The Story of My Life
Kumusta na? Haven't blog in a while and heaven knows how I've been wanting to. There has been a lot of things that have kept me from blogging -- oh my computer crashed lang naman. I had to fix it -- buy another drive, format the thing, install all the softwares, recover a couple hundred pics from my old HD. No biggy.
Anyhow, 2004 is getting to a close and I haven't blogged a decent entry. From September 'til as of writing, my every day schedule seemed to be more hectic each passing day. The kids have become more active while their mom's growing old and is decreasing in stamina. They are in their formative years that's why I had to supervise them closely -- inculcate something good in them before they reach their 3rd year. It's very important that they recognize somebody loves and cares for them. They need constant admonishing so they know what's right and wrong. My daughter is on her 30th month and my son is on his 16th -- time flies fast and I have to double my effort in molding their characters.
My husband tells me I am a perfectionist. But that's not true. I just want everything in place. I want my kids to see that an organized place creates an organized mind. Simple lang di ba?
On Christmas, my kids got a lot of toys from their uncles and aunts. I was the one overwhelmed, not because of the huge sizes and different shapes of the toys, but the fact that after they play with it, where are we to keep them? Our house is not very big. Our house was a 1930's type of house with little compartments for clothes and what have yous. Yup, not much storage space. So my mind has been workin' a lot, thinking of how to increase storage space without compromising the size of the rooms. So much for that, another thing is the amount of clothes they have. Unimaginable! I have to constantly cull the ones they don't use and give it to the Salvation Army right away, not to mention my clothes and my husband's.
You think, so what does the husband do? He works two jobs. Babysitting fees could really slash your budget just like that. Sometimes, I wonder why in the Philippines, you didn't have to pay babysitters -- kasi naman most of them have either the maids or the lola to look after their apos. Here it's a different world. I am not complaining, naikukuwento lang. You do everything from laundry to cooking ... ahhh eh, cooking -- not really. I hardly cook these days. Most of the time we buy cooked food from the nearest local Asian store. Oh they are a big help! Thank God for "Nanay Gloria," "Arco," "Toto's Lechon" and "Isla Buffet."
So much for the story of my life, but it's really nice to be back.
Anyhow, 2004 is getting to a close and I haven't blogged a decent entry. From September 'til as of writing, my every day schedule seemed to be more hectic each passing day. The kids have become more active while their mom's growing old and is decreasing in stamina. They are in their formative years that's why I had to supervise them closely -- inculcate something good in them before they reach their 3rd year. It's very important that they recognize somebody loves and cares for them. They need constant admonishing so they know what's right and wrong. My daughter is on her 30th month and my son is on his 16th -- time flies fast and I have to double my effort in molding their characters.
My husband tells me I am a perfectionist. But that's not true. I just want everything in place. I want my kids to see that an organized place creates an organized mind. Simple lang di ba?
On Christmas, my kids got a lot of toys from their uncles and aunts. I was the one overwhelmed, not because of the huge sizes and different shapes of the toys, but the fact that after they play with it, where are we to keep them? Our house is not very big. Our house was a 1930's type of house with little compartments for clothes and what have yous. Yup, not much storage space. So my mind has been workin' a lot, thinking of how to increase storage space without compromising the size of the rooms. So much for that, another thing is the amount of clothes they have. Unimaginable! I have to constantly cull the ones they don't use and give it to the Salvation Army right away, not to mention my clothes and my husband's.
You think, so what does the husband do? He works two jobs. Babysitting fees could really slash your budget just like that. Sometimes, I wonder why in the Philippines, you didn't have to pay babysitters -- kasi naman most of them have either the maids or the lola to look after their apos. Here it's a different world. I am not complaining, naikukuwento lang. You do everything from laundry to cooking ... ahhh eh, cooking -- not really. I hardly cook these days. Most of the time we buy cooked food from the nearest local Asian store. Oh they are a big help! Thank God for "Nanay Gloria," "Arco," "Toto's Lechon" and "Isla Buffet."
So much for the story of my life, but it's really nice to be back.
si Lora sa buhay amerika 10:08 PM
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