Hoopla 03/23-03/26

03/23 Hoopla: Fajita Marinade,Pool Sun Godson,Hello Kitty Planning Aid,CashCan Pop
03/24 Hoopla:Big Planning Aid,Chi chi store Stroll,Dot's 1st CashCan Crack,Siestamos,Hotta Bath,Holy Week Board,Sweet and Spicy Pork Ribs☑
03/25 Hoopla: New Cab,Blessing,Confession,Leche Flan,Night Stroll,CashCan Pop,Tum Ache.
03/26 Hoopla:BOSS stroll,blender,1st Cashpool Pop, Grocery,Finger Paint,Mom-Dot Craft Plans,Ground Beef Nachos Recipe.Hurrah!☺

Dot's Doodles #4: Name Game

Another Mom-Pop-Dot Family Photo

A shy Aster in pink tutu.

Prima Ballerina benched with a friend.

The  "B-e-r-n-a-d-e-t-t-e" character drill.

Mommy Project #6: Holy Week Mom-Dot Acrylics

*Wed,Mar 27: 

Three uncomplicated Christian Art Jobs:

Earth Hand Art

Easter Bunny Craft Packet

Easter Egg Vivid Bookmarks

Rustle Up Sandwich Spreads

*Thurs., Mar 28:

Family Book

Sew and save event

Three Christian Tot Arts:

"Priest and Pope" Paper Fold Up

"The Cross" Crease and Crinkle

*Fri., Mar 29:

Candy House

Categorize Dot's Cab

Tidy Up Aster's Study Tray

Recycling for the Youngsters

*Sat., Mar 30:

The "B-e-r-n-a-d-e-t-t-e" drill

Tot Crafts:

Easter Chick

Man Heart

*Sun.:

Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Egg painting

Easter Baskets

Ablen Chow Calendar for the Holy Week

Tuesday: Sweet and Spicy Pork Ribs
Wednesday: Chicken Liver Adobo/ Daing na Bangus
Thursday: Crispy Fried Fish and Adobong Kangkong (Water Spinach)
Friday: Pechay (Chinese Cabbage) with Squid Balls /Ampalaya (Bitter Gourd) with Stuffed Shrimp
Saturday-Tortang Talong(Eggplant Omelet),Fermented Fish with Calamansi/Tortang Dulong(Fried Fish Omelet)
Sunday-Marinated Fried Drumsticks/Beef Steak,Banana Fritters/Campesinos(Ground Beef Nachos)

Dot's On Stream Doodle 03/23/13

Quite amusing how a 4yo can navigate computer buttons with no trouble.Here's a squiggle from the Paint selection in my laptop.The violet stick drawings are always present of course,with the usual skyward wave of the hair,the Pop-Dot-Mom walking pose,the house at the core and her nickname in caps.I don't know where she got the glowing stars and heart, but i'm sure she completed the doodle with so much love.

Mommy Project #5: The CashCan Plan

Money is indeed too hard to hit upon,and I believe teaching my daughter to save (and spend would) later on mold her to be a mature financial possessor. Just this week, we started Aster's CashCan Plan, where Pop and I put in 5 pesos each,every day,until Saturday(the day where she'll crack up the can),with dot budgeting the coins for next day's mall stroll. We consider Sunday as dot's splurge day, but contrary to the usual binge day,she'll spend her money instead of ours.

So here's the agreement: 

1.) She'll ajar the tub.

2.)She'll make a spending plan.

3.)I can help out.But...

4.)I wouldn't foot the excess bill! And oh yes...

5.)She should have at least 5 extra coins for next week's mall stroll.

Snap #1:Enthusiastic to unlock her Pooh cylinder. 

Snap #2:Counting the p5 coins.

Snap #3: Writes the crack up date and the amount of her riches.

Snap #4: 21 pcs=p105

Snap #5: Keeps the coinage .

Snap #6: And....

Voila! Here's her first Splash Out Shopping!!

She didn't exhaust all her coins.

She even opted for an optional extra for next week.

And so that's it.

A List Junkie's Hello Kitty Planning Aid :-)

I always strive to pull off my to do list regularly,with contents just...uummm....plainly an assortment of  bits and bobs of a typical working mom's life.If you flip the pages you will see Eye Doodad orders of my steadfast patients sorted chronologically,a few jottings from the open courses of some online continuing education sites for optometrists,an unsystematic list of this year's payables,a daily hoopla,bashful recipes,on stream suppliers,a spending list,a spacious make-shift album/s of doodles,casual register of Mom Plans,jumpy Chow Calendars,a roll of random thoughts,grocery lists,some personal thingies and a few buckets of my tedious Daily To Do Lists! haha!!
Keeping a planning aid is truly essential for every working mom,or when even just a stay-at-home hardworking mom.It is super great for organizing/keeping noteworthy memories.

