Should you get it too?

I was reading the newspaper at work earlier and read about the government working on lowering the health insurance pay. That sounds great but the chances are thin due to the economic recession. But despite of the high insurance rates, I still consider it smart to get an insurance especially with our economy today. You can never predict what will happen and insurance are just a good way to prepare for bad circumstances, money wise. And of course, if we know we are financially covered, it's less stress.

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Grandparent's Day!

Yesterday, September 13 2009, was so-called Grandparent's Day. Honestly it was the first time I heard of it in my 25 years living in this earth, but, oh well.

Just like every Sunday, we visit my parents-in-law and once in a while their other Grandkids, Kevin and Keegan, stay in their house for a night of two if my in-law's will babysit them. So yesterday, it was a perfect Grandparents day for them coz all of their grandkids were there. And the kids had a playdate which doesn't happen that often.

Anyway, I'd like to share some pictures that I took yesterday. Hope y'all like it!


Keegan, Kevin, and my son, Abi, hugging each other


The kids reading stories with Grandpa and Grandma


..and my son, having fun with the mud puddle.

Summer plans

Since I already mention about summer, let me tell y'all some of the things that we're planning to do for the whole summertime. But they're just plans, not sure if they'll gonna happen yet but we're hoping it will.

First, us [hubby and me] together with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law will go to Schlitterbahn waterpark by end of August, as part of their/our yearly summer activity. We had it originally plan for early summer but some things happened that changed it so it was moved. We did it last year by September and we had a blast. This time, we'll gonna go to the different part of the park since it is a pretty big one.

Late spring of this year, we already did our camping we're planning to do rv camping one of these days coz our son really enjoy it. Of course, for all we know, he only wanted smores [lol].

Those are just of the positive plans we have right now but we wanted to do more. It'll only depend on all of our work schedules. But just like each summer, we always wanted it to be worthwhile.

Rearranging everything

My sister-in-law who is living with us is about to move out. So, me and hubby was planning on how are we going to rearrange the house now that Abi will gonna have his own room. I'll probably change almost everything inside the house, now that I have the freedom to do so and without worrying where to put everything coz all the things will be here and just all ours.

So I was looking around the house to start the plan and was shocked to see in one of our kitchen cabinets that is full of expired weight losss supplements [expiration date: 2007]. All of those were my sister-in-law's coz she went into a diet program before and for some reason stopped it. So all of her diet products had gone to waste. I talked to hubby about it and he said that he already talked to her about it and she said that she's still gonna use them coz they're still good but not as effective. But we doubt it very seriously. Anyway, those are one of the things that she's gonna take with her [hopefully] and we'd be able to make use of the space with all of other stuff from our wedding as a gift that we hadn't took from the box yet.

For now, I pretty much know where to put almost everything. I will probably do all the planning but of course, it'd still be both of our [me and hubby] decision about where everything should go. I'm so excited!

Our Will-Be New Home

We are searching for a new, bigger home right now. Our home right now is just enough but really don't like our neighborhood. We wanted a nicer community and all. So we looked to see if we can find somewhere we really like.

We love our manufactured home, so we are looking for another same type of house, only bigger. We have a singlewide and we wanted a doublewide. So I looked online and found very nice houses at azchampion.com. Actually, I think I already found the one that I wanted, and for sure, hubby would approve too. Below is the floor plan.

I really like it coz it has a foyer, big living room, fireplace, hidden kitchen/dining, 3 bedrooms, and lots of features included.

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Expect the unexpected

It is really sad to hear about someone being in a really bad accident that takes their ability to move normally, thus, being disabled. It is more sad when that person is the breadwinner in the family. I can't imagine how that family would ever live but somehow in someway they should survive and live through their lives.

That is why it is very important that every people has health and all other related insurance so that when unexpected things happen such as accident, the financial matter would be covered (at least, part of it, sometimes). Also, social security disability insurance would be a great help.

So it is good to get your insurance from a trusted company and it is very helpful to get a trusted agency to help you process in getting your Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, just like Allsup. I actually just stumbled upon their website and impressed to see that they have 98% success rate for processing SSDI with them. When you choose a company or agency, make sure that most of their are satisfied with their service and that's how you know that they are good and to be trusted.

