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Breakfast Table

Posted on September 22, 2008 by greenbucks| Leave a comment

I have always been fascinated with cozy looking breakfast tables and have been wanting to have my own.

A small table for two in a room where the sunlight can easily shine through. Having my favorite breakfast of fresh fruits, warm toast and sweet coffee or a combination of fried rice, eggs and any viand we have categorized for breakfast while reading the morning papers would do well to start the day right.

This breakfast table may also face a garden, be it a flower garden or a vegetable garden. Breathing the fresh morning air can be very invigorating for me.

The breakfast table doesn’t have to be expensive because discount furniture is fine with me. I just need to tidy up the place by putting colorful table cloth and fresh flowers in a vase.

Would you want to have one too?

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Sunday Nature Trip

Posted on September 8, 2008 by greenbucks| 7 Comments

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I was a bit frustrated for I wanted to see the sun rise over the mountains. But we had a slow start so the sun was already rising when we were still in the house.

We traveled anyway and seemed to waste gas along the way.

As we did so, we saw lush green mountains, which were a part of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, said to be the longest mountain range in the country.

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The roads started to twist and turn as we burned fuel. I don’t really mind, we were enjoying the scenery.

Oh no! It is starting to rain. How will I take photos? How will we have our outdoor breakfast?

We didn’t get our outdoor picnic breakfast. I wasn’t able to take the photos I wanted but we got this:

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Nature really is full of surprises 🙂

We also went to another wonderful place not frequented by people but that would be for another post.

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(There was a nasty accident involving a motorcycle rider before or after that turn in the second photo. The ride was really in bad shape and the rider was lying along the road with his fellow riders. I hope he is ok. There have been a lot of motorcycle-related accidents in this area I am wondering they weren’t banned from going this way. They could get  really fast on these twisties and tend to overdrive and have accidents. I shudder thinking about this when my husband rides with his buddies to this place.)

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Faber Castell Pencil Sharpener

Posted on September 2, 2008 by greenbucks| 5 Comments

We are loyal Faber Castell products users. No, they are not paying me to say so.

There are different kinds of pencils to choose from.

When the children were starting to write, they used grip pencils to help them hold the pencils properly.

Now that they are older and are able to write better, we use the #2 pencil, usually the green color because I can’t stand the color orange.

The children also use the Faber Castell erasers.

And the Faber Castell colored pencils.

Ok, you got my drift.

One of the company’s products that we love are the sharpeners. We have had several sharpeners from them but these are either lost or misplaced. The older ones are still being used but when they have a new design, we just have to get one or maybe two.

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See? No mess when the pencils are sharpened.

Check out one page of the Faber Castell site here and our homeschooling site here and see the colored pencils on both sites 🙂

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Happy Birthday Pearl

Posted on August 24, 2008 by greenbucks| 2 Comments

Today is the birthday of my dear friend PJA.

She is Ninang to my eldest daughter and Tita to my two younger children.

To her students/patients, she is Teacher.

For me she is not just an extra-ordinaire speech-language pathologist which this country as lost due to migration but she is an ultimate friend. We understand each other’s quirks and eccentricities. We cry about the same things and cackle like witches about the same things too.

We have been friends when the craze for cross-stitching started in this country and we both had this design. I do not remember what color you used for your ballerina, please forgive me. Here is a part of my project, as I know you haven’t seen yours for a long time:

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I do not have a gift for you. I can not even call you for we just stayed in today and the store where I get my mobile phone credits has been closed since yesterday. Poor excuses, you might say. Fact is, we didn’t even go to church today.

I will just offer you my virtual gifts:

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A simple solitary flower. Its not even a rose nor a bunch of flowers. This is just like you, no, not ordinary but otherwise. You can be that little sunshine that can brighten everyone’s day.

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Pasta Carbonara. I have learned to make this because of the recipe you gave me. I want you to know that the family loves this.

We miss you.

Be well and we hope you had a wonderful birthday today 🙂

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Gullon Mini Mix

Posted on August 22, 2008 by greenbucks| 2 Comments

My good friend MC came home from Canada a few weeks back. She had several goodies for the children. One of the hit items are the Gullon Mini Mix bisuits.

These are a bit salty and crunchy and the kids absolutely loved the biscuits.

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Click here to view the nutrition facts.

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