Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Family is Love

Walt Disney said “Life is beautiful. It’s about giving. It’s about family.” Thankfully, this is true for me. A couple of months ago, for Mother's Day. I got my mom dried and preserved flowers for the first time. I wasn't sure about this choice so I asked some friends and one of them said she actually appreciates dried and preserved flowers a lot more than normal flowers because they last significantly longer. They are real flowers and they do look beautiful so I decided to get my mom a bouquet. A couple of months later and they are still on display at home. Cool!

Dried and preserved flowers for Mother's Day

For Father's Day, I got my brother this special Chocolate and Berry Velvet Crunch special edition cake from Butternut Manila. It's a moist chocolate cake filled with hazelnut cream, strawberry compote, and walnut praline. I love it when bakeries and cake shops have limited edition cakes for special occasions.

Chocolate and Berry Velvet Crunch from Butternut Manila

Finally, I got my family a new TV. The audio of our old TV at home wasn't working properly anymore and while we could have tried to maybe connect external speakers to it so it would be cheaper, I felt that plugging in and turning on too many things - TV, Chromecast, speakers - would be too much of a hassle. Getting a new TV would just be simpler because the newer ones either have all the apps you need or allow  you to download them, meaning no need for Chromecast. I got a 50" Samsung TV because it was on sale, with an almost 30% discount, making it the almost the same price as many of the other smaller TVs. Now, my family can enjoy watching TV and streaming services much more easily in our living room at home. Plus, we've never had a TV this big before. Cool!

Our new Samsung TV

 

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