This is a miracle week! WOOW!

We are still planning sister’s wedding but this week has been a week with a lot of surprises. Three days ago my sister called me with the news that she was having a fight with her fiancé because they cannot agree about who is going to pay what and who is going to clean what and when and other relationship’s issues.  I was having a long conversation with my sister about it and after more than twelve hours of conversation with the same theme, they concluded and agreed to get marry and continuing with the planning of their wedding. This makes me happy but WOW how hard was to get alone on this. Well, at last they fixed the difference.  What a week!

So very early this morning my sister called me and at this time we were discussing about the invitations for the wedding. They created a list of invites but now the issue was who is going to invite who and how many. Well, again we were talking about the idea to confirm in advance with her family, close relatives and friend first so he knows how many he can counts left. She liked the idea and he agreed. Yes!  Well, at least they could agree and be happy about this.

I am going to wait after July so I can get two beautiful dresses, one for early afternoon and a formal at night, well you know just in case.  (Just kidding)  Do you have any suggestions please?  Thank you.

For the rest of the week, I can say that I am so happy I am finishing this term so I will be doing two more terms to have this over and graduate.  That makes me so happy! Thanks God!  I wish all my classmates having a lot of blessings!

How I feel today!

Well, I can’t say that today is my best day but I still feel happy and motivated. 

One thing makes me feel so good today is the idea that I am going to be finishing the term next week. It is only remaining two more terms to be done with my legal assisting program at college.  Also, we will have the spring break pretty soon.  Even though I did not feel so well this week, I accomplished what I planned for this week except for the cleaning part of my apartment, that’s still a mess!   

Work is going really good so far.  No complaints about it.  I am still getting some ideas to do my sister’s bachelorette party.  Not idea at all what to do yet but I guess I will have some later.  During this week I went to the doctor’s appointment for evaluations, and waiting for response any time soon. 

Italian Recipes are my favorite for dinner!

I always thinking about what I am going to prepare for lunch or dinner. The Italian Recipes are my favorite recipes for some lunch or dinner.  I love to eat pasta in any kind and prefer to eat with white cream sauce instead tomatoes sauce.  I try to look up for some new recipes from the Internet and I found this recipe Pappardelle With Snap Peas.  It seems to be very easy to prepare and cook. I will have ready this meal in thirty minutes. Fifteen minutes to prepare and fifteen minutes to cook.



Ingredients

• Kosher salt
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 bunch scallions, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1/2 pound sugar snap peas, roughly chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
• 1 cup roughly chopped fresh parsley
• 1 bunch fresh chives, thinly sliced
• 1/2 pound dry pappardelle pasta
• 3/4 cup crumbled ricotta salata or grated pecorino cheese

Directions

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Heat the olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the scallions, snap peas, jalapeno and 1/4 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring, until soft, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a serving bowl and toss with the parsley and chives; reserve the skillet. Meanwhile, cook the pappardelle in the boiling water until al dente, about 6 minutes. Reserve 2/3 cup of the cooking water, then drain the pasta and toss with the vegetables.
Pour the reserved cooking water into the skillet and add the remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Bring to a boil, whisking until the butter melts, then cook until reduced slightly, about 2 minutes. Pour the sauce over the pasta, sprinkle with 1/2 cup cheese and toss. Top with the remaining 1/4 cup cheese.

I have never tried before the Pappardelle pasta and I tried this recipe last week for dinner and it was delightful.  This recipe is only 409 calories. I did not put jalapeno pepper.  The parsley, chives and cheese tasted really good with the pasta!

I think going for a surgery to lose weight.

I am having such a hard time over the last three to four years to control my weight.  I am pretty much eating too much food during the day and I am not able to control myself when I see food around me.  I am always hungry and now I am overweight 80-100 pounds.  Not only that, I am diabetic for more than seven years and I was hospitalized for almost a diabetic coma last January of this year.

I decided to talk to a bariatric surgery so I booked an appointment with the Weight Loss Surgery Center to speak with a doctor about my eating disorder. He told me that a Bariatric surgery it can be an excellent solution to help me to limit the amount of food I eat daily and facilitate my weight reduction as well. 

But I still undecided of what is the best solution for me because my eating habits and health condition. I know there are several types of bariatric surgeries.  He talked to me about lap-band, gastric sleeve and bypass surgeries.  The most effective surgeries can be gastric sleeve and bypass.

I am going to keep doing some more researches about it until I can decide which surgery is right for me and what about the post recovery process. Do you know someone who has done this surgery in the past? 

Getting ideas for my sister’s wedding

First thing I would say, I am very happy for my sister’s wedding and I really want this event be so especial for her and her fiancé, I know that this would change their life forever. They have been as a couple for five years now, and I amazed the way her fiancé proposed her to get marry.   My sister was at that time in church for an event.  She was praying for some people in the stage when suddenly he appeared at the stage and proposed her to get marry in front of everyone.  She was not expecting him at all so she cried and accepted his proposal.  Now they are engaged and she had a beautiful ring in her hand.  Oh sister, what a beautiful moment for both of you!

