lost but not yet found

I have been looking for those promotional items I got from my husband’s company but can’t find it.  I brought plenty of those to give away to relatives but with our things still in disarray even after more than a week since we arrived in the Philippines, I am at lost where to look for it.  As far as I can remember, I placed it in the outside pocket of my luggage.  But it’s not there.  Maybe I should take all our things out from the bags and luggages and hopefully it will appear.  Usually things that are lost usually appear when you’re not looking for it. That happened to me many times already. Maybe I should just forget about it for awhile and wait till it shows up.

road signs in a parent’s life

I’ve been “ranting” about the innocent but too tiring muddles (to clean!) that have added to my busy days, done by my little girl. However, I have to keep reminding myself though, that these are part of growing for her, and it’s a challenge for a mom how to handle these. It’s just like an adventure to them, finding out how things work, and how they can manage the things that surround them, without thought (hehe as they haven’t yet awareness of the consequences!) of how these make life harder for their moms!
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to the garden!

I wonder what’s up with dad’s project.  I chatted with him last week and he was telling me that they were clearing the garden of some plants.  It was actually my request coz I noticed that certain part being infested with mosquito.  I hope that by taking away the bushy plants, it will discourage the mosquitoes to stay there.  

I want to work on beautifying that garden when we come home next week.  A well-manicured lawn is good for the kids.  I can put an inflatable pool there and they can play all day long outside.  At night, low voltage landscape lights can give a relaxing ambience.  We can stay there while chatting with family.  But huhhh, I really wish there won’t be any mosquitoes anymore to bother us.  I just can’t wait to see how the garden looks now!

here we go again

Another week!  Ours started badly.  We slept late last night with hubby coz they’ve been away for a day with the kids.  When they got home we had to rush to the Mass, then stopped at the mall, got home late.  After we put the kids in bed, we stayed up for few hours to talk and plan the rest remaining days before our trip.  It was already 2am when we slept.  So this morning, Caity woke up like 7:30am, she took her stuffed doggie with her and went out of the room.  I was still sleepy, I even immediately fell back to sleep after she left.  The next time I woke up, I panicked when I remembered that Caity walked out from the room. O-oh! Where can she be?  I shouted “Caity, where are youuu?”  As soon as hubby heard me, he immediately got up to check on Caity.

Too late! I could hear hubby’s very upset voice.  I figured the little girl did something very serious.  Yeahh… she poured all the contents of her sunblock into the sofa and was spreading it all over.    What a way to start the day. 

I don’t know where she got it.  Probably in one of the bags they brought for their trip which we didn’t get to keep away from her reach. Hayyyyy!  Now I have to check our things especially lotions, tablets, etc. to be sure she can’t reach it. sigh sigh…  Moms out there, better learn from our mistake. Never leave these kinds of stuff lying around when you have babies or toddlers.  You wouldn’t want them to waste your $400 perfume or your prenatal vitamins. 

I am becoming paranoid now.  I’m like checking on Caity every 5 minutes. waaaaaaaaaaaa

flat tummy tip

In a week we’ll be hitting the beach! I am more excited for hubby coz he loves the beaches.  I on the other hand isn’t so crazy over it because of the sun. It will make my skin dark which I don’t like. And also I am not confident wearing swimsuit coz my tummy still hasn’t recovered from my recent pregnancy.  Are there diets for quick weight loss that will give me a better body in a week? I have a simple solution to it though, I will just take a deep breath and hold my tummy in especially when parading in front of other people.  And then when I’m in the water, I can breath out and they wouldn’t even know the real deal.  How’s that huh? Smart eh?  

hands off little girl!

This morning, Caity came up to me and showed me my lipgloss. Good thing it was already empty so I let her play with it.  A few minutes later, she came back with a different lip gloss (the one which is still unused!)  I panicked!  Where did she get these stuff?  She apparently found my cosmetic bag in our bedroom drawer.  I have there my lipstick, mascara, acne treatment cream, etc. etc. things she shouldn’t be messing with!

Now while she’s away, I will have to find a different hiding place for my things.  I don’t want her to create another trouble for me.  Geeezzz!  The writings on the wall she made the other day hasn’t been cleaned up yet.  I don’t know if a pen eraser can work wonders.  I hope soooo! Or else…  I really don’t know what the landlord will say.

things don’t get done, why?

