Friendship Chain Tag

I was tagged twice with this Friendship Chain by DavidFunk and Rossel . They are constant visitors to my blog and good friends of mine. Thank you so much for including me in the list.

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This is the easy way and the fastest way to :1. Make your Authority Technorati explode. 2. Increase your Google Page Rank. 3. Get more traffic to your blog. 4. Makes more new friends.

Rules :
1. Start copy from “Begin Copy” until “End Copy” to your blog.
2. Put your own blog name and link.
3. Tag your friends as much as you can.

1. Picturing of Life 2. Juliana’s Site 3. Hazel-My Life, My Hope, My Future.4. Jeanne-The Callalily Space5.My Family is my Life 6. The Simple Life of a Baghag 7. On A Wonderful Day Like Today 8. House Everything 9. The Creativity in Me 10. Travel and Photography 11. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 12. You Are My Sunshine 13.Song to Remember 14. Super Blog 15. Philiippine Tv Marathon 16.Simply Blue 17. Breaking the Boundaries 18. Top Five 19. A Simple Life 20. Simple Happy Life 21. Basic Bloganomics 22.Moments to Remember

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Now, I would like to pass this friendship chain to the following: wena's thoughts ,ismat28 ,ibjsprinting and anyone else who hasn't been tagged with this friendship chain can grab this. Thank you and happy blogging !!!!!

Interesting Blog Award

Two of my good friends here tagged me with this award. They are DavidFunk and Vicky . Thank you so much for this . Although I am not sure if I deserve this award but honestly I feel honored once again.

Now I'm going to tag everyone in my blogger list who has not been tagged with this award. Please feel free to grab this. Thank you.

Today's Sunset

At around 5:30 pm taken from our backyard

Simply Amazing?

While we were on top of the hill, Dorothy's attention was captured by this figure peering out from the grass few meters across from where we were and called our attention. I was tempted to take a picture of it at the first sight. It looks like the head of a big lizard. Ins't it?
Well, it is actually a piece of rock that somehow looks like a big lizard's head. Was it by nature or just someone else with expertise did it just for fun? We really dont know.

8 Things Tag

Thank you so much Vicky for this tag. I was having fun doing it. And here is my 8 things list:
8 Things I'm Looking Forward To:
-our next camping trip to Ocean Beach
-go fishing with my family
-a boating day out with my family
-hubby's birthday sometime next month
- arrival of my sister's from the Phils ( we miss them so much)
-David's 6th birthday (no plans yet. i have to remind hubby about this)
-friend's visit sometime next month
-Dorothy's upcoming district cross country race
8 Things I Did Yesterday

-did the washing
-cleaned the house
-cooked hubby's vegetables soup
-took the kids to school
-picked up the kids from school
-read my new recipe book (to check out a recipe to try this coming weekend)
-went to the shop and bought things i urgently needed
-packed a package to be sent to the Phils.
8 Things I Wish I Could Do

- bake a yummy chocolate mud cake
-travel around the world with my family
-make everyone happy
-play a keyboard
-exercise everyday ( I am lazy to do it especially it is getting cold here now)
-visit my family in the Phils more often
- sing
-sleep early before 10:00 pm
8 Shows I Watch

- 7 News

- Better Homes and Garden
-Ellen DeGeneres show
-City Homicide
-Border Security
-Funniest Video
-Sydney Weekender
-Huey's Cooking Adventure
Anyone who hasn't been tagged with this tag can grab this . Please do grab this. It's fun.

Our Cross Country Runners

(Dorothy and David)

At their Hughes house team while waiting for their respective races.

It was David's turn first to run being a kindergarten. They ran 1 km around the school back playground.It was his first race and he ran with all his best along with the other kindergarten boys. It was not a bad finish after all for he came out 6th place. Everyone made it to the finish line with no drop outs which was great.

While Dorothy on the other hand, ran about 3 km in the 11 yr old girls. Luckily, she came out 1st place and will definitely be representing the school for the District Cross Country sometime next week. She is so happy of her performance this year. Much better as compared to last year though, for she was just in the 3rd place. Her second time in a row to represent the school again for the District Cross Country. Good luck to the school runners team for this coming big event !

My Mum's Day

Usually my Mother's Day is a day of surprises, excitements and be with my family. Gifts that come from the heart and the home/school made cards are my best gifts ever every Mother's Day.
My kids were getting excited too and cannot wait for the day to come. They'd been hiding the gifts they bought from school a few days before the day came and forbade me to enter their rooms..hehehe..I think that it would also serve right as I didn't like to be able to see what they had in store for me. They slept early that night so they can get up earlier before me . When morning came and with hubby's supervision, Dorothy made my breakfast and arranged the table with all their gifts around my breakfast. This is always her designated task every Mother's Day to be in charge of the breakfast table. I wasn't actually sleeping at that time but pretending to be asleep and listening to the clattering from the kitchen. I think that was because of my excitement building up inside me that's why I cant anymore drift back to my dreamland the first time I opened my eyes.
After a time, the door of our bedroom suddenly opened with David first in the queue to greet me, then followed by Dorothy and hubby. Dorothy and David jumped on the bed to be with me and gave me big cuddles and kisses. Then they asked if I am ready to come out from the bedroom and see what they had in store for me. I was having teary eyes to see my breakfast was all surrounded with their gifts. Dorothy bought me a scented candle, card and 2 packs facial tissue while David gave me a fancy pen, cute teddy bear and a card. Hubby gave me a recipe book which I actually need for my slow cooker. Thanks for all the gifts ! I love everything you guys gave and prepared for me for the day. It's another memories to remember and cherish in my entire life.

Then, as part of the celebration, we had lunch in one of the local clubs here, Penrith Panthers. I devoured again my favourite seafood platter as well as hubby while the kids had salad, fish and chips. I was a bit famish when we arrived there so I eat what my stomach could fit in ..hehehe

Sunset

Just another addition to my sunset collection:

On April 29, 2009

a wide angle sunset on april 14, 2009

Over The Top Award

It is such an honor again to receive another award from DavidFunk. I have been getting awards from him and I am so glad he always include me in the list . Thank you so much for this award, my dear friend. Even though, I am not really sure whether I deserve this award but I really appreciate it. And guys, please check DavidFunk out. His blog is always worth a visit.
Rules
To receive this award your blog must be exceptional in design and content; presenting us with new knowledge, a sense of style, or at times just giving us a smile!
Each recipient of the award will acknowledge the person who honored them with the award and then go to http://overthetopaprons.blogspot.com to copy/paste the award : Your Blog is Over The Top. (located on the right sidebar, scroll down).

Now, I am passing this wonderful award to all who are in my linked list. Please do grab this award if you can get a chance. Have fun blogging..

Chrysanthemums for Mother's Day!

While me and hubby visited a nursery garden nearby, the flowers caught my attention. Lucky me, I had my camera in my bag so it gave me a good opportunity to take some photos to share with you while hubby was busy looking for a particular thing.

Chrysanthemums are loved all over the world and popularly called "Mums " . They come in different colors, pattern and sizes. They naturally in season here in Autumn and make a perfect gift for Mother's day. Giving a bunch of chrysanthemum to Mums is a tradition here carried by many generations. It's quite cheap and abundant this time.

To all MUMS and MUMS TO BE, Happy Mother's Day!!!!!