trick or treeeaaattt...

happy halloween, people!

i bought a halloween paper pumpkin lantern to hang in the porch, and a couple of bags of candies for the tricksters. i bought only a couple of bags of candies we actually like because i'm not sure if there will be any li'l ones who will come knocking on our door since this will be our first halloween since we moved here.

fortunately, there were 3 pairs of kids who came, and they were all adorable. the first was a pair of sisters in princess outfits complete with tiaras and makeup. they were sooo cute! the second and third were both pairs of brothers in ghost, alien, spidey and pirate costumes. i wish there were more kids... but our street is a no-outlet street, and it may be one of the reasons why not a lot come here.

so now, my boys are just happy to consume the leftover candies...

chilly... sunny... chilly...

fall has finally arrived, as far as temps are concerned. we had our first frost advisory yesterday when the temperature dipped between freezing and below freezing. but halloween is looking good. forecast is in the high 60s, so that's a good thing for the kids... i have to grab a bag of candies tomorrow for the tricksters...

i'm really hoping the offers i did almost two weeks ago finally get credited. i don't want to start with a new offer until i'm done with these two... it is frustrating...

i'm getting sidetracked once again but i'm not saying by what... =(

the days are flying by so fast...

sunday... monday...

i didn't get to post yesterday, obviously... i don't like that... as much as possible, i want to be able to post everyday.

i can't even remember what i did yesterday... ohhh... i did two loads of laundry - sheets and pants/shorts... and i ironed 3 pairs of those pants before i finally sat in front of my computer (late) last night to check on my email. R still doesn't have his computer together so i still don't have sole use of mine. he was using it almost the entire weekend.

the Steelers won yesterday over the bengals. it was the Steelers' 7th straight win against them at their home turf. next up for them will be the baltimore ravens on monday night football in Pittsburgh. all i can say is, the Steelers are looking good.

another game that i will surely watch on sunday is the matchup between the patriots and the colts. these two teams are still undefeated so this game will finally separate them. since the season started, i haven't seen a colts game yet, but have watched 3 of the patriots', and they are looking really invincible. i think this is the best patriots team i've ever seen. they were good before, but they're looking really, really good this season. that is a game that i'm sure a lot of people, even non-football fans (are there even any?) will watch.

am getting a bit frustrated with my online project right now. but i'm still doing it, and that's all i'm gonna say about it...

oh, R & i didn't attend the meetup. we got to the venue, but didn't feel comfortable. no one acknowledged us so i decided to just get out of there. we went instead to station square since it was just a couple of blocks away. my first time there, and R's 2nd. his first was when their 6th grade class went on the duckie tour. from there we went to the strip district. i got a couple of bottles of tuyo (similar to anchovies), 2 cans of canned milkfish sardines, 2 cans of squid sisig, a 25-lb bag of rice, tofu, 3 slabs of pork belly and a pack of mung bean pastry or hopia. hubby ate most of it...

i made spring rolls for dinner tonight. good thing there is a coleslaw mix in the grocery store because that's what i use for my veggie spring rolls. there were 24 rolls in all, and there are still 12 left for tomorrow's dinner. i'll also make sotanghon soup to go with it because R was looking for soup earlier.

so there. that's my sundaymonday... nothing exciting... just normal... i like normal...

bits & pieces here & there...

• highest paid athlete in the world is Tiger Woods at $100 million. no one came even close. cross-dressing(?) oscar dela joya came in 2nd with $43 million.
• former Philippine-president, joseph estrada, who was convicted of plunder, was given executive clemency by a fellow plunderer(?), president gloria macapagal-arroyo. as they say, birds of the same feathers...
• California is now on its 7th day of fury. the inferno that started a week ago has so far caused the state:

1. seven people dead
2. destroyed 1,800 homes
3. displaced 500,000 people
4. 410,000 acres burned
5. property damage estimated to top $1 billion.

• democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, celebrated her 60th birthday yesterday but didn't get a break from hits from fellow candidates obama, edwards, guilliani, and romney. bring it on, boys! you're all wimps compared to Hillary!
• britney (or SHitney or UNfitney as perezhilton would sometimes call her) continues to self-destruct. the woman is mentally unstable, though not beyond help.
• the press conference that never was... FEMA held a fake "press" briefing to supposedly update the media of the CA wildfire disaster. the problem is, there were no press people around. the questions thrown at the FEMA deputy chief were actually from FEMA employees, and totally scripted. read here the outrageous extent this government agency will go through just to score good points from the public.
• still on the CA wildfire - caused by arson? why???

whaaattt???

i laugh whenever ellen says that... whaaattt??? it's the way she says it...

anyway, R and i went to the oral surgeon this afternoon for an evaluation. he will take out 4, yes, 4, wisdom teeth! according to him, it doesn't make sense to take out two first when he can take out all 4. it's not unusual, says he, and he does it all the time... and guess what? he'll do it in only an hour. 1 hour.

they gave us a packet, "your wisdom tooth packet". it contains the do's and don'ts when you're having your wisdom tooth/teeth taken out. we also got 3 prescription medicines, to make him woozy prior to the operation, for pain, and antibiotics.

R is scheduled on the 9th of november at 11am. it has to be a friday so he will have some recovery time.

by the way, R asked the surgeon if he can be awake during the procedure... duhhh... R is weird that way... =) he also told me that he wants the 4 teeth, as in, he wants to keep them.

oh. before i forget. i also got a notice in the mail about the result of that interview i talked about weeks back. it's scheduled in mid-november, and again, i won't go into details until after. so there.

it is really tgif. i can sleep late... ahhh... the luxury of getting up late... priceless!

g'night, people.

all's well, that ends well...

...around 5:40ish am. a little TLC did it... =)

we're better today than we've ever been in the last couple of weeks, and i hope it stays that way. i'm tired of the mood swings, the now-you're-talking-to-me, now-you-won't. but i'm really glad the tide has turn, so to speak, because it is the weekend! i don't want to spend it moping and seething with irritation... so i'll try my best to think before i speak... hahaha!!!

my brother called and we had a long chat about a cousin-in-law who works with him. he more of like vented, which is just fine, and i gave him my 2-cents... also got to talk to mommy and daddy but not sister. she's not in the talking mood, i guess... calling her moody is an understatement. she's been that way for as long as i can remember, but she no longer gets into my nerves - but she still does with mom and brother.

i wasn't able to spend any time at all doing any offers. i'm tied up with housework, preparing dinner mainly. full production once again, and to think it was only baked spaghetti. but mind you, it was from scratch... it has two sauces, meat sauce and white sauce, and prepared like lasagna - layered. it turned out good, according to hubby and R. i made a lot of the meat sauce so i can freeze the rest for future dinners... the white sauce is simple enough to make so i didn't have to make a lot of that altho' there was a small tub left...

ok. it's past 12am once again. i've been getting only about 4 hours of sleep for the past weeks. i need to change that...

i'm off to bed. g'night, people.

gloomy wednesday...

as gloomy as i'm feeling... no, it doesn't have to do with my son. we are ok. we may have some heated discussions (read: arguments) at times, but we're always good. we always find a way to resolve our issues, his issues.

i hate it when i am treated like i'm someone insignificant, and spoken to like there's nothing between my ears. i don't know what is with him - whether he's going through male menopause or something... he blows hot and cold. i've been very patient, just trying to ignore when he's in "that"mood, and speaks to me in "that" tone of voice that makes me feel like i'm stupid. then you just reach that point when it will just get to you, like it finally got to me now.

i specially hate it when i know i didn't do or even say anything that would deserve such a treatment, and so when it did happen the last time, i just had it. i didn't talk to him about it. i didn't tell him anything. i just stopped talking unless it is necessary. i guess he noticed since he has been speaking to me in a gentler, kinder voice. but i cannot just bring myself to just go back to my old, chatty self. i only speak when spoken to. i now seldom give any comment or opinion to anything, whether it's the news or whatever it is we're watching, which is just not like me. at all.

earlier this evening, he tinkered with the bathtub's drain, and got out clumps of hair - my hair - that was causing the slow drain. i said something about the wire he used. he got irritated, i got irritated so i'm sure he will be back to his old grumpy self again, and either stop talking to me altogether or talk to me "that" way again, and give me the freezing cold treatment.

i'd like to say i couldn't care less, but in reality, i just want to bawl, and let all my frustrations out. it hurts so bad. i hate it. i hate this. i hate, hate, hate, hate, hate all these!!!

