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Am not really a baker but I am a frugal mom.

For the boy’s birthday, home-baked brownies and butterscotch bars were brought to school along with steamed hotdogs, huh, I know this is a *rolled eyes reaction* but the children loved the snacks we brought.

It warms my heart to hear the boy’s classmates say they love the brownies and these tasted good.

I really want to learn to bake well and so I look at different websites to learn how to do this properly. I also do the “Become a Fan” in different Facebook pages about baking and other stuff regarding food preparation.

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No, I am not referring to this piano at the MIL’s home.

I love short films and I particularly like this: The Piano

The hubby is great with keyboards along with the eldest daughter.

The youngest daughter used to play the recorder and had wanted me to get her flutes and piccolos, very much like the days the eldest wanted a harpsichord. Harpsichord? I don’t even remember seeing one so it was really something we look back to and remember fondly 😉

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I have always, always wanted a foldable picnic table.

In fact when I was looking for a table to be used in the room where I teach, I have been partial, no, drawn towards those with foldable legs and/or can be folded in half and table legs folded under.

We don’t always go on picnics because my family always wake up late during Sundays but there’s no harm in getting ready so we can go have one  if they decide to wake up early, right? Right. wishful thinking.

I hope they will indulge my whim to go on one next weekend because it is my son and I’s birthday weekend 😉

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I haven’t been blogging a lot lately but it doesn’t mean my being involved in things online has ceased. In fact I am even more active than before! Nah, not Facebook but in Instagram.

Follow me! teacherjulie

^ was done by my eldest daughter. using black ink pen.

I enjoy looking at wonderful photos of lol, trees, lakes, hiking places, camping places, pets and cute things among others. Nah, I don’t look at vain photos especially from famous celebrities because I’d rather enjoy foggy, sunny, hilly, tree-lined places.

I am pretty sure I would enjoy photos related to Christmas like that of department 56 snowbabies. Speaking of which, I’ve a friend who collects snow globes. Maybe she should take more photos of her collection.

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Father’s Day came and went but we weren’t able to celebrate because the husband has to be away for family matters. I was left behind to attend to the kids since this week was the first week of school.

It doesn’t really matter if we celebrated or not, we try to show how we love each other day in and day out. There’s no doubt that the children adore their father and that he in turn, loves them so much.

Live each day as if it’s your last. It may be a bit harsh but we can’t turn back the clock and feel we have not done enough to show we love our family.

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Mobile phones are not what they used to be. If a decade ago, we only need these mobile phones to send sms and make calls (and yeah, play Snake mobile game) these days, mobile phones like the motorola mc55 show how much technology has changed and shrunk in terms of size.

This used to be high-tech back in the day. It is definitely obsolete these days but hey, I still use the phone and still even play mobile golf, lol.

I think mobile phones did something to the brain’s capability to memorize because people nowadays have a hard time recalling phone numbers or birthdays not listed in their mobile phones whereas before, it was easier to memorize phone numbers. Or in my case, I used to be good with this, until the 11-digit numbers came to be.

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