Sprinkler me this, sprinkler me that
Monday, June 25, 2007
Joen wanted to have our yards quoted for a sprinkler system but the guy didn't show up last Saturday morning. He will be coming over tomorrow at 7:30 am. A sprinkler system is always expensive which goes to show how much Joen is already not enjoying the whole sprinkler hose set-up. Hehe.
Sinful day
Lord, sana patawaran po ninyo kami kasi ngayong gabing na ito, nag-baboy kami. 22 grams of fat per sausage po, Lord.
Grilling on a 94 degree weather. Ferpeck!
The mistress
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Hoen got his edger and trimmer. This gadget I consider his mistress. But it's alright. If it can level our grass by the fence, it's fine by me.
*** By the way, do y'all notice how Joen's legs look fairer than his shoes? Hehe
Aktib gid
Monday, June 18, 2007
Hoen and I have this motto. "Never stop moving." We swore never to be stagnant, still or sedentary ('cept for work) and this we have been doing together for the past 2 years. However, yesterday Sunday, we took it a tad bit too far.
We:Hit the gym
Went to church then had lunch
Went around the city shopping, window shopping, doing groceriesI Primer'd the walls = 3.5 hrs (painting by stairs, high foyers and vaulted ceilings can be a bitch)Hoen cleaned the car = 3.5 hrs9:15 pm we went biking (photo op! photo op!)
We came back an hour later only to realize I had forgotten to cook some rice. We looked like famished Cavemen.
Diss-washer
So Cecil the Plumber (doesn't that just have a nice ring to it? Kinda like Larry the Cable Guy) came over yesterday with his son to check on our leaking dishwasher. He opened up the bottom, ran the thing and for the longest time, it wouldn't leak! But after chatting up a while longer some water did come out and it wasn't from the seal or the sides. It came from one of those wire-y things that came out from that thing and jutted out of that thing which made the whole thing quite complicated. The solution is to fix it but if we were going to have it fixed we might as well get a new one because it costs less than the labor it takes to repair.
So Joen calls Nancy, our agent, and tells her about the problem and if something can still be done about it from the seller's side since this was an existing pre-closing issue. Nothing y
et as of today as their agent is yet to talk to them about it. Nevertheless, Joen was ready to get a new one and if they're willing to pay even just half for it, it would be ok with him. He's certain Nancy will help both ends come to some sort of arrangement. So "Adieu, Dishy Duke!" Come June 26th, your nemesis will take your place and rock you out of your world. I never got to know you but after 2 leaks, you and me just ain't workin'.
Status quo, status mo rin
Sunday, June 10, 2007
You know what they say, Prime goes on.
Decked on
I LOVE breakfasts on the deck! With music, internet, the sun, and neighbors playing with their kids, lounging around with our friends langaw and batofway... mornings spent there are pretty nice. But pardon our mah jhong/card table. It's taking Joen one hundred years to decide which patio furniture to get. Hehe.
Yung mga discoveries na talagang topak!
The other night, we got invited once again to Rani and Vangie's kids' birthday. Roni is 11 while Vaughn is 12. Last year, we were at Mahoney Park. This time, it was just at their house but the backyard was complete with water slides and such for the kids. Also, Rani had just finished his backyard gazebo and landscaping. It was nice seeing all our Pinoy friends all over again after not being around for quite a while.
We just realized that quite a handful of our friends live near us now, especially Joen's former roommate and ex-officemate, Fly and his wife, Sharon. Then there are the Han
kins family of Alex and Elena with kids Alexis and AJ. Plus Noel and Amia as well as Michael and Joyce. The usual took place-- overeating of Filipino foods (I gobbled this really yummy dinuguan and downed the pandan cake), drinking for the guys, singing... terribly singing. Hehe. Yesterday, Sunday, we all met up at our new church now, St. Vincent de Paul. V
ery lovely church from the inside and out. Our old church, St. Leo, which I fell in love with, is just too far for us now. Good thing St. Vincent is what it is because I can see myself going there every Sunday to stare at the overhead organ and carry on with our "Where art thine speakers, O Lord! Mine eyes can't find them!" search. Seriously, no speakers in sight. But Hoen and I are on a hunt. Hehe.
Now that we know our friends are actually neighbors, we can drop by every so often. The only downside is that almost all of them are tagalog!
Me: Yes! Last Friday lang kami lumapit.
(Karen and Titit nod)
Joen: LUMIPAT. It's lumipat, not lumapit.
Karen: Lumapit na rin kasi nasa Bennington na kayo. O, diba?
How do you say it? Nakakahiya! Haha. Sige lang, I'll work on my Tagalog. And if I still suck, there's always english which is uhmm, the language of the very country we're all at.
Joen and I have been looking at bed frames and bed posts since we moved in. We found 2 yesterday-- one at Furniture Row and the other at NFM. I've always loved platform beds. My mom had this carpenter make me a platform bed when I was little and if not for the weight wear, it would probably still be around. At least Megan was still able to use it. Hehe.
so helps that it already has on the same chocolate brown-blue scheme as we have in Will look for more out there seeing as we need to have a bed installed in the guest room already in time for Ate Joyce's visit this August. 
so helps that it already has on the same chocolate brown-blue scheme as we have in Will look for more out there seeing as we need to have a bed installed in the guest room already in time for Ate Joyce's visit this August. 
