Miswa!

I miss blogging! wordpress or any other “fun” sites for that matter is blocked at my office. The few times that I tried blogging never made it to the printing press (naks!). I have so much to tell, so much angst to write about but I just don’t have the time! Life as a working Mom is VERY hard and is-stressful.

’til next time.

Good news of the day!

I got a freakin’ job offer!!!! The downside is its in NYC and it is sooooo far away from home. I only did one interview and I aced it! *beaming* 

The complications, I’ll talk about later.

Pre-Black Friday 2008

Wee! I just received an email for the Black Friday ad of Walmart, our favorite store because it is so much cheaper than others. Here is a link of the ad scan. On my must-get list is the $49 portable dvd for Caleb, this is essential for our car trips since he hates to be strapped in his car seat. I am also eyeing a few toys for Caleb i.e. Fisher Price piano as his christmas gift/bday gift, playdoh and other toys for my cousins.

The Kitchen-Aid mixer is the cheapest that I’ve found but I’m not sure, its $130 and I don’t have that kind of money to spare with all the coming expenses (christmas and Caleb’s bday) and me being jobless and all besides I’m too lazy to bake. Hmmm… ennee meenne miny moo you want pandesal or not!

There are also some hoodies, pants that are dirt cheap so I’m getting those too. I haven’t scanned other store’s ads so I don’t know if they also have good deals. I just hope I remember to set the alarm clock this time, last year we woke up 9:00, harharhar!

An update at last!

I know, I know I haven’t been updating bad, bad blogger. My hands are full with our little stinker who likes to pull my hair, bite me ’til I forget my name, if only there is a “bantay mommy”, I’ll report Caleb for all the physical abuse that he has done to me *buu huu*.

Well, it’s been more than 3 months since I started job hunting and I only got one interview, imagine that! Bad, bad economy and bad timing for job hunting. My last interview was last Monday and it was at NYC. It took me 2 1/2 hours to get to the darn place because I got lost (what’s new!) and another 3 hours+ to get back because I missed the train and I was so jologs I didn’t know which platform to get to. Our place is sooo far from NYC but I need a job so there I swallowed my kaartehan and appeared for the interview, an interview which I don’t know if I passed or not. Still no updates up ’til now, they are doing a background and criminal check and they must have found out that I shop lifted $1 books. Just kidding! Those unpaid $1 books were purely unintentional, we only noticed that we placed it in the stroller when we got home. Anyway, I’m proud of Yiek for taking care of Caleb on the 6 hours+ that I was away from home. It was his first time to be in Daddy Day Care and he survived with flying colors although he had trauma changing Caleb’s soiled nappies. Up to now, he keeps on telling me “murag nalibang si Caleb” even if the nappy is fresh! 

We went again to Swiss Army sale last week and got really, really great deals. Yiek was very happy with his $50 jacket (retail price 500+) and I got slacks for only $10(retail price 100+). So we were two make that three happy camper as Caleb had fun looking at the myriad of people and items. 

Grocery is my weakness as what I always tell Ria, I always get carried away picking food and planning meals which I rarely even cook. Last Tuesday night, it was so cold (negative temperature) that I forgot one of the shopping bag at the counter or cart in my hurry to get home. I went back to the local grocery store the next day and they told me to pick the lost items, no charge. Oh wow! I really, really like the costumer service here!

I promise to have more updates, I’ve missed a lot already and it is always fun to back-read. I know, I know there my updates are all over the place when have I ever been a stickler for one topic ey? O cge, kay gakitkit na sa blinds akong anak.

Kris Kringle

I’ve been good this year so I’m making my advance christmas wishlist. This will be a guide to our global kris kringle (Japan, UK, Singapore, Canada and Philippines).

1. Roundtrip ticket to the Philippines (Eto nag i-illusion!)

2. Kitchen Aid Mixer (Isang illusion din!)

3. Kitchen Aid/Cuisine Art Blender (Isa pa to!)

4. White Gold Necklace/Bracelet/Earrings (studs, dangling won’t do) pwede na rin silver

5. Harry Potter Tales of the Beetle Bard. 

7. Kick-ass Boots (size 7 please)

8. Espresso/Cappucino maker

9. Cute Blouses/Dress

Yung lang pow. Simple lang diva?

