Updates

Our wedding is 6 months away and here are the things my fiancé and I have accomplished:

- bought my wedding dress, just waiting for it to come in for my first fitting...
- found the bridesmaid's dresses, although i still have to make appointments for their fittings...
- found our ceremony & reception site, paid the deposit and had it booked
- found our photographer
- found our wedding planner
- created our wedding webpage (here's a link): http://mariajaime.weddingannouncer.com/
- talked to our wedding planner about our budget and we both know we might go over our budget and we are...(scary!!!)
- made appointments for our cake tasting in 2 weeks, how exciting...when i do have the time, i will blog it...
- blocked rooms for some of our guests who are staying at the hotel
- registered for presents, sooo much fun...we registered at 3 places, with my OCD i kind of categorized the registries...pottery barn for our dining ware (love their great white dining ware), some bath items & office stuff; macys for baking ware & bedroom sheets (love the martha stewart line); lastly, bed bath and beyond for their kitchen electronics and other stuff...

things we still have to do:
- bug the food & beverage director to having an early tasting since we're thinking about having 2 different entree choices
- meet with the florist, which our wedding planner will take care of :o)
- make an appointment to meet with this person who makes programs
- pick out tuxes for the guys
- buy presents for our wedding party
- order invitations & make them look fabulous
- interview dj's

That's what I remember right now, I know I still have a lot of things to do...

Happy 2009!!!

Christmas and New Years went by really fast, I cannot believe it came and went.

I've been soo busy at work and with the wedding plans that I haven't been blogging or reading blogs hehe...

I shall be posting pictures from the holidays soon as soon as I upload the pictures and keep everyone posted about the wedding plans...

hope everyone will have a great 2009!

Spaghetti Squash

So my friend Ilanna gave me a recipe to try at home called spaghetti squash. At first I was confused about the name is it squash and spaghetti or what but she told me its squash that looks like spaghetti once its cooked. It sounded interesting and good so over the weekend I decided to try this dish as a side for my baked salmon dish.

I went to the grocery to buy squash and there it was a squash that is called "spaghetti squash" now I know why its called that way because after you bake the squash and take the filling out of the squash it does look like little strands of pasta, more like angel pasta. In olive oil, I sauteed the garlic, onions, tomatoes and after that added it onto the spaghetti squash, seasoned with pepper, garlic salt, feta cheese and tossed them together.

Jaime, our guests Kat & John liked my baked salmon and spaghetti squash dish and I have to add that Kat mixed the caesar salad (thanks for bringing it Kip). I thought it was a nice and healthy meal.

Tianna's Birthday

Today we went to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate Tianna's 7th birthday and I brought my camera and took some pics...Glad to see everyone again since thanksgiving and K.Dohn & Jon were in town too so I was soo happy to see them...

lola, k.dohn, jon, john, kat, jaime & i

The birthday girl Tianna, Aunty Ethel & Jr

Jaime, myself, Jr, John & Kippy


Jaime trying to bite off Tianna's buffalo wing hehe...


lola, aunty ethel, jon, k.dohn & inay cely

It was fun, we got to play kids games again, tried to win a lot of tickets which I pretty much sucked at most games hehe...

thanksgiving pictures

Just like what I've promised here are some of the pictures from our thanksgiving dinner...

the teens and no longer kids...vic-vic, carlo, airy & camille

inay cely & tatay mado enjoying their vacation here in the states (we haven't seen them in 14 years, loved that they're here spending the holidays with us...)


the boys w/jaime


jaime & aunty gay


air bear & my fiancé


jaime & i

all of us w/lola

kip & i

gonzales/dichoso family...perch, jr, aunty ethel, k. niño, ate chie, tianna & kaylene

aunty ethel, the girls & jr

so thats all i have, kat has more pictures but im not sure where she placed it on her folder in my laptop...

Tagged

3 Joys

- decorating, decluttering & organizing Jaime's apartment

- planning for the wedding

- holidays

3 Fears

- earthquakes

- heights

- dying

3 Current Obsession or Collection

- 7 for all mankind & true religion jeans

(for now I've been banned by Jaime to buy because we're saving up for the wedding...)

- cleaning

- nutella & ritz crackers

3 Surprising Facts

- I am an awesome cook

- I eat a lot & still have a hard time gaining weight

- my love for reality shows

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Just about to clean my room, we're having family over for dinner. I made twice baked potato & spinach dip (will be posting pictures later). Kat will be making turkey wraps & green bean casserole.

I will be going to 2 thanksgiving dinners tonight, first at my inlaws then dinner w/my family of course w/Jaime hehe...

Well, I gotta get back to cleaning my room...

Happy Turkey Day!!!