things did not work out it means that the job is not for me but I will still work hard so when the opportunity comes I'm prepared :)
I would like to share some interview tips:

Check Out the Company - I've always check the company website, background and what does the company do. So you could have a brief idea what does the company do. Most of the interviewer ask this so be prepared.
Dress for Interview Success - I've learned this in college. We are trained to dress appropriately on interviews. I usually wear Business attire no plunging neckline, no shocking color and always wear black stockings.
Prepare for a Phone Interview - Always be lovely in phone interview. This is your ticket to move to next step which is the personal interview. Some companies do their screening via phone so if ou did not do well in the phone interview don't expect that you will go to the next level.
Practice Interviewing - it's funny, but I do this every time I'm scheduled for an interview. It will boost your self confidence :)
Talk and act professionally. Do not talk about non-sense things or not realted to the job you are applying for.

I'm back

Hello there!:)

I've been ignoring this blog for months :) Sorry guys, I was busy with so many things plus the weather was perfect to stay outdoor. We were always out with friends and most of the time my husband and I always spend the day on the lake nearby :) We just spent it simple yet happy - laying on the grass while chatting and eating our pizza and guacamole. Simple happiness that made our summer very productive and memorable. We enjoyed the summer this year and we're hoping that it would be longer this time. I will share some of our photos!

We have lots of house project still lined-up. We're done with the back splash - finally! And I'm proud to say that I did most of work hahaha sorry Hani, I'm just being honest :))) I hope we can still accomplish our basement carpet project before the winter comes :)

Have a nice day everyone!:)

Weather

It's getting cold and it sadden me that we don't even enjoyed the Fall :( I took out our winter clothes and I've started to packed our summer stuff and do some fall cleaning. We already have two huge boxes from spring cleaning and I think I'm gonna fill another box to be donated to Goodwill. I'm not yet ready for winter! :( But still, I'm glad because eventhough the weather is cold we don't have snow yet :)

Enjoy your day folks!

8/28/12

5 Things I'm Grateful For Today

For today, I am grateful for…

1. Celebrated my birthday with friends. Thanks Grace for the birthday treat! I appreciate it! Thank you! mwah!

2. reformatting hard drive is not an easy task for me lol and I'm glad I learned to do it by myself and was able to reformat the hard drive of my old laptops :)

2. Attended in a very relaxing yoga class and I'm loving it!
3. Friends who are willing to help me to improve my skills :) Thanks guys!
4. Very supportive husband and a good teacher as well even sometimes I lose my temper >:}
5. Birthday dinner at Travail, an Orchid and huge Teddy bear from hubby :) Simple things that makes me happy :)

How about you, what are the things that you are grateful for?:)

Beauty Tips : Dark Eye Circles

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8/23/12

Recipe : Shiomai

Ingredients

2 1/2 lbs ground pork
1 1/2 cups white mushroom(or portabella mushroom , minced. I chose portabella mushroom for this batch
1 cup shrimp, minced
1 piece raw egg
5 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp ground black pepper
1 cup onion, minced
1 cup carrots, minced
2 tsp salt
1 teaspoon Dialbrodo Classico
1 pack won ton wrapper

Cooking Procedure :
Combine all the ingredients except wanton wrapper and mix thoroughly. Make it sure that you mix it well.
Wrap the mixed ingredients using the won ton wrapper. Use a teaspoon as a measuring cup.
Using a steamer, steam the wrapped siomai for 15 to 25 minutes. If you have a larger size means more time steaming.

Serve hot with kikkoman soy sauce (or datu puti soy sauce) and lemon dip.

Enjoy!:)

Wednesday Happy Thoughts

Happiness is...
1. New found friends :)

2. Found affordable and nice watches raymond weil online for my Aunt and Uncle.

3. Celebrated my birthday with a huge surprise from my husband.... a giant Teddy bear :)

4. Attended the fun Zumba class of my dear friend Grace

5. Double birthday dinner date with our friends, thanks for the treat friendship!

6. Watching funny movie with my husband

7. New projects :)

8. Good health

How about you? What's your happy thoughts?:) I want to know it, join us here :) here

7/30/12

5 Things I'm Grateful For Today

For today, I am grateful for…

1. the food that we have on our table :)
2. cool cousins, we had a zumba session while skyping hahaha
3. friends around :) We had a great bonding outdoor party yesterday :)
4. good conversation with my husband before we sleep

5. breakfast prepared by my husband :)

How about you, what are the things that you are grateful for?:)

7/27/12

Statement Necklaces

I can't wait for my orders :) Guess which of these gorgeous necklaces I have ordered =)

I really love this coral and torquise combination :)

Love love love this!

