Nine hours straight of working

I was working nine hours straight today. I came in to work at 2 pm and finished at 11 pm. I had 9 hours of working today and thats $165.oo earning just for today, yay, not bad at all. I love my job and I am having so much fun doing it, what I do is to just tell my co-workers what to do and see to it that we have enough productions, isn't that easy? hahaha. I know most people lost their job nowadays because of the economic crisis that most companies are facing. I am so lucky that I have a great job, which I love to do. I talked to my friend from California tonight and she told me how bad their economy there is. Many companies are cutting off workers to avoid bankruptcy. I feel so sad to hear that especially I have known many friends who live in California.

When I got home, my family was asleep already. My husband woke up and asked me why I was late, so I told him that I did some overtime to have some extra money. Therefore, he just kissed me and told me if it was okay with me if he will go back to sleep, then I said yes. So he went back to sleep then my youngest daughter woke up, she was asking for her milk. I fed her and she went back to sleep. I took a shower, dry my hair and now I am ready for bed.

I am so excited to wake up tomorrow morning because we will be going out to look for a new SUV for me. I am just so blessed. My husband loves me so much that is why he always gives me anything I want. Even the idea of having a vacation in the Philippines was all my plan but because my macho and of course very handsome husband loves me, he will grant anything I want as long as he could afford for it. That’s what the real love is?lol

It's Friday, It's payday.

How I wish all days are fridays, why? because it's our payday. hehehe. I know, that will never happen but I am still so glad and happy that I receive a little income of my own every week. Wow, I can have some dollars of my own to use for my shopping habit. I know it's hard to just depend on our husband all the time and especially we have family in the Philippines who needed our help financially. I am glad that I don't have to tell a lie to my husband or hide secrets just to send some $ to my family back home because I work hard for it. Some people have to hide it or steal money from their own husband just to send it to their family back home, and so sad to know that.

Now, I am so serious of saving my money especially we will be having a vacation for Philippines soon. I want to give a great party to my family and friends. My husband is so proud of me because I prove it to him that I am saving now my money. In a whole month of January I saved $1,556 and that was after the three times shopped I had and every shopped I spent like almost $200. If I didn't go shopping, I should have save more. In the month of February, I have a saving of $ 1,135 since there are only four fridays of February. It is not bad at least I have savings. Now I will try for this two months March and April, not to go out and spend more money because I will save it for our vacation.

Friend's saddest day

It is very sad to hear a news from a friend of mine that her mom past away last friday. I know how hard it is for her but I know she is strong. She can handle this situation. The worst thing was her mom suffered so much pain and been confined to the hospital for so long. They tried everything to save her mom's lives but it didn't work. Although, in the other hand at least now their mom don't suffer the pain anymore, but it is very painful for her family who have left behind. Now she flew back to the Philippines to attend the burial of her mom and she will be back here on 5th of March.

Condolence to the family of Teressa and God bless.

Another day at work

I was so busy at work today. I was just by myself for two hours with no help at all. It wasn't so bad because I'd rather be busy than doing nothing. My other co- worker came late for about 30 minutes but he said sorry for arriving late. It was fine for me because he explained to me what happened why he came late so I understand. So, I had a short break then went back to work to finished all the works then at 10 pm, I left from work and went home. I always work at least 8 hours today, which is not bad at all. I have break from my kids and at the same time earning some dollars.

On my way home I made a phone call to my friend Michelle. We talked like over an hour on the phone. So funny, because I didn't even noticed that I was home already.

Party!

We went to attend the fifth birthday party of TJ today, a daughter of Michelle. We had so much fun especially my daughter Ally, she enjoyed swinging. We ate a lot because Michelle preparing a lot of food. Most of our friend from PPM came and had a great day with them. Every party we met new friends but this time after the bad experienced I had of being so friendly, I have to choose really good whom I friend with and go with and I don't make friends at first meeting, I have to really know the person first before calling that person as friend. But as of the moment I enjoyed the company of all the PPM members.

We left at 4 pm and as soon as arrived home, I left for grocery. It took me 2 hours to shop and when I got home, I had to put my kids to bathe then put them to sleep. So now I have time to spend for my honey.

hydrocephalus

Have you heard about hydrocephalus?

