no Halloween costume yet

It is Friday and I should be busy shopping Halloween costume for the little man but here I am sitting at home because the husband has to be with his older son. I don't know if we should go trick or treating with the stepdaughter and her kids or just stay home tomorrow. It would be awful if we go and the little man does not have a costume. I heard there will be a sale on Halloween costumes at Old Navy today and I am itching to go but I can't. How bad is that? I searched online and yes there are on sale costume but for anything to be here tomorrow it has to be expedited and I don't want to do that. So here I am torn. I am still hoping we can go to the store before it closes though. For right now I will keep myself busy even if it means staying online and doing a philadelphia job search to keep my mind off things. I do hope I feel better too because I have been feeling funny since this morning.

the alphabet

I heard the little man singing the alphabet song over and over again and out of curiosity I peaked and this what I saw in his room (with blocks and flash cards scattered everywhere). He flipped the blocks one by one to show the small letters and lined them up while singing the alphabet song to guide him on what comes next. I just had to have pictures before he decides to throw everything in the carpet.

new me?

The husband made an astounding discovery this morning, his wife is fat! Lol. He got up this morning to fix his coffee while the little man tried to wake me up. When he got back from the kitchen he told me that when we first got married and I happen to be curled up under the cover he could not tell if there was a person underneath. Now he claims he can tell there is somebody under the covers because of the shape which is mostly my hip. I asked him if it is time to pop the best diet pills yet and he said no, that I still look fine. I bet he was not ready for an early morning tongue lashing, lol. I remember he used to yell for me when in fact I was in bed under all the covers. He was not lying when he said he could not tell I was there because I was really skinny specially in the first trimester of my pregnancy. Fast forward almost four years later and I am big. Am I worried about it? You bet I am. Am I doing anything to stop the ballooning weight? Not really. I don't know. I am hoping for a miracle I guess. Who knows in the long run I will be able to accept the "new" me, fat and all.

going back to school

As a stay at home mom, I value my time with my son more than anything else in the world. The reason the husband and I decided for me to be this way is so one of us will be able to take care of our little boy while the other is at work. We want to at least have one parent present and with him daily. But staying home does not mean we don't plan for the future because we do. We know the little man will grow up and go to school and so I need to plan on what to do when that time comes. I could work then but right now I plan on going to school. I have not made up my mind on what course to pursue but I am leaning on nursing. I have to have my credentials checked because I did not graduate in this country and it may take some time but I am willing to wait. I have all the time in the world, the time I have after I make sure the demands of a three year old are meet. If I can get a few subjects online to finish the requirements to be a nurse I will be happy. Going on campus will have to wait until we are ready. I am hoping I will be accepted to enroll and get a master's degree after all I did finish college. It is tricky and like I said it requires effort and time planning to do anything but I have my hopes up. Online master degrees are available, thank goodness! If I can find me an accredited, reputable school I will be very happy. If nothing else, I can ask my sisters-in-law who have experienced having online classes and seek their advice.

growing like weed

We need to shop for more clothes for the little man. Specifically shirts. His shirts are getting short on him and it is not pretty to look at nor is it comfortable specially in this cold weather. I will only buy a few since I know he will outgrow them quick anyway. I might even buy him a few pairs of jeans. It is a good thing that he is growing but sometimes it is hard to keep up with shopping and getting rid of old clothes. I just sent a bunch of his clothes on a balikbayan box we sent to Leyte and now I have more to put away. I might go to the mall next weekend if I get hold of some sale ads.

wonders

The internet is a big help nowadays. One can shop without leaving her house or talk to relatives who are on another part of the globe. When a person feels sick and he is not ready to go to the doctor, all he has to do is search online and if he knows what he is doing he will have answers on what is bothering him and maybe even proposed treatment. The internet has a wealth of information that people can read from simple school assignments to the latest buzz and even complicated medical information such as malignant Mesothelioma treatment and the like. It has plenty to offer but like everything else, a person has to be cautious about it too. Because everything is accessible online even personal information. I guess if a person knows what he is doing, the internet can offer a lot of wonderful things. But it can also lead to problems if caution is not taken into consideration.

visit the beach

We've been going to the beach almost daily since Monday to check what it looks like after the husband heard on the news that the county was experiencing coastal flooding. There was almost no beach in the park during high tide and the dunes are being washed off by the water. I think it looks pretty and that it should widen the beach again when the water recedes but the husband said he does not think it will happen just yet. Even his fisherman friend said that the tide has been unusually high this month. This makes the husband think about myrtle beach which we have not visited for a while now. He wonders what the beach out there looks like anymore. I will not be surprised if he says we need to visit there one of these days. The only reason stopping him now is that we are broke. I am sure when we recover a little from this financial mess he will want to visit Myrtle Beach again. I don't really mind. I love the trip and the fact that we will be in a new environment even for just a few hours. It will be time to check too if there are still a lot of tourists now that the weather is starting to cool off.

