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| Archive for August 2008 The Puzzle Lover Posted on August 3, 2008 Click on images to view larger
My 3 year old daughter loves puzzles. One day when she was doing her puzzles, I was taking pictures of her. She loves to figure out how things go together so this was perfect. This is a great way of her "me time", to establish sort of independence. She is very serious when she does the puzzles. And she didn't want to be disturbed especially if she is almost done putting all the pieces together. And she enjoys hearing from us saying" hooray for Casey when she's done. It excites her and it gives her the courage to do the other puzzles over and over again. I just really don't want her to feel exhausted, so I made sure to limit her doing the puzzles. She is really a puzzle lover! She started the 24 pieces puzzles, at first she was enjoying it, especially if it is Cinderella or Ariel puzzles. She's been playing it over and over .The 24pieces are so easy to put together for her and of course the outcome is, she felt bored with it. And now, she seems less interested the 24 pieces that are recommended for her age. I guess there’s no challenge for her and it just so easy for her I guess. So, we let her play the 100 pieces puzzles which are good for the 5-7 ages. She was enjoying the puzzles and more challenge for her. I just choose the kind of puzzles that has more colors just so she'll not be feel more frustrated putting the pieces together. It is really nice if parents are involves to every activity that their children are doing, that will make you more aware of what she needs. As far as we noticed, Casey is good at doing the puzzles. Good for Casey at her age, she have the patience for this. We are slowly trying to introduce her to 150 pieces but we thought it will be too much for her. Chris and I love to do the puzzles as well. I never tried doing puzzles before, in my life...I just started to enjoy it because of my daughter. It's a lot of fun and we' are loving it! I'd rather let Casey play puzzles than watching movies. Puzzles hold up well and are challenging and this will keep her busy while I'm doing something!
5 Year Anniversary Celebration
Chris and I celebrated our 5-year Anniversary yesterday. We had candle light dinner at home. I received a beautiful card from him that I love it so much when I opened the card I heard the theme song of my favorite movie ever “GHOST” I felt the music echoed in my heart. I got Shrek card from my lovely daughter. I asked her if the card is really meant for me or for her. She likes Shrek and she answered me, it is for her because it is her Anniversary too! Chris and I laughed when she commented that. I made a card for Chris that contained 15 things I like about him and of course with the help of my daughter. Chris bought for me a pound of Steamed king crab legs from red lobster. It is very good and I enjoyed it. The dinner was wonderful, Chris enjoyed his pizza and Casey enjoyed her popcorn shrimp. We made it to 5 years and of course we were continually counting and hoping for more years. There’s lot of going on in our 5 years of marriage. For better or for worse, yup, we’ve been through that famous line, I always hears that in every wedding. If things get rough…just go back to the first time on how the love blossomed. It will help for sure. And I believe the most powerful tool for the relationship to remain strong is prayer. Just hang on to that, don't ever underestimate the power of prayer. It is my guide! And of course don't forget to say The powerful three words "I love you". It is my favorite word at home. Chris and Casey might be tired of hearing it from me...I just love it and it makes my day bright. They will always hear me use those three words as long as I live because if my time ends I have no way to express how much I love them and how they made me complete as human being. They are my life! I thanked the Lord for having them. Mom & Dad, we love the giro helmets and the beautiful e-card. Thank you! Here's the photos from our Anniversary celebration yesterday. Check out the song below I made for Chris, nothing fancy though but it comes from the heart.
I composed this song for my husband whom I dearly love. I always wanted to make a song for Chris but I just don't have time; until one day....I decided to create one and here it is. I would like to share this to you all. I was delighted to have this song for chris and he likes it. I will try to download the song just so you can hear it, especially now that my guitar is fixed.
Casey is in YouTube!
Posted on August 13, 2008 Check out this video of Casey. She was grumpy and didn't want to sing but I got her to sing on the other video though, sort of. http://www.youtube.com/user/frnels/
This is one of Casey's favorite song to sing and she learned this at school. This is number 1, rolling, rolling number one This is number 2,tapping tapping number two This is number 3-Shaking, shaking number three This is number 4-Wiggling, wiggling number four This is number 5, clapping, clapping number five Sorry about the photo, I was trying to remove the original background and then transfer the picture I wanted to keep in white background but seems like I can't get it right, looks messy! This keeps me busy in the last few days learning. I am eager to learn about vintage effect and removing unwanted background in the picture using adobe Photoshop. I'll try to update more often my blog.  My love for you... Check out the song I made for Chris. Nothing fancy though but I heartily dedicated this song to my one and only love, to Chris, my husband! I made this song last year. I was using my keyboard instrument when making this song so I apologize if this didn't sounds good...I am not used to play keyboard instruments, I only learn the basic. I record it the day I made this song, that way I won't forget the tune. As promised, Here's the link http://www.youtube.com/user/frnels That's it! I 'm so glad to have this song for Chris and he likes it.
