A Long Walk to Remember

These two are so bum already staying inside the house the whole summer. We never gone outside that much after our trip to Las Vegas and we made single trip to their GranMa's place once. Couple of days ago, I we went to the park and walk all the way there. I can't get the wagon out of our garage so we decided to walk. I tested these two if they can make it and they did. Great job Jake and Justine. I'm so proud of you two.

That was a long walk actually. Cars who passed by looking at us with wondering look in their eyes for walking that far. But these two were happy hikers and did not even complained.

They had their snacks when couple of squirrel came closer to our picnic table begging for food. We tossed a pinch of their bread to the squirrel.

and the squirrel were both happy munching it. The other squirrel was hiding behind the tree though.

We continued to walk heading to the playground because the old playground by the park was broken. I called babger to pick us up on his way home from work.

She was the unstoppable one who cannot keep still. She was running around the park, downhill and uphill. She said it's fun running. LOL. As soon as we got home she laid down in the couch so tired and fell asleep after drinking her milk.

My Lovely Family

My dragons are crazy with channel 131 which is the Nick Jr. They get up in the morning and asks to turn the TV on and put it on channel 131. As of this moment, we are watching Yo Gabba Gabba. They played the song Lovely, Love My Family by The Roots. We like this song. The beat, the lyrics and the melody sounds so happy. So, I grabbed the video from YouTube and thought of sharing it in here. I hope you like it.

RT - Red Rock Canyon and Red Carpet

Picture taken at Red Rock Canyon Las Vegas Nevada during our summer vacation.

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is one of the top five climbing destinations in the United States.

My son stole the camera and went upstairs taking pictures of everything including the stairs.

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Carbonite: Protect photos, music and more

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The Untold Story of a Not so Real Friendship

It was August 2nd, I called HER and asked if they're busy on the 3rd (tomorrow). She answered not really. So, I invited her if they can come on my daughter's birthday. Then she said we'll see and they might kasi they will also picked up their d's uniform in Pittsburgh. She had to asked the husband first if they can. I said, ok and we don't have other visitors just you guys. so, let me know then. She, said ok buzz nlng kita sa YM. That night my computer broke. The next day, I waited for her to call na hindi makasipot. I presumed that they probably can't make it on J birthday but I waited for her to at least gave us a ring to confirmed it. I'm done preparing the food and everything and Jake keep asking if when are they coming. I said they probably won't come. Later that night I was already upset of the idea that why this person whom I treated friend don't value our friendship. Take note: they're already in Pittsburgh picking up the uniform, but the thing they don't value other peoples business besides them that's what I thought. I got a call from Her that night that said, pasensya na hindi na kami nakasipot blah blah blah, i left comment in your blog (heller my computer is broke at isa pa you could have called early that day and tell me straight or, you could have said NO on that night I invited you, i would not mind it at all) That day I made a decision yo stop communicating with her and removed her in my true friend, friend and acquaintances list because she did not treated me as one.
Do you get mad when you invited someone and they don't show up? YES I definitely get mad if that someone showed up to your invitations countless of times. I get mad if that someone prepared foods and expected one visitors only. The word is not MAD, because mad is equivalent to being crazy. I was disappointed of you not telling me the truth that you cannot make it. I was disappointed at you for not calling earlier that day that you can't make it. I was disappointed at you because i thought you are different, i thought you're friend. Now, you see why I was upset at you. It's not all about the "not showing up to the birthday party" it's more on respect, honesty and friendship. I even swallowed my pride, begging my husband to drive me to West Virginia kahit super pagod. See, handa ako makikipag away sa asawa ko dahil sa FRIENDSHIP na yun, only to find out that it was FAKE and PHONY? What a waste. You said... I don't, because no matter their reasons are, it's their call, not yours and you have to understand that. Apparently, you were saying that those invitations are nothing to you. How about a little honesty na...hey sorry bading hindi kami makakapunta diyan bukas kasi we have to pick up Rye's uniform in Pittsburgh" i don't think so that is hard to say. do not say you might, say it straight and direct na NOT. Please, be honest to your friend and don't pretend or lead them to other direction. I know and see you have too many friends, value them. That's the least you could do, if you know the meaning of FRIENDSHIP.

