Spring project accomplished

The floor in the dining room is done - yipee! It is beautiful and Thanks to my very skilled sweetheart, we just have the kitchen and living room to do. Both projects will have to wait for next year though but I am happy with our accomplishment so far. So here you go, check out the floor...it might be where P will sleep for the next nights until he gets rid of his Fu Manchu.

Fu Manchu

OK, People, brace yourself...
I definitely don't like this Fu Manchu look and I already told him, either he gets rid of it or he'll be sleeping anywhere but near me or our bed - ewe, horrible!

Joshua would have been a mini-me version of his Dad but that Fu Manchu look just throws me off - yuck!

Acrostic

Needless to say, I am a happy Mama despite of me not being familiar with the term "acrostic"... that made my Mother's day extra extra special...


This is what prompt the lovely card. I made a homemade vanilla, mango ice cream. It was my first homemade ice cream and I might just keep my record that way and not make another one. I am known for being good at first attempts then I falter as I keep making them.

Plea

I find it interesting that my youngest sister is pleading her case to me rather than to my parents. Anyway, it all started with my Dad making some silly promise that he will buy her a laptop. I obviously did not like the idea since we already are having trouble with her owning a cellphone and that her owning a laptop with internet connection will just make our troubles more. She's got some text messaging addiction and it is a pretty bad one since apparently that is what she does non stop. From what I heard, it is a from dusk-til-dawn kind of habit and my siblings can't seem to contain that problem. I guess my parents did realize that but how did my Dad approach to fix it?

Here is the email I got from her ...

"i need some laptap in cavite not for friendster or chatting its for searching assignments and for my skill developtment, Papa said you are the one who doesn't want me to have a laptop" - Rhiza

Yup, that is how my Dad is fixing the problem. To let me deal with it instead!

Genes

Joshua's teacher mentioned to me before to have his eyes checked since he has been doing a lot of squinting in class and just more recently has actually complained about not being able to read things from a distance. So, I took Shua to the eye doctor today and indeed he needs glasses. It is not a strong prescription glasses and he doesn't need to use it all the time. He only needs it in class or when he needs to read things from a distance. The optometrist mentioned that since he is very young, it is highly probable that it is genetic and is not due to him reading a lot. She didn't think kids his age read that much :)

That was the first diagnosis, then came another one - the optometrist has a strong suspicion that he is also color blind. When she did her test, she asked Joshua to tell what numbers he can see from the book and he only managed to read 1 out of 10. When she showed me the book, the numbers were definitely visible and so it was very surprising that Joshua didn't see any. Again, she turns her head to me and asked me if there is anybody in the family who is color blind...and I really didn't know if there is anybody who is color blind in the family. It doesn't matter anyway if it was genetic or what. The thing is you can't fix color blindness but at least you can still function normally - but of course there goes the chance of Joshua becoming a Pilot in the future! When he heard that, he just simply said - I don't want to become a Pilot anymore anyway, I'll just be a race car driver...

Patience

It is what I need right now. I just realized that I am a very impatient person and that it has escalated during the last 6 months. I need to find ways and learn how to handle my impatience and/or lack of - very fast and soon. I guess in some ways, at least I think I made the right choice of not becoming a teacher - that would have been a disaster if ever I became one. Being a teacher, tutor or mentor to my Mom has been really tough. I can not wait for the time when I become the daughter again. Technically, I am but I haven't been in that shoe for a while now.

I am glad I am able to go to the gym and workout. I take out all of my aggression and frustrations there. I think I also need to dig out my punching bag in the garage. I need some more avenue otherwise, I'll be a worse person than who I am now.

Woodenshoe Tulip Festival

I've been wanting to check out the Tulip Festival since I moved here and has never been until this weekend. The weather was not that great but I guess it was to our advantage since the place was less packed than usual. It was a nice short trip to the field and we made it out without being caught in the traffic.

Joshua at first was not interested about checking out the flowers but once we got there, he found ways to keep himself entertained...who does not like flowers anyway?