Movie Date!

Saturday Night is our designated "Movie” night. 

It’s either we catch the latest on the cinema or someone gets a movie or we find something on a cable station and watch a movie together as we are eating pizza. 

It has been like a family tradition and my kids grew up with our Saturday dates.

We even have a mini theater room made for my movie buff husband and son.

It’s always been fun and each time has always been special to me.

Allow me to share how we  make movie viewing more fun, and use this activity a bonding time for the whole family.

At the movie house:

·        Agree on which movie to watch

·        We try to catch  an earlier show time to avoid the crowds

·        Dine at a favorite family restaurant before or after the show

·        Sometimes, we buy souvenirs from the movie

At home:

·        Agree on a pre-selected title for home viewing, or we surprise them - with an old favorite or a new release

·        Serve popcorn, chips, and refreshments (pizza is our favorite)just like in the movie house

·        Dim the lights and turn on air conditioning to set the mood

·        We either watch in the theater room, or huddle in our bed

It's difficult to spend quality time with the family when everybody seems to be busy.

But by adding just a couple of routines into a schedule, families can recapture their time together and reconnect.

Happy weekend!

Simple Pleasures

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise”. This age old saying still holds meaning in today’s world.

I believe that I have mentioned in my previous blogs that Autumn is without a doubt my favorite season of all. 

The chill in the air, the changing color of the leaves on the trees and the dark cozy evenings.  

Lovin’ it!

When Autumn came , my husband and I decided to have our morning walks. 

I am always excited about our morning walks.

There's just peace and calm everywhere. 

And there are also a few people on the road.

 Some like us were enjoying the early hours of an autumn morning.

This morning we took a longer walk than we usually do. 

The light was really nice, autumn colors deluxe on the falling leaves and the air was super crisp. 

The sky was turning a shade of deep blue from black. 

It seemed the blue was chasing the black all over the sky.

It  is not only the walk itself that is good. 

It’s so lovely to come back home again with cold cheeks and to sit down with a nice cup of warming tea.

Tiny everyday pleasures that carries a lot of happiness...

Holiday Decorations…

The Holiday Season is here and thinking about bringing out Holiday Decorations. The Holiday Season is here and thinking about bringing out Holiday Decorations. Seasonal holiday decorating for me , typically starts in October for Halloween, not ending until after New Year.

Decorating our home for the holidays is not really that daunting for me. With a little planning, you can unpack, decorate, repack and store precious holiday decorations in a systematic way that saves time and space. It is very important that you store these decorations properly so that it’ll be easy for you to unpack them if you need to.

In packing your decorations for storage:

Evaluate your decorations. Throw out broken ones you’ll never fix, give away those you haven’t used, don’t have place to display, or don’t like. Keep only the most important decorations.

Have the right storage boxes and store them properly.

Room by room, gather all decorations. Put them onto a large, central table or at least all in the same room. There’s nothing worse than thinking you’re done only to find a nutcracker high on a bookcase. Look, look and look again.

Carefully wrap and store the rest, labeling boxes as you go. When you know everything fits into a container, you can continue replacing decorations into the same box, year after year, knowing everything fits.

Easy. 

If you have these things stored and organized properly , it’ll save you time and effort if you need to use them again…