Ghost and Things Ghostly

Have you had any ghost encounters or ghostly experiences? Do you believe in ghosts?

My father died when I was 13. I was starting High School then. During the first year after his death, I swear, there were a few times I would smell his scent and I would hear his distinct coughing from the location in backyard of our house, where [...]

Treat or Trick

More Bloggy Giveaways, Fall 2008

$10 Gift Card for Build-A-Bear
from Val’s View
Ends on Monday 11/03/08 at 11:59 pm est
$25 Gift Card for Build-A-Bear
from Three Ladies and A Dad
Ends on Saturday, November 1 at 12:00 p.m., CST
I have not seen Build-A-Bear Workshop around here in our little town in Alabama but I’m be willing to browse through our navigation system to [...]

Bloggy Giveaways, Fall 2008

I’m a sucker for giveaways and I love to win these prizes:

DVD “The Flight Before Christmas“ from An Island Review
I love Christmas Movies and this one fits our Christmas tradition to watch christmas movies on Christmas day. It will be exciting to watch a new Christmas movie this year especially if I got the DVD [...]

How to Eat Breakfast

Parents’ Nightmares and Parents as Nightmares

I came upon this TV show while flipping TV channels. It talks about urban legends that are mostly funny but some are scary. One of them disturbed me a lot. I think it’s because when I watched it, and heard the story for the first time, I was pregnant with Matthew and overwhelmed with maternal instincts. I was, [...]

Alabama Weekend with Family

It’s always nice to have family come over to visit. Tom, who has relocated from Hawaii to Florida, and Mom-IL took the 8-hour trip from Florida to Alabama to spend the weekend with us. I’m glad they did ’cause I sure had fun having their company. A little change in our weekend routine and a [...]

Military Boarding School, What Not To Blog

If I have to blog about everything that has been happening around here, then I will be bloggiing a lot more than I am blogging right now. I don’t mean those that Matthew are up to or what we ate every meal. I mean all those happening with the people around us, pertaining hubby’s job and [...]

I Learned to Fish

A few weeks back, I learned how to fish. I thought, there is nothing to it but I was wrong. I have never gone fishing before. Although fishing in the Philippines is taken seriously since it’s a livelihood, I have just never really seriously thought about it before, how it is done or sort. I [...]

Birthday Boy Celebrates

All photos are taken on September 29, 2008. Click the photo to enlarge the photo.
So dear hubby just had his birthday this week.
I sort-of made his birthday cake. I have not really baked a cake before so this is the first. I am kind-a oven-challenged. I made cookies way back. They turned out edible but [...]