Three Baby Geeses

Whoa, I just run out of juice! Sooo tired...I just finished mowing our yard. Physically tired but at the same time very rewarding just by seeing it freshly mowed. I can only wish the grass will stop growing but that is just impossible until its winter time again.

Some of my pinay friends were surprised that I mow our grass. I don't blame them! Mowing is a man's job but that's not a reason not to do it. Like they said, if there's a will, there's a way! I don't really do it myself all the time. In times where JJ gets to go home early, he would always lend me a hand. I mostly love it, when we both do it and we'd give each other's high five after a job well done.

I just hope one day I'd get a chance to really research how to make them greener and weed free! We had Scott's Lawn servicing our yard but I am very disatisfied to see that there were too many weeds and it seems like it is starting to overtake the good ones! I so envy some of my neighboor's yard that are well maintained. It looked so green, healthy and weed free! I guess JJ and I will have to exert more effort to achieve this goal, right?

Now let's go back to the main reason of this post! So sorry that I got carried away, let me go back to the main topic which are the baby geeses! These baby geeses came to me on one of my breaks from mowing. They just came from nowhere and played on top of my feet. It seems like their mother had left them. I went looking around for signs and never found one! I had no idea what to do to them 'til I remember about Star's interests with the geeses whenever I took her out for a walk! So I secured the tiny fuzzy's and showed it to my little critters, boy they were soo excited sniffing on them!

Kokosing Gap Trail

Welcome, small town USA - Mt. Vernon, where Kokosing Gap Trail can be found. It's located one hour from Columbus, Ohio. It is a 14-mile paved trail. We started from Mt. Vernon to Gambier and Howard. We didn't finished the trail all the way to Danville but vowed to come back and finished the trail all the way to the end point!

Trail users were very scarce. The trail was very much well-maintained. It includes many opportunities to stop and enjoy the view of the bridges, creeks, the locomotive, barn house and tunnel at Howard or just the nature itself. Beautiful wild flowers grew at the sides. Park benches, waterfountains and restrooms are available throughout the trail.

Biking is a great way to commune with nature and shape up at the same time. It was our first bike for this year. We were physically tired but the bonding and fun was priceless! Enjoy our photos!

More photos....

Girl's Night Out

Jen and I finally got a chance to go out tonight after almost 5 months of not seeing each other. There's so much to catch up even if we could chat online anytime. Seeing a person in flesh and talking with eye contact really makes a difference! I miss chatting with this girl. I just wished somebody could've driven for us, I would really like to hang out with ya in a bar for some drink Wow, I really am in the mood for some drinking tonight. Anweyz, as planned we had dinner at House of Japan. Good food and great ambiance? what else could we asked for! One of the waiter's came to ask us if we are Thai???? Uhmm...do we look like we are? After dinner we drove straight to Rave theatre. We were supposed to watch the Pirates of Carribbean but that 7:40PM show was already SOLD! So we ended up with a 7:20PM show for Shrek The Third. It was a good comedy with moral lesson about how it's important not to care about what other people think of you, and to be yourself above all!

Star is Dogster of the Day

Ladies and Gentlemen! I am proud to announce that STAR is Dogster of the Day!

Here's the e-mail I got from Dogster:

Dear Elise,

Dogster wanted you to know that Star is our Featured Dog of the Day. Star will be shown on the homepage of the website all day!
I know I know, we're barking like mad over here too!
Thanks so much for running with the Dogster pack.

Much Woof,
Dogster

www.dogster.com

Here's a screen shot I took from Dogster website

...and here is a closer look of her! Isn't she sweet and adorable? Oh my...the rossettes and pup pal request are pouring in!

Pls...go to http://www.dogster.com/ and take a look at her before this day will end....and for those of you who have dogs, you may register them there. Who know's your dogs will be featured one day and you will be the proudest parents of these adorable doggies

There goes my Sunday

It's sunday, thank God I am off! I had planned this day to spend packing for stuffed that needs to be shipped back home. I had to finished it before JJ is back from his aviation class at noon. Before I even started it, I went upstairs to the computer room and started shoppin at ebags lookin' for some jansport backpack's for my niece and nephews.

