Weekend Menu #31: Corny and peanut-y soup

(This is post-dated entry) By now you would know that I enjoy cooking and consuming soups.  Nothing too herbal because I cannot stand the sm...

Tin Can Lantern Tutorial

I've always loved the look of punched tin! It's very rustic country and in my mind feels very patriotic. So of course I wanted to ma...

What is best for them?

As parents, we always want the best for our children.  But what is the best for them? Some parents I know will send their children to every ...

Patriotic Star Lunch

*Today's post is part of a blog hop! Click on the 4th of July icon at the end of the post to take you to the next blog in our Patriotic ...

How To Hang A Pallet

I've received a ton of emails asking how we hung our pallet in the new dining room. As of now I have been replying back to each email bu...

Be Kind Wednesday: Sole Hope and a Discount!

Hello hello :) Happy Wednesday! I have to say I've really fallen for this midweek refocusing thing! Have you been pausing in your week t...

Customs for House Moving

We got the auspicious date and time for house moving.  And like anything else, the Chinese has few customs to follow prior and during the a...

Skidding....

I've heard epic stories from mothers who have boys....the antics and crazy stunts they try to pull. I just didn't know that it could...

Where romance continues

I know, few weeks back I was posting about my 7 years anniversary.  In 2004 we signed our names on that piece of marriage certificate as our...

SlimKicker Digital Scale Giveaway

**This Giveaway is now closed** I know this blog is mostly about the lunches for my daughter, but I couldn't resist posting something th...

Weekend Recap & A Recipe

Sigh....happy sigh....it was a good weekend. One of those weekends that you end with feeling tired but filled. We had friends for dinner, we...

Going to Car Boot Sales

It is a great Sunday today, because the weather is cooling and we had few session of rains this afternoon.  So a relief after few weeks of w...

Dinner at Topspot

Today is the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival.  And not to be missed is the eating zhang tradition.  We had an earlier celebration last night at...