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love, I wish you know how grateful I am
Farewell Party Posted on August 16, 2008
We were off to Roseville yesterday to attend a farewell party. Our friend, Niah and her family will be moving to Colorado. It’s been awhile since we have joined them for get-together, as I remember I think the last time we did, was on Kathleen’s birthday, I believe that was Last February. It’s so nice to see all my friends again, I missed them, the gathering, the laugh and of course the food! Casey had a great time there; she got a chance to be in the pool. She was excited to be in the water. I didn’t bring swim suit for her but It’s a good thing Marie has one extra swim suit for Casey. She always does that…brought extra clothes! Loida has extra swim suit for me but I didn’t feel like swimming just want to be a photographer but unfortunately didn’t get a lot of pictures. For some reason the camera wasn’t working correctly, so I gave up taking pictures. Anyway, we had a great day with friends yesterday. It’s sad to know that Niah and her family will be moving to Colorado, we will for sure miss your presence guys in our upcoming gatherings. Keep in touch! Check out the photos
Spaghetti & Meatball Soup!
I tried a new recipe again and it came out very good. I got the recipe from Raley’s free magazine "something extra" winter 2006 edition. I started collecting their magazine since I found out they are up for grabs, at every Raley's store. It's complimentary for their customers. I enjoy their magazine and I always check to see if there is new one. Anyway, this recipe is good for winter, though, I wanted to try it just incase we like it, and then it will be added to our winter menu list. It’s so easy to make and not a lot of ingredients, this is the reason why I tried this… (lol), I would say it is inexpensive dinner but it is very tasty! My daughter loves it especially if you put croutons on top of it.
Story time in the Barnyard!
The Rancho Cordova Moms group was out for story time at the Petting Barn in Hagan Park. Casey had a chance to feed the chickens. She was chasing the chickens but the chickens were faster than Casey. She wasn't happy about it. This is Casey's second time to be in a Barnyard. The last time was when we were up in Apple Hill with our friends Bill & Maricel, I believe that was last year. Anyway, We spent about an hour and a half at Hagan park and then we headed home. .I'm glad we went and met some of the C2C members. Here's the photos
Amish lifestyle
Chris and I watched a movie called” Witness” played by one of my favorite foreign actors Harrison Ford. Witness is a great movie and I liked it. John Book is a cop who was played by Harrison Ford. In the movie, there was an Amish boy who witnessed a crime. By the way, I’m not going to talk about the movie here. One thing that caught my attention was about the Amish people. I was shocked to know that there were people that live like the Amish, I didn’t know about Amish, Chris asked me if I know about Amish people, I told him, I didn’t even know what Amish is. I have no idea about Amish people. But I know now after Chris explained some of it to me and the movie shows some of the Amish lifestyle and that helps me understand. I couldn’t wait until morning, I wanted to go online to get more information about the Amish but it will be very late for me to get online and also I know it can wait till the morning. The next morning, I did research online about the Amish. It’s amazing and I find it very interesting, their history, beliefs, practices, how they live, their lifestyle, I think it’s wonderful. It’s shocking to know that they didn’t use electricity at all. Out of my amazement I asked Chris the same question 3 times, “really, they’re not using electricity at all, and no oven, microwave, washing machine, and no computer stuff like that. And I got the same answer from him, “yes!” Can you imagine that? For sure they don’t have those newest inventions nowadays like IPod, gadgets and everything. Amish people are plain people. They are best known for simple living. Their women wear plain dress, no jewelries. They are early riser and go to bed early. It’s amazing to know about their lifestyle. The kind of contentment they have is so inspiring. They are very contented and they refuse earthly things. I like their lifestyle but I don’t think I want to be like them. No computer…? I enjoy where I am and what I have right now, living in the place surrounded with new technologies, I believe everything is from above even those that have the wisdom to create things like microwave, new medicine and high technology. In the bible, it says that Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above. Anyway, I admire their perseverance and I respect for what they believe. But there’s an article I’ve read about Amish that they do not believe in any musical instruments. They are just contented to sing acapella. But in the bible, musical instruments is mentioned several times. People in the old testament use drums, harp etc. This made me confused a bit because the Amish are known for living in the bible but it doesn’t make sense. They refuse to use musical instruments. For them playing instrument is worldly. Anyway, I am not against how they live despite of it I salute them and I believe what they do is an inspiration. This is one reason if given a chance to go other places, I’ll choose Pennsylvania, and I want to meet some Amish people and of course I would like to experience their buggy ride. I’m glad I did some readings about Amish; it is great to be reminded that it is possible people can live with no electricity, gadgets-modern lifestyles and it is not the end of the world if you don’t own any of those gadgets. So, we have our choice on how to enjoy life, what we need is to learn to be thankful in everything.
