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Where We Are Going
Posted on September 30, 2009 by Ching under Family, Travel.
In case you were wondering where the Philippines is, you can wonder no more.
The Philippines is located across the Pacific Ocean, right below Taiwan.
We will be spending our time in Central Visayas.
More specifically, the islands of Cebu, Bohol and Negros.
Everyone has been really worried about this trip because of everything that’s been going on. Rest assured that mom, dad, Brian and I will be fine. Central Visayas is North of the political unrest and South of the recent Ondoy devastation. I’m confident that this trip will be a pleasant one, full of memorable adventures. Please keep checking our blogs and Facebook because we plan to update periodically throughout the trip (whenever we can find the time and connection to the internet at least).
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Grandparents’ Day
Posted on September 14, 2009 by Ching under Family.
We took grandma and grandpa to Freddy’s Frozen Custard for Grandparents’ Day. David and Donna were there to join us, and Chad and Jan came for lunch also.
Brian and I usually split a hotdog and a double cheeseburger. It’s the perfect meal for us. The only downside is that you don’t get as much fries when you do a hotdog and burger combo because they take up so much room in the basket. LOL.
Donna had a patty melt and onion rings.
Always save room for dessert. I had a classic turtle with bananas. Yum!
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Spider, Yikes!
Posted on September 13, 2009 by Ching under Family, Life, Poker, Travel.
We hadn’t driven the truck in so long (probably a month or so) that a spider decided to spin a web from the basketball pole to the truck. That is sad. LOL.
Besides being sad, it scared the bejeezus out of me. It was a huge spider! Speaking of the truck, after driving it for the first time in several weeks Brian and I realized that it is overdue for an oil change. If we went by the date, it would be long overdue. However, the mileage isn’t that much over the schedule. That’s because the truck hardly ever gets driven. Brian says it needs new tires before winter also. When it rains it pours.
In other crappy news, the KOHL’s gift card that we bought for Brian’s mom at Cosentino’s Market last weekend turned out to bunk. We were thinking that we were being smart by just buying it there while we were at Cosentino’s. How convenient, right? We won’t have to make a separate trip to the store or anything. So much for convenience.
KOHL’s couldn’t fix the problem so we asked Brian’s mom to give the gift card back to us so we could deal with the hassle of getting it fixed. I called Cosentino’s today and, just as I feared, they aren’t able to verify my purchase using one of the confirmation numbers on my receipt. I have to physically return to the store to get it fixed. Yuck.
Brian was really upset when he first found out about this. I, however, am an optimist. Why make lemonade out of this yucky situation? I managed to talk Brian into calming down and not being so upset and frustrated and bribing him with poker at Harrah’s NKC. We weren’t planning on returning to Harrah’s until possibly next year or at least after we return from our trip to the Philippines. But whatever. You gotta do, what you gotta do.
The plan is to leave Wichita at 5 AM next Saturday, play the Saturday morning poker tournament at Harrah’s, hit Cosentino’s on the way home to get the gift card fiasco resolved, and then come home and deliver the corrected gift card to Brian’s mom. It will be a really long tiresome day. And, we will miss the Fabulous Fleshtones this weekend at Duke’s as a result of this spontaneous trip to Kansas City. We have to take care of this, though.
The downside to this whole thing is that gas probably costs about as much as the gift card that we are trying to get fixed. Not to mention the driving time to and from Kansas City. It is a major hassle. Brian and I are none too happy about the circumstances, but there’s no point being pissed. It’s our fault for buying a gift card out of town. Never again.
My hope is that Brian and I can both cash in the tourney so the elation over wining some money can somehow overshadow the reason that we have to return to Kansas City in the first place. Maybe we’ll cash and recover our tournament buy-in, gas expense, and then some. What can I say? I’m an optimist.
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Funeral Slideshow (Created by Dad)
Posted on August 29, 2009 by Ching under Family.
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Romantic Dinner Scotch & Sirloin
Posted on August 26, 2009 by Ching under Family, Food and Drink.
David and Donna took us out to dinner last night at Scotch & Sirloin for our anniversary. As though the ambiance weren’t romantic enough, the power went out while we were there. We had to eat our dessert by candlelight.
On the bright side, at least we were finished with our meals and were already on dessert when the power went out. Here are some photos..
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