PLAYGROUND COTTAGES HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS.

GardenPosted by admin on August 18th, 2008

It is smaller but looks so much nicer. Promise.

WordlePosted by admin on August 15th, 2008

Get yours here.

I love playing with words on the site. I even see it as a potential scrapbook page. Get yours and link me up. I wanna see.

You would also be surprised with the words that would come up, trust me

Out of Break.Posted by admin on August 15th, 2008

Last night, Edil sent me an SMS at around 12MN telling me that the jeep ran out of breaks and he almost collided with a car. Good thing he was driving slowly (a first, mind you) and that a nearby gas station was nearby.

I told him to bring his father’s RevO when he goes home tonight as Im not comfortable with him driving the jeep even if it’s fixed. He still wouldnt budge even if fuel prices had two-peso rollbacks for the past weeks. The RevO drinks like a horse when it comes to gasoline. He’d rather bring the jeep instead. So Im worried to death. I need to check if there are auto insurance comparisons I can present to him for the jeep.

Im Going to Cebu.Posted by admin on August 15th, 2008

I have a frustration.
Edil and I have never travelled out of town just the two of us at all. Not ever.

Everytime I bring the subject up, Edil would tell me, “Sure. Go ahead.” but Im always met with empty enthusiasm. It’s not that we are going on cruises or anything fancy – Im talking about an overnight stay in Tagaytay which is, I need to emphasize, a mere 15 minutes away from home.

Now Im going to Cebu on January next year to meet Glo and roam around hopefully and I want to take him with me.

I might as well be talking to a wall.
Hmpfff.

I Love Fridays.Posted by admin on August 15th, 2008

It is even better even if I dont work away from home. When I was still working, I had odd day-offs (weekdays or Sun-Mon) so Fridays had no bearing for me.

Not now though. I love Fridays.

Because 1) I can sleep in late because there is no school the next day. 2) Edil comes home and I can sleep soundly at night – no waking up every hour or so. 3) The kids detach themselves from me and compete for attention with their Dad. I LOVE EET 4) Usually, Fridays are the days when PayPal money arrives so by mid week next week, Im a thousand bucks richer – depending if I have been working my a** off or not

Yep.
Let it be known, I Love Fridays.

NPA.Posted by admin on August 15th, 2008

We might as well be classified as NPAs – people with no permanent address.

All my mail are still addressed and forwarded to Manila. I still dont trust that I will receive mail here. Imagine, at my parents’ place, their address is “—-, Bgy. Dagatan, —-, ——”. No numbers, no street, no anything. Dagatan is like how many kilometers?!?!?!!?

Now, our house doesnt have an address. The owner doesnt know the address. So we are camping out on “their” house’s address! I used their address to apply for my internet access’ relocation and by golly wow, Id be so mad if the antenna would be put into their house.

There is a story behind this NPA thing.
Im just too busy to get into details but I promise it is a funny one
Maybe next time.

Bugs and Crawling ThingsPosted by admin on August 14th, 2008

The only downside in living in the province is you get to be acquainted with almost all kinds of bugs – the flying, the crawling, the ones that make noises, and the worse – the ones that bite. Our delicate skin, accustomed to airconditioning, is a favorite biting place. You should see my arms.

It is ironic that my lungs get fresh air while my skin needs to toughen up like a cow’s hide to be able to withstand the bugs at night. Otherwise, Id need to use a kulambo (mosquito net) soon.

Or maybe I need to a bed frame for our bed.
Other than that, I have developed courage and have been squashing spiders as big as my hand (I kid you not) without batting an eyelash.

I just open my mouth, scream and then close my eyes and try to hit the target.

More NeedsPosted by admin on August 14th, 2008

Well, it is basically wants for now.

We need more furniture. I want to replace our dining set, order bed frames (switch from a king to a queen), get a new bed frame for Matthew’s bed. Get console tables. Lamps. Everything that you would want to beautify your home, basically.

We saw a made to order furniture store (who sells palo china, which are basically refurbished lumber made into nice stuff) and the quotes they gave us were staggeringly cheap. So cheap that I can even order two bed frames in a month with my just 20% of my sideline earnings. But we need to basically budget everything first. We can avail of the cash advance being offered at Edil’s office but that can be used in real cases of emergency (like one of us getting hospitalized or for the kid’s tuition fee).

I realized having your own turf really makes you a queen, I just wish I can have the money to make it like a comfortable mini-palace for us.

It Gets LonelyPosted by admin on August 14th, 2008

Really.

I wish I can put into words the loneliness I feel everytime the night creeps in and Im the only adult in the house. Even during the day, I dont have a decent companion to talk my common interests too, save for the laundrywoman who is actually a doll and my parents – but there is a limit in things you would like to talk about.

It has been more pronounced with our internet-less house (I applied for relocation connection by the way today).

What can I say. I really miss the husband everyday.
It doesnt get easier, even with me having the kids all by myself all day.

