another mouse down

The little man tore up another mouse the other day. He nibbled through the wire and it was too late when I saw it. I did not even know what was wrong when the mouse did not work until I checked. It could not be saved anymore. He knew his mouse did not work so he left his computer the whole day which was pretty suspect should I have paid attention but I was so happy that he spent time snuggling with us that I did not act on it. I should have known what he did was his way of diverting me from the real issue. The next day he took the mouse from my computer and he has been using it ever since. I could not even borrow it even if he is not using his computer. He is keeping a close eye on the mouse. I am sure he is afraid I will hide it, lol. Now I don't have a mouse to use which is a pain when I navigate from one page to the next. And I have to check on auto insurance quotes too because our insurance will expire in a few weeks. I might have to use the husband's computer. Either that or buy a new mouse because these two are very touchy when it comes to me borrowing their computers. To think they use mine all the time without even asking my permission. I know, I am living in a house dominated by spoiled males and I am outnumbered so I will try to keep silent. For now :D

new digital camera

I am planning to get the little man a digital camera fit for his age. I have already searched online and read reviews. In a few days I will order one for him. I know he will love it because right now he uses my phone to take pictures of everything. He wants to use my digital camera but I am afraid to let him because he already tore up one and we cannot keep on buying digital cameras for that reason. When I told the husband what I planned to do he agreed to it. Once he gets his camera and starts taking pictures I will try to post them in this blog. I am already excited for him.

spring plan

It is almost Spring (if the weather will cooperate) and before long it will be time to clean up the yard and the exterior of the house we live in. We got by not cleaning anything for months because it was cold outside but I am sure this will not last too long. The yard looks awful right now with leaves and limbs which need to be raked, bagged, and set in the curb. The outside walls, windows and exterior shutters will need to be washed so it will be clean and presentable. And I have to do all these and maybe more unless we move out of the duplex in the next few weeks. I wonder if I will be lucky on that score. I hope my passport will be in the mail soon because that is the only reason that is keeping us from moving out. Keeping my fingers crossed.

gaining weight

The little man is gaining weight. Finally! The husband joked about his little bubby's winter storage, lol. He really has grown twice his normal size. He is now plumper than before. He does not look fat though, more like filling in the right places. Thank goodness! For the longest time I worry about his being so skinny especially since his parents are not. Now he seems to be catching up and we are glad. It is a good thing to note that he is active which stops our worry about him getting heavier than he is now. We are enjoying this weight gain. He is now 32 lbs at over three feet. Yay, he might just turn out to be a big boy after all.

learning my password

Since the little man likes to use my computer, I taught him the password to my laptop. He already knows the first part but he is having a hard time on the rest for some reason. It may be because I don't write it down for him. I spell it out for him word for word and it is up to him to type it correctly. At first he typed in totally unrelated letters like CLA because he was trying to catch up but when I slowed down he finally got it. But not after a few tries. When the last try opened the computer he was very happy and left it alone. I knew he would if I will not give him a hard time. I am learning, you see. The more I tell him my computer is off limits he goes after it but hand it to him and he will leave it alone. Ha! Mommy is smarter than you might think :)

not so good

I am not feeling good this morning. The little man have been bugging me to do something I don't have any idea about. He drags me everywhere but will not tell me what he wants me to do for him. Somehow I think this attitude has something to do with the sound of the chirping birds in the backyard. He wanted to get out to investigate but we told him not to since it is very cold out there. Now he is starting to annoy me by just being silent while dragging me all over the house. I was able to get away when I said I have had enough. He knows I am not happy anymore. To top with the little boy's antic, his father is not in an agreeable mood either. Now I have two grumpy males to contend with. If this is not enough for me to have wrinkles and seek for wrinkle treatment in the future I don't know what will. Sometimes I hope these two will just be nice all the time and if they can't to keep their mouth shut because I always end up the one being aggravated which is not a good thing especially when it starts early in the morning. Unlike them, I can't switch my feelings in a snap. When I am annoyed it stays like that for the whole day. These two can be grumpy but they get over it really quick which annoys me more. I better take a shower. Maybe it will help make me feel better.

