Saturday, December 31, 2005
Friday, December 30, 2005
Thursday, December 29, 2005

Anyway.. this saturday my boss will have a New Year's eve party.. so we will go since he even spare his time to call me instead of e-mailing me or told lisa to call... well anyway.. I wanna see his house.. I heard it's huge... and his back yard is a golf course (not his.. but there's a golf course).

I got my pay check today !! :) woohoo ! :P heheheheh and got some bonus :P hehehehehe and got the laptop rebate... now time to pay the bills....
Carson honey... I love you... (heheheheheh announcing my love to the world) seriously he's the best husband in da world... he folds laundry.. clean the dishes... hmm... when was the last time I fold laundry... hmmm don't remember... Thank's hon....
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Hmm.. where's my 2005 year go????
January: Moved in to our new house (Jan 4) Snow Storm but still managed to bring the air bed and some food...
February: ??
March: Carson made the sweetest proposal.
April: ??
May: ??
June: ??
July: Got married & My mom came
August: Went to Vegas
September: ??
October: First Halloween trick or treat at our house.
November: Thanksgiving at Carol's
December: Got G5 from my hubby wubby.. and got Nintendo DS with lotsa games...
ok.. seriously... I thought my life was more exciting than that ??!! bye bye 2005...
January: Moved in to our new house (Jan 4) Snow Storm but still managed to bring the air bed and some food...
February: ??
March: Carson made the sweetest proposal.
April: ??
May: ??
June: ??
July: Got married & My mom came
August: Went to Vegas
September: ??
October: First Halloween trick or treat at our house.
November: Thanksgiving at Carol's
December: Got G5 from my hubby wubby.. and got Nintendo DS with lotsa games...
ok.. seriously... I thought my life was more exciting than that ??!! bye bye 2005...
Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Finally my book that I've been waiting for arrived in the mail today :) so happy... Remember when I told you guys that I made something for grandma as her Christmas presents.. I took some pictures but they're at my computer hard drive and I'm at my other job... so anyway... I made this cute felt dolls that I used to sell them when I was in HS... can't wait to make more !! :)

So Anyway... I was tired today.. feel so weak... good thing that Carson doesn't mind eating left over food... so we just ate left over food tonight.. :( still debating what we're gonna do this new year's eve... I don't feel want to party at all... and I'm kinda preparing my body for the up coming baby in 2007... so I promised my self... less cafeine (still struggling)... no alcohol at all (this one is pretty easy)... and try to relax......
Relax............ take a deep breath.... relax...... maybe I should do Yoga again....
Nite nite...
Monday, December 26, 2005
Day after Christmas... got up by 11:00am... ate left over food... went to Kmart.. Carson bought me..
- Eureka Boss Super Light (Vacuum cleaner for vacuuming the stair case)
- Lysol Ready Brush (finally I can clean all the 4 bathrooms with no back ache)
- 5.2lb Honey Crisp Apples from Hy-Vee (hahahaha I called Ringga right away to let her know Hy-Vee has 'em right now)
Sunday, December 25, 2005

so here's the gift basket that we got from Catherine... as I promised.. :) look how huge it is... now after we take a picture of it I can take all the goodies and eat them all :) heheheh
I have a gizillion things to do around the house... so I won't say much tonight. But all I can say that we had an awesome Christmas... the boys love the presents... mom & dad are happy... :) so does erica.. everybody's good... :)