And I will be selling it too :) email me at happywife888 at yahoo.com

7/26/12

Wednesday Happy Thoughts

Happiness is...
1. fresh carrot, cellery and apple juice today :)

2. champorado for breakfast yummy!

3. looking at my old photos with my teammates. Teary eyed but happy. The photos captured the wonderful memories that I had with them. I hope I would be with them soon.

4. I cooked a delicious Roast Chicken last night and my husband loved it!

5.sold goods! Thank god! I just have 20 pcs to sell :) more benta to come!!!

6. our backsplash project is almost done! :)

7. pair of rayban aviator 3025 and Gucci shades :) weeee!!! got it for very affordable prices :)

8. counting my blessings. It feels so good to do it everyday. Try it!:)

How about you? What's your happy thoughts?:) I want to know it, join us here :) here

7/20/12

5 Things I'm Grateful For Today

For today, I am grateful for…

1. having a kind, sweet and supportive husband :) Sticking with me is not an easy job and I'm thankful that he handles it very well.
2. my backsplash project is almost done! Whew! that's not easy man! I will not do it again! hahaha
3. the food that we had :)
4. having a quality time with my husband :)
5. true friends around :)

It feels so good and I feel that I'm so blessed every time I count my blessings :)

I Love Summer!

I love Summer because :

I can wear my favorite Gucci shades ( I found it on a clearance rack and the price was irresistible!) and summer dresses :)

we can go out and have BBQ with friends :)

We have a longer day and spend it with friends with good wine :)

I can go to Ikea more often!:) One of my favorite shops!

I can run, walk, attend to Zumba class and lay down on the grass anytime I want :)

And I can do a lot of things! :)

Save up to 70% at My Publisher!

My favorite printing company, My Publisher is having a huge sale! It's a perfect time to order some photo books of our Europe trip :) I highly recommend this because the quality of he paper and printing is really nice!

7/6/12

5 Things I'm Grateful For Today

For today, I am grateful for…

1. our home sweet home (literrally it is, indeed!)
2. Supportive best friends :)
3. Zumba with my good friend Grace
4. 4th of July BBQ party!:)
5. my small business and loyal customers :)

It feels so good! I feel so blessed!

How about you, what are the things that you are grateful for?

Happy Birthday Rona!

We had an impromptu BBQ party and a surprise birthday bash for our good friend, Rona last month :)

The birthday girl was happy with her birthday cake and was really surprised that night :)

Moi with pretty Avery.

with the gang, preparing our delicious meal :)

yummy yummy food! Thanks to my friend Abel for cooking for us (again! wink :wink:) :)

Chubby Olivia! We grew up so fast!

I'm really thankful for having good friends around :) I'm not home sick anymore, just a bit :) I hope it's summer all year round so we could have an outdoor picnic, potluck and gathering whenever we want

7/5/12

Thankful For Having Friends :)

We had a very relaxing and fun weekend (again!) I hope the summer is longer this year so we could have enough time to enjoy it outdoor and build another good memories with friends :)

7/1/12

5 Things I'm Grateful For Today

Before I checked this e and o insurance quote let me share to you that starting today I will write down five things that I'm grateful for. I remember when I was 10 years younger, I keep on whining about my life and looking for the things that I don't have. I came from a broken family and my grandma took care of me. I grew up with my aunt and uncle who did not treat me like a niece. They were doing things that will pull me down. I know they were just jealous so they are doing crazy things. I still remember when my Aunt did not want me to be friend with my best friend, she did not want me to play volleyball (which I truly love) and she just wanted me to stay in the house all the time. Yes, that's true. Imagine how cruel she was. I grew up with hatred in my heart and I promised to myself that I will not let her be happy with my failure.

In 2003, when a friend of mine introduced this book "Follow Your Heart" to me, my attitude about life changed. I'm thankful that I read that book! Since then, I became optimistic. I started to count my blessing and I always look at the brighter side. So now, I will continue to count my blessings and grateful!:)

For today, I am grateful for…

1. BBQ gathering with friends :) I'm thankful that I have true friends around :)
2. Having a good, supportive, kind and hardworking husband. He's the most understanding, loving and selfless person I've ever known. I'm telling you, having a wife like me is not easy :)

3. Being a Queen in my own home :) And there will always be one Queen --> ME
4. Quality time at park with my husband. We had dinner by the lake earlier and we had a quality and deep conversation about life. I know! We're getting older!
5. Good health and a healthy lifestyle :) Although, it's more expensive to buy organic food it's much healthier than non-organic and besides we prefer to be healthy than to save a penny ;) Remember, Health is wealth :)

It feels so good! I feel so blessed!