Mommy Project #4:Envelope of Skills,Summer Stir:Intermittent Learning Day,Play Day,Craft Day,Chore Day

Another batch of arty,crafty,and wily schemes of a rural mom! Definitely a hopper in the works!

Aster's Envelope of Skills.

Everything kept here,signifies dot's cleverness ;-)

And yes,it's bedecked...

Near the door.

Hehe

Weekly MomPlan Stir for Summer 2013:

Learning Day/s-MWF

Play Day/s-TTHS

Craft Day/s-Sunday

Soon to Commence: Aster's Chore Day

See her pluck Malunggay/horseradish leaves?

She offered to help out with my amateur cooking tour de force.

:-)

Our guidebooks for Summer.

We're moving ahead.

Hut Gut #1

The onset of ingenious nimbleness,happenings and endeavors in the Ablen household.

A board for dangling my To Do List,including the Ablen Chow Calendar and MomPlans Chart.No reason to  dawdle.Sigh.

The soon-to-be-garlanded Triumph Pic Frame of Aster.

A thorough scheduler.

A strung up organizer of charger cables,cords,chargers and wires.

I also appended some Pop-mom personal effects hehe.

March 21 Cookery: Beefy Bean Sprout Spring Rolls

March 22 Cookery: Ginataang Gulay and Buffalo Wings(not in pic)

Mar 18-22,2013 Hoopla

03/18 Hoopla: Arrival of Head Cones,Sunnies and TicTok,Turbo Chicken Cookery,EdAlex Pd,Prep Books for dot,Bernadette jot test.Black Watch.♥
03/19 Hoopla:Head's spinnin'..Too small head cone,uncontrolled CashCan,Bayview 04/06 plan,crappy bills,dippy mate.Ugghh
03/20 Hoopla:CashCan Fill up,Dot's Snacks,Hassa arrival,Hub's Moolah Mob,Truck buck,On Stream Aster.♣
03/21 Hoopla:Godson's Valuation, SpecJobs,Beansprout,Spring Rolls Cookery,Crispers,Dots Summer Review&Crack the Book Pic Frame.Ecstatic☺
03/22 Hoopla:5K doohickey,jottings,dot's notes,Home CashCan fill up,dayhagan booze,Ginataang gulay.edchroma,tattoo..Ugh☂

My Holy Week To Do List

1.) Unwind.Yes I'm woozy.He he.
2.) Contemplate.I have many things to mull over. ;-)
3.) Categorize cubbyholes.
4.) Change drapes.They're ancient.
5.) File notes.Again.
6.) Make club sandwiches.For the Holyweek,yes.
7.) Study.Sub-specialty check.
8.) Organize family albums.Awfully overdue!
9.) Orchestrate/assemble work table.
10.) Take snaps for photo tub.
11.) Make taco salad for Easter.
12.) Buy eggs.Puncture.
13.) Prepare dot's watercolor set.
14.) Adorn two (Easter) baskets.
15.) Call my folks.
16.) Download new Blackberry apps.
17.) Mobile cleanup.
18.) MomBooks.MomPlans.
19.) Get new recipes from twitter.
20.) Read the BizBook.
21.) Cook.(Plan the Chow Calendar now)
22.) Load up Tattoo.
23.) Start Aster's CashCan financial plan.
24.) Hook up dot's Triumph Shell.
25.) Declutter my caddy.
26.) Bring up-to-date my planning aid.
27.) Get suppliers from FB.
28.) Prearrange and work out unsettled sorties.
29.) Read old Smart Parenting Magazines.
30.) Make profile-raiser inquiries.
31.) Scrub the pantry.
32.) Cut amusing articles from long forgotten magazines.Staple them.
33.) Make a Craft Cubicle.
34.) Make 5 Mom-Dot Activities
35.) Write.
36.) Pack Art Jams.
37.) Blog.
38.) Produce a junk trunk.
39.) A Home-based Spectacle Display
40.) A new batch of Make Believe gummies.
41.) Can the hair claws.
42.) Dot's K2 Summer Jottings.
43.) Twitter blurbs.
44.) Start the Ablen Summer Calendar
45.) Rent out old films.
46.) Reposition boudoir.
47.) Proliferate God's love.
48.) Pray more!