piling up

I feel lazy this morning. I have plenty of cleaning up to do. The carpet needs to be vacuumed, the bathroom needs to be cleaned, dishes to wash, stove to wipe clean, and laundry to finish. But here I am online updating my blog while searching for fda approved diet pills at the same time. I am lucky the husband has not commented on the house being dirty as it is. I know I have to get up in a little while to clean up but I am taking my sweet time doing it. I am hoping the house will magically clean itself up but I think that is not going to happen. If I can only afford to hire somebody to tidy the place up once in a while I will do so now. I guess I have to do it by myself and I have to do it now before it gets too bad. So, ciao!

early to bed and early to rise

The little man is an early riser. It should be good news to me since if he keeps this up until he is school age then it means I won't have to drag him out of bed to get ready, right? But he is not of school age yet and when he wakes up early, most of the time he wakes me up early too. To fix him milk. He used to just lie down beside me and wait for me to wake up but not anymore. He knows that if he taps mommy in the shoulder she wakes up. If that does not work then rub his face on mine. If that still does not work then punch her on the arms. That should start her day right. I am not a morning person. One of the things I like so much being a stay at home mom is that I don't have to get up early to get ready for work. Call me lazy but that is the truth. Also, I can stay up late at night to do whatever while the little man is asleep. The problem comes when I had a late night and then the little man wakes me up early for his routine. When I don't get enough sleep I get dark under eye circles which makes me look awful. I must tell you I don't crawl back to bed after I leave it in the mornings unless I am sick. I don't even take naps. That is why I don't like waking up early. But since the little man has this morning routine I have to. It is a pain but he is my responsibility after all. I would rather wake up and fix his milk unless I want to clean up a lot of mess in the kitchen. I had to wake up early today (again) and I just want to vent it here :)

bumps

I saw the husband rubbing his arms this morning so I asked what was wrong. He said his skin pores are clogged and it is rough to the touch. He does not know what the little white clumps are but I think those are white heads. I felt his back and it was the same way. For the last few weeks he has also been complaining about his face due to a number of pimples in areas where they shouldn't grow. He said he is too old to be buying acne treatment so he hope the bumps will go away. He is lucky his son is leaving the bumps alone. The little man is very inquisitive that he is liable to squeeze a pimple when one is caught unawares just to know how one reacts about it, lol. Thankfully I have been spared. I hope the bumps will go away for his sake though. I know how uncomfortable that is.

goofy

The husband complained that I have not taken pictures of the little man lately. I told him there is a reason for that and proceeded to show him the pictures I took on different times. Below is what I get after I told the little man to smile for the camera. See how goofy he looks? He refuse to be still for a nice picture. We are back to plenty of pictures of heads, eyes, legs, sometimes shirts in a blur. I have not send any pictures to his grandparents in Leyte because of this problem. I could not send pictures of his eyes to his grandparents, could I? I only got lucky to get a face shot because he was strapped. If he wasn't I would have been lucky to take a picture of his hair.

new shoes

A few days ago I bought a new pair of shoes after weeks of debating with myself. I went to the store to buy shirts for the husband and the little man and managed to snag the shoes much to my delight. It was certainly not as high end as Stuart Weitzman but the shoes looks pretty good for something on clearance. I did get the little man a pack of white shirts and the husband has now tons of nice shirts that he is saying he is taking over the closet and I should find me a place for my belongings, lol. It was a good day all in all since most of our purchase (except for the little man's ) were on sale. I will try not to get sidetracked next time. Promise :)

