Project Cabinet update 1

We finally changed our cabinet maker. Dang! The first one made us wait for almost 2 months and I got sick and tired of him!!! My D-I-L looked for a new one and the one he saw was the best. He talked to my Schatzy on a thursday afternoon and met up with him the next morning. That afternoon they bought materials already. The next day, Saturday he came early to start on our cabinet and when I got home from work there was a big change in our room. It was almost half done. I asked my husband... "where was he when we were looking for a cabinet maker 2 years ago?" He smiled. I was relieved and confident that he would finish before New Year but he told my husband that he wanted to finish it before Christmas. Wow! He really is good!!! I am so excited for the new year.

Project Cabinet

We are living in our Home for almost 2 years. Our plan was to put a built in cabinet in our room but because we had a problem with the budget, the project cabinet was put into halt. And now, we are ready (sort of) to pursue the project. On friday, Mr. cabinet maker will start to do his job(hay salamat!). I was a little pissed because he was unprofessional when he told us that he will start a month ago (which was suppose my not so busy month). The reason why he cannot start on our cabinet was his recent employer was asking him to do more cabinets everytime he finishes a new one. HMP!!! Okay! I said I will wait (although WAIT is not in my vocabulary). He said that he will show up on friday. Let's see if he will make it... if not bahala na sya sa buhay nya... I will look for another carpenter!

Then I came to realize that it was December 1 yesterday. I rushed to buy groceries and scout for containers that I need for our service. It dawned to me that I have to remove the stuffs in our temporary cabinet. I don't know what to do!!! If only you have been in our house you'll see how small it is (but I love it to bits). Now, my head is aching, thingking what to do... but He will show me the light. Hehehe. Have to rest. Need to wake up early for a wedding. =)

Sights to see...

We are furtunate to have a small patio in our place. We can do most of our art attack well my art attack there, Schatzy's workout, Lil hero plays basketball there, Lil angel enjoys cooking barbeque and Fairy Faye's cleaning area. This is our favorite part of the house when the helicopter of our neighbors land. Lil angel love watching them. Sometimes eastwood shows fireworks and our family gathers there to watch it. Let me share you what we have witnessed awhile ago...

Hope the kids will have a blast tomorrow even if I am not there. =)

Not yet!

We still don't have an internet connection. I sooooooo HatE it!!! I have to go down the internet shop just to check on some sites. I have to beg our receptionist to let me use the phone so I can call PLDT. But still, No reponse! I think they are not doing their job. Geeeeeewhizzzzzzz! It's not easy to do business here in a coffeeshop. There are too many people and I can't EMOTE on what I am writing. HAHAHA. I spend time reading books. I am organizing things in our house because I have to make major arrangements. YES! I am proud that finally PAG-IBIG has granted our loan. Hehehe. I can install cabinets and make my own space. I asked Schatzy if he wants a small area of his own but he said NO so I'll be occupying the small space I made for him hehe. I'm excited to buy my own table. My own table where I can put my laptop while I'm using it. No more bed and pillow stuff. hehehe. I'm can't hide my excitement. I really love decorating the house since I was deprive of doing it when we moved there. I am designing the cabinets that will be super useful and I'm maximizing the space.

I even want to put bamboo walls in our lanai to add privacy and zen too. I want to put plants. I am really excited this coming December. I am going to decorate the house with lots of lights.
There is really a rainbow after every rain. Actually The rainbow came before the rain this time.

Two blessings in a year

Our home is turning one this march. Actually, we got it last December 22, 2007 but we have it renovated that’s why we moved in after 3 months. We can’t do anything about the space so we said to ourselves that even if the house is small we would make it presentable.

We opted to have a Loan Modification Leads">mortgage because a new baby was on the way. Good thing it was just easy to apply. Our decision was perfect. Now, we are enjoying our new home with a new baby. Talk about two blessings in one year.

My dream house reflects my personality

What the House Test Says About You

You consider yourself important, but no more important than anyone else. You love attention, but you don't feel like you deserve more of it than anyone else. You aren't against being community oriented, but it's not really your thing. You tend to prefer to focus on your family and not the neighborhood around you. You are a playful, charming, and seductive person. People feel instantly close to you. You take good care of your physical appearance. You dress well, stay in shape, and do your best to look great. You are moved by what's exotic and unique. You often have the mentality of a traveler, even when you're not traveling.

