The Adventures of a Calamari Queen – Page 52 – Christian, Wife, Mommy, Homemaker, Retired nurse, Fur-mama,living a simple and minimal life!

Mothers Day 2013

We celebrated Mothers Day with my Mom In Law’s side of the family. We had hotdogs and grilled chicken/fruit kabobs(that I forgot to take pictures). Every mothers day we go to my husbands grandmother’s house. I love her yard, so spacious and lots of pretty flowers like Lilacs tree. She said if we want we can get as much as we can,so of course I asked the hubs to “pick” enough to bring home with us. He didn’t disappoint! The house looks like a florist shop right now but I love it..hehe..smells so good right now because of the lilacs. Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there, especially to my Mom and MIL Kathy, both whom I admired and look up to.

Riley thinks it's pretty too — Riley thinks it’s pretty too

Another pretty flower from Grandmas garden

Birthdays

Last week we celebrated my Parent In-Laws birthday’s (they decided to combine their b-day celebrations). We had hamburgers and a yummy cake. It was a relaxing time. I’m truly blessed in the In-Laws department because we honestly get along very well.

Gardening

Nursery date with MIL,she helped me picked these pretties

The weather here in the PNW is just gorgeous! The last couple of weeks I’ve been into gardening because of the weather and I really enjoy growing our own food. We did it last year and I think it was a success. Lots of herbs and veggies like broccoli and zucchini. I will take more pictures once I’m done because I’m just starting and I still have plans to buy more herbs and veggies. Are you going to have a garden this year?

Lots of spinach here,looking forward to have spinach in my scramble eggs! — Lots of spinach here,looking forward to have spinach in my scrambled eggs!

Mexico Trip!

Hubby and I vacationed last year in Mexico (Cozumel and Playa De Carmen). It was our first time to see Mexico and we both loved it. Sunshine and white pristine sand beaches, what more could we ask for? We mostly stayed in our hotel and just relaxed on the beach and snorkeled everyday, drank margaritas, lounged in the pool and ate nonstop:) We got spoiled during our stay there and we plan to be back this year. Here are my favorite pictures from the trip:

happy hour with my hubs! — happy hour with my hubs

yes for starbucks! — yeah for starbucks!

Bye Mexico!waiting for our boarding.. — Bye Mexico! waiting for our boarding..

I’m Back!

Hello everyone! I’m still alive here! I haven’t posted since forever. I do have a reason why I didn’t post anything here since last year. December of last year my Dad passed away and I went back to the Philippines to be with my family. I miss my Dad, but I know that he’s with the Lord now and no more cancer for him! Life will not be the same anymore but knowing that God is in control of everything helps me heal and enjoy my life since my Dad’s passing. I will try to post more often here and get back to blogging and posting recipes, foodie pics and things I’ve been doing lately. Miss you all family and friends!

I miss you everyday Pa,but you are with our Savior now:)

with my Family,missing my younger sis Rosell (she wasn't able to extend her stay) — with my Family,missing my younger sis Rosell (she wasn’t able to extend her stay)

I miss my Riley Boo (back from my long trip!)

Hubby’s Birthday Dinner!

Last Monday was my Hubs birthday, and we already celebrated in advance with his family (Sunday night and cooked Paella.) I had an extra voucher for melting pot that I wanted to use before it expired, so we decided to use it for my Hubs actual birthday. We ordered the spinach artichoke cheese fondue and it is my favorite so far. We’ve been to Melting Pot a lot of times and this is our first time to order the spinach cheese fondue, it didn’t disappoint. Sorry for the dark pictures as we are still using the iPad for pictures and the restaurant was kinda dark. Happy Birthday week my Love!

what i wore:Kohls Top, cashmere scarf:gift from my MIL (nordstrom), target leggings and boots

Thanksgiving Weekend and Birthday Celebrations!

Today is my Husband’s birthday but we celebrated it yesterday evening together with his Parents and Sister. We prepared Paella and it turned out great. I was kinda nervous because this was our first time making this dish. I thought it was simple based on the blogs and recipes we’ve read but when it’s your first time to make something, I’ve found that it’s not always smooth sailing. I’m just so glad that it turned out well and my In laws enjoyed it. Hubs and I also watched two movies this weekend, Life of Pi and Skyfall. I really enjoyed them both. Tonight we’ll be going to Melting Pot to have a birthday dinner for my Hubs:)

about to blow candles from the bday cake my MIL baked!

whatiwore:skyfall movie:blazer:HnM,F21sweater,hollister pants,target shoes

Thanksgiving 2012!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you had a great time with family and friends and eating yummy Thanksgiving food. I’m grateful for a blessed life with my amazing Hubs, and family here in U.S and back home in the Philippines. We spent our Thanksgiving dinner at my In-law’s house, they always host the annual Thanksgiving dinner. My Dad In-Law smoked half of the turkey and it was the BOMB!! I can honestly say it’s the best turkey I’ve had. It’s so good! I prepared three side dishes to bring, Green Bean Casserole(Paula Deen’s recipe), Roasted Veggies (Ina Garten’s), Beet Salad with Gorgonzola cheese (online recipe).

Pike Place Market!

It’s been a cold weekend here in the Puget Sound, but that did not stop us from visiting Seattle and checking out Pike Place Market. One of my favorite places in Seattle! Originally we wanted to go to Chinatown but we had a hard time looking for parking, and so much road construction made it hard to walk around. So off we went to Pike Place market:) We had Piroshkies, Macaroons and coffee! Hope you had a great weekend too:)

OOTD/WIW:F21 sweater,IlyCouture necklace,Hollister jeans,LV bag,target boots

taking picture of my hubs using the iPad!hehe..i look crazy:)

Friday night shopping! lots of halloween candies on clearance!

so many goodies and he can’t have any..poor Riley!

Still here!!

I know I’ve been slacking on my posts for the last couple of weeks(almost a month), I just don’t have a lot of things to say and find myself not enjoying the posting of my foodie pics and recipes. I kinda miss it though, it’s not that I’m not doing anything fun or eating yummy food because I’m still cooking most of the time. Speaking of fun, I wanted to share one of our “fall bucket list items” that we did couple of weeks ago. Here’s some of our Pumpkin Patch pics:) Enjoy!