Cleaning time

When to clean

Everybody knows how to clean right? Okay so this is my secret tip for cleaning your house. If you have kids, toddlers/babies; clean during nap time. I can do a lot more cleaning with two hands and no distractions. Another tip, clean an hour before your wife comes home. That way you don't have to clean up as much from the mess that your toddler/child makes. I hated cleaning up in the morning and then cleaning up the messes that happened during the day. Leave the mess till the hour before your wife comes home.

Now cleaning that would require your immediate attention would be any liquid or food spills. Any vomit, poop, or pee will need to be cleaned immediately.

Paper Mache Hello Kitty pinata coming soon!

My 3rd child's first birthday is coming up and I plan to make a paper mache Hello Kitty pinata. Yes the theme for our baby girl's first birthday party will be "Hello Kitty." How am I gonna construct this cute kitten pinata? I don't know, really. I guess I'll just make the head, that seems the easiest shape to do. I'll fill you folks in when I get my act together.

End of mango season and otai is so good

Its the end of the mango season, the end of summer. My niece in Laie has been selling mangoes from her tree and I think this past weekend was her last sale. She would make an average of $30 within 20 minutes. Her driveway is right across the college so there are always cars passing by. I think she made over $150 this summer selling mangoes from her back yard. My niece wants to use the proceeds of her sale to send her young cousin, who lives in Utah, to Hawaii.

With the end of summer is the end of watermelon season. I just had some awesome otai, a Tongan drink with watermelon and pineapple, this past weekend. Yeah, its my favorite drink, I drank like 6 plastic cup fulls. I'm sorry I don't know the recipe yet. Keeping this blog short because I am holding my sleeping 5 month old daughter and typing with one hand.

P90X update

I have been doing P90X for the past 3 weeks and so far I have lost 8 pounds! I believe one of the factors for my successful weight loss is my dieting. I eat much less during my meals but I snack inbetween them. I snack on high protein foods or fruits and vegetables. I eat more fresh vegetables and no soda.
P90X is the most intense workouts you'll ever get on a DVD workout program. I love the various workouts. Theres weight lifting exercises, plyometrics, yoga, kenpo, and ab exercises. I thought yoga was weird because the weird stretching and poses. I have a different take on it now because it totally uses all parts of your body. After a yoga workout, my legs are all wobbly and I'm drenched with sweat. Its pretty cool. I've done plyometrics before when I was on my high school volleyball team. But I don't remember plyometrics being this difficult, maybe because I'm older or maybe this workout is just more intense.
You're probably wondering, "when do you have time to do your workouts ?" I do it when the kids are napping after their lunch or after dinner and bathtime for the kids. Sometimes my kids will try to do some of the workouts with me like the jumping in plyometrics or the leg exercises. I'm always nervous if I'm lifting weights and they're near by. So I use the weight bands which are just as effective as the free weight dumbells.

With any workout routine you have to plan to set aside time to do your thing. Then commit yourself to do it everyday.

Work what?

Job hunting stinks but I gotta do it. It takes forever to make a resume and you have to make a resume specifically to the job you're applying to. You know you hope and pray that something falls in your lap. That rarely happens. So I've applied to like 2o plus jobs this past year and had a handful of interviews. I learned from my sister-in-law that I just need to network, network, network. When I think about it, yeah that is so true. All the jobs that I have done were from family, friends, and neighbors. So I read this article from monster.com called, "Broaden your Network." It gives you 3 things to ask your contacts: Jobs, People, and Qualifications. Its good, Google it and read it.
This stay at home Dad needs to get a job...well thats if anyone will hire me. Everyone is feeling the effects of this economic recession. Companies are cutting their employees and having the existing employees do more work than before. Not much hiring is being done. Consumers are actually saving their money and putting it in saving accounts or trying to get out of debt. I guess I could be a financial planner....nah, thats not my cup of tea. Or work at Walmart? No way, I don't think retail is my thing. But they give you best deals for stuff. Walmart is one of the few Fortune 500 companies that are going strong at this time. Consumers save money shopping at Walmart. There are many times that I go to Walmart and have a list of things I need and I come back with way more stuff because I think I should buy it because its cheap. I know just because I'm almost an MBA graduate you'd think that I was too good enough for these jobs. I'm almost about to settle for anything that pays good. One of my professors said that money is not a motivator for work, it is a satisfier. I think he meant that once you receive the pay you want you'll be happy, thus satisfied for a while. Then when you start spending more because you have more income you realize that you want or need to make more money. I forget the actual theory that this is called. There is truth in this theory.
I'm reading this book called "Balance Scorecard Step by Step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies" for my final class for my MBA program. Its not half bad, pretty interesting stuff. It kind of covers all lot of the material I learned. Well the business principles and models that are contained in the book make sense to me because of the things I learned from all my business classes.
Well this past couple years staying at home with my kids I learned a ton of stuff. Home management, morning tv schedules, meal planning, patience, and more patience. I sometimes wish I'd be working instead of being at home. I know for sure that my wife is much smarter than I am. She catches on to things quickly, meaning shes a better learner. She has this huge vocabulary and says words I heard once or studied once in my life time. Yeah, its because she reads a lot of books and plays crossword puzzles. Anyways my point being is that she could easily get her MBA or whatever graduate program she wants.

