"Keep and seek only what you love and your home will truly be yours."

Dear Girls,

Perhaps you've noticed that Ive been revamping the house a little bit. I just want to manage to make it a little bit more cleaner, a bit more organized, a bit more functional and a bit more prepared. Im even taking an online course now on interiors and Im hoping in the next couple of months, I could put it to some good use- at least for our home. If I were as mobile as I hoped to be, I'd fix the Tanauan place up for us too- which would probably please your Lolo. Anyway, someones taking care of that so lets let that be.

The thing with redoing everything or even a little it that you hit a slump everytime you consider the resources you need to get things done. Ive tried to work like an ant. Go on top of it, under it, around it, through it even....with the least economic impact on our resources. Ive managed a couple of improvements but I guess it takes really a lifetime to get all this done. (If only I can visualize that door that needs fixing as a shoe, Id probably have spent on it faster.....thats mu reality check....)  I guess, no one makeover will do. No one makeover will solve every issue or concern that I want closure on. We have to work together as a family with what works- working dad, working mom, multitasking parents and toddlers abound ! Tricky as it sounds, its all but fun memories for me.

When we go out there, when I hit the idea books and the catalogues, it can get confusing, you know? There's so much out there in the shelves, in the malls, in print and in visual media seeking to capture our divided or undivided attention. They set the standards, the benchmarks, the what you have to have or must haves for this type of lifestyle, family or dream.  Whether they tail on mere perception or an actual reality, its debatable, really. The bottomline is, we're the target and our perception is the bait. And I for one, have been perpetually captured by these things. Sometimes, you just want to stop looking altogether and isolate yourself. Yeah, really. Sign...if only.....

At this time, I'm settling into a nesting stage (it seems to have come early) and Im heck bent on cleaning and organizing the house and turning it into the home that I want it to be for everyone.  Weve managed to do a little decluttering here and there....and while there seems to be much more work impending, I relish in the fact I am helped  and supported through the process by the people that count.  At the end of the day, yes, we can breathe a little bit more better, feel a tad more cozier. Despite what malfunctioning areas are left to be tended to.....knowing that we've sought only what we need and we're keeping only what we love, our house truly become home.

Stay happy. Play like there's no limit to the space. You are home.

love always,
Mom