November Monthly Round Up

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
- None :-( been a little bit lazy reading lately

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
- hmm... none

What special days did I celebrate and how?
- someone's anniversary ;-)

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
- leopard printed shirt / necklace

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
- gastritis (slight)

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
- play games with my kids / read books with my son

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
- empanada nation's bagnet

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
- slides for the kids

What were this month’s disappointments?
- some people

What were my accomplishments this month?
- work!

July Monthly Round Up

It's been a while since I did this monthly round up thing. Well, time flies past and here's what happened last month:

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
- None :-( been a little bit lazy reading lately

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
- The Dark Knight Rises :)

What special days did I celebrate and how?
- My birthday
- Our 7th wedding anniversary

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
- Flowers and fashion jewelry from hubby

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
- None, thank God we're all healthy

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
- uhmmmmmmm.... ^__^

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
- Mongolian, Korean Food

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
- Hmm..splurging on clothes

What were this month’s disappointments?
- some people

What were my accomplishments this month?
- :-(

Monthly Round Up: June 2011

Time flies, yes. the month of June has ended already and here's my round up:

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
- Re-read the Purpose Drive Life

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
- Korean Dramas :D, My Princess and Kung Fu Panda2 with the littlegirl

What special days did I celebrate and how?
- Johan's 14th month birthday
- Aldrin's arrival

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
- None

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
- None, thank God we're all healthy

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
- Week end malling

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
- None :)

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
- My daughter's trolleybag

What were this month’s disappointments?
- blog assignments :(

What were my accomplishments this month?
- Driving my daughter to and from school.

January Monthly Round Up

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
- My Canon Guidebook and Sharpening Your Discernment

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
- none

What special days did I celebrate and how?
- Johan's 11 month birthday

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
- I received my dream camera from hubby and a watch and perfume

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
-Jaden had her ear infection so we had 1 week medication

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
- nothing extra ordinary, just played with my kids during free time

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
- wheat pasta with Spanish sardines and olives, and yogurt and honey for salad dressing

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
- nothing, I'm saving for the little boy's birthday

What were this month’s disappointments?
- nothing

What were my accomplishments this month?
- Accomplished a lot for the little boy's birthday preps :)

October Monthly Round Up

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
- I can't believe I have not read a book this month, how sad :(

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
- Glee =) , The Boy In Pyjamas

What special days did I celebrate and how?
- My parent's wedding anniversary

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
- We gave books as gift to my friend's daughter who turned one last October 26.
- I received two kinds of perfumes from my sister

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
-Johan got fever :(

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
- Hmmm...going to the mall

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
- Chicken Bourbon from Delifrance, Bread with floss at Breadtalk

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
- Lamaze toy for Johan, Jeggings for the little girl (all purchases for the kids)

What were this month’s disappointments?
- Work :(

What were my accomplishments this month?
- Booked photographer and party host :)

September Monthly Round Up

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
- Smart parenting

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
- Toy Story 3

What special days did I celebrate and how?
- Alyssa (my niece's) 6th birthday

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
- None

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
-Johan got amoebiasis :(

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
- Hmmm...going to the mall

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
- I tried cooking different chicken recipes like, orange chicken, lemon chicken and sesame chicken, all were praised and delightfully tasted.

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
- Two pairs of 3 inched heels shoes, jeggings and unusually style tops from my favorite shopping haven.

What were this month’s disappointments?
- Work and Johan's health :(

What were my accomplishments this month?
- Booked venue for the kiddo's birthday, found good suppliers.

July Monthly Round-Up

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
- Reading Psalm for Mothers and Exploring Worship

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
- Avatar: The Last Airbender

What special days did I celebrate and how?
- Johan's 5th month birthday
- My Birthday
- Our 5th Wedding Anniversary

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
- None

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
- Sore Throat and Dry Cough :( due to weather
- The kids also god colds and cough

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
- Birthday celebration at the office
- Watched Undaunted: The Musicale (Lopez Family Story)
- Boss's Treat at Yaku-Podium

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
- Cooked burger steak in mushroom sauce with corn and carrots on the side, a hit to the little girl!

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
- Bought a bag.

What were this month’s disappointments?
- Work :(

What were my accomplishments this month?
- Finally organized a good budgeting spreadsheet and a way to monitor my expenses.

June Monthly Round Up

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
- Re-read Extravagant Worship by Darlene Zschech

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
- Glee

What special days did I celebrate and how?
-Father's Day..since hubby's abroad, we celebrated online, hehe

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
- None

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
- None, thank God.

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
- Had our family picture taken

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
- Lunch from a food house catered by a colleague's friend

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
- None.

What were this month’s disappointments?
- none

What were my accomplishments this month?
- Finally got my new student permit (again, hehe) and had a carpenter installed our window screens.

March Monthly Round Up

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
-I'm reading the book Psalms for Mothers and Raising Godly Kids by Harold Sala

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
- Movie: Chloe Chihuahua
- TV Show: Kdrama- You're Beautiful

What special days did I celebrate and how?
- My father's 60th birthday last March 28...just a small celebration with the whole family

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
- hmm...none

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
- We're thankful that no one got sick, though I'm still recovering from my operation

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
- Special lunch after the little girl's graduation...

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
- none, lol!

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
- bought shoes for my little girl's graduation

What were this month’s disappointments?
- none

What were my accomplishments this month?
- Johan turned 1 month old and finally the little girl's graduation.

February Monthly Round Up

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
- I’m reading Memo ni Mommy

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
- Glee
- The Frog and Princess

What special days did I celebrate and how?
- Valentine's Day..we didn't go anywhere, hubby just gave me a bouquet of red roses

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
- I received roses and some baby stuffs

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
- No one got sick but I went to the hospital to give birth

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
- Family get together last Feb. 28 to welcome baby Yohan

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
- We availed my Holidayt Inn give certificate at Fab Restaurant but since I still can't go out hubby brought the food at home. Yummy mini burgers with fries, all meat pizza, and the yummy sansrival

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
- We bought a new crib for baby Yohan

What were this month’s disappointments?
- none

What were my accomplishments this month?
- finally gave birth, I'm now a mom to two adorable kids!

January Monthly Round Up

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?
- Books: Raising Godly Kids, Bab's First Years, What To Expect When You're Expecting

What movies and/or TV shows did I watch this month?
- Movie: The Blind Side, Kimidora

What special days did I celebrate and how?
- New Year's Eve, finally with the husband and daughter in our new home.

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
- I received a nice perfume.

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
- None, I'm healthy ( need to)

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?
- Watched the premier of The Blind Side with hubs and the little girl.

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try this month?
- None

What special or unusual purchases did I make?
- None (need to save, haha!)

What were this month’s disappointments?
- None.

What were my accomplishments this month?
- hmmm, nothing big. surviving the stages of my pregnancy perhaps and successfully helping the IT department with my skills :D