One of the things we didn’t get to do this year was travel. I hope we can travel next year. Most of my friends have booked travel vacations already like orlando vacations and of course to Disneyland. I am just waiting for a big project to push through and a main goal of the family to materialize before I book our family to the land of Mickey Mouse. I hope it will be soon.
I have been looking for possible cosmotology schools for a friend. She has made up her mind would like to pursue a degree on cosmetology (hair cutting, hairstyling, hair coloring and makeup) after two years of pursuing a computer science course. She has always been the fashionable lady in our group so it doesn’t come as a big surprise for me. Right now I chanced upon this web directory called FindABeautySchool and it allows one to search for schools by state and zip code! It cant get any cooler than that! They are the most complete, convenient beauty school directory on the Web.
As early as now, we have been receiving Christmas party invitations left and right, and everyone in the family is invited! Almost all our friends are already married and have kids so parties now are planned with kids in tow. It is harder to organize and since we live so far, every party becomes an outing for us. I pack so much stuff. I am not complaining though. The parties are so much fun and the kids get a lot of gifts so everything is worth it.
One of the things I had a hard time adjusting to when I stayed at home (even now, 18 months later) is the everyday cooking. I love to eat (that’s why I need an appetite suppressant) but I don’t love to make what I eat. It is hard work for me to whip up something in the kitchen – even now when I have been trying to do it every single day since last year. So whenever I have the extra money, I always make sure to treat the family outside – happy tummies, happy mommy because she won’t do any cooking 
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Our vehicle is a simple jeep. It was originally owned by my father-in-law who gave it to my husband when we moved to the suburbs. It’s pretty beat up and there are times when I actually hate it especially when its maintenance costs are too high and it drains our already empty pockets. But I am grateful we still have a mode of transportation and it takes us places. Our goal before the second quarter of the year is to buy a new one and as early as now I am looking for auto insurance quotes that we can have it applied under.
I was able to get rid of almost 50% of the kids’ toys last week. It is still not over though as I have to weed through their stuffed toys, clothes and books and decide which one needs to be thrown away, given away or sold. My kids, I realized, have a lot of books. I have kept my son’s schoolbooks since he began studying and he is now on third grade! Add my college books (I took up two courses) and you can imagine how my house is full of books. I got a great idea to sell textbooks online from a web site and I think I may just do that. It will allow me to de-clutter and earn a little money on the side.
One sure sign that the holidays are coming is the weather changes. It gets cold here where we live and just last night, I forgot to bring light jackets for me and my daughter when we went out to have coffee and I was freezing already. I took out their long-sleeved pajamas, sweaters, hats, scarves and jackets for easier wearing too. We don’t use the fan at night and it is still cold, I might need an electric blanket to keep warm. I love this kind of weather – cold but not raining, perfect bed snuggle weather!
I am happy that I get to accomplish one of my yearly goals, if only to a certain extent – I got to finally order furniture for the house, and one thing I am proud of is that we did not need to avail of the payday loans being offered at the husband’s office to buy everything. It all came from the savings I had stashed with a friend coupled with the savings I stashed from another Paypal account. We had everything custom built – the bed with bedframe, my workstation, my son’s study table with bookshelf with glass doors and his bed too. I just need a dresser, an altar table and a pantry cabinet and I am done!!!
I am happy and satisfied with the workstation we ordered today. Finally, after almost a year of wanting and then trying to justify that I do not need one, we finally ordered one. It is custom-made as we have a small house and we will be putting it up against a blank wall in our dining area. It will have space for two desktop computers even if we only have one because we might get another one in the future if funds will grow. I will try to post pictures once it is done. Production takes 10-12 days.