My younger brother called today to inform me where he was at in the globe and what he was doing. He works on a boat and we only get to talk when he is in port and somebody sells him a phone card. He then has to divide the minutes to where he can call me, his wife, and our parents. If I am lucky and he calls me first we get to talk for a long time but if I was the last in his list of people to call then a few minutes is what I am allowed. The bad thing is that I can’t even call him so we have to make do on short calls and text messages provided he still has enough pesos to make a reply. Anyway, he was not able to talk to our parents so we talked for a long time about anything we can think of. We talk about plans to go home (our parents’ place is home still albeit the second one) together since we have not seen each other in 4 years. We also talked about presents he has to bring home, our cousins, our parents’ plans, and somehow ended up talking about life insurance rates of all things. He also tried to engage the little man in a conversation but he only got a hi and that was it. Well, he was lucky he got that because when I talked to my parents the little man turned my phone off much to my dismay. He told me he wanted me to buy him an iphone which I don’t know if it is possible to get one without a contract. The little devil actually finagled a promise from me to buy him shirts and multivitamins which he claimed were very important for his job. So I will try to get him those when I have enough money built up on my credit again. At least I still have a few months to get these all done.

I have a three year old son who knows how to use a computer. Who, instead of freaking out why a page says unable to connect to the internet, clicks on the network and sharing center to connect to the internet. This he figured out on his own without any help from his parents at all. He even can remember passwords for our computers so he can use one that is available without yelling for us for help. And disabled parental control I set-up for him while navigating through the computer that was for his own use. We encourage him to learn by letting him surf online and play games and watch videos (we approve). But we also limit it to where he still has time to play with his toys and interact with us. Despite how good he is with computers though the husband and I agreed that we will encourage him to be more active and pursue outdoor activities so he will not be like his brother who used to spend all his time playing with his ps3 instead of doing something productive. Sure if we can afford it (and he asks it from us) we will probably give him a ps3 but he has to know his limits. Like with the computer, he also has to have a set time for games. And we will make sure he will agree to it.

A number of my in-laws are in different stages of pregnancy. Two of the sister-in-law’s daughters are pregnant while her daughter-in-law is pregnant as well. To add to that, the stepdaughter is pregnant too! We were informed a week ago that she is expecting. We are dreading wondering when the baby shower invitations will come. That is a lot of baby stuff to buy, lol. I might have to let the husband decide what he will do when the invitations start pouring in. I am sure he will say we will send them our own baby shower invitation to make it even No, I am not pregnant. Yet. Although we are planning to get pregnant this year. I finally agreed to have another baby because I am not getting any younger and the little man is getting older. It will be a year abound with babies!

A friend is trying to stop smoking but he said he wants to do it gradually so there will be no chance of him getting back on it. Or so he told me. I am not questioning his decision because I do not smoke and so I do not know that it is hard to quit. Anyway, the friend said he will buy either chewing tobacco or a discount cigar to help him. I don’t know if he will not jump from one vice to the other but it is his choice. Like I said, I don’t have the right to say anything other than cheer him on and hope he will be able to pull it through without problems. When I was younger I have tried to puff cigarette once but I found out I did not like it. My friends did and they still smoke now albeit only when they are stressed they said. I will wait and see how this comes out.

When I checked the husband’s email account yesterday there was an email from our insurance provider. It is a reminder that our car insurance needs to be renewed in the next couple of weeks. This means we will have to shell out money and it will be a bigger amount because we agreed that we will pay for six months this time to save a little money and too so we will not have to worry about monthly payments for a while. I think we have enough money for that so we should be able to pay the whole amount. Other than that important email, the rest in his inbox were just junk so I went ahead and cleaned it up for him because he will let every mail he receives sit in there until he has to look for an important email and then he gets angry when he could not find it. Typical male behavior, lol.

I bought two rose plants, one yellow and the other is pink, the other day while I was at the store. This is my second time to try to grow roses and I hope this time it will be successful. The first time was a disaster, my plant died without me knowing the reason. This time I am determined to make these plants grow. The internet has been a great help so far. I have had a rose garden before but that was in the tropics and I am still grappling with the changes in temperature where I am at especially when it comes to rearing plants and flowers. Perhaps I will master this one of these days. For now I have to experiment which is a bit expensive but then no pain (expenses in this case) no gain right? I am lucky the husband supports me. I think he thinks this is cheaper than shopping

I want to crawl back to bed and sleep the day away. I am so sleepy. I did not sleep good last night, if at all. I stayed up to finish a paperback and went to bed at midnight but did not sleep until dawn. And then the little man woke me up early to fix him milk. I told him to ask his father if he will do it but he did not want daddy, he wanted mommy. Argh! Since then I have been up. I already had breakfast but it did not perk me up one bit. It does not help that I ran out of coffee. This is one of those days that I am hoping my own mom is here so she could pinch in to take care of the little man so I can rest for a few hours. Not that I will sleep anyway. I rarely take naps no matter how sleepy I am. But to be able to rest without somebody trying to cripple crawl all over me, would have been bliss. So here I am awake but not really. Just functioning for the day. Maybe I should divert my attention, look people up online or search about weight loss products or maybe search for celebrity news. Anything to keep my mind occupied. Perhaps I might even watch a movie. Now that is an idea since I do have a movie or two I want to watch. If I am lucky I might even be able to sleep while watching.