Caroleen’s Treasures

Like I said earlier, with all the stressors I have right now I won’t need any of the best weight loss products in the market. I can feel that I am loosing weight and it will be drastic if I won’t take any action in keeping my little bulges that I consider treasures. Well, my sister Crislyn has already pledged “something” but I don’t want to mention it this soon because we are planning something that needs to be kept private as of the moment. Well for me it needs to be kept as a secret until that day will come because I wanted to have peace and quiet. Don’t worry I will blog and brag about it here, promise!

We will get the result of Eman’s fecalysis tomorrow and hopefully we can also get his urine checked but even if i was not yet out, I already knew he had a recurring amoebiasis. Just by the looks of his stool….the color, the texture, the smell…..we will be back to a two weeks medication and I am pretty sure it will hurt our pocket. But Lord don’t let him have his UTI recur because that will be too much for us to handle right now. He has already circumcised and had underwent VCUG which came out negative of reflux so getting a UTI is next to impossible. Also my worry the past days is his birthday and I always say we won’t have a party for him because we are moving and we need to pay a downpayment for the house we will be renting. I guess he have understood it and so he got feverish but when I see his stool this morning, I knew right away something is really really wrong.  A lot of things to do (sewing, packing, reading about the most popular work out supplement by  no xplode), a lot of things to buy, a lot of things to spend for…..This whole thing is driving me nuts!

It is already past midnight and yet I have to still be on here to write. I could have finished all my tasks if only we have stayed at home but Eman is sick and so we decided to go to my sister’s Crislyn’s apartment so when he needs to get checked, the doctor is just a few minutes away. He’s been down with fever since yesterday and this morning he passed mucusy stool….like he had last year when he was admitted for UTI and amoebiasis. I can’t understand why Donald can be very persistent in going to her sister’s place for her husband’s birthday party when the weather is not good and Eman is sick. If only my sister Crislyn and BIL didn’t go with us, I could have not gone there. On our way there it drizzled and we have to pull off at a building to take shelter. Then we had a flat tire while we were leaving my sister’s apartment (on our way home). Well I don’t know where it happened. All I know is he travelled twice from his sister’s place to Sasa to pick up a guest and to buy drinks. It is not just a few minutes ride. After I had a full stomach from the dinner party, I thought I will need the best fat burner for women but just getting so stressed out from Eman’s sickness, his upcoming birthday, our moving to a new place and this really bad back ache would make me trim down so easily. Next time I won’t mind if Donald will get mad if he won’t get his way. After all Eman’s sickness is not only a show.

We had a sumptuous dinner at Irene’s place. Donald grilled pork and Irene fixed shrimps in oyster sauce. Nom, nom, nom. It was unplanned dinner. Donald and I was talking earlier about how good it is to dine at their back yard because their place is by a cliff and the wind is so relaxing. I asked Irene if it is alright if we bring food there and she excitedly agreed with the idea. Donald was still grilling the pork when it started to drizzle so we ended up eating inside. But it was still fun and we even stayed until almost 11pm watching Malibu Shark Attack.

At home, while I was chatting with Irene in YM (yes we still have too many stuffs to talk about) Ella was showing flash cards to Eman about OPPOSITES. Like long and short, thick and thin etc. I hear her talk in a firm and loud voice, “Pakinggan mo ako Eman, kung hindi wala kang breakfast.” (Listen to me Eman or else you won’t have breakfast.) Umm. well it is past 12 midnight so it is indeed breakfast.

After a while, she was feeding Eman with Cerelac that I fixed earlier.

Ella: O, eto kain ka na para makinig ka ng maayos sa akin mamaya. Kapag di ka makinig, uulit-ulitin ko ito sa iyo palagi. (Here, you eat first so you will listen to me later. If you won’t listen, I will repeat it to you always.)
Me: Ganyan pala ‘yan nak? Kelangan pakainin muna para makining? (Is that what it should be? You need to feed him so he will listen?)
Ella: Opo, parang myna. (Yes, like a myna.)

So she fed her little brother and gave him water then they went back to their lesson. Irene and Richie has a myna bird and she probably learned from them to feed the bird first so it can easily be taught with new words. She is right, not only myna but kids as well need a full stomach to be able to easily comprehend  a lesson.