and now i am so mad...

wet, windy, tuesday...

i woke up to gusty wind this morning... good thing it wasn't raining yet when R left for the bus stop, but it was already raining lightly when i drove hubby to the train stop after 8am. i went to giant eagle from the train stop to get bread & bananas, but also ended up grabbing two boxes of stouffers pizza bread. they were on sale, that's why... =)

i spent the rest of the morning organizing my spreadsheet, and updating which offers i need to cancel. i also started working on one referral i responded to yesterday. i have completed two offers on that so far, and have been credited for one. i'll continue to work on it tomorrow morning. there's one offer, though, that is frustrating me right now, which is supposed to be one of the best and easy sites to do. i guess it's more of the offer i chose to complete... anyway, their customer service has already responded to my request, and hopefully i get a manual credit for it real soon. i want to go green on that one so my buyer could also cash out.

i was also able to do some ironing, which is always a good thing as far as my to-do list is concerned... 'nuff said on that...

i also got an appointment for R with an oral surgeon for friday, but it will only be for an evaluation. i hope it won't be too long before he's able to schedule the surgery...

the California wildfires seem to be not letting up... the firefighters are already pushed to their limits, and so are the firefighting resources. there are just not enough firetrucks and other firefighting equipment to fight off this firestorm. i saw on tv, fire tornadoes created by this firestorm fanned by 80 to 90 mph-wind, and it is very, very scary! nobody, not even seasoned firefighters, has seen fire of this magnitude and ferocity, ever. hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated, and mandatory evacuations had been issued in dozens of communities. we can only hope and pray that the wind dies down soon, and that no lives are lost. our thoughts and prayers to the people of California...

manic monday...

not really... =) just trying a catchy title...

as i mentioned in my last post, i did some cancellations yesterday of trial offers i did more than a week ago. i hope i did everything right, and didn't miss anything. i don't want any of my greens go red... knock on wood (3x)... but like the past couple of days, i had to share my computer with R... but the short time i had use of my computer, i found out i went green on one site i did, which completes a trade worth $22 plus a $5-bonus. yesss! i have a total of $74 in my paypal account right now, and am waiting for another site to go green on for an additional $24 less $19 for fees... not bad since i didn't really work on these sites for more than an hour, hour and a half, tops.

i was also able to respond to another trader's offer and will work on that tomorrow. that one is worth $50, which is not bad at all even if i spend 2 hours working on it. we'll see... after this offer, i'll try to do a ref for ref trade to gain referrals for myself. hopefully by doing that, i will also gain more confidence to start paying for referrals or what they call as "jumping the fence"...

i brought R to the dentist this afternoon after school for his regular check and cleaning. they found two small cavities on his left side so i scheduled a filling for him. those cavities upset me because i'm so strict about his dental hygiene, which made him very careful and conscious about it. everytime i remember it, it still bothers me... i also got a referral for an oral surgeon to take out his wisdom teeth. the left one is bothering him specially. if you see his xray, you'll understand why. it just came out all askew... everytime he eats, he accidentally bites his inner cheek, which really bothers him, well, aside from the usual pain from a wisdom tooth... we'll go back for the filling on the 6th of november while i still have to call the oral surgeon's office tomorrow morning for an appointment.

by the way, i spent my morning prepping our dinner. there was a lot of chopping so that took most of my time. by the time R got home, which was 10 minutes before 3pm, i just about finished cooking... i wasn't able to do any ironing at all, which was included in my monday to-do list... uggghhh... i have to do some tomorrow...

and lastly, the part that sucks... the Steelers lost to the denver broncos last night. that really, really sucked... they lost by a field goal... read it in the sports section... i don't want to relive it anymore...

g'night!

still up...

i didn't get hold of my computer until after 11pm... R was using it, and i don't want to rush him...

checked on my credits for the offers i did, and they still have not gone through. grrr... i may have to submit a support ticket for one of them, and cancel some of the trial offers i signed up for.

if you don't know what i'm talking about, it is about a new industry that is internet-based. it's all about marketing and advertising, and it is called the freebie industry because of all the freebies you can get. if you want to know more about it, be prepared to do a lot of reading here. better yet, sign up to be a member of FreeLunchRoom, the #1 forum dedicated to the freebie industry. you will learn a lot from this forum, and its members, who are the friendliest, most helpful ever!

