love being a mom!

I just adore being a mom, I am pretty sure every one of you feels the same way I do :). Especially when Nathan started school, just seeing the improvements he had with everything was absolutely priceless. I try to document everything as much as I can, coz I didn't had much when I was in school back in the days, only pictures - that's it. Visit my Flickr for I am always there uploading some pictures and will soon be uploading some videos, too. If you want to be my Flickr buddy, just add me up, I'll do the same. :)



A few days ago Nate's school had a fun run at their school field, so while waiting the teacher kindly asked me to volunteer to pull out the finished homeworks and put in the homeworks that are going home that day. I absolutely loved it! being in their class volunteering for a few hours really makes a difference. I can tell the teacher appreciated the little volunteer work we gave. The other mom, who was also a filipina, was there. we were the only moms in our son's class to volunteer (how sad). I distributed their notebooks and folders plus goodie bags, I love how they call me "Nathan's mom" since they hesitate to call me mrs. Cruz hehee. :) anyhoo, the fun run was great the kids ran how may lapses, impressive. me and the other mom just went on one lapse... too tired, so out of shape hehee..

I didn't mean to be nosy with the other kid's communication notebooks and homework folders but It's very sad to learn that a lot of these children's parents don't really participate well in their child's education. A lot of kids don't do their homeworks or their communication notebooks which parents needs to read aren't signed plenty of times... I feel bad for the kids. I informed my husband about this one day while we were driving home and he smiled at me, he told me that eventhough we're both busy working parents we still strive hard for our son to learn good and participate as much as we can in their education. That is indeed one of the factors to have a successful child in school. I am so proud of our son, eventhough at some times he can be a pain in a butt but he shows us that he can do good eventhough he didn't go to preschool. We proved some people wrong about our son not going to preschool, well guess what? He's not behind at all and the teacher kept telling us that inspite of his playful behavior he's doing some great progress! that's music to our ears. and we get to see the evidence binder every quarter along with his report card. :) I love how the teacher also tells us that Nate has great handwriting except for the a's and o's and d's he starts writing from the bottom, a small concern that needs work.



I hope he continues on doing good in school, I'm not expecting much from him but hope he'll be like his cousins who are straight A students. :)

at Pos Micro store

I've always wanted to run my own store someday, but at this time I don't think I can, not without money. I can see myself with a store maybe ten to twenty years from now, that's a long run right there. perhaps you are setting up your own store, you need all the supplies that you can get and you can all find the complete retail system at Posmicro.com where they have everything that a store needs. you might also need a barcode scanner, it's very nice to have those, like at our work place we didn't have those scan guns with out old system before but when they switched to the new system complete with bar code scanner guns, it made our jobs easier because we can scan the items especially the bulk ones without lifting it from the cart. So, that's one of the most important items you need for your store to be running on a convenient state.

performance parts

We bought our mini van last March 2007 and so far it has been through a lot of painstaking issues. We always make sure that it always get it checked whenever a certain mileage is reached. It's hard but we got to make sure we take good care of our vehicles, especially here in the U.S. a car is a necessity. There's this online store who sells performance parts called National Speed performance parts eStore. They have over 100,000 performance parts all available for all cars and trucks. Choose the products by category, choose your brand and select your vehicle to see the matches. You know what's great about their site, too? they can price match! If you've seen any certain product cheaper than on their site, guaranteed they will beat that price for sure.

In love

... with my friends' home, that is! a few days ago my co-worker, ate Josie, invited me over to her home to meet up with her so we can walk together in the neighborhood, because we were talking about diet stuff and exercising and since we live close to each other, why not. so It was around 9:30 in the morning I walked about a mile to her home. They live in a militray housing since the Navy housing are just in front of the Salt lake high rises. Well, as I was nearing her place I knew I spotted her walking outside with her 2 lovely white pomeranians, they were just adorable!

As soon as I was in front of her home I saw she had a flower wreath in front of the screen door. Now, when she invited me in... GOLLY! her house was gorgeous! it left me drooling and filled with awe. It was so breathtaking, it was a typical filipino home filled with expensive furniture like rosewood and displays (majority are flowers everywhere) like collections from Lladro, Capodimonte, and large porcelain vases and dining set from Imari. Since they lived in Japan for 9 years she also had lots of those japanese collectible dolls in her kitchen. It's just everywhere you go, every part of the house had flowers and plants, it kinda reminded me of our home before where it was filled with flowers and ceramic figurines. What I admired, too was the Washi eggs. I thought at first that the eggs were made of porcelain, as soon as I picked it up it was lightweight. she taught me how to do it and when I asked her how many eggs where in the glass bowl she said it was around 3 dozen eggs. I think I will be doing that next on my craft list, buy lots of Japanese washi paper, eggs and a glass bowl. It's a perfect elegant decor for your home. but that will come later, I don't have the time to do that yet, hahahaa!

