Chef DJ

Hubby had a best time cooking during Thanksgiving. He termed it as 'cookin' up the storm'. But we helped each other in cooking. He made some dishes and made mine too. We thought of brining the turkey but we just didn't have the time. We had it marinated though overnight with spices and then early morning we put it in the oven. The butter and vegetable we put inside the turkey and inside the skins made the meat tastier and moist. It was well-cooked and the browning was just perfect.

As I have said we split the dishes. He made turnips casserole, yam with marshmallow and pecans, blueberry muffin, cabbage with bacon, and macaroni and cheese. I made the cranberry sauce from scratch, sausage stuffing from scratch, potato salad, gravy, and potato gratin. I got my recipes from Paula Deen at Food Network, Ron Bilaro of Lifestylepinoy.com and some other recipes online. I will share some of the recipes of the food that I made next time. The stuffing was really perfect. It's Paula Deen's recipe. I will sure make it next time.

Get Detoxed

My husband's cousin on his mother side are mostly male. Every Thanksgiving when they are all together they will joke at each other about grubbing too much food. You know when this holiday come you expect a feast. So when I witnessed it with my husband's family I told him that afterward we really need to detox our body because the food are not only great but it can also add up calories and cholesterol to our body system. I meant it as a joke but honestly for the four Thanksgiving that I shared with hubby we tend to over cook and over eat as well :-) I may have to use an Orovo detox for this matter after every Thanksgiving :-)

Give Thanks!

Daddy's Training

Between me and my husband, he is more cool when it comes to training our DD. I am the worry-wart. He will always tell me that I need to loosen up because I am so uptight with things. I need to relax. I agree and accept that. It may just be my personality but I have to make adjustments because our DD copied some of my traits now and I don't want her to grow up uptight and a worry-wart as well.

Anyways, hubby have a way of training our DD with simple things. When she is playing, of course all toys will be all over the place, afterward hubby will tell her in a playful way, 'clean up, clean up'. He will let her copy what he is doing. So now when we tell her to clean up she will put her toys back in the bin and her stuffed animals on top of the side table.

Her Daddy also let her do the cable connection for our laptop. When her Daddy ask her to get the cable she will get it and bring it to him. Then he will aid her to connect it through the connector. We are watching her when she is doing it and for 3 days now she's able to do it by herself.

Grant a Wish to Our Heroes at Home

As the holiday is closing in we are all getting busy to check out our kids' wishes and somehow do what we can to fulfill them. We go through many lengths to at least grant their wish because Christmas is all for giving and granting a wish. As a parent I can feel how hard it is for those kids to celebrate the holiday with simple wish not being granted. Not only that, but how about if one parent or both is not around because they are in far away land doing their duty protecting our freedom?

Being a military family I can so relate how hard it is spending holidays and family occasions without your love one because they're deployed. It is very hard to fulfill all your love ones wishes when you don't have enough to give to them. This is why I am glad that there are kind and generous people out there that are trying their best to reach out to our service members, veterans and their families. They make a difference in giving happiness to those that are left behind by our service members who are deployed.

I am thankful also of the Sears Heroes at Home Wish Registry program that grants the wishes of our heroes and those left at home. This program is in collaboration with Sears and other Non-profit organizations. If you want to check out and make one family or kid happy this holiday, you can make a donation of any amount. The donations made to the wish registry are not tax deductible.

Thanksgiving Box of Goodies

I remember when hubby was stationed in Ft. Benning, during Thanksgiving all of the instructors with dependents received a Thanksgiving box full of goodies including turkey. It really helped in our budget because we already have the things we need for the celebration.

The other day I asked him what they are planning to give out to their soldiers. He told me that their brigade is preparing to give out Thanksgiving baskets to their soldiers. They will give baskets to those soldiers E4 below with dependents. I guess it is a good thing to give out something to those who really need it the most.

New Weight Loss Supplement

Losing weight has been a problem to a lot of people, and I am not exempted to it. This is why a lot of doctors and professionals are also researching and making weight loss products that will help people who has this kind of problem. I learned there a new supplement right now in the market called Anoretix. According to some reviews this product received good reviews from its users. If you want to know more about this product you can check out sybervision.com and search for Anoretix reviews. They have the review there as well as more information about this new weight loss supplement.

Sports Day

Today is hubby's Battalion sport's day. The sports that they picked is bowling. So all of them are now in one of the bowling lanes near post. Hubby came home a few minutes ago and asked me if I want to tag along. We both love to play bowling and even if I want to go with him I just don't feel to go out in this cold days. I also have a class this evening and have to finish some tasks so decided to stay home.

One thing I am grateful of is that hubby will always ask me to go with him if they will have activities such as this. Before, pre-baby times, I always tag along with him. I even went with him at the shooting range and watch them on training. This time that we have our DD it is impossible because I will have so much preparation to do before we can leave the house. Maybe when she's big enough and at least can do things on her own.

Holiday Sale

There are only 30 days left before Christmas. It is the time of giving and sharing as well. If you are planning of giving your love ones gifts for the holidays you can find great deals in almost all the stores either online or at the mall. I have seen a sale going on at buy.com with any electronics you need and want. You can find up to 75% off on selected merchandise and big savings on others as well. One best thing I like in shopping online aside from getting good deals is the convenience. You don't need to go out and drive. You can shop at the comfort of your home in your pajamas and slippers. So check out your favorite store and grab the chance of holiday sales.

Sunday Picture

Last Sunday our Daddy went to church by himself. We did not go with him because we woke up late and I don't want him to be late. Since he is already dressed up I told him it's okay we will just stay home. I just made lunch and do my household chores after I bathed our DD. When hubby came home from church DD ran up to him. Daddy asked to take picture of them together. I asked him to pose as well. Pardon the LBC box at the background :-) It is up for pick up :-)

Company Profiling

With the advent of modern technology, that is the internet; businesses are now able to have their business published online. Not only their locality who will know the existence of their business but worldwide as long as internet is accessible. If you have your own business and you want to expand and cater world wide, you can check out services that does company profiling. There are services wherein you can join and linked in your business. I learned about this when I saw the linked in profile of a company name Spectrotel .

Spectrotel Company offers phone services for both business and residential. They have the mission of giving an excellent to their customer not only giving a fast internet connection but also an excellent customer service that other phone companies lack. Their company profile not only tells me about the goodness of their company but also the people that are working there have a great sense of giving a valuable service. So if you need to boost your business and maximize your asset being a good company to do business with or work with, link in your company profile in profile services now.

Pinoy Fear Factor

Reality TV show is now becoming a trend in the Philippines. The first reality tv show that I know Filipino derived from US is the Pinoy Big Brother from the hit Big Brother here in the US. And now they have the Pinoy Fear Factor which was shoot in Buenos Aires, Argentina in South America. I guess the Filipinos are now very acceptable on seeing such shows. Being most of the population are still conservative but is now watching different kind of show. It is a good thing though because it shows how Filipinos are very versatile and can adjust to whatever conditions we are in. We are also appreciative of the new thigs we see so this goes for watching reality tv shows as well.

I have been watching the Pinoy Fear Factor since it was aired and I would say the stunts are really hard and dangerous that I can't fathom how the participants were all able to pull it through. But they did a good job with this tv show. It is something very new to us Filipinos but it is a diversity in the Filipino television.