As early as December last year, I’ve been planning the baptismal party of our baby boy. I know this is against the superstition that moms should only start planning baptism or buying baby stuff on the 7th month.

At first I would have wanted to hold it during my daughter’s 5th birthday party. I’ve thought about their two separate cakes and personalized kids gifts for the guests. I was excited about even the littlest details.

But when I checked the (“growing”) budget sheet, I knew it’s not possible. Not only that, I could give birth later in June which means our baby will be too young for a July 10 party. Some things you just have to accept for a good night sleep.

Besides, I asked my daughter and she preferred just a simple party at school just like we did for the last two years.

I was busy checking this document management system when I noticed that my photos from last week (Canyon cove, Nuvali and Zambales) were all together in one folder which can be confusing for me. I usually group my photos according to date and label them with the place or event for easy access.

Anyway, sharing our Nuvali photos. On our way home from Batangas Wednesday last week, we decided we check Nuvali at Sta. Rosa. My daughter (and her 3 year old uncle) had the chance to feed the koi fishes. Well, she was afraid to go near the edge as the fishes were literally jumping for the feeds.

We also decided to try the short boat ride. And glad that we did as we had fun even if we, sitting in front, got a little wet.

My mom has several vouchers for a resort which is just about 2-3 hours away from Manila. We decided on the number of rooms to reserve so that all my siblings and their spouse/girlfriends can join. After an hour of brainstorming (dates, size of rooms, food, etc) I decided to call reservations.

I was disappointed to know that even if they have a trunk line number, there’s only one person assigned to accommodate reservations. I was reading articles about oxy elite pro while waiting for the phone to be picked up. So yes, I had to call several times only to find out that all rooms for weekends of April and May are now booked. Since the vouchers will expire April 30th, we decided to cancel the outing.

I asked my mom if I can just use the vouchers with my in-laws. She agreed of course. The only problem now is to find a common date, a weekday, when everyone is free. U-oh!

I need to pack our things for husband’s team building (swimming) tomorrow. I hope I don’t forget to bring the DSLR, daughter’s 2 pairs of swimsuits (she wants to bring two, so be it) and her water gun. I’ve already packed some toiletries, including my oily skin treatment cream and body scrub. I also need to bring sunblock for my little girl. UV rays are said to harm the skin even on a cloudy day. I will bring a swimsuit myself but have no plans of swimming. Just for “emergency”.

What a beautiful Sunday. I woke up early. I’ve been waking up close to noon for the past few months. It felt good to feel the morning breeze once in a while. The coffee tasted better when the weather is cold.

I’m waiting for the husband and the daughter to wake up before preparing for Sunday mass. The plan is to shop after mass. I have some on my list, namely:
- disposable shoe covers that I’ve been wanting for a long time.
- clothes rack for the husband. Oh my, does that mean he had been shopping, and I am not? :p
- Christmas gifts for the daughter’s teachers and classmates. Their Christmas party will be held this week.
- a toy guitar that the daughter will use on their Christmas program

Well, that’s all I think. All other Christmas gifts, we’ll just buy next week.
Happy Sunday!

For the past two nights, we have been “helping out” with the wake of the mother of my husband’s aunt. But I realized, we did a lot more of eating than of helping. Instead of losing weight, I’m pretty sure I’ll be needing weight loss pills in the next coming months.

Anyway, I must say this is the most peaceful wake I’ve ever attended to. They were talking about the happy memories instead of crying that she has passed away. I guess everybody was ready.

RIP, Lola.

My sister who hardly knew any household chores emailed me and my mother to tell us that her hands are full of cuts from accidental bumps. She got them while cleaning the house.

She even cooks her own food now in her apartment. She told us she downloads recipes from the internet and tried them herself. She now knows more recipes than I do. Well, I just got less than ten.

I’m sure her husband would be happy when she gets back home.

After work, I researched about mesothelioma while browsing for latest models of tripods. Don’t you just love multi-tasking? Hehehe.

I’m a fan of tripods. Not only it avoids camera shake, it gives you the freedom to take pictures with everyone on it without asking someone else to take the picture for you. That’s what I had in mind when we went to Bohol. I knew that the chances of having someone available to take pictures of our family and having the family ready for the photoshoot is almost impossible. So even if we availed of the “travel lite” option, we brought the tripod with us. It was a good decision.

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For two nights now, I’ve been busy browsing for efficient itineraries, budget hotels and usual trip expenses (food, transpo, park admission fees among others). Yes, this is too early to even plan ‘coz the planned trip is more than 6 months from now. But I suppose we could save more if we reserve early.

Just like with our plane tickets purchased through the Cebu Pacific promo (from March 25-31, travel dates June 1 – Dec 31 2009), we were able to save so much.

Plus, I need to know where I can get the best deals on bags, dresses, sexy lingeries and perfume around the place where we plan to stay.

Anyway, I checked some photos over at Flickr. I really hope we could have pictures as stunning as those. Fingers crossed.

Woah! I didn’t twit nor flick today. I didn’t even turn on the laptop before this blog post. My initial purpose was just to clean up the camera’s memory card to give way to our vacation photos to be taken in the next couple of days.

Today I was busy packing up and doing some last minute errands. Quite expectedly I missed some things on my list, like I wasn’t able to buy filter for the lens and a remote control for the camera. Oh, bygones!

What’s important is I’ll be going away with family and friends. Oh, I still feel bloated. Last weekend, I have been contemplating whether to buy the best diet pill or not. But I was too lazy to even buy.

I have been feeling thirsty most of the time. I just hope and pray the water does not retain too much. Or I won’t have the nerve to strut in my tankini.