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Project House (the loan)

Before we bought the unit that we live in, my husband and I decided that we will loan it in the bank. Hoping that we would get our desirable amount. Our loan was approved but not the amount that we like. It was half than what we expected. So what we did was ask the bank if they can uppraise the unit once again. We are given a chance and hope it will be ok.

Project house: part 5

A month has past and still haven't post any pictures of our house.

For the following reasons:

1.) I don't want my mom to see the house not until she comes here and see it for herself.

2.) Pictures sometimes make an exagerated look. Iba na pagpersonal.

3.) It will spoil the surprise.

So sorry na lang. If you want to see our house you got to see it personally.

Project House: Still in progress

Although we have moved in for about a week, a lot is still on-going with the construction.

The counter bar still has unfinished parts which delays the things I have to do with the cabinets cause it gives a lot of dust when they do it. I am very disappointed with the maker cause it is almost a month and he is not done with it. The whole house remodeling only took almost 4 weeks. And he is in his 4th week. Grabe na toh.

One thing I am happy with, is that the shower enclosure is installed already. It took only 2 hours to do it and I saw the installers doing the best they could to give it a perfect angle. Unfortunately our cr is not that straight enough so they have to settle to the next best thing they could... put more silicon. But I'm happy with it.

The patio is still dirty but we manage to clean it in time for something...

At least the house is turning out to be a home.

Missing you!

Haha! I have 2 news for you! One good and the other is not that bad.

GOOD NEWS:
Finally we have moved in!

BAD NEWS:
The house is filled with boxes... total messed up, dusty, no telephone, internet and cable tv.

So I guess, I'll be missing you bloggy dear for another week until everything is just back to normal.

What's in a name? KAPAMILYA!

Really? If you're gonna ask me, I'm contented with my maiden name. It is so unique Arianne Ailie A. Asuncion. That's why people call me "Aa" or "Aze". Having all of my names starting with the letter A ba naman eh. Hehe.

But seriously what's in a name? When I got married it almost took me a year to finally accept the fact that I need to change my family name. Syet! What happened to my AAAA initials? hahaha.

Then YES the time came that I accepted that I am no longer Ms. Asuncion... I am now, Mrs. Dizon. So, we went to Recto a couple of times to buy our house materials such as Lights, sinks, Bulbs, metals, nails, etc.

One time when we were walking down Soler St. I eyed the pin lights I wanted for our living room. We started buying there cause the prices were extremely low compared to mc home depot. It's almost half the price! So we bought all the lights we needed, even more than what was in our plan (HAHA). Jerry noticed that the money in his pocket is exact to pay the lady owner. The lady was nice enough to give us a bigger discount. (para daw may pamasahe kmi. haha). Then upon asking us what name she would address the receipt, she learned that we have the same family name Dizon. Trilled to know that we have the same name, she asked us where are we from and giving us a much bigger discount. (haha! Lucky pregnant me!) With a smile on our faces we left the place telling each other that if we are going to need more lights we will go back there. Anyway it's just a train away!

After a few days, the contructor said that we have to buy a new circle sink to replace our rectangle one cause it won't fit the corner. Again, Jerry drags me to Recto in fear of buying the sink that I don't like. So there we go again walking down the Soler St. we saw a few sink but the sink won't sink in me! Bwahahaha. In short, I don't like! We passed the store of Mrs. Dizon thinking that I want a motion light to put in our patio area. In other words we bought a few lights again with a discount. With her delight of us coming back, again, she gave us a discount. Then after handing us the receipt she ran inside the store telling the other lady she's with for us to wait. To my surprise, she came out with a box of tikoy in her hand for me. I was so happy cause I love tikoy! We asked her where we could buy a sink and she told us that her niece, another Dizon owns the place. We went there and saw a sink that sank in my heart! hahaha. Talk about a signature (la cucina) sink with a reasonable cheap price. We told the owner our name for the receipt and she smiled cause we have a same name. While waiting for the receipt, we eyed the professional faucet we wanted. Hay... to bad we don't have much money in our pocket. Guess we just have to go back if we wanted it.