New hobbies, Rock Band 2 and P90X

Its been a while... I have some new hobbies. Rock band 2 and P90X.

We got Rock Band 2 from a Best Buy gift card from my parents. My wife and kids love to play Rock Band 2, we have the entire set. We have the guitar, the drums, and microphone. My son loves to play the drums, he doesn't really play he just thinks that he plays and beats the drum. My daughter loves to sing the songs....

she dances, holds the mike and sings just the chorus of 4 songs. My wife is the better guitar player and drummer. I think its because she knows how to play the piano. The game is pretty addicting, I have yet to play guitar hero world tour.

About P90X, I got it for Christmas from my Dad. Its awesome...I got my buttkicked from the first workout, it was a Chest and Back workout. I started last week but put it on hold this week because I'm overcoming a cold... but I've been following the diet. I lost 3 pounds since I started! We'll see how it goes...

Daddy belly

So its been 2 months since the last blog. No excuse just lazy. I had two pretty intense classes, Finance for Managers and Business Strategy. We've had some family emergencies. We have to move out of our apartment because the owner wants to sell it and my wife is expecting our 3rd child. So I'm pregnant too, I'm always hungry and my mood changes sometimes. It seems that whenever my wife is pregnant I gain a little weight. So to offset that I've been trying to workout atleast 3 times a week. I'm following a "Men's Health Belly Off" program. Its pretty good. I know I get a good work out because I'm all sweaty when I finish one of the work outs. I use to have a six-pack, that was when I was single and danced at the Polynesian Cultural Center and worked out 3-4 days a week. Sigh, like in the movie, "The Incredibles", 'the glory days'. I now have a 'Daddy belly', you know the belly that your kid can sit on your tummy while you're holding them while standing. I gained like 25 pounds since I've been married.
I just saw the movie on DVD, "Run Fat Boy Run", it is hilarious. I laughed so hard with that movie. It kind of motivates me to continue to workout. Its about this out of shape and out of luck guy, Dennis who ran away from his girlfriend, Libby who was pregnant at the altar. Its now 5 years later and Dennis wants to run a marathon to earn the respect for Libby who is the mother of his 4 year old impressionable son and most of all to compete with her handsome boyfriend. Its British humor and I think its funny. I won't tell you what happens at the end. You have to find out for yourself.
The last movie I saw in the movie theater was High School Musical 3, Senior Year. It was surprisingly really good. I loved the singing and the dancing. The acting was pretty good. The best movie of the series. Yes, I have seen all 3 HSMs. I have the soundtracks. I have seen the first movie over 20 times. Its because of my daughter liked to watch it alot. Yeah, right.
Back to working out. I would love to get a 24 hour Fitness membership but its so crazy expensive. Hmm 4oo bucks for 3 years and I gotta pay up front, what if I don't go as often? Lose money if you're lazy. What a cool concept, pay a fee to work out for 1-3 years upfront. These guys that started gyms are smart. Yeah, diet can help too. I don't eat as much as I did in college. Just gotta eat smarter like an adult. I tend to eat my kids leftovers. I didn't know that men can gain weight eating they're children's left overs. There have been studies on this. Sorry I forgot the article title. Its just the Hawaiian culture, no waste especially food.

TV or read?

