When I woke up this morning, I had a lighter feeling knowing our new househelp will be there! I waited. 8am, still a no show! Sent her a message and asked her what time was she coming in coz I have errands to finish outside.

Then only she replied saying her 10 y/o doesn’t like the idea of leaving her. Well, the agreement was for the time being. We, have, in fact offered her that she could bring her daughter along with her and stay with us, at least Deye could have a playmate. She happily accepted and even requested if she could start on Wednesday, and that was supposed to be starting this morning.

Giving me the reason that her daughter didn’t like the idea which I understand, I offered her another opp that I’ll pay for her everyday fare from our place to their place back and forth till she finishes school this month. She said okay, I will talk to her again. Told her to miss call me so she won’t have to spend her mobile credit. Half an hour passed, Continue reading ‘No Show’

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Preschoolers’ Moving Up in Ate Deye’s school is scheduled 2 weeks from now. On March 22, to be exact. I’m sure, dress shops are busy stitching tuxedos and formal dresses for boys and girls respectively. As usual, yours truly wanted something the best affordable dress for her daughter. Affordable only means having the materials bought from Pagasa Market (a place in Olongapo where fabric materials are found) appropriate to the dress design I found online. It has a simple pattern. A typical empire cut dress, with  belt and flower on it. Materials are:

2 yards of pink fabric = P180.00
1/4 yard of brown chiffon = P40.00
Labor for stitching = P200.00

Since Ate Deye only needed like 1 and 1/4 of the pink fabric, I thought of having the same pattern stitch for my bunso. Cute eh? And maybe P100.00 for stitching the small dress. All in all, it only cost me P520.00. Way practical that buying a ready made from the mall or renting a dress that might cost me more than a thousand pesosesoses!

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These photos were taken when my husband was still here on vacation. It wasn’t planned. We just thought of going to the beach a day before it happened.

I invited my cousins with kids (4 girls and 2 boys). Photos below were taken in the afternoon, just in time for their nap. Continue reading ‘OWM : Beach on a Sunday’

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We’ve been househelpless for a week now. Last Monday, our househelp sent me an SMS saying she couldn’t come to work coz she’s not well. May trangkaso daw. The next day, I asked how she was and I guess it was already a hint when she replied “nahihiya ako nag-absent na naman ako, kung gusto mo na akong palitan okay lang”. I said “No, I didn’t mean anything like that, I just wanna know how you were doing. Take your time and rest well, come back when you feel better”, I told her.

My intention was “mangamusta lang” and let her feel our concern. Last night, Friday, I tried to call her. After so many ring/s, someone picked up the call but it wasn’t her. It was her husband. He said “Wala po sya dito umuwi sa Pampanga kanina lang, pinatawag ng nanay nya”. I said “Oh okay po nangangamusta lang ulit, pero magaling na po ba sya? Pakisabi na lang po tumawag kami.” Continue reading ‘She Lied!’

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Majority of Deye’s toys and stuff are in pink color, not just because pink is a girl’s color but it’s also her fave color. She actuallygot a pink bed recently. She also never gets tired of wearing pink dresses and shoes. That’s why on her birthday, I decided that it had to be something different, well, at least the dress that she worn hahaha! Anyway, let me share with you some of her pink toys (these are the ones still in good condition, the old ones are kept in her pink toy box). Sorry I got lazy sorting out the pink ones from the rest. Maybe then we can play a game. Just spot the pink stuff that you see in her toy cabinet teehee! Most of them are gifts.

Continue reading ‘Pink Fridays : Spot the Pink Stuff’

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