Wifely Steps

Can you believe December starts in just a few days? Crazy. Christmastime is here! Mama has started playing songs about Santa and that red-nosed reindeer on the piano, we’ve started putting up our tree, I’m starting on my Christmas list. Are you ready for Christmas? *** Uncle Tim told me, “Toni, I read your blog [...]

On wolves and girls who like wolves: I’ve finished reading Maggie Stiefvater’s “Shiver” and its sequel “Linger.” Young adult reading for the win! “Shiver” is a love story about Grace and Sam. Grace is fascinated by the wolves in the woods. She is especially drawn to one wolf with yellow eyes — Sam. When she [...]

Senti Sabado is going on right now in Twitter! I noticed that most of those who participate were born in the 70s or early ’80s. Hello to my generation! What’s this about? Check out the Yahoo! article (link). If you’re Pinoy and have something to share, go tweet about senti stuff! Some of the funny [...]

It’s been too quiet in here! Do you hear the crickets? I sure do! Work has not been forgiving with schedules, and when I do have free time I’d rather eat, sleep or play with the baby. Speaking of the baby, he’s now officially a toddler! My dearest boy is now a year old. He’s [...]

Oh to be this kitty cat tickling the ivories… do you think this is Marie, Toulouse or Berlioz? Image from Tumblr. I was dipping the bread part of my corned beef sandwich into my hot coffee this morning when a chunk of beef fell into my cup. I forgot about it until I was sipping [...]

Chaikofi stole my photos! I hate you Chaikofi. I was wondering if the old coffee shop Chaikofi still existed, so I went online to find out. Lo and behold, I came upon their seemingly forever under construction site and saw they used my pictures without permission! This is my original post about my Chaikofi experience… [...]

Things in my head I hope you can help me with: I need to go on vacation. Stat. Any quick weekend getaway recos? Tagaytay’s nice, Subic too. Some place that doesn’t require a plane or a 12-hour bus ride. I don’t want to go too far, and I’m done with staycations. Oh life! Any infant [...]

Seven years. We’ve been married seven years. The best marriage advice I’ve gotten was from my cousin. He said, “Kahit ano kakayanin niyo basta’t sabay niyong haharapin.” For as long as you face challenges together, any obstacle can be overcome. My cousin wrote that down on a “Congratulations! You’re Married!” card seven years ago. The [...]

… that relaxing on the beach with a good book is lots of fun till a humongous red ant decides to drop in and hang out on your neck! Blech. Good thing I swatted it away before it could bite me! Chilling out one summer day… This tree protected me from the bright sun but [...]

… that the Twilight saga’s “Breaking Dawn” film will be released on November 18, 2011. It looks like they’re not splitting the movie into two parts. The movie will be directed by Bill Condon, whose previous works include Dreamgirls, Kinsey and Gods and Monsters. This was my least favorite book in the series, but I’ll [...]