Barney's I Love You

I just realized that my son has favorite song now. And it goes like this,
I love you You love me
We're a happy family
With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you.
Won't you say you love me too

Does it sound familiar? Yes, of course coz it's the I Love You song by the infamous purple dinosaur, Barney. Who kids doesn't like that song, right? My son is not a Barney fan but he adores him and he loves this song so much. He likes me singing it to him while we're rolling on the bed. I so love the way he exclaims "Let's do that again!" each time I finish the song. I always love times like that!

SoOoOo Sweet!

I am so proud of my son! Not being bias here, but he is the sweetest kid I've ever known in my entire life. Though sometimes a nuisance but he is still adorable, really adorable that I can't help myself admire him so much. I can't believe having a perfect angel in my life. Of course, I always know that he is a sweet boy but something triggered me to post it in here.

I slept in the wrong side of the bed the other night and woke up yesterday morning in a different world. My husband said something that made me break down. So my son came running to me, saying, "What's wrong Mommy?". He was staring at me while my tears are falling and innocently said, "Are you crying Mommy?". I tried to hide my tears coz I never wanted him to see me weak but it's hard coz he was trying hard to look at my face while asking me if everything's okay. Though it was already obvious that I was crying, I still answered him, "No, nothing's wrong. Mommy's not crying.". Then he said, "Are you whining?". That made me chuckle coz I wasn't whining but I was sobbing.

Yesterday was my husband's off and he needs to get out to do something important. Usually I'd go with him but I told him that time that I'd rather stay. So he decided to take Abi with him. It was yesterday, when one of the few times that he got separated from me physically. Before he left me, my son went to me and ask me if I wanna go. When I said no, he was begging me to go with them but I already made up my mind to stay while I put myself back for that day. It was just really a one hell of a morning.

About couple of hours after they left, Andy, my husband called me coz somebody wanted to talk to me. It was Abi. Andy told me that he was asking where I am and said that he missed me. Abi didn't talk that much though. After being gone for almost 4 hours, they finally went home to pick me up coz we need to do our grocery shopping. They just waited for me at the car while I was getting ready. Then the first thing Abi said once he saw me was, "Did you miss US Mommy? Did you miss Daddy and Abi while we're going out? Because you're crying and whining". I said, "Yes, of course, I missed you both and I am not crying anymore". And that same question of his was asked to me about 20 times that day. He just wanted to make sure that I really did miss them.

That was yesterday. Now let me tell you what happened today, I mean tonight.

I like this show, "She's Got The Look", that is aired every Thursday, at 9:00PM. Yesterday, I missed the show coz we went swimming at night and I was confident that it will be replayed at 11:00PM just like last week. But when 11:00 came, no She's Got The Look. Of course, I was so disappointed. But thankfully, it had another replay earlier so I was glad I was able to watch it. But when I switch the channel from Noggin (my son's favorite channel) with my son's favorite "Jack's Big Music Show" show on, he got so upset. So I explained to him that I only have one show every week. I often watch TV. I only watch my favorite shows and that's it. He stopped crying and totally understand what I told him. Then after my show, I switched it back to his show, then he came to me with a worried look while saying, "I'm sorry Mommy". I asked, "What are you sorry for?". He said, "Your show". Then I said with a smile in my heart, "No, you don't need to be sorry coz you were so good for letting me watch my show". Then he smiled.

Awwww! My 2-year-old is acting older than 2 now. He is starting to show care, love, and sympathy for other people which is a very good thing. I can't wait to see him grow as a good person, like his Dad, but at the same time, I don't want him to grow yet, I wanted him to be always my baby coz I know that time will come, he wouldn't let me call him a baby anymore. Ugh! The painful thought of him leaving us and starting to stand on his own feet. I know, all I need to do is enjoy the moment while I can still take care of him and play with him and teach him the goodness of life while he grows. Oh! My son is the greatest blessing I ever had in my entire life.

Working at home Mom

When I first got here in the US, I wasn't allowed to work yet because of our immigration status. I was a K1 (non-immigrant) visa holder and needs to adjust status to get a greencard before I can get a job so I tried the work at home jobs. I tried doing some surveys, reading paid emails, paid blogging, etc. I'm not earning that much but at least I'm earning something which is better than nothing. Then all my earnings were just used for my personal needs.

