A day of Ble$$ing$

Praise God, I've been blessed today with so much grace! What a great day to start the month of August. I hope that this will continue through out this month and the months to come lol.. I am grateful and thankful that today is the last day of hubby's work day for the week... I have to work tomorrow though.. Sacrifice... sacrifice ... and more sacrifice lol.. Anyhow, I'm gonna got to bed now because it's twelve midnight and I have to get a good night sleep.. Goodnight bloggers... Enjoy your day and good luck in grabbing opportunities..

Amazing Domestic Seafood Recipe

I grew up in a place where the ocean provided the main resources for our existence. I would, often times, join my father on his fishing trips. One time we went fishing and I caught a very big fish and my father laughed at me because I panicked and immediately called for his help. I love most types of seafood. My favorites are shrimp and crab. My daughter, though only three years of age, requested shrimp for lunch today. Shrimp is very quick and easy to prepare. This is my own recipe for it. You will need the following: 100 grams of shrimp 1/2 cup of water 1 tbsp butter 1 medium tomato (sliced) 1 medium size of onion (chopped) 2 cloves of garlic (crushed) small piece of ginger (crushed) 1 cup of sprite 1 tbsp of fish sauce (optional) hot peppers(optional) salt and black pepper to taste Place the shrimp in the pan then add all the ingredients on top of it. Bring it to a boil for 8 minutes, give it a quick stir and boil it for another 7 minutes and its done. You can add some hot peppers if you want it a little bit spicy. (Although I love spicy food, I usually don't add the hot peppers because of my children). The secret to this dish; do not over cook the shrimp so they will remain tender. I think that my recipe would be a great contender in the upcoming Great American Seafood Cook off event. You could find the details of this great event at http://www.greatamericanseafoodcookoff.com/. I am excited to participate in this cook off showdown because domestic seafood is very obtainable in our area. We live just minutes from the Korean public market known as the "Five Day Market" where seafood is plentiful and inexpensive. Most of the seafood can be purchased straight from aquariums which ensures freshness. Here are the pictures of the shrimp I cooked for lunch. The first picture was taken when I was cooking it and the second one is the finished product. Doesn't it look delicious? Tell me what you think guys. I am always interested in trying different recipes, so please feel free to share your favorite recipes. I also have a post related to this one entitled crabby night.

Fun Day

Boring day for us is this: taking lots of pix

and this: mr. serious and ms. jolly

and more of this: Posing and make faces

and some more: brother and sister bonding

See boring days can be a fun day when the camera is around.. Hope these pictures can bring smile to your face.. have fun and enjoy life all the time!

Product of Boredom

When I got pregnant with my first one (I was still in the Phils then), my husband suggested that I should stop working in school, for me and the baby's safety. He was so protective of us, for the fact that we've waited for over a year and a half before I finally conceived. Since I live a little bit far from my family, there's nothing much to do but to shop and sleep. To ease away the boring days of my pregnancy, I got addicted to cross stitching.. Here are some of those I made.. 

A mom and the baby at the seashore... I like this design because it always reminds me of our beautiful place, which is known for whalesharks.. Donsol Sorsogon..

My favorite flower.. ROSE.. Are you familiar of this quote by Shakespeare? "What's in a name? That which we call a ROSE by any other name would smell as sweet" a queruben's smile set of baby's footprints.

our wedding dates...

happiness

Hubby was so happy yesterday and today because when he came home, the table was waiting with his favorite ulam (main course).. Yesterday was a caldereta day and today was a beef roast day.. Didn't take a picture of today's ulam though,...Here's yesterday's..