I've gone back to work last Friday. An unusual day to start work since its normally the last day of the (work) week. Though I have leave credits, I opt not to avail of it this time to save it for more important reasons in the future.
As expected there's plenty of work waiting for me to be done. What I did though was to clean and clear my table so I can start anew today.
As much as there's so much to do, I've been going home during lunchtime to breastfeed Maia and to eat lunch with Leon. Same thing also applies in the afternoon, I'll try my best to go home after an 8 hour work primarily to be able to feed Maia and prepare dinner for the family. Though we do have somebody to help me out in the household.
Being a working mom, it taught me to manage my time. Making sure that bits and pieces are taken cared of despite the hectic schedule.
And there's trying to squeeze in doing my cross-stitch project as well as blogging and visiting my social networking sites.
The work that I do entails me only 8 hours, but motherhood and housekeeping is a 24/7 job. I do rest though, by 12 midnight I try to get my needed rest for the next day's activities.
This is not complaining by the way, in fact I'm enjoying what's going on now :)... love it!
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I started blogging in 2008 upon my husband's constant coaching. I saw the potential but was first hesitant. I wasn't too confident in my way of writing...blogging in the techie world. There were so many what ifs. Another major concern for me is that I'm not a computer savvy. I know how to use it but I really am not the one who wants to explore more about it.
Slowly, I got the hang of it, blogging, I mean. I find myself checking out blogs of the people I follow, most specially that of my husband. It is through reading their blogs that gives me ideas on what to write.
Lately, since I'm on maternity leave (which ends today), I had the chance to blog more and visit more sites. I'm quite fascinated with their sites that I am now finding myself wanting to develop my site. In this line, I would really appreciate suggestions and tips on how to make my site a better one.
Then again, I got the chance to check on one of the blogging sites to which a badge is posted that I likewise checked. To my mind, this is the answer to a wish, therefore I'm joining this for a chance of a blog makeover!
I'm also interested on how to earn through blogging. Is there someone out there who can help me out with this concern?
I'm a working mom. One of the privileges of being employed is going on a maternity leave which I'm availing of since I gave birth to our daughter last April 8. But it'll soon end, as I am going back to work this coming Friday, June 25.
Looking back, what have a done during the almost 3 months leave?
Aside from recovering from a repeated C-Section (I had the same with our eldest son), which was fast and of course taking good care of our newborn - she's gaining weight fast, making her more cuddly, I was able to attend to most household chores hands-on! I missed tending the house, making sure that it's clean and sanitized not just for the newborn but for all of us. It's quite a challenge though because our house is an old one and you can just imagine the wear and tear.
It gave me time to plan on what to do with the house. The house is of my mom's and since we're leaving in it for free, though we do give our share for the utilities and basic commodities. We're thankful to my mom for allowing us to stay in her house, renting nowadays is quite expensive. Though it is still an option but we often come to realize the practical side of it - paying a monthly rent and yet the house will not be ours no matter what. What we're doing is to do our share of improvements in the house - there goes the money that's supposedly a rent equivalent. We've done the ceiling and replacement of electrical connections, what's next? There's a lot in tow - a repaint, renovation of toilet and bath, renovation of dining area, those are just a few.
Checking on the expenses versus the savings is another task I was able to do while on maternity leave. Given some considerations, we are still a young couple and are both striving for our future. Having already 2 kids as planned, we off to the next step. The next step which are saving and paying for their education, buying our own house and making it our home. Again, these are just the 2 major plans, there are still more in the list. Both of us are off to doing well in our respective fields to be able to provide well for our family and share some to our parents.
I had enough time to attend to my personal needs as well. I had the "me time" which I missed so much. I was able to pamper myself, had a regular nails and a hair care, I'm off to a facial care soon :) Finished 2 cross stitch designs and currently doing another one now. The first two are gifts to two couple friends who tied the knot. Cross-stitching might be a career for me once I've decided to stop going to work.
Attending to pertinent documents and organizing family pictures were also done. We were able to have our daughter baptized already. These are some matters I planned to accomplish before I go back to work.
Most important though is the time I'm spending with our children, both equally important. For Maia's growing needs, she's still too dependent on me for her sustenance. And for Leon who is missing my attention since I got pregnant (had a difficult one) and was busy with work as well. Now is my time to catch up with him. I'm thankful though that even at his young age understands the situation.
Motherhood is definitely a 24/7 job, a career that I love so much and is very much into it. No need for a dictionary to explain it well, just talk to a mom.
How did we celebrate Father's day?
Since it's Sunday, as we normally do and together with my mom, we went to my in-laws to have our lunch there and since it's Father's day, I offered to buy some ice cream for all of us to celebrate the occasion and for my husband, my father-in-law and my brother-in-law.
We stayed for an hour or so. As usual, our son played with his cousins. But today, he played more with his Lolo Alan, which caught our attention. He was so fond of his Lolo than usual, sitting on his lap, pulling a chair to sit in front of him, playing with his toy cars with his Lolo.
The sight made me think of my father. Had he be still alive today, they might be super buddies with my son, I good reason is my son is the only grandson in my family's side.
We then went to drop off my parents-in-law in one of the malls in Quezon City for their date. We then proceed to hear the 4pm mass at the St. Paul the Apostle Parish, also in Quezon City. I was personally glad to have heard mass there today. The priest not only greeted the fathers who were there but also requested them to go to the altar to receive his blessings. So today, my husband is again blessed.
From there we went to buy our gift for my husband...a pair of sneakers of his choice (that's how we are, we buy presents not to surprise each other but rather we buy presents that we want to remember that it was given to us by each other). As other men, my husband loves shoes but what makes him uniquely different from other men is that despite loving shoes, he only has a few pairs. Why? because, since he likes the shoes so much that he wears it till it tears. This new pair will replace his current fave pair - which lasted for a year!
And instead of dining out, my husband opted to go home early than usual to give him ample time to cook his favorite dish, tuna spaghetti!
Today wasn't really the perfect day for the father in our family...he even woke up early to have the transformer of the ref replaced and was "on call" in case my brother decides to be brought to the hospital due to his excruciating gallbladder-related pain.
So how did we spend Father's day? We spent it with my husband's loved ones - not so much of the extravagance but more of the quality time together and with the day's glitches, it makes it one Father's day to remember.
I've come across Nicoganda's blog site via Dee. I had fun posting a blog on 'What's inside my wallet', though I know I won't have the chance to grab the $20 she's giving out.
So much into it, I'm now blogging about what's inside my shower loot, ahaha, just for fun...
Here it goes...
1) Olay bath soap
2) Ponds White Beauty facial foam (Pink White Glow)
3) Avon Simply Delicate fem was (Calming)
4) Clear shampoo (Ice Cool)
5) Clear conditioner (Ice Cool)6) Victoria's Secret Body Wash (Amber Romance)
7) Infusium 23 leave-in hair treatment
8) Ponds lightening cream
9) Bath & Body works lotion (Coconut Lime Verbene)
10) Block & White deodorant (Milk), and11) comb
That's it, really really fun doing this.
