I am getting our winter clothes out of the closet a little at a time. I know it is still summer but it won’t be long and the cold months will be here. I might be wearing winter clothes earlier than most people though because the cool nights of October is already cold for me. I have looked and a few of my tops are stretchable so it should cover my belly pretty good no matter how big it will get. There will be a need to buy new maternity jackets but only after I ask around if anybody in the family has any they could let me use. After all, I will only use it this winter. As for shoes and boots, I still have to decide when the time comes. I don’t remember my feet ever getting bigger in size when I was pregnant with the little man but we never know about this year yet. I would love to have a pair of ugg boots if I need to buy a new pair. If not, I will have to keep on using my old reliable which I have had for four winters. I know I will need thermals and socks and I am already looking at stores online to see which one has a good deal. I told the husband I will have to shop for these clothes and he said to tell him when I am ready. Hopefully our wallets will be ready too

This was from a little boy whose stepfather is a friend. We met them the other day and after talking for a while he came up to me and asked this question. I was baffled by his question but then I told him my mother is thousands of miles away and that she will not be with me until the husband and I decide to petition her and dad. He was quite for a while and then hit me with another question, how old was I? I told him my age and his reaction was so funny. He said but you look so young. This coming from a 7 year old. And then it dawned on me that he thought I was a kid and I could not help but laugh. He did too. He probably thought at first that I was the husband’s daughter or something. Lol. I am sure he will ask his mom if the age I told him is really that old. I hope his mom will be able to explain things better for him.

We heard from my parents that my hometown is in the process of having a phone line and internet connection. This is a long time in coming since all the other neighboring towns already got these for years and so a lot of people are happy. I am, too. Because this means that my parents do not have to go to the city to get online just to see us on web cam. They can actually do it in town which is only ten minutes away. And if they are lucky, the connection might get to where they live which will be a double blessing. As early as now I am already thinking about expenses and computers and phone lines. If it gets to their place and it is not too expensive I would want them to subscribe so we can talk any time we want. The husband has been telling me to make a decision, whether to give my parents one of our laptop or buy them an Asus computer instead. I think the latter is better anyway so it will not get lost. You see, my parents have this habit of losing things and as big as a laptop is I know they will lost it somehow should they bring it anywhere with them. Where I came from the adage “finder’s keepers” is rampant. I don’t really want to test that. So, should we have the money, my parents will have their own personal computer as soon as connection is available.

The other day I browsed different recipes from a website that one of the girls recommended. I found several recipes of desserts and breads that I love to eat but never really tried to make while growing up. My family runs to the store any time we needed something. You want chocolate cake? We will go to the pastry shop and get one. You craving for cheese bread or taisan cake? There is a bakeshop in the next city that makes very good bread. And so the list goes on. We are not lazy, we just don’t like to mess with baking. We are (ahem!) good cooks though. We can whip up recipes that other people have not heard of but end up liking. Sometimes, lol. But like I said, we never mess with sweets. I don’t know why. Perhaps because we did not have an oven? Or the fact that ingredients are sometimes expensive and very specific? The accessibility of bakeshops could be blamed but then where I am at I could not get any of the sweets and breads but I am still not motivated to make my own. Until I opened that website and read the ingredients and procedure. I realized it does not seem to be hard so might as well try it. I am starting to gather ingredients and hopefully will be able to start experimenting soon. I will post pictures of the result of my experiments just to let you all know what I did, lol. It should be fun. If the husband will not kill me for wasting money on ingredients and not come up with a good output. I will just have to try to do it right, won’t I?

The husband and I have been talking about sending another balikbayan box to my parents in PI in the next few weeks, if possible. There is already a box almost full of goodies so we need only a few more items and a box from the forwarding company (and the needed money) and the box should be ready. I know I will need to get vitamin supplement for my brother because he has been asking me about it four boxes ago. He also asked for the “best acne treatment” just in case he will need it. I bet he is afraid he will break out again. Also, I will need to check if my parent’s favorite cologne is on sale so I can buy them a few bottles. Then there is the soaps and lotions and maybe some canned goods and a few bath towels. There will also be clothes for the kids and for the adults as well. Maybe some shoes and accessories if Aunt J feels generous enough. Just the thought about arranging and rearranging the contents in the box is making me tired but I know my relatives will be happy with the goodies they will get. Mom will also get a set of an expensive dish and bowls. If Dad is lucky, he might have a nice watch in it too. We will see what we can get and what we can afford.

Today, I have decided to inform my friends that I am pregnant. I have been bursting with the news ever since I learned about it weeks ago but I did not tell anybody but my parents and brother in PI and a few relatives and friends here. I don’t know why I waited but I did but once I let slip that I am pregnant a lot of my friends on Facebook are extending their congratulations to us. I feel better now that I don’t have to be mum about my condition. The husband was baffled why I did not want to tell anybody before but I told him to wait until after the first trimester. Of course I have told you about it but you don’t know me personally so it is different Now my friends will probably understand why I always complain on Facebook about being hungry, lol. Maybe I can even ask the girls if they were besieged with acne when they were pregnant (most of them are mommies like me) and what they did for acne scars removal just in case I will have more acne in the future. I know that my skin has ceased to breakout now but as long as I am pregnant there is always a chance I will have it again. Must be the hormones.

We were up early this morning even if we did not have anywhere to go. I don’t know whether to be happy or annoyed that my boys are early risers. I am not. I would rather stay in bed until I am ready to get up unless I have an appointment then I get out of bed early. These two, no matter what day it is, rise up early. Earlier than me anyway. It annoys me since we do not have anything to do or anywhere to go so why wake up early? The husband said I am just being lazy. I don’t care what he thinks as long as they live me alone in bed but most of the time they do not. They always need something that only me can do. Now I am sleepy after waking up early. Since we do not have anything planned today, the little man and I have been online. I was on entrecard visiting blogs while he was on his father’s computer watching random music videos and tutorials on how to treat acne like he really wants to know. I let him be so he will leave me alone. He just left the computer and is now in his room playing with his toys. I might tell him to bring a book downstairs so we can read for a while. If he is up to it. Although what I really want to do is to curl up back in bed and sleep the day away.