so tired

I have been feeling so tired since yesterday evening. I may have shed my wet clothes a little too late. I got so busy helping hubby clean up the house after bombing it and then we had to brave the rain to get groceries. The result? I have had headache on and off and it is just on my left temple. My muscles are so tender and I have been cold the whole day. I just hope this will get better with tylenol because I don't want to share any of this to my family.

lost

Hubby is mad right now because he needs his test light and he couldn't find it anywhere. He said his son might have used it and forgot to return it in its proper place in his tool box. He has to wrap things up because he can't go on without the test light. He said it doesn't really cost much but he hates it when he needs to use it and he couldn't find it. I told him since it is not expensive to get a few next time he went to Autozone or Parks so he can put the test lights in different places for extras. Let's hope he does that for his own sake so he can continue to fix the Grand Wagoneer in the garage. It is taking up a lot of space right now that he wants to fix it so we can use it.

relaxing day at the beach

Spent a few hours in the beach today. I bought a new pair of swimsuit, something that fits me real good and doesn't let my gut hang out so bad :D Hubby bought a lot of food for us. I got whole chicken rotisserie while he got potato wedges and chicken and subs for him and his son. Bubby helped him eat the wedges too. It was fun sunbathing because it was windy so I didn't feel too hot. It was a fun day at the beach which I know will be a routine every weekend.

should i or shouldn't i?

Thinking of calling my parents again. I am not sure if I will though. As much as I want to talk to them all the time I have to be conscious of the bills we have to pay monthly on international calls. I wish there is available internet connection where they are at we could have talk more anytime all the time. For free. But then some things are to slow to get to the town they're living so we have to rely on calls and occasional chat via the internet when they have time to go to an internet cafe. But with the time difference and other factors considered, the latter is hard to do. Anyways, I will do my things here and think about what I should do later. I guess I can stretch the minutes some more.

noisy

There are people in here right now fixing the roof. There is a lot of thudding and banging that I am afraid my boy will not sleep. Thankfully he is. This will probably be his shortest nap what with all the noise but the roof has to be fixed. You see we are living in a not so new house and there are things that needs to be fixed. So the owner is trying to do it one thing at a time. The only good thing about all these is that I realized one of the people overseeing the repair is a filipino. I got to talk filipino for a while when he knocked on the door so he can check the furnace. Hopefully he will fix one of the problems he discovered earlier.

stiff neck?

The back of my neck hurts bad. It is not stiff but when I touch it that is when it hurt like crazy. When I told hubby about it he said it might have something to do with us walking daily now as opposed to just staying home most of the time. He said it might be my body's reaction to muscles being used after months of hibernating :) I don't know what caused this though but I hope it will go away.

busybody

My stepson has a habit of sleeping in the couch and I don't have problems with it. But in the mornings when my son wakes up I feel bad for the former because my son is a busybody. He sees his brother's phone lying somewhere he messes with it. He climbs in the couch thereby waking his older brother up, sometimes even would put his very cold hands in his brother's body. Right now bubby is in the couch again even after I told him not to do it. He would get down and stay away for a couple minutes but he always goes back.

lazy time on the beach

When we bring bubby to the beach this is what he does, he wanders off. So to make him walk with us I hold his hand. He doesn't complain and walks with us however far we want to walk. We let him play in the water too when we finished walking and he knows it so I guess that is why he is good all the time. He used to fight us whenever we try to make him walk with us but not anymore. It started about three weeks ago when I held his hand and we walked for half a mile and didn't hear any complains from him, no trying to get away that hubby thought there was something wrong with his boy. He is just growing up that's all. He knows he has to be good to get what he wants which is playing in the water. And he does all the time that we have to bring towels whenever we plan of going to the beach. It is all worth it though. We all get to have fun.

looking good

Hubby often tells me that I look beautiful in the mornings when I wake up. He said might have something to do with being relaxed and having a good night's sleep. He countered that though by saying I look awful when the day is over. Bad! And here I thought my husband is all enamored to me and wouldn't say anything bad about me, lol. But at least he is honest. He has been consistent of saying I look good in the mornings ever since we got married. Sweet isn't he?

plans and more plans

Hubby called earlier and asked if we should go ahead and make plans to visit the Philippines this year or next year. We talked about the pros and cons and decided to do it early next year if possible. The trip will have to depend on whether I will get my ten year permanent resident card early or not. I will file for my removal of conditions this December and we will wait for its result. Hopefully I will get the card early so we can attend the fiesta. I want my boys to experience fiestang pinoy. We agreed to visit his mother in Indiana instead and spend maybe a week there with his family. Next year bubby will be a lot older so it won't be too hard to get on an almost 24 hour flight. And too hubby will have two weeks paid vacation so it should compensate for all the bills we pay and will pay when we get back. For now we have to be patient and rely on God to grant our wishes.

