How was YOUR Week?

      I openly complained through my facebook status recently how lonely it is for me to be without a job site. All my projects are either in the bidding stage, mobilization stage prior to actual construction or schematic design stage. leaving me job site- less. Before my mind even wonders about how to compare my current professional state to cliches like a jeepney without a driver or a captain without a ship, I would rather wonder about how the week went and did I live it well?

Saturday, March 10, 2012

     My friend and art teacher, Toots is insisting that our class is ready for a show. (Chattering teeth!)  I consider my Saturday art class one of my happy places but the idea of a show is not exactly daunting but HOW? In all trust and faith I look to Toots. Lead the way.....

        The photo above is my first struggling attempt at show worthy skill, I want to call them shoescapes. It looks better than it really is. I am doing this over....for the 5th time!



        That same Saturday, the kids and I finally got to back Homemade Oreo Cookies and they were yummy and so easy to make. =-) Click here for the recipe. 

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

        One of my goals this year is to start cooking again, I have so been out of the kitchen. I did not know where to start? Taking many steps back, I went all the way back to cooking school....and I was back in the kitchen of my teacher Chef Dorothy Ferreria. Dorothy is a generous teacher, She shares all her secrets with her students. ALL! If you are interested in her classes even for your kids this summer. Look here.
     

        We learned to cook Spanish Bacalao and other Lenten dishes. They were all so yummy!

    

       I told myself I will not attend another cooking class unless I try to cook two recipes from the previous class by myself.,,,,Haha! good luck!


Thursday, March 15, 2012
   
   Surprise! Surprise! I am all of a sudden doing crafts for Real Living and I had to work on that this week. I hate making you guess what the next craft project is but here are a few picture clues...

     

Friday, March 16, 2012

         Before long it was Friday and Blue is done with exams and we all turned to his school driveway to be greeted with this glorious sunlight and the heavenly Jesuit music on the background. 
 

 

HOORAY FOR THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

   I just got back from Worldbex. It was an interesting show this year. I am excited about some new products. My fave booths are those of UST and UP. 

UST ID Booth

UP ID Booth

          This oh-so inviting bed reminds me how exhausted i am...Yep, it is 5 in the afternoon on a Friday as I write this and I want to end this week already and sleep early.

   And tomorrow.....is a brand new week. Who says Saturdays are the end of the week? 

   Saturdays are my beginnings....Good night, to a week well-spent! =-)

Keep Calm & Carry On

     I do not remember when I purchased my Keep Calm & Carry On poster on Etsy. I knew and have read that it was a British wartime propaganda poster. I loved its message instantly. We, Filipinas are loud mouthed drama queens deep inside, hence the attraction to the poster. Heee!  I placed it on one of our stair landings for everyone in the house to see and be reminded of. This comes in handy during mornings when we are running late, exam week or when we rip open envelopes of our credit card bills...Waaah! KEEP CALM & CARRY ON!

     A lot about its being so over-used have been said lately but I still appreciate and enjoy mine. I even don't mind its many variation. I like:

Gladly!

Yup, that could help!

Taking pictures and sharing them is therapeutic!

Lovely!

There are also hilarious ones like this....

     Maybe I will think twice about wearing a Keep Calm & Carry On shirt or cellphone case but as poster it still rocks!Uh-oh, I sound like my 10 year old.

     This post is actually inspired by a video of the poster's history shared by Heima Store on their facebook page recently. Here is the link....

The Story of Keep Calm & Carry On 

      

    Even if you have no plans of buying a poster. It is a message that rings loud and mighty. 

    Now,guys let us actually keep calm and carry on....OMMMMM! =-) 

KEEP SMILING!

The Mags of March

         I have been a reader of Good Housekeeping Philippines since their first issue with Tweety De Leon in June 1998. H and I were newly weds then and settling into my parents' second home in Quezon City which we used to share with my brother.

     Keeping house was something I easily applied myself to. Months before I got married I took cooking lessons under Ms. Dorothy Ferreria. I was already scouting for pieces of  furniture to put together for our third floor room, complete with bedsheets and window treatments. 

     Living in our own home now, Good Housekeeping is still very much a good friend to have. I appreciate  that the local version is adjusted to the Filipino household. That is why I am tickled pink whenever Good Housekeeping's editor-in-chief, Tisha Alvarez Angluben offers me a writing or styling job. =-)For this month's issue, I wrote about what to do with your kids' old school supplies at the end of the school year. =-)

     Among my favorites in this issue are a summer reading list (love!!!) for the whole family, tips on making this the greatest summer ever and a very practical skin care article. 

     We, Filipinos never look forward to the summer heat but the March issue of Good Housekeeping Philippines will definitely make you embrace it and get you excited. I know I am.... Now to shop for a swimsuit for this gorgeous body of mine. NOT!

     Cheers to a glorious summer!=)

     Also don't miss the March issue of Real Living which is oh, so pretty and beefed up with new sections. =-)I am sure you will all love it!