Recent happenings

Seems like quite a few things going on after seeing all these photos on my phone :-)

I was having breakfast the other day and the milk that has collected on the top of the blueberry here totally reminded me of the logo of a very expensive pen! Although the Montblanc's logo has 6 points and it actually represents the snow-covered peak of the highest European mountain - hence, Mont Blanc. Who knew!

It's electronic recycling day!  And I dug up one of my old laptop.  It's so big compared to the current one I have now (to the right):

Unfortunately, the line for the recycling was so long at City Hall we brought everything back home. Ha! More stuff to leave inside the garage.  Urgh.

We went to the mall to buy Graham some fabric for his mortarboard cap (graduation hat) and of course, we always somehow find food. Better eat the chuuuurrrrrrros at the car before they go soggy! Definitely not getting all that sugar and cinnamon inside the car:

Charlie and his cheese crisps!  I'm teaching him how to make them now, preferably with Parmesan cheese:

We were around the Malaga Cove area, so I made the boys take a photo by the fountain:

I still chuckle when I see this part of the water spout.  I never did ask the boys what they thought of it.  Ha ha!

I wonder what part of "Please put it in the compost bin" that Charlie did not understand.  Hmm...

Still debating what to do about the dark cabinets in our dark kitchen.  The lights are always on.  Definitely an on-going project until I find the perfect backsplash as well!

Trying to also figure out how to tie in the tile that we had used on the front steps:

Yeah, definitely have to think about this one some more.

Woah... biggest bag of chocolate chips ever!!!  Bobby uses so much of it when he makes pancakes for the boys on the weekend.  I think this should tie him over for a bit :-)

Forgot to post about the earrings Bobby bought for me for Mother's Day!  I had already put one on before thinking about taking a photo.  Sort of like the berry bowl, I was also in the store when we picked these up.  He he...

Looks like the boys' trampoline mat only lasted 1 year.  It was literally falling apart, spreading all sorts of flakes with the tiniest crumple:

Ahh... much better.  I had to take the poles off but thankfully it wasn't too tricky while leaving the net on:

What an awesome surprise last week when I saw these flowers popping out of our cacti in the front yard.  So pretty!!!

Can't wait for these flowers to bloom too:

I was suppose to bake this during Mother's Day but somehow that didn't happy.  I thought about having Bobby and the boys make it for me while I was out, but figured I better not waste the batter.  Ha ha!  Anyway, the big bag of chocolate chips came in handy here:

Looks like there was no real rum in the rum sauce but that didn't stop anyone from eating the entire batch that same afternoon.  LOL!!!

Okay, maybe I got a little carried away with these ceiling fan pull chains, but aren't they pretty???

Blue for Charlie and red for Graham, since those are their favorite colors:

I bought these for our fan in our bedroom.  I was expecting to be smaller, but I do like the amber on them so we're keeping them for now :-)

As you can see, I've been busy with this shopping spree. Also splurged on this new dish rack.  I love how there's a drainage hole in the middle and it flows towards the sink!

I can finally ditch these mats that are designed to soak up the water, but those stains do not look so promising:

Last but not least, another splurge on a portable clothes line!  It's making hanging Graham and Charlie's swim gear a lot easier:

Phew! Always something going on in this household!!!