the week-long break and our quest for a yaya

Posted on November 1, 2007 - Filed Under Mateo, Motherhood, Ramblings, Ramil, Teaching, Yaya stories | 4 Comments

Ramil and I are still right smack in the middle of our week-long break. Some of the reasons why I love being a teacher are the long breaks we'd usually get. Instead of getting just several days off for this week, we get the whole week. Yipee! School breaks for all saints' and all souls' [...]

good times

Posted on August 3, 2007 - Filed Under Marriage, Mateo, Money Matters, Motherhood, On Me, Ramblings, Yaya stories | 8 Comments

Life is good. There are days when you can't pinpoint one specific thing that makes you feel down and there are days when you can't pinpoint one specific thing that makes you feel up. I'm in the up. All the way up.
I never thought that married life would be this good and that family life [...]

nanny = chore-free

Posted on June 5, 2007 - Filed Under Mateo, Motherhood, Ramblings, Yaya stories | 2 Comments

For more than a week now, I've been chore-free. A big hurray! Mateo and I have never been happier and more relaxed.
Although the yaya that we got is very young at 17, she seems very reliable and handles Mateo well. Right now, she mostly handles the chores - cleaning, laundry, dishes, etc. I still do [...]