I just read an article online from msn.com about TV and if there is a link to ADHD. It says that that TV affects children's ability to concentrate and pay attention. Kinda scary because I let my kids watch TV in the morning. Playhouse Disney and Nick Jr. is our morning choice of TV programming. My kids love "Little Einstein", "My Friends Tigger and Pooh", "Dora the Exporer", and "Yo Gabba Gabba". So its about 2 hours worth of TV in the morning. Then I have them watch good ole "Sesame Street". Yeah, I guess thats too much. I did talk to few moms at church and some let their kids watch TV all day. But they only let them watch Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel. I usually sometimes let my kids watch a DVD, a kid one like "Curious George" the movie. My son gets that glazed look when he watches, he can be a couch potatoe. Its kinda scary sometimes when I call him and he doesn't respond after 3 times. Here's the article for TV and ADHD:

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/adhd/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100161248

I noticed my daughter who is 4, usually gets bored from TV shows after 15 minutes and leaves to play with her toys. She does not like to read or have us read to her as often as her brother. My son loves to be read to. He loves to open books and look at the pictures and I can hear him sometimes pretending to read outloud. I bought my kids the Bob Books, to help them to read. Its simple reading and repetitive. I did not like to read when I was kindergarten age, my wife, my opposite, loved to read. She still does. Maybe thats why shes so smart. My wife and I try to read to our kids everyday. We borrow books at the library. Our kids get excited because its a novelty thing. New books, yayy!

Believe it or not our kids are much smarter than we were and they are learning faster and better because of improved education and teaching methods. I really gotta get on the ball in educating my kids more than letting Mr. TV teach them. On that same article mentioned above it said to continue to teach your child the subject or object that was displayed. Like on "Sesame Street" if the letter of the day was "M". Continue to help your kid understand words that start with "M" and point out objects at home, like "mat", "man".

Video Games

Its been a while since my last blog. Been busy with classes and homework, family, and other things. One of those other things has been video games. I've been playing Madden 09 on my Playstation 2. Its pretty good. Not much more different than that of the year before. I guess all the cool newer features for the game are for the PS3 and the Xbox 360. I seen the demos, tons more better than the PS2.
Alright so you're wondering when do I have the time to play? I play at night when the kids are sleeping and at naptime. Yeah, I am suppose to be working out during naptime or clean the house during that time. So I've been up late or early in the morning playing till my eyes can't stay open. Video games is like an outlet for me, like working out. We have a Nintendo Wii also, I don't play it as much since I got the new Madden game. I'll get a PS3 after I get a HDTV. That will be next year Christmas time. We can't afford it so we won't buy it. I think preschool payments take priority then our entertainment gadgets. Oh, can't forget my student loan...one day we will buy a house....one day...some day.

The beach and playground wisdom

At Windward Mall

Kakela Beach, (Alligator Rock)

We had a great time being in Laie with my wife's side of the family. We stayed the entire last week there and had fun with another sister in law and her son. The best beach for the kids in the Laie Hau'ula area is Kakela beach, the Alligator rock side which is all the way to the right side of the beach. I heard that by Shark's Cove there is a spot where there's tide pools which is good for the kids also. I heard that Ko'olina Resort is a nice place also for the keiki.

The picture above is my son riding on a mano, a shark. That playground area at Windward mall is the best place for the kids. Except when really dumb parents leave their little kids there and go shopping and have other parents watch their kids. There was this wild kid who was pretty rough with all the other kids. He almost pulled down my son from the play boat area until my sister in law pulled him away and scolded the rotten kid. And where was his parents? Oh no where to be found. The mom just left him there by himself, a 5 year old being watched by strangers. Man, some people no more common sense. As my wife's tutu would say, "Some people they get a nerve, yeah?"

Lupulu is grindz! Part Ua

Yes I made lupulu again. Now I write the recipe

Ingrediments:

Palm Corn beef (the round can, made in New Zealand)
Taro Leaves
Coconut milk (canned is okay)
Onions
Salt and pepper

Tin foil
Cake pan or foil pan

Sorry I didn't take any pictures.

