July 16, 2011

Hubby and I took our daughter and 2 friends of hers (who are like my own nephews to me) to one of the pools in our community for a few hours of fun away from the tv and laptops notebooks .  It was only our 2nd time to go to a pool outside of my little girl’s swim class. When the sun started to set, which was already around 8pm, what few people were around started to pack up and leave. And for a little over 30 minutes, we had the pool all to ourselves! Exclusivity, yeah! The kids were very happy about that stroke of luck. They’re hoping it happens again next time. Haha!

June 23, 2011

If I haven’t been updating this site, it’s definitely not because I’m having network cable wiring problems! Haha! My other personal blog is suffering worse neglect. But, hopefully, before the new school year starts in August, it’ll have a fresh breath of life.

We had a house guest – a very dear friend of ours – the first few days of June. He’s been to the US several times but it’s his first time in Austin and our first time to get together after 4 years! It’s sort of SOP to bring guests of ours to Downtown Austin to visit the State Capitol. Where else can we go without having to driver for ore than an hour?! Haha!

We had to make do with the IPhone for photo ops. The nicer camera was left and forgotten in the garage. *sigh* It’s been over a year since we last visited the Texas State Capitol.  The biggest and most noticeable change is that everyone now goes through security check, when before, everyone just came and went as they pleased. Better safe than sorry, I guess.

Anyway, I love going to the Texas State Capitol. Every visit always seems like a first to me. ‘We’ll be back, when the next house guest comes along! Haha!

Mabuhay!

April 16, 2011

We went strawberry picking some time last month.  It was our very very first since moving to the US almost 4 years ago.  We were in the company of dear friends which just made the experience even more fun.

The strawberries were mostly bright red and quite big.  Unfortunately, they weren’t very sweet. I used them to make strawberry filling for my cakes.  Good thing I remembered to bring a cooler with ice.  5 pounds of freshly-picked strawberries going to waste would have been a travel emergency, not to mention a travel nightmare! It was quite hot that day and after our fun at the strawberry farm, we spent the rest of the day until late that evening hanging out with friends.  Good times!

Click HERE for the Strawberry Filling Recipe.

January 3, 2011

This isn’t your typical “florist in Boston” pic. I took the above photo when we visited the butterfly garden within the Baluarte grounds in Ilocos Sur.  It was a “gotcha!” moment for me.   Butterflies can be a little tricky to photograph as they can’t keep still for very long.  Hee hee.  I may have taken a lot of shots before I finally got THE one I was most satisfied with.

We have a lot of fun souvenir photos in Baluarte.  I hope to get around to posting them soon.

Mabuhay!

Happy New Year, y’all!  The above photo was taken in Saud Beach Resort in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte, the finaly pit stop of our amazing race in Ilocos.  Pagupud is indeed the Boracay of the North.  The water, however, isn’t very ideal for swimming as the waves can get really big and a little too playful.  The water is more for surfing and boogie boarding.

I wonder if Outer Banks foreclosures are anything like this?

Cheers, y’all!

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