Babysitting Job

I appreciate the guest post, Ignacio Phillips

I’m so excited! I just landed a regular babysitting gig for my daughter’s old teacher that she had in second grade. The lady called me yesterday and asked me if I would be willing to watch her daughter during the school year while she works. She knew I was a stay-at-home mom, and I must have made a good impression on her when I taught her daughter. She was one of my daughter’s favorite teachers ever, so she is just thrilled that I will be keeping her baby. I’m also really looking forward to the extra money. We usually just have enough to cover all the bills, and there is little leftover for the “wants” in life. One of the first things I’m going to do with the extra money is sign us up for Concord Direct tv. I’ve wanted that for a long time. Also, I think I’d like to make sure to save enough every month so that maybe we can take a beach vacation with the kids this summer for fun.

Music Monday:WishCraft

Here is another original composition of my kid entitled “Wish craft” (obviously I am a proud mama). What you will hear in this video is a one man band. My kid did it all; the intruments, the second voice, and the lead vocal.

Wish Craft is the official theme song of Cavite Institute Fund Raising Project to support the schools scholarship program. Transforming garbage into gold: 1. collecting and selling all recyclable materials like plastic bottles, cans, and newspapers; 2. The students make or create new useful objects from old newspapers or cans and make profit.

I.

minsan ba'y inyong pinoproblema

kung san ka kukuha ng pambayad sa eskwela

hindi batid ng iba,

na kahit sa basura ay pwedeng makamtan ang diploma.

Refrain.

Minsan ba'y nakikita nyo?

nag titinda ng bote't dyaryo?

dating bale wala sayo tumbas ngayo'y edukasyon mo.

Chorus.

Marami nang natulungan,

WISHCRAFT ang kasagutanwalang pambayad sa eskwela

WISHCRAFT ang kasagutan

Polusyon sa kapaligiran,

WISHCRAFT ang kasagutan.

dahil sa lahat ng problema mo.

WISHCRAFT ang kasagutan

II.

Magulang, Ay nanganagmba

sa kinabukasan ng anak niya.

handog ng WISHCRAFT ay ligaya

solusyon sa iyong problema.

(Repeat Refrain) (Repeat Chorus2x)

WISHCRAFT ang kasagutan 3x

German Boyfriend

Thanks for the guest post by Jo Levy

My boyfriend is coming to visit from Germany soon. It feels hilarious to call him a “boyfriend,” since I am 52 years old! Lol. Anyway, my boyfriend lives in Germany, and I live here in the U.S. and he is coming to visit. He is coming to stay for 6 weeks in March. He only speaks German (I am bilingual). I’m hoping that my television package can getinternational cable channels because he is probably going to need something to do all day while I am away at work. He is a handy-man type, so I know he will find little things here and there to keep him busy, but I’m sure he’d like to be able to watch some shows in German. I’ve never noticed any German-speaking channels before, though, so I may have to call and look into it. I know when I have gone to visit him before, I really appreciate having an opportunity to hear English speech. It just feels good to hear your home language. It’s comforting, I suppose.