Instructions:

• Open the cans with the can opener, this can be done with a knife. (I seen this done before but you kinda need strong and steady hands and a sharp knife. I seen this done with my knife by my roommate. Don't try it if you're a wimp and safety conscious.)
• Prep the tin foil, pulling out 2 sheets for one lupulu serving. Have the 2 sheets laying perpendicular, so you have like an "x".
• Cut the stalks off the taro leaves and place the leaves facing up on your "x" tinfoil. Maybe 5-10 taro leaves.
• Then shape the foil to a wide bowl with the leaves on it.
• Put the desired amount of corn beef onto the leaves.
• Put the desired amount of chopped onions and salt and pepper on the corn beef.
• Pour half to the whole can of the coconut milk on to the meat and onions.
• Then fold in the leaves.
• Fold down the tinfoil and try not to spill out the coconut milk.
• There you have one serving. It can be big or small depends how much leaves and meat you put inside. Repeat the making process for as much as want.
• Place the wrapped lupulu in the pan. If you have more than you can fit in the pan. Don't stack it on top of each other. Get another pan. I made that mistake because it won't steam evenly.
• Put in the oven for 400 degrees for 3 hours. If after 3 hours and you taste it and your tongue and throat is itchy, put it back in for a little longer.

Small kine tips

Where can you get taro leaves? Foodland and Tamura's have taro leaves. But I heard that a store called "Wong's" and another called "Masa's" has the best taro leaves. One is in Hau'ula and the other is either in Kahana or Kapahulu. I forget which is which. Both stores are along the Kamehameha Hwy. The store Masa's sells the best kine of coconut milk to cook your lupulu with. How I know all this? I asked my Tongan friend. Please leave comments if you have a better recipe or know where to get taro leaves in Utah.

The Little Princess Party

We first had the kids swim in the pool outside. You notice in the picture the Princess Aurora/Sleeping Beauty bathing suit that my daughter has on. Thanks mom. The kids had fun playing in the pool because the past week it had been raining but not during our scheduled time. The pool ofcourse is the little fill up kind that you inflate air for the sides. I broke the water hose while trying to fill up the pool. There were a few kinks in the hose when I turned it on and one of the kinks burst open and I had a nice sprinkler in the middle of the hose. So I had my sprinkler hose to fill up the pool. I better go buy my in-laws a nice good hose at Home Depot. My wife got some cheap water guns so my son had fun shooting his sister and cousin. My niece also got some scuba masks and the scuba air tube. I forget what its called. The pool is like less than a foot deep. But I had nice use of the scuba tube and used it to blow water on the kids.

My wife was very creative for the activities. After the pool, the kids decorated foam visors with these little foam stickers that came with letters, floral designs, and butterflies. As you can see above Mikayla is modeling it well. She was so happy and thrilled to do a little craft activity. She just did everything on her own. My wife bought everything at Walmart.

After the visor decorating, it was...dipping oreos and pretzels in chocolate! My niece and I ate most of the things we were dipping. You just take some chocolate chip morsels put it in a microwave bowl. Then put in the microwave for a minute, then mix it and put it in the microwave again for another minute. Mix. Then dip. Oh yeah, the bowl is hot be careful. You can dip strawberries, bananas, anykind of fruit. After you dip your cookie or whatever, you put it on wax paper. To harden the chocolate just stick the wax paper of goodies in the fridge for a good half hour or so. I forgot that its kind of hard to transport the wax paper of chocolate covered goodies when there is no solid flat surface underneath. Don't forget to put a cookie sheet pan under it all. This little dipping technique comes from my mom. Again this little activity was my wife's brilliant and fun idea! I take no credit. I just had fun doing the activities.

We then ate lunch consisted of hot dogs, spam musubis, and chips. All of my daughter's favorite foods. All really simple to prepare and good on the budget. Soon after was the singing of Happy Birthday and blowing out the candles on the special doll cake. Mikayla was thrilled to see the doll cake and also she loves singing Happy Birthday. What kid doesn't like their birthday? Above you can see the wonderful doll cake crafted by my awesome wife. It was a tradition in my wife's family where their grandma would make a doll cake for each of her sisters for their birthdays. It was one of wife's favorite memories. The dress is the cake. You can't eat the doll. The whole process of making the doll cake is secret so I have to ask my wife.... okay I don't remember how she did it. I was keeping the kids occupied when she was making it...

The birthday girl opened presents and then we headed outside for the pinata smashing.

We were all ready for a nap when it ended. Man, the adults were all tired. There was my sister in law, my mother in law, my wife, and I. My daughter was happy and estatic so that meant we did good. Thanks ladies.

Home made Paper mache princess castle

At first sight it looks like a cottage. If you squint it looks like a castle.

