Carmelo

2011 in a Nutshell

Mello — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:55:20 +0000

Below is a list of all good things that happened this year.

Spent time with John Rivera and Family!
First time snowboarding
We got tattoos!
Jaime got a raise!
Made a shit ton of cakes!
Reunited with Corey Roque
Booked the Castle at Ashley Manor
Had a fancy Binkley’s 30 course meal
Attended a wedding
Bachelor & Bachelorette Party!
Carmelo got a new job, like a boss!
Had our own wedding!
Went to Jamaica!
Got an iPad2!
Had a house painted
Had a new A/C installed
New Dishwasher!
Bought a huge dining table
Had new carpet put in
Moved into said house in the middle of summer
Bought a huge bed
Bought new TVs
Bought Damien new furniture
Went Wakeboarding!
Got a Galaxy Tab
Went to Vegas!
Saw Lynyrd Skynyrd
Went to Rocky Point!
Got a new sink and faucet
Carmelo got ITIL certified, like a boss!
Got motorcycle up to par
Cleaned Garage!
Had Thanksgiving!
Had a house party for our birthdays!
Reunited with Steven Kennard (and Skip by accident)
Had Christmas with Family^2!
Identified noodles Carmelo loves! (Hong Kong Style!)
Bought a Jacuzzi!
Got tickets to Paris!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Mello — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:51:19 +0000

Last weekend we got to spend time with most of our family. My mom, uncle Dave and aunt Nervie was here and we cooked some Filipino food. Sinigang and Lumpia. Very tasty.

Yesterday for Christmas eve, my brother and soon to be sister-in-law come over and we ate and then did a video chat with mom and the rest of the family in Montreal.

For Jaime and I’s first Christmas together as a married couple did we ever spoil each other!

I got Jaime a Spa!
Jaime got us tickets to Paris!

Merry Christmas everybody, Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays 2011

Mello — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:40:34 +0000

My mom, Uncle Dave and Aunt Nervie came to visit. It was a quick weekend! I cooked sinagang and it was delicious. We also made a bunch of lumpia. When everybody came over, Jaime invited her half of the family to come over as well.

Later that night, we migrated over to my Pat and Courtney’s place and spent the night there. The next day we went to church, then chilled for a bit before heading to C-Fu for some yummy chinese food (that is where the picture is taken). Then, as quick as everyone got here, they left. We dropped them off at the airport. It was a very good quality weekend of family fun. I really enjoyed it.

My Mom’s Skills!

Mello — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:25:08 +0000

My mom is getting really good at using her computer, I’m very proud of her. She put this together

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Sgt. Kennard

Mello — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:00:12 +0000

This is a picture of myself and Steven Kennard. 16 years before this picture, he was my Sergeant at VMA-311. Great guy, everybody loves him. He Facebooked me out of the blue with his number and lo’ and behold, we met up at the American Legion on 35th ave and Thunderbird.

It was very good to see him and meet his mom whom he was visiting for Thanksgiving. We hope it will be the start of many reunions.

Happy Thanksgiving

Mello — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:25:08 +0000

Yesterday was pretty busy. We had cleaned the house and cooked for 14 people. Much fun!
It was also Jaime’s birthday, so it’s official, I’m no longer sleeping with a 20 something year old woman. LOL

I just finished my lunch today and it was just as good as it was for dinner yesterday. I’m very happy and thankful of my life right now.

In other awesome and exciting news. I’m also done with Christmas shopping! I’ve been buying things online for the last few weeks, like a boss!

Damien and William shooting dog poop with their airsoft guns from atop an RV thats still in my yard for some reason

Half a Year!!

Mello — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:00:25 +0000

I’ve been married to Jaime for half a year already! This year is flying by! To celebrate, we went out for Sushi. I love my pookie schmookie!

Buying Meat in Bulk and a Rolling Pin

Mello — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:29:18 +0000

We buy in bulk and I eat red meat. So, we shop and Costco and I buy 6lbs of hamburger meat at a time. Some of you who don’t know how to seal meat up so that you can not only buy in bulk, but you can easily put into your freezer and get it unfrozen and ready to cook in minutes!

I have a hard core food sealer, check this baby out!

Now, since I get 6lbs of red meat, I divide the package into 6 even and equal parts and make giant 1lb meatballs out of them.

Once you get your bags made, and the meat sealed up, take a rolling pin to it. Look at this awesomeness!

Now they fit into the freezer in a stack the size of a pizza box and when you put hot water in the sink and throw one of these in to defrost, it will take literally 1 minute!!! How awesome is that?

Marine Corps Birthday, Veterans Day, Birthday

Carmelo Ricarde — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:33:33 +0000

I had a very good weekend in terms of relaxing and reflecting. I often like to do absolutely nothing but think about stuff. It helps define me.

For the Marine Corps birthday, Jaime had to work late, so Damien and I went to Outback steakhouse. It was the bomb. I stank of Bloomin’ Onion and horseradish. Yum!

The next day for Veterans Day, Jaime worked from home and we went to Applebee’s for the free food for Veterans. I just had a Bacon Cheeseburger. Later that night we could have had another free meal somewhere else, but we decided to just get pizza and wings.

For my birthday, Jaime made me breakfast when she got up. It was awesome and filling, I was so full I didn’t even want lunch. Then for dinner Jaime made ribs and corn on the grill. Yum yum!

I don’t even know where to begin with how many people called, texted, or facebooked me a happy birthday, but it was a lot! I’m so thankful to everybody.

For my gift from my family, I got a pretty sweet Keurig coffee maker for my desk at work.

For our birthday party next week, I’m going to build a cake like this.

This is pretty cool because its something Jaime sorta wanted long ago but as decorations on a cake, this whole cake will be like this.

Halloween 2011!

Mello — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:44:56 +0000

This year, Halloween for us spanned 2 1/2 weeks!
We went to Jeff and Teri’s Halloween party up in New River and then a week later, had a Halloween party to go to with Karie and our friends. Then just yesterday was finally Halloween and Jaime and I watched some Ghost hunting stuff on TV while answering the door and giving candy to little kids!

I really didn’t need a mask as I could make babies cry just by looking at them.

We were day of the dead peeps. Our front yard is still decorated with the ‘pet cemetery’.

I made a Halloween cake for work, though I didn’t dress up (I had to give new employee orientation and didn’t want to be parading around as a banana for that!)