Anyway, she told me they also started out with nothing and little by little she pucrchased her stuff so when they bought a house she finally decoarted it with the stuff she collected. her bathrooms are also filled with flowers, they are soooo lovely. to sum it all up, her home was cozy. I don't think I can have a home like that. I can make my home simple with a touch of elegance, I have a passion for flowers fake or not. I adore her home and someday I may collect Lladro and Capodimonte decorations. I just looooove the flowers. (sigh)

I'm inspired to fix our home, make it a lil cozy. I am thinking of buying some clay so I can make some flowers to decorate our bathroom wall. :)

I'll be back in a few days to finish some more tasks and maybe blog some more and update my Flickr for more pictures. have a blessed day to all! goodnight.

prevent bathroom injuries

bathroom safety is very important for all people who have severe medical conditions and people like senior citizens who needs the extra care especially when it comes to the bathroom. I remember when my brother was still in the hospital We would worry about him when he takes a shower, but we were relieved when we saw a bathroom chair in the shower as well as those rubber non-slip mats we use for our children in the bathtub. Disposable Medical Express (DME) has lots of supplies for your medical supply needs especially for your bathroom safety. visit their website at disposablemedicalexpress.com. We're glad that they have companies who make stuff like these. At least you know they think about people's conditions and that's very important, to avoid injuries in the bathroom try looking for medical supplies for your loved one now.

franchise gator

I am not business minded, ok maybe a little but it's not me. Eversince I was young I was always thinking of what to do when I grow up. I was thinking of becoming a designer, but that is soooo way out of my league. It's nothing but a dream for me. I love designing clothes and maybe one day It will be my business in the near future. maybe when I reach a certain age, who knows, right? me and hubby we always talk about stuff to do when we retire, and when we retire we want to go back to the Philippines. We are always planning and I guess that's good. It may not happen today but will be in the near future. We sometimes think of setting up a franchise of some sort. How about you? do you ever think of franchising? I think it depends on what you like and your investment level, I think it's great to start out small and work your way up. try this one website called franchisegator.com. read their website for more information for a franchise opportunity that you are looking for.

5 addictions to share

ms. Vanidosa just tagged me with her 5 addictions. come and join us!

1. scrapbooking (digital and traditional)
2. sushi with lots of wasabi and ginger (wag lang eel ha)
3. Internet (I cannot live without it - ang arte ano)
4. bags, shoes and clothes (isang category lang yan , inisang number ko lang. lolz)
5. photography (kahit walang professional cam)

so, what are your addictions? :)

I am tagging: Honey, Chikai, KittyKat, JoyD, Gracious

poor Nathan

Nate was scheduled for an appointment to see his doctor yesterday. His left scrotum was larger than the right, the right was too small and the left was too swollen. A lot of people said it is normal, but to us we had a hunch it wasn't normal at all. We asked Nate if it was painful when he pees, but he always said No. We're so glad we took him to the doctor right away, The doctor informed us that Nathan has Hernia, all they would have to do is schedule a surgery, but that would be within 2 weeks time. Our hearts dropped when the doctor said something about when a vein twists and it will be very red and painful, and when that happens his testicles will be damaged and he won't be able to have children :(. but he always said that it is very unlikely though.

But a lot of friends and relatives assured us it won't be any problem, it happened to our nephew and his father. the surgery will be about 30 minutes, we will be at the hospital half the day. (sigh) poor Nathan... Anyhoo, finally got our taxes done this morning. I say, we're happy on the outcome, at least we're still in that bracket. but every year our refund just gets smaller and smaller. Well, I guess that's how it is. At least we get something not like in the Philippines (according to a lot of people) who do not get nothing at all.

I'd like to say thank you to all of my twittermates and friends like Cherry rose, ate Jenny, Bambie, Valerie, Lhyz, ate Gandacious, Thinz, sis suzanne, Issa and many many more. love you, guys!

When my MIL leaves on the 15th, I have to do a lot of cleaning around the house, I want to give my site a facelift, probably make a new layout and fix some things here and there. anyways, I'm off now. A little later we will be off to take Nate to his dental appointment and we will be attending a dinner and their curriculum showcase at their school.

ferrari parts

When me and hubby see a Ferrari on tv, All we do is drool. I am pretty sure you do the same thing, we all do. We really don't get to see a lot of Ferrari's around here. I think mostly are in the mainland and on tv, of course. How about you? do you own one? if you do and you need some parts for it, they have Ferrari parts at this certain website called Ricambiamerica.com that specializes in parts for hot Italian exotic sportscars like Ferrari. You can search for their website for certain parts that you need, you can be rest assured that their parts are all original. So, if you are in need of any kind of parts for your hot Ferrari, head on to Ricambi America now and enter their parts catalog.