Wifely Steps

I made my very first ice cream! I went to a cooking seminar today, sponsored by Work. Yipee! One of our many assigned recipes was Peanut Butter Ice Cream. I’m sharing it with you:
Ingredients:
Eggs, whole, 2 pieces
Sugar, 150 grams
Peanut butter, chunky, 150 grams < — We were out of chunky though, so we used creamy [...]

“Follow your hopes and dreams. Some opportunities come once in a lifetime. It’s better to try than always wonder what could have been.”
I had a phone interview today for a company abroad. I knew I was too junior for what they wanted, but I went for it anyway. I was seriously contemplating on not continuing [...]

I keep a little notebook with me everywhere I go. I take it out everytime I read a magazine or a book. I don’t like using highlighter or writing on the pages of my books, so whenever a passage strikes me, I write it down in my little notebook. It’s a good source of inspiration [...]

One year ago today, I was dressed in a flowing white gown and he in a barong tagalog. I carried a bouquet of pink and orange gerberas and a wide smile on my face. He wore a nervous grin on his face and beads of sweat decorated his forehead. I walked down the aisle to [...]

I got a lot of flack from my friends last Friday night. As I gave my best friend a hug, he goes, “Why do you smell like a man?!” My girl friend shrieks, “Ikaw pala yon!!!!!” (So that was you!!!)
Uh-oh. Looks like my Johnson’s Baby Cologne didn’t work. I reluctantly took out the small pink [...]

Gifts don’t have to be grand. Gifts don’t have to come only on an occasion. I find that gifts are best liked if they’re unexpected too.
H came home last night with a grocery bag saying, “I have a surprise for you!” He whipped out 3 packs of Lucky Me Supreme (Sotanghon Soup). He said, “Sometimes [...]

I subscribe to Globe’s HerInspiration, and they send out daily doses of inspiration like this one. I loved this particular message. I forwarded this quote to about all my friends last night:
“There are times we have so many questions and seem to have no answers. The answers will soon come. Enjoy life’s little surprises.”
I don’t [...]

I can’t help it. After a day of work, I always, ALWAYS have spare change in my pocket. I have a coin purse in my bag but still loose change finds it way to my jeans pocket. I think if I do the Dance of Joy (remember Perfect Strangers?), a certain jingling and chiming would [...]

Guess what my Dad gave my Mom for Mother’s Day? An electric toothbrush. You read that right. An electric toothbrush.
We were all in the family car last Sunday when he asked my younger sister to take out his present. It was in a beautiful paper bag. My Mom looked so excited! She reached into the [...]

I miss my girlfriends. They’re all over the country, and I see them once in a blue moon. My best friend is a guy. My other best friend is my husband, who is, obviously, a guy. (Is it possible to have two best friends, by the way?) I digress. I was talking about girlfriends.
I’m not [...]