4 days weekend

Oh yes we didn’t office for 4 days - Saturday, Sunday, Monday which is National Heroes Day and Tuesday because it was QC day. I enjoyed the long weekend so much!

Nah! We didn’t have an out of town trip/vacation. As for me this is just an added expense and I find it tiring. I’d rather stay at home and be productive. I guess I am a certified homebody that’s why I can even stay for a week or longer at home without going out as long as the materials I need are in place. We didn’t even go home to our parents. We just went out of the house to do the groceries and go to church that’s all.

Though we spent our 4 days at home we had fun, we were able to relax and I was productive! Below are the activities that made our long weekend . . .

Cook. This is always a part of my everyday life. But when weekend comes I cook something extra special. Buttered garlic shrimps & kani salad, crispy pata & stir-fry veggie are some of the dishes I cooked over the weekend. Promise, next time I will be taking pictures and share some of my signature dishes. I hope I can share them well for I cook without a recipe.

Family. We invited over my sisters and the kids at home. At least we still had time with our family. I prepared chicken pasta, nachos and mini pizza for them. I also prepared coffee shake for the kids – and it was a sold out and they wanted for more. These kids are truly coffee addicts. After the coffee intake, their energy went up high – the house was a mess. Hehe.

Household. Hay, the never ending. No choice but to do these – wash, fold and iron clothes, clean the house plus the bathroom cleaning. We almost did a general cleaning.

Sewing. I was able to make 3 boxer shorts for hubby (Pictures will follow). Turned our 3 flat bed sheets to fitted and a pouch for my sewing machine pedestal.

This was made by mom way back late 80s or early 90s. This is one of my favorite bed sheet though the print isn't that nice - its the cool, silky and comfy texture that makes me love it. Hanggang sa nakapag asawa ako binitbit ko pa sya. Even hubby likes it . . .










This was a flat bed sheet before. Hubby insisted that I should make it fitted dahil malaki, mabigat at malikot sya matulog - madali magulo ang bed. Khit mag tumbling pa sya ngyon it stays in place. wink** wink**













Sewing machine pedestal pouch made from hubby's boxer shorts excess cloth (retazo).















Pedestal slid inside.

Movie Watch. We were able to watch the DVDs we bought weeks ago. I enjoyed “The Happening” the most. We had lays and shakes while watching. Very relaxing.

Invitation. I finished the last 35 invitation sets of Jun-Jessica. Yey!








Spa. I gave hubby a home foot spa with pedicure, which was a promise months ago – and he really loved it. Since it was his first time . . . he was tickled to the max. He so love his feet after the spa. He didn’t even want his feet to touch the ground and it took hours before he walked. “Ayaw daw nya madumihan.” Haha.

The said activities are also tiring though I hate the feeling of being tired . . . the good thing about it is I found quality time for hobbies, hubby and family. Also, I was indeed productive.

You might be wondering what’s the role of hubby? He is my assistant! Hehehe.

We might be doing the same things this coming long weekend.

DIY Curtains!

Yey! My DIY curtains are finally hanged.

Almost every lunch break I find time to pass by the department store of Robinson’s Galleria (our office bldg is connected at the mall) to check the displayed curtains. Not to purchase, but to inspect how they were actually made. (Copycat! Hahaha!) They are sooo expensive though 50% off pa sya from P1.5k to P750 per panel. I won’t buy such stuff were I know I can make one. Hehehe. The kuripot in me. So these became my inspiration.

Living Area

Room curtain

Table cover from the excess cloth

My DIY are not as good as those in mall. Pero pwede na for a starter and I am still proud of my work (patronize your own. haha!). And take note they are a lot lot lot cheaper. I was even able to make a table cover from the excess cloth. Best buy tlga ng raw materials sa Divi. Hehehe.

Thanks to hubby for setting up the curtain rods and mom for lending me her sewing machine.

Can’t wait to have my own sewing machine! Hubby promised that I’d be having my own on my birthday as a present. Yiheeee!

Rory @ Sewing 101

Rory, my 8 y/o niece is going grade 4 this coming June. Eight years at old grade 4? Yes, she’s a year advance. She had summer when she was at pre-school and passed the examination to be accelerated from K1 to Grade1. Good thing she’s not left behind at school she even earned Best in Sibika and Filipino. Hmm . . . intelligent kid.

When I was in Grade 4, sewing was introduced to us and I did great! I was awarded Best in Home Economics at the end of the school year. Grand slam from Grade 4 to 6. Hehehe. Since Rory going grade 4 I thought of teaching her in advance -- Sewing 101.

Lesson 01: The Knot
Lesson 02: Running Stitch
Lesson 03: Outline Stitch

She did a great job! Her stitches were almost perfect but she doesn’t have enough patience and lacks focus. I guess mommy is right that Rory is still young – I don’t have to force her to learn new and complicated things at her age.

