bed of roses

Roses has a lot of thorns but I love having them in my garden. I took these photos when we were still living in Korea.  I have different kinds of roses there, too bad I couldn't bring  them here when we moved back lol.

These are my collections... Wish I could preserve them lol..

More Birthday Photos

Mr. Burrito had a blast during his 5th birthday celebration. I heard so much gratitude from my little man telling us "You're the best Mom, Dad, and Sister in the world, I love you guys!  He was also very happy that there are kids who came including Bumble Bee, the  the J&J bunch, and Amber. 

Wishing you all a happy weekend.  We suppose to have 4 inches of snow and  an inch of ice so if that is the case, our weekend will be spent inside our home.  

Photo Addict

Ms. Burrito joined the choir of St. Joseph last Sunday and they sang at the mass for our parish priest's birthday.  We went to the restroom after the mass and saw this  pretty flower decor so I took some snaps  before we came out.  Photo addict eh?

"The goal is always to make a nice tableau painting with the voice. 

The more color I can find, the more shadow I can find - 

the goal is always to make more nuance and colors."

Cecilia Bartoli

I wish you all a great weekend!

Dressing Up Our Windows

When we were buying our window treatment years ago, we picked these set of maroon curtains and valances because it matched the color of our living room set.  The problem is that, it makes the room look so dark.  It's an elegant set but it really made the living room looks so gloomy.  

When we  relocated overseas, I bought  these set of plain blue panels for our living room.  That's what I used this year in our living room too.  I put this up  a couple of weeks ago and it really lighten up the room.

Thanks to my sister-in-law, Chris, for  providing me the throw pillows for free.  Thank you so much Chris!

 The curtain made the whole room glow, the kids even said "it looks like summer inside our  home!"

So here presenting our  living room, from gloomy to glowing!

If we can save up this year, we will be getting a new living room set and the this old one will go to our basement.

Curb Appeal Touches

Our Easter break was spent in working on our front lawn. In our quest to add some curb appeal to our newly built porch, we decided to buy a ton of rocks at Morreli Bros.  It cost  $90 for a ton and to have it delivered, we have to pay $65 plus $25 for fuel.  I was a little confused when they told us that we have to pay for the fuel.  Isn't it included when you charge a fee for delivery??  

Anyhow, hubby and I decided to just haul the rocks with our truck.  It's cheaper that way.  Not to mention that we only live 10 minutes away from the place.  I think it's a rip off that you have to pay doubled to have it delivered.  Luckily we have a truck and it save d us $90.  Granted we spent 10 dollars for gas but still, it's a big savings of $80, whew!

The grass at our front yard got damaged during the  construction of our porch so I tried to use the  grass that we removed from the place where we ut the rocks.

The kids  work as hard as we did in laying the rocks.  Of course Mr. Burrito has to supervise while we work hehehe.

Ms. Burrito is a hard worker, no matter what task you give her.  My husband always say that she is a lot like me, once I started doing something, I don't want to stop.

It looks a lot nicer now when we are pulling at our driveway.  The white rocks really add some touches to the over all look of our house.

It would be so much prettier  if we hired a professional landscaper  but with the  money we spent, it's worth  it that we did it ourselves.  It's a great feeling  when we are at our front lawn and  passers by will stop and compliment us about the new look of the house.  I just hope that the snow we  got last night won't kill the plants that we planted, fingers crossed here.

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