Pinay WAHM

Should have said...'busy' week. My postings here are becoming less and less frequent because of my rather busy work schedule. Aside from that, I'm also busy doing other things, of course. I've been trying to squeeze in a few minutes of weeding every morning. It's a good addition to my routine of 'sweating it out' since I'm able to accomplish something that I see right away. Our weekends have also been packed lately. It seems we always find ourselves running some errands almost every weekend now. I must say it's been quite different because we used to just lay back and relax on the weekends. Do I like it? Well, do I have a choice? Tee hee...actually, it's a good change since we get to spend time together outside the house. The little one is loving every minute of it of course. Every weekend when we have to run errands, she'd count how many places we've been for fun. I guess she finds it rather odd that we've been going to several place...

Not mine but for my over-achiever [I think] nephew. I just saw a picture of his graduation in FB. This time he graduated with a masters degree in Special Education. Last year he graduated with a medical degree. Earlier this year he got his medical license when he passed the board. I knew he was simultaneously going to medical school and earning another degree in Special Education. I just didn't know that he'd finish the 2 this closely. I actually thought he would not pursue a medical degree anymore because after finishing his bs degree , he went to work as a guidance counselor which gave him the chance to work with kids with special needs. At that time he told me how much he likes helping/teaching/interacting with these kids and that he was thinking of going back to school for a special ed degree. Well, he did the unthinkable and enrolled in med school...then enrolled to take some units for an MA in special ed. I guess he just couldn't disappoint his father who was the one ...

I always like to give 'personalized' gifts as much as possible. I just feel that it's more umm...personalized? LOL. But seriously, I try to avoid grabbing something for a gift just for the sake of fulfilling something. I'd rather spend time either looking for it or making it myself. That's what we [the little one & I] did for this past Father's Day. We spent weeks cooking up this little present for Daddy. Well, I didn't have much choice because it's kinda' hard to look for gifts for a man, personalized or otherwise unlike for Mom on Mother's Day when personal gifts for mom are abundant...and affordable. For Dads, the choices are limited so I usually spend days, weeks and sometimes months just looking for something that will either be to his liking or something he will actually use. Anyhooo....so what did we 'cook' up for him this Father's Day? It's a little video of him and his little princess in it with the little one singin...

That's what I did this morning. It seems my weekends are packed so I decided to devote some time this morning...and probably the coming ones as well...tending to my much neglected flower beds. Besides, on the weekend even if I'm not busy with other things, it's way too hot already when I get the chance to actually work outside. Anyway, hubby has been getting weekends off now so he's back in trying to do some improvements which our yard needs so badly. When we started a few weeks ago, we bought a lot of plants, some mulch , pebbles and a few decorative stones. Then hubby got busy at work so everything was put on hold. Last weekend, he was able to put down some pebbles again but we still need to do something about the flower beds up front. He is also very frustrated about the weeds overtaking the yard so he just wants to strip it of the grass it still has and just hire someone to do some landscaping and use landscape mulch to cover the ground instead of laying sod again....

... caught in the ACT!!!!!!!!!!!! See the little 'culprit' harvesting before me! Ah! Caught it with my camera. Now I only have to find out where to send this picture so this little cute adorable cardinal can have its day in court....tee hee... Seriously though, I think I scared the 'you know what' out of it because as soon as I took that picture, the poor thing didn't know where to go since it's caught in the netting. It was able to fly out quickly though because the netting is not fully closed. Hopefully, it learned its lesson. NOT..because it's back the next day. Hmmm.... Oh...and here's a picture of a few days worth of 'harvest'. Not bad for only 3 blackberry bushes we have. Next year we will probably have more since we have about 5 more bushes that sprouted from the 3 main bushes.

..."something else". Hint...it has something to do with the coming Father's Day this weekend. It seems I'm always trying to beat the time on everything...even this 'something else' I've been busy with the past few weeks. I am so busy I haven't had the time to even look for a gift for the man of the house yet. Actually, he doesn't really want any gift but I'm usually stubborn that way. But this year as much as I want to get him something, I just didn't have the time to look around...even online. I'd probably end up getting him something like power tool batteries after the big day already and come up with some smart excuse like...I was busy. Tee hee... The little one is very excited for the weekend because of this Father's Day. She's always excited about any celebration but she's extra excited when it comes to doing something for Dad. I guess she's the typical Daddy's little girl who wants to impress Big Daddy. I knew...

...for a friend's upcoming wedding next month. She sent me one of those online invitations and I was hesitant to click it because I thought it was a spam email. I sent her a message in FB and was told it's actually for real!!! The real invitation card is coming in the mail in a few weeks according to her. Woot!!! That's great news because it's about time...LOL! That's what I tell my friends because they're almost at that age where it's now or never...ha! Anyway, I won't be able to attend because her wedding will be in Hawaii...but maybe I can come to her bridal shower and maybe give her a french maid lingerie she can wear on her honeymoon, eh? She's only in another state but it's the next one to us so it's very feasible that I can do go to her shower. There is no date for the shower yet though so I'm not sure when it's going to happen. Maybe I can plan that for her. Hmmm....now that's an idea.