Stitched

A carpentry accident has left my left thumb unusable for the past week. I finally got to start working on Wally's toy fridge, and I thought it would be a good idea to salvage the wood from my old closet. So after sawing up the wood to toy-fridge size, I was prepping it for sanding. Then I accidentally slashed my thumb with a putty knife while scraping off some extra stubborn 13 year old dried wood putty on one of the panels. Funny thing is, I didn't even feel a thing. It was the massive bleeding that freaked me out. Apparently it was a pretty deep (1.5 cm) arterial laceration - my finger was peeing blood. It had to get stitched. And a 1.5 inch section of a wooden tongue depressor was bandaged to my thumb to keep it from bending. Boo.

So today marks the first week of my stitched-up thumb. I haven't washed the dishes in a week. Hooray for that! But at the same time it's been pretty challenging to do a lot of menial tasks like opening a bottle or cutting the fingernails on my right hand. Needless to say, the toy fridge project has been put on hold indefinitely. Well, this has been a very unproductive week for me. And with that I'll leave you with a picture of our room. Because a picture of my mangled finger would be really gross.

Halloween

It was Trick or Treat day at Ninang Zami's neighborhood last Saturday. We all had a blast and Wally Potter even won the "Best Costume" award in his age group! His Hogwarts robe was sewn by Tita Imbay and I must say she did a very good job. She finished it in a day too! The patch was bought from a store in Divisoria and actually had the word "FASHION" on it. We just magically made it disappear with a black permanent marker. A nitpicky little Jedi girl closely examined his patch and asked "What house is this? It starts with an F!" Haven't you ever heard of Fryffindor?

Project: Wally's Playroom

Wally's toys have taken over much of our house, to the dismay of the "grown ups" who often need to tidy them up. So another major DIY project of mine will be transforming the spare bedroom/junkroom downstairs into Wally's play area. Here are some ideas I've rounded up from the interwebs.

I'm pretty much leaning towards this room, which echoes our upstairs bedroom - with the combination of light blue and white paint. Mostly because I want to make use of the left over blue paint from my bedroom makeover.

I like the retro touches on this room.

The chalkboard and shelves here are great ideas.

Sit n' store. I like the idea of a multi-purpose storage space.

Adorable! I'm fighting the urge to make something like this! I just keep on reminding myself that Wally's a boy.

* All images from Ohdeedoh

Holiday vs. Babysitting

Having three leisurely days in in Shangri-la was just what I needed to unwind but I wish I could've stayed longer. Considering I was lugging around a very active toddler all by myself, it was still a very enjoyable holiday. I know it's weird to see the words "unwind" and "toddler" in the same paragraph. And true enough there were times when it felt like it was more Wally's vacay. So I just held on to the baby reins loosely and looked for activities we both enjoyed - which there were plenty of. We'll do this again next year, for sure. I'm savoring the years while he still thinks hanging out with mom is cool.

 {early stroll along the beach}

{even Perry had a blast}

{free ranging}

 {enjoying breakfast and the scenery}

Pasta vs. the Creepies

I had been wanting to watch Insidious for a few weeks now. I heard from my sisters that it was a total creepfest. Both of them had trouble sleeping for a few days after watching the movie, and so I became really curious about it. I finally got to watch it today. I made sure to watch it in broad daylight, following my sisters' advice. Being easily freaked out myself, I took extra precaution and watched it in the most unconducive setting - in the living room, where I could hear Wally watching Spongebob Squarepants a few feet away.

So after what could have been a mild heart attack, I went off to look for something to take my mind off the disturbing visuals. The solution: comfort food in the form of Italian sausage macaroni.

Wally helped me whip this up, him being my cooking "student" and all. He learned all about chopping onions and boiling pasta today while I fine tuned my cooking show host skills.