ok. i can barely keep my eyes open. i'm off to bed, and back to FreeLunchRoom later today.

g'night. g'morning.

thursday... friday... saturday...

i missed posting since thursday. lots of things to do - housework, personal stuff, online project... the personal took over most of my time last thursday.

thursday - my son stayed home, as suggested by the principal when i talked to him wednesday after i picked R (my son) from school because he was having a bad day. the principal also suggested he goes back on friday...

my son is so unhappy to the point of depression. he has taken to long walks, which according to him helps him clear his head. as much as i worry about this, i let him...

i found this meetup group of Aspies in pittsburgh. i signed up for membership, and also confirmed to attend their 2nd meetup on the 27th of october. the nice thing about this group is that there are a number of adult male members who are all Aspies, whom R can talk to and ask questions from. i showed him the website, make him read the concept of the meetup and also members' profiles, and he was very receptive to all of it. i'm very optimistic on this one, and i hope it does help him...

we also went to the library to rent a movie, which unfortunately was not available in ours so we had to request it from another library. it is a stanley kubrik-movie, Dr. Stangelove. he enjoys these kubrik movies, which are not actually my cup of tea... he also likes reading george orwell, especially 1984, which he's read a number of times so i decided to get him his own copy. i like the copy i got from amazon because it also includes animal farm, which is another orwell masterpiece, at least according to orwell readers. i'm not one of them... i like light reading. i seldom read heavy stuff, and this taste in books extend to movies. i don't like watching movies, where i'll come out confused or with a heavy feeling. i want to be entertained, amazed (ie. action films like the Bourne series), and feeling good when i come out of the cinema. i already see and read a lot of the heavy stuff (news) on tv and online so those are enough for me...

friday - R did go back to school, but was miserable when he came home. not that something happened. he is miserable in school, period. i don't know how that will change. i know his teachers had a meeting thursday morning to discuss how to best help and handle him especially when he becomes agitated in class. i also hope they will have a better understanding of him...

he went for a walk after he dropped off his bookbag and drank water. he was out for 2 1/2 hours... i was worried, and crying, feeling so bad for him knowing he is hurting... when he got back, i just gave him a hug, and said i love him.

R's computer, motherboard to be exact, conked out on him - again. we sent it back to the manufacturer, hoping this time they would replace it instead of repair it. in the meanwhile, he is using my computer, which cuts down the time i spend on my online project.

my online project. well, it is not as easy as i thought (hoped) it would be. the main thing i do is not hard, per se. what is hard is keeping track of and choosing the right offers, and waiting. the waiting part is taxing on one's patience, not to mention frustrating. but i'm not giving up. i have been at this for only 5 days. hopefully, when the other offers come through, i'll be more motivated...

saturday - i have just spent about 3 hours online, checking on the offers i already completed and also to complete more. it is not that simple... i have to do some cancellations tomorrow, and after that, i'll do new referrals. i hope things turn out more promising...

ok. i'm off. have to do some housework, and turn over my computer to R. he just got back from another long walk, and he's in a good mood... =)

my son...

i had to go to school and pick up my son...

he was at the principal's office and having a total meltdown...

we had a long talk in the car while parked in our garage.

he ranted and raved and yelled and cried...

and the central reason for all these, the feelings he have for this girl...

it all goes back to that... his (young)love for this girl...

help...

i did it...

i finally did my first trade yesterday. since i have done some GPT sites before, i didn't have a hard time navigating the site and completing the offers. i was careful, though as i should, to prevent mistakes that may be costly, and also avoid pitfalls that may cause me to 'go red'. to have a better understanding of what i am talking about, and the industry in general, you can read all about it here.

i believe that one can be successful in this trade(industry). you just have to read and learn about the business, as with any other, and be very patient. when you feel that you know enough to complete your first referral, go for it because that would make you better understand what you are into. be prepared. all these things i'm talking about are true with any other job you do or business you go into. read, read, read. i cannot stress that enough.

ok. i'll do another one. my second trade, if ever...

Drew Carey, come on dooowwwnnn...!

i forgot to write about him yesterday, being his first Price is Right show since taking over from Bob Barker. there may be some who do not agree with cbs's choice of a replacement, BUT there are a lot of us who think he is the best choice.

