Proudmom got 2 Free Lunches in a Row

As I have mentioned in my earlier post, two of my office mates are gonna celebrate their birthdays this week. So yesterday was the birthday of the other one. I ate lunch with them. Yummy pancit, kare-kare, lumpia shanghai were served. There was also the roasted chicken but I did not eat it to avoid allergy.

Today is the birthday of the other one. She told me already to have my lunch in their office. I donnu yet what she'll gonna serve. Freebies are always a delight:). To my officemates C and V, happy birthday to both of you. More blessings to come:)

Bonding with Grandma

Ask her to whom grandma loves very much and she would answer "baby Keona". Yes, my little girl is very close to grandma because she's with her every time we're out to work.

All Smiles at Jolibee

Keona so happy going to jolibee because she get to eat her favorite french fries.

New Way of Learning the Alphabet

Keona has started already learning to identify the letters in the alphabet. Grandma acted as her tutor and she can now identify the vowel letters. She could not identify yet the consonants since there are many. Now that she gets older, she become really fond of playing and she seems to get bored already with her flash cards.

Yesterday, my office mate introduced me a site which she used during the time when she was a tutor to preschool pupils. I look at the website and it's really nice. It's starfall.com and it's very fitted for Keona.

When I reached home, after doing my online tasks, I let her look at the website and she was really glued on it. She follows the sounds and pronunciations and her interest is being kept because it's an audio-visual presentation. I hope Keona will learn the alphabet soon trough this website.

On Gift Giving

It has been always a practice in our department that we give something as a keepsake to whoever is celebrating a birthday. It can be anything simple or a bouquet of fresh flowers will do. With the skyrocketing prices of economic goods nowadays, I always look for promotional items so that I'll be able to save.

Two of my office mates are going to celebrate their birthdays next week. I'm looking for something I can give to them. I've seen promotional mugs online and I'm considering on giving it to one since one of the birthday celebrator loves collecting mugs.

I'm also thinking of buying anything and will just put personalized printing on it and give it to the other birthday celebrant. I got this idea from Amsterdam Printing and it's nice because it somehow gives a personal touch to my gift.

Lovely Weekend

Weekends are always my favorite part of the week. No work, no hassles, no traffic and I can just laze around without monitoring the time.

Grandpa invited us for a lunch today and we do not know yet where he will gonna treat us for a lunch. Surely, we'll have a yummy lunch. Have a great weekend friends:)

Proudmom is Tagged

A good friend of mine, Russ who authors the blogs Grampy's World and Vintage Fun for All, tagged me to do a survey consisting of 19 questions (whew!). Below are the questions with my corresponding answers...

1. If you have pets, do you see them as merely animals, or are they members of your family?

-Pets are pets and I love them but they are not my family who are humans.

2. If you can have a dream to come true, what would it be?

-Personally, to be financially free and that I don't need to be away from my daughter to be able to put food on the table. Socially, I dream that everyone live in harmony in diversity.

3. What is the one thing most hated by you?

-Backstabbers and people who are fake, pretenders.

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?

Secure the future by putting something on the trust fund, give a portion to charity and travel around the world.

5. What helps to pull you out of a bad mood?

My daughter

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?

I think both are blessed.

7. What is your bedtime routine?

-Take a bath, put on some oil and lotion,say a prayer and off to my dreamland

8. If you are currently in a relationship, how did you meet your partner?

-I meet my partner at work.

9. If you could watch a creative person in the act of the creativeprocess, who would it be?

My mother-in-law and hubby.

10. What kinds of books do you read?

-Romance and self-help books

11. How would you see yourself in ten years time?

Probably a work-at-home mom.

12. What’s your fear?

Untimely death.

13. Would you give up all junk food for the rest of your life for the opportunity to visit outer space?

-I would. I'm not really much into junk foods.

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married, but poor?

-I'd rather be married and poor. I'm currently married and very much happy. Money can't buy happiness.

15. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up?

-Thank God for the new day and that I still able to wake up.

16. If you could change one thing about your spouse/partner what would it be?

There's nothing to change in him. I have accepted all of his strengths and weaknesses before I decided marrying him.

17. If you could pick a new name for yourself, what would it be?

Arielle:).

18. Would you forgive and forget no matter how horrible a thing that special someone has done?

-Yes. But it is easier said than done.

19. If you could only eat one thing for the next 6 months, what would it be?

-Sweet potatoes.

Happy Valentine's Day

Hello everyone! It's a beautiful Monday and day of hearts. I'd like to take this opportunity to greet my online friends a very happy Valentine's day. Hugs and kisses to all of you.

Sociable

As Keona gets older, she is becoming more sociable as well. She accompanied Mom to PS bank yesterday and Mom told me that she keeps on saying Hi and Hello to the personnel in the bank. So the personnel were also very amused with her.

When it was time for them to go, she bid goodbye to the man who is a teller. Since the man was talking to the phone, he did not mind Keona waving him. Keona did not stop waving until the man responded her, waving as well.

Cutie Dancer

Keona loves to dance. She follows the dance moves of the characters she see on Nickelodeon. When I was out at the back of the house doing some household chores, she dances on the pole and hubby got fascinated by her. So, he right away got the camera...

Teaching Keona how to Save

As early as now, we are already teaching Keona how to save. It is said that the best thing to teach a child is when she is still young because their minds are blank tablets. They are easy to teach and whatever you teach them will be inculcated in their minds right away.

Being an only child and first grandchild in my hubby's side, she has the tendency to become spoiled specially with grandpa. Grandpa gives her whatever she wants but I balance it with teaching her the right values as early as now. I would tell her that she can't have everything she wants because I don't want her to grow up bratty.

Going back to savings, Keona loves to put on coins on her piggy bank. She would ask grannies for coins or sometimes from me and hubby. Mom told us to deposit her money from her piggy bank to the bank because there's a kiddie savings account in Metrobank where grandma used to work. We opened her piggy bank and grandma said she'll just add whatever Keona had saved so that it will reach to 500 pesos, the minimum amount required for the kiddie savings.

January Top EC Droppers

Thank you very much for constantly visiting in my little corner in the blagosphere. Your visits and comments mean a lot to me guys. I love you all.

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Little girl doing the Grocery

Little girl loves to go to the grocery store together with grannies. She selects as well whatever she wants and put it inside the cart.

Food Trip at Mandarin

Mandarin Tea Garden is one of my fave restaurants here in my place. These photos were taken during our last visit to Keona's pediatrician. I ordered fish fillet while hubby had his beef wanton rice toppings.

Keona loves French fries very much so hubby bought French fries in a nearby McDonalds outlet and brought it to us.

Getting Ready for our Exit on Earth

Death is one of my most dreaded topics when I was younger. As time goes by and I believe I have matured as well, I started to realize death is inevitable and that it is one thing that everyone should be prepared of. We do not know when our call time is so we better prepare ourselves and leave good footprints here on earth. That's why, it is very important to have Burial Insurance.

Let's face it, death is also really costly. When my father died 4 years ago, we didn't have a hard time in terms of finances because my Mom had a seniors funeral insurance. That's what I admire most with my mother. She's very proactive.

My father was bed-ridden for 2 years. Having somebody needing medical attention can be really draining financially, so it is very important to have health resource for seniors to avoid being broke when illness come.