Puppies just finished their morning meals and so I left them dowstairs @ the great room so they can play. I was wondering why they've been so quite when normally they play and make a sound like monkeys! ...and so I went and checked on them! Gracious! They've been so busy eating/shredding cottonelles! I was wondering how they got it! Last I remembered it was laying on top of the coffee table where neither one of them could reach it! I got so mad and went after them! Puppies are they are, they thought I was playin' with them, it made them crazier when I try to chase star and sunny chases me too!

..and who's the mastermind? I'm pretty sure its Star! I better go and start cleaning!

Thanks a Bunch!

HI! Just wanna thank you - Aya, Lyla, Krystelle, Annie and Linda and Dan for the birthday greetings for JJ. Our friend Doug, invited us to one of his favorite restaurant - HOOTERS for a birthday treat for JJ. Doug will be leaving tomorrow for Bucharist to be with his fiancee's interview at the US embassy. JJ and I are happy and excited for them. We hope and pray that she will pass the interview and get her visa on that day.

Mother's Day is JJ's Bday

It's Babe's thirty-fifth birthday today. Him and I loved spending our bday's with just the two of us. I took him to Bone Fish and Grill to celebrate his birthday. At first we were skeptical that we can get a table right away knowing that most restaurants are packed on for mother's day occassion however when we got there, we were surprised that there was no wait! at least for 2 occupants. Most customers came in groups. Anyway, we had a sumptous dinner and when we got home, its time to open the presents!

This scrap has 4 parts

A FOTOFILM. JJ love his new toys and Star seems like she wants to join the fun or is it the other way around?

Across the Miles

That is my MOM...my Nanang and Mama! I am sooo proud of her and I can't help myself, I got very emotional while I was making this scrap for her...I missed her so much and I was so glad that I took photos of her on my first home coming last October. My only choice on special days like this is to get to see her thru photos. I hope that she will have the grand time celebrating it, with my sister's and grandkids.

Missed you a lot Nanang Happy Mother's Day!

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I also made something for my 3 sisters - Lilia, Imee and Jovy, my friends/classmates/ex-collegues in Pinas, and also to my Y!360 Mommy friends. I hope you know that I even if I have slowed down blogging or may have not visited or commented on your page, pls. know that you are in my thoughts and that I am wishing you a Happy Mother's Day!

...and pardon me for snatching ur photos from your respective blogs

Photostitch

I got curious with one of Canon's ability to Photostitch. I used 3 photos and merged it. These are photos we took from Hong Kong and this is the result. I am not too convinced about the 3rd photo. Maybe I will have to get rid of the 3rd photo..will see. Not too bad for the first time eh?

Yummy Mangoes

Fruits anyone?! They looked so yummy isn't it? Your right! They're not only fresh, they are also sweet and the singkamas are crunchy too! So what's going on with craving for fruits? I don't know! It's just I been in the mood of pinoy food since thursday night when JJ asked me what I wanted for dinner, I asked him to pick me up some Lo Mein at a chinese restaurant. Then it happened so quick, I just found myself boarding my two little mutts in the car and we headed to a grocery store. I had some rice sticks at home and I needed some veggies to go with it so I can make some "bihon". I was very excited that I almost forgot to message JJ to cancell my Lo Mein, buti nlang nkahabol pa and he didn't get to order the Lo Mein.

I cooked my bihon as soon as I got home. After an hour I started chowing and finished 3 bowls! I still have a lot of leftover, imagine sa dami ng niluto ko. If I could only share this to any of you, I will esp. dyan sa nagdadalawang tao .

JJ on the other hand, was so busy with his new toy, he got himself Nintendo Wii in addition to his Xbox 360. Yup, my dear hubby is a big kid.