Drew is a perfect fit to the show. he is a people person, very sincere and down-to-earth, not to forget very funny, and quick-witted.

i grew up watching Bob Barker, and hopefully, i'll grow old watching Drew Carey.

i hope to 'come on down...!' when i get the chance to visit LA...

i know i am...

...ready, that is.

i'm now paypal-verified. i have a separate credit card set up for this. i opened a separate checking account only for this. i have tons of notes, and read lots of tutorials. i have been lurking a lot in the forum to do more reading and learn, learn, learn. and yet, i still cannot muster enough courage to jump into the trading fray. i don't feel as confident inspite of what i already know. but i know i can do it. i just need a bit of a nudge... maybe a push...?

today would have been an ideal day to start trading being a monday and the 15th of the month. but i just got cold feet... aggghhh...

as my son and i would say, i'm so meemee...

linggo. sunday. domingo. FreeLunchRoom. Warrior.

got up early for a sunday, and was able to watch cbs sunday morning in its entirety. since their topics are all about one's health, Sanjay Gupta hosted the show. as always, the show was entertaining, interesting and informative.

we had bear claw for breakfast but let hubby had a bigger piece. i bought only one since we were supposed to just have a taste of it. good thing we still have a loaf of the stickies so i had that instead. hubby's tired of it, though...

i just spent some time at FreeLunchRoom's forum again earlier, and did more reading and posted some questions and comments. i still have not done any trading, though. i know i'm ready, and have a basic knowledge of how these sites work but i still feel inadequate and nervous about it. but lest you misunderstand, the industry is NOT a scam, and FLR members are one of the friendliest and helpful people i've encountered online outside of the Warrior Forum. they are always willing to help new members or newbies navigate their way in this new industry. granting that they do so because it will be beneficial to them, still, it is comforting to know that they are always there, available and willing to help. in this industry, your success is their success.

ok. i'm off to the grocery store, and the chinese restaurant nearby to check out their new buffet offering.

sabado...

or saturday in english. uneventful... still have not started with my online project as i'm doing a lot of reading and lurking in the forum. i want to be totally prepared before i jump into it...

we got up late, as usual... had sticky loaf for breakfast... the sun is shining brightly but don't let that fool you. it is chilly outside... nonetheless, beautiful day!

right now, i just went through my email accounts. i have 7 of them... organized my main email and deleted a lot of stuff.

i'll do more readings and maybe do some ironing... uggghhh... i need(want) a housekeeper. if we're in the Philippines, that won't be so impossible...

but i still won't change anything in my life right now... fickle...

the lonely journey that is AS...

i thought my friday was going fairly uneventful until i got a call from one of the guidance counselors in my son's school. she said my son had been agitated since the 2nd period because of all the talks around him about the homecoming dance on saturday.

as i mentioned in an earlier post, these social activities have a big impact on him because it makes him see and realize how different he is from most kids. as any kid would, he feels left out and inadequate. no matter what i say - that being different is not a bad thing, and he is not the only kid who is going through the same things - he still feels crappy about it, and have a hard time seeing the positives in him.

the guidance counselor told me that they think it would be best to send him home, and that officer modrak would drive him home. i thanked her for their help and said i'll be waiting. a few minutes later, she called again and told me that my son refused to go home and wanted to finish the rest of his classes so i said ok.

as expected, when he got home, he was still agravated by the talks about the dance, and had a total meltdown... i just let him be - mope, cry, yell. mope some more, cry some more, yell some more... and i just held him... talked to him in a soft voice telling him that things are not as bad as he sees them... after calming down, he decided to go for a walk. as much as i want him to just stay, i let him...

this is such a long, at times painful, sometimes lonely journey for us. but i am hopeful, and he will be, too...

love. patience. understanding. compassion. prayers. these will get us through...

the interview...

that was painless... it's done and over with, and the trip was even longer than the whole interview process. i know i said i'll tell you all about it, but i won't know the confirmation(result) until the end of october or first week of november. until then, i'm keeping the details to myself. i just don't want to ***x it... i'm superstitious that way... but as soon as i get the confirmation, i will divulge everything. promise...

it is homecoming week in my son's school. they had the bonfire last night and he went. he didn't go to or participated much in these school activities in the past but that seemed to have changed this year.