Right after telling this short story, her family and friends got connected through Facebook and over the phone celebrating the moment.  They are planning to get marry this year in September 13^th.  Since they are planning this wedding for two months ago, now they have almost covered everything.  The ceremony in church and the wedding’s party are in the same day in a clubhouse nearby my sister’s house.

I am pretty sure she will love to have a lot of variety of flower’s colors in church and the wedding’s party place, and since they decided which colors will be wearing the bride maids, they picked up the colors of vivid green, beige and details in intense yellow.  I was giving a thought about the idea to have in the church some Dahlia in different colors and Chrysanthemum; perhaps, in white, yellow, orange, peach or other colors.

I still need some more ideas about the flowers, music, honeymoon’s places to go, etc. and I am open to any suggestions.  

 

Make up ideas to decorate my living room

 

First thing I would like to consider is getting a large bouquet of vibrant of flowers and equally vivid color base so the living room will look brilliant.  Also, I think mixing materials and textures will help to improve the view from inside to outside. I will do next putting an instant end table with a stacked set of your favorite reads will be a splendid idea for me to read some of my favorite books or magazines in a quiet area of my living room. One of my favorite prints is the zebra print so I am thinking to add some contrast to a low-key sofa. Of course, if I trick the small space making feeling bigger, I will use transparent tables to give them an uncluttered feel.

I got the impression that adding some pattern on the floor adding tactile and visual interest to a room with a patterned rug and a living-room lamp it will make the living room to look more attractive and lovely to look at.  However, I am still thinking to add to the living room, in addition to this visual view a clean look, with a sofa that has long, lean lines and minimal cushioning.  Thus, I will put a rug to draw the eye in the direction of furniture with this gorgeous sofa.

Introducing versatile as a neutral color on the walls; for example, medium beige color, or inclusive, goldenrod orange to make appear the room brighter and larger and also by positioning a mirror to reflect light and a view like a contemporary linked oval mirror.

In short, I would like to make my living room a tremendous experience being sitting down for long hours reading my favorite books or magazines in the comfort of my home.

What are the best recipes for my friend’s party

For the next weekend, I was invited to my friend’s house and get together with some friends to share our stories and jokes.  We are planning to put a couple of videos to remember old days when we used to have twenty and some of my friends will bring their photo’s albums to share with us. 

I talked to my friend and I was thinking it might be a great idea if I prepare two great recipes that I have searched through the Internet in the website www.allrecipes.com.  This site have daily awesome recipes ideas to prepare for every breakfast, lunch and dinner.  It helps me when I do not have idea what to cook the next day.

One of the recipe I thought it is a good one is the Chicken Quesadillas.  I believe it is a great recipe for parties, I can freeze the leftovers and also I will cut the chicken quesadillas into wedges to serve them with sour cream and salsa. 

It is very easy to prepare so you need the right ingredients like one pound of the skinless boneless chicken breast diced; one ounce packet fajita seasoning; one tablespoon of vegetable oil; two each chopped green and red peppers and one onion; ten flour of tortillas; one package of Cheddar’s cheese; one tablespoon of bacon bits and one package of Monterey Jack’s cheese. 

What you have to begin with is preparing the oven to cook. You have to preheat the broiler and grease a baking sheet. Toss the chicken with fajita seasoning and then spread onto the baking sheet. Place under the broiler and cook until the chicken pieces are no longer pink in the center about five minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the chopped green and red peppers, onion and chicken. Cook and stir until the vegetables have softened about ten minutes. Layer half of each tortilla with the chicken and vegetable mixture, then sprinkle with the Cheddar’s cheese, bacon bits and Monterey Jack’s cheese. Fold the tortillas in half and place onto a baking sheet. Bake Quesadillas in preheated oven until the cheese have melted about ten minutes.  That’s it and it is ready to eat!

What about the recipes of Baked Buffalo Wings.  This is a great one too! Easy to make hot wings and take only ten minutes for preparation but it need to be refrigerated for about an hour so the flour coating is firm and taste crispy.  And also, it can be added more cayenne or use a hot sauce to butter if you like them spicy.

The ingredients are not too many so begin getting twenty chicken wings; ¾ cup of all-purpose flour; ½ teaspoon of cayenne pepper; ½ teaspoon of garlic powder; ½ teaspoon of salt; ½ teaspoon of hot pepper sauce such as Frank’s Red Hot.  The directions are simple. Place the flour, cayenne pepper, garlic powder and salt into a plastic bag and shake to mix. Add the chicken wings, seal, and toss until well coated with the flour mixture. Place the wings onto the prepared baking sheet and place into the refrigerator at least one hour.  Preheat oven to 400 degree F and whisk together the melted butter and hot sauce in a small bowl. Dip the wings into the butter mixture and place back on the baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven until the chicken is no longer pink in the center, and crispy on the outside, about 45 minutes. Turn the wings over halfway during cook so they cook evenly.  Not bad and taste so good!