...and this fruit? We'll, I got them today at Costco. I asked my Babe to go with me just in case I can't stop myself from picking up stuff that I don't really need. All I really need was to pick up chocolates that I can add to a balikbayan box that I will be sending home hopefully by first week of May. I did a really good job shoppin' today. Got the most important stuff and then some. It's just hard to resist when you see those good deals like the Skagen watches and white gold jewelries that I've been eyeing for so long...arrghh! It hurts to leave that big ol store without them in my hand, you know! But they're not my priorities as of now...there is something more important and hopefuly I will have it in my hand by next week!

Back to my topic which are the fruits - as soon as I saw the mangoes I was like "WOW!" mangga cebu! kalami! (yummy) it's been awhile since I had it. I even missed it on my first home coming last Oct. I finished 2 mangoes tonight after we had Olive garden take home. Hopefuly, it won't bother my stomach as my mom used to tell me not to eat fruits at night.

Dog-gone Easter Egg Hunting

WHO say's only kids can go egg hunting?

If you are bored and looking for a minute of fun you can follow me HERE and you can see what we did last sunday

Happy Easter Egg Hunting

2.44AM Good Morning Everyone! Pretty sure everyone is snoring and getting comfy in their beds right now. JJ and I just finished coloring eggs for tomorrow. We had a pretty good nap, woke up 15 mins. before 9PM. Went to Meijer for some grocery and of course eggs! As soon as we got home, JJ googled HOW TO BOIL AN EGG! Ha, you think its funny right? I can't blame you, I actually made fun of him. It actually was his first time to boil an egg. I told him just boil water and put the eggs carefuly so it won't crack! Apparently, there is a secret for a Perfect Hard Boiled Egg and he just want to make sure his first attempt is perfect. Anyhow, egg coloring activity is really fun. I just wished we got XL sizes instead of jumbo. The animal theme sleeves won't fit with the eggs!

JJ submerging the animal theme egg in hot water and then colored it.

I used a crayon to put our names on it and then color it using coloring drops.

Happy Easter Y360 friends!

We made this egg-tra special just for you!

from:

We love peeps, do you?

New Hair, New Color

Hi, how's everyone doing? I just wanna say sorry for my friends for not being able to blog lately. True, there is no such thing like "there's nothing to blog about" infact, there's too many things going on, I just don't feel like shouting it out within 360, I simply just wanna keep it for personal consumption. Some things I've already shared in private *wink* you know who you are! and so sorry that most of them were very personal. I just wanna thank you from the bottom of my heart, how lucky I am that you are there to listen to my pains and boast me to achieve my goals, hopes and dreams.

To my 360 friends, I would love to be able to share it to you someday...when I am courageous enough to shout it out. Two heads are better than one, I believe. And most of you have a very good insights and I really would like to hear your input's in due time, I will. I just hope you are still there :)

Missin' you all.

Last saturday, I got an appointment from hairstylist. I have my hair colored and I am excited to share it to you. I hope you like it too!

Spurr of the Moment

Ito'y bili ko nung isang linggo bago ako nagkasakit. Naglalakad lang ako na wlang patutungohan, gusto ko lang mag shop pero wla akong idea kung ano. Hanggang sa pumasok ako sa isang shop at nagpadala sa "sales talk" ng isang tindera. Pero happy naman ako lalo na dito sa na bili ko na cellphone accessory. Pero ang aking cellphone ay luma na, 2 taon na ang tanda nito. Oras na para maghanap ng bago, cguro nitong spring or summer baka magustohan ko ang ilalabas nilang "iPhone", kaya lang nagdadalawang isip ako, kasi nuon pa man ay die-hard Nokia user na ako. Nakakainis kasi mahina ang Nokia dito sa Amerika, pinagsisisihan ko tuloy ang di ko pagbili ng Nokia N- nung nasa Pinas ako para sa isang bakasyon.