I have a many things to do these days.  Foremost is to prepare our things for a long vacation. But my little girl isn’t helping me, in fact, she’s delaying my work, adding more work to the ALREADY long list of things to do!  Yesterday I told her to go to bed and take a nap.  I then went to the other room to feed her baby brother.  The baby seems to like being messy and all.  He keeps smiling and the food just spills out from his mouth. Sheeshhh!  I have a messy baby to wash, on my way to get a new diaper I took a peek if the little girl has fallen asleep already. NO!  She was playing with a ballpen, made herself a paper… fine I thought, I can just wash her.  But when I saw the other damage she has done, I got so upset.  The walls, stuffed turtle toy, pillows and bedsheet didn’t escape her restless hands.    So there, I had to fix what she made.  Count how many work has been added because of that. waaaaaaaaaaaaa  Sometimes I spent all day long just fixing what damage the little girl has done. I can’t even get a little quite time to read sensa reviews or iron without disturbance or cook without worrying what she is doing while I’m busy doing my stuff.  It’s really frustrating!!!  Earlier she dumped her Dora sweater in the tub! So there, I am forced to wash it. Another work! 

hoping for better days

The past days, it has been raining especially when we have plans to be out. Grrrrr! We have a week to go before flying for a long vacation and I wanted to take advantage of summer in Europe but it seems we’re not lucky. Last year, I was pregnant with my second child so we weren’t able to do much during the summer break. I was feeling dizzy most of the time, I had tummy aches, I couldn’t sleep well at nights but I was still fortunate that I didn’t suffer from hemorrhoids. I’ve heard that some pregnant women had it bad that they have to undergo hemorrhoidal treatment to ease their pain.

Anyway, this last week we have, I am hopeful that we’ll have better days. I only need a few things to complete my list of things to bring for our trip and that’s it. We can still squeeze maybe a day of outing for the family this weekend. I hope…

let’s recycle!

Do you throw that middle brown core of toilet papers? We don’t!  We let our little C play with it first.  She likes to pretend that its binoculars, or a phone, or anything that she can imagine.  Once its all torn and rotten, that’s the time we throw it.    Its even funny coz kids like playing with things like this compared to their toys.  Last night, little C was playing with packs of chocolate powder that she stole from the grocery bag.  Hubby was able to get it from her without protest by replacing it with a box of coffee powder.  See?  What we deem as trash can still be useful for our little ones.  So before you junk those food containers and boxes, recycle them first for your kids.  

saying bye to processed foods?

With so many unhealthy food options that are commercially available nowadays, i.e. fast food fixes, MSG laden junk foods and sugar loaded sweets, I’m seriously considering about slowly letting go of the processed foods habit and going for more healthy food choices. I’m sure this would result to a much healthier and active me who’s not anymore worried about how to how to reduce belly fat. That means I’ll have to start cleaning up my shopping list of processed foods and buying more fresh food items then.

that dot on my face

Oh no!  The result of sleepless nights are starting to show on my face! I notice a small pimple on my right cheek this morning.   But I don’t have to worry and scramble for best acne treatments coz I already know what works when I have acne breakouts.  Just a little dab of my powerful cream and it will be gone soon.  What I don’t like is the scar though.  After the acne dries, it will leave a small black dot on my face.  Sometimes it takes awhile for the scar to disappear.  I will have to use concealer to hide these light blemishes on my face.   Maybe on my next ebay purchase, I will have luck and find the concealer I want.

shopping in ebay

I signed up for Ebay Philippines since November last year but hadn’t really used it.  I plan to sell some stuff later when I am in the country but since I am currently living in Europe, my account has been disregarded.  I have been enjoying buying online while here in Prague.  I have found plenty of nice things at low prices compared to the stores. Since my family is planning to go on vacation to the Philippines next month, I thought maybe I can check out some items in ebay ph, just to see how the prices are. It was a good move.  I really found some great stuff that are far cheaper than those I have bought here.  For example, the Loreal Tru Match Super Blendable Powder I bought here in Prague cost about 700 in pesos, while one Ebay seller was selling it for only P275.  What a big difference in price!  So there, I am going to buy many beauty items from this seller which will make nice gifts for my girlfriends. I might even find some weight loss supplements at a low price for my fat friends. hehehe  I am lovin’ online shopping, also ebay too!

weeding out unwanted comments and messages

Having been very busy lately being a homemaker, I couldn’t find the time to weed out spam messages in this blog. I don’t even have any of those jobs in Philadelphia yet I am this super busy! But today I got annoyed with all those uneccesary messages that I finally took the time to manage the comments and message board.  Whew!  I think I have to schedule doing this once a month so my blog wouldn’t look like messy!

Most of the messages were advertising shoes, bags, dental equipments and the likes.  I wouldn’t mind if they spam me with the real things.  I could use those designer shoes and bags they sell.   