i know he's being brave participating in these activities, having zero experience in a social environment. i think it is me who is not being brave enough. i worry too much, i stress out about it, and yet, i have to keep those feelings in check so he won't sense my apprehensions, and hinder him to experience these things. i don't want to deprive him that. if he gets hurt in the process, the best i can do is be there, and hold him and assure him that things will be alright. i just have to step back and let him experience all these, if it also means letting him fight his own battles.

cliché as it may sound, i now truly understand how my mom felt then...

yes!

i'm finally paypal-verified! i got to be this morning, and i thought i would have to wait 'til friday... i'll see if i can start my online project tomorrow after i got back from my interview. the one i cannot talk about yet...

the other night, hubby and i were watching tv when we heard a knock on the door. it was after 8pm, and we only had one other knock on our door since we moved into our home 11 months ago. hubby opened the door, and there stood this guy on our doorstep. he said he, and a group of people, were going from door to door around our neighborhood, collecting signatures, to petition our senators and congressman to draw up a resolution to address the problems of imports from other countries especially those from china. the petition is also for the protection of manufacturing jobs in the US, and to limit outsourcing.

while hubby was signing the petition, Dave, the petition guy, and i got to talk about other issues like the expanded SChip (which i also touched on in an earlier post) passed by both houses, and was promptly vetoed by bush. he gave us sample letters to send our reps to the senate and lower house, to urge them to override the veto. while discussing all these issues, of which i'm passionate about, Dave said i should go and work for them because they're looking for people "like" me, whatever that means. i was a bit surprised, and said i have to think about it because i have a project i will be working on, and i'm not sure how much time i should spend on it. and of course, there's also taking care of the household...

then early last night, i was in the shower when someone from Work America called, and left a message saying Dave told them about me, and would like to talk to me about what they're looking for, and if i would be interested. hmmm... that was fast, and inneresting...

i still haven't called, but i will tomorrow after i come back from the interview. until then, my time is my own...

same, same... kiss from a rose...

busy with hw. again today. still waiting to be paypal verified, and i'm getting impatient...
i can't wait to start with my online project...

another thing i'm excited about is thursday. i cannot say what it is until after... sorry... but i'm ready...

watched dwts, and Seal was one of the guests. first time i heard him sing, and i didn't know kiss from a rose was his... i know... actually, i didn't even know the title of the song... i had to wait for the refrain, run back to my computer, and yahoo'd it. when i got the title, i went to clickster, search for the song and downloaded it. i'm now a happy girl... =)

i got a postcard today from my favorite niece, Kristine. her mom is my first cousin, and she's half german, her dad being one... she and her friends went to westerland, in the northern most island of germany. she's actually back home but i got the postcard only today. i have not seen her since she was 10 or 11 years old and she's now in her early twenties. we communicate by email, and became "close" since she started college. i have become a confidant, and i treasure that. she is one of the most sensitive person i know...

temps will drop starting tomorrow. our indian summer is over... i'm not ready - yet...

Columbus Day

no school today, but not necessarily a slow one for me. as always, tons of things to do. i won't bore you anymore what they are. i think you already know...

i can't start with my online project until i get paypal verified. that's taking quite long... i'm anxious to get started just to get the feel of it. it's different actually doing it versus reading about it, and i've done a lot of that. i've read about some pitfalls but what business doesn't have any? all i can do is be as cautious as i can, and ask a lot of questions especially when in doubt. i can't do a "blackwater", and that is - shoot first, ask questions later. that would be a huge disaster as in blackwater's case...

...and so is the children's health insurance program or CHIP. bush spends billions in iraq but refuses to expand CHIP to cover more children for a fraction of the cost of the iraq war. the house passed an expanded(compromised)version of the program, which bush promptly vetoed on october 4th. in the meantime, children, who cannot afford health insurance and are not qualified for medical aid, have their health hanging in the balance...

the government has had its priorities misguided for seven years now. and for me, bruce springsteen said it best in his 60 minutes interview last night. telling the truth is not unpatriotic...