Anyhoo, I need to get myself into reading more about how to treat acne so I can write a post about it and publish it on my new blog. I want to add another blog or two to PayU2Blog so I will have more moolah for bills.

I was busy making ring slings the past couple of days and I am glad I am almost done. I want to make one for each color of fabric so I will be having 10 slings ready for photo op. Donald suggested I focus on cloth diapers and baby slings and just do the laptop sleeves and other stuffs when I have time. Well I think that is what I need to do. There are too much things I want to do for my little business like having some printed instructions on how to wear and wash cloth diapers and the step by step instruction on how to use a pouch and ring sling. That I can do with a new ink for brochure printing because the last time Donald used one of the two printers we have here at home, he got a gray and pink instead of black and red.

Wow! Manny won over Clottey!!!!! Another victory for the Filipino boxing champ. With his winning, his family will certainly enjoy the hundred of million dollars that he bagged and one of the Branson vacation packages cost only some spare change for them. I am so proud and like his last fight, I am hoping he will consider retiring. I want him to retire while he is in the peak of his career boxing career. I don’t want him to see him loosing in a game before he steps down.

Anyway, the little guy’s eyes were glued on the tube while the wild cards are on the ring. He is really a boy. He loves sports and I think he will be a good basketball player in the making. Here are some shots taken last February 4.

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At last I got this package from Rochelle Price, the owner of SlingRings. Soon there will be ring slings up for sale in my store, the Home of Handmade Goodies.

It contains 50 pairs of rings for my ring slings.

They shipped my order from Laveen, Arizona last February 12 and the package was already received by Davao Post Office on the 28th. As expected, the parcel notice was delivered here at home yesterday after 9 days of sitting on their desk. If you ever need to know what a “snail mail” means, try the Philippine Postal Corporation’s service and you would certainly know.

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I was up until 3 in the morning looking at photos of cakes. Donald brought up the idea of baking cakes and pastries again and I remember when I wrote about some wild thoughts October of 2008. I really wanted to learn how to bake especially cakes and we actually have a plan on buying oven and baking equipments before Eman was born. Then came Eman March the following year along with the unexpected hospital bill and the  bills that came from him being hospitalized for three times last August 2009. I have no regrets at all because I can trade all the material things for the life and health of my kids. And came the idea of baking again which I think would be a great business. Well I have proven that getting into a business don’t have to be big. It should be something that you love to do and baking is not difficult to love. Who could resist the cakes?????? I fell in love with fondant icing. I can’t wait to get my hands to it.

There is one thing that made me have second thoughts. It was having a handful to do. I have sew cloth diapers and baby slings plus I make personalized gift items. I told Donald that maybe we are jumping from one project to another…..but he said doing that is not good if we have not perfected the craft and yet start another thing again. He said I have perfected the sewing and hand-painting of gift items so to start a baking business is not a bad idea. That I really need to hear from him so I won’t feel guilty. Why not try? After all all of the successful entrepreneurs does not focus on one business only. So we are now buying an oven for me to bake cakes and cupcakes. I am so excited! I wish I can bake cakes and cupcakes for Eman’s 1st birthday. Read more… »

Just one more to go and I am done with my online tasks. I really have to get it all done before the cut-off so I can get more moolah for Eman’s 1st birthday so even they say it is not until tomorrow until the cut-off, I just want to make sure that all my tasks are included in the next pay out. I am swamped with sewing and craft projects and I feel like I am needing some help especially with the cutting of fabric which takes so much of my time. And there’s my online store that has been sitting there for a month now……I already have a domain where to move my Multiply store but I still can’t find time to get everything in place. I just have to find the right ecommerce plug-in that suits my needs and read about the sites that sell merchant account. I think even if I cannot afford it, I can pick some ideas from their websites.

I am always fascinated with lanterns. I find them very regal and when I see one, I can’t help but dream of having our own place adorned with different kinds of lanterns like the Murray Feiss lanterns. I would love to have outdoor wall lanterns in the patio, hanging lantern inside the home and post mounted lighting in the garden. This is my dream so help me God.

See how the lanterns at Jack’s Ridge fascinated the little guy. That is what I love with the place. I want to go back just to sit and stare at them.