Today is only Tuesday and yet it feels like Friday. Why? I think I’ve done a week load of work and chores already. I’ve been busy. I can’t even reply to the comments I have in all my three blogs. So sorry, friends. This mommy is busy making moolah. I need every cent I can manage to find and work for. I don’t have a real husband to take care of me financially. Ok, enough of that. I’m not here to rant on and on about being busy and getting paid for it. I should be rejoicing. So, yey! But there’s a downside to all this. I may have made a load of cash but every cent brought along a friend by the name of Extra Weight that happens to be always with me and lovingly stays on my backside. How can I make it go away when I sit in front of the computer all the time?

Anyway, these are the things I want to do if ever I should be lucky to get some time off.

• make cupcakes with cream cheese icing (lots of it)
• finish a book that makes me sigh and cry
• go to Sonya’s Garden again
• sleep late and wake up late
• exercise
• movie DVD marathon on a Sunday

Happy Father’s Day - We love you
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Hope your weekend was happy. The weather seemed to have made up its mind and decided to become sunny all weekend long. It’s good and it’s hot but I generally had a blast this weekend because of father’s day. The family all got together and enjoyed lunch and conversation. I ate my favorites. I drank my favorite iced tea. I saw and talked with my favorites. I think my father was happy that he saw us all. Except for my sister whom he had a falling out with.

Anyway, happy father’s day to you, Papa. I still feel small and special with you beside me.

Being a mother has taken over my life. I have hardly any time to spend on myself, let alone run up my computer and write a blog entry. And to think I have 4 kaching posts that have to be up and live by Wednesday. I may have to rethink my blogs for the coming year. No more lengthy entries. It will be a good challenge for me to be more concise in my writing. I have actually started early part of the year and it may continue depending on the present situation. I’m examining the possibility of a moblog instead. A mobile blog since I’m always on the go and especially now that school has started. I just have to figure out where to get extra money to buy a celphone that would help me do just that.

On Tuesday my little girl turns five and I don’t know how we should celebrate it. My initial plan was to have dinner at our new home. But things happen and plans change and I’ve decided to just have lunch or dinner with my family. So I’ve been reading Anton’s Blog for hours now and I still don’t have an idea where to eat. And I just realized, Anton doesn’t go to QC too often. All the restaurants his family has tried were located in the south, meaning Makati, The Fort, Paranaque and Tagaytay. And his most memorable meals ever are mostly out of town. So, ok. Perhaps there aren’t too many good restaurants in the metro, particularly in QC. That’s sad, really. Which means we have to go somewhere in the south or we could always eat at Cyma. I don’t know. I still have one more day to find a good resto. Anyway, I asked my daughter what she wanted for her birthday last night. Can you guess what she told me? MUNCHKINS. She could have anything she wants on her birthday and yet she only asks for munchkins. Kids are adorable.

Today started out on a bad note. To think it’s the start of the week and start of the month. I just hope that this won’t set the tone for the rest of the week and month. Monday has always been a busy day for me and MG. MG has therapy sessions every Monday and today, she just had to throw one of her tantrums very early in the morning. We are out of town now and we were supposed to leave for Manila at around 6am but we weren’t able to because my little kid started crying while saying over and over, “No teacher Bernie, no teacher Pat.” As if MG knew that she’d meet her least favorite teacher today. I thought she was going to go crazy. So I gave in and now, we’re still here in Fontana. Which means I won’t be keeping my appointments later today. Anyway, so sorry Bel and April.

Last Friday, I attended MG’s art exhibit. I didn’t know that the all participants made more than 10 types of artworks in those 12 sessions. I am so proud of MG. She really has come a long way from those years that she barely spoke a word, drew stick figures or even wrote anything. Much improvement can be seen now. Anyway, I took photos of her artworks. They’re not masterpieces or anything but to me, they’re priceless.

self-portrait

piggy bank made of recycled paper

acrylic on plastic plate

landscape

acrylic paint on canvas

exhibit

This was taken yesterday. Gwen was trying on my sunglasses before she fell asleep on the sofa with her legs crossed and Dora on top of her. She must have been so tired from her Summer Art Class. By the way, their class has an exhibit on Friday. I’m so excited to see all of her artworks.

We went to Canyon Woods last Sunday. We were with my sister’s family. Of course, our vacations would never be complete without swimming. So the first thing we did when we got there was change into our swimsuits and go to the Clubhouse. The outdoor pool was closed for monthly maintenance so we had to use the indoor pool which was just fine with us. Because the sun was shining so bright that day that getting sunburn was expected. And we didn’t want that to happen. Again, a vacation is not complete without pictures.

indoor pool

hanging bridge

clubhouse entrance

villa/cabin

at the chapel

This just in. We’re going to Tagaytay tomorrow. I badly need to get away for awhile. So I won’t be blogging the whole day tomorrow even if it kills me. How’s your weekend so far? Mine is turning out pretty great.

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