presents

Somebody got two Thomas the train sets for his birthday. One from his father and the other set from his sister. He is very happy about it too. Both sets are in the living room right now, all set-up complete with the accessories. He also got a Fisher-Price 1-2-3 Sesame Street play set which he grabbed from the shelf and did not let go. If it was any ordinary day he could only have one toy but since it was his birthday we gave him more. He alternates playing with the toys and it is heartwarming that he likes them all. Knowing a child's attention span he might get tired of all these before long but we will try to keep the toys intact so he can play with them again when he wants to. Now we are already thinking what toys to buy for Christmas :) This time it will be all educational, hopefully.

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY, JT!

worries

Ever since I started building up my own credit history I have been paranoid about identity theft. Am I crazy or what? The husband joked that if anybody wants to steal an identity it had to be somebody with money. But then we don't really know, do we? There are all kinds of offers about identity theft protection, in fact my bank has been offering me one but I cannot afford it. I could but then I do not want to waste the money. We need it you know? So I am left worrying over something that I don't have power over. I just can't help it.

parental control is on

I have mentioned on my previous post that the little man is into Youtube. We watch videos of all kinds of children songs almost daily and he loves it. I do too since he is learning at the same time until he opened a video and we watched it and it was full of violence. It was animated alright but the content was not fit for an almost three year old. No, we do not sign in (even if I have accounts) so the videos will be filtered. Well, it was not. I was disappointed not to mention worried that my son loved the video (he cried when I turned it off). He wanted to watch it again but there was no way I would let him. I then opened another user account on the laptop where I set up parental control banning Youtube from it. I only allowed a few websites which are pretty safe and now I can even leave him alone even if he is using the computer. He ran to me several times asking me what happened to Youtube and I had to explain to him that we do not want to visit the site for a while. It is hard to explain to a toddler that what he watched was not suitable for his age. He forgot about it after a while anyway when he started with a game we played together. I realize I have to start to be vigilant where he is concerned. I might have to buy him more educational DVD which contains the videos we watched from the site so he will not feel bad. It is time to save up some more :)

power walk?

We went to the beach today. It was raining and the sky was dark so we did not stay long. The little man and I did not even get out. The husband did and checked the beach. There were only a few people in the park which was surprising since they do have free parking on weekdays anymore. Anyway, I wanted to get out and do a power walk or something to burn fat which has been building in me and refuses to go away. I could not do that though. Not right now. I will need a plan for that to work out. I envy an old woman who was doing her brisk walk. She seemed to be enjoying her exercise. Well, I will just have to wait a few more months and maybe I can do my own exercise to my heart's content. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

baby eggs!

I made scrambled eggs this evening because I found four cracked eggs-three in our bed and one in the dining table. The little man opened the fridge and got all four eggs from the box, ran around the house yelling baby eggs over and over again. His father, who instead of getting angry only laughed, told him those were not baby eggs rather just eggs which hatches into chicks which in turn becomes chicken. The little man listened, thought it was too complicated for him to understand, continued yelling baby eggs. Well, he cracked the three he brought to our bed which thankfully did not stain the bed. So I cooked the eggs instead of letting it go to waste. It was good and I ate it all up since none of them wanted any. I hope he will not do these again or I will have egg diet for the next couple of days unless we run out of eggs, lol. This is one side of learning I did not count on happening but then I am not complaining. Merely amused at my little boy's antic.

youtube-ing

The little man is now a pro when it comes to using the computer. Why, he can fill the old laptop's screen with all kinds of icons, most of which are shortcuts on programs and add-ons he stumbles while clicking the mouse nonstop. It is funny but it is also tiring to delete all these nonsense icons daily. But this is the price I have to pay for allowing him to use the computer.

I let him watch educational videos on Youtube which he calls Yo-ga. Don't ask me why because he can pronounce Youtube quite well but when he is excited it becomes Yo-ga. We watch videos about colors (which he already knows very well), shapes, the alphabet song (I did not know there were about a hundred variations, lol), silly baby videos, and his favorite, animals. He giggles when he hears the sounds each animals make. Thankfully he is happy with these videos for now and he sticks with it even if we play each one over and over again. He is my own silly baby.