Motherhood, wifeyhood and more » me myself and i

in a year or two

thea — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:13:42 +0000

My father has started teaching my brothers how to collect gold coins, and also handed them some of his collection. My two brothers have started buying investment products, and it only makes sense for him to share his learnings as a coin collector.

My mom on the other hand, collects jewelry, so she understands my father’s passion well. In fact, I think their collections are complimentary. Both are good investment products which will last more than a lifetime, and can be passed on from one generation to another.

But in my parents’ case, they plan to use it to secure their not so distant future, say in a year or two.

my pink ties

thea — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:40:59 +0000

This weekend, I re-organized our cabinets. I just had to go out with the old, in with the new. I saw my pink ties that we used during a company dance contest and we had to wear the same stuff. I remember dancing with 4 other mommy co-workers then. Geez, I joined two dance contests in my previous job, but I haven’t even dance during any of my current company events.

No, not stage fright. More of my body not wanting to move anymore.

is it goodbye, lappy?

thea — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:16:57 +0000

Before I refresh my laptop later, I had to back up my files. “Refresh” in office terms (at least in our office) means you’ve been using the same laptop for 4 years. Well, mine is technically with me for less than 4 years, but our employee website says it is 4 years so I guess hooray for me! My laptop isn’t reliable anymore. Plus, I badly need a bigger memory because for quite some time now, it takes half an hour before I can normally use my laptop after it boots up.

Oh yeah, there’s a catch. Before I can have it refreshed, I had to format it, and install that new enterprise format (?) So yes, it’s not that easy. Stress!

on gold as investment.

thea — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:07:31 +0000

A close friend has advised us to buy gold bullion now. According to him, these times should be the best time for us to consider investing on gold. We for quite some time now, have been contemplating on this. He’s convincing us saying that gold’s beauty lies not only on its physical form, but also on its diversity as an investment. It’s another way of preserving one’s purchasing power.

He said that our daughter (and possibly future child/ren) will greatly benefit from this investment in the future. Come to think of it, the reason we are investing now is for the future of our daughter. We want to secure her future, as well as for retirement, my husband’s and mine.

Skiing

thea — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:03:14 +0000

Guest post written by Lacy Ramen

My husband and I met through a ski club. We had both been married before, he was new to the area and we clicked instantly.

I had joined the ski club at my friend’s urging and he had been a member of one where he lived before. We’ve remained members of the club ever since and have made lots of friends (who were at our wedding, of course) from it over the years.

On a trip last year when we were going down the mountain I was having a particularly hard time hearing him yell something at me. It ended up that he was trying to tell me there was a tree down up ahead. I ended up missing it anyway, but when we were at the lodge that night he told me that I needed to do something about my hearing.

I followed his advice and looked up miricle ear when we returned home from that trip. I ending up getting some hearing aids from them that you can’t really see and hearing him yell things to me while we’re skiing still isn’t easy – it never was – but it’s easier now at least.