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Happy Monday!

Claim To Have A Super Blessed Life

I'm mostly at home now a days since I resigned from my corporate job. Their are days I ask myself if I made the right decision to just quit. I love my job until my department I was assigned to hired  new supervisor. At first we were fine until she started attacking me in a personal way. I am not saying that I am not open to learning something new from her. But from the time she was my supervisor I never felt her support, her mentoring, she keep on assuming on a lot of things even my fb posts. I started feeling stress. It was difficult dealing with her. I don't want to stay long and lose my respect for her so after much thought,conversation with hubby and prayer, I decided to quit. No regular job means no benefits,no salary and with the monthly bills to pay it scares me and have cause anxiety attacks. But with faith in God , He will provide and open new doors for me. I'm claiming his blessings.

I'm using this faith declaration of Bo Sanchez's book, How Your Words Can Change Your World.

"I declare I'll have a super-blessed life! I claim a life of amazing abundance. For the rest of my life, I shall receive more love and give more love. I shall experience more joy, greater generosity, dreams fulfilled, financial increase, open doors, new opportunities, divine connections, supernatural appointments, great miracles, answered prayer and exponential growth. In Jesus' name!"

I hope you'll find this faith declaration helpful in your own life. Happy Friday!

** If you want to get a copy of the book, click here.

Homecooking: Cabagge Stir Fry and Chicken

Aside from learning how to cook, I started to adapt a more healthy lifestyle. For some time now, I stop eating red meat and chicken. So for tonight's dinner, my husband and I had chicken and cabbage stir fry. Hubby is a meat eater so I still cook something for him other than veggies. And now for the recipe.

Cabbage Stir Fry (Serves 2)
Ingredients

• 1tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1-2 tomato, diced 
• leaves of tarragon
• 1 cup shredded cabbage
• salt & pepper to taste

Procedure

• Heat olive oil in a frying pan. 
• Saute onion, garlic, tomato and tarragon until fragrant.
• Add cabbage, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Cook and stir occasionally , until the cabbage wilts  and the water it has expelled has almost evaporated.
• Transfer contents on a bowl and serve hot.
• Enjoy

For the chicken. The chicken pieces was first marinated for 1 hour before frying. For the marinate  combine the soy sauce, pepper, salt and lemon juice.

Since I don't eat meat I can't tell you how it tasted so I asked hubby, he said that it was delicious and flavorful. I think it was delicious because he almost wiped out the chicken.

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Bed weather today. Grey skies and about to rain. Meanwhile, here's what I'm loving right now.

Lately, I'm learning how to cook. I've been trying my best to work my way around the kitchen. And these printable recipe cards are timely. I can write down the recipes on these cute recipe cards.

Will cook dinner for my husband. This one looks delicious and something we both will enjoy. We are lately adapting a healthy lifestyle.

Something to read on a gloomy Tuesday. I look forward on having our own house soon.

How lovely to have these tea set. Coffee or even water will taste special in this pretty cup.

Keep safe and dry everyone.

Friday Lunch

Since my best friend had to leave late in the afternoon (she was here for work), we decided to have a quick lunch at Abaseria Cafe. Abaseria is one of my favorite place to dine out,authentic Filipino dishes,friendly vibe and tucked away in a quiet neighborhood. All around the place are art displays, house decors,trinkets and accessories and local delicacies that are for sale.

Our yummy little feast: I was hungry that I forgot to take pictures the rest of our food. 

Monggo soup with gata (coconut milk)

Adobong bangus belly

Looking forward to having this time with my friends. Until our next lunch date.

Date With Girlfriends + Gusto Urban Cafe

This week is all about food and friends. I have been eating a lot the whole week. My best friend is in Cebu for three days for work. In between the busy schedule, we manage to catch up as well as the girls . We went to  Gusto Urban Cafe  located at Calyx building in Cebu It park  for our lunch fix.
Here's what we had for lunch.

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A few things online I have been wanting.

To wear. Simple and all black ensemble.

To buy. Statement necklace to go with the all black outfit. (This is currently sold out).

Pretty Storage Containers. I really need these for my documents, crafting papers & photos. 

Learn calligraphy in a correct way.Strokes,movement,how to hold a pen.

Happy Tuesday!

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Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. Over the weekend I was feeling bummed and down because I was worrying a lot of things and impatient of how my life was turning. It reminded me of the verse about that in whatever situation I am I should be thankful and never stop praying. 

Snippets Of Life: Date With My Girlfriends

Since I left my corporate job, I rarely see my girlfriends. I was happy when despite their busy schedules they took a time off to see me. We had endless conversations, updating each others life. It was a good way to end our week. I thank God for having them.

With Dianne last Tuesday at Cafe Sarre,Cebu

With Mariam & Dianne at Coffee Cat,Cebu

Hope you had a good week ender! 

DIY Recycled Cord Organizer

I wanted to buy those cute and colorful cord organizers, but when budget is an issue, one can come up with a way where one can get what you want in a cost effective manner. With the use of tissue paper roll/carton I was able to come up with a cord organizer.

Materials:

Scissors, Tissue paper roll

Washi Tape

Cover the entire tissue paper roll with washi tape and your done. So easy and simple.

Neat way to keep cords organize

Do you have any recycling ideas you may want to share?

Four Favorites

1. free printable cleaning schedule from squirrellyminds.com. Helpful in managing our time, especially if you have no household help like me.
2. Organic Mosquito Repellent  from Human Nature. It's rainy season again and we need to keep ourselves and our loved ones protected from mosquitoes that can bring dseases such as dengue, which is alarming here in the Philippines.
3. Organic Dish Washing from Human Nature. Effective grease cleaner but gentle on hands.
4. Organic Hand & Foot Lotion from Human Nature. A great buy! Not expensive, no harmful chemicals. And sure does hydrates dry skin.

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Have a happy and productive Monday!

Commission: Rosary bracelet

I made these rosary bracelet as a token of my good friend's son baptism. Materials used are plastic beads and silver spacers and strung on elastic fit. 

The packaging was simple, I used a corrugated paper and a light blue ribbon. Then I printed a thank you sticker with the picture of the celebrant.

If you want a customize rosary bracelet or for inquiries email me at daintywife(at)gmail(dot)com

August highlights

Wow August is over already. How time flies. I need to catch up with my blogging it's been a while since I wrote my last post. I had a busy month I resigned from my corporate job of ten years. It was a sad and happy moment leaving my job. Anyway, here are some highlights of my August 2013:

• Spent a day with my good friend Mariam and my god-child.
• Organized the christening of my good friend's son. I made the invitations, rosary bracelets as favors, wish card and decorated the dessert table.
• Our marriage turned one year. No fancy dinner or short trip since, it was also the baptism of my friend's son. We are planning a short trip somewhere in the next two months.
• We had a birthday beach day celebration for my husband. I'm happy that he enjoyed,he was missing the beach for sometime now.
• Made a few bracelet for my shop. Please visit my shop at facebook  

How was your August?