My first car

Yay! I have my own car now! Obviously it is not the latest model. It is a 2002 Saturn but I am happy about it because it was very obvious that the first owner of the car took good care of it. We got it yesterday and we still have to wait for 1 week to get the title from BMV. As soon as we get it, we will buy a plate and insurance for it so I could drive it.

It has 4 door, automatic, A/C, Power Windows, Power Door Lock, Cruise Control, Power Steering, Power Seat, AM/FM Stereo, CD player, Dual Airbags , Leather Seats and most of all, it is a gas efficient car. The mileage is not that high, it has 118k miles. All the wheels are in good shape and they look good as new, so probably it will take 2 more years for me to buy new tires. Oh well! I still have to learn things about car stuff and I still have to learn how to drive. Hopefully I'll find someone who is patient and brave enough to teach me how to drive lol!

Wow! I can't believe I have my own car now!!

My first job

There are so many people having hard time looking for a job to support their family and yes I was one of them. I feel so blessed to get hired at McDonald's as a crew. To tell you frankly, this is not my dream job but I see this as a window to good opportunity. The McDonald's where I am working now is not far from where we live. It is only 5 minute drive.

I started working yesterday, and they put me at the cashier at the drive thru. Oh my! It was sooo busy and I loved it! One of the crew was there training me how to handle the cash register and teaching me almost everything in the drive thru. In my opinion, drive thru is much busier than the dine-in, not sure if its like that in most fastfood or it is only in our branch. But anyway, so far so good and I am so excited to learn and work more.

It was so funny because the night before I work, I could not sleep at all because of excitement lol! I woke up 4am and was able to get sleep at 8am. I woke up again 11am, took care of my son and I felt sleepy at 2PM where I should get ready for work LOL! I took a 30 minute nap and left home at 3:30 for my 4pm shift. Was so sleepy when I got home from work that I just crashed in bed.

I am happy that I have supportive husband that took care of my son while I was at work and will watch him whenever he is not scheduled to work. My dad-in-law is supportive too. Actually he is the one that will babysit Zac today hehe. And guess what? Hubby will buy me a car at the end of this month so I could have my own ride going to work! Woohooo!

Cheers to Tristan!

It was really sad yesterday as it was Tristan's funeral service. I wasn't able to stop myself from crying during the slideshow presentation of his pictures. I just told myself that at least Tristan is happy now in heaven as an angel of God. My friend was actually happy that there were lots of people who attended the funeral of her son, she felt like her son was really loved by all the people who knew him. How could you not love an adorable baby like him?

As much as possible, we want to help the parents of Tristan to ease the pain that they are going through. So we decided to stay at one of our friend's house to have fun, so at least, even for a moment, they would take a break from thinking about their loss.

We cooked "Ginisang ampalaya" and "Tortang Dilis" for dinner. We also sang using Magic Sing and we drank wine. We also watched the Colts game, but apprently, they lost :(

At the end of the night, we all end up with smile on our faces because we all know that Tristan is in good hands now and his suffering is finally over.

You reap what you sow

Hubby and I together with our son visited hubby's friend. He lives in the next town where we lives. We went there to drop by an invitation for our son's first birthday party.

While hubby was driving on our way to their house, he told me some things about his friend. They were playmates when they were kids. His friend had rough childhood life because his parents divorced when he was 7 years old. He worked in a gasoline station after finishing high school so he could save some money to afford to go to college. He studied Business Management during day time and worked in a convenience store at night. After graduating college, he became a manager. His life fell down when he and his wife divorced. His wife took almost all the property he had and aside from that he lost his job. That was the last news he heard by my husband from him.

When we found the address of his friend. We were amazed how big his house was. We rang the doorbell and a pretty woman opened the door for us. We sat down in the couch and there we met his friend. He told us that he is now working in an Advertising Agency. He got a good position there and that is where he also met his new wife. He was able to buy a new house with a big yard because from the money he is making from his job.

A person like hubby's friend became successful because of his endless dedication to his job, faith, hope and perseverance. Looking at his life now is like those story on soaps on TV. He inspired me .

Getting busy for Christmas

Hubby and I are getting so busy this December. Aside from Christmas, we will also be celebrating the first birthday of our son. The birthday celebration would not be as big as other celebrated theirs, all we want to invite are those people who are close to us. Aside from our relatives, we will be inviting some of my friends here in town. I only have few friends though because I just moved here two years ago plus there are also few Filipinas here in town.

We have been busy few days ago shopping for gifts, Christmas gifts for everybody and birthday gifts for our son. I already have an idea on what to give to my hubby but of course, I would not gonna write it here or else he would know hehe. At the end of next week, hubby and I needs to finish all the shopping that we need to do. So far, these are all the gifts that we have for our son. We also have one big toy for him that I haven't wrapped yet because I am undecided whether to wrap it or not :D We have to buy more gifts for him next week.

