A LONG WAIT

With the year almost coming to an end I get very excited for my upcoming trip back to my homeland, Philippines. Another 6-7 more months to go and I will finally be able to see my family again. That 6-7 months time frame is still a long time but be that as it may, I have slowly started making up a list of what to buy and bring back home. Of course when you travel its vital to get a good brand luggage like the Samsonite luggage for that long haul of travel. I don't actually own one but I have heard so many good feed backs from people who own that particular brand of luggage. When the time comes I will look into it before my long awaited travel.

GET A CHECK MARK THIS HOLIDAY

Gobble, gobble!!! How was every body's Thanksgiving? I bet most of us are still full from the dinner that we prepared for our family. This year's Thanksgiving was hosted by my BIL Larry in New Jersey. I was a little glad that we didn't have it at our house since I have had just about enough entertaining and hosting for the past 3 months, lol. My MIL would have loved it if we had it at our house since we happen to be right smack in the middle between his two other sons, you could say we are the half-way meeting point. We loaded up the girls and everything bright and early Thursday morning and drove to my BIL. MIL was a little worried since Larry will be the only one cooking all the food. Her worries were for naught, everything came out so good...

Now that Thanksgiving is over its time to focus our energy planning on what to get for our loved ones. With Today's economy we have to come up with a strict budget for Christmas shopping. One of my friends that I talked to last night already finished her shopping for her family and guess what she got them? Shoes, to be more specific Nike shoes for his nephews and nieces back home. Shoes are a very good and practical gifts for this coming Holiday Season. Even the consumer report are saying that most shoppers are going for practical stuff. If your in a rut worrying about what to get for a family member check out Zappos.com for a varied selection for shoes for all your family. You can view shoe prices ranging from under $50 to $200 and over. No matter what the color or design of the shoe, when it comes to Nike you will definitely get a big check of approval from the recipient.

TIME FOR A LITTLE FUDGE LOVE

A glass of cold milk + fudge brownie cookies and my day is just about perfect! Made these yesterday while the kids Kaitlyn and Joey (boy I babysit) where running around the house like mad maniac. I had to settle down and bribed the two with cookies. They actively participated in watching me mix all the ingredients. But all in all they were my panel of taste testers. Why does Joey had that certain smile on his face? He was holding Kaitlyn's hand and she was allowing him to hold her hand,lol....

FINGERS AND HAND IN LEATHER

Winter, winter go away come again another day!


My check list for winter. These are the necessary essentials that I need for winter, a thick puffer coat down to the ankle, which I have. I nice warm fluffy scarf to wrap around my long neck, check . A nice hat to put around my head to keep my almost balding scalp protection from the cold air, check. Nice thick socks to go along with my winter boots, check. What I lack is a good leather gloves for everyday wear and also for formal wear. MIL has been gracious enough to let me borrow some of her leather gloves that just fits my hands perfect. For those who are looking for affordable and chic gloves here is one by Michael Kors. The design is cute and its easy to put on. The zipper design will be good for women who have RA as its easy to put on and take off. Hey just because its winter doesn't mean you cant be fashionable. Go ahead and check it out.

UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER

How unpredictable has the weather been for you guys? One minute its raining, the next its sunny and the next its cold again. I don't know what to think anymore. My whole family except me of course have been enjoying the nice cool weather. Why am I not enjoying, if the weather is under 70 then its totally cold for me. For almost 3 years now and I still am not use to the cold weather. I am so not looking forward to the cold winter months ahead. Sure I have taken out our winter stuff but still I didn't want summer to end. I am slowly stocking up on warm winter outfits but what I really need is a heated blanket at night. It's so hard for me to fall asleep specially when its cold. A warm bed is what I will be looking forward to at night to keep me sane in the chilliness in the morning.

ERRANDS ON A MONDAY

So much to running around done on a Monday. Ralph works the night shift and is usually home by 8 in the morning. Today, he had a lot of running around to do for his new car, the Jaguar. We got the car about 2 weeks ago. He got a 3 year bumper to bumper warranty for the Jaguar, had the dealer look at the driver door. The door handle on the driver seat seems to be sticking and would not open right away. That didn't get done today though, the person who knows how to fix it was not there so he has to go back on Friday. And he also got another set of car key remotes for the Jaguar in case something happens with the other one. He had to drive all the way back into the city and have the remote programmed. While there he saw a lot of luxury cars like the Mercedes, BMW, Ferrari. A guy that was there looking for Ferrari parts went over to admire Ralph's Jaguar, he joked that if he didn't have kids he would take the Ferrari any day if he could afford it.Anyway, I just hope that with this bumper to bumper warranty we wont have to spend any money out of our pocket if something goes wrong with the car. At least he got a couple of things done today. Now he is off to dreamland and won't be awake until its time for him to go to work tonight.

