My Cold Dessert

I love cold desserts. I am fond of smoothies. And I scream for ice cream. So I was thinking of making my own cold dessert today. Today, I plan to make a popsicle made out of real fruits. I used to put a bunch of seedless grapes in a Ziploc plastic bag and popped it in the freezer and once it’s frozen that would be my grape sorbet. I just so love it because it’s natural with no sugar added.

But today, I was thinking of strawberry popsicle because I love strawberries. So I went to the grocery store and looked for strawberries. Geez they are so expensive. I had second thoughts of buying them so I decided to go to the freezer section to find something else and viola… I found a box that says all natural fruit bars and they come with strawberry flavor. I got that instead because it’s cheaper than the strawberry and I don’t even have to make it anymore. I just popped it in my mouth. Yummy-licious.

Apples for the Deer and the Dear Ones

applesHubby came home with a bag full of apples. He bought it for only 6$. He bought it for the deer [to lure them in the backyard] and for us, of course. I’m not really crazy about apples. It’s not my favorite fruit in the whole world. And I can live without it. But if there is anything I like about apple… it’s apple picking season. I love picking apples from the tree. The experience is amazing for me the first time I did it last year. Now it is apple picking season again and I look forward to go to the orchards to pick my own apples from the trees.

Dream-Come-True Sandwich

sandwichHave you had some cravings lately? Have you experienced dreaming about certain food that you really want to eat? Have you realized that when you want that “something” you can’t get it out of your mind? Well, I know… I know. It’s hard and you have to get it one way or another.

I have been thinking about this bacon and egg sandwich for a couple of days now. Of course, this is not the first time I ate it but when I saw my MIL last couple of days making that sandwich I felt a different kind of envy on the sandwich. I could have made it right there and then but the thing is… I wanted to make sure that I really want it. So I slept on the thought. And yes, I have been dreaming about it for two nights straight. And today I made it happened. I made my own bacon and egg [cooked over easy] on buttered toasted wheat bread topped with slices of fresh tomatoes and lettuce. Hmmm… a dream comes true… literally.

Weighing the Issue

scaleI was ecstatic this morning when I suddenly decided to finally step on the weighing scale. You see, I have never checked my weight for more than a month now. I lost the interest because every time I stepped on the scale, my weight is still the same if not getting heavier each day I checked it. And the hard fact is that, I never stopped going for a run everyday and watched what I eat or shall I say I even skipped eating sometimes and still I am gaining weight.

I was ecstatic this morning when I saw the numbers on the scale. I lost 20 pounds. And the hard truth is that, I stopped going for a run… never watched what I eat or shall I say I was on a “seefood diet” [translation: eat-all-the-food-I-see diet… so the spelling is not wrong] and yet I lost 20 pounds.

I was ecstatic this morning… so please… don’t tell me that the scale is broken.

My New Scrappy Thingy

brideI mentioned in my previous post that I am into scrapbooking now. Well, guess what? I was a bit carried away by my excitement and I already made 7 scrapbook pages in just 3 days. And as if that is not enough, I also set up another or shall I say… NEW BLOG just for my scrapbook thingy… and I am calling that blog… SCRAPPY THINGY.

And about that new “Blogging Community” that I am talking about… I am so excited about it but I don’t know if I have the blessing to write about it just yet because I don’t know if the creator and website designer has any specific plan of introducing it in blogosphere. And in that case, I don’t want to preempt her plans. But trust me… you will surely hear it here in… My Pink Notes.

So here you go… I want to share here one of my creations. Hope you like it.

Weird Thing

I don’t know if anybody will consider this weird but my husband thinks it a little bit “special”. He normally used the word “special” to be polite. A regular person would say, “That man is ugly” but my husband would say “He looks special”. :) So I am not exactly sure how my husband sees it but when I told a friend of mind about it, she said “Iw! That is so gross!”

“It” is something I do whenever he’s not with me.

You see, I am so used to having husband around. I sleep better when I can feel him beside me, hear him breathe, and smell him. Right now he is on a business trip so I am really having difficulties getting a good night sleep. So to give myself a little something… something to sense that he is somehow beside me…, I dressed his pillow with his unwashed shirt so I can still smell him.

I think every person has his/her own weirdness and this is probably mine but I don’t see it as “extremely weird”. It’s just a shirt not underwear! So please…

Between Blogging and Scrapbooking

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I am feeling crafty all week. And I am thinking of doing my scrapbooking to the next level. But this I know will be another major decision that I have to make. With 2 new blogs (Changing Seasons and Ruthilicious) I recently added to my already growing blog family, I am having a second thought because this cool scrapbooking website (Scrapbooking Fair) that I recently signed up with will surely take more of my time and away from my blogging schedule.

But then, knowing myself, nobody can stop me doing new things and so, maybe in a couple of days, I would come up with an effective time management program that I could adapt to manage my time between chores, blogging and scrapbooking.

Closer Than Ever

brothersBeing away from home for more than a year, I can say that I don’t really miss home. Don’t get me wrong. I kinda miss home but I have a different explanation for that. You see, when I was still in the Philippines, I was practically home alone. Both of my parents already passed away and I only have 2 brothers. One who was staying in Pampanga with his family at that time and the youngest who stays in Manila where he works. He only came home on weekends or when his itinerary was not too hectic. So I seldom saw and talked to them.

Now that I am 10,000 miles away from home I talk to my brothers more often. I see and talk to my younger brother almost everyday and my other brother who is now based in China at least once a week. Thanks to modern technology. It does bring people from different parts of the world closer than I could imagine.