Love traveling to the islands of the Caribbean Seas.

Last year I traveled to Aruba, the Happy Island, after I was at my friend's wedding and stayed at the hotel for a week so I spent one of those days with a tour guide visiting inside the island.  He was showing us some places and explaining the traditions and culture of the island.  What I found most interesting was the salt sea water plant located at the southeast of the Island where the island is able to purify the sea water to convert it to as natural for the use of the whole island.

I would like to visit the Grand Cayman Island this summer, and the first place I would like to be is in the Seven Mile Beach spending time with my family at the west coast of the island. We are planning to go and visit some places such as Cayman Islands National Museum and the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park as part of our tours in the island.

What about first time cooking!

I have no idea to cook a meal or bake a cake when for the very first time I cooked by myself.  I was ten years old when my grandmother taught to me how to prepare my first meal.  That was a casserole chicken and also mixed rice and beans.  I begin cutting the vegetables and boiling into the hot water.  After that, I put the pieces of chicken into the casserole with some onion, garlic and tomatoes, potatoes and vegetables. I cooked them in slow heat for an hour.  I remembered she was watching me every step I made and warning me to be very careful with the stove.  That it was not so bad at all, but she was there for me to guide me.

What about when for the first time I have to bake a cake at the school for homework.  My grandmother was not there to help me.  It was a real challenge for me to understand the process of putting all together and mixed it.  Not only that, the oven was not in the right temperature.  I have totally forgotten turn on the oven before I was putting the cake into the oven.  And also, I was putting the frosting on the cake without knowing not to put it when the cake is hot.  I really did a huge mess to my cake!

It was not so funny at all! But something happened about this short story, I learned about my mistakes.  After all, I could understand the important of reading the recipes first and then put it in practice.

What a surprise! One of the wonders of the World

Early in the morning of August 2008 I traveled to the country of Peru to visit some friends and their family there.  I still remember when I was packing my suitcases very early morning. I have planned to be at the airport one hour ahead of time so I could be relaxed.

My boyfriend have been fled to Peru to meet his ex-classmates for an ex-classmate reunion event at his military academy three days before I arrived to the airport in Lima, Peru. When I arrived to the airport, my boyfriend and his best friend were there to pick me up and have dinner at a nearby restaurant.  We enjoyed the dinner!

After we were visited some family's friend in Lima, we drove to the travel agency so we could make the arrangements to travel next day to the providence of Cusco.  What a surprise!  My boyfriend booked two flights to travel to one of the wonders of the World, Machu Picchu. So next day, we traveled to Cusco.

After we arrived to the Cusco's airport, we took a taxi cab to drive for about three miles and stay at our old friend Jorge to spend the night for the next day trip to Machupichu.

Machu Picchu had an spectacular view of the ruins of the Inca Empire with an elevated height of 7,970 above mean sea level and was built around the year of 1450 and often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is perhaps the most familiar icon of Inca civilization Machu Picchu has become an important tourist attraction in the world.

I had enjoyed it so much and it was an amazing day for me.

What About My New Cat!

Oh my God, I have a new awesome cat!  I love my cat since I saw the first time walking around the front yard.  I saw my boyfriend very enthusiastic playing with the cat while I was inside the porch looking around. 

Mandy is her name.  She was looking me straight to my eyes and trying to hide because she likes so much to play with me.  Every time I get really close to her, she just stared at me asking me for food and milk.  She is absolutely a Lovely Cat!

How cute is my little Mandy.  I love the way she always around me and wait for me at my front door. 

Vacation Trip to Aruba for My Friend's Wedding Last Summer

The summer on mid-July 2010  I traveled to the island of Aruba for my friend's wedding and I booked my reservations at the Day Inn Resort nearby to their hotel where they were staying for the wedding.  My friend and his adorable wife were having their wedding's ceremony at the beach of the hotel the afternoon of July 22th.  My boyfriend and I traveled to Aruba together and we really enjoyed staying at that hotel. The ocean's view was spectacular.  We were staring the awesome waves and beautiful dark blue sky when we arrived at the hotel. 
We were ready to have a good time.  Aruba, the Happy Island!

Early afternoon of July 22th, we woke up early to get prepared and be on time for this wedding. It was funny the scene of having a taxi cab to take us to the friends' hotel where they were staying less than two miles from ours because we did want to get wet. The first person I met there was my friend's mother who was so happy for this moment.

It was enjoyable the way was the ceremony set and the reception inside the hotel had an amazing buffet where we also dance all night long.