Tuesday, September 25, 2007

visiting papa...

It`s a week since papa`s birthday..... finally we got to visit him yesterday! Sorry guys, we made several attempts to go but rains gets always in our way. It`s like typhoon everytime. Strong winds were unpredictable but always so strong when they come. As usual sumasabay na naman ang kotse namin sa mga pahanon ng taghirap. Kung kelan tag-ulan ay nasira ang bintana sa left side, nahulog ang salamin at hindi na maisara... Siyempre, pag may ulan basa kami sa loob. Isa pa, hindi siya pede iwanan na naka-parking at baka pagdating namin eh limas na ang lahat..... ha, ha, ha, para namang may ginto sa loob... malay mo, pilipinas ito noH? Pangatlo, tuwing every 20 minutes ng pagtakbo, kailangang huminto para maglagay ng tubig sa radiator dahil nag-ooverheat. Kahit nasa kalagitnaan ng highway, walang excuse....... parusa talaga!!

Pagdating namin kay papa, malinis naman ang puntod niya at sa tingin ko, well maintained ng caretaker. Sa kanya nga lang ang pinakamalinis sa lahat... May dala kaming gunting at itak so nilinis pa rin namin yong pali-paligid niya - mga finishing touches. Wala pa ngang isang oras, umulan na naman so kailangan na kaming umalis. hayy, nakaka-miss talaga si papa!

Feeling ko tuwa na si papa na may apat na dumalaw sa kanya sa araw na iyon para batiin siya ng belated happy birthday...... kasama namin ni hubby si jeff at verniel. Mga representatives ng pattsclan! Ibinati na namin kayong lahat hehehehe!

Hanggang ngayon out of the country pa din si dave. Next week pa ang dating niya. Charis is also out of town - i think in Laguna for a three day seminar para sa company nila. Si verniel, dondon and jeff, minsan si hubby ay umaalis everyday, so most of the time, i have the house for myself. Sa dami ng ginagawa, hindi ko na minsan napapansin yan!

so yan lang masasabi ko sa ngayon. Ang iba ay hindi na importante.

I just wanna know how`s everyone doing?

love,
ate gie

Thursday, September 20, 2007

my dream vacation, when its gonna be???



raining...... almost everyday this week. Wala naman daw bagyo. hanging habagat lang.

can`t help being gloomy again. Ulan na nga ng ulan, wala pa si dave. Si charis sa gabi lang kami nagkikita at si verniel busy sa school. As i write this, husband is not feeling very well. I guess he has the flu. Being the housewife......err.... housekeeper, (whatever) patuloy ang mga gawain. palengke, pagluluto, laba, plantsa, linis ng bahay although pawalis- walis lang muna ang kaya ko ngayon. Kapag nagplano kasi akong mag-general cleaning, pagod na pagod na ako sa ibang gawain. Sa kaakyat-panaog pa lang sa malaking bahay na toh, surrender na ang beauty ko. *shrug*.

the bottomline, i need to say........... I really badly needed a vacation!!! i mean husband and me. Where? i don`t know. It`s just that i wanna be idle somewhere, sa isang magandang "rest house" na nakaharap sa dagat - at nag-uumapaw ang masarap na simoy ng hangin!

I want to be away from it all!! I wish i could be free even a few weeks from all the bills knocking on our gate. Handling and listening to some others problem plus our own, lols. I don`t mean I, we are resigning, i know this is part of life, i love what i am doing....... but can`t you see, all i need is a short "break" to be able to come back refresh, strong and full of zeal once more. To smile freely and wholeheartedly too. I don`t want my children to see me as the "grumpy" little lady for a mother. I hate to see the hurt in their eyes everytime i deal with them unkindly and mean.

no, I don`t like that happening all the time. I love them so much.. I just need a little space. I don`t know if going on a vacation is the answer. Dave is suggesting it for a long time. Matigas lang ang ulo namin ni husband. Feeling namin madaming bagay ang kami lang ang puwedeng gumawa, at kung aalis kami eh mahirap na. But I could see my children are very much responsible now. I just realized they`re not babies anymore, they are already grown ups ..... and oftentimes have got more sense and guts than we have. Mas mature at malawak pa nga ang pananaw kaysa amin..... sometimes... ( we`re still the parents, remember?) hmmm....They often threw this joke to us, " ang hirap magpalaki ng magulang, ahehehe!!" and sometimes they are right...

oh well...... na naman!! epekto ulit ito ng rainy days. Dito ako nag-eemote. LOL

Mapabuntung hininga na naman si dave kapag nabasa ito.

About the vacation thing....... i guess I have to think of that more seriously and do the preparations if ever. What do you think?

i guess you have to bear with me again this time...




Sunday, September 09, 2007

magaling na si verniel at Dondon :-)

My alarm clock sounded, it`s 5 oclock Sunday morning. Oh my, how days pass by so swiftly!

My house buddies are all still in dreamland. So i get this chance on this computer and also check if verniel`s fever is completely gone and glad that it is. We were concerned that he has it since monday and if it`s only an ordinary one, three days would be long enough. Dad and I brought him to the hospital the other night to have him checked. It completely drive me nuts thinking that it would be dengue. We had "complete blood count" test for him but his platelets are in its normal level. The doctor said something about viral thing?..... i don`t care....... as long as its not dengue. Hayy, i felt relief. it`s not dengue!

Dondon, on the hand was diagnosed with dengue. But is on early stage. Salamat naagapan at na-monitor kaagad. we accompanied him to the hospital last thursday to undergo blood test. Medyo mababa nga ang platelets count niya, umuwi pa kami sa bahay para i-observed siya overnight. Bumalik kami kinabukasan at mas bumaba pa ang blood count niya, kaya hayun, ang sabi ko kelangang ma-confine na siya. Makati Medical Center is the most modern hospital and most expensive one we have, i think in the Phil. Patients get the best care and attention they could get. Mabuti na lang ang pesent job ni Dondon ay may health care benefits para sa kanila at kasama ang Makati Med. among their list. Natuwa nga kami kasi parang celebrity si dondon sa room niya. Hindi parang hospital, kundi hotel room. With the best of care that he`s getting, i think he`s completely healed and all right, but will remain there until next week to wait until all his requirement papers para makalabas ay makompleto. His company is paying everything!

I thank God for all His goodness. For all His benefits. I just feel worshipping him today. Thank you Jesus...

To wake up each morning feeling at peace, happy, healthy and strong is a blessing thats more precious than gold and wealth. My God is capable of giving me these blessings!

:) :) :) just an update guys....


Wednesday, September 05, 2007

trying weeks

yes, the past weeks has been trying ones and i think this week`s no different. Daily life gets rougher and tougher than I could imagine. It`s friction sometimes sets my teeth on edge, huh? Financial problem ( as always) bombarded us cruelly giving way to pressures mounting up. But hey, I`ve made up my mind not to let them overpower me and drive my wits out of me. Reviewing our life, it had been always full of situations like this and now maybe i`m just getting tired of facing the same problem over and over again......... and we`re not getting any younger. I realized that at our age we are now supposed to be stable in life. I hate to admit these thoughts makes me so grumpy everytime......! Is it because we`re in our so-called "midlife crises"?

yes, perhaps its the reason. And I am so ungrateful. God had and has been delivering us from all our hardships. Sorry Lord, for the weariness of old age. Feeling so ineffective and so inadequate, lols. I still believe that through all this situations you are the one reigning and in control. Yes, i believe that hardships are there not to give us frustrations but to refine us, not to squash us but to ripen us and help us to grow.

oh well.......you know what type of a woman I am.

It was jeff`s birthday yesterday. I wished i had at least bought him a birthday cake or ice cream to celebrate the day. But the day ended " no cake or anything". I can`t guess what Jeff was thinking or feeling, but the sun set without the cake. I consoled myself, maybe next birthday of his I can or will do better... eh sa talagang walang-wala. I can`t believe this kind of day possibly existed.....NA WALANG WALA!!!

Verniel and Dondon are both sick. Dondon, i think because of over-fatique. Working on graveyard shift and going to school during mornings is no joke. A therapist friend took care of him, giving him massage and steam made him feel better. Verniel, on the other hand has the flu and still in bed as i write this. I`m glad dondon is on his feet this morning and he has to rush to school to attend for his exams. He`s been absent for 2 days. Hindi kasi umiinom ng gatas ang mga ito!! Yet i managed to force him (dondon) to drink a glass of milk on breakfast before leaving. And he obeyed...

Generally, everything here in our household is normal. Financial problem are always there so its counted as normal, hehehe!! Husband will surely apprehend me if he reads this one. He won`t approved of me disclosing problems of any sort to anyone. He thinks everything can be taken cared of. I wish i have his calm in times like these, urgg.... I`m thankful he does not take notice of my blogs. Not his type, so he won`t know, lols.

anyway, this is my way to unburden and it sure makes me felt good. I know this is not a very encouraging entry to read, but i`m home and I feel as free to fly and act like a bird.

Lastly, I thank the Lord for His wonderful love that keep us on course, help us see things through the eyes of God. It gives us the needed shot to get us through difficult times.

`til next time guys...

ate gie