Busy Me!

I am so tired today. Here is what I did today:

2:30PM - went to the 2 different stores to shop for grocery
4:30PM - got home; arranged groceries
4:50PM - started cooking dinner (boneless pork tenderloin, potatoes, rice, gravy) while watching Zac.
5:45PM - put Zac in bed, gave him milk and he fell asleep
6:25PM - dinner was ready; ate
7:00PM - put laundry in the washer
7:10PM - started doing dishes
7:30PM - Zac woke up; put him in his walker and continued doing the dishes
7:45PM - done with the dishes; feed Zac
8:00PM -done feeding Zac; put laundry in the dryer
8:10PM - put Zac back in the walker; continued doing the remaining dishes; cleaned the kitchen
8:40PM - played with Zac
9:00PM - cleaned bath tub
9:20PM - played with Zac; re-fluff the laundry
9:30PM - folded the laundry
9:40PM - played with Zac
10:30PM - gave Zac a bath
10:40PM - put Zac to sleep

Note: I check my FB once in awhile during those times hehe.

Maaann! I am so tired. I am going to sleep now. Ciao!

At the beach

I really am so loving Florida. Yesterday afternoon, we went out to eat in an italian restaurant. It was a fancy one and the food is amazing. After eating, we went back to the hotel and me and my hubby got headache, maybe because of the hotness of the weather. So we took Tylenol and our heads went better after few minutes. After that, Zac kept fussing and crying and he won't calm down no matter what I do. I knew that there was something wrong in him because he is not usually like that. So I gave him Tylenol for babies because I was thinking that he might have headache and sure I was right! He stopped fussing after few minutes of taking the medicine.

In the afternoon, we went to the nearest beach but we didn't swim because there was a hurricane coming so the weather was not good :( Too bad, I even packed all the swimming stuff that we have. So we just had picture taking at the beach with my relatives.

Loving Florida

Yup, we finally are now here in a hotel in Fort Lauderdale. I find the Gators really friendly. We arrived here around 11AM and the weather was nice. Its not too hot and not cool at all. When we arrived Fort Lauderdale, we meet our relatives in a pharmacy so they could lead us to their house where we could stay in for few hours before check-in in the hotel where we will stay for 6 days.

It was a terrible road trip we had because my husband had toothache the night we leave. He drove here in Florida with a tooth aching :( I really felt sorry for him because he was so miserable and he had a hard time driving too but thank God we arrived safely. This morning, hubby went to the dentist and pull his tooth and now he feel much much better and I can't make him stop from talking LOL!

So far, we are enjoying Florida. Nice weather, nice place and nice people. If ever we will move, I think I want to move here :) Got to go now. We'll explore Florida YAY!

Would you rather questions

1: fart in an interview loudly or get knocked out with a baseball bat -- fart in an interview LOL!
2. get your computer hacked or have your car break down -- computer hacked
3. get bit by a shark or live in poverty -- bit by shark
4. eat a mixture of bugs 1 cup or drink 1/2 cup of ketchup vinegar and orange juice mix -- drink *gross!*
5. get herpes around your mouth badly or using a really dirty bathroom for the rest of your life -- dirty bathroom *yaiks*
6. have a really weird first name or not having your electronical stuff for 3 months --no electronic stuff (at least I would only suffer for 3 months rather than suffer my whole life having weird name)
7. having snot run down your face on a date with someone you really like or peeing your pants at a party with like 70 people -- haha! this is funny but I'll just choose peeing in my pants LMAO!
8. not brushing your teeth for a year or wearing the same clothes for 6 months -- wear the same clothes for 6 months lol! (I can't sleep without brushing my teeth first)
9. puke on somebody or being puked on -- puked on somebody lol!
10. cheat on somebody or be cheated on -- be cheated on :(
11. lie to your bestfriend or having all your friends lie to you -- having all my friends lie to me :(
12. be invisible whenever you wanted or be super stretchy like you want your door closed and dont want to get up so you can reach it lol -- I guess being plastic woman :p
13. live till you're 100 with health problems or live till you're 60 with no health problems -- live til 60
14. get caught stealing stuff worth $500 or get caught doing naughty stuff on your mothers bed and her almost killing you -- I don't like to steal so I guess I'll choose doing the naughty stuff lol! (she's my mom, she'll forgive me lol!)
15. go to work with permanent marker all over your face or having the runs on a 4 hours drive. -- permanent marker lol!

Where we met .....