PS: Good news... my brother got an approval letter from the INS that he will get his greencard... so next year we all go back home together... woohoo !!!! another wedding reception back home !!! woohooooo...
More photos from Christmas 2005
Thursday, December 22, 2005
I went home early today.. I don't feel good at all... went back home... guess who's still laying on the bed.. yeap my huby wubby sick too.. now both of us sick who will take care of us? hehehehheeh morgan not that smart enough to take care of us..
we've been sleeping all day long and get as much rest as we could. Seems like Carson already feel much better.. not me.. I think I got Ryan's virus and Laurence cough of death.. hauhauahauhaua j/k... I think I'm just too tired...
Well I won't be able to update my blog untill Monday.. so Merry Christmas guy....
PS: Catherine sent us this huge gift basket full of goodies.. sorry I haven't got a chance to take a picture of it.. but I will.. Thanks Cath !!! :)
we've been sleeping all day long and get as much rest as we could. Seems like Carson already feel much better.. not me.. I think I got Ryan's virus and Laurence cough of death.. hauhauahauhaua j/k... I think I'm just too tired...
Well I won't be able to update my blog untill Monday.. so Merry Christmas guy....
PS: Catherine sent us this huge gift basket full of goodies.. sorry I haven't got a chance to take a picture of it.. but I will.. Thanks Cath !!! :)
May the blessings of Christmas be yours
May these, along with other joys be yours on Christmas day...
Faith to make your heart serene...
Hope to keep it light...
and the Peace that Christ alone can give to make your Christmas bright...
Merry Christmas... have a peaceful & blessed holiday...
-Destri & Carson Andorf-
May these, along with other joys be yours on Christmas day...
Faith to make your heart serene...
Hope to keep it light...
and the Peace that Christ alone can give to make your Christmas bright...
Merry Christmas... have a peaceful & blessed holiday...
-Destri & Carson Andorf-
Wednesday, December 21, 2005

After work I went to the mall.. the goal was to find something cute to wear for Christmas.. using a gift card from Chommany (thx chom). So I went to EXPRESS... and got myself a cute V-neck sweater. Managed only spending 87 cents :). BUT.. while I was walking towards the parking lot, passing thru the shops.. I was thinking... hmm that sweater has a really low cut at the front so I thought.. hmm I need a cute tank top that goes with it.. and I don't think I have any cute tank tops... so stopped by at GAP.. didn't find any.. went to Younkers.. nada.. so final stop .. JC Penny.. I got 2 tops because I like this one white tank top but all the size that they have are M & L & XL.. no S or XS.. Boooo so I got the pink color but the same style... and the other one I bought it because it's white and have a cute pattern on the front.. :) heheheheh so I ended up spending 18 bucks tonight !
Enough about shopping..
Okie dokie I have a gizillion things to do tonight... need to do laundry... create DVD cover for carson and another DVD cover for something else.. 3 dvd covers due tonight !! o my gosh...
Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Some of you might know about Mr. Wright, he was in the hospital from Friday till today. He's home now but he makes me worry.. I know him since the first year I got here, and I always think he's like my grandpa.. I even feel much closer to him rather than my real grandpa. He just got back from the hospital today, and I saw him today ... he looks so pale and he looks like he lost a lot of weight since Friday. Mary-Lou (his wife) told me that he lost a lot of blood, I think it's something about internal bleeding caused by his stomach. I'm not really sure.. but he's home now. Well just keep him in your thoughts & prayers.
4 days till Christmas... how's everybody doing with your Christmas shopping... don't be to stress out.. :) it's a holiday to be jolly... Have a nice night guys... love you...
PS: Managed to stop by at Hy-Vee this morning to mail grandma's gift.. :) and I shared the cookies with my co-workers.
Monday, December 19, 2005


Since I haven't made this stuff (the surprise) for so long.. it took me 1 hr to make one... so I made 2 tonight... I will take a picture before I sent them.
That's it for tonight, no clean sheet day today !! :( boo to destri !!! Wednesday maybe... :P hehehehe
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Saturday, December 17, 2005

Friday, December 16, 2005

Anyway I'm planning to spend some times with the girls tomorrow... but we'll see... I'm so tired.. but I still need to enter those grades tonight... we'll see about that...
PS: yeah I was too lazy to make fancy food.. so I only make Fettuccini Alfredo with Broccoli... but I managed to baked some cookies during lunch hours for my co-workers :) hehehehehe
PICTURES FROM YESTERDAY EVENTS
Thursday, December 15, 2005