How about you, what are the things that you are grateful for?

Home Project : Backsplash

Finally our backsplash project is pushing through!:) A DIY project of me and my husband, I hope he will work well this time LOL :)) And we chose this design. What do you think?:)

We got it for more than half the price! :) I can't wait to finish our project and see what the out could would be :)

On Healthy Living

I'm encouraging my friends to watch these documentaries : "Food Inc., "The Gerson Miracle", "The Beautiful Truth" and "Fat Sick & Nearly Dead" because after we watched these documentaries, our lives changed to better. Thanks to my dear friend Grace for sharing it to us. Now, we are in our journey to a healthy lifestyle and we're loving it. For us, It's better to save and spend for travels, vacations and purses rather than spend all your savings in the medicine in the future. Let's be healthy and enjoy life until we get old :)

I hope these documentaries will inspire you too as it inspired us :) That's it for now guys, I have to look yoyos online for my cousin's party giveaways

Got a Package!

My dear friend Judy sent me these awesome goodies!:) Thanks sis!!

A chinese calendar, accessories, lucky coins, jade and moisturizer. Thankful for kind friends who were willing to bring my stuff from my hometown :)

I Need An Intervention

I'm a self-confessed shopaholic and I need an intervention!:( I know, I've been talking about saving for the future but my buy button was activated last month just like my good friend Ann hahaha I bought dresses, active wear (because I'm addicted to Zumba) purse, shades and etc., I checked and updated my excel spread sheet to check if I'm over spending and sad to say I am :( I have to sell at least one of my precious purse or else I will be in big trouble with my husband :( Just the other day, I should be looking for ceiling fans and tiles for our backsplash but I'm ended up buying things that I don't need!:( I think I will return it tomorrow and I must back to my old self, a frugal girl.

Cooking Class in Paris

One of our memorable experienced in our Europe trip was the cooking class :) My husband and I had a great time! We met people from all over the world and learned to cook new dishes.

Hubby at work!:)

My first cooking class experience :) I had so much fun! I now know how to cook Salmon perfectly :)

If given a chance, I would to go back to Paris and if it's not too much to ask I would like stay there for a couple of months :) There's a lot to explore! Hoping for a project (work in Europe) in the future!:)

6/25/12

Backsplash Project :)

I was looking for a mens scrubs online for my cousin when I cam across with this website that are selling Mosaic tile. My backsplash project was a long overdue project already. I convinced my husband that we can save a lot because the Mosaic tile was on sale!:) A 5 square feet for $22, not bad and it is one of the newest style in the store :) I can't for this DIY project!

6/24/12

Good Finds!:)

I found this two nice paintings at Homegoods! Most of our stuff came there! They really have variety of nice home stuff.

I really wanted to buy this but it's kinda pricey for me. The first one cost for $129 while the second one is $99 :( And I just thought, I will just paint it myself!:) What do you think?:)

My Publisher on SALE!

My Publisher is having a sale! Their photo books has the highest quality so far :) I've tried the other printing companies but no one has the same quality as the My Publisher has. I usually order the Deluxe, the paper is thick and the printing is clear. I highly recommend My Publisher for you printing needs :) And now they are on sale. I'm telling you it's worth it, check their website :)

That's it for now, I have to look for bar clamps for my backdrop. I've been looking for an affordable one since last week :)

Have a nice week ahead!

6/22/12

Party Party Party

Sharing some photos from my godson's 1st birthday :) My friend, Essah did a good job! She planned and organized the party very well :) From the decorations to the games - the kids and the adults had so much fun!:)

Finally my remote control is now working! This is my awesome Minnesota family :)

After the party, I still have the energy to pose and have a picture with my favorite man :)

I think I need a computer cart for my photo booth, it's nice to see your face while doing the wacky shots like this :))

Happy 1st birthday Eli!:) And thank you for hiring me to cover this event!:)

Some Update

I was so busy for weeks, I haven't had a chance to update my blog (as usual) Anyway, I am very vocal that I'm doing my best to be organize so now I'm still in the process :) I'm organizing my things labeling it most especially the gifts that was given to me two years ago. This is unusual for me, I have a bad habit of not finishing some of the task that I have started but this week I did. I organized the guest room and put some toys in it, folded our coats and winter clothes, organized my EHDD and I cooked beef soup! I'm happy I found my ipod shuffle 2gb that my Aunt gave to me two years ago. I've been looking for it and I though I have lost it already :) I'm glad I found it! What a productive day indeed!