Anyway, it’s such a relief that I got my blog cleaned.  And it didn’t even take a long time, just a few minutes, and it was all done.  

too lazy for this

I just opened the birthday gift I got from my mother-in-law, inside was a body lotion for dry skin and a facial night cream.  She commented to hubby few weeks ago that I have dry skin.  I don’t know if this brand will be effective on me.  I actually also got a night cream for Christmas but I am lazy to apply it on my face every night.  I only put moisturizer on my face during the day, but only when I remember or when I feel like it.

I really admire those girls who are diligent in applying creams, moisturizers, including the best eye cream for dark circles to maintain their faces’ youthful glow.  

Anyway, since this if a gift from my mother-in-law, I will try to use it coz she might inspect my skin next time we see each other, if it has an effect or not.  If it works or not, at least I can truthfully tell her.  But tonight I’m so sleepy already that I’ll just skip this beauty regimen.  I’ll start tomorrow!

using your credit card

Having a credit card can be both good and bad, depending on how one uses it. A responsible owner should know what he’s supposed to do, paying on time, paying the interest, maximizing its usage, how to get free credit score and the likes.  If you’re really good in using it, you can even get freebies sometimes.  But there are some that abuse their credit cards too.  They use it as if they have all te money to pay for everything they spent for.  I know some people who have accumulated big debts while some are just paying the interest fees every month coz they can’t afford to pay for the principal.  

Which group do you belong?  Oh no, don’t ask me coz I don’t have a credit card, I only have a debit card. It’s better that way so I won’t be tempted when I am window shopping. 

having an energy efficient home

As one belonging to a family with engineering background, I could appreciate the importance of energy auditing. This could be done only by highly competent professionals who have already extensive experience in the building industry, and with skills which have reached a certain level. Conducting different tests in a home - such as blower-door tests, combustion appliance inspection and testing, carbon monoxide detection tests - are just part of the job.

Home energy auditors may be Home Performance Contractors, Building Analysts, Energy Inspectors or Home Energy Raters, all of whom have only the energy efficiency of a home in mind. It’s sad though that many people don’t realize the importance of hiring competent and trained personnel to do these for their home.

for the figure-conscious

As a mother, sometimes I wonder how I could raise up my little girl so as not to be affected, especially with all the fashion consciousness around these days. Even teenagers nowadays are so figure conscious to hide any body lumps and bulges, to make themselves sexier. And innovations are up-to-date in providing solutions to prevailing needs. This kymaro body shaper must be a favorite if they will know about it. It’s composed of a body shaper up and a body shaper bottom – I salute to the one who got this bright idea! I still wish natural ways such as exercise and diet will weigh more for her comes the time when she will be big enough for these things.

on a saturday

How are you spending your weekend so far?  For us, we started it with a trip to the Asian store to buy ingredients for the dessert requested by friends for tomorrow’s party.  I ended up buying other Pinoy food stuff too. It’s better to stock up on these essential items rather than going there again when the need arises.  

When we got home, C was already cranky which means she’s already sleepy.  She woke up early than us so she also got sleepy first.  But I fed her with lunch before sending her to bed. 

Right now, hubby and C are asleep while me and baby A are awake.  I am thinking of giving baby a bath later, not in one of those walk in bathtubs but only in his baby tub.   Then when father and daughter wakes up, hubby might take the kids out for a walk.  I might just stay home coz I have plenty of things to do!

another sleepless night

I’m sleepy!  Baby A has been waking up every hour since 3 am.  I don’t know if he’s feeling uncomfortable because of his colds or if it’s because he’s hungry.  Finally at 6 am he dozed off, and it was little C’s turn to wake up. Uhuhuhuh…  We tried to force her back to sleep.  Fortunately the two kids fell back to sleep, but I was awakened at 8 with C’s pajama wet with pee.  She was in a deep sleep that she didn’t even feel it.  So that ended my quest to get a good sleep. Now I am feeling tired and sleepy.  My eyes are watery,and I feel like my eye bags weigh a kilo!  I hope tonight’s going to be a good night or else this frequent lack of sleep will send me buying anti-aging products like eye wrinkle cream to treat those little spider like veins around my eyes.  

do you have money?

I may not have money to invest in Outer banks foreclosures, but I’m keeping my eyes open for other investment opportunities.  Just recently, my brother who’s planning to put up a business center in Bangkok for a health supplement product has offered us a business proposal which will cost a fair sum.  Hubby was making the calculations last night, how much the amount is in czech crowns and yep, we can’t afford it.  With our planned vacation in July, our finances are only enough for the travel expenses and a little extra for unexpected expenses. Sigh…  I wonder where we will get the money for this business venture.  I am actually not interested in what we can get out of this, but more of helping my brother come up with the the money for putting up the center.  Hubby and I haven’t discussed it fully yet, maybe he has other options. I hope so…