Hubby and I are both thankful to that person who invented Yahoo! Literati. Why? Because that is where he and I met :D We were both just simply playing and not knowing that our simple chat in that game will lead us to constant communication. I don't normally reply to people who like to chat on the internet (except my friends) but I don't know what got into me that I chatted with my hubby.
I love my hubby and I can't imagine life without him that's why I want to thank the person who created Yahoo Literati :)

Why?! Why?! Why?!

I accidentally broke my Pilates :( Why is it now that I am enjoying exercising, my pilates got broken :(

I lost 1 lb. after 4 days or doing pilates and proper diet. I was so happy because I felt lighter and much better. I know it is only a pound but seriously, I am feeling much better now. Now that i can't use the pilates, I am going to buy a new one. I am thinking of buying a different kind of pilates or maybe I'll just buy those instructional dance videos that will tone my abs and thighs.

I am really eager to get back in shape so I am doing everything I can to lose 6 more pounds. I am happy that my hubby is cooperative with me but he said that he don't want me to lose too much weight. I asked him last night if he still loves me in spite of my stretch marks and some fat. He said that he is loves me more and more everyday because I gave birth to a wonderful baby so those marks and weight gain has nothing to do with him losing his love for me :)

Ice Skating

We went ice skating to Circle Centre Mall yesterday and we leave the house around 6PM then stopped by at Wendy's to eat dinner.We walked few blocks from the parking lot to the Ice Skating in cold weather, then when we got in there, we had to be in loooong line to buy tickets. It was all worthy it though when we started skating. I don't really know how to skate. The last time I skate was when I was 12 yrs old. I stayed near the rink most of the time because I was afraid that i'll fall and yeah I did lol! I fell three times lol! but I didn't care, I stood up and pretended that nothing happened lol! I mean who cares? Even professional skaters fall so I didn't care to fall ( yeah, that's the spirit lol!).

On our way going back to the parking lot, there were bunches of gangs yelling at each other. They were yelling about football game then that's the time I remembered that it Saturday and we were at downtown Indianapolis where Lucas Stadium (home field of Colts) is at. I thought there was a riot because of how they threw words to each other but Thank God there wasn't.

We all got home pass 12Am, tired with sored ankles lol! The reason why it was fun for me, beside that i was able to ice skate again, is that we went there with almost the whole family (except my hubby, my son and my dad-in-law). We were 25 people last night! It was family bonding and something that I am hoping to happen again :)

What made me busy today?

I went shopping with my dad-in-law! Weeee! It was a happy day for me :D We shopped for Christmas gifts for the kids and I bought some Christmas cards that needs to be mailed to my friends and loved ones soon.

I thought I bought lots of cards and I won't be able to use them all but I was wrong, I still need to buy mooorrreee hehe.

Two nights seems like forever

My poor husby worked 80 hours 2 weeks ago and 80 hours last week when he finally got his day off this whole weekdays (Mon-Fri) but he never enjoyed his off. He got sick from Monday night until Thursday afternoon :(

I was so worried about him and he was all I am thinking of while I was at work. I was like "I wonder if he can eat now", "I wonder if he is feeling better now". Ten minutes before I clock out, I called home to remind dad to pick me up at work when my husband answered the phone and said that "I will pick you up". I was like " Are you sure you are feeling better now?" he said "Yeah, I was already moving around the house while you were gone". I was happy and surprised when he said that. Then he said "I want us to go somewhere tonight so I'll pick you up". He put a big smile on my face when he said that. I told myself "Aww! He will date me lol!" and "oh my! I can sleep with him in our bedroom at last lol!" He didn't want me to be sick so we have no choice but to separate ourselves from each other. He slept in our room and I slept in the couch for 2 days lol! Those two nights seems like forever for the two of us :(

So after work, we did some groceries, shopped for his shoes and winter boots for me and of course, we eat out :) I love spending time with my husband and I always cherish every second that I am with him. I am happy that we both love each other and I am happy that we both find ways on how can we spend time with each other.

Dad-in-laws birthday!!

Yesterday was my dad-in-law's birthday. We had simple family gathering here in the house. My sis-in-law baked chocolate cake and I helped her in cooking turkey, mashed potato with gravy, baked beans and biscuits. My husband and I gave him projector as a birthday gift. We bought it last week but hubby was so giddy so we end up giving it to him the day we bought it (which was a week before his bday) LOL!

I am glad to have a dad-in-law like him. I feel like he treats me like one of his daughters aawww! :D so I love him and respect him like my real dad :)

Crib Bedding, webcam and eyeglass

I was happy the whole day yesterday as all the things (webcam and crib bedding) that I ordered online was delivered and I got the eyeglass that I have been waiting for.

