Fight Negativity!

I just hired my own kendo swordsman to protect my blog from negativity (^_^) To demonstrate, I'm gonna write a few negative words. In fact there's already one in a previous post, when I said that even cacti and grass die on me. So here's a couple more: stupid, pervert. Click on Fight to summon the kendo swordsman and enjoy (^_^) Click on close at the upper right to end the fight.

New Look?

Decided to change the look in here, more in keeping with our title of Anime Lovers. The characters on top are our first favorites and have been our online identities for a long time. In fact, my very first website was all about Sailor Moon (^_^) Anyhoo, not sure if I'm gonna stick with this or what ... let me know your thoughts.

Of Drums And Mushrooms

We've been thinking of what to put in the middle of our front lawn. The previous owners had a bird bath, but I wasn't keen on having one, mainly because of the risk of mosquitos spawning there. So we looked and looked and finally settled on the Asian Raindrum and Mushroom Chimes. I assembled and staked them this morning. We also bought this Lamp Post and this Address Marker since the current house number on the mailbox is partly obscured by the topiary in front. I think you can make out the welcome sign in one of the pictures below.
Slowly, we're beginning to make this house our own (^_^)

Fall Arrangement

I went to Michaels yesterday to buy frames and fall bushes, since they were on sale. Bought 5 bushes to make this arrangement in a basket that I already had. Plants don't really like me (even grass and cacti die on me, can you believe that?!) so I can't have live plants in the house (unless hubby takes care of them). Silk flowers are the way to go for me and since I like arranging, I figured it's time I made something (^_^) Love these colors ... don't you?

DELTA Team

Finn has been a member of the DELTA Team (aka demo team) in his TKD school for some time now but they received their uniform and weapons during the summer. I have been meaning to take pictures but I keep forgetting =P But now that I remembered to bring my camera, here are the photos I took yesterday.

They're still in training so they haven't really gone somewhere to demonstrate their skills or entered tournaments. They might do that next year.
During yesterday's class, they were also given their DELTA Team patch which I sewed on his uniform yesterday afternoon. Notice the patch on his right? It says Academic Achiever. He got that when he was able to collect 5 stars for good grades in school (^_^) Master Kim monitors each student's school grades and their behavior at home too because that's part of their training. Cool right?
Finn's next goal would be to be a part of the SWAT Team which trains them to become leaders and future instructors. I'm glad he's enjoying all this. It's not only physical exercise but mental as well.

Locks of Love

Got my haircut today! I decided to donate it to Locks of Love so I got a FREE haircut (^_^) They make hair pieces for disadvantaged children suffering from hair loss. Googled salons in our area that participate in Locks of Love and found one nearby. Good thing she was able to squeeze me in this afternoon so after I picked Finn up from school, I went there for my 3.30 appointment. Debbie of Studio G Hair Design was so accommodating and she didn't rush my cut just because it was free, she took her time. She washed it, cut it, dried it and styled it. She took off 14 inches! My hair feels so light now and I feel good too knowing my hair will be of use to someone who needs it. Definitely going to do that again (^_^)

Mario Wall

We put up this wall art last night (^_^) It was fun getting to think of a scene and putting it on the wall with the pieces. It's a re-usable wall graphic so if Finn gets bored with this scene, we can always change it up. When I first saw this in Nintendo World, they had the New Super Mario Bros. on their wall, but I didn't buy it then coz I thought it was a bit expensive. The next time we were there, this was on the wall. And the other time it was Donkey Kong. When we thought of buying it (instead of me painting the scene myself), they didn't have the New Super Mario version, only this one and Donkey Kong. Fortunately, Finn chose this one over the New version coz he says he misses the old style Mario. So we bought it way before we were able to move into our house. Then I painted his room, and thought of putting it up after the paint dried. When I looked at the instructions for the wall graphics, it said to let fresh paint cure for 2 weeks (-_-) So we had to wait. And we chose this paint color so as to match the blue sky in the Mario game, specifically for this wall graphic. And it fits perfectly in this corner of the room too. It looks great doesn't it?

Giants vs Bengals

We watched our first football game yesterday and boy what a game! I wasn't really into football ... I knew a little bit about it, the rules and stuff coz Jojo watches it. But I didn't really follow the games and players. But we were able to get FREE tickets for yesterday's game so I wanted to go (^_^) Let me tell you, watching the game on tv is no comparison. I actually learned a whole lot more from watching the real game coz you can't reallyy follow it on tv. It was so exciting especially since it was a close game! They had to go on overtime too. Good thing I said I wanted to finish watching it coz our friends left before it went into overtime - they didn't want to get stuck in traffic coz of all the people going out at the same time after the game. Giants won!!! 26-23 (^_^) I have a lot of photos to share with you and a couple of my videos. You wouldn't be able to see much on the first one (coz I was jumping =P) but I was able to capture the final point.

Woohoo!


Final point!