I have been dreaming of getting a printer for years now. Yes, you have read it right. Y-E-A-R-S! Thanks to the rewards program of our internet provider and availing of their retention program (we have no choice, they are the only internet service provider in our area), we finally got a printer a few months ago. It is a printer, copier and scanner at the same time. So far, we have printed a list of labels for our DVDs (all of them in full color, as the husband’s demand) and my never ending list and scrap portfolios. We printed a lot of full-colored pages and right now, we need to get new printer ink cartridges in time for school. I intend to personalize their name labels for their books and notebooks (I am a scrapbooker of course, and an OC mommy).

The husband suggested that instead of getting new printer cartridges we can have it cheaper if we buy a refill ink kit for the printer cartridge. There are a lot stores selling them right now but it would be better if we get it from a reputable store like Printer-Cartridges.com. They even have detailed instructions with pictures on how to refill the ink of a printer cartridge.

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Finally, after two years, I had my hair curled!(I am procastination in person! I still need to look at life insurance quotes given to me last December!) Last week, I decided “this was it” and I better do it because I was itching to cut my hair again. I figured at least I get to see what it looks like – if I dont like it, I can always cut it.

I had it done at Tony & Jackey and I really wanted one like this, but the stylist told me that it will be a waste of money because digital perming loosens in 4-6 weeks so better have it in small curls (small carl like he says) – so it is. Beside it is my uber brittle, thin, fine hair (according to Mario, my stylist).

After four hours, here is me, transporting back to when I was eight (or three):

See my hair back in 1982:

See this post.

A more decent picture:

And the reaction of Martha of course:

Mom, bakit hair mo like that? Tapos tinouch ko ung bangs ko, "WOW, ganda naman Mom!"

Tapos biglang sabi,
Mom, my hair look? Pretty?
(See her braid, Ate Caren makes her hair like this every now and then, she loves it!)

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Right now:

I gave up Facebook and Twitter for Lent. That is the hardest thing for me to do, but two weeks from quitting, I am more productive and have more time in my hands. I am thinking I might need to do this all the way.

I now have an iPhone – which to this day I have not fully used yet. I am too busy and swamped with work to set aside time to play with it.

We now have househelp. And everyday I send a prayer of gratitude for her.

I also have a printer, which I got for free. This makes me absurdly happy.

Work has been so rewarding the past months. Plus I haven’t shopped online since 2010. Savings have started to become more real, and for once, Im not having tension headaches because of the upcoming enrollments of my kids. Thank You Looooorrrd!

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One of my goals this year was to get back to reading. I wanted to try reading other stuff and explore new authors and I picked this book because it was listed as one of the top sellers in the Fiction List in the bookstore. The concept of heaven drew me to it – wouldn’t it be nice if heaven is really everything we imagine and want it to be?

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So….29.

Nothing truly remarkable, earth-shattering, mind-boggling about that. It just leads me one year closer to another decade.

What has become of me during my 20s? I gave birth to two kids, packed on another me, weight-wise, got married, finished two degrees and here I am…doing absolutely nothing. I need more than an anti-wrinkle cream to bring back the old me. I need a makeover, literally and figuratively. The strange thing is, I do not even want the old me back. I guess I need to discover what new “me” I want to be. My bucketlist to 30 begins.

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This is my latest picture, taken last December 27. As you can see, my hair has grown longer (up to the ends of my shoulder blades already in fact). This is owing to exactly one year of growing my hair. I promised myself I won’t have a hair cut and I will try having my hair curled for once in my life. Now that I am only waiting for a few inches to grow out (and a few home treatments to prepare my hair for the trauma, hehehe), I am now itching to cut if all off again. This happened in 2008 as well, at the spur of the moment, I had it cut. I know I really dont need a  trim with my hair but a quick trim with my big big belly (hehehe), but for now, I cant seem to take it off my mind! It’s driving me crazy. The husband told me to have it curled and if I dont like it, to cut it off = to simply put it, don’t worry too much about hair (for Christ’s sake!).

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I didn’t need to off on one of those orlando vacations, all I needed was to make sure I get to see this on its opening day:

Thankfully, I was able to watch it with fellow twi-fan friends. We scheduled to see on its opening day at Greenbelt and even if I was late (I slept on the bus!), at least I wasn’t late for the showing.

I will spare you the reviews for the movie because clearly I am biased and will always be subjective (you can always hover here and here though for my thoughts). It sucked, it rocked, whatever you thought it was, for me, it rocked

New Moon + Mushy Scenes + Hot Men + Good Food + Friends = Very Fun Mommy Day-off!

We ate at Chilli’s for lunch, watched the movie, ate some ice cream, then had cake at Conti’s. Only I got jealous of the pregnant friend’s craving (beside me), I ordered rice too – and the rest of us as well.

Now June 30, 2010 is blocked off our calendars so we can watch Eclipse

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In pain – my tooth is acting up again so the killer headaches are here! I am drowning from painkillers. I need to take antibiotics and have an appointment with the dentist soon.

In work – Work has been piling because I am biting more than I can chew, admittedly. But I need to take advantage of everything -  cash flow is sometimes short, but I have locked a considerable amount of savings with a friend. I am looking forward to finally having a savings account + some extra for low cost health insurance!

In real life events – too much in the agenda of everyday. I don’t have a maid so household chores (including the dreaded laundry) is now on top of my mountain load of to-do lists.

But I am drowning with newfound knowledge, blessings, love and care. Everyday I try to discover myself more, who really am I deep down, sans the parents, the kids, the husband, the accomplishments, the failures – at 28, I still have a lot to learn. I hope it won’t be too late when I know my true self.

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