At Smith and Wollensky on Valentines!

teehee =p

...kumusta and valentines ninyo?

Kami d2 ok lang naman. Wla akong work nitong araw na 'to and si JJ naman he just works from home. Super lamig sa labas, nginig at ngatal sa super lamig, kung pwede lang sana home nlang kami and e-skip nlang ang mamahaling dinner sa Smith and Wollensky pero nkabook na kami few weeks ago. 8PM and dinner namin and kala namin di passable ang daan pero malinis naman pala. I tell you though, eto na ang last valentine nmin sa resto na 'to. Next time ibang place naman.

So how was the food? Umorder naman ako ng kakaiba this time. Yong Indian Shrimp yata yon, di naman ako masyadong nasarapan, mas katakamtakam yong inorder ko last year na tuna, super akong na inlab dun. Eh si JJ ko as usual baka pa rin ang pinakatay at pinaluto nya! Super sarap daw eh, pero busog na busog kami at wla ng mapaglagyan ng dessert. So unlike last year di na kami umorder pa ng pampatamis. Obvious naman na di na nmin kailangan yon! Pero honestly, na miss ko tlaga and Creme' Brulee...ohh humirit pa! =)

Oh, di ba ang sarap ng ngiti nmin habang kumakain?

So ano naman ang gift ni fafa ko? Ai nako, and UPS tlaga at dinagdagan na naman ang pagka badshot nila sa amin. Di ba naman dniliver yong gift ko due to road problem daw! So kinaumagahan ko na natanggap ang gift ko. Bili ni JJ sa pajamagram.com! Isang PINK SEDUCATION CHEMISE. Ang ganda super napa wow ako nung binuksan ko ang box, very alluring at silky. Spaghetti sya at plunging ang neckline pati likod. Etong pattern ng delicate na bulaklak ay nakakadagdag ng pagka elegante ng tela. The best gift from JJ kaso parang di naman bagay sa akin...super sexy eh! Pero tin-ry ko masarap ang feeling pero hihintay pa yata ako ng spring or summer para maisuot ko lang 'to. Ang lamig kasi eh!

• Idenilever sya na nsa loob nitong Keepsake Organza hatbox.
• May kasamang Lavender sachet.
• Do not disturb sign (na obviously di nagamit kc late nga naideliver!)
• Saka, meron pang Personalized gift card.

Kung gusto mo naman namnamin ang tela niya, ay i-click mo lang itong picture sa tabi, seguradong masarap talaga sa pakiramdam at mahimbing ang tulog mo.

Ay oo nga pala, habang kinukunan ko ng picture itong aking natanggap ng gift sa aking mahal na asawa, ai nandun naman ang akong dalagita na si Star na obviously babae tlaga sya, kasi mahilig sya makialam pag meron akong gift na na re-received. Andun sya na sisinghot singhot at pipili-pili ng kung ano ang pwedeng para sa kanya....babae talaga si Star!

White Valentine

The white death is upon us =) that's what they are calling for the snow and freezing rain that we are currently experiencing right now. We're expecting between 8-12"here in Westerville, Columbus. Most businesses and establishments were closed. JJ had to work from home and my boss called me up not to go to work, nice! =)

I've been slacking around since I got up. Checking e-mails, chatting with some of my friends, Jenny, Vilma, Tosh from Pinas and Ms. Liberty ;-) I also got the chance to chat with Aya for a short period and then Xenia, later this afternoon (our first time). Overall, a nice day to catch up with freinds.

Early this afternoon, JJ and I tag-team on shoveling the snow from our driveway. I took Star and Sunny out to play and boy they loved it! We got 4-5" and then it started spitting freezing rain, whew! Here's some photos for ya =)

Looking out from the garage while Star and Sunny are frolicking in the snow!

Snow shoveling is a good exercise. Loved the snow, not the freezing rain.

Star and Moi. Sunny already inside the house, freezing his liit.

...and here's the videos.

..on our way to Polaris to buy some lunch.