Mommy Pehpot, Author at Mommy Pehpot

Welcoming 2013 With A Super Positive Vibe!

There is so much that I want to write.. so many things happened the past few weeks, I may say, last year. Too many that it left me with no energy to blog about it! That’s the irony of blogging, you have all the time in the world to blog but nothing to blog about or having so many things to blog about but no time to write about it.. haays.. but hey, I am not complaining.. 2012 was a blast.. It ended with so much blessings and 2013 said hello with so many promises. I am overwhelmed with it!

Let’s pick up where I left you..

Ah, the world of dough! I haven’t gotten into that world yet.. but tried my new oven with lasagna.. the first one, palpak! The second try, good enough, but still not how I wanted it to taste.. 3rd try maybe. And when my lasagna is perfect, I will try Macaroni and Four Cheese Bake. Recipe can be found at Nestle Cream Fanpage or you can refer to this photo:

I realized recipe cards are better than than recipe books.. It makes things less complicated (well to me) and I am glad Nestle Cream released a lot of recipe cards last year (just in time for the holiday and post Holiday cooking).

I got my oven from Quiapo, and I know you’ve been itching to tell me: What? dinayo mo ang Quiapo just to buy an oven? Well, I do that all the time.. even though I am from Pasig, Quiapo and Divisoria are my playgrounds. But no.. that day, hindi ko naman dinayo ang Quiapo for oven alone.. we bought the kids early Christmas presents around that area. Bikes that is! It would have been easier and more convenient to just buy bikes at department stores or small bike stores devah? But for FOUR kids? hassle sa bulsa mga teh. We have to look for cheap but quality bikes. And Quiapo is the answer! Along Quezon Blvd, you can find a lot of bike stores. There’s two that stands out: Cycle Art Marketing and Global Craze Bikes (separate post na lang kung bakit ha.. masyado hahaba ang blog post na itetch.. pati ang mag presyo ng bisikleta, utang muna).

And the Christmas present is done.. uh oh, that’s what I thought..

A few days before Christmas, someone left me at Toys R Us with a few thousands on hand.. and what happened next? another set of Christmas presents for the kids! Argh! Please don’t do that to me again.. wag mo na ako pawalan sa Toys R US! But you know what, that’s one of the most fulfilling shopping spree I did. Mangiyak, ngiyak pa ako while shopping. Kase naman, I got them the toys they have been asking for a very very long time already and I have been denying it to them. I am not a fan of toy guns eh.. but realized that my 2 boys are old enough for it.. so I said yes to NERF! Buti na lang sale! And the piece I got is super duper cool! It can be used/ played 4 ways. From 1500 each, I got it for 800 each. The one I got for my third boy is a xylophone, he’s been asking for it for a long time too, never had the chance to look for one though. For the little girl, a play pretend cake set.

Teary eyed talaga ako while paying for it, I can just imagine their happiness as they open their gifts. Ang saya lang! And indeed, after feasting with our Noche Buena food, and after their street Christmas Party (yes they had their party during Noche Buena).. the house was filled with screams and I love yous and thank you mommy and daddy for almost a minute. Awwwww.. that’s what you call a perfect Christmas! (un lang nabura ng magaling ko jowa ang mga pictures!) their smiles would be forever in our hearts though..

Days before the year ends.. I am at peace. And with a realization that though my life is nothing close to being perfect, I am so blessed and so I should never ever entertain negative thoughts ever.. I am not giving myself a right for nega vibes. As I have said, 2012 ended with a blessings.. too much that I lost count. The last few days of 2012 to me, is nothing but pure happiness and LOVE (yes double meaning yan! LOVE LOVE LOVE! hurrah for the BEST Husband!). Haaaaays 2012…. thank you!

Say hello to 2013! New Year’s Resolution? oh yes, be more positive and spend more time with my kids.

Hopefully I can make a best of 2012 before January ends!

