Pinay WAHM

About two weeks ago, I learned that the owners of the Philippine store I frequent to are selling their store. They are planning to move to the Philippines as soon as possible. I can’t blame them considering how our economy is. Their store has probably lost a lot of customers because of this. Anyway, when my husband was there, the owner was busy searching for places online that can give him international removals quotes for their big move. He said there’s no way he can do all the moving by himself since it’s from one continent to another. Hubby gave him some names that they use at work when they need to ship something overseas. Hopefully, they will be able to find affordable but reliable movers. Moving is probably my least favorite thing to do. I think. Our last move didn’t help one bit to change this. We did everything ourselves so the stress almost got the best of us. I’ve moved a few times in my life especially when I was just renting. Finding a better apartment was something I al...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With the way the economy is today, a lot of people are either losing their jobs or are on the verge of losing their jobs. Unfortunately, this has hit close to home lately. My cousin’s husband lost his job. My cousin still has her job but she’s not sure for how long. As a result, they are now thinking of moving to another state possibly where I am at right now because the cost of living here is much lower than the cost of living in their present location. I’m happy that she’s going to be near me but sad the same time because of the circumstance surrounding their move. As my way of helping them, I volunteered to look for interstate moving companies that they can use if and when they move….here or in another state. With Relocation.com, finding a moving company is not that hard. All I did was to type the needed information such as zip code of my cousin, the state they are moving in and the amount of stuff that needs moved and a list of movers popped up. Sw...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our neighbor is in the process of moving. I’ve been seeing their truck rental in front of their house since 2 days ago. Seeing them load the truck made me remember our very own move about 2 months ago. Our move was done slowly as we didn’t hire any moving companies instead we did it ourselves. As result it was way too stressful because we only used a trailer with no cover. So when it rained we had to wait it out. So I commend our neighbor for getting a truck rental instead of doing it the way we did it. But lesson is learned. If and when we move again, we know better and we’ll hire help that time around.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We just moved about a month ago. It’s only an inter-city move but it was nonetheless stressful. Why? Because we did everything by ourselves. Not a good idea. The weather was our major problem as we used a trailer that doesn’t have a cover. I’m just glad that it’s over and we’re done with it…for now. We have no plans of moving anytime soon BUT if we ever move again, I will definitely tell the husband to get professional help especially if we will need car shipping . And I have just the place in mind…Relocation.com. Aside from providing moving services both locally and internationally, they have extensive information that someone who is moving or planning in moving can benefit from. How I wish I’d known about this place sooner. Our move would have been a lot easier and less stressful.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wow…I am really tired! Today we went back to the old house to pick some other stuff like the riding mower the husband is using at this moment. We also picked up the other computer so when this one acts up, I have a spare...yay! Anyway, we didn’t pick up the computer table though as it’s hard to take apart. We just planning to buy a new one so I’m now busy looking for office furniture online. Aside from the table, we will also need a comfy chair for me as well as other things. Yep, more expenses in the works but what choice do we have, right? Such is life…expensive!

