It's getting so darn cold!

Fall/Autumn officially started last Sunday (Sept. 23) and it’s getting cold over here at the neck of our woods!  Summer and sunny days officially bid farewell and we’re here again for the cold mornings and night time.  It was only today that I recognized the leaves turning orange and in the next month I’m pretty sure that trees all over us will look like they were dead again.  It’s funny because when I first got here (I arrived winter of ‘04) I thought those trees without leaves were really dead and I was even wondering why they kept it standing and why they don’t just cut those trees off since they looked dead to me.  Only to find out in the following spring time and was also kind of surprise to see the leaves growing back again and that they were not actually dead as what I thought J.

While driving down to the fitness center this morning, it was raining like cats and dogs and was tempted to finally turn the heater on because I was chilling inside the car.  Anyway, the whole day today has been cold and we’re expecting some rains and possibly precipitation of snow in the next few days.  Finally took our sweaters and jackets out today because I know for sure that cold days are here to stay from here on.

Time flies so fast.  This coming Monday is October again and I really dread the coming of November and December because that surely will be a busy months for most of us since we’ll be preparing for Thanksgiving (for some of us living here in the US) and Christmas again.  I already did my shopping for our shoe box gifts to Operation Christmas Child. Hubby and I always look forward to it because it has already become a tradition for him to send shoe boxes of gifts to Samaritan’s Purse for needy children in the third world countries (including Philippines).  I enjoy the shopping part and I always make sure that the gifts we are inserting in every box are something that a child can use and not just something that are kind of trashy or junk. 

Hokei, can’t think of anything to write anymore so I won’t keep much of your time again.  Have a great weekend, all!

Who Doesn't Like Free Meal?

Don’t count me in because I love it, lol!  Yesterday, we went out for dinner with my husband’s cousin and her family who are in town from Seattle for a late summer vacation.  We went to Applebee’s; actually, it wasn’t our first choice to meet up for an early dinner, we were on our way to the original place we’re supposed to meet up when all of a sudden my fickle minded husband asked me if it will be alright if we’ll head down to Applebee’s instead.  Of course I did not argue because I also love Applebee’s especially their WeightWatcher's menus (I had the Cajun Lime Tilapia, it was soo good!).  Our only dilemma then was if Cheril and her family’s already in the restaurant waiting for us.  Good thing we arrived first and so we just called them and asked Cheril if Applebee’s sounds alright to them, they approved the idea and so we just met down there.

We arrived in Applebee’s around 5:30PM and our orders were taken immediately.  We got so busy visiting and we didn’t realize it was almost 6:30 and our food hasn’t arrived yet.  We just let it go but I was kind of anxious because I had an appointment at 7:30 and that’s the reason why we scheduled that dinner earlier than normal dinner time.  After a few minutes, the manager approached us and was looking very apologetic only to find out that our server forgot to give the orders to the cooks!  We actually did not say anything nor complained about it but he immediately told us that EVERYTHING WILL BE FREE FOR US INCLUDING DESSERT!  Sweet!!!  He even offered to give us mozzarella sticks while waiting for our dinner, and of course, we did not say NO!   Heck, I wasn’t even planning on ordering any dessert but who can refuse it when they’re pushing you to have it?  I love their sizzling apple pie with ice cream so I ordered that and split it with papsy.

Anyway, everything turned out really well and we enjoyed visiting and of course our free dinner courtesy of Applebee’sJ. 

Silent Auction for the troops in the Middle East

The reason why I was so anxious about having our meal delivered soon was because of the closing of our week long activities at work which was a silent auction of different donations from local businesses intended for the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.  I wasn’t really planning on auctioning anything except for the Thomas Kinkade painting that was so awesome.  I realized that it would be impossible for me to get it because the original price of the said painting was actually $600.  I wasn’t willing to shell out that amount because I told myself that I would only go up to a maximum $125 if ever I will spend on something.  After I realized that it will be impossible for me to get the painting, I just scouted on something interesting around and bid on different stuff.  Well, I did not go home empty handed last night because I got a 6 months free gym membership for Aspire Fitness worth $250 for only $60.50.  It wasn’t bad at all and with the $60.50 I spent for that gym membership, I feel so happy to be a part of those who are donating for such a good cause….

