Things, issues, and happenings I rave and rant about.
Experience is the best teacher in telling you how to keep with your baby essentials while on a budget. It doesn’t really matter if you’re a single-income household or you’re blessed to have more than once income stream. The fact of the matter is: it is a sensible, logical decision …
I hated bedtime because it meant a lot of screaming and whining from our twin toddlers. It’s not really that part of the day that I look forward too. If you read posts on how to make your toddlers love bedtime, most of them will tell you to establish a …
My husband is 29 years older than me. With almost three decades of age difference, it is no wonder that people look at me as the gold digger and him as the cradle snatcher. We can’t blame them. The age gap can actually make people uncomfortable. On August 29, 1986, …
You can call them as my New Year’s resolutions but I’d rather consider them as the parts of me that I need to improve on this 2016. What I like most about the new year is the chance it brings for you to either make a fresh start or create …
Back in 2013, I had every intention to start a blog that will talk about my love for reading and how I plan to spread that love to my twins, Nicholas and Antoinette. I started off with the ambitious plan of updating this blog every day. The first month was …
Montana, USA – It’s cold out here and it can be lonely. So different from the many Christmases I spent in the Philippines when the only cold I felt were in the early mornings when I had to leave my bed for nine straight mornings to attend Misa de Gallo …
Jeff and I learned valuable lessons from last year in the issue pertaining to decorating our home with twin toddlers – and one of them is to accept that Christmas in a home with toddlers will always be messy. The past two years we celebrated Christmas in the Philippines and …
I’ve been feeling like a full-fledged homemaker and a legitimate mother the past five days. Cooking has something to do with it. I’ve been trying out recipes from cookbooks and food networks. I’ve been digging my brain for some stored memories of my mother chopping vegetables at 9:00 p.m. so …
Traveling with kids spells major planning and organization especially on the part of the mother. It’s hard enough to manage crying children at home, how much more when you’re in a plane 20,000 feet above sea level? Two years and several miles after, I have learned a few tips and …
I didn’t think you will be extra special. You were planned; your siblings were not. You came alone; your siblings arrived together. I’ve been through an exhausting pregnancy carrying twins; I thought carrying one will be easy. But you surprised me.
