Here’s some pictures of my two boys while we’re at a park the other day. It was refreshing to spend some time out. Vince enjoyed crawling on the grass and George enjoyed playing at the slide. We really had a good time, and I am glad my Mom in law and Bro in law took us there. It has been a good weather these days, mild sunny temperature with cool soft blowing breeze. How’s your weather these day, folks? Won’t you love going to the park and breathe that fresh Spring air too?
The favorite card entertainment Bingo was originally known as “Beano”. More often it is played on country fair where the bingo dealer would choose from different numbered discs inside the box. On the other hand, the players would need to mark their cards using beans. If they win a particular round, the wining player would have to shout “Beano”.
It is believed to have started as an Italian lottery game called Lo Giuoco del Lotto D’Italia in 1530. But when the game came into North America, it was first played in a carnival at Atlanta, Georgia. It was the toy sales man from New York named Edwin S. Lowe. He renamed the game into Bingo after he heard somebody who accidentally shouted Bingo rather than “Beano”. Continue reading
Have you tried Tie Dyeing and Egg using printed Silk, folks? It’s really fun doing this simple DIY craft. All you need to have is a 100 percent silk fabric that has interesting prints on it (you can simply buy it in your nearby thrift store like neckties or scarves). White 100 percent cotton or linen fabric (you can even use your old pillowcase) for the second wrapping after the silk that is wrapping around the egg. You have to make sure you wrap the egg with inner side of printed silk touching the surface of the egg. Use a twist tie to tie the tip of the white cotton fabric (make sure that it is tight enough that the silk is still touching the egg surface). Boil it with water for 30 to 40 minutes (make sure the water is 2 inches above the egg surface). Take the egg out, let cool and unwrap it layer by layer like the picture below. What do you think of the design folks? Ain’t it cool?
My brother needs a new job lately as he has come to the last term of his being a private nurse to this one client he had who had an angioplasty surgery and recovery for 3 months. I told him to keep on praying and build up his background screening so that he will get a higher chance to be employed as a staff nurse in a hospital. He said he has to volunteer for 3 to 6 months and apply to hospitals for work after that time frame. I am praying for him that he can have a stable job soon.
Near my house is a little land where my hubby used to cultivate during his leisure time. As the lot is hilly, he just tried to plant some papayas and other root crops. As of now, he had about eight fruit bearing papaya plants. Every day we keep on monitoring our papayas because during the night there are bats which are also interested to eat the ripe fruits. Presently, we were able to harvest six big ripe papayas. My kids were very happy as they like to eat the ripe papaya with a mixture of powdered milk.
Last Monday, April 30, 2012 I went to the City to buy some sweet mangoes. Before I stopped at the fruit stand, I decided to visit the Blessed Sacrament at the St. Joseph Cathedral. When I went inside the church, I was amazed of the unique decoration along the aisle. I was asking myself of what is the occasion because the dominant color of the flowers being decorated was lavender. If it is a wedding, it should have white color for the flowers. I was really curious, so I dare to ask one of those present inside the church. And he said, it was a wedding decoration. I took a picture of the flowers which was placed on the communion rail. I feel not so happy because the color of the flowers does not match the occasion of which it represents.
My family and I are getting excited for a City trip this May. My husband is going to have a Computer training at SUNY center of professional development for a week. And so my kids and I will have a lot of time to visit the mall and some parks in Syracuse City. I remember indoor water fountains in one of the hotel and mall that we visited there. My kids and I enjoyed our stay because there were many things we haven’t seen before and places that we seldom go like the zoo. I am sure this is going to be a success as it is in the middle of Spring weather and that no winter storm will disturb our plans.
The last few weeks, I was very busy going to different offices getting the requirements for my brother’s quarry permit. I always accompany him to the site doing supervision job. I already feel back aches on my body. Then one evening, I went to sleep early to relax my body as my back aches were getting painful already. To my surprise, my youngest daughter went near to my bed. She massage my legs and put some herbal ointment. Then, I told her to massage also my back because I feel some pain. She did not hesitate to do it. I was so happy of my youngest daughter’s initiative. A tear of happiness comes out from my eyes as I did not expect my daughters good traits she showed to me.
My bro in law and my husband has been talking about what they can do to surprise their Mom this Mother’s Day. They feel they want to get serious in doing something special for her as they felt they neglected their Dad before he died. I told them my plan that I am looking for online floral arrangements so I can buy her a nice centerpiece flower for that day. They are planning to buy her a laptop so she can connect with her relatives in Rochester, New York and Chicago, Illinois. I told them that it will be a good plan because she expressed to me her interest of blogging online too.
One of the Easter craze we do in our family is to bake lots of cookies. I baked like 80 cookies and these are the only ones left. I made lots of those bunny shaped cookies and George helped me in decorating it. There were just lots of it that he felt tired decorating and so I just didn’t decorate the other ones and it taste better without too much sugary stuff on them. My husband likes chocolate flavored cookies so I made some of the Chocolate chunks cookies. How about you, do you lots of cookie baking during Easter?
