Thang Nga...Our Saturday tradition!!!

If you know know me, then you know I love

FOOD!!!

I am a proud EATTER(as my baby bro calls me).

I love Good Food, Who doesn't?

So when I returned home to Melbourne, I could not wait to go to my favourite resturant(well on Victoria Street, anyways).



We found this place after having a horrible

dissappointment at another resturant, which will

forever be known to us as, "The Roach Incident".

The Wonton Soup (s) got us in the door->

YUM

and the Fried Chive Cakes kept me

coming back........drooooool!!!!!!

Now a large wonton (which is HUGE) and

Chive cakes are enough for me.

Andrew will always order a main dish also.

Now this one was a Chili Beef which smelt

sooooo good.

Andrew said this one was the best so far..

Then finished off with a nice smoothie.

This one is Banana and tasted heavenly:)

I got the strawberry and it wasn't half bad.

This has been a typical visit.

This quaint lil place is wonderful for a reasonably priced lunch with EXCELLENT food!!!

We give it a 10!!!!!

Baby Brother!!!

There's a long hard road ahead

But a voice inside me said

You know there's something that you need to know

It's gonna be alright

Said there's something that you need to know

It's gonna be alright

And when in this life, in this life

When I can only turn my chin

I know it's gonna be alright

When this big old town is closing in

And I have lost again here

I could stay but I'll keep moving on

Here I could stay but I'll keep moving on

Could be I won't be wrong

There's a long hard road ahead

But a voice inside me said

Said there's something that you need to know

It's gonna be alright

Said there's something that you need to know

It's gonna be alright

I am so proud of you and remember you can do it!!!!

I love you baby brother

XOXO

Addiction.....

I have an addiction.

It is horrible.

It keeps me up at night, thinking of how I can get more.

I have room for more.

I can get MORE!!!!





My addiction is..........








Apple Dolls------------->>





















Here is another------>>

and yet another---->>

I have more and I want more.
How sad is that??!!!!

PS

To my loved ones reading, do keep in mind, they have lifesize ones.
I know what I want for my birthday:)

Now a word from our sponser!

Is this not the coolest bedspread EVER??!!!!--->

Intro to family- My Mother and Sister...The two smartest women I know!!!

My mother and sister are unlike any women I've ever met. I can't express in words the amount of both, inspiration and courage they fill me with.



I think like with most daughters, I've had my ups and downs with my mom. We are not perfect. The older I get the more I see and admire my mother for the human that she is. Not as my mom, someone who could do no wrong, but as another person in this planet. I know everyone makes mistakes so I hold no judgement on hers, as I know she holds no judgement on mine.



I hope in my heart, I am like my mother in so many ways. My mother instiled in me the joys of reading the written word. Books are a passion of my mothers' and something we all hold in common. My mother also has an incredible sense of style and is a wonderful artist. Her house to anyone, when they first walk in, expecially to children, is like a tour in museum, that you are able to touch and play with. Displaying artwork from not only herself, but all of her children. I laugh, because spending time in my both mother' and my sister's house recently, I see where both my sister and I get our decorating skills from.









This is part of my Mom's house->


















This is my sister's house and cute babies->


That is another thing that her and my sister share in common...cute mixed babies:)




My Sister is my idol.

She is the one I have to connect me to all the areas of my life.

She grounds me in reality and lifts my spirit when needed.

She gives me comfort and talks me down off of ledges.

She is my friend. Not a lot of sisters can say that...but I know I can.






So this is my little special thanks to these important women in my life!!!!!

Nothing I can do or give you can compare with everything you both have given to me.

I love you both so much and need you even more!

btw...sorry about the pic but I love it:)

Intro to family-Missing

There are many people in my life that I miss.

Some I let go and some let me go, some passed on and some just moved to a better place.

The person who I think about on a daily basis is my father. I was not around when he passed away and I was not very present in the last years of his life. I don't have many regrets in my life, but this is one. I remember being soooo mad at him for leaving but I also knew it was for the best. We had some rough times, but even though..all I remember is the good.

I remember taking road trips for no reason, other then my Dad loved to drive.

I remember eatting at so many different places because he loved good food.

I learned to be a good tipper because of my father.

I remember going on vacations, with my whole family and extended family, all on his dime.

I remember how people used to look up to him and how I loved when people called him "Rupie"

I remember passing by Ruperts on I90 and him telling me "that's my resturant"

I remember him falling in love with Enigma and buying all thier tapes.

I remember taking him to see Malcolm X and how he grabbed my hand at the end.

I remember his love that he gave to me and many others.

I still write my father and I know when I speak to him he still hears me.

I love you Dad, I always will. Thanks you for being the man you were.

Starting this

This starts as a way for me to communicate with my friends and family. We all grow bigger over the years and maybe this will be a way to remember.

Thanks Baby Sister for the idea. I get my inspiration from you.