Chocolate fountain is da best !!! :) heheheh awesome day today.. but I'm so tired because after the party I went home only for 5 minutes, changed and then go to my next job. But Carson came to the office party, so I saw him about 10-15 minutes :)
We had so much fun... except my feet starting to hurt after 1/2 hour standing up... I wore my new boots that has about 7 inches heels.. heheheheh
So tonight I was supposed to turned in the Class grade... but for some reason the stupid access plus didn't allow me to enter the students grades... so tomorrow I have to work again!!! arghhhhh so mad !!! why oh why...
Overall my day was great, Ken installed my new machine.. now I have the best machine in the company !! and also not to brag... but I have a huge monitor too woohooo!!! :) also I get 2GB of RAM !!! isn't that awesome... hopefully these stuff don't affect my Christmas bonus... *crossing my fingers*
nite nite.. I'm so tired... I will post more pictures from the event tommorrow okay :) just keep on checking my blog... love you all..
Wednesday, December 14, 2005


Tomorrow we will have our company 10th year anniversary.. still don't know what to wear !! gosh... but I can't wait to stand and hang out next to the chocolate fountain... hopefully nobody would dare double dipping !!! hauhauahua I'm to tired to type... zzZZZzzzzZZZzz maybe tomorrow I will have more strength to type. Carson brought me lunch today, because I don't want to go outside and drive in the snow... I'm so spoiled :) hehehehehehe
PS: I'm gonna get a new computer at work... thanks to ryan & lisa.. heheheheheh
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Look what I found when I was browsing...
some of you might recall about one of the thing that I did at Christmas when I was a lil kid... but check this out..
some of you might recall about one of the thing that I did at Christmas when I was a lil kid... but check this out..
Just as children leave cookies and milk for
Santa, Puerto Rican children gather grass from the fields and leave it in
shoeboxes to feed the wise men’s camels, she said.
Interesting huh... basically we almost have the same custom...

Went back home early coz I didn't take my lunch today, so went home around 5-ish, start cooking... I made Nasi Tim Ayam (Chicken Steam Rice). Turns out pretty good.. but it takes a while to make it.. (almost 1.5 hrs !!!) blah ! Now the food is ready waiting for Carson to eat 'em :)

Hmm.... I just realized even when I read my own blog... it makes me hungry too... so it's not only you cath.. :P hehehehe
Nite2.. I need to get ready to go to my next adventure...
Monday, December 12, 2005

Check this out... yes.. it's the Global Reach cookie !! :) I didn't make it using cookie cutter... but I did it ! Except I don't have the blue, white, and red icing... oh well.. see.. hahahah but I already ate it ! :) sorry guys... :)


I still have laundry to fold.. but I'm too tired... anyway.. I just found out that we will have the 23rd & 30th off !!! :) woo hoooo...
PS: yes that's a picture a bear shape cookie with a big snout ! :P hehehehehehe
Sunday, December 11, 2005

Done with that... cleaned up the kitchen and started baking some sugar cookies for work tomorrow.. :) done with the cookies.. started de-frosting the meat for dinner...

It's so simple... stir-fry about 3 tbs of the curry paste (depends on how spicy you can handle..) Carson is so good with spicy food now :) heheheand then you add 1/2 can of coconut milk... mixed them well.. add 1 lb stir-fry beef... and then add 1 cup of water... and about 2 or 3 teaspoons of sugars... and some salt.. and let it sit for 30-40 minutes.. and that's it !!!!
PS: Check this out.. this is from Ryan's blog... so funny...
Saturday, December 10, 2005

Slept till 11:30am !! :) yippieeee and finished wrapping all the gifts... got new pair of gloves for Carson.. didn't do any house chores :( except cook fried rice for dinner... Play with my new G5 all day long.. finally I finished installing Adobe Photoshop CS, InDesign CS, and Adobe formerly Macromedia Dreamweaver.. no Illustrator CS tho... just Adobe Illustrator 10..
hmm.. I think we bought more gifts this year than last year....
Friday, December 09, 2005

So we went to see Chronicle of Narnia movie just now... carson gave a B rate... because he said the book is better.. but I think this movie deserves an A... anyhow.. I'm so excited about my new computer.. I still need to install most of my graphic design related softwares on it.. probably tomorrow..

