New Year’s Resolutions
Image: Ian Schneider I will never blow into the grinder to clean it after using it for spices again. Or at least not with my eyes open. I will always, always, always wash my hands after handling garlic, onions, or hot peppers. And especially before I rub my eyes. I...
January 2006 Update
The past couple of weeks were spent, again, in a hotel. This afternoon we head back to PA, stopping halfway in Youngstown, OH to spend the night.The next five weekends will be spent driving, driving, driving. Last night Mama called asking how stressed we were going to...
Mozart, the Sweet Composer
Image: Seri Our homeschooling group has chosen Mozart as Composer of the Month, so I've been doing some sleuthing. Interesting tidbit: Bruno Nettl (professor of music and anthropology emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a founder and past...
A Late Lasang Pinoy 5 Christmas Post
Lasang Pinoy, the Christmas Edition was hosted by Mike Mina of Lafang. My entry won't even qualify anymore as "fashionably late", but I'm hoping y'all will forgive me, especially Mr. Mike:D Nothing fancy this year. At all. Only a fraction of the cookies we usually...
Old Testament
From Migi, age 7: “Mom, shouldn’t the New Testament be the “Old” Testament now?”
Paco Receives His First Holy Communion
finally recovered pictures from wayback machine – mom, 2023
Project: House
house-building, house-hunting process
boy i haven’t written in here for a while
househunting….
nothing really
thoughts on daily life and motherhood
smart
Image: Zoriana Stakhniv The smartest move I ever made in my life: marrying a man who isn't threatened or intimidated by a woman's intelligence. I don't have to act stupid or kowtow to his greatness just to feed his machismo.
to do list for 4/5/03
Image: Volodymyr Hryshchenko update calendar sew aisa's dress LAUNDRY, LAUNDRY, LAUNDRY!!! cook make puto! get clothes ready for church bong -- taxes! continue spring cleaning of sala -- man this is taking forever! why do i have to be so anal about construction paper...
finally cleaned out my pc.
Image: Unsplash | Christine Hume well, not really. just moved ALL, as in ***ALL*** my documents into c:\my documents folder. that helps A LOT!!! now if i can only figure out how to delete the users on this pc. shouldn't have done that profiles/users thing at all. all...
getting focused!
homeschooling update, circa 2003
gotta go off and accomplish things.
a glimpse into daily life in 2003
Si Yena may ugali na
Image: Thomas Despeyroux Last night when taking a bath, Yena didn't want to get out of the "tub". Sinisimangutan ako at si Bong at nage-"eh!"