Here...

... I Recovered.
....Expanded my expertise.
....Corrected my transgressions...
....Flourish my creativeness.
....Show off my inventiveness.
....Stretched my patience.
....Hold back material desires.
....Set aside hard cash.
....Avow humility.
....Maintain diligence,productiveness and labor

MomPlans 03/19

Another batch of arty,imaginative,clever and cool maneuvers of a rural mom ;-)

Multihued bits and pieces from my favorite Home Store.Their toddler kits are definitely matchless!

You will also adore their pots and pans...Very colorful!

We all look forward to a weekly mall stroll!

Prep Books lent from Kuya Michael Demellites.Daughter's enthusiastic to reproduce them!We've actually started hitting 'em yesterday.Ahem.

I did not impose rigorous study habits.Let's just say I'm a hairsplitting crazy mom.

Ha!

FFF: Fab's Firsts and Favorites..

I try to fill in Aster's FFFs every now and then.I almost forgot some articles,but the notable ones were modestly celebrated.

I recall. I inscribe.

Yes I am a hard taskmaster.

Sigh.

EyeGems:Frosty SpecBags 03/19

Nippy...Chilly...
Fabric Spec Flasks.
Stylish,Trendy..
Better than bins in a box

Blest List #8

1.) Found a pasty boxroom place mat at BOSS Home Store! Winner!

2.) Finally made time to leaf through notes pertaining to my clinic subspecialties.

3.) Makeshift receipt holder by means of an  Index Card Chest.

4.) Dazzling Philhealth scheme.

5.) Aster's Glittery skirt.

6.) Maria's Closet ensemble.

7.) Well-timed Manipeds.

8.) Superb CashCans to the rescue!

9.) Aster's K1 attainment!!!

10.) The arrival of head cones,sunnies and tic tok.

11.) Aster's four-letter words comprehension and reading know-how!--03/18

12.) Hello Kitty clinic getup.

13.) Updated dot's FFF @ 4.

14.) New eye doodad stocks.

Dot's Doodles 03/17

Doodle #1: In my Daily Planner: LoveGab to thy folks....Doodle #2: Nuts and bolts of a Tot's Wedding Fantasy. Lol.

Doodle #3: Baby Jesus copied from a Christian book... Doodle #4: Dot trying to give instructions on how to cut an egg.

Doodle #5: A sketch of pop and dot,dancing in a party

Keepers and Organizers: Fabric Wall Organizer

Clothier-chum and I, conceptualized this fabric hanging organizer,suitable for bringing together antiquated and up-to-the-minute essentials.Here's another suggestion: Buy large index card chests (See the brown,green and blue cases??) you can use to group important chits.
We should all dream of a systematized and categorized accouterments!

Fret List #6

1.) Bystanding cyberspace users.
2.) Hard-headed onstream folks.
3.) Unpaying clients.
4.) Remorseful head cone scheme.
5.) Uncontrolled loan of dot's nest egg

Mar11-Mar17 Hoopla

03/11 Hoopla-Grateful for passwords,blogs,chicken marinade tips,vegetable pear,new sched and referral notes.☀
03/12 Hoopla:Spyder freebies,earlier clinic,manipeds,fifi sched,CashCan pop up &wdrawal.Grateful.☀
03/13 Hoopla:Doodles,Mom-Dot Time,Beef Steak#2,Elec Halt,HA,absent today,lemons,sack out★
03/14 Hoopla:Overjoyed with dot's "With Honors" announcement,Sals thanksgiving dinner,dcs stocks,edhelmets.Beautiful Day!Blest!☺
03/15 Hoopla:Surprise Ed payment,Coll,MallStroll,Embellished Dolls.Buttoned Flower,DreamHaus,Dr.2x,New top and Wedges.Blest☺
03/16 Hoopla: Preschool Achievement Day,StageFolks,Hitch,Claws,Kitty Lenses,Clinic Chips,Coinage,Spy Okay.Blest!
03/17 Hoopla:Turbo Broiler,Scrub Suits,Dot's summer tutorial,updated the fff,child-minder's book,BOSS,rainbow pens.☂

Handiwork and Fabrication #1: Globules

Embellished dot's cheapo dolls.With beads and baubles,the once unadorned shoes are now sequined!

