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I Need More Bathrooms

My sister with her 3 year old (will turn 4 this January 20) son is still here. And I am throwing a small children’s party for him. Remember that my whole family spend the holidays here? I had so much fun then and it was one of the best holiday for me . If there is one thing that I wish I had then, it would be more bathrooms. Last December 27 was Sati’s christening and we all end up knocking on the bathroom door so the one using it would take a bathe faster. It was stressful that we all need to take a bath and there is only one bathroom for all of us.

Imagine, me, the hubby, my 4 siblings, two have their partners with them, my mom, two helper and 5 kids. All in all, we were 16! And yes my house were packed then. It was more stressful when one of the kid need to use the bathroom and somebody is using it. You know kids cannot control their bladders. It was funny to watch them dancing and knocking on the bathroom door but it is irritating for the on using the bathroom. Oh how I wish I can have a house with two to three bathrooms on it.

Ground Day

After the depression attack, comes the OCD attack. Oh please don’t come near me, I am impossible this past few days. And while we were busy taking everything out here in the house, I suddenly want to cook, and not just one, but two dishes. In the fridge, there’s ground pork and ground beef. I cooked it both! Yum! For the ground pork, I just saute it in tomato sauce and I add some carrots and potatoes in it. For the ground beef, I cooked chili con carne. It is not your typical chili con carne with black beans. It is a simple chili con carne, coked using Taco mixture, with some corn kernel and topped with cheese.

Ground Dishes Day

I think I would need cholesterol treatment, because I ate twice. I ate with my sister then I breastfeed Sati. After that I ate again, this time with my helper. But in a way, I really need that much energy because there a dozen boxes outside waiting to be sort out. This is what happens when my OCD attack, I tend to perform all the roles tha I can fit, mom, cook, home make, etc. You don’t have to tell me, I know I need to rest too.

I Want To Spy

Did I tell you that I already got the best helper? I got her last July. She have two daughter, one is in Davao and the other one, I hired too. I planned on hiring another helper this year but I changed my mind. During the height of the typhoon and the flood, I realized that I have too many kids that I cannot take care of them in emergencies like that. And so, I asked my helper if we can have her second daughter with us. I was lucky that she was OK with it, in fact she has been contemplating about it.

She is my 4th helper to date and she promised me that she will never leave me (I am positive about it). She is very responsible and I can leave the kids with her (yes even Sati) without worrying. I remember in my 3 other ex helpers, I badly want to install hidden cameras because I am so worried about the kids. Hidden Camera can give me an assurance that the kids are well taken care of. I know it is not good to know that you are being watched (unless of course you are in Big Brother’s house) but that’s the best option for me then. I am really grateful now that I don’t have to do it.

But it can be cool too, sometimes. Imagine you can install it everywhere. You can put it in the clock, on the speaker, anywhere. I love the idea of it. OK, maybe I will get one, not for our house but for hubby’s car. Maybe I will put it in the dashboard, on the tissue holder. I can “spy” him if he has a companion on the car. Please don’t tell him about it .LOL