Frugal Grandma...

One thing that I learned from my grandma is to be frugal. She raised me single handedly. Now that I am a mother and raising two kids with my husband I can’t help but wonder how she did it. It must have been tough raising his granddaughter and taking care of his elderly father and surviving on a teacher’s salary. She must have scrimped and saved coins to make ends meet. She did a great job, in my opinion, because although I don’t have that much toys I felt well taken cared of. She even saved enough for me us to ride an airplane to visit my aunt in Samar...

Perfect Gift for the Family...

Gosh, I can’t believe Christmas is almost here. This Christmas will be more memorable for us because we now have two lovable kids in our lives. I am now racking my head what gifts to give them as early as now. I know the most in demand christmas gifts 2011 are useful gadgets like the iPad 2. I’m glad we already have that one in the house. LOL! Anyway, to be different I’m thinking of giving a more personal gift. I want to give something that I made myself for my family. Maybe it’ll just be a photo book that I arranged myself. It would be a perfect...

Our Friends are Getting Married...

Turning 30 was great because finally our friends started getting married. It was too late for our own standards (or we just did it too early) because about that time we already had two beautiful babies! We started receiving more and more wedding invitations as our friends started walking down the aisle one by one. Suddenly, we can talk about babies and we don’t just get a blank stare in return. haha! Anyway, I never expected to be one of the first to get married but I don’t regret anything. I love being a work-at-home mom more than anything in the...