on my father...

Fathers. What would we do without them?
My father and I, as you can tell, are super close. I wouldn't have it any other way. When I was younger I always loved going to work with my dad. He was hard on me. Harder on me than any of his other kids, the two girls in Hungary and Michelle. But really in the end I am thankful for that. He raised me up with old fashion morals and etiquette. No elbows on the dinner table. Back straight. Eat everything that's on my plate. Please & Thank you. Never say "what" but pardon (this mostly used in Hungarian).
I was like the boy he never had. I worked with him. Helped with jobs around the house. In the winter I helped cut wood and haul it down to the house. We went "wild camping", we'd just find a spot, pitch a tent and fished on the shore. He taught me to put a worm on the hook, cast my line and eat sunflower seed while watching for a bite.
He is always there for me. He knows me better than most people. Even over the phone he can tell if I'm sad, mad, happy or tired. He just knows.
Best of all I don't need to be a doctor or a lawyer for him to be proud of me. He is proud of me everyday for being the mother & wife that I am. And that is why I love him :) He is the most selfless person I know. He's worked all his life for the better of his family. And I just don't know what I would do without him.

Happy Father's Day Apuci :) 

♥ancsibaba

on a father & daughter...

My dad had some errands to run yesterday morning and I tagged along. I always love going out just me and him. We ended up talking about things that wouldn't normally come up in conversation around other people. We talk about deep feelings that only a father would want to know or ask about. Our relationship has grown over the years and mostly started to flourish after I moved to Philadelphia. I am thankful for it because I strongly believe that we needed to be apart to truly appreciate each other. Honestly I don't think I fully appreciated him until I had Sebastian. I know I've said it many times before and I do because it still blows my mind at how so many times my dad has told me that one day I'll look back and say ya, that old man was right. I still do it to this day. 

If you ever see me using a screw driver or hammering a nail or cooking up one of our traditional Hungarian dishes, well it's because of him.

So when we were out doing errands and he turns to me and asked if I wanted to stop at a bakery to grab some coffee and a pastry well all I could do was smile. He is awesome. 

L'Artisan French Bakery Cafe in Everett. 

Tons of pastries and such beautiful cakes. The green one was my favorite to look at! Dad got a double Mocha Latte with whipped cream...ummm how good does that look?? I got a Numi Earl Gray tea. While my dad got a dazzling Cherry Ganache and even though my butt was eyeing up the very plain looking croissant, noooooo, I had try that Chocolate Eclair sitting there starring at me. God help me. These are the days that stick with me the most, just sitting there stuffing our faces with $4 cakes & pastries and making fun of our grumpy waiter. 

I love my daddy. 

♥A.

on paraskevidekatriaphobia!?

Oh.Em.Gee. For those of you that watch Vampire Diaries, last nights show was ridiculous (in a good way). We finally found out the real reason Damon came back to Mystic Falls. I can not believe that Katherine is actually under the church in a tomb along with 26 other blood sucking vampires for the past century and a half! My feeling is that they aren't too happy. Also, did you notice that Emily was able to defeat Damon with just a wave of her hand! If Stefan wouldn't have came to his rescue Damon would still be hanging up against a tree with a tree branch through is torso. Does that mean Bonnie will eventually (with more training & practice) be able to keep Damon in line? Wow, I know that would be really useful.
What do you think about the new history teacher Alaric Saltzman (now that is definitly a vampire name.HA. Yet it almost sounds Harry Potterish) who is actually Matthew Davis from "Legally Blonde"-- remember? Elle Woods ex boyfriend. So, what, is he good or bad?? I personally think that he might be somehow related to Katherine because he too has one of those magical rings that allows him to walk in the daylight. As for being good or bad I think I need to see more of him to decide.
Lastly, I have to say that the end was a little too Twilight for me. Girl says 'don't leave me!'. Boy says 'I have to. It's for your own good'. Boy walks off to leave the girl there to cry over her broken heart. Yeah, talk about New Moon deja vu. BUT. Did you know that The Vampire Diaries books were actually written way before Twilight was...yup the first book came out in 1991.
Good god. I almost forgot. Logan is back! And he is a vampire. What!? How!? Crap!




Today was quite a day. I spend most of my morning and early afternoon researching child care for Sebastian. I honestly didn't think it would be so difficult in finding a place that would take Sebastian for only a couple hours each day. Most of the places I called either were only fulltime daycares or only accepting children two years & oldler.
But thanks to my sweet mother-in-law, who helped me tremendously, I think we may have found our place! PLAY & LEARN is our winner. It's located not to far from where we live & the best thing is that it is literally right next to the TurnPike, so Bobby will drop Sebastian off and hop on the highway to get to work. Also they will accept the hours we need and the rate is extremely reasonable. I made an appointment for Monday to have a tour with the director of the place. I am really hoping it works out for us. Cross your fingers.


Thank you to everyone that kept my father in their thoughts. His surgery was a success. I even got to talk to him on his way home from the hospital although he was a little doped up on some pain killers it was great hearing his voice. He will be bedridden for a few days and will only be allowed liquids to eat. Plus no lifting anything! YOU hear dad, NO LIFTING!

Hope you had a Happy Friday the 13th!

♥A.

on being worried...

Just wanted to start out saying that I had my first offical work meeting! We mainly worked on scheduling which is something I really wanted to figure out. It looks like I will be working Monday through Friday 8:30am to 3:30pm. How great is that??!?! It is the perfect schedule for me. I will most likely still be able to see Sebastian in the morning since he wakes up around 7:30-8ish which will really make a differance for me. Now, I am still going to have to put Sebasitan into daycare for about three hours everyday, but it will be such an excellent experience for him.

Until then, I will be cherishing the next two weeks I have at home with my son.

Moving on, I love to bake & usually the one thing I have to bake every month or so are my famous oatmealchip cookies. Great Harvest had the best oatmeal chocolatechip cookies ever & so I've kinda created my own recipe to fill the void of GHB cookies. They aren't nearly as great as the original GHB oatmealchip buttttt they do the trick...They definitly are one of my guilty pleasures!!

Not to mention my boys can eat that whole plate if I'm not looking HA.

Movies I really want to see:

• The Blindside
• Planet 51 (Sebastian will get a kick out of this one!)
• Avatar (I know. I know. But It looks COOL)
• Pirate Radio (WHAT! Rock music being banned. That's just bonkers)
• Men Who Stare at Goat

Have you seen any of them yet??

Anyways, since all the leaves are pretty much on the ground now Sebastian & I take joy in playing with all them. In my neighborhood there are tons of gigantic piles of leaves that people have raked, blown etc. on to the curb. It really is super hard to resist...As you can see HA!

I felt bad. The pile shown above belongs to the elderly next door neighbors (I seriously think they're 100 years old). I swear they spent a whole day raking their yard to bring together this colorful pile. So, I took a quick picture & RAN!

Lastly, I would like to say that my dad tomorrow morning will be going in to have his surgery to repair his Hernia. I so wish I could be there for him. But I know he will be in good hands with having my two sisters plus my step-mom to help out. No doubt it will be on my mind from now on till I get the phone call that he is home in bed.

♥A.