Mel and the New Normal

J and i are big fana of The Purple Oven. As the supplier of Starbucks for pastries, and Total Bonjour cafes, they are a reliable source of tasty delights. We visited their Sta. Rosa branch in Solenad 2 a couple of months back with the kids, and picked up some goodies on the way home from Highlands. Our favorites are the chocolate macadamia cookies (available in Starbucks as well, but in larger sizes) and this chocolate bar similar to revel bars. Do not expect to be able to sit down and enjoy a cup of coffee here. They only have 1 small table, and it's more of a take-out store. For Christmas they have special purple boxes available that are really cute! Prices aren't cheap at the Purple Oven but the taste is always reliable. To find this store at Solenad 2, look for Toastbox, it's somewhere behind it.

Earlier this evening, I was feeling a little sad (I know, I'm so emo, you can probably tell from this blog).   It really came out of nowhere -- I was working on payslips with Itunes on my Mac, and the song "We are Young" (the Glee version) came on, and it reminded me of last Christmas, when I was driving alone in my car and the song was playing, and I thought I could possibly be pregnant. See, almost everything is a trigger for me, haha. Anyways, the song got all me sad and quiet, and I went to lie down for a while. J noticed the sudden change, left the room, and came back with the 2 kids. And 2 puppies. Then had the kids climb on top of me on the bed. Then dumped the puppies on my head. (My husband, thru almost 15 years of being together, knows what distracts me). Alas, the puppy and kids dumping was not enough tonight (and the fur was making my cough worse), and the kids were eventually called off by their yaya for dinner. J took the puppies down and invited me to vis...