Yellow Bells

I like houses with flowers growing all around but i always liked yellowbells best.  They don't require much care, just give them a space to breath and they give you these flowers in abundance.  Somehow, they are such happy flowers.

Basic Garden Trellis

We planted potatoes a few months back and it started growing already and the husband told me to have another garden trellis just like the ones he did for the grapes.  With the help of my cousin and his nephew, they were able to do this all under Php 2,000.00 using coconut lumber.

I should warn you though that with the length of the trellis and the height, the coconut lumber was not sturdy enough so we needed additional support with the existing laundry bar, and tied it in the front posts.

Fashion Finds

Dressing up need not be expensive.  I found this blue straight cut dress with a bit of flair at the bottom in a nearby ukay-ukay store for only Php50. I like that it hides the fat on my waistline and i look slim. For a bit of color, i used a thin red belt from SM Megamall which costs Php119. The gold watch is a BCBG Max Azria Mother's Day gift from my husband last 2011.

R's

Discovering Woodcraft and Bricks

I saw this classic woodcraft assembly kit at Japan Items at SM Megamall and decided to buy it.

To my joy, The kids found it entertaining so i decided to buy small bricks kit assembly as a starter since i didn't see any more of the woodcraft kind.  To my amazement still, they managed to stay away from the computer and the iPad to assemble the bricks. These are the results:

It costs Php99 per box and i bought 3.

So My Ultimate Comfort Food is...

 home-made champorado. This simple food brings to mind childhood memories of warmth, love, security, that comforts and transports me back home.  My parents are simple, hardworking people. Ever since I can remember, they always woke up early everyday around 3 in the morning to open our store at the public market. Even so, father goes back home when they already finished setting up our stocks and cook champorado.

Now that I already have 3 children of my own, i started the tradition of having champorado on weekends and holidays. My mother buys the cacao beans and my father turns it into tablea which they then send it to me here in manila. I still have to ask around where i can buy cacao beans here and produce my own tablea. Tried the commercial tablea and somehow, i haven't discovered a brand that's pure and similar to the ones my parents make. 

Today being Philippine Independence Day, we are starting the celebration with our home-made champorado and wishes everyone all the comforts of being free brings!