made my 100 best food memories list this evening. i was starting to flounder at around 53, thought i’d never make it, but surprise, surprise! after 100 i had several more that had to be added to the list.

writing is hard. esp. with 4 kids. of course they’re my priority, i just wish sometimes i had my own cubicle and my own 2-3 hours a day that just belongs to me. but i don’t begrudge them any of the time i spend with them, kahit nga 24 hours ko silang kasama i know i still have my shortcomings.

sold some books this week! yeah! it’s better to list things a few at a time, people get overwhelmed with a bunch of new postings.

migi’s bugging me to read him 3 books tonight. will have to go soon. may be back later.

filmed yena today before, during and after her bath. will send a vhs copy to mommy next week. sana matapos ko na ang tinatahi kong bag for her. inabot na kasi ng tamad! i shoulda known to finish it before mothers’ day. ‘yan tuloy fathers’ day na hindi pa tapos. argh.

bought bbc’s tales of beatrix potter (performed by the royal ballet) for angie today, at http://amazon.co.uk. it’s so neat to purchase stuff from other parts of the globe! kung hindi lang cost-prohibitive i’d have a bunch of pinoy paraphernalia around the house, esp. pinoy paintings and other art. but probably not those tacky giant wooden spoons and forks. definitely one of those igorot carvings, though.

the msaana site is 95% done. photo gallery na lang at update ng links, update sa map at update ng directory. it’s weird but laziness usually hits right at the point when somethings almost completely done, kinda like flipping a burger to cook the other side and then at the last moment deciding to stick it in the bun and eat it anyway with the blood still drippy. okay perhaps not that graphic but that’s what first came to mind….

no it’s not really laziness. more like the spring finally catching up with me and me realizing there are a hundred other things i should focus on doing.

organic cotton. yeah! can’t wait to get it. why did i just meet these people? why am i just starting to realize that i should trust my instincts more? if there’s one regret in my parenting life it’s knowing, in retrospect, that my kids probably would have fared better had i trusted my own maternal sense. but that comes with maturity, and unfortunately i ain’t there either.

gotta go.