Esperanza: October 2007

Before & After Pics:)

Going to the vet.....

At the vet...

Done!! We're going home! Hes a happy bunny:)

Update: Gabriella the Kitten

Hello,

So Gabby's got a new family now. There are a family of 6 children, just what she needs, a busy household, they stumbled across me and hubbys blogs and saw her and fell in love with her. I cried a good hour after they took her and a couple more at around bedtime. At least she'll be happier now and get the attention she craves that I was unable to give her.

Gabbys family, here are some more Gabby tips I forgot to mention:

1. She loves looking out the window for ages.

2. Loves to cuddle on your lap while you're watching TV.

3. Careful when you pick her up, use both hands, shes recently been spayed and her stitches are healing still.

4. She loves all kinds of cat food, make sure you give her both soft and dry food and ALWAYS have a fresh bowl of water available.

5. Her favourite Doctors at IVH (International Veterinary hospital) are Dr Carlo and Dr Angelo.

6. Buy her more toys, not too big just small enough that she could carry it around in her mouth when youre playing fetch.

7. Wash her blankie once a month.

8. She doesnt mind you clipping her nails, so you dont need to do that at the clinic you can do it yourself, for her its ike giving her a manicure, its calms her:)

9. If she gets naughty have in handy a little spray bottle, fill it with water, but make sure you spray her seconds after shes been naughty and not punish her after an hour otherwise she wont know when and what she did at the time was wrong.

10. If you get angry with her and push her away she will stick to you even more, shes very affectionate like that and will want to please you.

11. Change her litterbox 1-2times a week

12. Give her lots and lotsa love:)

I can't think of anything else at this point. Love you Gabby-x-

How To Keep Lettuce Fresh

Hello:)

Don't know if any of your face this problem but I do and I found a solution for it! I love my greens, I have them everyday, I could probably consume a head of lettuce in the duration of 5 days...if only it lasts that long, by the 3rd day its all soggy and bleh. I found some tips online on how to keep them nice and crisp:

1. Get Fresh - Buy the freshest lettuce you can from a farmer's market or a grocery store you know that typically has good produce.
2. Keep it cool - Set your refrigerator and produce drawer temperature and humidity controls correctly. You don't want your refrigerator temperature set low and the humdity high or your lettuce will "sweat" and get soggy, especially if there is water from the leaves already pooling in the produce bag. Likewise, if you have the fridge set to the coldest setting, and the humidity set too high or the leaves are wet, your lettuce will frost (which is equally as tragic!).
3. Wrap it Up - If you buy iceberg lettuce (which I don't really advocate since it is has zero nutritional value), simply wrap it in a moistened paper towel as soon as you get home from the store and place it back in the plastic bag before storing it in the drawer. The really absorbent kind of paper towel works best.
With leafy lettuce greens like romaine, red leaf or green leaf lettuce, you can follow the same process. I have found though that it is better to remove leafy greens from their plastic bag and pat the leaves dry with a paper towel before storing them if they are wet from the produce sprayer at the store. Squeeze the water out from the paper towel and wrap the head of lettuce up. Place the wrapped head of lettuce back in the bag and in the produce drawer.
4. Room to Breathe - Store your lettuce in your produce drawer with plenty of breathing room. Leaves can be easily bruised if you have lots of other vegetables crammed in with the lettuce.
5. Water in the Bag? - As soon as you see water pooling up in your the produce bag of lettuce, drain it out if you your going to only use part of the lettuce and storing the rest for later use. Water pooling in the bag can be a sign that your humidity setting is too high, so just keep an eye one it and make adjustments if you notice this happens often.
6. Storing Leftover Salad? - Lay a damp paper towel over the top of the salad and cover the bowl with plastic wrap or a tight fitting lid.
Kitchen Tip: To save time in the kitchen, wash and tear your greens and make a big salad "base" that you and pick off for a few days during the week. Since you've already made a salad base, changing up the basic salad with different vegetables, chicken, tuna, fresh herbs, etc. is a snap!

Kitten For Adoption

For more information on Gabby please go to Farragos website here.

But Why?

Helloooooo!!

Mabrook to me I finally got make-up brushes!!! Yeah shocking right? A kuwaiti girl who doesnt have make-up brushes?! Ah the tragedy! But meh I thought it was about time I got some, so I went to the Body Shop and DAMN they are costly! 5-10KD per brush?! I called my little sis(who knows more about make-up than I ever will) and told her and she was like "Lol mabrook you freak", I also told her how pricy they were but she said they're worth it. I guess in the long-run they are bc they're good quality brushes.

I wish I didnt have to wear make-up, if I had perfect skin I wouldnt come near it. But we do need it from time to time to cover our flaws, and to give us confidence, and also so as not to scare the wits out of people:). I dont wear it as much as most do, especially since I'm only half-kuwaiti(mummy is from the Philippines), too much make-up on me and I'll look like a clown. I think that mostArab women have the face for make-up and they look beautiful, but when it comes to Asian skin, the less the better.The reason I know this is bc the only time I had my make-up done by a professional was at my Milcha and Wedding....Hubby didnt recognise me...I'll say no more.