what's new with us?

...quite a few but big and important.

fireworks display from another building on the eve of our lipat-bahay. the whole block is celebrating for our departure. hehe.

first, we have a new residence. we moved out last march 27th from the condo building which we rented for over a year. i thought we're already experts when it comes to lipat-bahay since the flat was already our fourth house within our four years of marriage (can you believe it?) but still, it was stressful. probably because aside from the things that need to be packed and unpacked, there are two kids which we also have to attend to. we also didn't hire any professional lipat-bahay service since we're just going to move to an apartment which is only a few kilometers away and we thought that our ever-dependable isuzu trooper can carry all of them, but not at the same time though. i just want to thank jude's bestfriend--dylan--who helped jude for two saturdays in transfering all our things (including the ref!) to our new abode.

i must also thank my family as they were also a big help to us during those times. my mother visited us on the first saturday of our transfer to help me in taking care of theo. after her, it's my ate who helped us in cleaning the two-storey apartment. actually, she almost did the entire job! :D

i really hope that our next transfer will be the last one since it's never fun but all stress. our current now as i've said is a two-storey apartment, the first unit in a row of four along chino roces ave. we're renting it again and as early as now we can already say that we won't renew the contract next year. we had bigger plans than that. the reason why we move to an apartment is mainly because we wanted a bigger space for the kids and also to have a garage or parking space which is very accessible for us. aside from that we also had a lot issues with condo living and that includes the exorbitant monthly water bill.

though i sometimes miss our old residence, especially my almost everyday troop to greenbelt/landmark/glorietta (hehe), am also beginning to like now our new house. it can  accommodate all our things including those that are still in our house in laguna, the kids can enjoy another room as their designated play area, i can also employ a stay-in househelp if i wanted to, and it's also  very near a major supermarket so grocery-shopping now is never a problem. in fact, i can even ask one of the male baggers to lug the grocery bags for me up to our house in exchange for a few bucks. :D

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another one that's new with us is our househelp.--yey, finally! i was really adamant to have a helper as soon as we transfer since a bigger space means a bigger house to clean, right? our new househelp just started this week (that's why am now blogging) and so far so good .she was referred to me by one of the crew of the salon near our house and since she lives a few blocks away i agreed that she goes home every night as long as her tasks are finished. i actually like this set-up better so we can still have a little privacy.

i hope she's really good (in all aspects) AND she stays with us long. but i really don't expect it would be that long like more than a year since she has two small kids left in the province. but for now i will enjoy these moments that am not obliged to cook every meal time, press all our clothes, clean every nook of our house, and at the same time taking care of my little boys who really matter to me the most.