DOESNT REALLY MATTER FOR MUSIC MONDAY

Monday and time to crank up some tune to get me into the swing of things and start of my week. Yesterday was spent listening to my favorite while cleaning the house. It was heaven doing household chores when your kids are outside with daddy playing. So my entry for today's music Monday is a song from Janet Jackson...

DOESN'T REALLY MATTER

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WHERE'S WHAT?

As a parent would you let your son/daughter wear onesies that say "HEY BITCH WHERE'S MY BOTTLE?".

Its another thing to let babies wear funny onesies that has witty catch phrases and makes you laugh. Ralph's nephew recently had a baby and they let him wear that onesie that had the B word. I would never let my child wear something like that. Its like your saying to people you like that or its shows you do swear. Swearing is a big no no in our house but we do slip from time to time and if we do we try to correct ourselves at that instance. I don't know maybe I am just over reacting but If I see a child wearing that I would kind of loose respect for the parents. I guess I'm not making any sense, its just I'm finding the wrong words to explain. But that is my thoughts for today, Its my opinion and this is my blog and I can say express anything that bothers me.

FLUSH, FLUSH DOWN THE DRAIN

My youngest is already 2 years old. How time flies when your having fun, lol. They said when you have kids your life is never boring, it is so true. Life is indeed hectic, stressful, noisy but its also full of love and kisses. Kaitlyn is at an age now where you can see that she clearly adores her big sister and follows her around like a lost puppy. One minute you hear then laughing and the next you hear someone crying or screaming, take a pick. But Kaitlyn has thrived with the help and good example of her big sister.

Before Kaitlyn reached 2 we have weaned her from her pacifier and we even started on her potty training. How hard can it be? Very very hard when its a child who has a mind of her own. She actually did pretty good before she was 18 months old but it went downhill after I showed her to dump her poop in the toilet and taught her how to flush. I don't like it when she does that all the time since I really want to help save water. Every time she goes in the bathroom she flushes, and flushes. Its a good thing though she has tried washing her hands in the toilet, lol. But kidding aside, with all the flushing around in our house I wonder how those Dual Flush Toilets work. I am not much of a conservationist but in our economy right now we need to do something drastic. Will it actually save us money in the long run? The answer is Yes. If we do get a dual flush toilet installed in our house we would save a whole lot. I'm not much or a math genius but check out the links above to use their water saving calculator.

That is something that Ralph and I have got to look into. Its no picnic managing a family these days, you need all the help you can get. And as for my baby girl, remember to use the bathroom first before flushing.....

STUCK IN TRAFFIC

Yesterday was just horrendous, for all of us. Ralph worked and we had to pick up Kayla at Baltimore at 6 p.m. We left the house at our usual time around 4:30 p.m. flow of traffic was fine. I got to sneak in a little nap while Kaitlyn got distracted by the movie on the overhead DVD. We thought our trip was just going to be smooth sailing, wrong! Just as we had only 15 minutes to destination we got hit by traffic. Bumper to bumper as far as your eyes could see, we assumed that there must have been an accident. The other side of I95 was closed, we were crawling like worms on the road. When we finally passed the crash site there was still one SUV on its side, debris and broken glasses everywhere. I hope that there was no fatality but it looked bad from where we were. Going home was another story, we got more traffic. We took route 40 but it was still the same. While we were driving I noticed so many motels on the road, its was like mushrooms everywhere. I asked MIL why so many motels and she explained that since route 40 is one of the major highways people who travel look for places to stay. I wonder when we finally do go to Disney if they have orlando motels around. I better ask around from our friends who have been to Orlando if they could recommend a good motel. I'm getting off track here,lol. Back to my story we finally got home around 9:45 p.m. The trip that usually takes us 2 hours ended up to be 5 hours. We were all exhausted and just happy to be home. I hope it never happens again.