i am not a morning person

Waking up early is a pain. When hubby wakes me up mornings to fix his lunch to bring to work I don't really feel like getting up. It is not really very early since he doesn't wake me up until seven but still it is hard for me to get up. It is my fault anyway. I made him get used to the idea of me fixing his lunch for him that now he won't do it by himself. I don't fix anything grand though just a few sandwiches. He used to fix his food himself but ever since I offered he hasn't done it. It is my fault isn't it? If I just left him alone I wouldn't have to do this would I? I don't really blame him. This is the only thing I can do to help. His work is hard and if I can help in any way I can I will. This is my share. Besides I have to get up early because I need to fix the living room before bubby wakes up making sure there is nothing harmful he can get hold of. So there goes the answer to my ramblings :D

bloghopping

I don't know why but I am lazy when it comes to bloghopping. Maybe because some bloggers I visited didn't pay me back a visit? Or is it because some blogs take forever to open prompting my computer to stall which results to me bursting into profanities? Or maybe I am just lazy? All I know is that when I feel like visiting other blogs I do without thinking twice or else I won't do it at all. I really have to though or else how will I gain traffic? I have visited a few blogs which weren't in my blogroll but only a few hit me back. Not good eh? But then I can't really force them to visit me when I sometimes don't even have the decency to say thanks to the bloggers who pass by my blogs. Anyways I am rambling and as you might have guessed arguing with myself whether to do it or not. I gotta go and make my stay online productive. Ciao!

unusual

I am not used to my boy being mellow and quite. Today he acted that way before he took his nap. I checked his temperature and it is normal. He is not clingy which is a sign he is sick (God forbid!). He is acting normal when I think about it but my boy has always been active and a little hyper. He is currently taking his nap but I will watch if he will act the same later. I hope he is fine.

of cravings and diet

I have been craving for something for the last couple of days but didn't know what it was until we went to the grocery store last night. I was walking down the frozen section when I thought about vegetables so I decided to get a pack of a frozen asian stir fry. I cooked it this morning and ate it with rice. Very delicious. I also decided to start on a kind of diet starting today. My gaining weight is not good at all. I have to stay trim to keep up with my boys. Wish me luck.

typhoon

There was typhoon in Leyte when I called yesterday. Mamsy said a lot of electric posts were uprooted thereby causing blackouts for days now. There were casualties too because of the flood and a ferry which capsized. It is bad. When hubby told me there was a typhoon in Negros I thought that my parents were far from the region so they shouldn't be affected. Turned out they are and they had to walk to get to town to buy groceries. There are other areas in the Philippines which are affected that it seems to me the whole nation was affected. I hope everything will get back to normal there and that nobody else gets hurt.

busy day for hubby

Hubby got busy today chopping wood off the tree branches which were cut yesterday. He saved the chopped wood even if we don't really have anything to use it on. He had the chopped wood lined up along the fence in the backyard waiting for the time when we can use it. I even helped him for a while but I got lazy so I stopped :D His son helped him though so I didn't feel too guilty. Just when they finished though it started storming which means we might not be able to go to the store to get groceries. Not good since bubby really need food and snacks. I hope this weather will clear up so we can go tonight.

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hash brown and chili

Had my fill of the traditional american breakfast this morning. I woke up hungry and I told hubby about it who in turn was hungry. He wanted to cook but I wanted us to just go out and eat since it takes time to go to the store and buy the stuff needed to cook breakfast not to mention cooking time and then I still will have to clean up after. Hubby agreed so we went out to eat. As usual we don't have any definite plans for today. We will just do whatever we feel like doing later on our own lazy time. This is what I like about weekends, we don't have to rush, no waking up very early in the morning unless bubby screams at me to get him out his bed.
I want to know how to use the lawn mower but hubby said he needs to buy new blade for it so I guess learning will have to wait until next weekend. I want to help him clean the yard that is why I want to know. Maybe we will go to the beach later when it's low tide. For now I will have to make my stay in the house productive. And of course I have to spend some time with my boy while hubby is outside reading the Sunday paper.

furniture hunting

We will go to a furniture store later to check on a bedroom suit. Hubby wants to replace our old bedroom suit so we are going to look and see if there is anything we can afford. There is supposed to be a sale going on and he wants to know if the bedroom suits on sale are of good quality. If not then we will not buy any and will just have to look on other stores. I hope we agree on something practical though. We will see in a little while.

