How fun it would be to live in a village with playground playsets? Ours don’t have one so my daughters are really excited every time we tell them that soon we’ll transfer to a village with a specific place made especially for them. I don’t know what has gotten into the developers of our village: no church, no playground, no clubhouse. It’s just so pathetic and greedy in my own opinion because the lots intended for these must-haves were converted into residential lots!

Talking about greed. Ugh.

I am not artistic, in the real sense of the word. So when it comes to music talk, I give the floor to the my husband and daughter — they are both music lovers in their own right and I am so proud of them. My husband has natural talent and so is my daughter. I just don’t have the resources right now to send her to a good music school because it’s quite expensive.

She’s thinking about enrolling in piano or violin, and she told me that the teacher is one big factor. She’s fine with either or both but the teacher has to be nice. I don’t really mind if she’s interested in piano, violin or both. My worry now is how we could afford a good piano like Kurzweil digital pianos? The instruments are quite expensive

And I say, “why not?”

A month ago, during the wake of my dearest grandfather, one of the flower wreaths shattered and we didn’t have any choice but to fix it – and I did it by myself.

It was the lousiest floral arrangement every in my own honest opinion but I am not closing my doors. I am still open to the idea of channeling to this career in the future.

But of course, there would be a need to study various kinds of flowers, their life span, color mixes, etc.

Like most moms living on a very tight budget, going to a spa is already a luxury. How I wish I am still in an era where body scrubs and hair spas were n0t yet commercialized. When you can still go to the nearby river to have natural body scrubs or ask your neighbor for a free gugu hair wash and dead sea salts body scrub.

But hey, gone are those days. Now, one has to pay a hefty amount for these services. A simple body scrub costs one about P700 pesos, more if you avail of the spa’s other services, so how can a mom like me who lives in frugality avail these without hurting the family’s budget?

I am praying for contests or free spa services in exchange for a review Thank you in advance!

and she declined.

How sad is that? But really, she actually declined her Teacher’s invitation to let her be Gretl in the Sound of Music school play. I hate the fact that my daughter turned down this offer because she can sing, she has a pretty face and she’s so perfect to be Gretl Vonn Trap. And hey, it wasn’t just a simple school play, it was held in Aliw Theatre for Christ’s sake.

But oh well, another opportunity down the drain. But who knows? In time she’ll come out of her shell and eventually use the gift God has given her. By that time I would really invest on good audio gadgets like mbox 2 pro.

I only have a few cousins on my mom’s side of the family and most of them are teenagers and kids so they look up to me as I am the second to the oldest :p They’re so magulo yet I love them to bits Want to meet all of them? Oh, weather you like it or not, I dedicate this post to them LOL

• Michael Alain – he is the eldest, born in 1976 by my Aunt Deedith. He’s in Middle east right now.
• Ma. Melannie – she’s in Singapore. Michael Alain’s younger sister.
• Frances Sarena – WAGAS! She’s a hopeless romantic and very, very honest.
• Audrey Jane – Shy and very intelligent.
• Israel Jericho – He’ll become a doctor for sure or engineer as he loves corpses, yucky rotten.com things and fixing everything. Would you believe he was able to revive some 30-year old Remote Control Boats from his dad’s collection? Amazing little man.
• Gian Karlo – The would be pilot in the family. Pinakamakulittt!

Aside from them, there’s my sister Saydie and brother Nep. Crazy, crazy family we have. But despite the differences and eruption of tempers, they still matter a lot to me.

I am.

It’s just so happen that I am on the heavier side and living on a tropical country so wearing boots is not a good idea. How I wish I am one of those who lives in colder places so I can wear a pair with jeans or leggings, mini skirts and fur coats. Though I am not a fan of Alpinestars Tech 10 Boots, I would love to wear the knee-high leather ones

We’re planning to have Lana baptized this January 15th but with what’s happening right now, I don’t know if this will push through. Our family’s facing a lot of problems right now and rushing a special event like this is not a good idea, right?

My original plan was to have Lana registered in Rustan’s baby registry so her Ninangs won’t have a hard time in choosing the perfect baby baptism gift. Do you think this is a good idea?