*A monochromatic work wardrobe didn"t help,so I'm back to costume-grinding!.Haha.My Hello Kitty Scrub Suits are cunning!

*Fluorescent rainbow pens for crafty concepts

*A Compact Turbo Broiler for easy roasting and grilling.

*Abstracted pre-made sticky labels for gift chips and name tabs

* Another B.O.S.S. Home Store treasure. The Cordon Bleu duo. he he

* Collecting hair claws in perpetuity

Photo Tub: Star

1.) Time Dime- Spyder Tic Tok Freebies for our EDC Patients under way!!

2.) Aster finally getting what she wants...A huge doll house reward for her With Honors doodad !!

3.) Refreshing slothful head for some Optometry sub-specialties

4.) There's dot leading the class with bops, twirls and giggles.Photo taken during SPC's Preschool Promotion Program

5.) Aster trying to make a smiley with Cheese.A tv-buff kid trying to multitask.No kiddo.You're only 4.

Ablen Chow Calendar 03/18-03/24

Monday: Turbo Chicken
Tuesday: Monggo Guisado
Wednesday: Buffalo Wings
Thursday: Sweet and Spicy Pork Ribs
Friday: Pochero
Saturday: Ginataang Manok
Sunday: PorkChops in Fajita Marinade

Club CashPool: My Turn to Ajar This March!

I organized a CashPool for my team this year (hopefully this happens every year!),where each one of us gets to crack the jar four times a year! It has a lower turnover compared to the usual Pinoy bu-bu,but somewhat simpler and yes,systematic,since only three of us are involved in this scheme ;-)

So here's my 1st CashPool spending list   :

1.) A tiny oven toaster

2.) CashCan reserves
3.) leggoes
4.) ballet shoes

Musings: Chi Chi Shops in PH

The extensive rise of Chinese/Taiwanese shops in PH is somewhat skyscraping. Think of bargain-basement finds! But what's startling is that a few of our local shops are firmly closing up,bec of the scarceness (or somewhat detachment) of local customers/consumers.With the decline of homegrown shops,stemmed the plummet of Filipino enterprise,therefore leaving a few Filipino entrepreneurs out of work and of course,penniliess.Sad,right?Now,do you think there's still an antidote to this business upheaval?Can we easily instruct everyone to buy only Filipino-made products?The answer of course is NO.Sigh.

RuralMama's Mar02-Mar07 Hoopla

03/07 Hoopla: Dot's Cashcan Withdrawal,Agalon Clients,Sinigang,Yes Mag,and Px Dough.Grateful★
03/05 Hoopla:Canine Bandages,CashCan #3,Veggies for the Week,Drawstring Bag for. EyeCones,Patients...Blessed.☺
03/04 Hoopla: supplier Jack,palatable pork ribs cookery,new biz tie up,and Che, the eye doodad agent.Blessed. ☺
03/02 Hoopla:Toy Frame Folder,Poultry+Veggie,Moolah Calendar,&Little Fish.Blessed! 

Kitchen Art: 03/11 Beef Steak 123 Recipe

My first attempt to cook Beef Steak ! Toothsome!

Here's a short recipe.You decide the quantity:

BeefSteak Marinade:

beef in soy sauce

pepper

lemon/calamansi

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1.) Stir fry onion rings

2.) Fry the marinated beef without the marinade til brown.

3.) Pour in garlic and saute.

4.) Pour in marinade.Bring to a boil

5.)Add water,salt,pepper

Teach My Kid to Treasure Cash

I have started teaching my daughter to treasure greenbacks with these simple habits and behavior:

Toy-selection: She now can easily understand why we have to choose a cheapo toy over a pricey one.I sometimes give her this option: Get one toy,priced moderately(?) or 3 toys when added, sums up close to the toy she adores. The analogy : It's 3 vs 1.. The outcome? She chooses one toy.Brilliant.

My "NO" is irrevocable: When I say no (during mall strolls) for a certain request like figures or dolls,I am effin' stiff,but I try to mull over economical substitutes. Think of papers and erasers as a replacement (on top of !!) for Doll Houses and Barbies. ha ha...

The Freakin' 4$ Rule: We shop with usually an au pair in tow, and when dot keeps on badgering me to buy her new toys/school supplies at the mall,I instruct child-minder to buy 5 items totalling 4$. Impossible but truly possible.

Virtual CashCans: She should understand and be aware of the dough we are subtly stashing for her.

Touchable CashCans: Coins are gems. We will soon open them, and she'll take part in the number crunching.