Wet Behind the Ears~Zu Murphy

Window Treatment

2012-01-28T10:30:00.000-05:00

New curtain was put up in my living room today. We have to custom made this curtain because of the shape for the bay window. The color I picked for the valance and the blinds matched perfectly with the furniture and carpet in the room. Close up... The white lace is from our old curtain. We told the designer that we want to re-use the lace. So he added another rod to hang the lace. If I need to

Christmas Gifts

2011-12-26T16:10:00.000-05:00

I woke up on Christmas day and went straight to the kitchen to cook breakfast for the two of us. Honey asked if I see the presents Santa brought for us. I told him that there will be no present for him this year. During the Christmas sale, I was not allowed to go out shopping by myself. Plus, I know honey love to shop present for himself. Santa gave each of us a new phone this year. Mupy tricked

Soap Opera...

2011-12-18T15:48:00.001-05:00

I have been busy watching a malay drama Cinta Elysa. The show has ended last Tuesday and the finale was really nice. It was a happy ending that leave a smile on my face. Fasha Sandha, the lead actress for the show never disappointing me. I love her acting in all of her movies. Aril aka Botak is a new actor that make the cut into my favorite actors list. His act in Cinta Elysa was really good. He

Aidil Adha...

2011-11-06T21:28:00.000-05:00

The Aidil Adha celebration was successfully held at the Sports Center near my neighborhood. I was waiting for the bus at the grocery store parking lot as early as at 7:50 Am. By 8:10 Am the bus came to take me and the other 4 people to the prayer hall. The weather was cold but it was not cold enough for me to exhale cold air. I am glad I did not park the car near the center. The parking area was

Snow day

2011-10-29T17:08:00.000-04:00

Trick or treat was postpone to Monday in my neighborhood due to the rain all day last thursday. Today, we receive a lot of snow. This is an early snow day in late october. I am staying inside all day. I only received a visitor from the store we want to buy our curtain from. The window treatment consultant came and showed us the fabric and types of curtain we can have for our living room. I

New season

2011-10-22T11:40:00.000-04:00

I am not sure if the 200 of rotten onions in the garden due to wet days or a change in the temperature due to weather change or glue to tonton.com and YouTube or keeping close relationship with strangers on facebook or busy watching my back to backstabber or feeling sorry to myself for losing heavenly prayer from my guardian angels or listening to the radio era on the internet or busy reading pc

Fall Clearing

2011-09-18T16:51:00.000-04:00

I went to the garden to clean up everything that the storm had left. The weeds are tall. Luckily the soil is soft. I could easily pull out the weeds. I only see onions and some cherry tomatoes for me to take home. I pulled out some of the onions. I still have more than 200 onions in the ground. I plan to harvest them later. I didn't bring a camera to take picture of the garden. I took home the

Crochet Project for Winter 2011

2011-09-11T17:42:00.000-04:00

I thought I have found the yarn for my crochet, but it was not the right color. The crochet project is using light pink and the yarn I found in my closet was peach. I also found some beige yarn in the stash and so I googling for pattern. I want to make something lacey and simple. After an hour searching online and flipping through my crochet books, I finally found the right pattern that I like.

Raya Celebration 2011

2011-09-07T19:19:00.000-04:00

As soon as I arrived at Anita's house, I asked Anita to take me to David’s new vegetables garden. He grows tomato, cucumber, beans, zucchini, rhubarb, strawberry, blackberry, lettuce, radish, etc. I have never seen such a beautiful homegrown radishes. For the past 10 years I have been trying to grow radish. I got only 2 or 3 radishes to none each year. I really enjoy picking the blackberries.

Baju Kurung is done

2011-08-05T22:25:00.000-04:00

Finally, my dress for the Syawal/Eid is ready. Mupi bought this fabric about 5 years ago maybe and I never really care for the pattern he chose. When I showed the dress to him, his remark was..."It is about time..." I was frankly to him and told him why I didn't care. I do like the color but not the design of the embroidery. I find it too wild. But I guess, I should just be thankful. I haven't

Bunga Telang

2011-06-19T11:29:00.000-04:00

The seed Gertrude gave me for the bunga telang are sprouting. I have transplanted them in the garden. My co worker gave me some winged beans seeds. I cannot wait to see them grow. I love winged beans, or in other language it is called kacang botol, keceper, etc. The asian stores near my house didn't sell them. My headache is killing me. I am going to cook some rice porridge. Till then...

Flowers in the yard

2011-05-16T22:25:00.000-04:00

It was sad to see the rising of the Mississippi river and was covering the houses nearby. So many people have left their home to a safer place. In my neighborhood itself, we've been getting a lot of rain. One or two days the sun was hitting bright and the next day it was all covered by dark clouds. I was able to work in the garden for a few days. I have planted the tomatoes, peas, green beans,

A rock star in the making...

