Sunday, October 31, 2010

Trick or Treat!!

Just got home from trick or treat!! Took a lot of photos and the kids are so cute with their costumes. I don't usually ate chocolates but tonight I did ate a lot! Now I have this sugar high syndrome ^_^!



The pacman
That's me!

              
                      Linking this post to Mellow Yellow Monday, Blue Monday and Ruby Red Tuesday

Catering picnic

Been lounging here and thinking about what would be like this afternoon when everybody is busy trick or treating. It's my first time to go out, I decided to go see kids doing their trick or treat is because the weather is bearable. Unlike the past few years when it's really cold and it's raining. Well today is a bit chilly but no rain which is really good.
When hubby and I got home from church I was surprised my Aunt who lives in New York leave a message for me.  She asked me when I am going to visit here since it's more than a decade that we saw each other. She told me that her family and some of our relatives who live in Chicago and California is going to have a reunion this coming Summer.  I returned her call and we chatted for hours. So she told me about our reunion next year. She is already looking for a picnic catering NY or a picnic catering NJ services. I asked her how she found out this caterers and she told me that every time they have a company picnics they always call them and asked for their services. It turned out that they are always happy and contented and happy with it. 
Now that my Aunt is the one who is planning our reunion and it would be either in New York or New Jersey I am sure it would be fun!! Meeting my relatives here in the US makes me excited and I can't wait to see them all! Happy Halloween!

Cosmos

We are almost in the middle of Fall and my Cosmos are still blooming with flowers which I enjoyed it so much. The other day we had rain and it wind so much. I look at my Cosmos they look like they are going to fell down so I went outside cut all of the flowers and put it in my vase. Here is what I've got!
                                         Linked this post to Straight out of the Camera Sunday

Go easy on meat

It's Sunday again and it's Halloween!! Tonight I'd go trick and treat, well not really, but I go to to a village that do trick or treating to take a lot of photos. Anyway, some people do cook at this time too and some parties still going on. Here is what I have to write about going easy on meat.
Meat has traditionally had a proud place at holiday tables, but recent research from the University of Texas cautions that people who eat meat frequently, especially red meat that is cooked medium or well-done, may run a higher risk of developing bladder cancer. Cooking meat at high temperatures generates cancer-causing chemicals called heterocyclic amines. The UK Food Standards Agency suggests that people can reduce  their risk by cooking at lower temperatures for a longer period of time and keeping flames from touching food when barbecuing or grilling.
Source:Natural Awakening magazine

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Playstation

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of PlayStation MOVE. All opinions are 100% mine.

It's the time again when you wish what you gonna get this Christmas. I have listed two things already and I know there would be more to come. Well last Thursday two of my step-daughters came by after their bible study at church.  Hubby is happy when his children came by to visit him and that day he was glad that they came. They were inside the house when I noticed that they are carrying something. I asked D what it was and she told me it's a  Playstation. I was so excited to play with it and so my step-daughter attached it to our tv and then we started to play. I had so much fun that I was sweating a lot!
I remember when I was small we don't have this kind of luxury. We play with our neighbors and make our own toy. But this generation they have all the things they need within their reach. Last night while I chatted my niece in the Philippines she told me if I could buy a new Playstation MoveI didn't knew what it was at first but when she told me it's a new Playstation I knew then what she was talking about. So I shared to her what happened last Thursday and told her I had a lot of  fun and most of all it can be a good family activity. I told her then that I would give it to her this Christmas and she was so happy. My family in the Philippines would love this game for sure. After I chatted with my niece I checked again the website and found out that the games that I am so excited to play are all there like Bowling, Aqua Panic, Wheel of Fortune and Fishing Frenzy!! Yup I like those games because for me it's fun and easy. But for the Wheel of Fortune it's hubby's choice. Anyway, I showed hubby more about Playstation I told him that it take to a new level now.
With a  motion gaming exclusively for PlayStation®3 it takes only $99 with the MOVE bundle package! How cool is that! Going back to our play time last Thursday we played bowling and golf. We also dance and we just laughed. I enjoyed playing the Playstation it's one way of making the family members become close and just have fun.

