December 23, 2008

Ruy and I have no internet connection in our new house so I will be unable to post before January 5.  Merry Christmas to you all from Ruy, Andrea and myself.

1. January
   1. I was offered a job in another company and turned it down.
   2. Andrea started becoming more social and communicative
   3. I started becoming more domesticated. I chose to buy a food processor over shoes
   4. My mom celebrated her birthday and I completely forgot to greet her. That still haunts me up to this day.
   5. I made a New Year’s Resolution to take care of my brain this year.  I promised to read 12 books.
   6. Ruy and I worked on a family budget, that went pretty well.
2. February
   1. We disovered Andrea’s love for basketball
   2. We took Andrea to Timezone for the first time and she loved it there!
3. March
   1. My baby turned 1!! We celebrated it the way we all wanted to. Together, eating and playing.
   2. For her birthday, Andrea got to visit the Ocean Park and ride a kalesa.
   3. I felt overwhelmed with everything I needed to do.
   4. I tried walking as a form of exercise. I liked it but never really found enough time to do it regularly.
4. April
   1. I handled recruitment for our company and it could very well be the most challenging thing I’ve ever done.
   2. Madonna released her album. I didn’t like it…oh no.
5. May
   1. I was offered the chance to join another company. It was for a senior position and I turned it down yet again. I started becoming afraid that I was being stupid.
   2. Ruy gave me the best Mother’s day gift ever.
   3. Andrea uttered her first phrase (“No more bubbles”)
6. June
   1. I was already able to read 7 books at this point. Yey
   2. A ferry sank taking one of her helpers along with it.
   3. Mar Roxas pushed for a new tax computation which was signed into law.
   4. We re-started the work on our house. 
7. July
   1. Times were quite hard for me this month. A lot of things were going wrong in practically all aspects of my life.
   2. Andrea started doing number 2 on her potty. Isn’t that amazing?
   3. Graduated from a management training and came up with a three year plan.
8. August
   1. Started learning how to cook. Was able to cook adobo and beef steak.
   2. Met JEN!!!!!!!! This really made me happy, wish I could have seen her more though.
   3. Joined a job fair.
   4. Lost my phone. Lost all of Andrea’s baby pictures.
   5. Was interviewed for a TV show…never got to watch it.
   6. Had painful meetings after painful meetings.
   7.  Ruy and I celebrated our birthdays
9. September
   1. First of my many heartbreaks this year.
   2. Have some personal issues.
   3. It was a busy busy busy month for me.
10. October
    1. Accidentally saw an episode of Oprah with Harville Hendrix. This seriously changed my life. It made my relationshiop with Ruy so much better.
11. November
    1. Andrea counted to five all on her own!! Of course she doesn’t want to repeat it when we ask her to but she does it whenever she feels like it.
    2. We went to Tarlac and Andrea saw all the farm animals.
    3. Took a one day break and just went all the way to Pampangga. LOVED IT
12. December
    1. Finally moved into our own home.
    2. Got Ruy a cool gift.
    3. Got an even better gift from Ruy.
    4. Am realizing how many blessings I have.
    5. Am dreading some decisions which might have to be made.

How was your year: Van, Vicki, Jen, Numi and Affie?