daily blatherings

I really miss the fiesta celebrations that they do in the Philippines. It happens every year. The village where I grew up usually celebrates around September and the city (Maasin City) celebrates around August. It so much fun especially when all my relatives gather around for some food. There’s nothing like it. For some it’s a time to have some fun and for some, a time to rant. This is also the time for lecture. LOL. Yup. I used to always get told off around this time because I did something naughty. O_O.

I used to hate parts of it because I knew that one of my aunts would eventually caught up with me to say that they were disappointed in me. They’d do it almost everytime I am about to eat one of my favorite foods and it was my Aunt’s macaroni salad. The conversation would always start with: I heard from your other aunt that… blah, blah, blah… I can’t believe… blah, blah blah. LOL. In my mind I would be like: Oh geez here we go again! :P

I used to hate that part, BUT(!!) I didn’t hate the food. The food was awesome! I also used to enjoy my cousin’s company. I didn’t see them often, but like I said, everyone gathers when there’s a fiesta celebration. They’d come from different places, Davao, bukid, etc. I used to look forward to that part. It was fun to hang out with them. Some were cool cousins and some weren’t so cool. :P.

Now that I am older and far away from home I miss it and wants to experience it again. I’ve been looking at photos on Friendster and I can’t help but wonder what it’s like. It’s been so long. Maybe someday when the kids are older I can take them and let them experience it too. :-) ♥

I am so pleased that Mr. Bear is doing well with house training. He now stands by the door whenever he feels the need to pee or poop. He’s only been with us 4-5 weeks and we are *this* close to making house training perfect! We don’t trust him 100% yet because he’s still a baby. He’s going to have an accident but as long as he knows he’s not supposed to pee and poop inside, I am happy! :-) In a few weeks we are going to take him to obedience training and agility class. We want him to be a good boy and we want him to have some fun. :-) He’s just like a little kid. :-)

When we took Bear to the vet yesterday, the Vet’s assistant gave us a free 30 minute obedience training. We thought it was very helpful and we’ve seen some improvement in Bear since we followed what she told us to do. I shouldn’t say “some” improvement because it’s actually a big improvement. I am so glad and I cannot wait for the obedience classes start.

I guess I just wanted to let you know that Bear’s doing good and he’s doing well with the house training. I plan to post pics later and I think you will be very surprised at the pics. I will do that soon. :-)

Oh and I have to share this! Jonathon called every dog at the Veterinarian “BEAR!”. LOL. I think the kid is confused! We actually considered changing Bear’s name to “DAWG!” LMAO!!!

Erica’s going to cook some authentic Mexican food! I can’t believe she wanted to cook some after I asked if Taco bell is kind of Mexican food. :P. I know! doh! Slaps forehead! I feel so stupid. You should have seen her shake her head after I asked. I feel bad about asking but I didn’t think she mind. Ryan laughed when I told him. :P. I am looking forward to tasting it! I can’t wait! She said it’s going to be fresh and really spicy! uh oh!

The kids and I had a very busy day today. I had two of my friends came over to the apartment this afternoon. T1 came with her kids first. She was going to bring some pandesal that she made from scratch, but something came up with the bread. It didn’t rise. She showed me the result and I can tell you that it wasn’t bad. I am not an expert in baking so I really don’t know what happened. I told her that maybe she’ll get it right next time. :) It’s so cool that she’s making pandesal!

At around 3.30p T2 came with her kid and she took us to the Mall. It was fun walking around the malls, talking and joking. The best part is that she’s into bargain shopping! Everything I bought today was 75% off! She said she doesn’t like to pay full price to anything so she’s always on the look out for 75% off. She’s good! I definitely want to go shopping with her again.

We’ve made plans to go on a girls night out soon. We plan to have dinner and a movie. I am so glad that I finally found friends here. Finally. Thanks to hubby for pushing me to go out and have fun. :)

Here is a blurry pic of Chantelle. Blurry because she was moving too fast while hunting for eggs! Easter egg hunting was fun at T’s but we had to do it inside the house because it was raining hard outside. Shame really but the kids had fun just the same. :).

I had a hiatus page up hoping that it would motivate me to make a layout. Obviously it didn’t work because here I am with the same boring layout. :P. Joke aside, I am too busy right now. Jonathon is now starting to walk, and I need to keep an eye on him every minute of the day when he’s up. He moves too fast. One minute he’s beside me then he’s on the other side the next. Sometimes I complain about it but I really shouldn’t complain. I should just be thankful that he’s up and about. :)

His bedtime routine is very good though. He sleeps really early (7pm!) so I have free time around that 7.30pm. Chantelle’s bedtime on school days hasn’t changed. Still 8pm. I am thinking of changing it to 9 now that she’s 10. She turned 10 yesterday! :)

About my personal life, I am still a stay at home mum and it’s OK for now. My husband doesn’t mind, but for my own sake I need to find a job soon. I worry about Jonathon though. I don’t want to leave him with strangers. That is the big thing that is stopping me from going to work right now.

Life is good right now. Sometimes I complain about it to my husband but to be honest with you, I really have nothing to complain about. I always remind myself that I am lucky to have this life. I have 2 wonderful kids and a loving husband who supports me no matter what. I am a lucky girl. :)

Ryan’s workmate is holding a party in Arlington, TN and he asked if I wanted to go. I am not sure. Super bowl is not my thing. I remember last year when MIL and FIL invited people over to their house to watch the game and all I could hear was shouting and screaming. O_O. The men got so excited about the whole thing. I reckon the party will be full of men so I am going to save myself the boringness of it all. Ryan also said that if we go, he’s going to drink and he’s going to let me drive from Arlington. Whut? He’s smoking crack! He can go on his own. LOL.

So much for wanting to update here more often. LOL. I blame plurk. I update there more. :P. Anyway, I met a new friend here! She’s 5 minutes walk from me. She’s really nice! Erika is her name. Her little girl goes to the same school as Chantelle so we see each other a lot. :) The other day I asked if she wanted to go to the gym with me and she said yes. Gym buddy! Woohoo!

Yesterday after we had lunch at Ginos, I asked Ryan if he could take me to the nearest Macy’s because I wanted to spend the gift card MIL gave me for Christmas. When he told me that we were heading to the nearest Macy’s near where Phisch lives I immediately called her and asked if she wanted to meet! It was short noticed and I really didn’t expect her to see me but she did! So nice! I’ve known her for a long time and it’s really cool that we finally met for the first time! I can tell you that she is so pretty and so nice! I met her boys too and they’re so cute! I definitely want to see her again next time we’re down here. That’s if she wants to of course! Thanks Phisch for coming to see us at the mall! It was awesome. I hope that we meet again next time we’re down in Texas! xoxo!