It was one tiring day...but we are H-O-M-E..!!!! We used a lot of 'timing' but we survived and we are spending our first night in our new home! The house is in chaos but we're here and that's all that matters...for now. The husband and the little one are both in lala land right now...and here I am in the blogesphere updating my blog. Ha! A true blue 'blogger' eh? I am actually sitting on the floor right now as I find my recliner uncomfortable....hehe. I will be signing off here for now. I just wanted to update everyone who so kindly asked how we're doing. I may not be able to take a peek here tomorrow as it's going to be one busy day for me. Thanks for the messages and comments and the visits of course. It's very much appreciated!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We just got back from the new house. We weren't able to move today as the rain is still going strong up until this moment. We waited until lunch time to see if we could do move but the weather is just too nasty to even think about moving. We still went there to do some cleaning as it's a bit dirty with all the deliveries that took place within the last few weeks. At least the house is now clean so I don't have to worry about cleaning it. The husband and I were both on the floor on all four scrubbing and wiping because we forgot to bring mops and brooms...yay! We also set up the little one's room. We got her the beddings so her room is ready to go. This will be her first big girl's bed so she's really excited. The bed she's using here at the old house is still the crib turned into a bed. I may use that as a day bed in the new house as it's kinda' comfy. Our house here right now is still in chaos as everything is taken o...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We're rained in!!! Yes, we woke up with rain, thunder and lightning this morning! What a good timing! We are ready to move and ready to get going, then this! RAIN!! Actually, the weather channel is saying that we are on 'strong thunderstorm warning' today! It's 10:42 and we are still in our pajamas. The husband is watching some History channel program while the little one is watching her Disney channel. Me? Ya know.... Today, we have a 60% chance of rain, and yes it's raining already. Tomorrow? The same! Not sure what time this rain will stop so that goes without saying that we are not sure as well what time we can start moving. Wahhh!!! Anyway, I just thought I'd check in here to put some kind of an update. I'm still 'uneasy' and worried. It's the weekend so we won't hear anything from the bank until Monday so I will be on edge until then...or even longer if we don't hear from them. Geez....it's lik...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That's how I feel at this very moment. I spent most of the day packing, thinking, deciding and worrying. It's like there is no end in sight! Right now the whole house here is a big mess as everything is all over the place. Some are boxed already some, not yet. The same is true in the new house as some boxes were already transfered there within the week. So tomorrow, I will be moving out of a messy house only to move in to another messy house! I emptied our closets already and cleaned the bathrooms as well. The pantry is still packed but the dishes are boxed. Just thinking of what needs to be done tomorrow is making me feel tired already. I'm not sure how many trips we have to make to at least move half of our stuff by tomorrow but it will probably take at least 5. Sigh... And to add to it all, we seemed to have hit some kind of a 'snag' with the bank. I don't feel like talking about it as I just feel a bit depress everytime I t...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That's me right now...tired, very tired. It seems that I'm about to fall asleep while typing this. I still have a lot of things to box but I'm not doing it now. I ran out of boxes anyway so I have to wait until I have the boxes I need before I can continue packing, right? I still have these really big boxes, 2 of them actually, but I don't know what to put in them. I can put heavy stuff in them but they will be very heavy to lift. Since it's only the husband lifting them, I'm afraid that he will strain his back lifting very heavy boxes...so no heavy stuff in them. I didn't move much when I was still living in the Philippines and when I did, help was always there. Same was true when I was in Taiwan, we always had help [friends] to help us move our stuff when we moved apartments. Here? You have to PAY big bucks to have help. We can probably do that, but why pay when you can do it yourself, right? Kuripot, ba? LOL! Tomorrow will be b...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I know it's bound to happen...but it's midweek again? It's like days are flying by so fast I can hardly keep up anymore. So what do you have planned for the day or maybe the rest of the week??? Us here? We are getting into full gear...yep, we are planning in moving in this weekend! Unless mother nature has another plan like raining us down. The husband has been taking boxes with him in the car so he can drop them off in the new house before heading back home at night. At least we can get rid of the smaller stuff and only worry about the big stuff on the weekend moving. I have to get my bee-hind off this chair and start putting the other stuff in the kitchen for the husband to load in the car tonight. See you all later!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With the big move that’s happening soon, I have been packing on and off already. Since it’s getting really close, I have to start doing it regularly now. I have to pack a lot of things still since I am not even halfway done. I still need a lot more moving boxes to pack everything. I also need packing papers and some bubble wraps and tapes. I cannot wait until all of these come to an end. Just thinking about packing the rest of our stuff is making me tired. I don’t even want to think about unpacking them once we’re moved. Arrggghh! Help?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Like I have been blogging for a while now, we are moving very soon. The new house is almost done so I am busy packing. We only have one more problem…selling this house we are living in now. If our original plans 4 years ago pushed through we would not be having this problem now because we already had a prospective buyer then. Since the new house took longer, much longer, than we anticipated we had to back out of the sale because we still needed this house. It’s now 4 years after that initial attempt to sell this house. Unfortunately, selling a house today is much harder because of the present state of the real estate. So we are looking into different ways to make the house more ‘saleable’. One of the first steps we’re thinking of doing is having our house inspected and I read that American Home Shield has the leading inspection company that can do that for us. And since we are aware that the house may not sell as soon as we want it to, we may just get...