9

9 years ago today, I gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby boy. He has grown up to become a loving, smart, young man (^_^) I can’t believe he’s 9 already! As usual, he asked to eat at Minado. Then we went to Pole Position Raceway, a newly opened electric go-kart racetrack here in NJ that has races for kids 48” and taller. He had fun and now wants to have his 10th birthday party there. Afterwards we went to Target so he can buy something with his gift cards. See our day in photos in the album below. Enjoy!

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Artwork

Finn is pretty good at drawing and this is his most recent artwork. He just made it this afternoon. Sora from Kingdom Hearts.

This is Abraham Lincoln, a caricature he made for his report on him.

It shaw is a purdy tank!

Petco had a sale on fish tanks for $1/gallon and since our fishies are multiplying, we thought we’d take a look and maybe upgrade our 5 gallon. The ones on sale were rectangular, like ours, at 10g and 20g. But it was only the tank, no overhead cover/light. We looked at the regular 10g kit and it comes to about the same price (-$50+) as the ones on sale where you need to buy the additional cover for. So we decided to get the kit instead. There was also a nice 16g bow type tank kit for $100. It was so pretty! We started having second thoughts. Then there was a 28g bow that was for the same price as it was on sale, with better quality glass and filter. Hmmm …. a much better deal. So we ended up buying that =P We set it up yesterday, put some of our old decor and here is how it looked.

Sad, no? Our decor suddenly looked so tiny here whereas in the 5g, they were crowded. We went to shop for bigger accessories this afternoon and look at it now.

Nicer to look at right? I need to move some stuff around when I add the bubbler and one more decor that’s still in the 5g tank. I’m so excited for the fishies! I’m sure they’ll be happier in this bigger tank (^_^)

Awarding

Last night’s awarding at school.

With Ms. Jaume, the principal.

Fry!!!

This isn’t the first time Mickey and Minnie (our Mickey Mouse Platys) had babies but none have survived coz they always get eaten. This morning, I saw 3 and decided to transfer them to our old 1 gallon tank. As I was catching them, and eventually disturbing the gravel, I notice more fry coming out. I tried to catch them before the other fish see them and eat them. I don’t think there were any casualties while I was moving them. I fished out the decor coz I’m sure there’s more hiding underneath and that’ll make it easier for me to catch them. In this picture alone, there are 19 fry, more hiding in between the marbles and on the other side of the tank. Who knows how many more were eaten before I even noticed there were fry! Now if they manage to live and grow, I’ll probably have to give some to Master Kim coz he has a large tank in the dojang. Our 5 gallon tank won’t be able to accommodate them all. As it is, it’s already crowded with 6 fish. Well, we’ll see. 

Another Snow Storm

This morning as I was going back home from dropping Finn off at school, the car spun. It was snowing already, and I didn't turn on the 4WD. I wasn't going fast coz it's downhill, and it's slippery, but the break didn't catch so I spun. Good thing there wasn’t any oncoming car and the car behind me was a ways off so I didn’t hit anything … except the snow drift where I stopped. I pulled in the driveway in front of me and waited for the other cars – which were also slipping and sliding and shaking their butts – to pass before I backed out and every so slowly went on my way. The other cars going uphill gave up and turned around. No accidents thank goodness. Later I’ll just be walking to school (a good 7 blocks away) since I don't know when the roads will be plowed. There was also a call from the borough saying to use off-street parking so the plows can do their jobs and clear a wider path on the road. If I bring the car later, I’ll have to park on the street and I don’t want to get hit by a plow. So walk I shall, in the storm.

Citizenship Award

Got this letter today from the principal. So proud of you Finn!!! Love you (^_^)

Home Gym

We quit our neighborhood gym beginning of December because they no longer offered daycare. Jojo can only go at night, and I attend some classes at night too so we have to bring Finn with us. Without the daycare, we can’t go together. So we quit and started looking for home gym equipment online.

The one on the left is a dual trainer – you can use it as a bike or elliptical (^_^) The right is for weight training. This area used to be my office but we had to rearrange the basement so that the equipment is somewhat enclosed and away from the game area. More of a safety issue especially if we have kids playing down here. My office is still here in the basement in one corner, to the left of this picture. And there’s still space for the sofa bed and game chairs. I was also able to reorganize my bookshelf  (woohoo!)

Now we just have to get back in the groove of working out everyday. 

Happy New Year!!!

We spent yesterday morning cleaning up around the house, then went to Church in the afternoon. Finn performed for the first time as a children’s choir member today (^_^)

Receiving instructions.He’s in front.Doing the drills.

Then we went home to prepare for our dinner.

Jojo cooked the ham.

We watched anime after dinner, then tuned in for the countdown.

Called friends and relatives and just after 1am, we had a power outage (-_-) What a way to start the new year. But it was resolved about an hour later. Slept before 3am, woke up at around 8 and started rearranging the basement. So tired right now as I write this. 

Wow, it’s a new year. I hope that you had a great celebration and may this new year bring you ENOUGH (^_^)