Cozy Christmas Eve Dinner ~ hassle-free preparations from my meaw, warm conversations and family bonding

Two days before Christmas Eve I got into an accident and we are observing if I injured my knee cap because I couldn't walk much and going downstairs was too painful. This pain is just on top of my current sickly condition when my monthly period came after so much stress. I had all the terrible symptoms and the one thing that almost got me 50-50 is my super painful stomach. Well gladly I'm starting to recover now and we're just waiting for my knee to heal. 
We were expecting it might take a toll on my health since the first week of December came because my stressor was like right and left and meaw already had the foresight that we might not be able to do the same old household cooking tradition like we used to so he had to make reservations in advance for all the food he could order and gladly our suki sellers are very welcoming booking us.

Grocery items are all lined up from the MetroMart app so we got everything we need, we always seem to find the ones we look for in Robinson's supermarket which is unexpected because most of our life we relied upon going to Hypermarket. But since we aren't vaccinated yet we could not go inside to do the same old shopping we do. 

We realized that it's better that we let the grocery trips be removed so we can focus time, effort, and money on more important things like family bonding and maintaining the career. At first, we were sad that we lost these small trips but then as we build up more focus on these important areas we find it so much more enjoyable since we can do more fun things instead. Why did we not discover that app early, it's just so convenient and seriously gave me back the quality time I need.
Also, the best thing I like about this app is how it can track which one is out of stock and they immediately contact you through Viber if they can provide a replacement or cancel the product on the list. I just only discovered this I think in one of their ads from Facebook and then read all the reviews from co-bloggers and I wish I discovered this sooner.

So, back to the preparations. Meaw contacted his favorite Pizza Place, Angel's Pizza which he got a special privilege of having a discounted offer due to a super gift card that was presented only to a few customers. He had set the day and accepted to do the delivery on Christmas Eve, then he kept constantly being in communication with the village's supplier for the fruits basket, lumpia, beef and Garden Veggies also to be delivered on 24th.

Later, he made a scheduled delivery for mango cake in Grab. Super happy they accepted to deliver on Christmas eve! Then he called KFC and Jollibee for KFC Bucket of Chicken, Jollibee Palabok and Spaghetti. 

What didn't arrive was what he ordered from the village supplier, beef and their own version of spaghetti and another one meal that he refused because you'll need to cook it. We know that it would be impossible for us to cook as the workload was set last week of November and we know its going to be no standing up on our desks again.

The Day Before Christmas

On the Christmas Eve day, I craved for bone meal because the weather was so invitingly  old to enjoy hot soup. We ordered at The Original Pares Mami House at Maharlika and mom got the same order too, while meaw got his old signature Pares and fried rice.
It was such a great start already but what we know we'll have to get another refrigerator started because the old one is full but needs to be cleared. We don't have the time for that at the moment so we utilized the new inverted freezer we got stored.

Now, as the night deepens mom wanted to start dinner as early as 7 pm as she wanted to go sleep already. Everything was delivered on the right time and meaw was so tired going back and forth to get the deliveries. The only thing that didn't come on time was the Angel's Pizzas, came after we already had our fill. 

The night was filled with warm chats and we had our reviews of the meals, it was simply bonding over our meals. As much as I wanted to have chocolate and cake but my stomach was upset so I couldn't have it.

The Star of the Noche Buena

Everyone's attention is on Tweety who is been given her favorite jabi spaghetti and she went gaga with it. Its her favorite treat when we accidentally dropped a spaghetti, she went too excited and loved it. From then on, we gave it to her as a special treat for her bday last October.
The next morning, we have so much food from Christmas Eve and we finished them on Christmas Day. So, everything was back to work afterwards but we couldn't be more happier of the time we had together this Christmas. 
My dream last birthday is ongoing and I'm truly thankful. 
How did you spent your Christmas?

See you on the next post

Two days before Christmas Eve I got into an accident and we are observing if I injured my knee cap because I couldn't walk much and going downstairs was too painful. This pain is just on top of my current sickly condition when my monthly period came after so much stress. I had all the terrible symptoms and the one thing that almost got me 50-50 is my super painful stomach. Well gladly I'm starting to recover now and we're just waiting for my knee to heal. 
We were expecting it might take a toll on my health since the first week of December came because my stressor was like right and left and meaw already had the foresight that we might not be able to do the same old household cooking tradition like we used to so he had to make reservations in advance for all the food he could order and gladly our suki sellers are very welcoming booking us.

Grocery items are all lined up from the MetroMart app so we got everything we need, we always seem to find the ones we look for in Robinson's supermarket which is unexpected because most of our life we relied upon going to Hypermarket. But since we aren't vaccinated yet we could not go inside to do the same old shopping we do. 

We realized that it's better that we let the grocery trips be removed so we can focus time, effort, and money on more important things like family bonding and maintaining the career. At first, we were sad that we lost these small trips but then as we build up more focus on these important areas we find it so much more enjoyable since we can do more fun things instead. Why did we not discover that app early, it's just so convenient and seriously gave me back the quality time I need.
Also, the best thing I like about this app is how it can track which one is out of stock and they immediately contact you through Viber if they can provide a replacement or cancel the product on the list. I just only discovered this I think in one of their ads from Facebook and then read all the reviews from co-bloggers and I wish I discovered this sooner.

So, back to the preparations. Meaw contacted his favorite Pizza Place, Angel's Pizza which he got a special privilege of having a discounted offer due to a super gift card that was presented only to a few customers. He had set the day and accepted to do the delivery on Christmas Eve, then he kept constantly being in communication with the village's supplier for the fruits basket, lumpia, beef and Garden Veggies also to be delivered on 24th.

Later, he made a scheduled delivery for mango cake in Grab. Super happy they accepted to deliver on Christmas eve! Then he called KFC and Jollibee for KFC Bucket of Chicken, Jollibee Palabok and Spaghetti. 

What didn't arrive was what he ordered from the village supplier, beef and their own version of spaghetti and another one meal that he refused because you'll need to cook it. We know that it would be impossible for us to cook as the workload was set last week of November and we know its going to be no standing up on our desks again.

The Day Before Christmas

On the Christmas Eve day, I craved for bone meal because the weather was so invitingly  old to enjoy hot soup. We ordered at The Original Pares Mami House at Maharlika and mom got the same order too, while meaw got his old signature Pares and fried rice.
It was such a great start already but what we know we'll have to get another refrigerator started because the old one is full but needs to be cleared. We don't have the time for that at the moment so we utilized the new inverted freezer we got stored.

Now, as the night deepens mom wanted to start dinner as early as 7 pm as she wanted to go sleep already. Everything was delivered on the right time and meaw was so tired going back and forth to get the deliveries. The only thing that didn't come on time was the Angel's Pizzas, came after we already had our fill. 

The night was filled with warm chats and we had our reviews of the meals, it was simply bonding over our meals. As much as I wanted to have chocolate and cake but my stomach was upset so I couldn't have it.

The Star of the Noche Buena

Everyone's attention is on Tweety who is been given her favorite jabi spaghetti and she went gaga with it. Its her favorite treat when we accidentally dropped a spaghetti, she went too excited and loved it. From then on, we gave it to her as a special treat for her bday last October.
The next morning, we have so much food from Christmas Eve and we finished them on Christmas Day. So, everything was back to work afterwards but we couldn't be more happier of the time we had together this Christmas. 
My dream last birthday is ongoing and I'm truly thankful. 
How did you spent your Christmas?

See you on the next post

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posted by Trixia Salonga . Sunday, December 26, 2021 .