precious moments

How organized are you?

    Drawer 

       The drawer above is just one of the many drawers that we have at home. Ryan carefully labels them. From my pay stub to his, utilities, cars, insurance, mortgages. All in one drawer neatly arranged. Don't get me wrong but I am not  as keen as Ryan when it comes to papers. You can even ask him one thing and he exactly knows where they are. Once a year he goes through the drawers and gets rid of those old papers that we do not need. He also (which I think is very smart) gave a copy of our house title to Dad in case the house burns down ( simbako lang).

      When I eat while watching tv, sometimes I forget wrappers by the side table. Sad to say, Ryan cleans it up after me. It is not that I intentionally left it there but he picks it up for me anyway. Even his CD's and DVD's are neatly arranged. From Starwars I-VI, Back to the Future I-III, Terminator I-III, all 3 Indiana Jones to his James Bond's movie collection. The nice thing about him is, the more I disarranged it, he doesn't get mad like other neat freaks. Bless his heart.

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     For education's sake

     Last Saturday after church we drove up to Michael's to get some threads that I needed for my cross stitch and on our way, we could not help to talk about where our child is going to go to school. Although our baby is still in the oven, you can't stop these excited parents to talk about where to put our baby to school. Ryan insisted on sending our child in a Catholic school. We even drove to one on our way home. I thought for what? He was a product of a public school. I was from a public school when I was in elementary and college and we turned out alright. He told me that he will show me something that will change my mind.

     I didn't know that the night before, he already did some research of his own. So when we got home, we went to the internet to check local schools. The unfornate thing here in the US is if you want to send your child in a public school you need to follow the district or to where your child should go even if you don't like it. Your  other option would also be to send the kid to a Catholic/private school. One school, middle school that our child is supposed to go is not doing too well. And the population is  85 % - 15 % . You do the math. In 4-5 years, it will be dominantly 100%. I really have nothing against the race but my husband had been around more than I do and I am not even going to argue. Catholic school there is. I even told him to start saving now because it will be a lot. He was just too cute though telling me that we only have 2 years before that baby starts school. I reminded him that I am still pregnant and and the  baby is not out yet . By the way, the high school?, it's 80% - 20% add to it the violence that we hear, here and there. I really liked our neighborhood but the district pretty much covered a big range of group.

     We are hoping to move out soon but if we won't be able to ( move really soon) because of Ryan's work, we have to work around what we only have. That is why he made sure that we plan it ahead of time. I got to tell you, I am so blessed with his man.

There goes my heart

       It's funny  how lazy I have become even to turn the computer on. I am so caught up with the cross stitch pattern that my brother sent me last year as my birthday gift. He made a wonderful choice and it is pretty. I am only on my 4th pattern and I still have 5 patterns to go.

Halloween

      Ryan was working late and I felt so lazy. It was so cold outside that the thought of bundling myself up, already made me tired. Plus the walking will surely kill my back again later that night so I chose to stay home. It was amazing not even 1 trick or treater went to our house. In fact I did not see anyone at all walking on the streets. I was a little happy because we only have a handful of candies to give. We can't wait for next year though.

Update with Papa

      Papa and mama's excitement were shortlived when they realized that the other camp made an appeal. This will be the last. What scares me is things can go the wrong way. Anything can happen because they have the money. All I can do is pray, pray and pray. Akala ko this will be a different  Christmas for them. Hindi pala.

My new pal

       Yes, that is my new pal for a month. It is a heart monitor. Two wires are hocked up in two different places of my body to get my heart rate. If I feel really strange, I just press the record button and it records everything in that little machine. Sometimes too, if there is weird/excessive pumping of the heart, the machine automatically records it. Then at the end of the day, if it gets full I call the 1800 number and send it to them through the phone. I think it is really neat.

     Last Wednesday, I called St. James Hospital for an appointment. I really wanted it to be late so that Ryan could come with me. I have to make 2 appointments. One for the 2D Echo ( heart ultrasound) and the heart monitor hock-up. The latest they have was 2:15 p.m. but Ryan would still be working then. So I asked them if they can schedule me real early. I went there Thursday morning, my appointment was 7:45 a.m. My suggestion to you. If you are pregnant and you want to have the heart ultrasound while your pregnant, forget it. It was very very painful. She can only see one side of my heart and could not get a good look on the other side because my organs she said are moving up because I am pregnant. She tried so many times, poking that thing on me. It was so painful because I am so sore already. After 25 mins. she gave up (Thank God) and said that the other half is good. The heart monitor hock up was a breeze.

    I chose to go to a heart specialist after complaining about the excessive pumping of my heart that sometimes I can hear it really loud. I asked my OB if it was normal. He said it was if I were 20 weeks pregnant but I was only 14 weeks then. He suggested another doctor if I wanted to make sure. Dr. G said that he had 3 Filipina patients before who had heart problems that they did not know of. One had to have her valve replaced. Good thing they figure it out early because the delivery can actually kill her. So when we heard it , I thought what the heck. Insurance pays for it anyway. I told Ryan, what if I am ok and he said, then let's be happy that you are ok. What if you are not? I just want to make sure Sweety. That was how the heart thing started.

Schaumburg Baby Expo

     Last Saturday Ryan and I went to the Renaissance Convention Center for the baby expo ( we only have 1 room left in the van). It was nice especially to the parents-to-be like us. There were a lot of samples, magazines and coupons. When we got home, we separated the 6 bags to 3.One for the things that the baby can use, the coupon bag and the magazine bag. It was fun. So many freebies.