futile attempts

living in a home where i'm the only female makes it very challenging for me to add some "girly" touches to the decor.  for example, there is a vase of silk flowers in the living room. they're actually really nice artsy ones except that more often than not, there's bound to be a plane, a rocket, or a bat on top of it.

last weekend i bought myself an earring organizer. you know, one of those pretty wired things where you can hang your favorite earrings.  the one i got looks like an ornate bench, and i fell in love with it so much! i placed it on my bedside table.
except now, it looks like this:


the boys placed that in front of the bench to "guard" my jewelry daw. 

why do i even bother, huh? it's a losing battle, i tell ya. =)

thank you tita ayen!

thank you tita ayen for the super cute onesie!

look, i'm wearing it now!

day off ni inday

after an extremely hectic week, manuel took pity on me and let me have a few hours of "me" time.  i breastfed raoul so he was good for about 2 hours at least.  i bade the 3 boys goodbye and went off on my own. 

you would think i would spend the time shopping, or pampering myself at a spa.  instead, i went to the library.

of course, i also needed to return some books i borrowed, and get the ones i reserved (more terry pratchett novels!).  but i do love being able to browse at my leisure, without having to attend to someone else's needs.  it was tempting to sip some coffee while reading, at the cafe on the ground floor.  but i had already spent so much time at the reference section (looking for photoshop textbooks) that my time was almost up and i had to go back home.

thus ended inday's day off. hehe.