By the way. I came across an article of one of the blogs that I follow. I felt a bit sad and as I told the author on the comment that I posted, I guess there are a lot of people who needs to read his post.
Read “She is a human too..............”, you'll pick up something... and please, if you are one of those that I said who should be reading, I hope you'll change your treatment to these people who makes possible the stress free months for us. =)
Showing posts with label household help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label household help. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
We’re so happy today...
My husband and I got up early excited to see someone who’s going to make life easier for us... someone who will share the weight with us. It’s not a robot, we’re not that rich (yet :-))... We went out to fetch the new “ate” in the house.
She’s young. She’s pretty. She’s always smiling. She plays with our baby.
Since Manang left, we had a hard time. We don’t really need someone in the house to do everything for us because we (my husband and I) are used to doing household chores on our own. But, we have a baby now and he can’t be left playing alone while I cook. We have a baby who can’t be left drenched and freezing for hours while I do the laundry (because he plays with water and pretends he’s also washing the clothes every time he sees me doing the laundry). He can’t always come with me in the CR; not when I’m not giving him a shower.
I remember one of my mentors telling me that I should learn to delegate. I used to think that given enough time, I can do them all by myself. Then I was told that I should delegate and multiply myself. I should ask help with the things that I’m not good at, to have more chance of doing those that I can do best.
Like maybe cook for my husband after a tiring day at work instead of doing the laundry (for almost an entire day while leaving everything else in chaos).
Then I obeyed. And since then, life got less complicated.
How about you, is there anything you need help with? Just ask. Someone out there can do it for you. :-)
She’s young. She’s pretty. She’s always smiling. She plays with our baby.
Since Manang left, we had a hard time. We don’t really need someone in the house to do everything for us because we (my husband and I) are used to doing household chores on our own. But, we have a baby now and he can’t be left playing alone while I cook. We have a baby who can’t be left drenched and freezing for hours while I do the laundry (because he plays with water and pretends he’s also washing the clothes every time he sees me doing the laundry). He can’t always come with me in the CR; not when I’m not giving him a shower.
I remember one of my mentors telling me that I should learn to delegate. I used to think that given enough time, I can do them all by myself. Then I was told that I should delegate and multiply myself. I should ask help with the things that I’m not good at, to have more chance of doing those that I can do best.
Like maybe cook for my husband after a tiring day at work instead of doing the laundry (for almost an entire day while leaving everything else in chaos).
Then I obeyed. And since then, life got less complicated.
How about you, is there anything you need help with? Just ask. Someone out there can do it for you. :-)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
wanted: manang
Manang, our household helper, left the other day. She had to go home to the province because her mom is at the hospital and the condition is quite critical. We felt sad when we learned about the news because Manang promised us right from the start that she won't leave us until Gab is 2 and a half already. We knew though that if there's an emergency that will require her to leave, we can't prevent her from leaving... and this one is the emergency that we thought we understood we were ready about.
Gab already got used to her... I got used to her also... and every one else in the house got used to her already. She's been with us for longer than every one else who became our elper.
We're back to the situation when we're on our own again. We're once again hit by the reality that household help is in demand.... one of the occupations that's not affected by the global crisis. hehehehe.
It's difficult to have a year and a half baby asking to play with you while you're washing the dishes or the laundry... but we're holding on until we find another manang.
Gab already got used to her... I got used to her also... and every one else in the house got used to her already. She's been with us for longer than every one else who became our elper.
We're back to the situation when we're on our own again. We're once again hit by the reality that household help is in demand.... one of the occupations that's not affected by the global crisis. hehehehe.
It's difficult to have a year and a half baby asking to play with you while you're washing the dishes or the laundry... but we're holding on until we find another manang.
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