13 Things I Have Learned in Moving HousesPosted by admin on August 14th, 2008

1. It is easier to pack boxes by the room. That way, you unpack easily. Unpack boxes in their designated rooms.

2. You realize how much useless clutter you have.

3. You realized which stuff you really need.

4. Moving houses lets you get rid of stuff. We moved houses twice in three months – and I still got rid of boxes and sold them which gave me enough to cover rent for both houses for two months.

5. I still have so much stuff though. Somehow, I need to give things away still.

6. It is better to invest on furniture and appliances than clothes and toys.

7. Do NOT have the internet connected while unpacking. Use it as a prize to get motivated to unpack all boxes first. (Im an internet junkie).

8. Always unpack and make sure you have a working kitchen once you move. You need to eat and feed your family.

9. Have lots of trash bags.

10. Keep moving boxes. You will never know when you would need it.

11. If you have kids, make sure the entertainment center – in my case, TV and DVD player with cartoon movies – is ready to use when they arrive. Or else you will never get anything done.

12. Hire help. If you can afford to. Help is cheap here so I hired . Im not going to be superwoman and do all the unpacking and storing by myself.

13. Purge. Delete. Destroy. Give away. Sell. I practice the “If I havent used or touched it within the last three months, it needs to go.” Clutter is less, Im happier.

This is the first time Im joining TT

Wordless Wednesday: Mums for MomPosted by admin on August 12th, 2008

Finally.Posted by admin on August 5th, 2008

After a week of PAG-ASA stating there is no typhoon, just monsoon rains, they have announced there is a typhoon (Juliana) in our country. If there is not typhoon with the way the winds are howling where Im at, Im very scared what a typhoon will be with just monsoon rains for over a week already. I miss the sun. Grey days make me gloomy and depressed and a bit temperamental. It doesnt help that I think PMS-ing.

Anyhow, if the weather cooperates, I will be doing some walking outside. I need fresh air.

It's Grey Gloomy and DepressingPosted by admin on August 4th, 2008

We still havent moved in, the boxes and everything are on a pile at the new house and there are still clothes and knick knacks at the old house. We didnt do anything this weekend but eat, sleep, watch TV and stay inside. We blame it on the weather, really (and not that we were just plain lazy:P)

Anyhow, lots to do today. Since Edil went back to Manila to work (It’s unfair he left me to do all the dirty work, it’s not as if he takes care of paying the bills ALL by himself, right? ) Im left with moving things around. I need to make sure we can sleep at the house by Friday or Im dead! We are currently homeless people bumming around my parents’ place, HAHAHA!

The new house is smaller so we just need a console table with drawers. It has a great white wall perfect for pictures, a flat panel mount for the LCD TV, and everything else.

Catch is, we dont have the LCD TV

Our Need for A CarPosted by admin on August 2nd, 2008

Or specifically, us and our need for a vehicle to get us around. I know I should be worrying about me learning to drive first, but Im sure it is super easy to learn how to drive after I recover from being easily shocked and surprise all the time. I remember the first time Edil let me handle the wheel, it was chaos. We were like galloping on the road and the car was our gallant steed .

Edil is going to be getting the car scheme from their company by next year and he will leave the jeep at home so I can go around. Here, having a vehicle is a necessity as everything is so far from each other (Im talking about miles here). The market, grocery store, the church, even the MALL, takes 30minutes to get to (and there is even no traffic). Edil has been very obsessed (mildly that is) with getting us our own car, our own home, etc. While I surely appreciate the efforts and planning, I told him we need to take it slow as we are going 100miles an hour with our life changes lately.

Back to the car talk, I really dont want a standard car, if given the choice. Id like an SUV (a 4-wheel drive) and/or a minivan so we can have more kids . When we go out, our jeep is packed with a pillow, bags, extra food (the kids and us munch during long drives – it’s cheaper than going to a drive-thru). Car Insurance Quotes are cheaper these days because of the sagging economy and analysts say that if you have extra money, now is the perfect time to invest on properties. Why, we just passed by the Ford dealer cars warehouse and they have an ongoing promo, that if you buy a car, you will get three years worth of car registration, one year car insurance and one year supply of gas FOR FREE!!!! Im sold on the gas alone!

Secret Revealed.Posted by admin on August 1st, 2008

Remember this?

Well I promised to reveal it on August 1st, so here it is: We are moving houses AGAIN.

After three months of living in a very nice (big) house, we are moving. AGAIN. To a smaller, newer, cheaper house with running water everyday (ALLELUIAH!) that is closer to my parents. I have decided to embrace domesticity (Yeah right) and let my maids go. Truth be told, I just cannot handle the stress of being angry at our helpers all the time. It isnt emotionally healthy.

And no, Im not a martyr, Ill still be hiring a laundrywoman/helper once or twice a week to help me. But Ill be forced to cook. If Im tamad to cook, we can always walk to my parent’s place. LOL.

Im going to post pictures as soon as we have moved boxes. Which is going to be today, if the weather cooperates.