What upset me with the way she treated us was. THREE times we drove to their place 30-40 minutes because she invited us minus the EB part na mas convenient sa kanila, na even we got there late, we came anyway. We are also family but we made it to your invitation without going to other appointments because I said YES to your invitation. You see, we are not only treating you as mere acquaintances and just friends but more than just being a friends. I had so much respect on you but it all fade out when you LIED to me. I agree, family comes first but at least give a minute or two to call and confirmed na hindi makakarating. Hindi na sana nag hanap ang asawa ko nga mabibilhan ng fried chicken.

Not attending the party is not a crime but pretending and lying, making up some alibis to the family who was willingly went to your place voluntarily is totally bad. All I want was simple honesty but it probably killing you saying NO directly that is why you did not care if you can make it or not. Based on that action, WHO IS the TRUE FRIEND there? You did not HOLD our friendship and considered me and my family as your friend kaya parang ikaw natamaan sa sinasabi mo. You did not missed the birthday intentionally but you put our friendship on the very least of your appointment.

Before your Florida vacay, we talked and you asked me if I am still using the email add shrqz28@yahoo.com or what email add I am actively using. You mentioned to send me an virtual gift but I honestly told you na never mind kasi okay lng and we give gift on non occasional basis. And besides nasa US lng tayo so hindi na kailangan mag alala, at i even added na i haven't tried shopping with virtual gift yet but you answered I am not Justine. So, the virtual gift was sent to me on July 22nd. I tried to look around at walmart to use the egift but my busy frontierville life had to come first before going through the hassles of shopping this egift.
You went on vacation on the 26th to 31st of July i think. See I know that because I visited your blog to see some photos. We even talked on the phone kamustahan about sa vacay. Anyway, after you stood us up on Justine's birthday and showed to me that you are not the TRUE FRIEND that I thought you were. Real friend, friend or even mere acquaintances don't do that.

August 5th, I decided to sent the egift back to you because I thought you could use it, and I don't need it, and I ended my friendship with you. So, why would I use this egift pa, so I forwarded back to your email. August 5th, I had my computer back and started going through my blogs and deleted all your comments. It's impossible not recognizing the email when all i did was forwarded back to you. You know my email address, that is why you able to sent me an egift. LIAR!!! So, just be happy you got the egift back coz you able to use it.

There is more to that virtual gift story you sent. Honestly, I was insulted when you sent me an egift. I tried asking someones opinion na What would you feel if your close friend sent you and egift. One of my friend answered....if it's really a close and true friend you get offended and insulted especially if that friend is just few minutes away. I was offended but I tried not to get poisoned with that weird feeling. Why It made me think you were insulting me with that egift? Well, before that conversation I told a friend if she has her way to tell you that someone noticed your blog(s) post with NO FOLLOW tag. But, you took it badly instead of taking it constructively. I buzzed you on Yahoo messenger tried to explain the effect of NO FOLLOW tag to other bloggers who done paid posting. We chatted few words but when I was about to say something about it, you said, you're about to log off na because matutulog ka na. Take note, you're about to logged off kasi matutulog na. I thought natutulog ka na, but hindi kasi you still want to know who is that blogger said about your NO FOLLOW tag blog. Simple analysis, you were mad at me for telling you the truth and making you aware of whats going on. You LIED right in front of our chat that you were going to bed. I let that go because i was thinking maybe it's my bad for telling about you that issue. This is the screen shot of NO FOLLOw tag that a friend screened shot so you know that you really did put NO FOLLOW tag. It's not some CRAP you thought that these bloggers making up. So, happen that my link is the only Do Follow there and the black one links were all NO FOLLOW.

"Nofollow" provides a way for webmasters to tell search engines "Don't follow links on this page" or "Don't follow this specific link."

Originally, the nofollow attribute appeared in the page-level meta tag, and instructed search engines not to follow (i.e., crawl) any outgoing links on the page. For example:

Before nofollow was used on individual links, preventing robots from following individual links on a page required a great deal of effort (for example, redirecting the link to a URL blocked in robots.txt). That's why the nofollow attribute value of the rel attribute was created. This gives webmasters more granular control: instead of telling search engines and bots not to follow any links on the page, it lets you easily instruct robots not to crawl a specific link. For example:

 sign in. article from http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=96569

My concern was, i want you to be aware of this issue because you handled Meme and we just want you to know.

