Weekend Tidbits

I always find that my weekends are busier than my weekdays.  In between grocery shopping, house cleaning, other household chores, and social commitments which crop up every now and then, finding pockets of time to do things I like is somewhat akin to finding a pin in a haystack.  Fortunately, there are ways to work around the hustle and bustle of weekend commitments.  Other times when finding ways seems next to impossible, it's a matter of praying for blissful and satisfying moments.

On Saturdays, when our tiny home is still and peaceful and dark, I wake up and sew and sew and sew until dawn greets me.  It took several Saturdays but I finally finished these...

They're felt bread slices!  It's 3D so there's stuffing inside and I scaled it to the size of real slices of bread!  Now I'm onto thinking what will be in between the slices.  Peanut butter and jelly?  BLT?  :)

Last weekend, Hon-some and I mostly stayed in.  And staying in meant cooking up a storm in the kitchen.  We had a leisurely lunch of pizza subs and minestrone.  And while I forgot to take pictures, I also whipped up chili cheese fries and pasta. 

To cap off the weekend, I turned to my unread pile of books.  What can be more luxurious than sitting on a couch, a book in one hand, and a cup of tea in the other?  I just finished the first book and I'm now reading Hollow City.  The book is just oh-kay (but then again, I'm no longer 16) but I do understand why it's been picked up to be made into a movie.  That should be interesting.

The weekend that was.  Uneventful, perhaps, but nonetheless relaxing and quite productive.  After all, aren't weekends meant for unwinding, putting up one's feet to de-stress, and slowing down?  :)

Wednesday Nugget

I want to live simply...

Photo from here.

Have a lovely hump day! :)

The One About Mom Pop Up Rockwell

Save the date!  Wicked Crafts will be popping up here once again!

Come craft with me!

The One About the 32nd

I just turned 32. :)  Normally, I'd take a leave off from work on my birthday and spend it alone and do anything I want.  This year, I did away with that and showed up at my usual weekday routine.  And I'm glad I did.  My grade-level partner and other teachers and all 26 second graders of ours pulled off the sweetest surprise...

Felt the love. :)

I guess too much celebration of the introvert in me has made me forget how nice it was to be surrounded by people on my actual birthday.  I'm thankful to be reminded of it. :)

And as anyone else knows, birthdays are equal to pig-outs!  In the past, I would prepare a spread for my and Hon-some's families but early on this year, I decided all that birthday cooking made me too tired and took away the fun in the celebration.  So this year, I decided to just take everyone out.  First off, Hon-some and I had lunch at Yabu where I was treated to a free birthday meal by the restaurant.  Yes, free! :)

Then it was Casa Verde where we had potato skins and the Cebu-famed baby back ribs with my family.  I missed the ribs...and the P128 price tag it used to come with.  The ribs were still good, though, and still amazingly fall-off-the-bone.

As much as I enjoyed the day (and ended it responding to all text and FB greetings), I welcomed the following day (a school holiday) as an ode to my usual birthday routine.  I had "me" time and had breakfast at Pi Breakfast and Pies.  And then took a stroll in the mall and treated myself to an item or two.  Or three (haha!).  And then I willed myself to do nothing upon arriving home and opted to catch up with Season 2 epsisodes of Once Upon A Time before taking a nap (saaarraaaaappp...).  I juiced some fruits and veggies and just before the day ended, I sewed because my fingers got itchy.

Skillet Fritata at Pi Breakfast and Pies

'Twas a lovely birthday.  The loveliest I've had in years. :)

Currently...(Week 1)

Jumping on the "Currently" bandwagon.  I personally think it's pure genius.  And so, here's a "current" slice of my life.  :)

The One About Getting All Cheesy

How did  your Valentine's Day go?  We don't normally celebrate it; in fact, I don't think we ever did in the seven years that we have been together.  This year, I felt we both needed some perking up and, given the timing, I gave in to preparing a lovely spread.

And so, our Valentine's Day looked like this..

 His and Hers

Lovely. :)

The One That Keeps My Coffee Cozy

Sorry for the pun in the title but it's just that I'm over the moon after finishing this new coffee cozy that took longer to finish than the first one I made.  This is a long overdue gift for a friend -- along with a long overdue coffee date with her. :)

I made a cardboard cutout of a coffee tumbler, wrapped the knitted cozy around it, and labelled the card with my friend's name in my beginner-level calligraphy skills and line drawing.

Next knitting project:  NOT a coffee cozy!  :)

Happy crafting!