Back and Blogging Again

And after two months, I’m back blogging! I can’t say my readers missed this! First of all do I have a list of readers? Haha! Why did I stop for a while? As much as I want to write, my time (or our time, mine and my husband’s) was eaten by all these stuff we need to do for our house. The busiest days of our lives so far, even busier than preparing for our wedding, we were doing house chores here and there, shop for appliances, kitchen stuffs, furniture and so far, our biggest splurge, window grilles and gate. We needed to finish everything within days as we wanted to transfer before our birthday and we did it! Imagine, every weekend, we spend in the supermarket, department store and, can you just imagine, HARDWARE! I have already memorized prices of cement, sand and gravel. Even learned to be smarter, stainless steel is way too expensive, do not be blinded by the cheap ones! They aren’t stainless, they are chrome coated! I’ve learned to canvass, and look for the cheap ones. If you think buying a house and lot ends with just that, it’s not! There’s a lot that you need to improve and a lot of time and effort is needed.

My husband and I are lucky to have parents who are there to help us with this journey. This wouldn’t be possible for working couples starting our own if they’re not there. Lester and I really appreciate their help, learned a lot and slowly settling down. But more thankfully, this house is a blessing from God. Few weeks back, we had our house blessing and we were able to welcome a number of relatives and friends in our house. The house isn’t fully complete, but it’s decent enough to invite people in.

Today, another blessing is about to start. We’re finishing our garage and dirty kitchen (our little Honda will be very happy!) Sharing how this little space made it thru its journey to be a home :)

PS. I’m trying to gain my blog inspirations back. I still have a backlog to share. I’ll try my best to post as much as I can. Happy reading! What a good Monday to start :)

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