The Six Weird Things About Me...

Mel tagged me to do this and to be honest with you guys, I am so shy to share in the World Wide Web about the weird side of me.  But I have to do it since it’s Mel’s request.

Okay let’s start….When I read the message of Mel about writing 6 weird things about me, I immediately asked my husband and he said “you don’t know what your weird traits are? That’s easy!”  The following are according to my husband’s opinion of me being weird:

1.      I kiss his armpits and it’s a ritual, this really drives him up the wall he think it’s crazyJ.  I don’t know, but I just love to do it especially after he comes out from the shower.  Well, even if not, I just love to kiss it.  GROSS!!!

2.       I love to bite his arms.  If I bite the right one I should also do the other one and sometimes he would just offer the other arm automatically when I do it on the other side.  Talks about getting used to it, huh!

3.      This one is something that he really hates, ever!  Whenever he’s already in bed after shower and almost asleep I would storm inside the bedroom and lie beside him and do another pesting again.  He calls it sniffing like a dog, LOL!  Anyway, what I would do is sniff his arms and back.  I love to do it because he smells good and his back is so soft and I would always rub my face on his back.  This one is something that he really hates especially when he’s already asleep and I start doing this crazy thing.   He’s not a night owl like me, after 8PM, he’s no longer coherent, so he goes to bed way much early than I do.  So just imagine being disturbed by all the sniffling all over him.  But sometimes he would just oblige to it because he knows that it’s already a ritual, hahaha!

4.      Taking a full shower at night before I go to bed and taking another full shower again in the morning before I go to work or before I can go out of the house.  This one is also driving my husband crazy because he can’t believe that I can do this even when the temperature outside is negative, lol!  He thinks it’s so weird because what they usually do is they take a full shower at night and in the morning is “wisik-wisik lang” and change underwear or whatever.  Sorry but I don’t do like that.  I’ll take a shower at night; shampoo my hair and all sorts but the next morning I have to do it again no matter what the weather is outside because I don’t like my hair to be oily.  And I can’t imagine going to work without taking a full shower, ewww!!

5.      I collect shoes.  Yes, you read it right, I’m becoming an Imeldific!  I hate to admit this, but yes, Imelda Marcos and I came from the same province of Leyte and her hometown which is Tolosa is only a few miles away from my hometown Tanauan, actually they’re neighboring town.  I really hate it when husband calls me Imelda F_ _ _ _ _ instead of my real name.  I don’t know, I think shoes are just women’s best friend and there’s no denying to that, umamin na kayo dyan, LOL!

6.      I snore.  I hate to admit this but yes, I do, especially when I’m so tired and my asthma is attacking.  Well, I haven’t had any asthma attack though ever since I got here in the states but when I was still in the Philippines I would usually have asthma attacks every now then and I was always a “suki” of Makati Med.  I am so thankful though that the place where were living right now is so blessed with a lot of things especially the air that we inhale, it’s so fresh. 

So okay, ayan, ipinagkalat ko na ang aking mga pinakatatagong weird secrets.  I don’t know who to tag, but anyone who’s interested in doing this is so welcome to try it.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Shopping Galore!

I love Columbia Sportswear!

Why?? Because I shopped (‘til I dropJ) at their factory outlet store and got a very good deal from them yesterday for the Labor Day Weekend Sale.  I had fun going to that store and boy, I feel like I won millionsJ.  I got one capri pants on sale for 3.73 (original price $40), nice!  I also got two polo shirts for my papsy for $4.99 each.  Original price of the shirts were @ $40, such a good deal, diba?  Well, I didn’t stop there because aside from those items, I also got two slip on for moi.  I can’t resist the temptation; I just fell in love with them.  And besides, they were on sale also at $39.99 and also took additional 75% off from sale price (original price were $60 each), so I ended up paying $9.99 for each slip on and added 2 more buys to give as gift.

Haayyyy… sometimes it feels good to indulge yourself to something like this.  Have a great week all!