My husband and I was so satisfied with the 12pc crib bedding set that we ordered. We bought it in reasonable price plus it was delivered lightning fast hehe. I am sooo happy and excited for our baby :) Here is the pic of the bedding that we ordered.


I am also glad that the 20megapixel webcam that we ordered online came in the mailbox yesterday. The old webcam that we had won't work anymore so we had to buy another one so that my family in the Philippines would see our future baby live on cam. I was able to get my new eyeglass yesterday too and at last! I was able to say bye bye to my old eyeglass hehe. Oh! what a happy day yesterday :D (I know, I know, I am so easy to please LOL!)

Prayer for a sick friend

I have a good friend who is suffering from gallbladder attack. He is a retired man who works as a volunteer in the hospital where I am working. I am praying for him and I hope that he will get well soon. I found this prayer online and I dedicate this to him. Get well soon and bless your heart :)

Dear Lord,
You know my friend so much better than I do. You know his sickness and the burden he carries. You also know his heart. Lord, I ask you to be with my friend now, working in his life. Let your will be done in my friend's life. If there is a sin that needs to be confessed and forgiven, Lord, please help him to see his need and confess. Lord, I pray for my friend because your Word says I should pray for his healing. I believe you hear this earnest prayer from my heart and that it is powerful because of your promise. I have faith in you to heal my friend, but I also trust in the plan you have for his life. Lord, I don't always understand your ways, and why my friend has to suffer, but I trust you. I ask that you look with mercy and grace toward my friend. Nourish his spirit and soul in this time of suffering and comfort him with your presence. Let my friend know you are there with him through this difficulty. And may you be glorified in his life and also in mine.
Amen

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His birthday celebration

My husband's birthday was last Thursday (Oct. 8th) but we just celebrated it yesterday as he was scheduled to work on his bday. I bought him a cake and his family went to our house to greet him happy birthday. I think one thing that I can't forget about yester is his niece Alli singing Happy Birthday to him. Alli just turned 3 last Sept. and she is such an adorable kid :)

After the party, my husband and I went out to shop for some stuff and of course we always buy something for our baby. We bought him 5 receiving blankets. My husband is a typical man, he doesn't like shopping AT ALL lol! But he always have energy to go shopping if it is for our baby aww! I think he enjoyed looking and shopping for baby stuff and I find him cute for that. After shopping, he asked me to go eat somewhere. We then decided to eat at Ryan's and I pigged out lol! We both love eating in buffet restaurant specially at Ryans. I took a pic of every plate I had lol! Sorry for the blurry pics as I was hurrying to take those pics because my camera was running out of battery.


I won't wonder if I'll gain more pounds again on my next monthly visit lol! My husband and I enjoyed our day yester. I always love spending time with him and I love how he loves me :)

Gift from Norm :)

I called work this morning to tell them that I can't go to work as I have some sore throat and some cough (which I am thinking some reactions from the flu shot I had yester) when they told me that I have a bag of baby stuff from Norm. Norm is a retired man who is also working as a volunteer in the hospital. After I ordered ice cream cake at DQ (for my husband's bday celeb tom) we went straight to the hospital to pick up the bag and aww! they are full of goodies for the baby :) The bag has a pair of shoes, a teeter, a sleeper, a bib, shirts and oh my! there are plastic clothes hangers too for the baby. You know, I have been thinking of buying those hangers and I am happy that I have 'em now :D I wonder how did he read my mind LOL! I'll call Norm tomorrow to thank him about it. I am sure that the baby is happy and I am sure that he feel loved already even though he wasn't born yet .

I love old folks not because they remind me of my lola (grandma) who passed away but I really think that old folks are cute hehe :D I specially admire those retired people who dedicate their time in helping other people by doing good deeds and giving help to others. May God bless those people and I am sure that there is always place in heaven for them.

Happy Birthday to my asawa!

Yup, it is his birthday today!! YAY! I hope he likes the watch i bought for him :) It kinda sad though as we can't celebrate it today because he is scheduled to work. So we just decided to celebrate it on his off (this coming Saturday). Today is also the 4th year that we became lovers. Aww! I can't believe that it is already 4 years and wow! we are still like newly weds lol! I mean, we are still soooo sweet with each other like newly weds which I am glad that we are :) caz I know some couples that they aren't that sweet anymore to each other after few years of marriage.

Oh btw, I had flu shot today and my arm is a lil' bit sore and not only that, I am also having some cough. They say that it is safe to pregnant women so I decided to get it and they say that it doesn't only protect the mother from influenza but also the baby. I am hoping to get H1N1 vaccine this month too.

Ok! got to go to bed now and sleep because I have to wake up early morning tomorrow. Good Night!