replacement

The little man loves it cold inside the house especially when he is asleep. There have been many times when he woke up screaming because his room was too hot for him which makes his head all sweaty. Anybody could tell he does not like it, lol. So when he took his nap this afternoon I made sure his room was cool enough for him to be comfortable. Since the husband said "we" all have to get used to the heat in preparation for our trip to visit my parents in Leyte, our AC is on 74-75 degrees most of the time. It is still cold for me but I guess it is hot for them. To make the little man's room cooler I had our old desk fan going because the ceiling fan on his room is not working. It needs to be replaced. I turned it on and off earlier but nothing happened. It is time to start looking for ceiling fans online so we can replace his old one. You see, his brother used that room when he was living with us. He might have tore it up and not tell us about it. Or maybe he told his father. I don't know. All I know is that it needs to be replaced right away to avoid trouble :)

window shopping

Here I am with nothing else to do. I blame the rain, lol. The little man is asleep, the husband who got up a while ago is in the couch talking to his daughter, and here I am bored out of my wits. I want to go to the mall and window shop but I can't because it is raining and because the little man is asleep. I am dying to do something relaxing and fun. For those of you who don't know, window shopping is relaxing for me, lol. Since I can't go out I am shopping online. Or window shopping online if there is such a term. The things I have searched are just varied. I don't have anything specific in mind, just going from site to site to browse hoping for sales or discounts. I have been to different sites admiring lingerie items and reading reviews on colon cleanse products such as Colonix and more. I am going to try to search for toddler clothes and see what will come up. I might just find a site which sells clothes at affordable prices. Perhaps tomorrow the weather will be a lot better and I can go to the nearest mall. I am keeping my fingers crossed.

on computers

I have been bugging the husband to buy a new cpu for our desktop computer. He knows how I loved the wide screen on our old computer yet he is not doing anything to fix it. It crashed about a year ago when his son opened sites he was not supposed to and he decided to let it go because he claimed he was tired of fixing it over and over again. When his son moved out I wanted the computer back and running again but he has gotten used to the laptop and he told me if he ever will fix the desktop computer again, he will buy new parts for it and he will assemble it himself. He said this is better than buying the whole thing from the store. I agree with him on that score because he assembled that old computer and it worked really good. He had everything in it including a video card so I can play my online games in it. I can't do that with my laptop and as fast as it gets, I still think our old desktop computer was quicker. It withstood the little man's turning it on and off but the viruses it got from certain websites killed it. How I wish to be able to use it again. Maybe soon.

fried

It stormed the whole day yesterday here in the South. We thought it would just be a heavy downpour but it started to thunder and then a lightning struck just a few meters away from the house. The husband was in the carport talking to his sister on the phone while it happened. He said he did not even have the time to blink because it happened so quick. He said he saw yellow and orange light hit a branch on the neighbor's tree. I was in the computer and right at the same time the lightning struck my laptop give off electric shock which made me jump. The little man was with his sister-in-law in the couch and when I checked on him he was fine. He got quite for a while though but he went back to playing when he recovered from his shock. It was pretty loud. The television and the DVD player quit working for a few seconds then went back on again. The stepson ran outside to check on his father who was in shock. For a person who always warns me not to stay in an open field when it is storming, he clearly does not practice what he preaches. He said he did not have a clue it would happen. The lightning fried the modem for the internet. It also fried the charger to his laptop. Good thing we have the same brand and I am not using my other laptop so he is using my charger now. We don't have to buy a new charger as of the moment. The neighbors pretty much had it bad. The couple who live across the road said their washer and dryer quit working while the internet and cable on the house beside ours quit working. I have not checked our washer but I know the dryer is working. It was quite an experience and the husband has been telling people about his close encounter with lightning.

on looking good

The last time I got on a weighing scale it showed I lost two pounds. That was after weeks of trying to cut back on food intake and doing some exercises here and there. It took time and effort and I am not very happy with the result. I am thankful it seemed like I lost weight (that is if our weighing scale is not broken) but I want to lose more pounds and the way it is working I am looking at a few more weeks to even shed another two pounds. Such hard work! I want to give up but I want to look good. This is the only thing I know how to lose weight without spending too much so I am doing this right now. At least I can stop looking for diet pills that work anymore. Although it is tempting to do the quickest way possible to lose weight. But as it is I can't afford to buy anything at the moment. I would rather spend the money for the little man's needs. I hope for more patience and perhaps faster metabolism. The pains of getting old, lol.

treat

Since it is Mother's Day, I am spending the day shopping. We have not been out of the house much so today is our chance. The little man loves to be out of the house as well, pointing at things he sees on the street and naming them.

While I was at one of the stores though nobody greeted me happy mother's day. None. The sales clerks were greeting everybody else even old ladies but not me. I bet they were wondering if I am a mom, lol. This is what happens when one is so short that people are afraid to say anything in case they don't hit the mark. I told the husband about my observation to which he only laughed. I have always had problems with people thinking I am too young maybe because of my height. I don't think I look that young anymore though. But I still get ID'd even when I buy lottery tickets. If they only know I am a decade older over the legitimate age to buy lottery tickets.

Anyway, to all mothers out there, Happy Mother's Day!

sold!

I posted two brand new air conditioners on Craigslist today and it sold just minutes after the ad was up. The husband is happy and I want to sell more of our belongings, lol. The AC's were bought when one store had a huge sale last year. I wondered why the husband bought five window air conditioners and one huge one for inside the house when we only needed one. Now I know. It is an exhilarating feeling selling something online. We are pack rats and we have a lot of stuff in storage and in the house that we need to get rid of only we like to hang on to our stuff. The bad thing about having too many knick knacks though is it is a burden when we decide to move. We have been packing things that we are not using since we got married so I asked the husband if we can sell some of them. We agreed to start sorting through our things and sell what we are not using and those that we don't need. And believe me we have plenty of things we even forgot we have anymore. I let the husband get the money. What I want is to do the posting and waiting for prospective buyers to call.