Me and 3 Musketeers (MM: Before and After)

Me and my kids (l-r: gab, jeon and jet)

This photo was taken three years ago, now my two sons are in their 'tweens and you can no longer ask them to join a family photo ops (unless I use my Mommy voice and look). I have always dream of having a daughter, but I guess God has other plans for me. Since I give birth via CS; the max number of kids I could have is three.

Celebrating Gab's 10th Birthday taken last May 18,2010

But who would need a daughter, if you have sons who are also trained doing household chores. They can be sweet if they wanted to (like if they are asking for a favor from me). I guess, I can still say that I am lucky to have three boys as my kids. Least to say, lesser worries too. Daughter's material needs can be very expensive compared to my sons'; but I have to work my butt to earn extra income because these boys eat like there's no tomorrow. As my hubby says, they are growing up kids so they to a lot of energy to burn hence they need to fuel that with constant eating.

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Our New Home

Since June of this year, me and my family have moved in to our new home. Ooops! we didn't pay it cash or applied through bank financing; we had to acquire the house through PAG-IBIG housing loan and it is payable within 30 years. Yes! you read it right, 30 years to pay for our new home by the time we finish paying the house I would already by at my retirement age. Before deciding to move out from my in-law's home, I was checking the internet for houses. I came across carefree Arizona real estate; too bad we don't have it here in our country. The houses look good and are quite affordable; but who knows maybe one day, me and my family would be able to migrate in the US I will definitely contact a real estate agent from carefree Arizona real estate to inquire about it.

Less Physical Sports

I would love to engage into sports, but I have some physical restrictions due to previous heart operation that I had. When I was in high school, I enjoyed playing darts. It was even with some stroke of luck that I was able to represent our year-level for the Intramural. But my interest in the game fade, now I am looking for other sports. A friend suggested about archery, it looked interesting to me especially after checking out those recurve bows. Although I think I am a bit over-aged to start engaging into archery; but I still believe that age would not matter if you put your heart into learning and understanding the sport.

Mission Impossible: Get back in Shape

After giving up on managing our own business, I've noticed that I have gained some weight. Maybe it's because I would not have to stress myself on thinking how can I further improve our business. For the past couple of months, I have been relaxed and worry-free; before I knew it my body is no longer in shape (as in I gained weight). I have this mission to get back in shape by dieting and engaging in sports.
Recently, I am watching what I eat and with the help of my loving hubby, I am now warming up by trying to run every morning. Our target is to join a 5k run which is happening before the end of this month. After that, I have to decide on what sports to engage in. I want a sport that would not require too much strenuous activities. I wonder what could it be? I might give it a shot in trying archery.

TV in your kids room

Should a television be placed inside your kids room? As a mother, although my kids has their own television inside their room, I do not actually allow them to use it unless I sleep in their bedroom. I believe that a bedroom should be a place to rest and sleep; watching television can be done in the family room or living room.
Having no television inside their room somehow discipline the kids and teach them time management most especially during school days. Sometimes even on weekends, the kids would normally sleep early because their biological clock has gotten used to it.
For me and my hubby, television is a big NO NO inside the bedroom. In fact, even in our own bedroom we do not have television. All the electronic appliances stay outside the bedroom.

The Red Bike

Alas! my eldest son Jet finally got his wish, he now have his new red bike. Again thanks to our beloved Mamita for spoiling her grandkids. My son was so excited when he learned that his Mamita will buy him his new bike. Once we got the money, that same weekend, he asked his Daddy Joey that they go out and choose a bike. According to Daddy Joey, it was not hard to choose among the bikes in that store. Because Jet knew what he wanted, the first time he was that red bike, his mind was made up. That is what he wanted. So after settling the bill, my two boys went home riding that new red bike.

Busy Monday

I was supposed to come with Jeon to school today to give out the birthday invitations. But unfortunately, my hubby forgot that the house key shares the same key chain with the car key. Since he used the car key last night and it was his sister who drove back to their parent's home. Our house key was nowhere to be found. I had no choice but to stay at home and wait for my son.

I thought I could at least have a couple of minutes more of sleep after everyone has gone to school and work. But our house is topsy turvy, so the urge to clean it was there. Before I picked up the broom and the glass cleaner, I started the laundry. At least, the machine would start to wash as I start doing household chores as well. I got the chance to clean the entire home and our small garden as well.

Just in time for Jeon's arrival from school, I was able to cook rice and dish for our lunch. Doing the dishes was quite easy, and it was time for me to sleep again. Oops! not yet, I need to finish blog assignments which are due today and until Wednesday. I was able to do the three blog assignments and four more to go.

It was indeed a very busy day. Thank God I have the capability to do multi-tasking. Gotta go, I need to snooze.