posted by Jennie on Nov 29
Nine days to go and we will be celebrating our 9th wedding anniversary! (insert fireworks here) I really want to make it different for Jeff this time. I have so gotten used to not giving him anything for any occasion and I take for granted that it isn’t such a big deal for him.
one of our recent shots during a spontaneous Wagyu date in Rockwell <3
posted by Jennie on Nov 27
Marriage and Beyond turns 3 years old today! 
From that fateful wee hour of November 27, 2007, when I finally had peace with the domain name to this post, being the 1, 466th. It took me from 9pm of Nov. 26 to 4am of Nov 27 when I claimed it as ours. All the good “family oriented” domain names must have been all taken and I wasn’t just about to settle for second best.
We originally planned to hold an anniversary contest just like last year’s. With one of our local Christian bookstore pledging their support of giving away good books about marriage and parenting. But because there are just too many things on our plate, I never got around to doing it.
posted by Jennie on Nov 25
On to Grade 1 we go! Our son actually had to take the Post Test exam twice. The requirement was for the student to have a perfect score. So despite how pleased the teacher was with Jed acing his reading test, he has to practice more on his writing skill. After a couple of weeks of practice, he finally got a perfect score on every subject and now we are officially on to Grade/Level 1!
posted by Jennie on Nov 19
I personally think taking care of oneself is essential. Whenever I see people giving me that look of expectation that a pastor’s wife should look like a drag, I really just let them be. Stereotype, I have never been and that I will never be. My relationship with my Savior is solid and will never be dictated by anyone. Especially by those who are wolves in sheep’s clothing. They are aplenty. But I’m not going into that. I have lived to see how God saw us through past persecutions and He has been faithful. I am leaving the judgment to Him as I press on doing what I do.
posted by Jennie on Nov 19
Our son is grounded from watching videos and playing the game consoles this week. He acted up last Sunday when a boy in church won’t allow him to borrow his Ben10 toy. As adorable as he seems to be (at least to us), this little guy also has some naughty tricks in him and because despite of the number of warnings, he still pushed it. So it is a no videos week for him, aside from the spanking that he got for pushing the boy.
Jed is reading “Old Mother Hubbard”
posted by Jennie on Nov 18
I actually was not expecting our 2011 calendars to come in time for Christmas. We all know how delayed snail mails arrive during the holiday season. But here they are! We ordered these 11 x 8.5 calendars from Arts Cow, with the pictures and layout that we want — with the verses too. Read the rest of this entry »
posted by Jennie on Nov 17
Our little guy was more thrilled than I was when this package came in the mail today. He also did not waste a second. He read on as he placed his Childcraft book aside. I will post a review of the Little Star soon. Thanks to Anthony DeStefano who contacted me himself last month and offered to give us a free copy of his season appropriate book. I browsed through the pages and I already love the illustrations!
posted by Jennie on Nov 11
My son and I spent a lovely time trick or treating last October 31 at the Nido Science Discovery Center at SM Mall of Asia. The challenge for the trick or treaters was to find Blurb, the alien. It was just the perfect theme for my son who has been so into learning about the space, planets and more recently about aliens. Which came about because, apparently, he has been watching a show entitled “Kokey” with my mom, during times that I am not around.
Dr. Bunsen Burner’s alien friend, Blurb is lost. The challenge was for us to find him throughout the Galaxy and travel to different worlds where Blurb was seen. We were given this galaxy guide to help us with our mission. Read the rest of this entry »
posted by Jennie on Nov 3
Here is me and my son on a date when he went trick or treating last weekend. We went to Nido Science Discovery Center in Mall of Asia. Read the rest of this entry »
posted by Jennie on Nov 3
The Marriage Builders Workbook was one of the materials that we used when we started our Couples group in church several years back. And we enjoyed it thoroughly! Now that we have probably lost that precious workbook that was passed down to us by my Uncle, to Ondoy, it is just neat to know that we can still find some bits and pieces of Dr. Harley’s insights via books and the internet. He is the author of the best-selling book “His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair Proof Marriage.”
Dr. Harley gave a list of general examples of things a man can do to show affection to his wife and check them off the list as he does. We all know that men are rather trained (whether consciously or otherwise) to not be very demonstrative. Even young boys are discouraged to shed a tear and are brainwashed to think that “Boys Don’t Cry.” Given that affection is something that is learned, it can be a little frustrating to some wives how husbands just want them to take their words for it that they love them and that’s that.
