Drapery

Looking at the nice house of a friend, my attention was drawn to the kind of drapery chosen by her mom as she pointed out to me when I asked her about it. My sister had shown me before some nice drapery upholstery fabric like that kaufmann fabric for quality drapery and window cover which I have been looking for in the local stores.

What we have now in our humble abode is just a window curtain though I wish to make some changes or more of improvements to make our simple home more beautiful. Those nice draperies gave me an idea to buy one for our front window in the living room. I am going to scout for a nice fabric for a drapery and hope to finish this project in a month’s time. Wish me luck!

Brown Rice

We cooked this brown rice for the very first time at home. I am delighted that my curiosity as to how to cook it has been satisfied. I have eaten brown rice before though that must have of a different variety. This one we cooked was darker brown while that one we have eaten at Grub Resto in town was more like violet or something close to that color.

Just as another new blogger friend said that it takes forever to cook this, it took us about an hour and fifteen minutes to cook this. Aside from the thirty minutes when we soaked this prior to turning on our ordinary rice cooker.

I like the brown rice though it’s taste and texture is different from the usual white rice that we have been accustomed to eating. I went for this brown rice (thanks to hubby’s support) because I have read and heard many times that this is more healthy and nutritious compared to the white rice. I only hope it ain’t as expensive though compared to white rice.

Long Weekend

Yes it’s another long weekend that we have here and some families are making the most by having a mini-vacation. Our neighbor invited us to come along to their relative’s place far from the city. I wish we can come but since the dear husband had overtime work this weekend, we had to say no. It would have been nice to go away for the weekend with my family since the little kid has no class.

I do remember our neighbor telling me of their nice rest house in their place that uses those comfortable and exquisite log beds just like those that my own folks love to have even at this time. Yes that is what they actually prefer compared to the comfortable beds with a foam mattress that are more commonly used these days. Read the rest of this entry »