What is hydrocephalus?
The brain and spinal cord are surrounded by cerebral spinal fluid. Small chambers in the brain are called ventricles. Normally, cerebral spinal fluid is produced primarily in the two lateral ventricles. Then, the cerebral spinal fluid drains through the third and fourth ventricles and is circulated around the brain and spinal cord. This cerebral spinal fluid acts as a cushion for the brain and is reabsorbed by the membrane covering the brain. With hydrocephalus, the cerebral spinal fluid backs up in the ventricles, causing them to expand and push on the surrounding brain. This increased size in the ventricles may be referred to as ventriculomegaly. Ventriculomegaly occurs when the two lateral ventricles are greater than 1 cm in width but less than 1.5 cm. Sometimes ventriculomegaly will regress or return to normal size and there is no long-term problem. Hydrocephalus occurs when the two lateral ventricles are greater that 1.5 cm in width. The ventricles can fill to such an extent that the head size becomes enlarged in the fetus. The major causes of hydrocephalus include:
The flow of cerebral spinal fluid is blocked.
Abnormal circulation of cerebral spinal fluid causes inadequate absorption by the membranes covering the brain.
The brain size is small (cerebral atrophy or there is a localized injury) and the fluid volume appears large as it fills in space.
Very rarely, it may be inherited.
Cerebral spinal fluid production normally increases late in gestation so the ventricles and head size need close monitoring to determine whether there is really a concern. Ventriculomegaly may be the first sign of another anomaly, either with the central nervous system or outside the central nervous system. It is estimated that 50 to 80 percent of fetuses with hydrocephalus will have another anomaly outside the central nervous system and approximately a third will have an associated anomaly within the central nervous system. Hydrocephalus occurs more frequently in males (64 percent males versus 36 percent females). Hydrocephalus occurs in approximately 1 out of every 2,000 live births. We do not know the cause of hydrocephalus. We know it is not related to anything the mother did or did not do during pregnancy.

I was shocked when my mom told me that my cousin had her 4th baby in C-section. It's hard to believe but that what happened. February 17, 2009 at morning time, my cousin had a contraction and was ready to giving birth for their 4th child at the age of 26. Everything was fine giving birth with her three daughters until this 4th one came. She was having hard time delivering the baby because the head of the baby was too big for normal delivery so ending up, she was having a C-section. The doctor told them that the baby have hydrocyphalus which is very sad to think that the baby will have suffer a lot of pain in the future. They didn't know the causes of hydrocephalus but one thing they know that it is God's blessings and that they will taking care of her. It is very sad to think but we have to face the reality. My cousin now is trying to get her energy back but she still need to have a blood tranfusion. Please help us to pray for their both recovery, the mom and the baby.

By living fully, recognizing that all we do is by His power, we honor God; He in turn blesses us.

Becky Laird

Wonderful day at work

I had a great time at work today,I was tired but it wasn't that bad. My manager Pamela told me that they had a votation this morning for an employee of the month, so she voted me as one of them, most of them agreed but every managers has to vote for their own employee. We were two people being nominated but the other one won. So my manager said sorry to me because it wasn't me who won but I told her, it's okay, the fact that they nominate me as an employee of the month is really mean so much to, amongst 100's of employees that works there, I am one of the best employee and I am very happy that they recognized my harwork. Our store director also voted for me but not everybody agreed on it and I know the one who won really deserves it and I am so happy for her. She is a very hard workeras wll. At this time, I will still continue doing the way I work and I am not wishing for any award, to recognized my hard work mean so much to me already and I am very happy for what I am doing now because I love my job.

Parents Poem

I love this POEM for Parents.

Parent Poem:

From God with Love

~Author Unknown~

Children are a blessing sent from God above

For us to care and nurture and most of all to love.

God calls us to be parents and gives us all the tools

And when we feel like giving up, our strength He will renew.

Children are a gift from God that He so freely lends

To make it through the childhood years, on Him we must depend.

He must have a presence, you see it must take three

The parents, child and Christ at the center to be a family.

From childhood days to a child full grown

Their joys and hurts are a parent's own.

Times of joy and laughter and those times of tears

The times spent raising a child are surely the best of years.

There comes that time in life when a child will leave the nest

We must send them off with love and a prayer and leave to God the rest.

We've have shared the Word of God, we've taught them right from wrong

Now it's time to let them go and let them write their song.

The faith instilled, the examples lived, and the lessons taught

All gifts that we've given our child, which will never be forgotten.

There are many paths a child can take, right or wrong will remain unknown

But rest assured that in the end, they all lead back to home.

My Valentines Day

Valentines Day is a day of love and giving. It is not only a day for lovers but also a day for everybody. It is the right time to show and prove to our love ones how much they are important to us and how much we love them.

Every morning when my daughter Ally wakes up, she always come up to me and said" Mama good morning while kissing me on my forehead. That is what she usually does every morning. However, this morning, it was something special, I don’t know why but after Ally telling me good morning and kissing my forehead she told me, I love you mama then hug me. It feels so good. I am just so proud and so lucky to have such a beautiful daughters like them. Ally and Dimple are the reason why we work hard, because we want them to have a bright future. I know every parent is wishing for that for his or her children.

