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Blessings Come in All Shapes and Sizes.

Posted on Nov 23, 2007 under Married Life, Real-Life Lessons |

Blessing No.1:

Last night, I was counting pennies because it seems that we might run out of cold cash by the weekend.

Then came an aunt from the US who had my blog earnings. My aunt sent it to her to save on transaction fees.

Blessing No.2:

I then made a list of all payables and expenses and was quite disappointed that I might not have enough budget to get the decors this week.

Then a family friend arrived with a box full of goodies. Apparently, his nephew works in a major hotel and they dont use Christmas decorations twice. So we now have first class decors for our house (Di ko lang alam paano ikabit ang glass balls, baka mabasag! Ang gaganda pa ha. Parang di nagamit.)

Blessing No.3:

I have been wanting to replace our foam mattress since it has been making my back hurt. Kaso, as usual, laging kulang sa budget.

The family friend also had something. He gave us a KING SIZED foam mattress which was a reject from the same hotel. LOL. Now our room space has shrunk considerably pero mehn, pwede na magtumbling tumbling sa kama, LOL.

Galing ni Lord no?

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  1. by meng PHILIPPINES, on November 23 2007 @ 10:46 am

     

    omaygulay?!?!! pwede bang maki-friend sa friend mo? hehehe! king-sized mattress for free?!?! panalo! para kang nanalo sa raffle ng uratex! LOL

  2. by Chrissy UNITED STATES, on November 23 2007 @ 12:56 pm

     

    I am totally unsympathetic your financial woes. You always talk about living paycheck to paycheck yet you squander away your earnings on clothes, toys, scrapbooking kits, and other equally foolish purchases. While your children are still young, you should show by example fiscal prudence and discipline. If you keep this up, five, ten years down the road, you’d still be where you are - no house, no car, nor any tangible asset in your name.

    And whatever happened to saving money and studying for the NCLEX so you can work at a job that you actually went to college for? Or was that just a pipe dream?

    Get your priorities straight, Aggie. You have two kids depending on you and your husband to secure their future. And that future has nothing to do with having the coolest Halloween costumes and Christmas presents.

  3. by aggie.aviso , on November 23 2007 @ 1:08 pm

     

    Hello Chrissy, while I respect what you have said, I think you are just seeing the icing on top of the cake here. Whatever I write here does not reflect my offline life 100%.

    “You always talk about living paycheck to paycheck yet you squander away your earnings on clothes, toys, scrapbooking kits, and other equally foolish purchases.”

    – I really do not want to answer this but just to set you straight, I do not shop for my kids’ clothes offline because whatever we make out of a living for our (me and my husband’s) paychecks, go straight to paying our bills. Whatever I earn from blogging, a small percentage of it goes to buying whatever I deem worthy of buying for my kids — yes, for their toys, clothes and even my scrapbooking kits — and I think they are not foolish, they make my kids happy, they make me happy (like scrapping is my creative release from stress), and though you might deem it impractical, I do not. It is my money anymore.

    “If you keep this up, five, ten years down the road, you’d still be where you are - no house, no car, nor any tangible asset in your name.”
    – I totally agree with you. I do not have plans of “keeping this up”, whatever that means for you. And again, I don’t discuss whatever things I do for our future entirely in my blog.

    “And whatever happened to saving money and studying for the NCLEX so you can work at a job that you actually went to college for? Or was that just a pipe dream?”
    – I am really flattered to know you have been reading my blog well :). Yes, I have saved enough for my NCLEX, and yes, I have actually sent in an initial payment for it. Did I blog about it? Not really, primarily because, it will take 5-6 weeks before I even get an actual application in my hand, and another 5-6 months before I can even get an exam permit. And yes, it came from my money. I didnt want to blog about it because 1) I was nervous Im making a big deal out of it 2) That part of my life is really so vague right now and 3) Simply put, I dont want to blog about it. Period.

    “Get your priorities straight, Aggie. You have two kids depending on you and your husband to secure their future. And that future has nothing to do with having the coolest Halloween costumes and Christmas presents.”
    – I totally agree with you on this one too. I have my priorities straight, and thank you making me realize that my blog doesnt reflect it. Though, I honestly feel that blogging about having the coolest costumes and presents are really nice and exciting.

    Btw, the costumes were a present and the Christmas present will be coming from my own pocket.

    Thanks again for making time to leave a comment. I have not been offended with your comment, but I think you have judged my character rather harshly with what you have write. However, I accept it. Maybe whatever I am writing reflects what your opinion of me is. But it really doesnt even cover 5% of whatever ME is.

    Have a great day!

  4. by aggie.aviso , on November 23 2007 @ 1:25 pm

     

    HAHAHA!!
    Meng totally unexpected talaga un, Swerte lang kungbaga :)

  5. by joy PHILIPPINES, on November 23 2007 @ 4:02 pm

     

    hi aggie. you’re so blessed :) I think it’s because you’re so good to your family, siblings and parents that everything you give just comes back to you.

  6. by alpha PHILIPPINES, on November 23 2007 @ 4:37 pm

     

    oh my.. inggit ako sa decors mo.. ang gaganda malamang nyan..

    kaloka yung isang koment dyan.. hahaha tagalog, baka hanapin ako at okrayin din.. :D di ba nya alam na etong blog e napakaliit na parte lang ng buhay natin.. sa kin din, sobrang liit lang na part nun.. kahit nga personal mo kilala yung isang tao, di mo pwede husgahan, pano pa tong sa internet lang nababasa.. di ba..