21-0

hahaha! loved the look on mike holmgren's face everytime his team failed to bring the ball home. and to think they had been billed as having one of the best defenses in the NFC. hahaha! just look at the score. that says it all... and guess what? four key Steelers' starters didn't play due to various injuries.

i really don't want to brag about the win but this was their first face-off since the Steelers won the Super Bowl in '05 at the seahawk's expense. after their loss, holmgren wasn't exactly gracious in defeat, and made some disparaging remarks that downplayed the Steelers' win.

so i would be the least sympathetic that they had been thrashed by my Steelers...

21-0. hahaha!

slooowww...

i set the alarm for 7:30am but didn't get up until after 9... and because i got up late, i didn't make crepes anymore, and instead made eggs for hubby to go with toast while i also made eggs, fried cocktail hotdogs, and fried rice for myself... =) hey! i didn't finish them all... hubby got some fried rice, and i gave the rest to my son who had breakfast around 8am.

i did make crepes for afternoon snack, but it wasn't a pleasant thing to stand in front of the stove cooking crepes at 80°plus-temp. as i planned, i used cream cheese for filling, which was a nice contrast to the maple syrup. if i decide to make them for breakfast tomorrow, i should double the recipe. the crepes were good, that's why i need to double... =)

it's going to be another warm day tomorrow. it's weird watching hockey with temps in the 80s... and speaking of hockey, the Pittsburgh Penguins won their season home opener against the defending champs, the anaheim ducks, 5-4. they lost their season opener, though in north carolina againtst the hurricanes, 4-1. they got into the playoffs last season but didn't do well. i hope that changes this season - get into the playoffs, and do very well.

i'm tired of being in front of the stove and washing the dishes so i bught mcdonald's for dinner. now, if only we can have mcd's for dinner every night...

downtime...

after spending more than half of my day purging my files, my son and i went out after he came home from school. i had some errands to run...

i dropped him off at the barber shop for a haircut, then went to the post office to mail somethin' for hubby. returned a book at the library then went back to the barber shop to pick up my son. from there, we went to hollywood video because he wanted to check out new game releases. he didn't find anything interesting... went to the grocery store afterwards to get milk, butter and cream cheese. i'll make crepes tomorrow for breakfast and will use the cream cheese as filling. i don't want any fruity filling for crepes...

i had downtime after dinner so i watched ghost whisperer and moonlight. scary... but i love both shows. i hope moonlight does well... numbers also had a good episode tonight. i thought of ironing while watching tv but decided not to. it was my downtime...

i'm off to bed. g'night. g'morning.

problem is...

ME! i got myself so far behind with my obligations at home that now, i really, really need to step it up to keep up! otherwise, no amount of time management i impose on myself now can make me accomplish the things i really need to. i have to focus on those. i know... i'm talking in circles... blabbering as usual... i'm sorry...

but i'm getting there, and having some progress. i'm also no longer procrastinating - as much... i am setting my priorities straight, and getting them right.

ok. i'm done for now. thank you for coming by. sincerely... =)

g'night.

oh my...

so many to do, so little time...

ok. i have a new GPT program to post in my other blog but i'll do that later... i want to post this first, and then put together the documents i need to give to hubby for photocopying. i need to have them organized not later than tomorrow for my thursday interview at 8am. sorry... i cannot tell what the interview is for and why. i have to wait until it's over and what the result will be before i can discuss anything about it. until then... let's wait...

will i have time? so much to do... gotta go. but will be back tonight, when the dust has settled...

have a good day!

i'm on my way...

at last! after much delay, my other blog now has contents. sensible contents. i tasked october 1st to be the day i get that blog going but my son had school issues yesterday, and so...

he's fine now, and said he had talks with several school officials about what happened yesterday. hopefully, the issues had been resolved. he had another walk for about an hour 15 minutes around the neighborhood after he got home from school. he walks off the stress now just like what he did yesterday. i think it helps him... i hope...

i got my other blog up but fell behind with some housework. i guess that's the tradeoff. but with proper time management, i believe i can be more organized and efficient. should take out p-r-o-c-r-a-s-t-i-n-a-t-e out of my vocabulary.

you can check out my other blog here. not really much but enough to get it going. please be patient...

1st day of the 10th month...

accomplished a number of things today...
a good start to october.... except!
problem in the home front...
my son has "issues" in school...
i was hoping this won't happen, but it did...
just like clockwork...
it's like deja vu...

he needs help, and so do i...