Here is the paper mache princess castle. When my daughter saw it she said, "Oooooo!" with her eyes wide open. So she liked it and thats all that matters. I know it doesn't look professional but I'm pretty proud of it and saved some cash on this fun little project.
When the kids were trying to knockout the candy from this castle it took a while. I thought this thing was so fragile it would break at the first whack. Not so. After 3 swings from 3 kids about 3 times and a few whacks from my mother in law, the pinata finally let all the candy out. Good fun! I'll post some more about the princess later.

Princesses?

I have a bunch of random thoughts that are circling around in my head. From paper mache to princesses to Google reader and so on. Last night I made a paper mache castle pinata for my daughter's birthday. Paper mache is easy to do but takes forever to dry especially because in Hawaii it is so humid. The castle turned alright. It took a lot of time making the frilly paper. I used streamer paper and had the help of my wife to cut the little strips. I could not do this in front of the kids because they would want to help and it would take twice as long also I guess I'm a control freak with art. I don't know if making paper mache pinatas is art but it took a couple of hours putting it all together. The whole reason I decided to make a pinata castle was because at Walmart they were selling it for $15.99! Ofcourse because it was the Disney Princess Pinata castle it should be worth that amount. Anyways my daughter is totally into Disney Princesses. I thought it was a phase because that was the theme of her little birthday party last year. And it is the same theme this year. I was thinking why princesses? Why does my daughter love Disney princesses? She has never seen all the movies that feature the Disney princesses. She somehow remembers and knows all their names. I don't mind it for now. I think of it that she wants to be a princess and thats okay. She won't be a little girl for long. Next year she goes to school and thats it. Shes going to school for 13 years straight and for 4 more years in college. And maybe more. I guess the feeling of my little girl is going to have to grow up. We don't always get along, she doesn't like to listen to me all the time. I guess its because she has a strong personality. She has a long Hawaiian middle name that means "to honor truth and light." There is a double meaning of the word of "light" in Hawaiian that we used. It could mean "the glow" or "the glow, the light that comes from fire". My wife and I joke that our daughter has the "fire" within her. We love our little fire princess.

Intellectual Stimulation

One thing that I didn't mention about myself is that I am attending grad school on the weekends. The original plan was that I was to work and go to school at the same time. I was feeling distraught and a little burnt out before quitting my job about 2 years ago. I was ready for a new change. I received inspiration to go back to school and get my MBA. There were weekend programs for working individuals only on the island of Oahu. We were living on Maui at that time. My wife found an interesting job on Oahu from her cousin and thought that we should both apply. The job described itself as an associate investigator for a company that is contracted by the federal government. You could work from home with this job and they will provide a car and a laptop. I thought yeah I could do this job. We both applied and we both received phone interviews. Only one of us got a call back for another interview. Yeah, it was my wife and after a few more interviews she got the job. I felt pretty proud of her because this was her first full-time job after graduating from college, however I felt kind of bad for myself. Maybe a little hurt or depressed because I thought I would be offered the job. After all I had "work" experience, my male ego was shot down. I had to constantly remind myself that I had the most important job of all; being the primary caregiver of my children.
When I found out how much paperwork needed to be done for the job that my wife did, I was glad I did not fit the job profile. I learned my lesson. Never ever apply to the same job as your spouse, you will feel hurt if the your spouse gets it. And a whole bunch of other reasons.

Now for the intellectual stimulation part of this blog. I remember a few friends' wives that were stay at home moms said that they wished they could do something like what I was doing, going to school. They said they would like to have some intellectual conversations and ocassionally learn new concepts here and then. Don't get me wrong when you are the primary care giver you are busy and it can be physically draining. The problem is that you are talking to little ones that still don't understand the concept of tomorrow or aren't potty trained.
Guys remember when you come home from work and your wife talks to you about stuff that you think doesn't matter and all you want to do is sit on the couch or your favorite chair to watch TV and relax? Well if shes a stay at home mom or is with the kids more than you, you got to stop and listen. Really listen, meaning try to understand why this converstion is important to her and why she is talking to you. It may just be a way for her to vent or talk about what happened in the course of her day. This is the way a woman connects with you. Or she just wants to talk to an "adult", she's been talking to kids all day. This listening stuff goes vice versa for women that are working and dads that are staying at home.

How to stimulate your mind?

• Read a book or magazines that interests you. Library, borrow free books. I like to read magazines about business news and trends.


• Learn something new.


• Learn how to do something, buy a do it yourself book or go online to find out how to fix something like your kitchen sink. I still have to learn how to replace a door.