YouTube Video #3
Here’s the short video of my daughter Casey and I singing part of the lyrics I was trying to give particular tune and at the same time I was teaching the song to Casey. Check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbnD4CtWYaU
Host: Noreen/Darin-August Potluck
We were off for potluck yesterday. Casey call it "Hello Party", she didn't want goodbye party. She just didn't want to go home. I'm glad we're back attending the potluck. It's been awhile since we have joined the potluck gathering. I think the last time was at Aileen's place on New Year's Eve. And now that I'm not working we can join them more often. We don't want to miss the good stuff. (LOL) It's nice to have monthly gathering and meet new friends! Thank you Noreen and Hunter for hosting this month's potluck. Noreen, you are very accommodating person. No wonder you are Filipino, we are known for that, if you know what I mean. We had a wonderful time at your place. To Niah and Peter, nice to see you guys yesterday knowing you'll be leaving soon. Maricel, we are so happy to see you again. Anyway, we got home around 7:45pm. I was so tired last night to upload photos and I didn't want to be on the computer. I know some of you are waiting for it. Photos available to view at photos page or simply click August potluck.
Library Stuff Goodies
We were off to library yesterday. I wanted to go look there if they have the HTML book that I can borrow and book for Chris that he needed for his online class. Unfortunately, they don't have the book Chris was looking for and the book I was looking for but they've got a few selection of books that made me interest to borrow, which I did. I grabbed two books off the bookshelves called Website Design Goodies and Blogging for dummies, these will keep me busy reading for a week. And of course we got a few children books for Casey and few DVD's! Casey had fun time yesterday at the library. They have computer for educational learning intended only for children to play with. Each kid is allowed to play the computer for about 30 minutes only and it automatically log you off. Unless there's no kids waiting in line for it. This will let the other kids get a chance to play the computer. They have also coloring paper for kids to color. Crayons was set on the table for those kids would like to color. What a great place to visit with family. And they have every Wednesdays story time for kids. They have a lot of good stuff for you to get that won't cost you anything just make sure you return the stuff they lend from you before the due date. One thing, I can see a problem is, Casey was making too much noise She got excited with all the books and toys they have. It's difficult for her not to make noise. I have to teach her to learn to be quiet at times especially on a certain places like the Library. I'd notice when I was near on the magazines aisle they have magazines that you can buy for $.25 each. It is very cheap, for sure you can save a few bucks by visiting your local library. They have computer for you to use and also on this hot weather, one of the best place to cool off is library and this also prevent you for using your AC when you were at your house. Just a thought! LOL Picture above are the stuff we borrowed yesterday! Pages We’re so glad to have our internet connection back. We lost it last night. It just came back on this afternoon. Anyway, As much as I would like to put a page on each entry, it seems like I can't do it anymore. I would end up like having a hundreds of pages on my site which is not good for my bandwidth. Although, we haven't exceeded our bandwidth since. I know this will cause problems for some people to view the pages but I'm just ignoring it and hoping this won't affect the site. I just didn't want to deal with it. But too often it came to mind that this will not be really a good idea/design unless I'm going to change a new server but really didn't want to do it. Every so often I was tempted to change to the one is ready made out there like BlogSpot or word press. But I am not sure if I could use FTP using their server. I love playing and trying a new layout for my website using the FrontPage and applying of my little creation using Photoshop CS to my site. I am learning out of this. Actually, I haven't experience any problems with our 1&1 server since I got this. We are happy and satisfied with 1&1 so I just stick to it. And besides I am learning a few things about building a website.
About the pages, I’m working on it. Hopefully I get it done soon.
Splash one more time!
We just got home from swimming. We finally tried the Blairmore pool. This is our first time to be in the pool. Chris lives here for 9 years and he never tried the Blairmore pool Well, he have no choice now, Casey and I wants to be in the pool and he needs to go with us...lol This is free, so we have to take advantage of what the apartment has to offer. I am not fan of swimming pool and also I don't know how to swim and not interested to learn but Casey enjoyed it and she was trying to learn how to swim. She was wishing she was a mermaid like Ariel, what a scary wish!
Must we answer every why? Our daughter, Casey is in the why phase. She has lot of questions. She tires us out asking the same questions over and over. Her favorite phrase is "why". Do we really need to answer to her "every" why questions? Or should she deserves to get a mischief answer from us. I admit I have done it at times. Sometimes we answered her by simply saying "because". If we write the every why questions, I can guarantee it will be a book. I wonder why kids are like that. They have so many questions in there mind. I know Casey wants to find out and understand things but sometimes she has the questions that are impossible to explain or too young for her to comprehend. So far, she hasn't ask yet why the sky is blue. Just like yesterday morning, Chris and Casey were watching Ariel movie. Casey has so many questions. I don't want to elaborate every why but we'll give a few examples. I'm sure some parents out there know what I am talking about here, they'll probably been into this situation. Examples: What Eric's doing? he escaped on the ship. Why he escaped on the ship If we answer her why questions, she asked why about our answer. So it is a nonstop whys! I guess this is part of her growing up. Perhaps, she is learning this way!
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