I just got eligible to work in the US and currently looking for a job. For the mean time, I wanted to try another job at home. I'm thinking about the wholesale liquidators jobs where I can buy wholesale stuff and sell them individually online or offline. At www.liquidation.com, they sell a lot of stuff such as computer accessories, apparels, etc. that you can buy wholesale.

I know few people who is already that kind of business/job and they're successful. The good thing about it is you can just stay at home and earn big cash. It is very ideal for Moms like me cos we can be with our kid(s) while earning some money.

Excercise buddy

I know I have been talking alot about how desperate I am on losing weight and all. So finally now, I'm doing something about it. Of course, I started with my diet. I'm avoiding too much card such as white bread, rice, and the like. And also, I'm saying NO to soda all the time now which made me so proud of myself.

Another thing, I am starting to do some basic exercise at the house with my exercise buddy, my one and only son. We just started the exercise yesterday, trying to do it everyday. It's so funny to see my son's enthusiasm about it, though I know that what he thought about what I'm doing is just another way of playing. Of course, I just let him think that way so he'll have fun doing it and also get used to it cos exercise is really food for our body. Anyway, doing my exercise, I only do basics ones such as sit-ups, push-ups, squat, jog on place, etc. Then my son would try to imitate every single thing that I'm doing and need to tell him that he's doing really good about it, which he really is.

I just hope that my husband would realize that I needed treadmill though (hint, hint, hint :-D). Anyway, my birthday is coming and I'm starting to make a list of what I want, might as well put that on the list.

Hopefully, I would be able to do this as a habit now cos I need it really bad. And I'm pretty sure, with the help of son by reminding me and supporting me, I don't think it'd be impossible.

Game system upgrade

My son is starting to show interest in video games now. He always see his father playing games on his Playstattion 2 and Nintendo N64. My husband loves playing football, baseball, and Mario Cart with those game systems whenever he has time and my son is always his number 1 plan.

Our son is probably too young to be playing video games right now but I know time will come that he would be doing it. But as a Mom, I wanted him to do what makes him happy but with things like this, I'd have some limitations and I guess, we all Moms has and you all know what I'm talking about.

Anyhow, me and my husband were talking about getting some upgrades for our game systems. Ours are not that old yet but it will get old. So we're thinking of getting a Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii, that way we will have a wide selection of games. And I like the idea that it's easier to get PS3 and Wii accessories anywhere.

Well, I just wanna share my thought about this. Thanks for reading.

Family Tour

Me and my husband has a lot of things in common and one of those is our love for travel. Actually when we first met and start getting to know each other, I remember he mentioned that he wants to own his own RV so that we can go anywhere here in the US without spending money in hotels. Of course, now that I'm an immigrant here in the US, I would love to see the whole country. So we plan on doing a family tour and rent some RV.

Hopefully, someday we can afford our own RV. Because the thing about having an RV is you don't need to stay in a hotel and worry about booking etc. All you need to do is to find rv parks that can be everywhere (at least, that's what I see here in Texas). Plus you don't need to spend alot eating out cos you can easily cook food in the RV.

Oh, how I wish we can do the tour sooner cos I can't wait to see different places. I just love to travel and so as my husband and our son.

Got Our Advance Parole

Last March, we finally applied for our Adjustment of Status, from K nonimmigrant visa holders to a conditional residence here in the US. Then, just last week, we received our employment authorization and advance parole (for traveling outside the country), but still waiting for our greencard or the conditional residency card.

The employment authorization is so important for me cos it will let me get a job here, while for Abi, he can get an SSN (Social Security Number) with it. While the advance parole, it will let us travel outside the country. Well, really don't have plans on traveling outside the country real soon but we just applied for it in case of some emergency where we need to go back to our home country, Philippines. But eventhough we don't plans to travel yet, I'm looking for travel insurance online cos it's good to have insurance about anything.

Well, I'm so glad that we finally got those things we needed except for the Greencard. But we know that we'll also get it soon.

Advance Mother's Day Surprise

Tomorrow would be the official Mother's Day but my boys made a breakfast in bed surprised for me yesterday. That was so sweet of them. Actually it was my husband's idea. He (my 2-year-old swore that he helped) made me a breakfast taco and had my son delivered it to me while I was still conked out on our bed, and greeted me "Happy Monter's Day Mommy!". Yup, he said "monster" instead of mother (maybe because I looked like a monster? haha) because he's a 2-year-old and just starting to talk a lot.

