When was the last time I slept early? Can’t even remember. All I can recall are the days when I have the best sleep ever and they are as follows:

1. When I gave birth – SEDATED
2. When I had an operation – SEDATED
3. When I underwent gastroscopy – SEDATED (I requested it)

Guess I really need to be sedated to be able to sleep soundly and really feel refreshed after. The best was the 2-hour sleep after the gastroscopy because there is no pain. Ahhh, if only it isn’t dangerous, I’d probably request another shot. LOL! The other night was the worst. I was able to feel sleepy around 1:30AM so I went to bed. I woke up around 2:00AM, went back to bed at 2:30AM. Then I felt I needed to pee around 3:30AM. Gosh, why is this happening to me. Around 4PM I was startled when I felt pain and when I came to my senses, I saw the little girl beside me has kicked me. Arrghh…went back to bed and the alarm sounded by 5:30AM. Whatever happened to my sleep????

I felt like a zombie that day. It was irritating and I recall I have sounded a bit harsh to some office mates. Who wouldn’t? I guest this is why even the best acne treatments aren’t working for me. I have always been deprived of sleep and sleep is essential in having a good health – and skin.

Am I classified as insomniac? It’s pretty obvious. I just do hope I’d learn to sleep so soundly like my husband – he’s already asleep, 2 minutes after he laid his back. LOL!

Been away for a couple of days. I needed to take care of my pending kits and gladly I was able to complete 2 exclusive kits for Scrapbook-Bytes and 2 for My Life and Scrap. Yes, last week was a busy week because I opened my store at SBB and I am so happy to be guesting at the site for March. Done with my kits for March.

Whew! March. It always marks the start of summer in the Philippines. It has been awfully hot these past couple of days. These times you’d love the air condition turned on while you are at home working in front of your PC. But then our is malfunctioning. Worst, our house is on the side where the sun shines directly at noon. What a wonder LOL! Hubby has been complaining about watching his animes from the PC because he couldn’t see clearly on the monitor because it’s too bright and he’s been bugging me to get some window blinds next time I go to the mall. Yeah, I can see him getting irritated arranging the curtains every now and then and he’s just so cute doing that. LOL! He looks like a little boy terribly wanting to get what he wants.

The kids are having the summer fever too. They have been asking me to open their inflatable pool and have a swim in the garage. But as you all know, we are experiencing an El Nino phenomenon this year and I’d like to contribute a little in saving water. That pool is quite big and I don’t want to waste water when everyone is doing their share in using it properly. We’ll have a rough summer this year and I just do hope I’ll be able to get the aircon repaired this weekend. Oh and summer also means higher electricity bill! So don’t be frustrated!

Literally! Vision is blurred and feeling a little dizzy while on the go. And it’s all because my eyeglasses’ nose pad got broke over the weekend. Sheeesh!

I was getting in and out of the shop while waiting for the parade and when it finally came, there was nothing much to see but a bunch of supporters wearing their campaign shirts. Kinda disappointing considering it should be a Thanksgiving Parade. Oh well, election is just around the corner so it is to be expected.

The girls are getting quite uncomfortable with the heat and the not-so-colorful parade so I was putting them in the shop every so often to keep their cool. Alas, I noticed my glasses are a bit tilted to the right and when I took it off, man the nose pad is gone! Arrrghhh! I was supposed to be able to live without it but just recently, I noticed I became even more dependent to it. My vision probably have worsened because of too much activity in front of the computer.

Anyway, I am contemplating over buying a new glasses or have this one repaired as I am not really comfortable with it anymore. I should probably be on the lookout for some discount prescription eyeglasses available.  I have not been so disturbed like this but I guess getting old has its side effect too. Am I that old already????

February is the month of Thanksgiving in our town. The third Sunday specifically, is the day of the celebration. Most people are more excited on the day before that, the 3rd Saturday. It is normally the day of the big town parade and all Barangays will be participating, each with their own tricks and gimmicks.

The family will be at my mother-in-law’s on these days and we will be able to see the parade. I’m just so happy hubby is feeling well today. Last year, I needed to bring him to the hospital after the parade due to systemic infection. Thankfully, this year will be happier for everyone and I hope he’ll be able to get more pics. He actually wanted to buy a new camera and as usual, I am opposing it, not until I saw some minor malfunctions of his 1000D after it has been repaired by the service center. So when my friend asked me to check on some exterior shutters online, I also went and checked the new models of Canon cameras. Dang, they are expensive! LOL! It really has to wait isn’t it? LOL!

Going back to the fiesta, I am pretty sure there will be celebrities and politicians in this parade – like it has always been. What I particularly like in parades are the ati-atihan. I love their  ethnic and colorful attires and how they managed to perform in the streets – what a stamina!

Will get some pictures posted after the celebration. For now, we’re off to go there and watch the parade.

I was never really a fan of video games and I never expect I’d soon be able to learn how to play it. In our household, the only gaming console freak is my husband (or so I thought). It was before the girls turned 3.

The little ladies started with our mobile phones. They loved the simple games from our mobiles and would always want to borrow it whenever we are at home. Later on, hubby introduced the PSP to them. They were able to easily adapt to it. They learned how to turn it on and off, choose the games and even play videos or music stored in it. Quite amazing because I never get to do that on the PSP myself. LOL!

Then came Nintendo DS at age 4. It has more friendly games for toddlers than the PSP. With each touch screen functionality, the girls easily loved it – particularly Cooking Mama. I must admit, this one got me into playing huh! But I have never played well like the kiddos. Scieszka would always scold me and tell me I am doing the wrong thing. She’s very keen to these games really. Later on, they started fighting over the DS. The daddy offered a solution. Not a bright one though.

He brought home a Nintendo Wii so the girls could play together. Isn’t it just a wonderful idea a dad could offer to her kids? Haha! I was very much against getting it at first but he was able to motivate me so there. Look at the girls when the wii came in to the house that day.

They are already enjoying it on the first day! I was amazed at how well kids could adapt to the technology nowadays. I wouldn’t be surprised if one day, there would be four of us banging to use the computer LOL. This console is amazing too! It’s very interactive. I have actually tried playing tennis and Wii Fit and I think it’s one of the best weight loss programs you should try. It’s kinda tiring but sure you will sweat a lot just by playing inside the house. How’s that for an exercise?