My feet are swelling. It swells up when I sit and walk for a long time. I don’t know if it’s normal for a pregnant woman but maybe because I’m eating too much sweets and salty foods. What I do right now is to drink plenty of water and try not to eat “forbidden food” for me who is pregnant. Lately, there are lots of tempting foods and more likely are sweets. I can’t resist chocolates with nuts, strawberry flavored ice cream, and delicious doughnuts. Processed foods like chips are my other favorites. My husband is worried too much for it’s not good for me and for the baby. To avoid all those foods, he brings me home different fruits and he watches me every time I eat to make sure that I eat them. But he lets me eat sweets once week . I  would not mention the chips that I’m hiding. Otherwise, I will get in trouble.  Hahaha… Anyway, I watch my daily intake right now and do walking exercise.

So much stress I feel today. Because of what I go through, honestly, I need financial stability. Even how we stretch our budget, we still need more to compensate our needs especially now that I’m pregnant and giving birth sometime soon. Together with my husband, we also find ways to help our family (extended family). We need more funds for it and find ways to have it. It’s not easy to earn more now a days because of the global crises that we encounter. What we do right now is to tighten up our needs and always has an important list. I hope with this blog, we receive little funds and it will give us a big help for us. We value every little thing we receive and someday soon we find stability that we need.

It’s summer time!  It’s another time to unwind, relax and enjoy life.  Maybe some of us travel different places just to enjoy the heat of the sun and take a big splash in the beach or pool.  Or some prefer to stay at home and find the enjoyment of watching dvd, listening to music, eating, etc.  Even how we enjoyed our summer, still we consider the amount we expense.  Because of the global financial crisis today, we’re more wiser and practical.  Any crisis for us is not a hindrance to enjoy summer.  We can do a lot of things as long as our family is together.  For me, summer is the quality time for the family and friends and quantity at the same time. Read more…

One of my sisters invited us for dinner at their house. It’s a walking distance from our house to theirs so it’s goof for me to walk for exercise. I was so amazed by their new garden. She named it, “Garden of Eden”, after our mother’s name. Plants were all in place, fishpond with handmade water falls were great, and the little “bahay-kubo” attracted me most. I’m so sad I didn’t take a picture of it. My sister prepared food like barbecue, grilled fish, cucumber salad, pasta (pansit), and everybody’s favorite; dried squid. It’s like a big feast that all of s were full and waited for a few minutes to eat the dessert, the fresh tropical fruits. We had so much fun talking and laughing about anything. We planned it have another dinner at the garden and I’ll make it sure I can take pictures of it to show to everyone.