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We are buying a house and hopefully moving out of this rented apartment and into the repainted house within the next month or so. Because of that, we have been looking at home magazines again for ideas on color schemes and furniture.

In page 72 of the March 2010 issue of Real Living magazine published by Summit Media, there is this hot neon pink sofa I have fallen in love with.

The Togo Sofa by Ligne Roset…

Togo Sofa is another classic example of a timeless modern design that has been enjoying over 25 years of fame. Michel Ducaroy, the designer, found his way into the world of design very early on with the Togo seating collection. The sofa does look very inviting and comfortable. Would be ideal for a casual style house or a vacation home. Ligne Roset has a wide selection of fabrics and colors, and it can be constructed in multiple foam densities. Price varies based on fabric and color and ranges around $2000.

The Togo collection is becoming even more popular now as the entire world moves toward modern. Modern home architecture demands modern furniture and Togo fits right in. Lately, we get lots of questions about it, people want to know who makes it. Now you know – it’s by Ligne Roset.

An ultimate in comfort and style, the Togo sofa is your choice if you want to make a very modern statement… While modern is a given, Togo’s most distinct feature is that it’s both visually attractive and physically inviting. All made up of foam constructions and quilted covers, the collection includes sofas with and without arms, chairs, love seats, corner seats and ottomans, and even smaller, kids versions of the same. Just arrange it to fill the room.

I wonder how we will be able to afford this.. especially since there is this supposed to be a cheaper alternative here and it still costs $1,695!

After three hours of painstaking yet exciting (big smiles all the way) efforts of searching the internet for images, figuring out how to layer and basically work my way around Photoshop CS4, I finally finished Lia’s “Save The Date” card.

I was actually supposed to go to bed early, like 9:30 pm early, but I sat down one last time to look at some clipart images and I just found myself working until the entire card was done. I couldn’t have picked a better first Photoshop CS4 project on my new Macbook Pro. Hooorah! Hoorah! I feel like a pre-schooler who just finished her first hand painting project. Hoorah! Hoorah!

The card is actually already kinda late. I should be working on the actual invite. After all, the event is a month away and yet I have not done anything to prepare for it. Nothing at all yet! Dang, pressure is building up! Haha!

Now that I have this little card done, I can go to bed with a smile on my face. Aaaaah, the feeling of accomplishment, I have forgotten what that is.. until today. Big smiles all the way!

Ryan left today for a conference in the wonderful beachy place of Phuket, Thailand – and of course left me to attach an IV bag of dextrose into my left arm’s vein fend for myself with regards to meals.

If you don’t know how much I hate cooking, you do not know me at all. If you know me, you also know how much I love to eat.

So, I came up with the idea of looking up the ultimate ultra easy recipes for the disinterested cook yet over-eager eater, and the first one on the list is… the clubhouse sandwich!

Clubhouse Sandwich
From Country Living

Thought to have originated in the club cars of American passenger trains, the Clubhouse Sandwich — best known simply as the “Club” — stacks three tiers of toasted white bread with classic chicken salad, crisp bacon, crunchy lettuce, and juicy tomato. Diced roast turkey or chopped fresh-cooked shrimp can be easily swapped for the chicken in this variation.

This is supposedly what I had for dinner.

On a work surface, place 4 slices of toasted bread and spread 1/2 cup of chicken salad on each. Add another slice of toast and place 2 slices bacon, 2 slices tomato, and a lettuce leaf on each sandwich. Place the remaining slices of toast on top of sandwiches, cut into quarters, and secure with a toothpick.

To view entire recipe, click here.

If you know how much I hate cooking, you will not expect me to post actual photos of my efforts to follow these recipes. You will simply surmise that I ate it all, no matter how it looked, or even tasted, for that matter.

Fifteen days after gallivanting in Bicol, with a flight to Legazpi from Manila to catch a glimpse of Mt. Mayon and the resort town of Sto. Domingo, frequent trips to CWC, a three-day escapade to the Caramoan peninsula, a flight from Naga back to Manila to recharge, only to embark on a three-day trip to Cebu and the little island of Malapascua, I am now back to regular programming.

That is, if regular programming means a ton of laundry, a messier than usual bathroom, a floor in dire need of a mopping, sinks and kitchen countertops begging for a good wiping and ahem, overwhelming fatigue with simply thinking about the amount of work I need to do. Hah-hah-hah!

To tell the truth, it is good to be back. As it always is. There is something comforting with being back to regular programming. I have a tendency to miss housework when I’m out for a certain amount of time. In fact, it could actually be conjectured that I resented the maid (when we still had one) for the simple fact that she took the housework away from me.

I did, as always, brought home about a thousand photos and a hundred little stories from my nearly two weeks of travel; but they will have to wait. Like any obsessive-compulsive person, I find it difficult to work when things are not in their proper places; meaning clean clothes folded or hanging in the closets, toys and accessories in their respective baskets, trash in the city dump – yes I’m that forward-looking.

This is my way of saying, there will be no new posts in the travel site, no new photos posted to my Flickr account and you will have to watch little kitty sing Happy Birthday again and again (if only out of sheer boredom) until the house is back to what I have determined as the “proper order”. The definition of what is and what is not considered as proper order of things in this house is solely my privilege, after all, I am empress and this is my empire.

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Okay lang yan, masaya naman siya eh. Ansaya-saya!