Ronito / Ronita

Got this tag from Abie and Em

It is December once again, the perfect time to extend our greetings to everyone in the blogosphere and unite for a common purpose: to enjoy life within the cyberspace.So let’s give ourselves a break to go round and meet other bloggers, be the e-Santa Claus.

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How to Join?

[1] Fill up and submit the details of this form.
[2]Copy and post the rules to your blog. Include the “backward list” (a record of how the tag reached you) and add your name.
[3] Recruit for participants. Be sure to get their consent.

Should they agree to join, add them to your “forward list” (bloggers you’ve convinced to join).Remind them to do item #1.**

Participants will be accepted until December 16 (Phil. time) only. On December 17, the organizer will email to you the details of your Ronito/Ronita.

Send him/her a Christmas greeting via E-cards preferably on December 25.Should time be a constraint, you can send it earlier.

My Backward Link List: iRonnie , jeff, bluepanjeet, thess ,GBex , Liza, Liza 2, Rems, Eds, Abie, Em

Add your name here: Jacqui

I want to extend the spirit of Christmas to the following friends: MM, Erika, Yvette and Annette.

Aaarrggghhh!!!

*sorry, need to vent out....... please bear with me!

Aaarggghhhh...

This is what I can say today!

I feel so frustrated, pikon and irritated with hubby today!

Why?!?! For several weeks, I've been asking,begging (actually nagging na!) him to put up our outdoor Christmas lights!

I already bought the Christmas lights at SM two weeks ago and still, I went home today with the SM bags still untouched. I was hoping that he'll finish the lights since he promised he'll do it today! But NO...he slept almost the entire day and watched basketball tv!?! Sobrang nakakainis!

What irritates me most is that I asked him several times last week if he will put up the Christmas lights. Everytime I asked..he said yes naman. I even reminded him that I am only given 7-day window to return or exchange at SM for unused items. Kaya, I need to be sure. Yes pa din daw.

So me, the ever-gullible wife, was very happy with the confirmation and even bought more xmas decors and curtain lights pa. I even went overboard and bought dozens of small capiz lanterns. Really nice talaga! Excited kaya sobrang gastos talaga!lol.

And today...the Christmas lights still neatly packed inside their boxes! Untouched! Aaarrrgghh... I cannot return these items anymore! Sayang! (sobrang inis!)

I was really mad and frustrated early this evening that I walked out on him. I am so inis.inis. INIS... I won't talk to him talaga until he put up all my Christmas lights! Kahit until Pasko pa!hahaha!

Baka tomorrow may hope pa... Darn... there's a boxing match tomorrow. Asa pa ako!?!?
If marunong lang talaga ako with lights..ako na gumawa! Grrr... (frustrated!)


* sorry...Super inis pa din ako!

US Visa : Approved!

Happy to share that we got our US visa approval too.

Just like what other mommy bloggers shared, getting US Visa is really easy. I think they've been very considerate and lenient especially for family applications.

Interview was short. Less than seven questions asked... and we got our yellow card already. Grabe, it took us longer time to line up than being interviewed by the consul. Hahaha!

Sammie enjoyed her stay at the Pavilion (waiting area) too. She drank chuckie chocolate drink, played with other kids, jumping and running around, doodled with her coloring books and got busy with her stickers.

Oh the best part...we almost lost Elmo. (Yes, Elmo was with us during the interview!) I left him pala on one of the chairs at the interview room. I just realized Elmo was gone after paying for the passport delivery. Gawd?!? So stupid noh! Excited kasi! lol.

So, we went back inside again to look for the red monster. Sam was shouting: "Elmo...Elmo", "where are you, Elmo? ". Good thing the manong guards pala saw our Elmo and kept it agad. Sammie was really happy when Elmo was handed to her. Believe me, she was really, really happy as if they were separated for how many years ni Elmo! Hahaha! Wala siya care sa visa approval nya..si Elmo ang important! Tingin ko nagpa-interview sa consul si Elmo din eh! lol.

So that's it... we got our 10 years, multiple entry visa. Yeheey!! Pwede na sumama sa daddy at Hawaii! (wish... wish...wish!!)

But sad to say... I was not able to apply US visa yet for Kuya Ico. He bears different last name from us kaya I've decided to apply his visa separately to avoid further questioning and explanation. I will apply for Kuya's visa come May 2008. Timely for Mike's invitation at Washington DC for Global Telecom Meet (GTM). Hopefully, everytihng will turn out well din for him.

Five Things Back

Thanks dear Thea for this tag.

INSTRUCTION:
1. Posts 5 links to 5 of your previously written posts. The posts have to relate to the 5 key words given below.
2. Tag 5 other friends to do this meme. Try to tag at least 2 new acquaintances (if not, your current blog buddies will do) so that you get to know them each a little bit better.
3. Don’t forget to read the archived post and leave comments.

Link 1 must be about FAMILY : MIL's 60th Birthday Party
Link 2 must be about FRIEND : Blog awards on line
Link 3 must be about YOURSELF : Goodbye November ... see you next year!
Link 4 must be about YOUR LOVE : Gifts for Christmas : Toys for Sam
Link 5 can be ANYTHING YOU LIKE : Star Blogger Award and thoughts on blogging...

Passing this tag to Em, Erika, Angela, Kitty and Jesse.

MIL 60th Birthday Party

A glimpse of my MIL's 60th Birthday Party Invite in 2D design by Adworks...

Almost done with my MIL's 60th Birthday Party preparations.

Its supposed to be a simple dinner party for immediate family. But when she turned over the party planning to me, it immediately turned out to be a "grand" and “festive” event. Must be my magical spending powers! lol.