• Maybe take some night courses at a community college to learn a foreign language or learn a new subject or skill.


• Learn how to play an instrument or brush up your guitar skills. Who doesn't like playing music or listening to music? Plus the kids will get a kick out of it.

Kids at the zoo

Our future mountain climber.

Daddy how come you didn't make my hair before you took the picture?
Mikayla looks so excited

The Zoo for Mikayla's "Special Day"

We went to the Honolulu Zoo today for Mikayla's "Special Day". It is actually her birthday but we call it her Special Day because her actual party is this coming Monday. Mikayla expects to have presents on her birthday and a party so we decided to call today her "Special Day".
I think most of the time she spent at the zoo was at the little play ground. She enjoyed herself playing with the other kids. So she had a little Mommy time. Camden and I left them and went to the Sahara exhibit. We saw all of Camden's favorite animals. When he saw the giraffes he said, "Oooo!" When he saw the rhinos he said, "Cooool!" And after that he said the same things for all the animals. He loves the Baby Einstein Baby Noah DVD, which shows all kinds of different animals. Our boy loves to name the animals and make their animal sounds.
We ate some gellato, the Italian ice, I love that stuff. I thought that no one would find out, but my wife recognized that the boy's lips were blue.
After the zoo we headed over to Farrell's, a ice cream shop. The Mikayla was exhausted from playing and wasn't her usual excited self. I told the waitress that it was her birthday. You get free icecream and a little song with it. When the waitress and others that were there for their song, Mikayla just had a plain face, expressionless. We also ordered a banana split, it was expensive but was really good! I pretty much ate 90% of the entire thing. I highly recommend Farrell's. I had the pastrami burger and onion rings which was ono! My wife had her Reuben sandwich, her favorite! I am still full from lunch and had no desire to eat dinner.
Overall we had a fun great "Special Day" for Mikayla.

Free fun

Today was an eventful day @ our local library. Every Tuesday at 10:30am there is a book reading that is free at the library. Today was special, it was a free puppet show. I knew that I had to be there early cause last week we went there at 10:25 and there was no parking in the library. So today we got there half an hour early.
For the puppet show there was this lady that did finger puppets to Eensy weensy spider, No more monkeys jumping on the bed, the wheels on the bus, 5 little monkeys swinging on the tree and Old McDonald had a farm. There was the finale of the marionette puppets. Man there were tons of little kids there I think like 50 of them and lots of moms. And maybe 3 Dads. Sorry no pictures were allowed during the performance. I mean it wasn't that super professional anyways, but whatever. But all the kids there loved it.
Mikayla loved the marionettes because she loves the scene in the "Sound of Music" musical, where the Von Trap kids are doing the marionette play for their father. Mikayla calls it the "Yodel lay he hoo song".
So the library has some cool free entertainment there. Plus its cool there, physically cool, free AC. They had a reading program where you get a little treat if you read a couple of books to your kids. Last week was animal crackers.
Also another note of cool stuff at the library besides the cool free books to borrow is that you can rent DVDs for a week long for a dollar! Man, we get 3-4 at a time everytime we visit! You know we get the Disney classics or some lame ones that the kids want. Okay, I picked out the lame ones...by accident.
Yeah, I don't go to Mother's group. Thats something that the kids would enjoy but I feel weird going there without my wife. I was invited a few times but I felt "unmanly" whenever I attended. Plus what am I gonna talk about? "So you guys seen the game last night?" The real conversation will be, "Oh my husband does the craziest things." Uh, awkward. Yeah so I would like to make a Father's group but I'm the only one I know that is a stay at home father besides my cousin who lives in Laie.
I think that as a stay at home father you need to have time to let out some steam or relax. Its the same for all care takers. My time to relax is volleyball. I'm lucky my wife lets me play once a week. Physical exercise helps my mind release endorphins to help me think better and I just feel good. So I know when we switch roles, when I work and she stays home with the kids, she can have time for herself. She still needs that time now. We all do!

@ the computer

This is Camden my computer tech support.

Okay when I explained I filled the water in the toilet that means the tank that fills up before the water comes out to the toilet bowl. You know the place where the water rises and there's that thingy that stops the water from rising too high. And I don't know what the thing is called. I will do my research on toilet fixing and plumbing. I'm not that dumb to fill up the toilet bowl with water and forget the toilet water tank. I did that in high school....anyways thats another story.