Pinay Mommy ADreamer

We are advised to donate blood every 6 months to replenish our red blood cells with new ones. I used to donate 2x a year religiously when I was in College but lost track when I had my first job up until today. It would be good to get back on it and help save lives.

Here’s a nice information sheet that will tell you which blood type can receive yours and what type you can receive:

Here are helpful links to read about blood donation

Blood Donation FAQs

GIVE BLOOD

We are aware that some hotels, boutiques, restrooms and other rooms have mirrors that are actually two-way mirrors wherein people can watch you from the other side. Be vigilant and don’t fall prey on people who take advantage of our innocence.

Here’s how to check if the mirror you are using is a real mirror or just a two-way mirror:

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Didn’t I tell you my husband is determined to cross lists on his New Year’s resolution? And one of which is to get fit and healthy. It’s not bad, just that I was obliged to go with him and be fit and healthy myself. So we successfully completed a 30-1 hr gym date for a week now. I started cutting back on rice   make that no rice on dinner. Well this makes everyone happy because finally we are one step to living longer.

Exercise is hard. Harder if you have been procrastinating for the past 5 years. So in my attempt to make this endeavor light and happy, I Googled some funny cartoon pics:

Continue reading “Exercise, Diet and Bonding with the Loves” »

We’re continually in search of the best room aromatherapy or room odor eliminator and I am convinced that scented candles are the best to use. Though this of course is not as convenient to use because you deal with possible fire hazard, wax mess, etc.

One grocery day, my husband was swayed by the sales lady’s spiel that Ambu pur’s new odor eliminator such as this:

This by the way costs P230 +++

Anyways, the spiel is that it lasts 60 days! Of course I didn’t believe it and told the sales lady I will definitely be back if it does not hold true to the 60 days it claims. Lo and behold, here we are finally accepting that stuff like this DOES NOT WORK.

There goes our two hundred pesos!

Thumbs down.

When I started working from home, I didn’t have an assistant to help me with the house, my daughter (who was then a year and a half years old) and of course my job. It was a story of either an organized house but tired Mom or a house in disarray but well fed family and a happy boss. Is this your life story too? Well, it shouldn’t be. Look what’s wrong in that picture. On either side none of it says happy MOM which is bad, bad for you and bad for the family. Hopefully I could be able to help you get organized with my tips and some organizational tricks.

1. Have notebooks for everything. I have 1 for the household, 1 for personal needs, 1 for family needs and 1 for work. Here I write down day-to-day to do list and it’s also where I tuck receipts and bills due for the month.

2. Organize a room at your house 1 day at a time. And then jot down your to-buy list and to-donate list on your household notebook. Schedule the rooms according to your usual habit and family activities.

My usual list goes something like:

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My 2011 has been a great year for traveling, almost every month I was traveling. I was thankful for that because I have learned so much about myself, other culture and reconnected with my family. If there’s one thing that could describe how I feel about traveling and my realizations through my travels it is this photo:

Travel Thoughts

Wedding Anniversary dinner gone wrong! Watch and laugh.

Or what about forgetting your anniversary? Now, THAT IS TROUBLE! Watch and laugh!

No other song (yet) best describes my love for my daughter other than Martina Mcbride’s In my Daughter’s Eyes.

It goes like this:

Continue reading “A Mommy’s Song to her Daughter” »

What’s Your No-Brainer Recipe?

All Moms have those,yes? Mine’s a roasted herb chicken or roasted whatever-I-have-in-the-fridge chicken! It’s so easy to do, here’s how:

1. Take out your whole chicken out of the freezer to thaw.

2. Wash the chicken inside and out making sure water runs through and through on it’s cavity.

3. Place in a baking dish and slather skin with butter and inserting butter between the skin and the meat.

Continue reading “Home-Made Roasted Chicken ala Renz” »

Pardon my absences because I was really in and out because of the holidays plus it was Peaches’ birthday the day after Christmas and my day just went from crazy to UNBELIEVABLE. I was juggling work, catching up with work, more work and did I say work?

Anyway, now that I am slowly getting back to my usually pace (yay!), I want to take a moment and greet you all a Happy New Year! My family spent New Year’s at Beijing to experience winter and hopefully snow but unfortunately we missed it by 1 day. But it was still all good because it’s Winterwonderland in Beijing.

New Year is always a welcome change for me and I always take it as a chance to reflect on the year before and the years to come. My dear husband in fact followed suit because he’s starting to do changes from his routine and he’s talking about doing some more on his habit and attitude. I’m really happy about the changes he did which meant so much to me and Peaches

2011 has been good to me, there were low points but it was all just stories now. I am hoping that the dear Universe give me an even better 2012. And of course, to you as well.

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012!