Then I said to myself, Nah! We don't need such thing. I won't die if I wouldn't have it. But mein Schatz wanted it more than I do. He said "PaANNIVERSARY gift ko sayo". Even if I don't want it that much. Like ko lang. Ganun?!

This time he went to Recto without me. He knows what he is going to buy. There is no need to drag the Preggy ME! And yes he bought it! Hay... In my heart I love it but in my head maybe we can use the money for many other items we NEED. As I have said "what can I do? He wants it as an anniversary gift. Oshasha! Cge na nga!

As the construction is on going, the cabinet maker told us that we need to buy screws, nails, etc. for the cabinet. So there we were, off to Recto! hehehe. Riding the Lrt2 I was a feeling a bit unwell but I have to go with mein Schatz. In fear of not buying the stuff that I want. hahaha.
We bought what we needed and while waiting for the things to be packed, he left me to go to the store where he bought the sink and faucet. On his way there he saw the tray that looks like the one we saw in MC home depot. In a much cheaper price, he told me to take a look at it. I gave him a go signal and he handed me the money. The guy owner of the store asked for what name he would address the receipt. Upon learning we have a save family name. I said "haha! You know what? the lady who sells lights across the street is named Dizon also and the girl who sold us the sink and faucet the other week also." He smiled and said "The lady who sells lights is my aunt and the girl who sells sinks and faucet is my sister." "wow! this street is filled with Dizons" As we bid goodbye we told the guy Dizon to hold on to our items cause we are going to check out the floor materials. We chatted with the lady owner of the store and asked for her calling card so we will contact her if we are going to purchase something from the store. I then told her jokingly "hehe. Hindi ka nman Dizon noh." She answered "Dizon nga. Bkit?" To my surprise I laughed. Hehe. "Dami natin Dizon! Yung sa tabi Dizon, yung nabilhan nmin ng sink Dizon. Yung tindera ng ilaw Dizon." She smiled hehe kapamilya namin yun. Haha! Hindi kapuso!

Project: House (part 4)

Our house is nearly finish. The comfort room walls were tiled already. The patio trellis was installed but I didn't go there today. It was too hot that I can't stay outside for long. I just wish that on saturday they would be able to finish all the stuff needed in preparation for painting the walls so that the wood parquet can be installed sometime next week. If that's all done. We can move in. Yehey!

Project: House (part 2)

The house is transforming into plan. I can’t wait to live there. Even thou we are going to have a very small kitchen (in exchange for a bigger comfort room) mein schatz ensured me that he will make it my dream kitchen (how sweet!). Our rooms became bigger (believe me it’s not that big but bigger than before). The living area is so cute that mein schatz is so into designing it. He even sleeps around 7 am just to check on what design he would put there. Hehehe.

The contractor is kind enough to give his whole time and finish the house. He wanted us to move before the date that he promised us. He gives us ideas and tries his very best to give us the design that we want and suggests things that would make improvements.

Hay! I just wish that we will be moving soon. Next thing I have to do is to look for househelp.

Project: House! (part 1)

The house ( our condo unit) was turned over last December. After a month of love and hate relationship with the plan, we had a final design. hehehe. It was not easy to renovate a condo. Specially if the admin is giving you a hard time in giving you the explanations why they would not permit such thing... well in fact that is your house not theirs. hahaha. I just hope everything falls into place.

New house future home...

The door to our new house... hehehe unit lng pla. But I think this is better than renting. When I saw it I was so thankful that finally in a few months we will be moving in. Depende kung matapos agad ang renovation. Pray pray pray it helps!

Then nagsched na kmi ng shifting ni jerry kung sino magbabantay sa umaga at sa hapon. Morning shift ako... sya afternoon. So it means I have to wake up earlier than before to make Jazer's baon. Clean the house a bit. And bring him to school then derecho na sa unit to check on the workers.

I have to make it sure na magagawa nila yung renovation na ok para wala na back jobs. I really want to move in specially when I saw Jazers face. He was so happy to see the place and it will be a fresh start for the new year!.

Sana... sana... hehehe.