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It has been 2 weeks already since my last day at work for an IT company. I have a new job now. A job that I was, I mean my husband and I are both apprehensive to take at first but in the end were both whole-hearted and excited by the choice we made.

I am talking about my being a stay-at-home Mom. We had yaya troubles for some time and so we decided for me to take a break from the corporate world and be the one to take care of the kids and my husband and the house too.

I have been posting about my random thoughts in Facebook. I will also posting them here plus some other stuff too like my very own recipes! I already have a line-up of my Recipe posts, so please watch out. I hope to include pictures of me actually doing the cooking.
That’s it for now, it’s kids merienda time. I will be posting about this too.

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How I met my husband.  Last time I shared with you my prayer for the Man of my Life. I prayed this every night. Now, I’ll tell you how I met him.  October 2003, after months of job hunting, I finally landed my dream job; (I also prayed for this job). or shall I say the Job, it’s actually the job that I prayed for. Hey! Come to think of it, when I got the job, I got my man as well.  He and I were part of the same start group. And the rest as they say, is history.  

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How I prayed for my husband

I remember how as a young girl, I would wish on a star that someday I may meet the man of my dreams, my prince charming. And of all the good characteristics that I could wish my prince to have, only 2 things mattered; that he is handsome and kind-hearted.

Years later, I fell in love. Went broken-hearted then fell in love again. Went broken-hearted AGAIN then fell… Oh, you know the cycle.

The relationships I had before I met my husband were of weak foundation. Those were years of on and off tango with uncertainty; of good and bad times; of hoping and some more hoping. Each relationship, I would hope that the guy would be the one.

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I’ve been blogging since late 2003 but I never enjoyed posting entries back then. It’s because I hardly can think of topics to blog about.

There’s no Wordpress back then. I signed up on blogspot but I never had a single entry on it. (Well, as far as I can remember). And besides, I did not like its features. And since Wordpress was not yet out, I had to create my own CMS. But again, I didn’t have any topics to discuss so I’ve just been updating the backend scripts almost everyday. I had fun!

Being a regular visitor of Yuga’s and Albrine’s blogs (I miss this guy already), I got an idea of monetizing a blog and earn extra income thru AdSense. And after years of no income, Yuga helped me out and started to convert my blogging into some amount.

I got my first AdSense Check few months ago and for me it’s big enough. We dined at Bubba Gump for the first time; we bought a wooden cabinet (at last), I treated my friends out a month after my birthday; in short, we were able to pamper ourselves a bit. Excitement and joy I felt.

Since then, my earnings became even higher and it made me more interested in blogging. Although what I’m earning is still incomparable to what the others earn.

Now, I again have few months’ savings on AdSense and since we have two kids already, we figured that it now makes sense if we buy our own car. Our First car. (Seems like my dream is coming true now, eh?) We are planning to start with a used car and maybe upgrade little by little until we avail a new one.

While my AdSense savings is not enough for a used car, we decided to loan some amount and let AdSense pay for it every month.

Now, I only hope that we make a right decision on choosing a car. I am no grease monkey so I need your help.

• How much budget do you think is ideal for buying a used car?
• What factors do I need to consider in choosing a car?
• What tips would you advise that I should do when we already have the car? (Maintenance tips)

Before I end this, I just want you to know that earning from blogging is just the result. What makes the passion alive is your little time spent reading this blog and the mindset to earn more friends online and offline through blogging.

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A month ago ‘yesterday’, my wife gave birth to Ley. But I thought it was only yesterday. Time’s really passing by so fast. Tomorrow’s another month again.

With the past 31 days, Ley has experience a lot in this world already. In her second week she suffered from pneumonia and we’re thankful it never lasted long. Ley’s very healthy now and strong. She gained weight and grew few a inches. Before, she cries almost all day and night, seems like she feels uncomfortable all the time. But she’s more at ease now. She enjoys looking at things around her when she’s awake and just lying in her crib. You can never see her like that before. Many improvements happened to her in just a month. Thank God for fulfilling our hearts.

Now what? Get the cake and share it to the readers, honey. Ooops, you said I forgot to greet Ley, but I really did not. You think I did? Please. Maybe this post is a bit late… What do we have for next month? Oh, it’s Sam’s birthday. I’ll greet her now. Happy Birthday Sam.

To my Ladies, Lady Anna, Lady Sam & Lady Ley, I Love You.

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