Budget

Thanks for the guest post by Donn Schroeder

My husband and I are doing our best to watch our budget lately, as a lot of people are. And by “my husband and I,” I mean “I” am trying to watch my budget. My husband is far better at saving money than I am, as I tend to view money as fairly expendable. It’s something we’re working on slowly, so we’ve been trying to cut costs where we can. I stumbled across DirectStarTV the other day and noticed that we could be saving a lot of money on our TV costs. We’ve had cable since we got married, and I figured out that we could get a ton more channels, plus some pretty awesome movie channels, for less than we’d been spending every month. We made a quick call to make the switch, and it’s been one of the easiest ways we’ve found to save money. I may or may not be spending some of that extra money on shoes, but like I said, I’m working on it. Rome wasn’t built in a day, right? That’s what I tell my husband, at least.

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now!

Forgive me but I am just doing this for fun! This song has been our favorite in the karaoke, this could really be our theme song now. This video was taken at Rendel's aunt's house during her birthday before Christmas. Honey just loves karaoke, and I don't think he could deny that! It is cool that Honey and I could really team up when it comes to karaoke because I am always on the go too! Take me wherever I would sing no matter what!

Please don't take this video seriously, because I know it wouldn't go far!

Impromptu Korean Dinner

We had time to hang out with friends on a Saturday night about two weeks ago... We left their place at around 1 am and we decided we need more stuffers to survive the evening. We came late to the party and sadly there's not enough food anymore and both of us were looking for rice.

Honey brought me to this Korean place in El Camino Real or Saratoga, that was the place his friends brought him into the night before our wedding. The town just appeared to me like a Korean-infested area as I've seen mostly Korean establishments. Unfortunately I forgot the name of the restaurant, but I will not forget how delighted I was with their great food and service. I would need to write a follow up on this restaurant soon as I get the chance to go back.

I am lucky I had my camera so I had a chance to take some photos:

One thing that makes me fall in love with Korean cuisine is the well prepared side dishes. It is awesome how they compliment the meat and the rice. I have also this impression that their food is healthier because they use lesser oil, and they always have veggies.

We are planning to go to a Korean buffet next Monday for our 1st wedding anniversary. Originally the plan was to have a 5-course dinner in a French Restaurant, but we figured we would not enjoy dressing up for the occasion because we would stay wrapped-up anyway and couldn't show off because its winter. We are sure another occasion will call for another fine dining event and we will see that we won't miss it.

I Have to Get My LOTTO Number!

Recently I have been dreaming of winning the lottery. It is insane yes, especially so because even before I realized that dream, I already have plans on how to spend the money! Oh how that's going to be a big problem for me if in case! My mother-in-law then told me there isn't a chance for me winning it because I dream about it a lot, but who knows?

Is there a formula of picking the best number combinations? I am wondering, but of course there isn't... The chance of winning the lottery is just pure luck and if I won, that means I must really be so so so so so so so so lucky! I am thinking actually of trying two combinations, and I have been planning of getting me a ticket since forever! Honey is just waiting for me but maybe sometime this week I will make up my mind. The first number combination would come from the very first fortune cookie that I got from a buffet restaurant here in America, I mean, who knows that could be it? The second number combination will be important dates to me that is a little different from Honey's important-dates-number combination, just a little swing and I might really win it!

I could only tell you a lot about my plans if I won, but then again that would really just sound absurd right now. If ever too, there is no way that I would announce it here in the first place! So, the best of luck to me!

Dinner in the Car

This happened moments ago...

The story: I spilled my lunch when I was about to reheat it this noon in the office, it was non-stop service at the bank on a Saturday like this and there was a crazy parade in downtown Los Gatos that it was nearly beyond impossible to grab some decent meal outside. I am having my first day of period and I was close to passing out. So, I told Honey that I would get us some Chinese food for dinner, and he suggested that we eat it in the car outside where he works, and I was like hmmmm, that's something new for us so I went for it!

It was like a romantic dinner kind of like a picnic of some sort, we laid the packaged food on the hood and started dinner inside the car. It was a cold autumn night but for two hungry people, it was the best place to be in the whole wide world!

I don't know, but I got a kiss before I drove home and it was just the sweetest! I am in love, and should you wonder why? =)

In N Out Burger Dinner Treat

Last night came as a surprise, shortly after I got home, Honey gave me a call and asked if I wanted burger, but actually I wanted burger + fries and didn't mention about the soda. All the while I thought he was just in the nearby McDonalds outside the house so I wasn't that enthusiastic, but minutes later I saw an In N Out burger meal!!! Weeeee!!! I mean, that was the best dinner treat! Honey is the sweetest, I wonder why... Haha!

Did I mention that In N Out has got the best fries in the whole wide world?! Their fries is just awesome! I wouldn't trade it for any other fries, I swear! It's fresh, its crunchy, and it has a distinct taste of its own that I love. This burger joint is really famous for its best burgers and top notch service. I'd say they picked the perfect name for their business, people just keep on coming In N Out all day until night! Highly recommended! Really...

So this thing about honey treating me to some dinner is not really that odd, I'm taking back my wondering in the first paragraph. That is just how he treats his wife, or else!