 

Go forth and multiply

Nah, I’m not making another baby, not yet anyway. I’ve been posting pictures and updates on my multiply site, the reason why I am not so visible here. Click here for my site. Add me up

Vendo Coffee

I have this sudden craving for instant coffee, the one from the vending machine. I always feel excited when I go to a vending machine to have my coffee fix, with almost shaking hands I drop some coins and press A6 (coffee, milk and sugar combi). I can then hear the whish-whash sound as the liquid is poured into my cup, with much anticipation I eagerly get the now-filled cup and take a sip. Ahhh this is life I tell myself, orgasmic, I’ve died and gone to coffee heaven. I’ve had silly stories just to have my coffee fix. There is a vendo machine on the first floor of our condo in manila, as I always like to leisurely sip my coffee, I ‘d buy a cup and walk all the way to my office which is a few buildings away from where I live. Imagine that, me precariously balancing the cup so it wouldn’t spill. If unfortunately I spill some, I’d immediately lick it off my fingers. It’d be a shame to go to waste.

Darn I miss coffee.

Worried to bits

Meeting milestones is a joy for parents but the lack of one milestone is a cause of worry. Caleb is now 7 month, his motor skills are advanced. He is now pulling himself up and crawling everywhere. What worries me is his speech development, up to now he is not babbling a lot, no consonants! I’ve heard him say mama but that’s so rare. Books and websites are saying that he should be saying mama, gaga, baba, papa, dada, nana etc. I am really worried that he isn’t saying all those syllables. Would it be because he fell on the bed 4x\\, he used to be a talker before. Is it a sign of autism? It’s driving me crazy thinking why he’s not babbling. It has caused me sleepness nights and I just wish that one day he’ll suddenly babble and erase all my worries away. Oh yes I asked my pedia but she said to wait until his 9th month check-up.

29

I’ve been a bad, bad blogger. Anyways, my 29th birthday has come and gone. My birthday is simple yet I enjoyed it.

First off, I got a package from Macy’s Amazon on July 3. I know it’s a birthday present so I opted to open it on the day itself. On Monday, July 7, I couldn’t contain my excitement so I opened the said package. Technically, its my birthday Phil time so I can get away with it. Nyehehe!!! It’s a gold BIG nine west bag and no indicator whatsoever where it’s from. All I had was the receipt, complete with how much the cost and shipping was. Haha! I asked Georgia and Yiek but both vehemently denied that its from them. Grrrr!!!!

So I called Macy’s and learned that its from my BFF, Georgia. Deny deny pa dyud! Thank you sis! Saturday before that, Yiek received a missed delivery from Mr. Postman and I just know that its his gift for me. I was teasing him, to get it from the post office ASAP as I want to see what it was. I accidentally saw the order confirmation from Amazon kasi. haha! How’s that for a surprise? In fairness, I did not look at what he ordered I just know that he ordered something from Amazon and I know that its for me (na delete naman sa iyang inbox haha! next time dear use another mail hehe  kana wala ko access!)

I immediately opened the box and I got surprised because he got me a Coach Ergo. My first ever designer bag, I’ve been eyeing those coach bags at an outlet store and now I have my own. I’m proud of him because he chose a cheaper model as I couldn’t take having a bag that expensive and knowing the money bought from it is from our savings. haha kurips talaga!

On my birthday itself, we had a simple dinner at a filipino resto. Simple lang di ba?

Today, I received a necklace from Ria. The silver necklace had “Claire” in the middle a la the “Carrie” necklace from Sex and the City. I love it. I also received BB cream and donburi from both Maila and Ria. Its nice to know to my birthday is remembered. Pictures to follow, pramis.

Sleep Method 1: Cry it out

With the sleeping issues that Caleb is having, I was left with no choice but to let him cry it out last Saturday evening since my arms were dead tired and I was sleepy as hell. He cried out for 10 minutes and then he was okay, he played for an hour (miski flower nga design sa bed spread iya gipatulan) even with the lights off and fell asleep after that. He even had a nice mood yesterday, never demanding to be carried. Although he did still wake up every three hours he wasn’t crying like he was before.

Night time yesterday, we decided to try it out again. He was crying out on and off for 30 mins and then cried without stopping for 15 minutes. Yiek and I were bickering because he wants him to cry it out for an hour if that is what it takes for him to sleep and I called him heartless. That endless 15 minutes was pure hell for me, I wanted to pick him up and in the end did, both of us crying. He was able to fall asleep later on my arms 10 minutes after.  You have to have a heart made of stone to try this method and I don’t think I can make this work for us.