Caroleen’s Treasures

Tonight Ella tested our patience again.  That made me feel so bad. sigh.

Then from bad, I am at my worst mood because my domain is about to expire on the 26th and it is all my fault. This may be my last blog post. This domain registration was canceled by Kuya Jun (my sister Crislyn’s BIL) after my sister relayed to him that I will transfer this to another host. That was first week of February. I actually don’t know what they are talking about, I just said yes when they asked if I wanted it transferred. Then I just have sent the money for the renewal fee tonight but Kuya Jun sent it back saying he already canceled it in his account. Now I think there’s nothing can be done. I need R&R so badly like Orlando vacations but hey, I was even late in paying my domain renewal fee so a coke and a massage will help. All this is because I am such a moron and giving birth twice makes my memory fail. I pwamis, I won’t ever forget about it again. Ever.

EDITED: Oh there is still hope. I think I will just wait until it gets expired and then we can register it again. That will be good. I thought I will say goodbye to my domain. Thanks to Kuya Jun for responding asap to my emails and to my sister Crislyn for her patience. See my sissy loves me, she doesn’t want me loose this blog because if I do, I’d bug her to get me 10 domains for free. LOL

EDITED FOR THE 2ND TIME: Yes!!!! My Caroleen’s Treasures will not be down. She already transferred the registration to GoDaddy!!!! Go go go Daddy!!!!

It’s Sunday and like usual, the internet is in slow motion. LOL  Last week, the little boy cut his 8th tooth and I can’t believe my baby has a bunch of teeth when he turns 1. He is also attempting to make his first steps. He crosses his playpen hands free and he does that in fast forward mode. He’s just too cute! I guess he will be walking on her 1st birthday and I am so excited. It thrills me because Ella didn’t have a single tooth and could not walk yet on her 1st birthday. Oh how many times did I mention it here? Read more… »

Well, hello there. No I am not dead. We’ve been going out of the house for 4 days in a row buying materials for my little business. Right now all I want to do is to focus on one thing. There are so much stuff to do and yet so little time. I am wishing there are hgh supplement that a breastfeeding Mom like me can take. I need that health and stamina booster. Laundry is piling up again, a couple of orders needs to be delivered and materials I have purchased before needs to get measured and recorded before we start our new business venture. Well it is not big. I will just release next month my new products. I will soon have laptop sleeves, laptop/diaper/camera bag and nursing covers in addition to my cloth diapers and baby slings. Read more… »

I think my eyes are going to drop in a minute. I can’t take it anymore so I have to log off and grab something to drink before joining the troops in lalaland. Donald is already snoring so this means no back massage for me. He is as tired as me since he does the carrying of the little guy while I go around the shops. I will make a decent post tomorrow, promise. For now, good morning and have a blessed day to you all!

When my back hurts this much, I am wishing I can get a dip in a king size jacuzzi with my favorite book or a whole body massage in one of the secluded white-sand beaches of Mexican Riviera Maya. Oh how I dream for that day to come when all I do is just relax during a well planned family vacation. The stress-free hotel is just the perfect place where I need to be right now. I am not really stressed but rather excited for the upcoming launching of my new handmade items. Thinking about it and the opportunity of consigning personalized gift items at Craft Shop overwhelms me.

It’s already half past 3 in the morning. I am sleepy and hungry……I wish I can just go to bed right now but there are some tasks to do. I am not complaining though, rather I was so thankful that my sister Crislyn grabbed a couple of assignments for me the other morning. I am just so tired from our long day. We went shopping for fabric and other materials to three different stores. Doing that with a 10 month old baby who thinks he doesn’t need to be held makes this simple task challenging. He could break our back and hips. He is surely beginning to show some signs of hair-pulling days in the future.

I am very disappointed with the employee of 2GO SM branch in Davao City. It was my third time to ship items (since Donald does most of the shipping) and I get more and more disappointed with my every visit there. The lady, who appeared to be the only employee of the shop, doesn’t seem to have any idea on how to handle transactions and inquiries. She doesn’t even address me Ma’am and that is what I hate most when talking to store clerks, security guards, sales ladies/sales men and the like. I believe they ought to address each client with respect may it be a farmer with wearing his old torn clothes or the president of the Philippines on her expensive suit. I am taking into consideration that I am here in Davao City where people speak Cebuano. I don’t expect to hear po and opo, ho and oho but I am very upset with this lady who can’t even answer my questions in a very nice way. She won’t even look me in the eye! Another client who came in to ask for their cargo services just left after she didn’t entertain her well. Like what she did to me, her eyes are pinned on the monitor and her hands on the keyboard. I know I am not the only one on this and I hope the management will take time to investigate because they will loose customers with that kind of customer service that they are providing. After all LBC is just a few steps away.

Since Donald and I started working online, we are constantly checking the dollar-peso exchange rate and we are totally upset whenever the peso appreciates. I know we should not fret but we who receive salary in dollars are greatly affected with the currency crisis. Just imagine how desperate we were when the dollar dropped to P40.00.

So now that the economy is still not stable, I want to invest in something that the value would not depreciate. One of my classmate in high school told us that her mom is collecting gold jewelries. I later realized that her mom is doing the best thing. Gold is the most popular as an investment because the value never goes down but instead the value of it (and the crude oil) have risen even further. Investors generally buy gold as a hedge or safe haven against any economic, political, social or currency-based crises and that is what I wanted to do too. It is the best time to buy gold bullion. Of course I cannot afford buying in large volume but I wish to invest on it little by little.

Last Saturday, I went to SM to meet my high school friends and of course my whole family tagged along. We are inseparables ya know. We were at SM a couple of hours before the agreed time. We brought the laptop to Thinking Tools to get the DVD ROM checked. Then we went down to the Food Court (our favorite tambayan) and pigged out on cheese flavored french fries and choco fudge black pearls. Nom nom nom.

Since we will have  dinner together with my friends, we brought the stroller so the little guy will be comfortable just in case he naps. The whole time we were there Ella was the one pushing the stroller around. She would get mad if we will take over.

She was showing his little brother around the windows we passed by, stopping for a while to let the little guy see those mannequins in fancy clothes. Read more… »

Credits: Moody Blues from Shabby Princess

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