Cowboys 4-1

Last Sunday, we had sort of a mythbuster episode part 5. The myth: whenever we (Village People) watch a game, the team we're rooting for loses. The result: busted! Cowboys were playing the Cincinnati Bengals, and you gotta hand it to them - they played hard. But we played harder.

It wasn't the best of games but it wasn't a joy to watch either. We were leading 17-3 at one point and they caught up, 17-16! So that's where the excitement was, and I even proposed going home in the middle of the game, lest the myth was true. But we didn't go home, and after the nail-biting and cheering from the top of our lungs, we were victorious. The Cowboys won.

(To answer those who ask, where y'all together when that game was lost, the supposedly walk-in-the-park match against the Washington Redskins? Yes, we were. But come on, we've proven that there is no jinx. So let it go.)

How 'bout them Cowboys?

Not just April, also the weekend

Happy birthday, Ate April!

Wow, I have not blogged for quite some time. That wasn't a plan, it just happened like that. And in the meantime, there's so much that has happened so let me tell you before I forget.

Last weekend, Friday night, Vangie and the kids slept at our place. Jan had to go back to get intensive care and so we tried to make it up to the kids and have them play the Wii. We also sampled Diana's macaroni with ham and cheese, and it was ok. Not as tasty as I would have liked though.

Saturday, Gabriel had another chess tournament and he won second place. Another trophy for him, yehey! He's really doing a good job, and we certainly know now how serious a player he is. Even with the knowledge that there are 4 kids in our house whom he can play with the whole morning, he chose to compete. We're so proud of him. He knows his priorities.

After the tourney, we went to his soccer game. They lost but no biggie. I'm just glad he's enjoying himself. And because he's been wanting to go watch Horton Hears a Who forever, we went to Studio Movie Grill both for the movie and the food. I liked the ribs better than the movie, is all I can say.

Sunday, after hearing mass, we accidentally bumped into Anne's family in Linens N' Things. As we were on our way to lunch then, they decided to join us in Best Buffet. Then, we talked about trying out the bike trail in Rowlett Creek Preserve while the kids play Wii. I liked the trail, at least what little I saw. I only did Loop 1 because Aileen wanted to go back feeling that her bike is not up to par to mountain biking. We went home after dinner and had a wonderful time just spending time with them.

Rainy day on Tuesday

The weather is awful. It's been raining all day and a few thunderstorms broke out. We even had a few seconds of power outage, but that has been managed rather quickly. I'm glad. I don't mind the dark at night, but when you expect light during the day and you don't get it, I feel rather ill at ease.

Today, we go to Gabriel's school to talk with the teacher in one of those one-on-one meetings. We just received Gabriel's school card, and I must say the grades are pretty familiar. Hahaha. All rated sections are E [for excellent], and there doesn't seem to be any trouble in school at all. I'm a proud momma.

I realized that we do not have the equal number of magnets (on the fridge) as the shotglass on the shelf. This is due to the fact that I stopped buying fridge magnets when we decided to collect shotglasses. Now, I'm thinking maybe continue on with the magnets as well. We'll see how the budget goes. Perhaps we're at the stage now where we have most shotglasses anyway, so that means I only need to buy magnets.

We played Friends Scene-It dvd game yesterday (yes, the 3 of us including Gabriel). I won, of course.

We've also collected quite a few dvds, and I saw some unopened ones which I will want to take a look at in the next few days. I'll get to that later, and perhaps add a review section here (I've always wanted to be a movie critic).

Playing catch up today

It's been a week! I didn't realize it sooner. Time really flies, and even when you're not totally having fun. But who am I kidding? I did manage to squeeze in some fun time.

I've got some stories archived in what's left of my memory cells. I'll tell them now before I forget. I got back home on Friday to spend weekend with my family. I missed them so much they convinced me to eat at Panda Express. What a treat. Not! But there's a good story there. Gabriel ordered chicken and fried rice, and we told him he's big enough to eat on his own. I could still hear Jojo coaching Gabriel, "Yong manok muna tapos punta ka doon sa rice." Now how do you think I could convince Gabriel to speak Filipino when Daddy doesn't even know how.

We had dinner at Aileen's on Saturday and we also spent most of Sunday hanging out with them. We met another couple, friends of Aileen's, and as ice breaker we get to play Taboo and Kabooki. If I weren't so tired, I'd say it was all fun. I guess my mind was also pre-occupied with the fact that I had an early morning flight out on Monday. Yeah, it was back to Phoenix for me.

On a completely different note - there's so much I want to do to fix the apartment. Well, nothing's really broken, but what I guess I meant was to make it more organized and enjoyable. We recently bought a set of frames that we haven't put up yet. So, that's the next project. I'll let you know how that goes.

And the Cowboys lost

The bishop celebrated mass today at our parish. I especially liked the homily. Mom would have gotten a picture with the bishop, but our camera's battery was out. Too bad.

After church, we went to Best Buffet in Plano and met with Aileen's and Anne's family there. It's our going-away party for mommy who will be leaving for Manila on Wednesday. She was surprised to see them there as we didn't let on that we invited them. As we were getting done with dessert, we got to talking about the Cowboys game at 3:30pm. We all agreed to go back to the apartment and watch.

And watch we did as the Cowboys lost. I guess we won't be playing at the Superbowl. We were so ready, and yet, we will be waiting for another year. I was just plain sad because I had a good feeling about the team.

Happy New Year!

Started the year '08 making noise with our close friends in Garland. We played Taboo and Platinum Cranium and had a lot of fun. By 2am, we were driving home.

Jojo and I managed to squeeze in 2 episodes of Arrested Development, we started a third but fell asleep as soon as it started.

Told Mom I wouldn't be hearing mass in the afternoon and I supposed that made her sad or angry, I'm not sure which one. As it turned out - there was no service in the evenings at St. Thomas Aquinas.

I need to get back to planning our trip to Houston - so I'll be back.

p.s. this '08 journal was Gabriel-inspired... he was writing his own journal the other day and I was really proud. Tata.