They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend. I will not disagree with that, lol. I love to look (because I cannot afford) at diamond jewelries. They look so elegant and expensive. My engagement ring has a stone in it, also a pair of earrings that the husband bought for me. I treasure these because not only did they come from an important person they also are real treasures. He bought the jewelries he gave me ready made from the store though. He wanted to choose from several loose diamonds to put on my ring but I told him not to. I am happy with the stone I got. I did not want him to go broke before even marrying me, lol. Anyway, he promised if and when he can afford it, he will have the diamond on my ring replaced every anniversary and every time it will be a bigger stone. I told him to hurry up and get rich

The little man is into learning (and singing) nursery rhymes. He favors Itsy Bitsy Spider right now but he also sings Baa Baa Black Sheep, and loves to listen to Jack and Jill. He gets a kick when I sing the songs for some reason. I guess he could tell I am always off key, lol. The good thing about kids is that they always appreciate every effort you put up for them no matter what. Or he does for now He sings with me and sometimes I hear him singing while playing with his trucks. I am now looking for a dvd or a cd with all the songs (and more) he likes so we can sing along and bring the house down.

It is almost Christmas and I am not sure where we will spend it this year. We usually spend it on a trip like two years ago when we spent it in Myrtle Beach and last year in Orlando. I do not think we have the money to go anywhere this year though. We might just have to spend it at home, wherever it will be. It might be here at the duplex or maybe at the sister-in-law’s house or perhaps at a motel somewhere, lol. I don’t know. I also do not know if I should get our old artificial christmas tree out. It is too big and bulky that I told the husband I want him to throw it away and buy something smaller, something I can manage pretty well. He seems to be attached to it though so it is in the closet right now all boxed up. I hope that wherever we will spend Christmas this year it will be merry and everybody will be happy with or without presents. I will be very happy if  we could spend it in Leyte with my parents where food is abundant and fireworks make the kids crazy and the dogs hide, lol. Maybe Santa will read this post and grant me my wish, after all I have been a good girl this year

Our car insurance is up. The husband has been wondering about it until I remembered that the Jeep got in a wreck when the daughter-in-law was driving it. In fact I don’t think her case is  closed yet. And since we have the Jeep back then we are paying for it. Of course we are not sure what really is going on. What we have are just suppositions. And since we just switched insurance we might have to stick with it for the next six months. But that will not stop me from getting online insurance quote from different companies. I hope this is just for now though and maybe after the six months is up we will be back to paying less for our car insurance. Do you think we will get lucky? I hate paying a lot of money for car insurance when we hear a lot of people say their premiums are lower than ours and that we should not be paying ridiculous amounts for insurance.

Ever since the little man turned three he has changed. There are things he has not done and things he usually did not do that he does now without anymore arguments. He does not go to his father to demand kisses anymore. Not even to me when I ask him for kisses. The good thing is when I tell him we need to take a bath or change his clothes he never argues anymore. It used to be a fight when we did these things. Now instead of running away from me he waits patiently in a corner or he comes to me. Isn’t that amazing? And a sign that before long he will not want me to help him. I can tell he is torn right now though. He wants to be a big kid yet he still wants to be mom and dad’s baby. There are days it feels like we don’t have a kid in the house because he pretty much ignores us when he is playing with his toys but there are times I think I may need anti-wrinkle cream when he starts whining and clinging to my legs and not letting go for any reason. We will let him straighten things out by himself though. I always tell him that we are here when he needs us. It is pretty early to say that to a three year old but ever since he was born he has this independent streak and we want to cultivate it for his own good. What we have learned since he was born is that he comes to us when he is ready and not because we tell him to. And when he does we love it because he showers us with all the affection a child his age has which is actually a lot

We went to a friend’s house for the first time the other day for a visit and I was impressed with their collection of exercise equipment. The couple have an exercise bike, a treadmill, ellipticals, and an ab machine. It was like getting inside a gym. They have the exercise equipments I want to have. I want to have a treadmill and an exercise bike if we can only afford it. My thought was if only we were neighbors I probably could talk to the woman about sharing her machine with me, lol. She is lucky we are not neighbors My friend said the equipments were purchased by her husband who wanted to lose weight but after a few attempts he quits and gets his mind set on doing something else. She even said they already sold some. I hope we can afford even one some day. I will be very happy if I can do little exercise without leaving the house.

We went to visit the relatives for a few days and when we went up to his childhood place the husband thought about us moving back to live there. You see, this is our predicament. We cannot decide where to go. We thought about places to go and when we like something in a particular place we think that will be the best place to live and then something come up and we think otherwise. So we are stuck where we are at for the time being. Anyway, the husband and his siblings are already talking about us moving back and getting things in order and all that. I personally do not know if this will happen. I go with the flow and wherever my husband takes me I go provided there is fast internet connection One of the siblings already promised her and her husband are going to come down help us get our belongings and bring it up so we do not have to look for cross country moving companies and incurring more expenses. I am fine with it as long as every little thing I want to bring we will bring. So we talked and we planned and we agreed on some things, argued with a few, and I thought that was that. Well, just this morning the husband told me we could just buy us a house down South. What do I say to that? To be honest, very little, lol. Like I said I will wait until the day all our things are loaded in a truck and we are headed to our destination before I can really say this is it, this is the place we are going. Until then I will just play it by ear.