Anyway, my husband did it yesterday instead of this coming Sunday because he couldn't do it this Sunday cos he works late on later and won't be able to wake early enough to prepare breakfast for me. I don't think he planned it but I'm so glad touched that he did it, but I'd be more glad if he'd give me my wish to have some new area rugs (*wink).

I know I already said it, but Thank You!

Certified Camper

Like what I posted the last time that we are going to camping and it would be Abi's first time. Well, we only slept over at the campsite for a night but got back there the next day. But Abi had so much fun and so am I. It's so good to know and see that my son loves the outdoors as much as I and my husband loves it. It's also surprising to see another thing that my son loves to do, digging the sand. So it was a right thing for me to brought his pail and shivel with us. In fact, he just digs most of the time. He got so dirty and messy but I was prepared for that too cos I got lots of changes of clothes for him.

Anyway, here is a very short video of my son during our short camping.



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Abi's first time to camp

I'm just making a quick post before we leave for our camping trip, which would be Abi's first to camp. He doesn't have any idea about what camping is but I am glad that we'll have him exposed to it. Me and my husband loves outdoors, so as my father and my in-laws. So it is good for our son to be enjoy our passion too.

Anyway, I already have him packed and he did good by waking up early. Usually, he wakes up at around 10:00-11:00 AM. He is maybe excited. I can't tell for sure though. Right now, as I am making this post, he is on the couch, well-behaved, waiting for me to be done and get him dress.

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Have a great weekend! :-)

Sleep Tight, Mommy and Daddy

Being parents are not easy, whether it's your first time or the 20th(?) time, but it's still worth it. Every full day is all about learning, for me and my son, and it is really tiring, emotionally, mentally, and physically but it's not the kind of tiredness that you won't to give up but it's something that you still want to do again and again. And due to the activities we do everyday, we need to have a goodnight sleep so that we can face another tiresome day again. That's why I wanted to get the sleep number bed that would help me and my husband get a goodnight sleep.

I love being a parent to my son but I need to admit that most of the times, I can't help pulling my hair. It is a very big responsibility that won't give you any option. But if I'd be ask to do it, without a doubt, I'll do it in a heartbeat.

Simple things that makes him happy

It's so amazing how very simple things that make kids happy and all the while, you have been trying to do a lot of stuffs only to find out that just a moment spent with him is all he ever wanted, and I ever wanted as well.

My son is very jolly kid. He loves to laugh, do silly stuffs, make Mom and Dad happy, and does his best to be a good boy. We tried to give him everything he needed, material-wise, but that's not what he really wanted. All he wanted is attention and happiness shared with us.

I know that for sure cos I can see in his eyes the indescribable happiness he's feeling each time me, or his Dad, or both of us are playing with him or just do anything with him instead of just being alone with himself. But sad to say, there are times that he needed to be alone cos there are some things that we needed to do and he's not included. Each time that happens, I felt so bad, and so each time I get the chance to with him, I always make sure that it pays all the time that I can't.

So, if you have child like us, make sure that you spent a lot of time with them cos that's all they needed, a special TLC from us.

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Abi's Driving?

Yes, he is, in fact, here's the video as solid evidence that he did. Have fun!



So, what?! I was right! He did drive but his Daddy's with him..hehe! That was when we went out to my in-laws ranch in Rocksprings, TX. Since it was a private property, it's not illegal to not have kids in their car seat and since Andy know how much Abi wants to get a hold of the steering wheel, he let Abi had the time of his life by letting him do what he wanted. He enjoyed it so much. In fact, when we went back to home, each time we'd go out, he wanted to sit with his Dad on the driver's seat. Unfortunately, we don't want to get a ticket or worst, be in prison for letting him do that here.

Special day

Yesterday was my husband's off and our 6th Monthversary too. We didn't do anything really special but we did something that we don't do everyday. Actually, we did it for our son and not for us, but in a way, it's also for us because we were able to spend more time with each other and with Abi.

Anyway, we went to the park and had some pizza. Abi played in the playground and we hiked a little bit around the park. Then I saw this beautiful tree which I believe a Japanese Magnolia trees also known as saucer magnolias. It is very lovely that I wanted to grow one once we will be at our permanent home.

After we went to the park, we did our grocery shopping and we retire home then. It always feels good to spend that kind of time with my family. It makes us forget about the bad things and whatever problems we have right now.