As a mother of young children, it is always your concern to be with them while they are sill young for they will only be young once. Once they will become teenagers, it would be a different phase of motherhood already. But if you are a working mother like me, sometimes there would be some sacrifices that you would make especially when you will be torn between work and family. You got have a well work-life balance. But it does not wok all the time. Just like last weekend when I had to leave my kids behind because I had to attend a conference. If work calls for it there is nothing that you can really do. I felt so bad when I received the email from my boss. But I could not say no to that. Sometimes I wish that I have travel trailers so I can just drag my entire family with me wherever I go. I hope one day, when my kids could come across this post, they would understand why mama can’t be home at times not because she wants to but because she has to. Though this does not happen all the time, but I can’t contain the feeling that I was not with them last weekend when they were suppose to bond with me because they are off from school. Life is like that I know.

My kids got mad at me because they were not able to watch the movie Avatar. It was not a good time to watch a movie that time because by the time the movie was shown, it was exam week for them. So the priority that was to study. But I felt bad about that because I know a broke a promise. But being a mother sometimes you have to make tough decisions. But I told them not to lose hope because I promised them that I will try to search online and see if I can find the movie and download t somewhere. Since I am off from work and also I have a one day leave from work so I spent most of my time in front of my laptop writing posts for my blog and at the same time surfing online. So, I started doing some Video Search. I wanted to download the movie and surprise them during the weekend. It is important for me to keep this promise. My kids are good kids and they don’t deserve to be treated this way. I don’t want them to think that when mom gives a promise, she going to break it anyway. Though as the saying goes promises are meant to be broken, not for my kids.

My sun is turning 10 years old this year. I am starting to feel that sooner my son would not want t play with his toys anymore. He is already starting to be active in going online. He already has a Facebook account and some other social networking sites. Good thing I have family safety running in both my laptop and our PC at home. I just remember that he was asking for a PSP for his birthday last year. But now I have a feeling that he would want a ps3 or a very high-end cell phone. Then who knows, he might ask for a car one of this days… Ok ok…I am getting paranoid already…

My family is renting an apartment for 1 year and 2 months already. We survived! Yippy! We thought we never could because both my husband and I are dependent to our parents. We finally decided to separate and live on our own. Now it has been a year already. Now we are starting to dream of having a place of our own. I am starting to search online checking for a house. There are lots of manufactured homes that are durable, state-of-the art housing with custom features and options at prices we can afford. They are constructed from the same materials as most site-built homes but they are built in a quality-controlled, factory environment where the materials are never exposed to the elements. Not a bad idea for a start. But the search is still on…

I am so happy because both my kids are excelling in school. My eldest boy was part of the top 10 list in his class. He may not be the number 1 but he has been very consistent in getting into the top 10 list in class since he was a first grader. And I was not surprise when my youngest daughter though still in pre-school landed as the first in her class as well. Because of this, both of them deserve a treat. I asked them what they want and they both agreed that they want a vacation. To the beach? I asked them and they both agreed. I thought of staying in one of Outer Banks vacation rentals where we can have an opportunity to enjoy the beach and just sit back in our rental home and relax. My kids are looking forward to it ad that includes the parents.

My house help requested a vacation. She would not be around for 3 days. So that means I have to do all the cleaning in the house. Good thing I always teach my kids to keep all their toys in their toy box after they play and put back the books in the shelf after reading. I have to admit I am not a domestic person. Cleaning floor tiles is never easy. Good thing we have those shiny ones that can be cleaned up by just using a mop. If not it would take me the whole day scrubbing the floor. Washing dishes, piling up laundry and folding clean clothes to name a few things that I have done today. Urgh! I’m not used to this, but I survived the day.