The last moments . . .

I’m having a hard time trying to fall asleep right now because I keep thinking that it was a year today on this “Wednesday” (8.31.05) we knew it would only be a matter of time when Nanay would be leaving us….around this time last year, 10:46 p.m. we were at Nanay’s bedside trying to keep her comfortable [...]

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On this Wednesday, a year ago . . .

Around this time last year (3:00 p.m.) I was on my way home…was supposed to have worked until 5 but my supervisor insisted that I go home to be with Nanay. My other cousins either Lorie and/or Concon had already gone but KitKat had waited for me to come home. As soon as [...]

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Chocolate Chiffon Cake w/ Chocolate Frosting

Below is a recipe for a chiffon chocolate cake I baked for my co-worker’s birthday last week….5:00 in the morning at that and all from scratch!  I got this recipe from another blogger’s website who lives in Germany, named Beng.  I had to give myself a pat on the back because the cake came out quite [...]

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The last “thing” I made for Nanay . . .

On that first (and eventually the last, 8/26/05…the hubs and my 16th wedding anniversary) Saturday that Nanay was home under hospice care, I was in the room with her to keep her company.  She was awake (I would glance her way here and there and she would give me that gentle smile of hers) when I was watching [...]

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Hearty Chicken Vegetable Soup

(From Sara’s Secrets on the Food Network)

5 3/4 cup chicken broth
1 pound skinless boneless chicken breasts
1 medium onion, chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
4 medium carrots, cut diagonally into 1/3-inch thick slices
2 celery ribs, cut crosswise into 1/3-inch thick slices
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
Bring the broth to [...]

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Go Oski!

Raider Fans infiltrate CalBears Huddle…my two buddies Mama ‘Doms & Bril

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Seventeen Years . . .

The hubs and I celebrated our 17 years of wedded bliss last Saturday, 8/26.  We didn’t have any major plans for this “special” day…in the morning, we did the lake and went to Arizmendi’s on Lakeshore Avenue afterwards to have coffee….the hubs had his brioche while I had my scone.  Since I started “doing” the lake on Saturdays, this gives [...]

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“A Gift from the Heart”. . . 17 years ago on 8.26.06

A while back, as I was flipping through my journals (the ones where I actually wrote in eons ago), I happen to come across a “wedding card” from a family friend and her daughter from Santa Maria.  This was the only card from our wedding that I had kept tucked inside one the pages of my [...]

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Nanay’s “home-coming” a year ago yesterday . . .

Yesterday was a year ago that mom was discharged from the hospital and placed on hospice care.  Little did we know if was only a matter of days that God would be taking her away from us.  Kitkat came with me to the hospital that late afternoon to discharge Nanay (she was my “life-saver” because [...]

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8/23/05 @ 11:48 a.m.

Below is an email message that I sent to all my friends a year ago tomorrow…I remember that day as if it happened yesterday…I got a call right before noon time from the hospital telling me they were ready to discharge Nanay.  We thought we still had at least a couple of weeks before they were to [...]

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