From here. In my dream house, there will be an area for the coffee maker and a place where I can choose which Starbucks mug I will use for the day. In my dreams, there will always be Starbucks House Blend Coffee ready to be brewed.

When we had termite exterminators go to the house, we found out that the termites have invaded a part of my bookshelf and ate a few of my nursing books and went as far as creeping under our bed mattress. So for almost a week now we have been sleeping on the floor with mats [...]

I received a link to this list from Martha today and it was too awesome not to share.  I think we could all use a month off to declutter our lives, don’t you? Because You Have Too Much Stuff 1. 1.4 million Americans suffer from chronic hoarding & clutter. 2. People burn 55 minutes a [...]

The faucet in the kitchen sink needs to be replaced. The water sometimes doesnt come out even if we have the faucet fully opened. It is a good thing that the owner of the house has told us we can replace, improve or renovate the house and have the expenses deducted on our rent. (I [...]

My favorite thing to do and write about are lists. I so love to be able to write everything in an organized way and feel such a great accomplishment when Im able to cross it off my list So here is mine, to be accomplished today (since it is already 1:30AM). 1. Draft to-do list [...]

This will be the agenda for the week: Today and tomorrow, I will be fixing all the things we can get here at my parents’ place into the new house (the treadmill included – Im so excited about that!). Friday I will take the kids with me to the city for their pediatrician check-up. I [...]

The house is spikingly clean, ready to be moved in. We just need to move over the big appliances and we are ready to stay there. Thank God for helpers. I got two helpers to clean the house and now even the garden and backyard are clean. I cant wait to plant some flowering plants [...]

So I had an eletrician check all the wiring and outlets in the house, installed new bulbs and then had all the doorknobs replaced. Phase one: security of the house done. Tomorrow we go to phase two: general deep cleaning. Since I dont have a maid yet, people here are kind enough to refer me [...]

We just finished unloading the first batch of boxes at the house earlier. We still might need three more road trips, as we are just using an IPV truck which is not that big. Tomorrow, I really hope to be able have the doorknobs replaced and the lights installed so we can begin the hard [...]

Another work day has ended and we are also one day closer to the big move. I havent really talked about the house we are moving in, have I? Let’s see if I can describe it well. It’s a bungalow located one house down across the street where public transport passes through, so it’s prime [...]