And oh stay tune for my New Year, New You giveaway anytime next week 🙂

In fairness ha, I missed doing this 🙂

An Innocent Heart Needs Our Help

Can you remember how you felt when you first learned you will be having another child? A new member of the family! Another bundle, another baby that will complete your family. Mye, though her pregnancy was unexpected, was filled with joy and excitement,specially that they will be having a baby boy! A prince, her two princess have long wished for…

Last December 27, the prince arrived! To say Mye’s family was overjoyed is an understatement! But their joy soon turned into worries when they learned about Alphonse heart condition:

Early morning, I got a visit from my anesthesiologist, my OB-Gyne and the Pediatrician. They went straight to inform me about the bad news. My baby has a hole in his heart chambers and that it needs to be checked by a Pedia Cardiologist. It was such a devastating news. What did my baby do to deserve such an illness? He is so tiny and fragile and he had just arrived in our lives. I kept on crying and I can’t bring myself to stop. It is so heartbreaking.
The next doctor who came into my room was the Pedia Cardiologist and he confirmed the illness of my son. He has Tetralogy of Fallot. He further explained that there is a hole between his bottom heart chambers causing him to lack enough oxygen supply to his lungs. It was the reason why he wasn’t crying. It was as if my son understands that the further he cries, the more stressful it will be for his heart.
The doctor was very kind and told us that even though it happened to him at this stage, this illness is curable by surgery. Yes, my little boy will have to undergo an open heart surgery to survive this illness. He needs to have it at 6 weeks old, the earliest but no more than 3 months or he will not make it. He told us how much the surgery will cost and what do we need to prepare. We will need roughly $12,500 for the surgery alone. It was another shocking news but deep in our hearts, we knew there is hope. We are not wealthy and we need to get that amount in a month so we can schedule our baby’s surgery and free him from this very stressful and scary condition.

Alphonse is fighting and as a family, we want to fight with him.

Let us help Alphonse and his family fight.. I know that with your big heart, this little boy’s heart will be saved!

We can help them in so many ways:

Mye have a digital scrapbook store at Pixels & Company. Yuo can purchase her digital products to help her raise the money needed for the operation.

Mye is also a blog designer. You can avail f her blog design services to help her. Check out My Creative Zone for all the graphic services she is offering as well as the rates. If you are interested, you may place your order through HERE.

You can also donate directly to Mye (paypal address is admin@myedeleon.com)

Purchase a link from us ($5 for every link, will be posted in a PR2 blog, together with a 50 word description of your site, personal blogs only, commercial blogs will be charge higher). If interested, kindly fill up this form:

You can also help by spreading the word about this, just copy this blog post or create a new post about Alphonse and ways how people can help his family.

Welcome To The World Of Dough!

with the ham in mind, I finally bought an oven.. you see, Noche Buena Ham will never be that deliciously glistening without a few minutes exposure to the oven.. and I do not want to rob myself with that deliciously glistening moment..

Say hello to my 35L capacity oven:

Where did I bought? Quiapo, of course! (jusme, kahit yata bigyan ako ng isang milyon eh mauubos ko lahat sa Quiapo.. hangdameng pedeng bilhin!!!) got the oven at New Sin Kian Heng Quiapo for 2700 PhP..you can find any cook ware you can imagine, teh, pati talyasi meron sila! (sarap mag pancit!) and a few blocks from New Sin Kian Heng, you can find the store for baking supplies. Yan ang hirap sa Quiapo eh, uubusin talaga ang pera mo!

New Sin Kian Heng is located at 196 C PALANCA SR ST, QUIAPO.. easier instruction.. go to Quiapo Church’s main entrance..the road in front of the church is Villalobos.. go straight to that street.. straight.. straight.. until dead end, which is Carlos Palanca road, go a bit right and you will see New Sin Kian Heng (malaki ung signage nila, hindi mo mami-miss promise). Just a warning, judging from our experience today, the atmosphere on the said store spells B.U.S.Y..spare yourself of having to deal with irate saleslady, make sure you already have a list of what you want to buy before going there.

Now, for the what have I gotten myself into? part…

I have told you not just once that baking is not my kind of tea.. I just cannot deal with dough and the grandness that comes with it.. (baka maiyak ako pag nakapag bake ako kahit pandesal haha).. this is a big step.. yes, we will welcome 2013 with dough! Where’s the confetti?

But it dawned to me… I don’t have baking wares! what the!?! as I consult Mr Walmart, I found so many nice wares that I want to buy! And the list starts with a Kitchen Aide mixer! argh!!!!

Baking wares aside (and the price tags that comes with it)..this big step, hopefully, turns to be an exciting and rewarding experience for me, as well as for my kids..

I can’t wait to bake this one: