Holy cow!

Really? My last blog was in January!? Wow! A million things have taken shape since then. I am on my short break at work and I have exactly 6 minutes to blog about the million things.

We got the house, most transactions took place in February and we moved in mid-March without a kitchen. I thought it would be easy and sure beat having to live with in-laws for longer than I could endure, but it sucked using plastic plates and utensils and washing Tyler's silly cups in the bathroom sink. The cabinets arrived much later than promised and it took Tony and his brother Jeff about 3 days for the kitchen to be somewhat functional. It's not quite done yet as we stopped working on it for a while (we are saving more money!). But it is still missing a range hood (please do not suggest a microwave hood) and the crown molding isn't done yet. Buy it is a very lovely kitchen and it's my favorite part of the house :)

Time is up! Wow, one thing down, 999,999 more things to go. LOL!

Secretive kuno

I made my profile here unavailable just in case someone out there who knows me would stumble on this blog, which I doubt because nobody reads this damn thing. It is still very nice to have an outlet to share my inner thoughts someone would otherwise not hear or be bored listening to. Hehe.

I did not mention anything because I have been jinxing it, but we bought a house in December and we close escrow mid-Feb, provided that nothing goes wrong. I might have jinxed this one too but I don't really care. I am not completely head-over-heels in love with the house - it is old and I feel like it is going to fall apart. It is, however, more than big enough for the 3 of us for the time being, sitting on more than 12,000 sqft lot. The house itself is a little less than 1800 sqft boasting a huge swimming pool in the backyard which doesn't even take away from the backyard at all. Tony convinced me that once the previous owner and her junk is out of the house, a new coat of paint and hardwood floors, the house will take my breath away. I understand the potential but it is just difficult to see it when all I see are cracks, molds, and a bunch of old. So even at this point, despite all the work and effort we've put into it and signing a whole bunch of papers, I wouldn't mind losing it and looking for something else. Did I mention it had a septic tank? Thank goodness, "had".

I am also looking for a better-paying job, actually, just a better job. I hate, hate, hate my job. I hate the people. There is so much politics going around. People keeping information to themselves. I don't get it. It is a JOB and people make it their life. Hence, so many bitches and complaining bitches at work. I am the type of an employee that works her ass off but once I am out that door, everything related to it stays behind the door because when I go home, I am all about my family and I do not give a single damn about what happens at work. Those people are not my family, we are all just there to work, you know? Everyone is just trying to make a living, so I just don't understand how people would like to make other people's working environment hell. I don't get it. I just want to get my job done and get it done right but people at work make that impossible and I'd rather get fired.

Year 2011 and Some

Let's see if I remember how to use pixelpipe, the supposedly easy and convenient way to post a blog from an app. It is easy enough but just needs some sort of a motivating feature to have me get off my fat ass and update this blog.

Speaking of my fat ass, I gained weight! I might be back to my pre-baby weight. Before my trip to the Philippines, I weighed a lot less than what I used to be before I got pregnant! Blame it on an overactive toddler and loss of appetite, the weighing scale just kept reading less and less. One of the main reasons I love going back home, other than seeing my family, is the food. Green mangoes dipped in warm garlicky salted-shrimp paste has been my all time favorite! And for 5 pesos a stick, my salivating mouth was very happy! My father made me burung-nasi (fish-preserved rice), sisig (chopped pork and liver), and barbecued mudfish!!! Things I never get to eat in the land of milk and honey. As nasty as they may sound translated in English, they are all appetite-inducing goodness!!!

Highlight of my trip was my tour at ABS-CBN, one of Philippines' major TV networks. Robin, who I later found to be holding roles on Philippine TV, gave us the tour, so it's really like I hung out with a celebrity all day! He was in Wansapanataym last week and looking as cute on tv as he does in person. (Note to self: remember, I'm married!) Anyway, we got to see all the sets of most ABS shows, if not all. We watched a live episode of Pilipinas Win na Win and yours truly had some camera time! It paid off retouching my make up at least 10 times before the show aired. LOL!

I got to see a lot of my relatives, unfortunately, I didn't get to see all the people I wanted to see. Again I want to apologize to my friend, and hopefully still my friend, Richard. We never got to meet despite all the money and energy he and his wife had spent in preparing for it. I just can't apologize enough and I don't know if I can ever make it up. Out of the goodness of their hearts, they told me they understood why but I feel that a great deal of damage was done that permanently dented our friendship. The sad thing is, I don't know how to make it better. I can keep apologizing but it doesn't discount the fact that I totally goofed and probably lost two great friends! :'(

Tyler is 20 months old. He is talking so much more and so much more is an understatement. He loves to say "No!" (surprise! surprise!) "Oh boy!" and "I don't want it!" We constantly have to watch our mouths as he repeats everything hears. No surprise there either. He was certainly happy to see me and is very happy to have me back after 2 weeks of wondering where I was and why I left. I feel like I missed out on so much being away from him on Christmas and New Year. Fortunately, Tony made sure he had it all on film so that I could watch as if I was there the whole time. Remind me to get him something nice for his birthday.

As far as work. Ugh! I don't even want to go there as I have nothing nice to say. They rolled out the much-anticipated new ERP system while I was gone. Nothing works and add to it the people who bitch about it every single day. I really am tired! I need a vacation!!! Oh wait....