Sunday Family Feast

It was an ordinary family day Sunday. My brother and I, together with our families visited our hometown in Rizal. It seems like we prepared for something big as if we're going to the beach. Our family loves to eat and to prepare food even if there's no occasion to celebrate. While eating and preparing our feast, we talk, make jokes on one another and even reminisce.

I think this is what life is all about. Our parents are happy we're all together. A new chapter begins in this stage when us children gives back the overwhelming love and support our mom and dad poured when we're still under their umbrella.

I prepared the Ensaladang Talong dish (salt free!) Well, that's why I added some salted eggs (red eggs). It's grilled eggplants peeled. Accompanied with chopped tomatoes, onions and red eggs. Best served with shrimp paste and chopped green mangoes.

Some prawns to to complete the line of seafood, we also grilled tuna.

Pork dishes Pork BBQ and Pork Liempo

Grilled food for dinner went well with the pouring rain. It feels so right just being able to share a feast with my loved ones. It's a good form of bonding, let's not wait for an occasion and just to be able to talk about life insurance. Eating together boosts the trust, the connection, the natural bond the family has. A good conversation will come along the way.

Dessert With My Little Boy

It's been 2 days since Franky and I wanted to stuff ourselves with sweet delights. Monday night  we were given a chance. I was invited by my parents to have dinner in one of the restaurants in Metrowalk Ortigas.  During dinner I explained things to my parents with regards to blogging.  It was nice for them to show concern on the things I love to do. I mean, I don't live with them anymore, and here they are showing me support. Had to explain everything including how seo works. We also attended a gathering as G1BO Teodoro's volunteers. Well, it was just a get together.

Then the real event happened---dessert with my little boy!

I took my son to have dessert in Iceberg's,  our favorite ice cream parlor. It was a great night out for the both of us. It's like a date. Moments like this one should be cherished, the little boy will become a big boy soon, so I'm really taking advantage of the time. Can you imagine ice cream at 9pm in the evening! Anything to make my little boy happy, he doesn't ask much anyway.

So what did we get for dessert?

Franky ordered his usual Oreo Cookies Sundae

For me, I got very curious had to taste their Strawberry Float. It was very good, it's like a Strawberry Fizz drink with ice cream.

If we're going to talk about real Float, this is it, the ultimate. Take a look at it. Yummy!

On our way home... SUGAR RUSH! Franky was laughing and laughing  while making funny faces. When we finally arrived, he went straight to bed and didn't even bother to brush his teeth, KNOCKOUT!

Something New For The Xtraordinarymom

There's nothing wrong with website hosting, as a matter of fact it is a great source for establishing blogs or websites per se. At the same time, you can still get all the essentials that makes up a reliable blog site or website. Namely, website traffic, features and widgets, advertising and a lot more. As for my site Sweet Nothings,  I decided to change my site's domain name because I want to take ownership of my own site 100%. I just thought of it last week. I'll be honest, right now I am on the verge of doing a major make-over for my Xtraordinarymom website and I want to start by getting my own domain name. The look and the links will follow. I want my site to serve it's real purpose- "an online diary".  It will surely make a big difference once I get my new domain name up and running hopefully next month.

As of the moment I am still studying the process, including the effects it will bring. I'm pretty sure it will give me all the goodness in the blogosphere than the bad. I also think that having a more personalized domain will serve more respect from other bloggers, website visitors, readers from various groups and advertisers.