Every day I am tired. I complain that I am tired. My feet hurt. My brain stops working. My back kriks. I've only been working full time for less than a year and a half but every day I am tired.

Every day I am also thankful. Thankful that I live and work in a place where there is no traffic and lots of nature. Thankful that my children are growing up ( Read more... )

I have this little rule. Don't blog about work. It was in place from when I started my blog back in (ahem) 2002. But at the time I started my blog because I was far from home and I didn't want to email the world to let them know I'm ok. I set up the blog so that my mother (and other potentially interested people) could just drop by to see what's ( Read more... )

This wasn't the plan.

The original plan was, live in Merville forever, the girls will study in Assumption San Lorenzo, the boy will study in Xavier. Mike will be the primary breadwinner, and I will stay home as long as we don't need the extra income or until I find work that I really want to do. And I mean really really want to do.

Then we heard of ( Read more... )

When I was 6, my parents attended a parenting retreat called Christian Parenting for Peace and Justice (CPPJ). This seminar presents to parents and families an alternative lifestyle designed to effect positive change in the world. This lifestyle is based on values such as non-violence, gender equality, love of country and simplicity. Simplicity was ( Read more... )

Here it is, folks, The Resolution Post. And it's a big one. Because I have a hundred million resolutions for 2009. This is what happens when you stick yourself in the bubble of breastfeeding for a year, and allow yourself to be immobilized by such reasons as, "there's not enough milk in the freezer". Energies get bottled up and ideas get shoved ( Read more... )

When I made the decision to stay at home and take care of Lia for at least the first year of her life, it turns out I made the decision to do that for all my children. I took a job after Lia turned one because at the time, I needed to do something for myself again, to be more than just mom and wife. Working was stressful and tiring, but it gave me ( Read more... )

For those who are concerned, like my 2-3 readers, Lia is not sick anymore. Well, she still has a cough and is dripping snot out of her nose, but no more temperature. Appetite is more or less normal. She's still cranky but it's bearable now. After I faced her to the wall for throwing a tantrum yesterday, today when I said, "Don't cry." She didn't. ( Read more... )

Yesterday it was my digestion (you don't want me to go into details. Suffice to say, painful pooping was involved. A lot of it), I didn't go to work, but I spent the afternoon working from home. Today after breakfast, I felt my heart beating really fast. This really happens when I'm pregnant, usually, it subsides after lying down for about an hour ( Read more... )

28 Reasons to be thankful

1. My wonderful, thoughtful, funny, super pogi husband who took the day off from work on my birthday to spend it with me and Lia. And put more effort into my birthday gift that I would have if I had to pick it out myself. I love you Mike!
2. My happy, healthy, incredibly adorable, smart and lovable baby girl who is the reason I ( Read more... )

Wheee ( Read more... )