She was thinking of being a fashion designer when she grew up like one of the Bratz girls. I hope she will. Just like our love for art, no one among us (mommy, ate noli and me) didn’t take fashion/sewing skills seriously. We simply considered it as a hobby.

Productive long weekend . . .

Oh I missed blogging . . . I have been busy lately at work and with my all time favorite hobby-sewing. Entry below talks about my activities over the weekend of May 1-4 :-)

Spending Labor Day @ Divi

Yey! It’s a holiday! I shopped at Divi with Hubby and Ate Noli. I missed doing this stuff – after wedding preps hindi na ako nkabalik dito. We had power breakfast (sinangag, crispy-fried dried posit, egg and coffee – yummy!) before living, making sure that we have enough energy to shop.

Our first stop: Ilaya St – as in ung kalye, and it didn’t fail us; there were tons of nice cloth for curtains – nakakalula. I ended up buying 10 yards of curtain cloth and 6 yards of curtain rings, and the price is super cheap. I also got 12 yards of cloth for my nieces’ uniform, cheap din. I wanted to shop for more cloth sana for pants and blouses kaso it’s super init and medyo mabigat na rin ung napamili namin. We can go back naman some other time. Malapit lang naman and besides I don’t have enough time to sew and I don’t yet have my own sewing machine. Nakikigamit lang ako kay mommy. Need to go home pa sa Pampanga para makatahi.

Our next stop is Divine Mart – sa may Ilaya St pa rin. We shopped for cloth pa rin for hubby’s pants – pricey pero maganda tlga. Then as we stroll along may nkita kmi polo barong na pamasok that are biggie sizes, parang ginawa for hubby. Hehehe. More than half the price ng nasa mall, pero the quality is the same. I just have to change the buttons.

We walked ng super layo just to have lunch at. . . forgot the resto name (kinda near Binondo Church. Serves Chinese cuisine - we love this kind of food. We really had sumptuous lunch dahil it’s a buffet with free dessert and bottomless iced tea all for 250. Pati sa food nkamura din kami.

After eating we parted ways. I went to Pampanga (home province) to spend my long weekend. Yey! I’m on VL the following day para I can sew and sew. Hehe.

Fridays
Fridays is how we (mom, tita & my sisters) call market day at our hometown simply because it’s held every Friday. There are lots of cheap stuffs that can be bought. It’s like a small Divi, streets are stuffed with lots and lots of items. Since I am on leave I had the chance to shop. I bought 2 cool sandos @ P50 only and cloth for my slacks (1-black & 1-light gray) @ P50/yrd. For my size I only need 1.25 yrds more or less a pants would only cost P90 including zipper, thread and electricity. Cheap noh?

I am so excited to sew all the cloth I bought kaya lng I only have limited time. Matapos ko kaya lahat ng ito? Gusto ko tuloy magbakasyong engrande. Hehehe


Daddy’s Birthday
It’s daddy’s day last April 29 and we celebrated it last May 3.

Though daddy has allergies I am still glad that he is healthy on his 59th year. A year to go and he is a certified senior citizen na. Hehehe. We celebrated his birthday differently this year. We usually dine-out or set an outing. It’s the allergies fault – they are not actually obvious but dad should avoid lots of food. He didn’t entertain the dining out idea because hindi daw nya ma-eenjoy ang food. Outing is not a good thing din because afterwards nagkakasakit naman ang mga bata. We decided to celebrate at home na lng.

Mom ordered special palabok while Ate Noli brought home mango ice cream cake from Conti’s. This served as our afternoon snacks. Yummy!

At dinner we invited over Lola and Tito Sonny’s family. Special food (by yours truly and hubby) served at our backyard, our fav dining spot for special occasions. We had shrimp tempura and crabsticks as appetizer, grilled hotdog for kids. Grilled t-bone steak, salad, rice and red wine as main coarse. Fruits and ice cream for dessert. Ang sarap ng kain and kwentuhan namin we were laughing the whole night. I hope daddy was happy on his birthday.

Happy birthday daddy!

Oh btw, I already finished my curtains (comprises of 4 panels). I made table cover from the excess cloth. I wasn’t able to finish my pants since I was assigned to do the cooking and grilling. Thanks babi for helping me out. Finish product pictures will be posted soon. :-)

The Boxer Shorts

I woke up early last Sunday (May 4) to be productive. I want to sew more sana kaso I have limited time because we’ll be going back to Manila at 3PM . Hay, back to routines na naman. How I wish to sew 2 slacks . . . I know I will run out of time so I ended making a pair of boxer shorts for hubby and me. The boxer shorts are so comfy sarap isuot. Thanks mom for sharing your cloth to us and helping me cut it.