Things, issues, and happenings I rave and rant about.
Ever since the twin pregnancy, gestational diabetes has been the primary villain in my quest to excel in this child-bearing profession. It takes a lot of discipline to control my desire to eat sweet food especially when the pantry is stocked up with the basic essentials for baking cakes and …
Dollar Tree Store is now my ultimate destination when its comes to “unearthing” educational treasures. It’s the Mecca for mothers who’d love to stretch that hard-earned cash and still find cool, creative, and catchy materials for your children’s school adventure. Because I love it very much I spent my birthday …
I seldom write about faith and religion in this blog so for this post, let me just talk about Maria Elena Berdin Lato, my Mother, and the lessons I learned from her on being a good Catholic.
“We’re not raising children; we’re raising a man and a woman.” Jeff pointed this out to me on a Sunday night while Nicholas and Antoinette were walking infront of us, hand in hand.
In all honesty, this second pregnancy feels like our first as a couple. That’s because during my first pregnancy (a twin pregnancy!), Jeff and I were living in two different countries (him in China and I in the Philippines) so Jeff has very little hands-on experience on how I was …
My calendar screams: “45 DAYS MORE TO GO BEFORE DUE DATE!” and I’m still not done with buying and stocking up on baby essentials. In some days, I feel incompetent for slacking around; on other days, I don’t really give a damn. It’s a pingpong thing I feel every single …
Since July 22, I have been taking a blogging class at the Flathead Valley Community College. My teacher is Kathie N. Lapcevic, a wonderful woman who calls herself a blogger, writer, and farmer. We will only meet four times, every Wednesdays, from July 22 to August 12. The last two …
I have gestational diabetes. Again. I’m not surprised but it’s a major bad news when you’re pregnant and laden with sweet cravings. So this means a balanced diet and some form of exercise. I recently learned about carb counting from my diabetes specialist, Grace, who was more than patient to …
One doesn’t need to be clinically diagnosed as schizophrenic to understand how it is to be a total loony. One just have to get pregnant. At least, in my limited life experience of 28 years, I know that being pregnant makes a sane person lose her right state of mind …
Nicholas picked up a book, handed it to me, and told me to read it. “This,” he would say as he hands a book about trekking on a trail or backyard birdwatching to me. He pointed out pictures; birds and apples being his top favorites. Then he gestured that I …
