Having worked in a call center industry for several years, my husband and I are unable to sleep with the kids at night on weekdays. They only sleep with the nanny, together with my husband’s grandmother who’s been living with us for two years now. We are so thankful that she agreed to stay with us for good. Through her, we are able to keep an eye on how the nanny treats our kids, especially when we’re at work or out of town. She makes sure that the kids are well taken care of. She’s already 84 years old, but still pretty much strong. She also trains our helper how to cook, how to properly clean the house, how to prepare our meals, etc.

I don’t know what we’re gonna do without her.

Thank you, Lola Lourdes!

Her presence can be compared to having a high-end remote security gadget at home (or some sort of home automation systems) because she keeps an eye on everything around the house during our absence. Thank God for giving her a long life!

NOTE: I was supposed to publish this before the year 2010 ended, but was not able to. Hehe.

During the post-Christmas service at church, we were asked to write down the Top 10 things that we were thankful for before we bid goodbye to 2010. So without further ado, allow me to share with you what I had written down on that piece of paper. Thank you Lord for these blessings!

1. The arrival of our new baby…Ayesha Kirsten. God gave her to us on January 12, 2010. A very special day for our family.

2. Ayesha was saved from CAH. Okay, allow me to give you a little background on this…On our way home from the hospital, the doctor called to inform us that Ayesha’s newborn screening results had been released. I felt that my heart skipped a beat when she broke the bad news – my baby girl was positive of CAH (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia) and needed to undergo a confirmatory test. Needless to say, I was in a state of shock. Every ounce of strength I had in my body seemed to have vanished into thin air as the doctor tried to explain to me what this rare disease was. I looked at Ayesha, who was then sleeping like an angel in the car, and was almost sure that she’s perfectly fine. She had to be taken back to the hospital the next day for another test. We all waited fearfully for the results. And after a month of praying and crying out to God, we got the results that brought tears to my eyes – it’s negative!
3. Greggy’s nursery graduation.

4. The monthly amortization of our house finally ended.
5. Our church. Our small group. Our spiritual family.

6. The three-day EN2010 Conference at SMX. What a life-changing event! Can’t wait for EN2013!

7. Trip to Caramoan Islands, Camarines Sur.

8. Ayesha’s dedication day.

9. On September 25, 2010, I surrendered my life to Jesus – officially. Need I say more?

10. We finally bought a car. We got it after participating in the Race for Life 2010. Talk about God opening the floodgates of heaven! Leo and I ran 5K to support the scholars of the Real Life Foundation, and we got a car in return! Isn’t that cool?!

I’m looking forward to a fruitful and God-centered 2011! Let’s all start the year right.

Our bosses recently went to the US for a business trip and they brought this box full of 2GB Kodak SD cards when they came back. We were given one SD card each but I was lucky enough to get two! The other one was given to me by my former trainer and friend, Jaybee, who also joined the said business trip. I am so happy because I’ve been planning to buy SD cards for our two digital cameras (512 and 128 mb lang kasi ang meron kami). Each SD card costs $30 or more if you’re going to purchase it from the US. But here in the Philippines, it costs 2k each the last time I checked! Whoa!

The Pleasures cologne was given to us by our Training and Quality Manager (QA Team lang ang meron nito! Haha. Thank you, Sir Carlo!). The Revlon Lipstick was given to me by one of my agents. Ang sweet nila, ‘no?