When it comes to being green, you can always count on me on that.. now it is up to you what kind of green that would be..

So for Mommy Moments this week, as expected, my Earth Friendly Tip is to use your own eco bag. Never rely on PLASTICS, they won;t do you any good. For a time they maybe very helpful to you but there will come a time that all the plastics you used will get back at you. Remember what happened in Baguio City just a few days ago? When the landfill collapsed? What did you noticed? don’t tell me you didn’t? Oh well, if you really didn’t noticed what the mountain of garbage is made of, it’s mostly plastic! If only those people used their own bag instead of plastic bags, landfills will not be like that..

But really, how much plastics can we save? do you want me to do the math?

In one wet supermarket trip, we usually end up with more than 20 plastics. That comes from buying 5-8 kinds of meat where in each meat was placed in 2 plastic bags then placed in two big plastic bags. That would be 12 plastic bags if we buy 5 kinds of meat, same goes with sea food and beef. When it comes vegetables such as garlic, onion or the likes, they also put this in small plastic bags then again put in a bigger bags. That would be more than 5 bags for vegetables and same goes with fruits. We usually go to wet supermarket every two weeks, so in a month if don’t bring our own bag, that’s 40 plastic bags or more.. which all goes to waste then to landfills. We can reuse it right? but then again, in the end it still goes to the landfill.

Start bringing your bags now and help save the planet. It’s not that easy I know but when you get used to it, you will thank yourself for bringing a greener place for your kids.

I feel like I have my own day care center here.. 5 kids.. you can just imagine how it is. 4 of them are mine while the plus one is my sister’s who lives with me. Bathing them alone takes 30 minutes of my time. Every morning we need to prepare the 3 oldest to get ready for school and almost every afternoon I had to teach them to prepare them for the next day’s lesson.. wait did I say day care? I take it back.. I mean my own school! But I am not complaining. In fact I am more than thankful for having 4 kids and of course for having my nephew here. This is what I want to do ever since.. I really want to have a big family, lot of kids.. lots of laughter. I do not know where I got my patience, I enjoy playing pretend with them, doing art works, teaching them, spending an afternoon recreating their lessons for them to understand well. I love cutting papers and creating images that they will love or as simple as making an alphabet chart for them. I love doing it all but..

The thing is, sometimes I wish I don’t have to work online.. I do enjoy writing and blogging specially when I get to interact with stay at home moms like me.. work at home moms as well.. but the burden of having to earn makes it a bit hard for me. The pressure of deadline tasks against spending more time with the kids or doing some artworks for them is very stressful for me. I wish I can be like other moms who’s blog earning are merely for their hobby, travel or shopping.. if that would be the case I wouldn’t mind having no hobby at all or having not to travel or having no fashionable shoes to wear.. I would rather spend my time with my kids..

Part of my earnings also goes for my mom.. so even if I want to stop earning, I can’t. In a way, I am more satisfied now than I was before.. I get to earn a little and able to help my mom and still spend time with my kids since I work at home.. well there goes the saying, You just can’t have it all..