Red Tips

I'm still sick. That's really a bummer because this reduces our opportunities to go out. You see, my dear husband's vacation this time is just short (he's leaving last week Sept) so we want to make the most of his vacay days.

Anyway, what's keeping me a bit happy is this...

 I know, it's might seem shallow but really, these are my little pleasures in life. I would've gotten more colors but I resisted and just stuck to this.

Now, i'm looking forward to having my mani-pedi once I'm fully well. If it takes long before I recover, maybe I'll just paint my tips myself!

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From Her to Me

The little girl got sick for two days, and I knew it. I knew that by the time she's feeling well, it's me who will get sick. And yes, I am sick now.

I need a vacay. Well, not that I don't get enough of it... too much actually hahahaha. But really, I wanna go to this place...

Just imagine waking up to this view.

And I just want to plop myself in this lovely bed...

It might look austere but there's this calming effect on me. LOVE it.

{Images from Apartment Therapy}

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My Shopping Stereotype

Your Shopping Stereotype is Unique

It's hard to stereotype you, because you simply buy what you like. You are a true individual. Sometimes you go high end. Sometimes you go low end. But you almost never go with the crowd. You don't settle until you find the perfect item. Shopping is one of the ways that you express yourself. You're proud of what you own, and if you change your mind about something, you immediately get rid of it.

What's Your Shopping Stereotype?

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Mad Men and Being a Housewife

I know, it has become a habit of me that I don't blog that often these days. Well, aside from the husband being here and that he prefers that I stay away from the Internet world as often as possible, I am also hooked on Mad Men.

At first, I found it a little dragging. But then, it grew on me and now I just watch the episodes one after the other. Just like the Tudors craze of mine.

My big question though, is....

Shall I allow myself to learn a thing or two on being a housewife as per the show? You know, the 60's version of being a housewife: serving the husband, full-time attending to the kids and the house, etc etc.

What I want to emulate though is the fashion! Imagine, all dolled up, made-up, and bejewelled (yes I am, but more like the game) even when at home. Even while doing house chores.

And of course, being the perfect hostess when there are guests.

Actually, I think I am channeling the fashion lately. Hahaha. I was in Salcedo Market earlier today and I was wearing this B&W checkered shift dress and oxfords. Hahaha. The other day, I was wearing red lipstick at home too.

Yeah, maybe I'll try a little on becoming that housewife, then we'll see which the husband will prefer (although i have a strong feeling what he'd like more hahaha).

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Jake Cuenca

Finally. After getting envious of our yaya and my MIL for always seeing Jake Cuenca, I finally got to see him in our lobby.

Our Yaya tipped me already that his Expy was parked outside, so we just waited for a bit to see him. And we were prepared. We have the Bench Body folio of Jake Cuenca!

When he finally went down, he was VERY nice. Cool, but nice (more like cordial hahaha). No frenzy, just asked him to sign and if possible, a picture with him.

 He was like "Aww, the pen isn't working." Good thing the teens who I helped in their project (they interviewed me about pabulas) had a black marker.

Star struck much? Hehehe. He is handsome. Now I'm a fan. Hahaha!

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Painting our Walls

Just to relieve our stress (we finally let go of the helper in question and in that process my BP shot up to 200/100 haha) we decided to paint our foyer walls a nice shade of blue-green called "Daydream."

Here's the husband doing the dirty work...

As previously blogged, this was our inspiration:

I can't wait till we reupholster our sofa and also adorn our lovely painted walls with gold accessories.

PS: We bought a little too much paint. The store said our area will cover one gallon, but we ended up using just a fourth or a third of it. What to do with the excess paint? Hmmm. Sell it then buy a barcode scanner perhaps? Kidding.

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Lesson Learned

No matter how good you treat your helpers, in the end, you mean nothing to them.

Damn if you treat them bad, damn if you treat them well.

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Early Rant of the Week

Our blissful state is a bit marred by this irritating fact: our helper "suddenly got sick" and lo and behold. Instead of staying in, she decided to have a day off and stay at her folks' place in QC. She said she'd stay overnight. I told her that it's becoming her habit of having overnight day-offs and it's not even appropriate now since she said she was sick. She left Saturday morning, and we expected her to be back Sunday morning.

Well, it's Tuesday now and she's still not here. We call her up everyday and she said that she's still sick. I told her to go to the doctor instead of just self-medicating, even told her that she should have stayed here at least medical services and medicines will be free.

4 days of head-ache, cough, fever. I really snapped at her the other day, telling her that she was strong enough to leave while she was sick, she should be strong enough to come back even when she's sick. I know it's mean, but really, I think she's abusing our kindness and the fact that the husband is already here.

I really plan to not pay her for her vacation days and instead give the "shorthand pay" to our yaya.

Our helper, even though she has stayed long with us already (almost 4 years), is "deteriorating" in performance and it's not health-related. Everyday attached to her cellphone, sometimes not doing anything, and now this?

*sigh*

I guess there's always a small grey cloud amidst a clear blue sky.

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