We just came back from a baptism. I’m glad to be with my high school friends once again even if it’s just a few minutes. We have known each other for twenty years! Although we don’t see each other often I love them dearly and won’t exchange our friendship even for gold bars. LOL!

While there I learned from one of my friends that she is already applying for her fiancee visa. So my prediction is before the year ends she will be reunited with her fiancee. I am so happy for her because she has waited for a long time for this. At the same time I also felt sad because I know that we won’t be seeing each other anymore. We have friends who went to the States years before but until now they haven’t gone back. We have dwindled in number over the years.

Anyway, she promised that we will see each other again before she leaves. Meanwhile I’m excited for her because she will be embarking on a new journey with her soon-to-be husband.

One of the most daunting thing I had to learn when I started blogging was to learn how to build a website. I started with a free platform but as time went by I realized if I want to earn more I had to host it myself. So I learned how to purchase a domain name and how to set up my web host. I then had to figure out how to connect my blog to my web host. Installing WordPress confused me in the beginning but through Fantastico I found out that it was easy peasy.

In the end, I realized that building a website is pretty easy. It may look hard and confusing at first but if you’ve done it once you’ll know what I’m talking about. There’s nothing to be afraid of and it can be done by even those with no previous experience of making a website.

Last January, I talked about goal setting in my other blog. I’m glad that I did that because it makes me more focused on the things that I want to accomplish. It’s only February and I have started investing in stocks – one of my long time dreams.

Investing in the stock market is easy nowadays. I can accomplish it online through my online stock broker, Citiseconline.com. I don’t have to be a millionaire either to invest in stocks. For as low as P5000 I have opened an account and started investing. With the help of my financial adviser (I am a member of the Truly Rich Club) I receive professional advise on what stocks to buy. This will give me higher chance to earn rather than fail in my investments.

So now every time I have extra money and before I think of buying things like a bedroom vanity set – which I really want to have in our bedroom. Anyway, what I meant was now I think twice before I let go of my hard earned money. I don’t feel like P1000 is too small amount because I can still invest it in stocks through Citiseconline. I plan to make this a monthly habit so that I can see the fruits of my labor in the future.

I have two boys and I love them to bits. But what drives me crazy is how fast they outgrow their clothes! I just bought my one year old some new house shirts and just this morning I noticed that it’s already too small for him. While he was sleeping he raised his hands and out came his stomach. If I’m not mistaken I just bought that shirt for him one month ago. So now I must mentally take note to buy him some new clothes at the mall. He has already outgrew a few batches of clothes. We continually clean out his closet and put his small clothes in a box to make way for new ones but I’m noticing we’re doing it every few months or so.

Anyway, as I’ve said my husband and I both love our kids. I’m glad they’re growing up fast but sometimes I wish clothes are like Cowboy Hats that still fits even after a couple of years or so. But as long as they are healthy I won’t mind if I buy them clothes every month.

We just came back to visit our friend and his wife. They just had a new baby! It was a week ago when we received a frantic text message from the husband. He asked us to pray for his wife who was a week early but is already in labor. A few hours later, we received another text that said all was well and their first baby has already been born safely.

So this morning we all went to see their small bundle of joy. Our friends are still a young couple but they already have a house in the province. They had nice furniture which they had custom built. Although I want rustic decor in our own house, I still like their modern furniture.

Anyway, we got to see their one week baby and he was so small! He slept so peacefully the whole time we were there. There were about 5 people talking in the room but he was still sleeping. Later when we started eating lunch and we left him alone on the bed he started crying. I guess little baby wants to hear people’s voice beside him that’s why he slept so soundly.

In a month, we’ll be looking forward to him attending church service so we can formally welcome him in our church community.

It has been three weeks since we had our vacation at Bohol Beach club and we still have a hangover. Bohol Beach club is truly a wonderful place to spend your vacation. The sand is fine and white. The water is shallow. It’s perfect for a family like us with two kids.

Most of the guests there when we arrived were Europeans. I know they had a wonderful time sunbathing. Of course, they also use tanning spray to make sure they achieve that perfect golden tan look. Meanwhile a morena like me doesn’t have to do that. As a matter of fact I tried to hide from the sun most of the time. It didn’t work though because I still came out tanner at the end of our trip. Anyway, I didn’t mind because we had such a good time there. If only we can have a vacation every month I think it would do wonders to our health.