I'm gonna cook now.. and feed my hubby wubby... Love you all... have a great weekend...
Thursday, December 08, 2005

Snowing all day long today... and I don't like it ! :P heheheh but when I got home.. after driving about 15 minutes to our house instead of 7 minutes.. hehehehe I drive like a turtle when it comes to winter...
but anyway.. checked our mailbox.. and I got a package from the Subakti's !! :) so I got so excited... and went inside and hurried open the box.. and there you go... I got a piggy bank.. a cute piggy bank.. and not stuffed with money.. but it stuffed with candies... taffies... yummy... but no money tho... tried to dig inside.. no check either... maybe I wasn't digging deep enough... I'll try again later :P hauhauahauhau just kidding !! mel.. oke.. thanks for the piggy... it's so cute... I love pigs :) (maybe this is why I live in Iowa huh??)

Tomorrow I have to get up early... blahhh but on the bright side... tomorrow is Friday !! Friday means... date night !!!! date night with my hubby wubby... :) nite nite....
Carson... I love you baby... sorry you don't see me much today...
Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Remember when I was laughing at Ryan because his shoes smell like gasoline..., anyway so today after work, I went to the oriental food store grabbed some ingredients for dinner... cashed my check.. and then I filled up my car.. what I didn't know was the gasoline was dripping on my shoes !!! and it smells !! so bad... went back home took off my shoes and the whole house smell like gasoline !!! arghhhhhhh
While doing the first load of our laundry I started cooking, I made Indonesian Noodle soup.. yummy and then carson went back home so I turned on the stove to warm up the soup... and guess what??!! I turned on the wrong burner and my burner cover got burnt !! and it stink up the whole house again !!!! gosh... I'm so clumsy today !!!

Updates: look look.... look how shiny is my kitchen floor now !!! :) hehehe hmmm... now my house smell like bleach !!! :P heheheeh I can't believe it that I don't have pinesol in my house !!! need to get pinesol !!
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
For all the Indonesian out there who loves to cook... detikfood.com
(sorry... all the recipe & ingeridients are in Indonesian language...)
For non-Indonesian who loves to cook new stuff, you can try.. http://www.recipezaar.com/r/241
(This one is awesome too.. they even have laotian & thai dishes)
(sorry... all the recipe & ingeridients are in Indonesian language...)
For non-Indonesian who loves to cook new stuff, you can try.. http://www.recipezaar.com/r/241
(This one is awesome too.. they even have laotian & thai dishes)
Ok.. here's the real cake that Laura made.. not the one on my previous blog.

Check Lisa's Blog to see more pictures around my office.. our dysfunctional office :) Heheheheh
Nothing exciting happened today, work as usual, went home cook dinner for my beloved husband :) heheheh, took a shower.. (prepared for the coming king of the house hauhauahau)... cleaned the sink... dusted as much as I can... ate dinner... and now I'm at my second job :) hehehehe
gosh... I'm so tired cleaning our house sometime.. as I always say... this house is a big un-ending cleaning project... before buying a bigger house... note to yourselves... if you still complaining about cleaning your current place to live... don't buy a bigger one... heheheheheheh

Check Lisa's Blog to see more pictures around my office.. our dysfunctional office :) Heheheheh
Nothing exciting happened today, work as usual, went home cook dinner for my beloved husband :) heheheh, took a shower.. (prepared for the coming king of the house hauhauahau)... cleaned the sink... dusted as much as I can... ate dinner... and now I'm at my second job :) hehehehe
gosh... I'm so tired cleaning our house sometime.. as I always say... this house is a big un-ending cleaning project... before buying a bigger house... note to yourselves... if you still complaining about cleaning your current place to live... don't buy a bigger one... heheheheheheh
Monday, December 05, 2005

Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me... happy birthday dear destri.. hehehehe so I had a great birthday this year :) Started with waking up next to my beloved good looking handsome gorgeous husband (he made me wrote this) hahahahahaha j/k and then at work Laura made this awsome chocolate chocolate cake...
so yummy... it's so rich! and then she went to Hy-Vee and got me some A&W rootbeer ! so awesome.. went back home with carson during lunch hour... and went back to the office.. at 3:00-ish we cut the cake.. and I was so stupid when they gave me the card I was just read briefly what people wrote in my card..
After eating the cake I went back to work... and suddenly my big boss came up to me and asked "Have you read the card?" and I said yes... I did... but actually I wasn't reading it carefully, he actually wrote "After you read this card, go home.. happy birthday" hauahuahauha so 3:50 I left home.. :P