That is why i thought you were insulting me when you sent me that egift all of a sudden because you already shutted me off when you lied to me you were logging off and go to bed. Gifts is not really the issue here, the real problem is you were judging me. Actually, I had tons of unspoken issues with the way you commented to all my blogs. I did not react to that but I want you to know that most of those comments were totally off and below the belt. I even thought why you are doing that to me when I shared personal stuff with you. We shared personal stuff and I shared most of my personal stuff. I really do tried to be rational and understand that you are what you are and you are entitled to everything you say and do. But please do not include all the personal stuff we talked in commenting on my blogposts. You said you did not do anything bad, yes you did but you are too proud to accept and noticed it.

I agree, You are what you are and i don't care what you really are. Let me tell you that no one gossip you around okay, the No follow thing is about blogging which is the source of most bloggers income. They don't give a crap about you. Your life is your life and if they noticed your No Follow tag, I believed you cannot stop that because you are also blogging for money. There is a code of ethics involved in blogging and that's the only concern of those bloggers talking about your no follow. They don't care about your personal stuff.

You thought NEGATIVE about me for telling the truth. You don't rant NEGA stuff here but you stub behind the back to your friend who talked NEGA rant. What you are doing right now is totally NEGA rant, so it meaning you are not what you thought you are. Who are you anyway????? That confuses me of who YOU really is? You started posting some not so detailed story that make it sound I am the bad guy for returning gifts. ENOUGH is ENOUGH, why? what did I do to you?

Note: the screen shot of her blog post was provided by a good friend. I haven't not visited her blog since August 3rd.

Nutrition Tip and Food by Justine

One time I made pancake, strawberry and scrambled egg for breakfast. They did not eat the scrambled eggs but chef Justine made something out of her platter.
There you go she was mixing all the ingredients...
Does it look nutritious to you? I think it is, pancake and strawberry what could go wrong.
There's more nutrition tip and foods... like finger linkin yogurt. Who doesn't like fingers, I mean yogurt?
Fruit is always good. Like they say, an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Pineapple....
Oh, i don't know about hotdog though but some kids love it.

Strawberry is always good and nutritious?
After you have all those foods, clean up your hands using your hair. All that sticky and gooey thing is a good hair gel alternatives hehe. This is Justine's Nutrition tips and foods.

Seriously, when it comes to nutrition tip and foods, I don't have anything to share. Well, feed my children whatever foods we have. It's hard to impose some foods with nutritional value especially vegies. At their age right now they eat whenever and whatever they want to eat. One thing for sure though, they both love fruits and that's good enough.

Nutrition tip is the theme for this week Mommy Moments. Come join with us at....

Dream, Share and Make it Happen

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RT - Fashion Ring

Bought this ring at Aldo and used it once only. This big ring was hit among celebrity. It's part of their fashion and since I love big ring in forefinger, so I rewarded myself with two fashion ring.

A Reliable Cellphone

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Happy Birthday Dhemz

Happy Birthday Dhemz!

Wishing you a day full of delight and happiness. On your birthday, may all your wishes and heart desires come true.

Take a day or two break from your busy life and celebrate your day with all the time in the world. Thank you bayot for all the amazing chikahan chitchat and listening to my non sense life drama. You're truly are amazing person in and out. Happy Birthday.

Pinoy Ako

Geez, when is the last time I played Mommy Moments? I honestly don't remember. As I was visiting tsang Dhemz blog I read the theme for this week Mommy Moments, so I clicked through the link and checked the host's blog. In celebration of the "Linggo ng Wika", Mommies will be featuring and shares any stories or photos about how our kids embrace being a Filipino. Honestly, I don't sat down and teach my kids filipino or tagalog but everyday I speak Bisaya or Cebuano to them. I don't expect them to follow but I noticed that Justine have been following what I say and do. The video below was just some random days that we played with the camera. So, after i checked the theme I uploaded the pictures from the camera to my computer that I took since Justine's birthday.

Lately, Jake had been noticing our skin color. He said to me one time that I am brown, Dada is white. Jake and Justine are white too. So, Joe explained to him that Mama is a Filipino therefore he is half pinoy. Well, he still 3 years old and he doesn't care with the explanation whatsoever. I think this video will fit with the theme.

