A Mom's Life and Loves » my thoughts

Buying a car?

Admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:18:15 +0000

I am hoping to be able to buy a car soon, but I still don’t know when. My main priority is to be able to own a house, and we’re looking into buying one using a “rent to own” program, maybe sometime next year. I still have a lot of saving up to do, and buying a new Toyota Camry that the hubby is crushing on will just make saving money even harder. Just the cost to check engine light isn’t cheap. I wouldn’t want to think about the costs of actually getting an auto repair, because I’m sure it will just make me faint. I just have to bear in mind that my number 1 priority is owning a house. Once that’s settled, and we have extra, then we can buy a car. So I am praying that I will be able to maintain my online earnings, and maybe earn a bit more extra. I hope that isn’t asking too much.

Not so productive

Admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:44:25 +0000

I know I should be writing about malignant Mesothelioma just about now, but the truth is, my brain seems to have stopped functioning. What with a thousand things in my mind, I can’t seem to focus and compose the posts that I should be writing, and the blogsversary contest that me and Sansan have in mind. It’s the middle of June and we have a couple of weeks left to finalize the contest mechanics. And yet here I am, staring in front of my screen and waiting for my dishes to finish cooking. Cooking where? In Cafe World of course! What can I say? I am hooked!

The picture below is my cafeteria using Sab’s Facebook account. And yes, I have another cafeteria in Sanjo’s Facebook account too! I’ll post those tomorrow.

Mommy is working

Admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:28:31 +0000

“Mommy? Busy? Werken?” (Werken is how she pronounces working. LOL!) Yes, that’s what Sab usually asks me whenever she wakes up and sees me in front of the laptop outside our room. She would then follow it up with “Mommy? Play games? ABC?” which I would then answer with, “No baby. Not now. Later. Mommy is still working.” She would then sit down on my lap and watch me cranking away email replies for my client. And yes, it is simply bliss. My work schedule for my oDesk client is from 12midnight to 8AM Philippine time. I like that I work when they’re asleep and go off work just about the same time that they wake up. I was able to prepare breakfast for Sab a few times, and I still have time to take care of Sanjo before hitting the sack. I get to sleep around 10AM and wake up sometime in the mid afternoon, and then I get to play with them outside. Working from home works wonders for me, and I am very, very happy that I get to spend every single day with my kids.

I know I owe a lot of you visits and comments, and please bear with me. I am re-doing my blogs, and this takes up almost all of my time, aside from the 8 hours per day from Monday to Friday for my client. But, I will definitely have time to do a lot of bloghopping come weekend, so for everyone, thank you for visiting, and for leaving your comments. That reminds me, I need to go and clean the lens of my mom’s digicam. Gotta go!

Forgive and forget

Admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:28:56 +0000

Yesterday, I saw that JC’s ex girlfriend was calling AGAIN for the nth time last night, I decided it was time to talk to her, woman to woman. I needed some respect, because this is OUR relationship, and I don’t like this feeling that someone is being a threat to that relationship. I didn’t really want a long argument over it, and I didn’t want to waste her time or mine. So I decided to just send her a text message telling her to stop calling and texting JC because we just want a little quiet in our lives. She texted me that she wanted to talk. I have had enough of this talk, because I already tried talking to her last year but we ended up fighting because she told me she won’t give up on JC. I didn’t want or need any more stress in my life, so I told her there is really no need to talk and all I want is for her to just move on with her life so we can move on with ours. She insisted on calling me, so I told her OK. She apologized for everything, and she explained that the only reason she was calling is to ask how things are with JC. She explained that there is nothing going on, and that in fact, she already likes someone else. She told me she’s friends with almost all her other ex bfs, and that JC is no different. Well, I’m friends with most of my exes too, in fact, I have constant communication with some of them through text or Facebook, so I understood what she meant. Well, I told myself it’s time to forgive and forget. Holding a grudge against someone is not good for anyone, and the only way to be able to completely move forward is by learning to forgive the things they did, and forgetting the past.

I AM HAPPY. I no longer have this nagging feeling at the back of my head, and I no longer feel that there is a threat in our relationship. I AM FREE. I no longer have to think of ways to get back at her, and this is a wonderful feeling of freedom.

We might have coffee together one of these days.. Oh joy. (That is not being sarcastic.)

Again, I thank the Lord for giving me a chance to move forward, and for finally giving me the peace of mind that I so badly need. And I also ask the Lord for forgiveness, for thinking of several nasty plans to get revenge, which really isn’t good at all.

He is Mysterious

Admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:37:00 +0000

God works in mysterious ways indeed. Last week, I blogged about thinking of going back to work in a call center. Our needs are getting bigger, and I really want to save up. My paid opps online aren’t as frequent since a month ago, due to the fact that I lost my page rank. I chatted with my friend the day after I posted that, and she’s a really old friend of mine, who is also my “buddy” in Victory Christian Fellowship. I was telling her how I miss going to Church, and how my life is going on at the present. Trust in God is what she has always been reminding me. “You work hard, you try your best. HE will provide.” And trust I did. I was supposed to have an interview with the “dream company” I was telling K, Ate Tey and Yuuki about. It was perfect, was what I said. Good compensation, allowances, etc. I cancelled my interview. 2 days later, I got an email from one of the buyers in oDesk that he is hiring me for a permanent job. God must have known that this is what I wanted and that little Sanjo needs his mom at home. (I don’t have a maid).. All I can say now is that “Praise GOD! He truly works in mysterious but wondrous ways.” And just the other day, I got my PR back. Isn’t He wonderful?

I have just started my online gig yesterday, but no worries. I will still have time to bloghop.