Thanksgiving Weekend

Happy Thanksgiving! Sorry, I know it's late but I didn't have time the past few days to update this. So what has been happening? We always spend Thanksgiving lunch with my Aunt. She does all the cooking and they're all great (^_^) Of course there's turkey with 2 different kinds of stuffing this year, cranberry sauce, gravy, lasagna, corn, green peas, sweet potato, rolls ... what else ... wine, hmmm ... and we had ice cream cake for dessert. I wasn't able to bake anything this year and I'm not sure why.

Anyway, after that, we went straight to a friend's house for Thanksgiving dinner with friends. So more food and more good company (^_^) I wasn't able to eat a lot coz I was still full from lunch but that's ok. After dinner, most of us were talking about black friday - sale time! A lot of shops will be open at 5am and there are early bird deals too so of course a mass of shoppers is to be expected. Jojo left early coz what he wanted was an early bird item but unfortunately, it was already gone when he got there (-_-) When he got back, the three of us went to KB toys to do our shopping for all the kids here. Then off to Target for more shopping. We finished our list in one day!

When we got home I started wrapping the gifts already coz if I don't, I might get lazy and put it off until I cram-wrap. This was a very expensive weekend for us so we have to cut back on our shopping for now.

So how was your weekend?

Crazy Hat Day

Today is Crazy Hat Day in school and this is what Finn decided to wear. As we were about to go, he insisted that I wear my hat too. So I did (^_^) We were wearing our silly hats on our way to school and when the wind blew, his propeller would turn. So cute! Not everybody had a hat on. There was one who was wearing Mickey's Wizard hat and another wearing Goofy. There were a couple of fuzzy, furry hats and one with a big butterfly on it. Of course the teachers were wearing hats too but no other parent was. We werent' supposed to but since Finn insisted, how could I refuse? Besides, it's fun to be silly sometimes (^_^)

Itadakimasu! Part 2

Last night's spicy spam musubi was delish! I even made another batch for Jojo's lunch today. Then Finn requested that I make him a musubi for lunch too (^_^) So this is what I made this morning: regular spam, spicy spam, and hotdogs. Yum yum yum ... I'm getting hungry already (^_^)

Update: I just posted an album with step by step instructions in making musubi (as requested by Cess) (^_^)

Itadakimasu!

This is my latest culinary achivement, the spam musubi (^_^) It was only recently that we decided to try and make it so we bought sushi rice, furikake, nori and a bamboo sushi roller (for ease in shaping the rice). I didn't look for a recipe before we bought all these so we didn't have rice wine. Fortunately, it's optional in the recipe that I decided to follow. I used spicy spam coz we like it spicy. Hopefully it will taste good (^_^)

(Itadakimasu: this is uttered before meals and it expresses not only gratitude for receiving food but remorse for taking a life so that you can consume it)

Weekend trip

We drove down to Viriginia this weekend to attend a surprise bridal shower for a friend. It was a 3 1/2 hour drive and we went straight to the restaurant where the shower was gonna be held. There weren't any games, just good food and opening of gifts. Unlike the other bridal showers that I've attended, this one didn't have a theme to it and the gifts that were given were already the wedding gifts. BTW, her wedding will be held in Key West so I guess that's why they're giving their wedding gifts already. I sent our gift way before and had it delivered to their house. Anyway, aside from that, all the ribbons that were on the gifts were put on a paper plate and made into a hat which she wore at the end. They also wrapped her in the bigger ribbons and it looked like a mini dress on her (^_^)

After the lunch party, the girls went on to Melissa's (the bride-to-be) cousin's house for a Passion Party. So Jojo and Finn went ahead to Melissa's house coz we were gonna stay there for the night. The Passion Party was great! A girl came and presented us with her products that included lotions, spa sets, oils, and the like including edible stuff and things to play with (~_^). We had a great time. We played a little game too and all I can say is, among the girls there, I was like the virgin. I don't know if that's a good thing or not ... hehehe. After the presentation, you can order what you want from her. When that party was over, 4 of us went to Melissa's place and stayed overnight.

The next day, after having breakfast, Melissa took us to Theodore Roosevelt Island. Finally, we were able to see decent fall foliage and I now have great fall pictures. It was a nice place coz it has a swamp and a marsh and information along the trails. After that we decided to start our drive back home so we said our goodbye's there. But we made one last stop at a scenic overlook along the George Washington Memorial Parkway. I just wanted to take more pictures (^_^) Then we went home. The album is posted on the right for your viewing pleasure.

Uno!

The three of us were playing Uno last night and in one of our games, Jojo almost took all of the remaining cards (^_^) Just look at all the cards he has! hehehe ... needless to say, he lost that game (^-^)