Archives for February, 2011
Two weeks ago we visited our new condominium unit. We purchased the unit 2 years ago…on a whim. We were in the mall doing our usual rounds when we ran into the office of the developer and they were having some sort of pre-selling extravaganza on that day. Without nothing much to lose, we checked [...]
You read it right!! Exams make me thinner. I usually lose a couple during my kids’ exams. Mostly due to lack of sleep and food. Stress is really the cause of all this. And I sometimes get sick too….like now. I’m already feeling a bit under the weather and I have 2 weeks of exams [...]
For Adi’s 6th birthday, she didn’t want anything fancy. All she wanted was pizza. And she didn’t want to go to some fancy Italian restaurant for a fancy pizza dinner. She just wanted a plain all-cheese pizza and she wanted to go to S & R. You can’t get any more down home than that. [...]
Gaby thinks she’s fat. Well, to be honest, she is a bit on the chunky side but she’s no way near obese. She’s a big girl with big bones. And her face is naturally round so that makes her fodder for fat jokes. But she’s not fat, she’s just big. Unfortunately, she feels the pressure. [...]
Had a little tiff with the hubs yesterday at the grocery. I was buying “snack” items for the kids’ baon when he snapped at me and said that I should stop buying those things. What was I buying? The usual, cookies and crackers. I’m actually with my husband on this. Who doesn’t want healthy food [...]
Its been a week since we visited the DFA for the renewal of the kids’ passports. Since they’re minors, I had to go with them. Everyone had been telling us that it was easy to do but we didn’t want to take our chances. We used a travel agent to help us out. All we [...]
When both Hezzies started going to “big school” this school year, one of my problems was how to review both of them come exam time. Despite the fact that Adi’s exams were on a quarterly basis and Gaby’s were trimestral, the first and last set of exams were going to fall on the same date. [...]
Went out last night to watch a concert with the hubby and we were joined by a friend who has a spanking new yoga body care of her regular Bikram yoga sessions. To say that I was completely in awe is an understatement. Lets just put it this way, I want a yoga body too. [...]
Recently my eldest kid and a playmate had a heated conversation about their parents’ jobs. Fortunately, both their fathers happen to be lawyers but the conversation centered mostly on what their Mom’s did for a living. When asked what her Mom does, my kid simply answered, “She’s the President. She’s the boss of everything.” Pretty [...]
Yessiree!! 3 more weeks of waking up early left before we officially declare it Summer extravaganza here in our parts. But all this doesn’t come without a price. Before we can even think about slathering on our sunblock and catching some sun…we have to study…hard. Exams, of course. I’m currently making the reviewers for both [...]
After my previous post on my little girls helping me out in the garden, my garden went into overdrive. My flowers started blooming furiously and the basil plants in my plant stands all but turned into thick bushes. So I hired them once again to help me at harvest time. Nothing beats the smell of [...]
She came a week too late….6 years ago. And when she did, she came with a bang. I almost didn’t make it to the delivery table actually. But it was a relatively problem free delivery. From then on it was a roller coaster ride for everyone. She inherited more than my good looks….ahem. She managed [...]
Woke up this morning early to prepare a special batch of chocolate pancakes for my kids….plain for me, of course. Little did I know that they had something up their sleeves for Valentine’s day. With the able help of Yaya Minda, they created lovely little bouquets using flowers from the garden. Gaby put her bouquet [...]
The latest wave of carnapping is really a serious matter already. There isn’t a single day that you don’t hear of someone getting carnapped or at least was threatened. It has gotten to that level that you actually fear going out already. I sure am. One of the things that I’m sure everyone who owns [...]
One cool and sunny Sunday morning, I decided to teach my kids a thing or two on organic gardening. My plants were in serious need of some pampering so I pulled out several bags of used up coffee grinds from Starbucks and had them help me scatter the grinds in the garden. For them it [...]
I’ve always believed in the reward system. Call it the capitalist in me but why would you want to do anything without getting some form of remuneration at the end of a successful job. Right? Even kids are prey to this system. Although in their case, not all jobs are rewarded. Say for instance cleaning [...]
I love going to the wet market. I love the variety of fresh produce that the market can offer. I especially love the fact that I can haggle. And I’m a good haggler, btw. I have become such a suki at the market that some tindera’s have resorted to calling me anak. Lately, I’ve been [...]
When Gaby entered Big School, one of our first projects was to create a study area. First in the agenda was to find a suitable study table for her. We were lucky to find one at a nearby garage sale….an antique “narrra” table that we got for a song. Then there was the chair that [...]
On the way home last Saturday….. Me : “Honey, just drop me off in front of the President’s (homeowner’s association) house. We have an emergency meeting tonight.” Gaby : “WHAT?!? Meeting again? How come you have so many meetings na? The other day meeting…yesterday, meeting….tonight, meeting again!” Me : “Naman, I don’t go na nga [...]
Sometime last week I got a call from our credit card company saying that I was to receive a pre-approved “cash-back” credit due to my husband’s outstanding credit standing. This time around, as a reward, I was to be made the principal cardholder by virtue of my being the wife. Seriously?!?! Yup. This didn’t make [...]
Before the Christmas holiday rush, I managed to snag a good deal on “slimming treatments” at my fave beautpy hideaway. This was supposed to be in preparation for our Subic trip a few days after Christmas. Unfortunately, things got so busy that I only was able to go for 1 treatment. This being the case, [...]
The recent spate of crimes in the metro has me, for lack of a better description, cowering in fear. Truly. And for someone like me who lives by the “bahala na si Batman” motto, that really means something. Plainly said, I’m shit scared of what’s happening. Just yesterday, I contacted a home-security specialist to ask [...]
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