I got a card for my husband and a big white teddy bear. I love it so much, because for me it’s not the cost that matter but it’s the thought that counts with a promise to buy me an SUV, hehehe. Even on his very busy life he still thinking of giving me something, which I really value. I love my husband so much no matter what and he is the reason for what I am now and where I become. Our kids are our inspiration. I love the feeling of being in love and so much better if you are love from someone you love. hahaha

Do I love you because you're beautiful,Or are you beautiful because I love you?

Family in the Philippines

When we miss our family back in the Philippines, we always makes an effort to give them a call, just to hear their voices makes us happy. I always give them a call before and spend like seventy dollars a month for a phone card. But the longer I stay here in US the lesser the phone card I buy because it seems like I am getting use to be far from them and especially that I have now two kids to makes my life busy everyday. That does not mean that I don’t care about them anymore, but because of life is just very different now than before when we didn’t have kids yet. It has been 3 weeks I didn’t give them a call, so my Mom and Dad were worried what’s going on. I used to call them at least once every week but because of savings, I try not to spend too much for phone card and save our money instead. My dad texted me last night asking how are we doing and if I can give them a call, so I call them up last night. I talked to my mom, dad and sisters and explained to them why I can’t call them all the time. My mom cried because she is just missing us so much and I know it is so hard for them not seeing us for almost five years now. It will be two more months to go and we will be there. Everybody is excited for our vacation there especially now that we have kids with us..

Thank you!

Everyday I always thank God for all the blessings He give to us. First, thank Him for giving us two beautiful daughters. Thank Him also for giving me such a responsible husband John and for giving us good health always. Thank Him much for everything.

I would like to thank also my husband for giving us everything we need. I know he work hard for us to give us a great future especially for our kids. He shows me the love and care everyday. I know it is so hard for him to adjust our culture as well but he manage it so well so thank you honey, for that. I know I am a brat wife sometimes but he understand me and he is so patient on me and I know that he deserves more than just a thank you.

"Happy Valentines day honey and I know we can't go out to celebrate it tomorrow because we will be both working, but I want you to know we love you so much".

WHat did I do today?

I had so much fun today. We went to our friend michelle's house for lunch because she just came back yesterday from their family vacation in the Philippines for two weeks. It was just an ordinary lunch but for me it was the best, hehehe. Group of our friends came with us and we ate, "dangit na tuyo"( dried fish), Bagoong ( salted fish), argentina cornd beef, humba( pork stewed) and of course rice. I enjoyed our lunch and it's been five years already when I last ate the bagoong. Hmmm.. yummy. It was so good and Michelle is a very nice friend. After our lunch we had a talked and our kids played outside. When we left Michelle let us bring some of the foods she brought from Philippines. I got four corned beef with different brand names, some of the tuyo, and some of the maggi magic sarap mix.

After Michelle's house we went straight to the hospital to visit our friend Katrina, who recently had a baby boy. They have a very cute baby and thank God that everything is fine both the mother and the baby. We stayed there for a little while then went home. It took us over an hour to get home because of the traffic but the important is we were safe and we are okay.

Any suggestions?

We are so glad and happy that God continues giving us blessings everyday and our business now have a progress. My husband and I are planning to trade our Honda civic into a bigger car or trucks because we need it for our business. When my husband called yesterday, he asked me if it is okay with me to get Suburban from Chevrolet. I did not say yes because I was not sure yet and I have five other choices; one is Toyota Sienna, Honda Odyssey, Honda Pilot, Nissan Armada and lastly Ford explorer but I don not know which one of this. They are all good company. Do you have any suggestions?

My husband told me that it should be something I want because I will be the one who will driving it, then he will just borrow it when he need it for the business for a little while because in God’s right time we will get a truck exclusively for the business only.

I am just so lucky to have a husband like John, he is very responsible and he always wants to make it sure, and that he can give anything and everything we need especially for our kids. He has been working 7 days a week, 12 hours a day from both his job and our business at the same time. He is a very hard worker man which I really adore him for being such a great husband and a great father to our kids.

" I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which has overcome while trying to succeed."

My only man

My husband works so hard in past days. He did not have a day off for 2 weeks straight now because he has many works to being done for our business. Two days ago, we bought another snack machine as an additional for our business but we already have 17 coca-cola vending machines that have been out and 24 bubble gum machines but only 8 were out of those gumble machines. It is just a small business but it really helps us a lot. I am just so pity for my husbands because he did not have time for us lately and I know deep in his heart it is hard for him but we all understand. We know that he loves us more than anything but he needs to work hard for our future.

I remember before, it was just all a dream for my husband to own his own business particularly in Vending industry. He already have experienced working before being a supervisor in a vending company so now he have an idea on how to run this kind of business. I am so proud of him and we love him very much. I know it is so hard for both of us that we did not see each other as often as before but we know that this will be for our future and for our kid’s future.