*Flipped the mattress *wash all the linens *wash all the towels *change bed sheet & quilt cover
heheheh waited for carson to come home and we went to Apple Bee's and had steaks.. yumm... Went to Target and buy gifts for myself (using carson's mom gift) these are the things that I bought: - Floor Mop , - Glade wisp (the new house fragrance thingy), - dish towels, - eyeshadow.
That's it :) can't wait to mop our kitchen floor... but carson said no... I have to relax on my bday (that's what he told me... whatta nice guy). I'm going to relax now... still need to fold the linens.. and towels..
let's see my brother called at 1am wished me happy bday.. and then my mom called at 8:40am, after that ringga called too (I told her to do that) and got bunches of emails wishes me happy bday... ouwww how nice... and marcus & blayke called around 6-ish of course carson's mom talked to me too.. I think birthday is a great day to realize how people actually care about you and remember your birthday and spare some time to write or call just to say happy bday. Thanks guys.... I love you all so much !!
Sunday, December 04, 2005


Today I went to Best Buy to pick up carson's Christmas gift... I got him a new Toshiba M360 laptop. He needs it... for presentation and other school stuff... so I decided to get one... it's not that expensive plus I got 150 bucks mail in rebate !! :) woohoo...

That's it... since we got the laptop now I can update my blog next to my hubby. So now we always together :P heheheheh usually he's in the basement and I'm at the second floor watching TV.. :)
Nite Nite everyone... thanks again grandma & mom... I love you both.... so much !!
Saturday, December 03, 2005


Woohoo.... Last night I was so crabby because my car supposed to be done by 3 and I was planning to take my lunch at 3.. and nope my cars wasn't done then.. and I wait.... and I wait.. they called and told me it would be done by 5... so okay.... and then 5:30... and then finally at 6:15 !!! good thing that Lisa was waiting for someone to call her.. so she wait with me at the office.
I cancelled the dinner last night due to the weather condition.. I thought the weather would be bad.. but it's actually stop snowing around 6... man !! arghhh... so anyway.. got home safe and sound..

IMAC G5 20" 2.1 GHz Power with 1.5 GB Memory 250GB Hard Drive !!! O M G O MG !!!! isn't he the best !!! i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you.....So So much !!!!!
PS: I just found out that Carson side of family also has twin history.. so there are more possibilities now that we can have twins... o my o my... you know what awesome is... twin a boy and a girl... and then I'm done then.. except if Carson wants 5 babies... :P heheheheheheh It's snowing again today.. I can't go anywhere...
Thursday, December 01, 2005

Howdy people.. it's Thursday... I don't have to work tonight because last night I already worked... :) hehehehe but anyhow.. last night was fun.. got a chance to see Peggy again... finally I have a talk-buddy !! :) It's always fun talking with her..

After work I took my car to the shop, since the past month the car making this funny squilling noise everytime I start the car. So I brought it to my fav. shop, the one that carson doesn't really like :P heheheh because he always got trouble with them.. not me.. they're nice to me since I always spend tonsa money at their shop. So anyway they told me my antifreeze leaking bad .. something to do with the water pump.. and now my timing belt(?) got soaked... and gone bad.. so yada yada yada... spent all of my money to fix this stupid car..so there you go Merry Christmas destri !! huahauaha.. hmmpff..

Talked to ringga lil bit (little bit for us mean... 1/2 hour) heheheh so we decided... I'll get pregnant first... and then Chommany... and then ringga.. and then the three of us will be "The Prego Buddies" hahahahahahah
ok that's it... time to make the present for dad.... gosh.. I've been procastinating this past week. . but our house is clean tho... yeap I always clean to avoid doing something else.... clean clean clean..
I think that's it... hmmm o i forgot... yesterday I was gonna put in my blog about Ryan smell like gasoline ! :P hehehehehe but today he wore a new pair of shoes... so he doesn't smell like gasoline again.
Actually gasoline smell is not as bad as passing thru farm area in Carson's car... catch 22... you roll down the window stink... turned on the Air also make it worse... since for some reason his car doesn't have the function to just circulate the air inside of the car...
Nite nite guys..
word for the day:
Nama Saya Destri = My Name is Destri
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