love and understanding

Dementia is not something to take for granted. A person has to have better understanding about this subject to understand more and be sensitive to a person who is afflicted by this sickness. It is a fact that understanding dementia is so hard. It takes an open mind to do this. Nobody wants to get sick especially when it includes the mental faculties. It is doubly hard for the immediate family of the person afflicted with dementia.
Being disoriented is one of the many dementia symptoms that we should look out. I knew of a guy who used old coins to buy food from the store thinking he was still in the year when the coins first came out. When the store owner told him the coins weren't accepted anymore he insisted it was still good. He was older but still the scene was sad. His grand kids used to follow him because when he gets out of the house ( and he doesn't even knew it) he wanders off. If only his family knew then that there is dementia treatment he wouldn't have to experience what he did.

good news!

Hubby blurted out something yesterday that I really think is good news. I am not at liberty to tell anything yet because we have to wait. It may take sometime before everything will be settled and agreed upon and hopefully it will push through. I am so happy. It feels like christmas! You know when you check under the tree and there lined up are the things on your list. Not that I have any list. Everything is all in my mind. I know I am not making any sense so I better just stop now and tell you more about this perhaps in a month or two.

20 questions to know more about me.

Got this tag from Janese. Thank you girl.


1. What is your favorite food?
** filipino food

2. What was your happiest moment when you were a child?
** Being able to play with my cousins, receiving a few gifts here and there. Simple things.

3. Where is the place that you want to go the most?
** Used to be Greece. From what I read in books it is beautiful. I am having second thoughts though because I don't know how to swim so going to an island is not really a good idea.

4. When was the first time that you feel the real love?
** When I am with my family.

5. When you encounter a sad moment, what do you do?
** Feel sad. Wouldn't you too?

6. What are you afraid to lose the most?
** I don't really know.

7. If you win $1 million, what would you do?
** For real? Make sure my family here and in PI are comfortable. Maybe help out too when we can.

8. What is the saddest moment for you last year (2007)?
** I don't remember.

9. What item do you wish you could buy next?
** I am still thinking about that.

10. How do you cope with boredom?
** Read a book. Play with my son. Surf the internet. When hubby's home I ask him to bring me outside, maybe to the beach to walk.

11. When was your first kiss?
** In April of 2005 (big grin) when my fiance (now husband) visited me in PI.

12. What type of person do you hate the most?
** Liars. Especially people who lie just to suit their sorry a**.

13. If you were not in the profession you are in right now, what would you be?
** A teacher?

14. If you had one wish, what would you wish for?
** Good health for my loved ones.

15. How did you celebrate New Year?
** Quietly with my husband and son.

16. What has been the craziest thing you’ve ever done in your whole life?
** Climbed a tree without any underwear, lols.

7. What do you look forward to in 2008?
** We are already in the middle of 2008.

18. If your life is a song, what title best fits it?
** I don't have any idea.

19. What is your inspiration in life?
** More like who- the people that I love.

20. To love, or beloved?
** Both. Why would I want less?

looking again

We are currently looking for new bedroom furniture because what we are using is old and we really want to upgrade. It is hard though. We know what we want but the problem is the price. Hubby is willing to pay a hefty sum for a modern bedroom furniture but I have second thoughts about it. Honestly, I am opposed to it. I don't think it is fair to pay that much money. But then anything over a hundred dollars I consider too much so I don't really know. I told him to wait a little longer. I think he has waited long enough though.
This weekend we are set to look around some more for contemporary bedroom furniture albeit with a little reluctance on my part. But if it will make my man happy so be it. I have to help though because you know I sleep in the same room as he and then there is our son to consider. He doesn't sleep in our bed but he sure loves to get in it during the day so we have to find us a set which we consider child friendly. Wish us luck!

chicken wires

I told hubby what I learned from a friend on how to make the squirrels and other animals stay away from our garden. If you don't know yet, the animals have been targeting our tomato plants. They're eating the fruits when the fruits are about to get ripe. I talked to a friend yesterday and she said that they use chicken wires so animals will leave their garden unharmed. Hubby said we will try it this weekend. We will go buy wires and put it around the garden and see what happens. I hope it will work so we will get to harvest a few tomato fruits in a few weeks. We'll see.