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Movie marathon

Right now I am multi-tasking. Aside from blogging I also am doing some laundry and at the same time watching movie marathon on tv. Well since it's a Halloween weekend the movie is all about scary stuff, paranormal or unexplained mysteries. Every time I watched like this kind of movie I also get jumpy hahaha. I always told hubby not to scare me because all my senses is open to all things that makes me jump lol! Hubby one time told me why do I have to watch this movie when I get so scared after? I told him it's the thrill that makes it so exciting.
One time I was alone watching scary movie when hubby from behind poke my back. I was so mad at him!! I didn't talked to him for several hours. Now he don't do it anymore he don't like my silent treatment hehe! It's scarier than any scary movie!! LOL!

Waterdroplet

After all the rain last few days ago our sky is a bit gloomy. Thankfully our temperature didn't plunge it very low that we experienced a bit comfortable weather. 
Every time it rained it's already my habit to go outside and look what's going on. I tried to look for a spider web but lately I haven't seen any. I guess because we have an osage tree that many says will keep out spiders? Or it's because they don't like our place, hehe. 
Anyhow, when I went out the other day I still see droplets still hanging for there dear life. I started to take a photo of them and when I see the results I am amazed how beautiful it is. This then makes me think of buying a good macro lens. Well, I have wrote Santa Claus already that I need two kinds of lens and just do hope that Santa Claus has money this year hehehe.

Candies

I have never seen so much candy in my life, lol!! It's only here in the US that candy is related to every celebration. The other day I was grocery shopping and I've seen that some candies are on sale. In this my picture what I like in this is the corn candy hehe. Though I couldn't say that I have a sweet tooth but I try not to over eat candies. I took this picture because I love the color of it, it looks very festive to me. Tomorrow hubby and I is going to walk around the village to see kids and not so kids doing the trick and treat. I love to take picture of their beautiful costume as well as eating some of the candies.
A friend of mine asked me if I go halloween party tonight, nope I am not going to any halloween party because a bunch of my relatives will watch basketball games. But if I will go to a halloween party I would love to be a giant chocolate pretzel ,what you think of that???

Charity water

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When I visited the site of  Charity Water it dawned on me how hard it was for my family to get water 24/7. Growing up I remember my mom had to wake up early in the morning before the sun break to washed our clothes. And while washing our clothes she has to store water in a huge barrel for our consumption the whole day. And it happened like that every single day. And why is that because our city water storage can't supply the whole city 24/7. Water will come in as early as 4:00am and it will between 5:00 am to 6:00am. I also experienced fetching water at tender age. For me that time it was just normal because we grow up like that. But when I knew that when there is no water flowing inside the pipe any kind of leakage  is dangerous. Bacteria outside will come in the pipe and of course it will breed germ and will create any kind of illnesses. 

I hope that people around the world will have the luxury to have clean water. And while watching the inetvideo of their charity water initiative,  I urge friends to please donate because I believe that if everyone is happy everybody is happy.
One time I was asked what would I prefer to have electricity or water. I choose water. It's the most important matter in our life. We can't do anything without water. Water is life.
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Lucky Autumn leaf

Before all the leaves fall down hubby and I went for a drive. As we drove I took a lot of pictures and we came to this gravel road and it's hilly. But along the road the trees turned into super beautiful color. So hubby stopped and I went out and walked at the same time taking pictures. It was so quite and I was in the middle of the road, then I stopped and listened. That moment I heard the most beautiful sound of nature. The falling of leaves can make a sound!! I never knew this!! So I stand in the middle of the road and closed my eyes (hubby is watching me though) feeling the breeze of the air and hearing the sound of nature. Then I was a bit startled because something just dropped on me. The leaves!! They keep on falling and I want to take a photo but couldn't catch it well. So I didn't think of taking pictures from the falling leaves instead enjoy the moment. I then reach my left hand to catch at least one leaf and for several attempts I got my lucky Autumn leaf!! It just landed right on my left hand.  Next year I would love to do it again. Happy weekend!

