Tube undone

Last night my husband and I were alternating changing Gerald Jay's bed sheet and blankets and adding more milk in his feeding because the tube kept separating from g-tube connector. And the milk where all over him and on his bed. I thought that it was the g-tube extension was kinda old and losing the elasticity at the end of it, so I changed it with a brand new extension tube. But that was not the case, Gerald can detached the tube by himself. So tonight ...

I taped the tube and 

the site where the g-tube and the extension tube connected is also taped! I hope this work for tonight!

Also, the wound that its in the picture it was the MRSA site. I hope that one is healing nicely. He had a fever last Friday afternoon but it didn't last long. He was back to normal activities. Tomorrow I will let the surgeon know about the fever...sounds paranoid but better be safe than sorry.

Early Father's day gift

It has been my wish for Ralph to have a nice grill in the backyard. We have our old portable charcoal grill that we bought six years ago, but it takes a while to lite up.
The other day while we were looking for a new stove at Sears, I saw the grill was on sale. I told Ralph to get one since it was on sale and we already in the store. And he did! He picked it up yesterday. On Wednesday, he will get to test his brand new grill..Kenmore brand but very simple and it has the feature that we need for bbq during summer. He will use the propane and not the charcoal anymore. Yeahhhh! I won't be afraid to ask him to BBQ some food for me ;-)
Also, I told him it was his early father's day gift ;-).

First School Photo

Taken last March 17th, 2010 at his school. I am glad that he smiled for his first school picture. It has been a year since Gj started the preschool. He likes going to school and riding the school bus! Great Job, GJ! Yeheyyyy

Graduation

My step-son graduated yesterday for his AA degree in Networking.

Congratulations BJ! You made it!

Skirt for my little princess

Aside from making shopping bags, I started making a skirt for my daughter.

My very first skirt made! It was not perfect, but I did it!

... and my model in her skirt. Now , if she can just hold still :)) 

I am learning! What do you think?

Green Bag Project

The other night, I started making some of the shopping bags. My goal this summer is to make 50 bags to send in the Philippines to give away to the kids and families who needs it.

I followed the patter from the green bag lady website here. She has the easiest pattern ever and it was not complicated to follow at all.

A week ago, I asked a friend to show me how to make the lining for the back to make it a little nicer in the inside part. I do not have the serger to make the edge of the seam look nicer, so I followed the tutorial from my friend website here  ( THANKS SIS CLAIRE!), but I forgot to lined up my handle on the same side and it was twisted oh boy!

But my second bag was all good! I am learning :) I am trying to make with different sizes because I want it to be more usable for children.

Also, I was meaning to make more bag to give away at the fund raising event on Saturday and Sunday, but I was not able to make some more :( because my kids were demanding and was busy for other stuff in the house.

Here is another one that I think is a good size for them. I made this one out of an old bed sheet that was given to me by a friend. I bought many fabrics, but I was trying to make it inexpensive as much as possible.

Thanks to Sis Claire for the tutorials and to the green bag lady for the pattern and for the inspiration.

Mended Little Heart Fund-raising Even at Fry's Electronics

I volunteered three hours today at the fund-raising event of Mended Little Heart Group through Fry's Electronics. I was there quarter to 9am this morning and helped other fundraiser to sit up what we need for the event ( it was mostly done by the employees of Fry's actually and the family that was in-charged. Thanks a lot to them.)

We started handing out the food at 10 am and the people just keep coming. I love it! It bring back memories of my childhood. I used to sale food when I was very young.

I left around 12:22nn and I was debating if I should stay longer to help them. However, I have my little princess who was not eating waiting for me to come back hayyyyy!

Anyway, thank you very much to all the co-volunteers that help in the event and to Fry's Electronics!

OVERALL, IT WAS A SUCCESS AND VERY REWARDING!