  7. by alpha PHILIPPINES, on November 23 2007 @ 4:41 pm

     

    re the glass balls, pwedeng wag mo na lang sa tree ilagay kasi malamang-lamang, pagdidiskitahan ni martha yan.. kami last year, wala pa kaming malaking tree, ni-hang namin yung balls dun sa pasukan papuntang kwarto at kitchen, using nylon kya para silang nakalutang dun.. pwedi din sa ceiling..

  8. by aggie.aviso , on November 23 2007 @ 4:48 pm

     

    Uy salamat Joy :D I actually am blessed because I have them not because they have me :D

  9. by angela , on November 23 2007 @ 5:05 pm

     

    good things happen to good people :)

    as for the “kala mo kung sinong magaling,” haay, may mga ganyan talagang tao sa mundong ito. pagpasensiyahan na lang ang mga napaka-”special” people na ganyan.

  10. by aggie.aviso , on November 23 2007 @ 7:55 pm

     

    Alpha, nakakaintindi sya ng Tagalog, I have her e-mail and it is a Pinoy last name :). Well, ganun talaga, it’s her opinion naman. Kaso this is my blog din :D

  11. by aggie.aviso , on November 23 2007 @ 7:56 pm

     

    At regarding the decors, sana sipagin na ako na ayusin ung bahay namin this weekend, LOL

  12. by aggie.aviso , on November 23 2007 @ 7:57 pm

     

    Thanks Angela :)
    Noted naman un. Nairita lang ako nung una but then why would I be affected with someone’s perception of me when she doesnt know me well enough. I think she just gave advice, unsolicited nga lang :)

  13. by Nyree , on November 23 2007 @ 9:48 pm

     

    Wow Aggie! Truly a blessing! :) Congratulations!

    i don’t even want to comment on that girl, sana lang she is super financially stable to even comment like that. Never mind her nalang.

  14. by Apols AUSTRALIA, on November 23 2007 @ 10:56 pm

     

    Wow so we have to watch out what we write now coz somebody might judge us the way Chrissy did.

    What about minding your own business Chrissy? I know it wont hurt.

    Leave her be.

  15. by Jen UNITED STATES, on November 23 2007 @ 11:29 pm

     

    absolutely wonderful.

  16. by peachy , on November 23 2007 @ 11:48 pm

     

    ” I actually am blessed because I have them, not because they have me “..

    Oh di ba, parang Star Cinema na movie ito ah ! LOL! ..

    Ayaw kong mag comment dun sa isang issue dito, baka kasi mapuntahan nya blog ko, tapos sabihin walang kwenta buhay ko , kasi puro yata shopping laman ng blog ko! Bwahaha!

    Ikaw kasi, tama na ang shopping kwentos.. common, isa namang kwento na pang Maalaala mo Kaya :P

  17. by Joy UNITED STATES, on November 23 2007 @ 11:58 pm

     

    Super galing talaga ni Lord! He is never outdone in His generosity!

  18. by Jacq , on November 24 2007 @ 12:03 am

     

    Aggie pwede ka bang magpadala ng decors dito???Lol. I hope you’ll post pics pag naayos mo na ha…so far Christmas tree at lights pa lang ang naayos ko.

  19. by Chikai AUSTRALIA, on November 24 2007 @ 12:36 am

     

    sinabi mo pa aggie.. alam talaga ni Lord kung kelan natin kailangan ng back-up. hehe. ang galing2x nya noh? :)

    as for Chrissy, nagulat naman ako dun sa comment nya pero gaya ng sinabi mo opinyon nya yon. she sounded like a mom scolding her kid. hehe.

    pero no matter what aggie, idol pa rin kita. si super mommy ka pa rin. :)

  20. by Chikai AUSTRALIA, on November 24 2007 @ 12:37 am

     

    este.. super woman pala! hehe!

  21. by Litzie AUSTRALIA, on November 24 2007 @ 1:29 pm

     

    nawindang ako sa comment nung isa Aggie. well that’s her opinion, deadma. you know yourself very well and para sa mas nakararami like me, i don’t really think she’s right… well yun naman ang opinion ko!

    anyway, thanks for the help talaga. i really appreciate it, kaya you have so much blessings coming your way kasi you’re nice, contrary to a few who see you differently. ;)

  22. by jane AUSTRALIA, on November 25 2007 @ 1:28 pm

     

    wow… i did miss this one, aggie. i haven’t been blog hopping lately kase.

    anyway, not so long ago, i was also judged pero sa cbox ko lang nag leave ng message. oh well, ganyan talaga. we can’t please everybody. not that we mean to but sana lang nga they keep their unsolicited advices to themselves.

    for me, whatever you do with your money, paki ba nila. hard earned money mo yon and you can spend it on anything. and yes, i can’t agree more that our blogs are just a teeny weeny part of us hence no one should assume we are this or that just because of what they read or what we choose to post or write about.

    more blessings your way, girl!

  23. by kelly , on November 26 2007 @ 10:58 pm

     

    the best talaga si LORD!

    kawindang yang isang comment na yan ha. kung ako ang sinabihan niyan, inerase ko na yan! lol!

  24. by Mich PHILIPPINES, on November 27 2007 @ 11:26 am

     

    God really works in mysterious ways ano? That’s good that you get to notice and be thankful for HIS blessings. :) More blessings to come!!!

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