2011-05-02T00:01:00.001-04:00

I was amazed at how talkative my baby niece is. She is smart and non stop talking the whole day. She talks about everything. She is helpful, caring and attentive. I just need to say one word, she will continue with a story, a real life story that she experienced from the word I say. I found out that some of the words that she said; she has no clue of the meaning. She loves to pose. Don't try to

Crochet

2011-04-05T17:55:00.000-04:00

I don't remember which art store I bought the yarn. I went to Michael's, Joan fabric, and other stores but I could not find the exact color to this yarn. One more place that I haven't check is at walmart. I should have bought couple of yarns back then. I was not planning to do anything with it until now. I was cleaning the garage when I found this yarn with couples of doillies finished. Since

Cherry Tomato Plants

2011-03-06T11:46:00.000-05:00

Growing season is lurking around the corner in my neighborhood. I am excited. The weather is still cold outside. It rains since morning. But it didn’t stop me from mending my babies. This time I am transplanting the tomato plants that I have sprouted about 2 weeks ago into slightly bigger pots. Here is the picture of the tomato seeds that have sprouted. They are looking great and the container

Spring Oh! Spring

2011-02-24T09:47:00.002-05:00

I cannot wait for spring to be here. The garden center sent a letter for me to pick up the garden passes. The price stay the same as the last year. Another season of growing is coming soon. I am excited. I think I had enough with this depressing, muggy, cloudy and cold season. Before spring is here, the snow came down on Tuesday. We received about 6 inches of snow. This is normal for this area.

Horror Story

2011-02-19T17:35:00.000-05:00

Honey called, he said he has arrived at the airport. I feel sad because I will be alone for a week. His job sent him there. I walked down to the lower level of the house. That is what I always like to do. When I am alone in the house, I thought, I would go to every room. The room was huge. I said to myself that I could make the room as the master bedroom. But mom was in there. She had just

Crosstabs - hate it

2011-02-07T18:23:00.001-05:00

Weeks have gone by since I last wrote in this site. People say time flies when you have a good time. I have been doing well so far in this cold weather, cleaning the house and cooking for the family. Although I would like to add crocheting or knitting to the list. Maybe if I keep staring at the art and craft books I will fine the zone. A bit TMI on this paragraph. The issue of Athlete foot or

Ghostly

2011-01-13T18:49:00.000-05:00

A good friend suggesting that I should try John Frieda hair product collection. She bought for me a travel size set of the shampoo, conditioner and shine lotion. I tried the shampoo and the conditioner this morning and when I look at my hands, all my rings are shining. At other times, my rings are dull until I polished them. I have a feeling that whatever shine solutions from the shampoo and

On the video

2011-01-12T17:53:00.000-05:00

I was watching a movie titled Bersalji di Kuala Lumpur last night and at the same time snow was coming down in my neighborhood. The movie was light and perfect for me to unwind. I remember when I was younger, I always wonder if Kuala Lumpur will ever had snow. At that time I thought the world might come to an end. I have brought the snow blower to the front of the house for easy access. Every

Bliss...

2011-01-09T12:29:00.001-05:00

Bliss…is my word to describe how I feel today. Yes, today is Sunday and it has been heaven. There is about an inch or two inches of snow on the ground. I woke up as early as 6 am and by 8 am I have finished cooking my favorite spaghetti goreng, the asian style. Hop over to zumurphy.com for the recipe. I use jumbo shrimp to flavor the dish. A bliss day is when I found Pontianak Menjerit Movie

Beginning of the year 2011

2011-01-05T18:27:00.000-05:00

2010 went by so quickly. I have not updating this blog for quite sometimes. It was actually before Thanksgiving to be exact. I had a great turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day. The meal is featured in zumurphy.com site. Came the cold weather and like a clock, my body is adjusting to the chilly day and freezing night. The best of all was the heavenly shopping spree I did before the Christmas. Going

Trailing African Violets

2010-11-14T14:44:00.000-05:00

I am spending this lovely and beautiful sunday at home. I picked up the loaner car at the dealer shop yesterday. You can see the car in the picture below. It is a black Nissan Altima. I hope the workshop will be able to fix my car. I miss it already. This trailing african violets is flowering. I actually have been neglecting them since the last part of summer and early fall. Honey lifted the

Fun Day

2010-11-06T23:12:00.000-04:00

I was out today to hand out Avon brochures. It was another fun day at the mall without having to spend any money. My time was wisely spent although a jealous one thought I was wasting my time. I wish I have some time to spend on shopping since everything is at 50% off. After the event at the mall, honey and I attended a wedding reception. The food was really good and the crowd is mostly familiar

Ready for Fall

2010-09-19T18:10:00.000-04:00

For some reason, I am feeling really tired these past few weeks. But I do need to clean my garden. The weather is getting colder at night and sometimes during the day. Vegetables have stop growing but for some they are still growing. After breakfast this morning, I went to the garden. I removed the fences I used for the tomato and the peas. I can reuse them for next growing season. My Raya meal