a boo-boo

The little man had a boo-boo. He got hurt a few days ago and we had to bandage his thumb so he will not mess with and let it heal faster. He is healed now but we still put gauze over his thumb to make sure he will not mess with it again. We will eventually take it off but he is enjoying having his thumb covered in gauze that we still change it every day. It helps too since he is not as rowdy with the thumb bandaged like that. I don't know what to do to him anymore. He gets more active every day and he does not care even if he gets hurt. He has bruises in his legs from climbing (and bumping) into everything. I thought I might only have to worry about joint pain when I get older but he is going to cause a heart attack on me one of these days if he will not listen to us. The husband gets annoyed that I can't seem to make his son stop but what can I do? We read books (which he loves), we watch his favorite shows together, I even play with him to divert his attention but when we are not doing these things he is back to running and climbing and hurting himself in the process. Are all boys like this? He drains me of energy just by watching him do the things that he enjoys. I even have to keep a close eye on him in case inspiration hits and he does something he shouldn't do. He reminds me of my brother so much. Very active and will not stay still. The only difference is that he is my responsibility whereas my brother was mom's. Could this be my payback for being obnoxious as a kid? Hah! I should never tell mom about it then so she cannot tell me "I told you so" on my face.

on future plans

The husband and I talked about school again. He is adamant that I go back to school. I guess he is tired of hearing me whine about staying at home and not doing anything. I could work but I want to have a long-term career in the future for our kids. We agreed on online university for starters. I am not comfortable going on campus so I would be really happy to do it online at the moment. In the future I might try to go to school. But as long as the little man is not of school age yet, I will stay with him. We are now on a stand still as to what course I will go for. I really am into nursing and I could start an online nursing degree after making sure I have the necessary requirement. He wants me to go for something else. That is one subject we have to talk about some more. I have already checked online schools like Western Governors Online University and I like what I read about them. The school charges tuition at a flat rate which their website is saying is half the cost of the other online universities. Supposedly. I still have to check on that. I am not familiar on how schools operate here in the US so I need more information. But I am all for cheaper tuition as long as the school is accredited so there will be no problems when I seek for employment in the future should I finish a degree. I hope to apply for aid or maybe a grant if I qualify. I sure will have my hands full in the future and I hope I will be ready for it. Sometimes it is easier to whine than do anything at all :)

cheesies

The husband let the little man get a bite of corn puffs and he has been asking for it saying he wants Chessiez. I thought he calls it chessies because of the taste. Little did I know it was the name brand of that particular puff that his father gave him. How would I know he would be paying very close attention as to even read and remember the name of that junk food? Both of them know that the little man is not allowed more than a serving. If I have my way he will never be allowed any of it in the first place because I am afraid of the sodium content. But they always find a way to put it in the grocery cart the few times they go with me to the store. I love cheese puffs but I don't think it is healthy for a child. I hope that like most food, the little man will get over his fondness for this one quick enough.

his own style

The little man is starting to get picky on the clothes he wears. He has favorites. He likes his white shirts and shorts. He also likes his blue jeans and tennis shoes. He hates jackets, sweats, anything that has long sleeves on them. It annoys me since he cannot go out in the cold without protection, he is liable to get sick. And he puts up a mean fight when I try to make him wear a jacket. We now compromise by letting him wear it to the car and once he is in his car seat we take it off. And then put it back on should we have to get out of the seat. It is a job alright but I am all for less arguments. Right now, he does not seem to like wearing his colored shirts for some reason. He runs to his drawer to get a white shirt and then runs back to me to help him put the shirt on. It somehow reminds me when I was a kid. I remember my mom getting annoyed at me because I wore my white shirts all the time and I was not really very good at keeping myself clean. It is now my turn and I better be good at it, lol.

a toy?

The other day the husband borrowed my phone to call his sister. He did it because he did not want to run out of minutes on his phone. When the little man saw his father holding my phone he yelled my phone! and wanted to get it from his father's hand while the latter was still talking. Of course it did not go well. Both got aggravated and the little man ran to me crying. I had to explain to him it was not his phone and that if he wants to play with it he has to wait his turn. It took a long time for him to settle down that I thought about digging our old prepaid cell phones but I realized I don't have a clue where the phones are at now. We have two old prepaid phones which we purchased a year ago for back-up and I had both on one of my bags until the husband decided to rearrange everything and now I don't know where the phones are at. It would have been a nice toy to give the little man since we are not using them anymore. But the thought of digging through everything to look for phones did not appeal to me. Besides the little man settled down and did not ask for the phone again when he found a toy to play with. Thank goodness!