Haunted Forest

Last night after our fish dinner hubby and went immediately to the Haunted Forest. It  starts at 7:00pm and we were there pass 7:30pm. It was already very dark but the weather is good no rain though it's a bit chilly. I dressed up well to the occasion so I was not feeling cold. I was with a group, a bunch of grown up kids and some oldies. It was our turn to go to the forest and a guide is with us. Just at the entrance I was already screaming and screaming, grrrr. We walked, I think, for almost 30 minutes and just imagine from time to time somebody spook you?? I was so horrified when suddenly on our side a man with a chain saw jump at us. I ran and grabbed somebody's jacket hehe. The most scary one is when we enter the house. It has a narrow alley like a maze and it's good for one person only so we walk in line. It's very creepy, it's too dark and somebody is behind the wall all the time. I freak out!! When we get out from the forest I was perspiring and I was speechless for awhile lol!! It's my second time to go to Haunted Forest I think I will go for a little bit more scarier?

Dodgers baseball

This guest post from Mickey Garza

Even though I no longer live in my home town of LA, I still catch all the Dodger games thanks to satellite TV from http://www.directstartv.com/compare_directv/directv_vs_dish.html. The MLB package allows me to catch every game I want and more.
Coming off a division title with no real rivals in sight, I was really looking forward to this upcoming season. Sadly, the season took a turn for the worse when the Dodgers star slugger, Manny Ramirez, struggled to get healthy from injuries and was eventually traded away to the Chicago White Sox for salary reasons. It was a tough year for the Dodgers as they placed 4th in a 5 team division.
I was pretty bummed when I figured out that they weren't going to make a run at the pennant race this season. Especially after they made so many trade deadline moves like picking up starting pitcher Ted Lilly from the Chicago Cubs and Scott Podsednik from the White Sox. On the bright side, it looked like they found something in all-star reliever Hong-Chih Kuo and Clayton Kershaw. Hopefully, after a disappointing season this year, their young hitters will be able to turn it around next year.
On top of a rough season, it looks like manager Joe Torre is going to be retiring from the team this season. I think their hitting coach, Don Mattingly, is going to take over the reins next season.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Problem in drywall

This past few days we had storm and thankfully we are not hit. But we experienced a gush of wind that I am so glad the huge willow tree next to our house is trimmed down. Because if not I would have a panic attacked! The wind is like a roaring lion get me so scared I am ready to go to the basement. In our basement it is well  drywall and only 2 small windows, I couldn't hear any sound when I am in the basement.
Anyway, my friend who lives in Florida has always a problem with their drywall. She think that the contractor didn't do their job well. She told me that they already spend a lot of money trying to figure it out what to do with their drywall. So I told her to look for somebody who could help her drywall Chinese made into not a problem anymore. I heard one time in the news that this kind of drywall is nothing but crap. And it doesn't passed the quality of standard here in the US. So I told her they had the right to do something drastic and it should be now.

Trick or treating preparation

Guest post written by Caitlin Carlson

Our housing development is a huge jackpot for trick or treaters, so we always have to buy tons of candy every Halloween in preparation for all of them. In years past I've tried to count how many trick or treaters we get, but I always give up after about 100 or so. But I'm glad that a lot of people do bring their kids here because the development is in a good part of town and there havenÕt been any Halloween safety problems.
The other day when I was online and thinking about how much candy I needed to buy when I went to the grocery store later that day, I ran across some deals for a satellite internet company that I thought would be a good fit for us in comparison to the bad service we've been using for a couple of years, so I decided to click now and switch over to it.
Another part of our neighborhood that I think makes it safer is that a lot of people park their cars and then walk with their kids to the house, which definitely makes for safe trick or treating instead of driving around more with the possibility of hitting trick or treaters they can't see.

