I was reading on my kindle and looking at the cover of the book. I thought it’s about a dog. I guess it was really about the dog too, because the dog was helping them heal from heartache. Then when I started reading, it’s also about the kids who will be losing their dad. He was charged with […]
What if I die in the Philippines?
Death is not a fun topic. Nobody is going to get all excited to talk about death in the Philippines. It is a fact of life, though, and we really should make plans for what will happen in the event of our death. Recently, I got a question from Paul regarding death. Paul was wondering […]
The Nap, a Right and a Privilege
It all started with my mother, putting me down for a nap a few times a day when I was an infant. My developing infant brain must have deemed mapping as a wonderful thing. In Kindergarten the teacher reinforced the napping tradition. And for reasons that I’ll never understand it was snatched painfully from my […]
Getting a maid – EAM
Most expats and also nearly all wealthier Filipinos have maids. In our western culture, having a maid is not something that we do, and it can be a difficult adjustment to make for us, because it is so “outside the box”. Getting a maid in the Philippines is something that has changed drastically in the […]
Are you okay with refurbished or second hand items?
The reason I was asking you the questions. Bob’s fridge in the office has been working off and on. We had it fixed and spent big money for it. Just tired of having the fridge taken out and back again. Finally a few days ago I purchased a small fridge for Bob’s office. We got […]
The Deductible
The catch 22 is that as a Retired American Military man I must pay for Medicare every month albeit I can not avail of Medicare Coverage here in the Philippines. But I can use my (FREE; that so cracks me up) Tri-care Military health benefits here instead. But I can’t have Tri-Care (The free one […]