Parenting Archive

My thoughts on parenthood, and what it's like to be a mom in the Philippines.

Oh No!

I never thought that my boys would question my overspending on Sati’s wardrobe. My eldest asked why is it that Sati have more clothes than them. Uh oh, now I feel guilty of not buying clothes for them. I thought they would not like clothes and would appreciate toys more. Oh boy, I was wrong. If only finding clothes for boys is as easy as finding Philadelphia jobs, I wouldn’t have a problem. The thing is, clothes for boys are more expensive than clothes for girl. And I have three boys! Just imagine how much I need just to buy clothes for my boys.

some of their clothes, their closet was divided into 2, the upper part is for my 1st and 2nd boys. The lower part is for the 2 youngest (the pink hanger)

So I guess, I have to troop down the nearest mall and look for affordable boys clothes. Or maybe just search on local online shops. I do hope they accept paypal as a form of payment.

Online Shopping and Shipping

I love online shopping. Since I started earning online, most of my income goes to shopping. I frequent bidding online stores, I frequent children’s clothes stores, I even visit hardware stores. I enjoy looking through sites and finding the best bargain. I enjoy shopping for my kids the most. Like last year, I spend a hundred dollars for Sati’s clothes, good thing I found some coupon codes, I paid less because of the discount. I really can’t resist when ever I see something that I know will look good on my only princess. Hubby says I have been spending too much for our girl.

I must admit, I am really spoiling the little girl. Aside from the clothes I shopped last year (and none of them fits now), we are also waiting for a box from the US, a box full of her clothes, yes, her clothes again. I bought it on the same store and I was sad that I can no longer avail their discount promo codes, where in I can get as much as $10 off on my purchase. The site says, I can only use it once. I am a bit disappointed but still, that did not stop me from buying more clothes for her. We had it shipped last February 3 and have to wait for 4 to 6 weeks before we can see our purchase. That is how I managed to maximize discount codes that I found on online stores. I would buy items and apply the coupons and have it shipped on a relative in California. Then I would wait for more sales and discounts until the package box is full. When the box is full, the relative will call the courier service and have it shipped here.

We have been practicing that for almost two years now. The box that I am waiting will be our third since we started it and I hope it would take 3 to 6 months more before we begin our online shopping hobby. I have to stop buying more Sati’s clothes.

More On Future Plan

Remember my article about my future plans? About living on my own and without asking much helps from my offspring? Well, in one of blog hopping activity, I learned about assisted living communities. Assisted living community is a place for people that needs assistance in their daily activities or which is known as ADL/ Activity for Daily Living. These are people who needs help but still wants to love life independently.

In assisted living facilities, they offer help with ADLs such as bathing, dressing and eating. They also give out help on doing the laundry, housekeeping and medications. The care given in assisted living is not as intensive as it is in the nursing home. Each individual resident that enrolls in assisted living are given a unique service plan. The service plan detailed the needs of the resident. The plan is also upgraded regularly as to meet the needs of the resident.

There is a big difference between nursing home and senior independent living. As we all know, in nursing homes, the residents are mostly frail and needs to be taken care of. They have greater needs and they cannot take care of themselves. Unlike in assisted living, the residents here are those who can manage simple activities such as walking on their own.

Maybe if hubby and I are older, we might consider living in in this kind of community as I learned that on average, there are 20 to 23 residents in each community. That would be a good number to socialize with, don’t you think?