Table centerpiece

I could say I am blessed because even if we are in the middle of Fall my Dahlia and cosmos are still sprouting their beautiful flowers. I also harvested my pumpkins and thought that I would have huge pumpkins this year but  turn out they are midget hehehe. But still I am thankful because they fit well on my dining table. Here is what I come out as my table centerpiece.

                                         
 

Furniture

Wow it's Friday once again and it's the Halloween weekend. I think people had a lot of activities in store this weekend and I just do hope that everybody is safe.
Today one of what I am going to do before we go Forest Haunting is to wash clothes. And while waiting I am going to clean too, talking about multi-tasking huh!! Hubby once told me that I don't need to do that because he found out that I got crumpy after the whole day of being busy. Well, see if I get crumpy hehe but I knew I won't let myself get too tired. Speaking of cleaning I saw yesterday the furniture my step-daughter had an eye on it. She didn't purchase it yet but she look at it all the time in the website. Well, I don't blame her the furniture are just awesome most specially that she wanted to put it in their cabin up north. I told her to take it because it's really gorgeous.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Looking at the sky

Because our sky is getting prettier and prettier each day, well except if we have storm, but the sunrise and sunset are so far gorgeous. Since last Friday and today I took lovely photos.
One sunrise

Another sunrise

                                                                                A sunset
                                 Linking this post to SKY WATCH FRIDAY and Looking @ the sky on Friday

Now I know what the Trix rabbit feels like

This guest post from Lenny Mcknight

I'm a fully grown adult. I can smoke, drink, vote, and fight for my country with the full weight of the law behind me. I can watch R-rated movies without supervision. I can no longer order from the kids' menu. I'm a bonafide grown up.
I'm still going trick or treating this year.
It's not for the candy - I could buy myself a bag of chocolate if I wanted it that badly. And it's not for the costume either - I don't need a special holiday, I could wear one any day of the year. (Sure, I'd get weird looks walking down the street, but it's still possible.)
No, I'm going trick or treating for the experience. I want to dress up Halloween night and recapture some of my youth, those glorious days when everything was exciting and new. I want to wear face paint and roam the streets having a good time without any judging me.
I want to be a kid again, if only for one night. No worries. No responsibilities. Just friends, fun, and fun-sized snacks.
And when I get home, I'm going to curl up on the couch with all my goodies and maybe some Salt Lake City satellite tv, and then I'm going to make myself sick on candy because my parents can't stop me. Ah, the benefits of being an adult!


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Watery Wednesday

My photo was taken at Frankenmuth, Michigan. This is one of the fountains there and as a newbie of water photography who still trying to figure out how to make the water dreamy this is what it come out.

                               This photo are from different exposure. Which one do you think is nice.
                                                   This post is linked to WATERY WEDNESDAY

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Trophy showcase

Today, we were expected a very bad storm. Thankfully the storm didn't hit my area but we had tremendous wind. After the severe weather alert was lift hubby and I went to visit his son. When we arrived in there house dinner was ready. I brought a Filipino dish because they requested my spring roll. Anyhow, while we were eating our talked shifted to the trophy showcases that my DH grandsons are looking to put in their respected room. You see they accumulate a lot of trophies because when they where in high school their sports is motor cross. 
After dinner  we looked at the trophy showcases they they just ordered and delivered last Friday. It sought their taste it was beautiful and now their mother could arrange all their medals and trophy for good.

Old Barns

                                        
                                                Time to showcase Old Barns around my area.
                                               Was taken at St. Charles County, Michigan
                                                  This post is linked to OLD BARNS

Bluebird

Again, watching my backyard birds this morning. And as I was watching a small cutie pie Bluebird passed the window. I grabbed my camera and ...

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