From our family to yours

What I learned in four years of marriage

As I've written in this post, Daddy A and I have been together for almost a decade (more than 5 years being BF/GF and 4 years of being hubby and wifey). But having a BF/GF relationship is so much different from being married. It's really different when you share one bed, one banyo, one toothbrush (hehe joke). Most specially once you have kids, and problems that are far more complicated than san tayo kakain or what movie we will watch. That's why getting married is not for the faint-hearted, those self-centered, and those who easily give up. You really have to be ready. Ika nga "hindi parang kaning isusubo na pwedeng iluwa kapag napaso" (not like cooked rice that you can spit out when it burns your mouth - ayos ba translation ko?).

It's not about looking for someone perfect, neither is it about settling for less. You just have to find that one person whom you can't imagine life without.

Just read this timely quote from a friend's FB post:

"He's not perfect. You aren't either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn't going to quote poetry, he's not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don't hurt him, don't change him, and don't expect more than he can give. Don't analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he's not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don't exist, but there's only one guy that is perfect for you."  - Bob Marley

Hope whoever reads this may find or has found the perfect one for you as well. Love, love, love =)

Another year down this crazy, exciting, wonderful road of marriage. Here's to forever dubs!

Post backlogs

It's December already and I have a plethora (yes big word hehe) of posts in my draft folder and lots of pictures in my tablet that I haven't documented yet. My backlog has piled up since the last week of October!

Hay, anyway, to make up for it...here's my best attempt to tackle them one by one. I don't like to do naman a round-up like I did for April to June. More pictures, more kwentos, more posts the better.

So just to summarize my list and tick them of one by one (bullet day I will finish you all):
JD's 4th month check up/Galleria day
Pico de Loro getaway
Undas 2013
Parent-teacher meeting
Weekend roundup - November 9-10
JD's 5th month
Christmas shopping at Trinoma and The Spa experience
Alice in Wonderland party
R's first stint as a flower girl
KKK, Mickey and friends Christmas at Megamall
Christmas shopping continued at SM North
Tagaytay short trip
Hulihin si Hello Kitty sa Megamall

Homaygad, meron pa pala to sa draft folder ko:
Travel posts (Days 3-5 of Daddy A's Korea trip)
Our HK trip
(well mostly all our trips)
Travel tips and essentials
R's first and 2nd birthdays - should've been in September pa

And for December:
Our Wedding - planning and all the chorva (since it's our anniversary month)
What I learned in four years of marriage

Hay talaga, gotta finish them all. Good luck to me.