10 Habits

10 bad habits that could ruin your marriage
by Emily Battaglia, LifeScript staff writer

1. Not having sex
2. Letting yourself go
3. Spending too much time with the in-laws
4. Spending too much time with friends, work, hobbies
5. Not consulting your partner about purchases
6. Forgetting the smaller gestures
7. Criticizing and nagging endlessly
8. Always playing the victim
9. Sweating the small stuff
10. Not fighting fair.

Let me just comment on each one.

1. Hmmm...sex..
2. Don't think I'm guilty of this...yet...hope I don't do this after I have a baby.
3. Can't really do this since we live far apart and they lead busy lives.
4. I think I lack time for spending with friends and family. And work, we'll see when I get a new one. Hope I won't do this since I also don't want him to do the same.
5. Oh I almost always never do this. Hehe.
6. Nope, don't think I'm guilty of this.
7. I don't criticize, I make observations. And I don't nag, I remind.
8. Well, not always.
9. I think I'm guilty of this most of all. I am trying to be more patient and resilient though.
10. I hate when we fight so I try not to turn our arguments into full blown fights. It's simply evil.

Earth Day

HAPPY EARTH DAY EVERYONE!
REDUCE. REUSE. RECYCLE.

my precious ones

I am currently living in my in-laws' house, and although it's not my ideal home, I know we are still lucky that we have somewhere to live for free, before we can buy our own house. I'm going to bore you with a list of our stuff that we bought with our own hard-earned money. This is really a list I need, to remind myself of all our valuable material possessions. These are the purchases that made a somewhat substantial dent on our savings, so that we need to take care of them and not take them for granted. I'm not afraid to make it known to the cyber world because they're not at all what you may call extravagant or expensive things.

I wish we could live without some of them, but I guess we need them to keep up with the modern times. I am grateful that I have them though, however cheap or basic they may be. Someday, we'll have our very own minimalist-type of house, and I hope we can bring these things with us, still serving their practical purpose.

In no particular order, here are our humble possessions:

a 6 megapixel digital camera + accessories
an mp3 player
a 50 liter backpack
a 2nd hand 16-inch color TV
a semi-working 2nd hand stove
a semi-working radio
a rice cooker
2 coffee makers (never been used)
a desk fan
a refrigerator
a washing machine (forgot the brand)
3 cellphones + accessories
a beat-up fishing rod
a pair of swimming goggles
some kitchen utensils
some pairs of shoes and clothes of course
a multipurpose rack
a shoe rack

It's a short list but I'm proud of it. I'm going to add more essentials to this list probably in the coming months. Essentials which include camping equipment and travel gear among others. Wish me luck!

saturday spaghetti disaster

It's saturday night and although I usually wait for Jay to wake up and decide what we're having for dinner, I took the initiative today. I cooked spaghetti and it was a disaster. I made it while simultaneously doing the laundry and I tried to copy how that Italian chef on the Lifestyle channel made her classic Italian spaghetti. Go figure. I could just kick myself for multi-tasking this way. I'm no chef!