August 28, 2008

My Mom is not the biggest fan of cold weather.  And it is a known fact among people close to her that she has a low threshold for low temperatures.  I can still vividly recall that one day in May, not too long ago, when we had a picnic in a San Francisco park with our LA-based relatives.  My Mom wrapped a full-sized blanket around her just to keep herself warm and proceeded to eat her sandwich…as if it were the most normal thing in the world!  Not a very fashionable sight, I tell you!  But that’s just my Mom, she’ll pick comfort over fashion anytime!

She constantly travels for business purposes, too, and I’ve been blessed to have been able to join her one too many times.  If not for the blankets provided by the airlines, I don’t know how she’d survive even a short flight!  Unfortunately, blankets and pillows seem to be missing in most flights lately.

I’m thinking a Cabin Cuddler will be a perfect gift for my Mom.  It is the trendiest travel blanket to hit the known universe.   It comes with a pillow, too and it’s own reversible bag, which doubles as a pillow case!

This take-anywhere and take-everywhere blanket comes in two colors: black and cranberry.  My Mom can now keep herself warm in comfy in a car, aircraft, the park, her office, anywhere!  I might as well get one for me, too!

I got this tag from my bossom tag and all-around-buddy, Meeya.  Thank you, Mee!

Rules:
1. List 6 things that describe yourself today.
2. Add your blog to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs.
3. Tag other online friends you know.

The day will draw to a close in about two hours.  I am…

thankful…I always am…for the unexpected blessings I received (does LinkNerve ring a bell?).

looking forward to tomorrow when Hubby comes home from his business trip.

cramming to finish two more opps so I can call it a night.

unable to resist plurking.  I am now addicted!

determined to be out of the house before 7:40am so Abby will be in school by 8am.  We’ve been successful since Monday!  Yey!

tired because of utter lack of sleep.

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Are there still a lot of vehicles without power steering here in the US?  Yes?  Oh my!  Have mercy on the arms of the drivers of these vehicles!  I know from experience how extremely diffiult it is to drive a car without power steering capability.  It’s horrible!

If you feel you’ve had just about enough of driving without steering power, now would be a good time to visit Power Steering Pros. You can buy steering parts, which were only available from dealers before, at affordable prices.  Their power steering racks and boxes are of the highest quality.

Reward yourself with the driving comfort that power steering brings.  Taking care of your vehicle’s steering systems is tantamount to taking care of yourself!

Isang tao’t kalahati na akong stay-at-home-mom.  Sa panahong iyon, marami akong matatawag na mga bangungot sa kusina o kitchen nightmares sa sa wikang Ingles. Marami akong naging mga proyekto sa larangan ng pagluluto ang AYAW KO ang kinalabasan.

I’ve been a stay-at-home-mom (SAHM) for a year and a half now.  In that length of time, I’ve had quite a number of kitchen nightmares. I’ve had several cooking projects, the result of which, I didn’t like at all.

Ang pinakaunang beses kong paggawa ng leche flan ay ganito ang kinalabasan.  Butas-butas at talaga namang masakit sa mata (pero in fairness, masarap sa panlasa!).

The first time I made leche flan, the finished product looked like this.  It was a total disaster, at least, as far as looks are concerned.   It did taste good though!  Promise!

Ito pa ang isang palpak na leche flan.  Sumubok akong gumawa ng leche flan na puro organic ang sangkap at pula lamang ng itlog ang ginagamit.  Ang tagal-tagal na sa lutua’y ayaw pang mabuo!  Sa aking pagkainip, sinandok ko na lamang ang leche flan mula sa mga hulamahan at inilipat sa maliliit na baso.  Nag-gel naman sila ng kaunti nang ipasok sa refrigerator.  At least, hindi tuluyang nasayang!  Masarap pa naman!  E ang mahal ng organic na mga sangkap!

I have another failed leche flan story.  I tried to make leche flan using only organic ingredients and purely egg yolks.  It took forever for the leche flan to cook.  After waiting for so long, I gave up and decided to just scoop out the flan from the molds and transferred them to small glasses.  They gelled a little after they were refrigerated.  At least, it didn’t go to waste.  It tasted good, as it should!  Organic ingredients are quite costly, you know!

Dahil mga pula lamang ng itlog ang ginamit ko sa leche flan sa taas (ikalawang litrato), ang daming naiwang puti ng itlog.  Ginawa kong meringue ang mga ito para hindi masayang.  Ok naman ang kinalabasan ngunit reject pa rin para sa akin.  Alam ko kasing may igaganda pa ang itsura ng mga ito. 

Because I used purely egg yolks for the leche flan in the 2nd photo, I had a lot of egg whites, which I didn’t want to go to waste.  So I made them into meringues.  While the finished products was generally ok, I wasn’t 100% percent satisfied.  I knew they could look better!

Ilang lamang ang mga ito sa aking mga kapalpakan sa kusina.

These are just three of my failed projects in the kitchen.

May isa pa akong ayaw DITO.

Happy Huwebes!