I ask my husband to let me help him during my day off so that it will not be too much for him and I know I can do it, just collecting the money, and refilling the product that has been out.

My husband is our super hero; he is the best man in my life. He is the reason why I am happy everyday and he brought so much joy into our lives. If again, I will be ask whom I want to spend the rest of my life with? I would answer it with a big smile and say “JOHN” only ‘til death do us part.

Kids Zone

My 3-year-old daughter is very curious and she loves to write anything and draw everything. She is very fascinated with colors. I cannot spend so much time with her; during my day off, and so I have to see to it that I will spend enough time for her. I recently bought coloring books, crayons and colored pencils for her but after awhile she grew disinterested with them. It seems like she wants something new and something different. I did not know what to do until I visited this MEGA Brands Kids Zone. that has a lot of activities to do and different games for adult kids.

We tried the coloring game and my daughter loved it so much. Every time I get home from work, she wants me to go sit down and play. What a help from this site. I do not to worry what else I can do to make my daughter happy and the bonding that we have every time we play is amazing. It is very easy to play and we both love it. They also have the store where you can shop anything for your kids; you just browse the site and choose. This really helps me a lot to me because it makes so easy for me to get toys for my kids because every time we go out for shopping is always a hard time for me, I end up chasing them all around the store.

To all mommies who want to do something different with their kids from what you’re used to, check out this website and you will love it.

What a day

It's my day off again and we went to a friend's house for lunch. Oh, we had a very good lunch. I maid some fried chicken, my friend Zim brought some cake for desert, Cristina also brought some fish and dried shrimp and everything else was cook by Sheryl. We had so much fun. We wanted to stay longer but we hadto leave early because my daugther Dimple had a doctor's appointment.

At the doctor's office my husband was very pissed-off waiting for the doctor. We were there for over an hour already waiting for the doctor but still didn't show up until he went out and talk to the front desk lady. 10 minutes after the doctor came and apologize us. I hate going to the doctor because I hate of waiting. But everything was fine, it was just a well check up for my 6 months old baby.

Betrayal

I cannot believe some people will enjoy of making up stories. If you meet new friend and you do not know them well, please be careful because you will never know they are so nice in front of you but criticize you behind your back. I know many people is like that and I am sure they are the kind of people who do not have enough education because they do not know what respect means. On the other hand, the kind of upbringing they have is very different from those who respect other people.

I known somebody who criticize her own friend and said “how come she have a good looking husband while she is not that pretty”

Do you think is that the nice way to treat your friend? I have regrets why I met this kind of people and so ashamed of my self that we became friends. I cannot believe my self that this happened to me. Well, maybe because they were so nice when we first met them but the true color came out the longer we have known them.

To all the Filipinas, I know it feels good when we meet new Filipina friends but be careful and choose the a friend wisely because not all are true, they are just trying to get your sympathy and your friendship but believe me, behind your back you will be their topic of the day and criticize everything about you. They will brain washing you to get your attention and do everything just to be with their friend. If you think that, you have enough education to not being control by anybody, and then follow it because no one has the right to tell us what to do.

To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.

Day at work!

First, I dropped off my kids at my friend's house, had a lunch then went to work. It was not so bad but very boring. I will be happy if we are busy at work because time will go so fast but if we will be slow, time go very slow too and I hate that. I wanted to stay late last night to get more hours but nothing to do anymore so I decided to leave and went home.

I got home at 10:00 pm, a little early than I usually come but its okay. I had rather to spend my extra hours with my family than staying at work and be bored. Today, I am hoping that will be busy so that I can do many things and enjoying my self to work.

Congrats to STEELERS...go!go!go!

We had a super bowl dinner at the house tonight. We had barbecue ribs, fried chicken, chicken kabobs, pancit, and potato’s salad and of course rice. Couple of sets of friends came and had fun watching the Steelers. We are the number one fan of Steelers, since we were in Pittsburgh before and until now that we are in Texas. Nothing can change that and no one can stop us. Hehehe.

My husband is very die-hard fan of them, perhaps amongst our group only him who screamed so loud and got intense when the Steelers road to super bowl got rocky. It was a very good game and Cardinals played very well too, no doubt with that because they showed us a very thrilled game. However, Congratulations to the Steelers family we won...

Sometimes I felt bad for my one friend’s husband because I knew he was in favor with cardinals so he cannot say anything since my husband is a Steelers fan. Not fair for them but I knew they understood since it was my husband’s birthday, they just gave him the favor to enjoy the game and that was the best gift he ever receives. By the way, thanks to Cecil and Cliff, he loves the gift you gave to him and to Zim, Brian and Kyle, Thank you for coming as well. We had fun.