an eight pounder baby

No wonder my sister in law had c-section last Friday when she gave birth. Her baby weighed eight pounds when she was born. A big baby from a family of small people :) Thankfully both mother and child are fine and are already at home right now. We just have to worry about the bills. I said we because we have to help. I already asked hubby's permission and he said yes so I sent them the money. Hopefully they will send us a lot of pictures soon. I really want to see what the baby looks like. Melisa, my brother's wife, said that the baby looks like my brother so much. I will impatiently wait for the pictures. One can tell I am a proud aunt here. Aliyah (the baby's name) is my first niece and my parent's second grandchild.

toys and more toys

Toys are my toddler's best friend. Or whatever few toys he has. We haven't bought him much toys because we thought he wouldn't enjoy any of it much. He'd rather play with the cabinets and the pots and pans so we put off buying him a lot of toys. We just got him a few things he can learn from as well as play at the same time.
Now that he is older though and enjoys playing with toys a lot we want to get him more. Hubby bought our boy a ride on toy which he loves so much. It is in our living room right now and he would get in it even when watching his favorite children's show. I want to get him more educational toys depending on his age and I am looking forward to be able to get him video games and such where I can play with him, of course in moderation, but I know it won't be until he is way older so we will stick to educational toys for now.

another baby

My sister-in-law gave birth to a baby girl two days ago. The baby is my younger brother's first child. In a span of two years my parents already has two grandchildren both of which are far from them. We are on the other side of the globe while my brother's wife is in Manila right now. We probably will visit them next year when everything goes well and my brother with his family will hopefully be there too. It will be a mini-reunion when it happens. We just hope everything will fall according to plan. We thank the Lord for another addition to our family. This sure is very food news. Mamsy told me the baby is big but I still have to talk to the mother. I have been trying to call but couldn't get any signal on their part. In a few days she should be at home so I can call their home. I will have more news then.

bad driver

Let me start my story by telling you what happened from the beginning. Well at least before I sat on the driver's seat. It has been long planned that if hubby will have a free weekend we will go to Myrtle Beach. So the free weekend came and we grabbed the chance to go. And since it was more than an hour drive he decided to let me drive afterall there wasn't much traffic being it early in the morning. He helped me with the wheel the first few minutes because I am feeling a bit rusty what with not being able to practice for months. When I thought I can do it I told him to let go. I did good for a pretty long while so I thought I must be getting good. And then our son started throwing up and when we looked at him he was so green. I was so afraid he might have had a relapse with what he had a few weeks ago. Turned out he was motion sick because of the way mama was driving. And I was smug when hubby told me I was doing a good job. So much for being a good driver.

had a blast

It is time to recuperate from a busy weekend. We had a blast this weekend just doing simple things and enjoying it. Been on the road a lot too just going to the beach and other places. I am so tired we need to get to bed early. It is true that the simple things in life are free. And most of the time it is so much fun. I am looking forward to next weekend now. Though not with the spending time under the heat of the sun. I need a few years maybe to get used to it.

fun weekend

We had an amazing day yesterday. We decided to go to Myrtle Beach and just drive around. Spent hours looking over houses (no we're not going to buy any), then I went to VS store for some shopping while my boys wait outside, went to eat at the Calabash, and the highlight of the day, bubby playing with the waves. He was so happy to be able to play in the water running after and away from the waves that people thought it was his first time to ever been in the water. We had a pretty good time.

lucky day

I got lucky this morning even if I didn't want to get out of bed yet I had to because hubby was getting ready for work. He told me I didn't have to get up but I did anyway which was good because when I checked my sites I found out there were a few good deals waiting for me. I was able to do some while bubby is asleep and will do the others later when he is taking his nap. Or maybe earlier than that if he will allow me to. This reminds me of a saying that I sent to hubby when I was still in Manila. The early bird really catches the big worms, lol. I am happy. Thank you Lord for the blessings.

the garden

This is a picture of the much talked about (at least by me) garden. The time this picture was taken there were only four grown tomato plants. Now there are at least twenty all with fruits and blooms. The cabbage are looking good and are making heads. There are only a few onions left since hubby has been raiding it from time to time. The lemon grass isn't really very visible here but it is just right behind the line of tomatoes. I try to water the plants every evening when I get the chance. It feels nice to have a garden. Now if the animals will just stop bothering our plants...

bad animals

The animals are at it again. I have seen some tomato fruits scattered in the garden without the seeds anymore. Just when we thought they have stopped ravaging the gardens. There have been a number of tomato fruits growing over the week and now there are only a few left. It is devastating for us who have been patiently waiting for the green tomatoes to be ripe. With the rate the animals are eating them I don't think we ever will have any left. Unless we pick the fruits even if its green. On the good side, the lemon grass and sweet potato are doing good. I guess I have something to be grateful for.

communication

Just got through talking with my cousin in Australia. She finally bought a headset so we can talk through yahoo messenger. The good thing about it is it is free and we can talk as long as we want without worrying about phone bills. It is clear too. She recently had a vacation in PI and she showed me pictures of the trip and told a few stories about their trip and of course the relatives. We talked for over an hour. I am glad we now have a way to talk without having to type long words back and forth.

i did it!