New Domain for J&J

I just bought a new domain JAKEANDJUSTINE-RW.COM to replace the old domain www.jnjmilestones.com. I have multiple blogs that has paid reviews. So, I decided to focus this blog on my babies milestones, development, adventures and stories. I deleted and imported the paid post article to my other blog.

I have one request to those I exchanged link with, to kindly replace the domain to the new domain name. http://jakeandjustine-rw.com/ - J&J Milestones and Adventures. Thank you.

Little Cowboys and Train Conductor in Red Rock Canyon

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Nevada is located about 15 miles (24 km) west of Las Vegas, and easily seen from the Las Vegas Strip. The area is visited by over 1 million visitors each year.

The conservation area showcases a set of large red rock formations: a set of sandstone peaks and walls called the Keystone Thrust. The walls are up to 3,000 feet (910 m) high, making them a popular hiking and rock climbing destination. The highest point is La Madre Mountain, at 8,154 feet (2,485 m).article source

It was so hot when we drove going to the Red Rock Canyon and these little cowboys were thirsty and hungry. However, this amazing little Miss just didn't mind the heat as long as there's soil to play with.

On our way home we stopped by at Bonnie Spring for a train ride. Riding a train is like a dream come true for these two Thomas fans. Joe did not come with us so he stayed in the car with Justine.

Jake was the conductor and he loved it. He wanted to ride more but we don't have money ($7/head train ride).

During the show, these two were force to sit in that bench and listen to the cowboy talking and showing off.

Potato Sprout

I planted some of the potatoes that started sprouting in the bag. I put them in the empty flower pot. Few days after I planted a sprout coming out.

The it getting bigger.

I took a new photos of the potato plant but too lazy to upload it in my computer. Maybe some other time I'll share it with you yo.

Miss Watermelon Maxi Dress

Watermelon, watermelon.
Papaya, papaya.
Banana, banana.
Banana, banana.
Fruit Salad.
That's Justine...LOL
I juts feel like singing yo. This watermelon two piece was bought by my sister for my little Miss. Well, hat and swimsuit were sponsored by the aunt. (picture below)

I bought this Maxi dress from a friend whom I met on Facebook. She import trendy and fashion clothing from Asia and sold it to her client in US with free shipping. I gave it to my sister because she gave me a maxi dress to, In other words we switched maxi dresses.

Starting my own gig

Thanks to Wm Rowe

I always wanted to own a business of my own and when I hit thirty and still hadn’t accomplished that I thought it was about time. I decided the logical thing to do was open an event planning business since my friends were always asking me to help with their weddings and parties and such and I really had a knack for decorating and throwing one heck of a bash! My husband helped me find a small office space near town to use as my headquarters and we got the place fixed up really nice with some couches, a plasma TV and Http://Www.TexasElectricityProviders.Com/ for the energy. I even had a big sign made to go out front! Anyway, business has been good, not great, but I expect it to pick back up just as the recession does. There’s no doubt in my mind people will start spending money again, it’s only a matter of time especially somewhere as over the topas here in Texas, know what I mean?

Birthday and Appointment

My sweety pie, celebrated her 2nd birthday couple of days ago. Happy birthday sweety.

We had ice cream cake of course and some foods. She was happy when we started singing her happy birthday and enjoyed opening few presents. At 2 year old, she is capable to do lots of things and more aware of what's going on around her. She is more appreciative of the things we gave to her.

She had her doctor appointment this morning and she is doing grate according to her doctor. She have grown few inches for height and getting heavier too from her last visit.

My computer died the night before her birthday and did not able to post updates. I am using my husband's computer which I am kind of hesitant to use for blogging because this is for his work computer. Thank Babger for allowing me to blog today using your lappy. I need to finish some task tonight. Thank ya'll for your visit.

Addiction Rewards

My husband and I are coke adik, no doubt about that. When my sister came to visit us she was surprised to see 4 boxes of can coke. They don't drink coke that much as they prefer the healthy drinks.

My friend Lulu told me about the MyCoke Reward. So, I started keeping the codes and signed up to MyCokeRewards.

For my first reward, I redeemed most of my pointes to couple of American Idol glass.

Then just recently, I redeemed another awesome reward which was a binocular. It's not just a binocular as it is a Digital Binoculars Camera. Sweet!!!

I already tried it but I don't want to play with it all the time because my buckaroo always snatched it off my hand and plays with it. I don't want to break my precious reward and collection.