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Next week, my Adi will be turning 7. This goes without saying that we will be celebrating. But unlike when both my kids celebrated their 1st birthdays, I won’t do any party planning anymore. I won’t stress over a venue, a caterer, and a party host. I won’t hire a balloon decorator or a magician. [...]
Ever since my youngest sister had her pseudo-wedding-reception at Panciteria Lido late last year, Adi has been bugging us to take her there because it was her new-favorite-restaurant. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find the time (or the effort) to make the date…even if the resto is a scant 3 minutes away from the house. But after [...]
The heat has been unbearable lately. And just when I thought that I could smell Christmas in the air. I wouldn’t be surprised to smell coconuts and sunblock instead. However, this doesn’t mean that I don’t “feel” Christmas in my bones. Here in our house, Christmas officially begins when Halloween ends. That’s the start of [...]
Its been 2 weeks since Halloween but the house is still feeling the buzz of the holiday. Blame it on the props that are still visible. Nope, not outside. Part of the kids’ costumes now adorn some of our home decor. Our stone Buddha is now in a wig and our Buddha head is wearing [...]
Shhhhhh…but there’s going to be a wedding shower in the family soon. As the eldest, I had first dibs on the news. Also, I am appointing myself as the coordinator. Even the couple doesn’t know that I’ve been searching for suitable bridal shower invitations already. The last wedding we had was 5 years ago. So [...]
Yesterday I entered the 43rd year of my life. Save for the typhoon that was about to enter the country’s area of responsibility, nothing monumental happened to make this birthday memorable. Besides, a typhoon on my birthday has been a regular occurence. I’m so used to NOT doing anything on my big day simply because [...]
For Adi’s 6th birthday, she didn’t want anything fancy. All she wanted was pizza. And she didn’t want to go to some fancy Italian restaurant for a fancy pizza dinner. She just wanted a plain all-cheese pizza and she wanted to go to S & R. You can’t get any more down home than that. [...]
She came a week too late….6 years ago. And when she did, she came with a bang. I almost didn’t make it to the delivery table actually. But it was a relatively problem free delivery. From then on it was a roller coaster ride for everyone. She inherited more than my good looks….ahem. She managed [...]
Every Christmas I make it a point to prepare something new for the Noche Buena table. Last year it was a Frozen Brazo de Mercedes cake that was not only delicious, it was downright sinful. This year I was planning to make Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes so I could use up some of the peanut [...]
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