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INIHAW NA BANGUS (Grilled Milkfish)

That’s what’s for dinner tomorrow night. Are you scared? I am. You should see what’s in my freezer. It’s huge, filleted, and has whiskers. It’s as big as your head. Bigger, actually. It’s mystery-fish-of-the-week night tomorrow night.

closing!

[photopress:imgp7746.jpg,thumb,thumb] [photopress:IMGP7748.JPG,thumb,thumb] [photopress:IMGP7753.JPG,thumb,thumb] The sounds of closing (turn your speakers up!). We closed on our home today at 11am! How exciting! It was a TON of signatures, as any homeowner already knows We had such wonderful people representing us that it was an easy escrow process, and the closing was just icing on the cake. [...]

rockin’ and rollin’ – earthquake!!!

I was sitting at my computer doing some work after Sam went to bed. All of a sudden the house shook and creaked. I knew what it was instantly. My stomach went into a knot and my eyes bulged, wondering when it would be over. Dave was in the shower. I’d have to rescue Sam [...]

gearing up :)

[photopress:IMGP7707.JPG,thumb,thumb] [photopress:IMGP7720.JPG,thumb,thumb] [photopress:IMGP7723.JPG,thumb,thumb] [photopress:IMGP7725.JPG,thumb,thumb] We had a great weekend getting the last gear and furniture we’d been looking for. Yesterday we got a square dining table and 8 chairs – a great deal from the Marine Corps Exchange. We were so lucky they found one last table in the warehouse, otherwise the wait was 4-6 [...]

modified Hawaiian pizza

[photopress:IMGP7701.JPG,thumb,thumb] Made a new grilled pizza tonight…I didn’t tell Dave the ingredients until after he tasted it. I knew he would dispute my concoction’s worth if I disclosed the ingredients prematurely! It’s so hot here right now – the trade winds are shifting, so it’s very still. It feels really strange to not have the [...]