Worried About Heat No More...

We moved to our current home last May but this was the first time we lived here.  In fact, hubby’s childhood home was where Z was conceived and where he spent the first few months of his life.  I remember there were a lot of people living here with hubby having four brothers and sisters in all.  We were really cramped and I remember it was so hot here with all the people moving around.

So when we decided to move back here after my MIL bought a new house my first thought was how we were going to deal with the heat.  I even thought of buying Casablanca ceiling fans for the bedroom and the living room just so we can get the air circulated in the house.

Now that we’re living here for about two months it turned out I didn’t have to worry about the heat.  Sure it was hot with about eight people living here before but now that we’re only four the temperature was more than bearable.  In fact, what we have to be more worried about is flood but that’s another story.

Being Prepared...

The recent storm got me thinking about how safe we were in our new place.  Thank goodness it was just wind.  Our house is quite low so it was protected by the adjacent building and houses from the strong winds.  If it was flood I’m sure we would have a problem.  We have done renovations in our home.  We tried fixing the roof and sealing leaks and we tried sealing the whole house from pests.  Still, I think we need to do a few more.  I wish we can seal this house from flood but with its current state I don’t think we can.  Anyway, we’ll just have to be ready and quick to evacuate when there’s a danger of flooding in our area.

Aside from the house, we’re also worried about the car.  With the previous flood we had no car to think of but now we do. It’s parked in a pay garage just across the street and if the flood comes quickly I don’t know what we’ll save first our things or the car.  Fortunately, the owner of the garage told us that that place was spared from the last flood.  We were relieved when we heard that.  At least that’s one less worry for us.  But we still have to prepare our car for extreme weather conditions.  I think fitting it a window visor would be best so we can be more protected in case we have to use it during a storm. Good thing window visors are not that expensive and it can easily be added to our vehicle.

What’s Inside Your Grocery Cart?...

I was so amused when I read this comment yesterday.  I made a post about our grocery shopping habits a couple of months back and someone left a comment just yesterday in response to my post.  He (yes, he’s a daddy) narrated in detail what’s inside his grocery cart.  If you haven’t noticed I’m a person who loves details – the smallest and insignificant the detail is, the better!  I just love knowing a person through those little details which I probably got from reading Sherlock Holmes’ books when I was a teenager.

Anyway, so if you’re like me and you’re curious at what others are putting in their grocery carts well here’s what one of my readers had to say:

“I do prefer buying 2 pcs whole chicken, 2kilos ground beef, 2 kilos liempo, 1 kilo chubbycheese hotdogs, pampangas best tocino, skinless longganisa, longgadog, then i buy chicha for kids 10 pcs any… and i’d buy 3 boxes of zesto and cheesecake para sa extra baon ng bata..sabon, shampoo, detergents, i think wala pa ko sa 4,000 nyan. but i do the grocery twice a month.”

I love how he enumerated it all even to the number of kilos he buy for each and the number of pieces of chichirya for his kids.  Now because he was kind enough to post this on our next grocery shopping I will definitely be on the lookout for the longgadog because we haven’t tried that.  Is that like the one in Jollibee breakfast meal the hotdog that looks like a longganisa?  I wish I knew what brand that was.

If you think that’s detailed enough well, he was not done yet because he added this second comment.

“i have forgotten the noodles pancitcanton, beef, chicken, and also de lata 12 pcs. bluebaytuna hotnspicy/Fresca Tuna, 8 pcs 777sardines/green and red and 6 pcs lig0 cornedbeef.”

So now this comment got me curious with the bluebay tuna because we have never tried those too.  So  now you might have an idea why I love details.  We get to learn a lot from those tidbits we learn from other people.

So I would like to thank the person who left that comment for that delightful insight to what’s inside his grocery cart.  Too bad he didn’t leave a link.

Granite Sinks...

We have the ordinary stainless sink in our home.  I like that it’s easy to clean but I have to admit that the look gets pretty much boring most of the time.  That’s why every time I see a beautiful granite sink when I’m out I always pause to admire it.  I really wish we can afford one of those lovely granite sinks in the future.

I’ve been looking particularly at MT Direct sinks and I really think they are a reliable brand of kitchen sinks considering they are better business bureau accredited. Buying this kind of sink is a big investment because it’s more expensive than the stainless steel sinks that’s why it’s better if we get it from a reliable manufacturer.  That’s the first criteria that I would have in choosing a manufacturer.  Second is of course the price – although granite sinks are more expensive they do offer competitive prices that’s why I’m really leaning towards them.  Although I want to beautify our home I would not pay more than I should have that’s why it’s always better to research first before making a big purchase.

Movie Marathon...

We’re back to watching movies in the theater – a hobby we gave up when Z was born.  Now that he is old enough to be taken to the movie house and we’re living the last six months before our new bundle of joy arrives we want to watch all the movies that we can.  The problem is there are so many movies and we simply can’t keep up so yesterday we bought not one but three DVDs – one for Z, one for Dad, and one for moi.  We always buy one for each member of the family so that everyone will have a movie to look forward to.  It works and even Daddy who’d rather read movie synopsis on the internet instead of watching joined our movie marathon.

We watched it on the laptop but it’s not the same.  How I wish we have a decent home theater. Anyway, we still had fun.  As a matter of fact, we have finished watching two out of the three DVDs. Next time to complete our movie  watching experience I’ll remember to pop some popcorn before the movie starts and buy some softdrinks because Daddy just loves eating popcorn in the movie house.  Our dream home theater has to wait but that doesn’t mean we can’t continue the movie fun at the comfort of our home.