After so much procrastination I finally did cook the remaining vegetables I had in the fridge. I have a few packs of Mama Sita seasoning and I used one to cook the vegetables. It is so good that even bubby ate some of the carrot sticks I gave him. I used shrimp instead of chicken and the result was yummy chopsuey. I ate it with rice and grilled dried fish. I am so full. I want to gorge on it but I have to watch my food intake now. I don't want to get too fat. Hubby said his little filipino is getting a little chunky and he said we need to get some exercise. We really do. We can't let ourselves balloon or else it will be bad. Let's hope we will be able to stick to our plans.

sleepy

I am so sleepy! I don't know why. I can barely keep my eyes open while typing this entry. What is wrong with me? Is this the after effect of what I underwent the last two weeks? Or maybe because of what we did last weekend? Whatever the cause I sure feel like I am going to crash any minute. I hope bubby will take a long nap so I can lie down for a little while myself. Hubby called a while ago asking me if I am feeling alright. He is afraid I will get sick too like what he and bubby had. I sure hope not. I have to go for now. I really need to close my eyes for a few minutes.

chopsuey for lunch

I am going to cook some vegetables for lunch. I am starving from not eating anything last night and not eating breakfast yet. I am waiting for the shrimp to thaw which probably will take an hour. So here I am trying to make updates on my blog while waiting. I am craving for vegetables that is why I decided to stir fry the remaining frozen veggies I have in the freezer. I bought this pack of Asian stir fry vegetable mix which is good for chopsuey since it has everything in it including even peppers. All I need is a little Mama Sita seasoning mix and I am set. I'm afraid I don't know how to cook chopsuey without Mama Sita's help so I bought a few packs of this seasoning mix. Food almost always turns out good though so I am sticking with this for now until I find the time to do my own cooking without relying on pre-mixed seasoning.

joy ride

Hubby finally got the insurance for the convertible settled and went to the DMV for the tags so we were able to drive the car to the beach. We had the top on so I didn't have to sit in the back. We agreed that when he puts the top down I will sit in the back for bubby's safety. He still doesn't know how to unlatch the seat belt from his car seat but it is better to be safe than sorry. We all love the little car. And since it is fuel efficient we agreed that we will use it to go to the beach almost everyday so we can walk. I am happy hubby found a nice car for him to use to drive to work and anywhere we want to go to without worrying about the cost of gas.

shopping?

I am looking forward to go to the mall later today. I talked about not having anything to wear on my stepson's graduation but hubby said it is not a dress-up affair so we can just wear casual clothes. I asked if I can just wear jeans and he said yes. I am happy because I can be comfortable during the ceremony. I actually asked him for me and bubby not to go but he insisted we should so we will. Now I just need me a nice top if I can find one. And since his son said he needs something decent to wear so we will be going to the store to buy him (and me and bubby, of course) something. I have to know if hubby will buy him anything. I don't know what he will wear yet. But he has plenty of decent clothes he rarely wear because we are alike, we keep on wearing the same clothes over and over again, lol. I hope I can find something I will like. I have heard there is a sale going on at JC Penney's :)

overage minutes

We had to pay eighty dollars for overage minutes for this months phone bill. We use Vonage and when I use too many minutes for international calls they always deduct it before the billing cycle ends. We don't have to pay until the tenth but as it is they deducted all the international minutes charge from our account. This is the second time this happened. I do sometimes get carried away when talking with my parents in Leyte. My fault. I already told hubby about so he won't get shocked. He knows I am bad when it comes to controlling the urge to call. I will try to limit my use of the phone next month though and hope I stick to it.

worried

When I sent a text message to my parents telling them that their grandson was sick both got worried. They have always reminded me to take care of my boy, which I did. But my boy got sick and when they learned about it they sent me a message back because they were worried and didn't know what to do since they are on the other side of the world. So I called and told them that my boy is doing fine and he looks like he is over whatever he had last weekend. They are happy and reminded me again to be more sensitive to the signs so as to prevent things like that from ever happening again. I will. I have learned my lesson the hard way and if I can I will not let my son get sick at all. Of course it all has to depend on his immunity to certain germs but I will try to help him avoid them. Hopefully. And with God's guidance I know we will be fine.