MIL’s not complaining. As a matter of fact, she appreciates my party inputs. Now she appreciates that she has a daughter-in law like me who understands nitty­gritty girly stuffs for her party. And she appreciates my “kulit­-ness” and nudging her to spend a little more for herself since she really deserves it. :)

Actually, I just did a little convincing … and presto! I made her realize that being sixty only happens once in a lifetime. And in my heart, I strongly believe she owes this celebration to herself. She’s so busy with work for decades (she’s a public school principal) that she even forgot to celebrate her 50th birthday and their silver wedding anniversary. She even told me she was never given a proper debut as well since she was busy working and helping her parents to send her siblings to school. Aaawww… poor MIL! :( So in reality, this will be her first grand affair, next to her wedding of course!

So to celebrate her 60th birthday party in style, I’ve carefully lined up some surprises and gimmicks for her. And with barely 10 days to go I’ve already accomplished the following:

Party Theme: Red and Gold with Apples

Mommy chose these colors since it’s a festive Christmas color.
Why apples?!? She told me she always has this association (fixation, I guess) with Delicious Apples ... can’t argue with that, right? … kaya ayun, sinunod namin gusto nya! :)

Food: Filipiniana cuisine from Madel’s catering

Filipiniana is very ideal for the Christmas season. It gives us the “familiar homey” feeling on a cold December night. Since the guests were mostly teachers and “older” crowd…they will appreciate this familiar taste and food selection more compared to Italian or Continental food.

Moreover, this will give us good excuse to add up lechon, bibingka, puto bumbong and hot chocolate stations for ala “simbang-gabi” set up. Can’t wait on this! :)

Again, MIL chose this caterer since according to her, tested caterer of Pasig schools. Very flexible, easy to negotiate and her price affordable too! Na-trauma din from her previous caterer who came from QC and arrived really, really late in one of her school functions. Kaya ayun, she prefers within the vicinity of Pasig especially December, she don’t trust the traffic daw! hahaha! :)

For P230 per head, buffet menu includes : Corn soup, roast porkloin, kare kare, chicken galantina, rellenong bangus, lumpiang ubod sariwa, buco pandan, fresh fruits platter and Hawaiian punch. Di ba, yummy and mura! :)

FOOD CARTS : Bibingka (DONE!) and Puto bumbong (pending)
MIL got supplier already for the native bibingka. We need to find good puto bumbong maker this weekend! Would you believe MIL prepared a “bahay-kubo” façade for these carts. Hahaha…nauna pa ito than food supplier! excited! :)

Invites: Adworks (DONE!)
I wanted to try other invite makers like Q prints, for MIL but they can no longer accommodate me as of November 23. Sayang! Only Adworks I know who is reliable and can deliver good quality invites in the shortest possible time. Ayan..last minute na kasi si MIL! Hahaha! :)

Anyway, invites and thank you tags for pick up this Friday am. Wohohoo! Bait ni Mye talaga for the rush print! :)

Decors: Balloons c/o MIL’s co-teachers (DONE!)
Not yet sure of the outcome, but I told them I wanted to have balloon pillars for the stage and floating balloons entire garden area.

Give-aways: Pashmina Shawls at 168 Mall (DONE!)
My gift to MIL. I posted my pashmina hunt at 168 Mall. She was truly happy with the idea of shawls… useful for simbang gabi! :) Btw, she told me to go back to 168 Mall again this weekend to buy additional shawls pa. Her guest list doubled ata! Gawd!!

Cake: Layers and Layers by Arlene from Kapitolyo (DONE!)
We wanted affordable three-layer cake for candle blowing. And this supplier fits our budget! :) I can’t wait to see the final output.

Photographer: School official photographer c/o MIL
Another trusted supplier of MIL.

Tarpaulin Decors: PENDING! PENDING! PENDING!
I haven’t talked to suppliers yet. I still don’t have her scanned pictures! My plan is to set up 6 tarpaulin standee ( 6 x 3 ft) with story board per decade of her life. Gosh…sana umabot! :)

Fireworks: DRAGON FIREWORKS! (PENDING!)

Hubby to buy this. After candle blowing, syempre a perfect way to end the night with fireworks!

So that's it... almost complete. I am still asking MIL to get live band for her party to spice up the night, but she told me she prefers Karaoke na lang para tipid. Hmmm... I am sure the band will be a hit but as per Mommy, the teachers would prefer the videoke sessions than noisy band. Again, can't argue with this. She knows her party crowd better than I do! :)

Will post next week post party kwentos...for the meantime, need to prepare for the party program. I need to convince my BILs and FIL to prepare something special for Mommy. Hopefully they'll cooperate with my gimmick plans. Wish me luck! :)

Blog awards on-line

Thanks Jesse and Vina for the blog buddies award. Really adorable! :)
Passing this cutie elephants blog buddies award to : Jen, Joy, Mich, Peachy,Abie and Jody.




And... I got this special friendship on-line award again from my new blogger friend, Em.

Thank you so much! Truly appreciate the award :) Hope to get to know you more!

JUNE

Got this tag from Abbie. Thanks a lot, girl! :)

1. Mention the person who tagged you and create a link back to them.
2. Copy-paste the traits for all the twelve months (see below).
3. Pick your month of birth.
4. Highlight the traits that apply to you.
5. Tag 12 people and let them know by visiting their blogs and leaving a comment for them.
6. Let the person who tagged you know when you've done it!

My Birth Month:

JUNE: Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills. Talkative. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Able to show character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand conscious. Executive. Stubborn.


Most of the sites I've visited got this tag na.. so, I am no longer tagging anyone from my blog roll. lol :)