Caroleen’s Treasures

I have no reason now to be lazy in writing a post….not just a post but a “decent post”. I have missed blogging about what is going around especially about the kids. The computer is in the store and I find it soooooo hard to go there just to blog. So I sweet talked Donald to bring home it home. The store is just across the street so we can still connect to our internet using a router and a wireless adapter. Wow! I didn’t realize I missed getting online! I need this here since I am staying at home most of the time trying to sew more baby slings and diapers. I am constantly looking for ideas over the internet too for the latest fab like bag organizers. So I am into making my own bag organizers and bags. Then I will try to make bag hangers and anything with my stash of fabric and notions. Read more… »

Ella is dying to have boots and I am not hearing her at this moment. I do not know how she has come to get into that craze. Maybe she saw some kids at school wearing them and so she was convincing me that the next school shoes she will have is a pair of boots. I have not said yes yet because hey she is my child and I know very well that she cannot stand wearing closed shoes for longer period of time. She complains of feeling so hot and would rather wear her Dora Crocs from her Tita Lyn-Lyn. But lately I noticed she is learning to sacrifice just for the sake of fab! She asked for a pair of pink sneakers last Christmas, she got it and wear it for a whole day without complaint. Maybe she can really carry a pair of boots then. Read more… »

Lately we have been sleeping early (11pm) and that is so unusual because we are family of owls. LOL Not needing any sleeping pills anymore because when we moved in our new place, it’s like everyday is a very busy day and I am always feeling so tired and sleepy when we go home. Even Eman sleeps early and that is something that I am so thankful about. No more chasing him and playing with him in the wee hours of the morning. I do not know if it’s the busyness of the size of the place we are staying. No more playing area for the kids so they have to sleep early. LOL

Since Richie has arrived, Ella has been spending time with them. They brought her with them to Cagayan de Oro City and Camiguin Island and not only that, it was Ella’s first time to ride an airplane! Wooot wooot! Donald and I missed her so much during her three-day vacation with the couple but we are happy that she has finally experienced riding a plane and visiting Camiguin which Donald and I haven’t visited yet.

I still have to grab and resize some photos of her during their trip and write a longer post about it. I am not promising but I have to remember to do it for memories’ sake.

MIL and SIL went to the store to pick up the wedding invites that I was asked to make for SIL’s wedding. I was not very happy with the outcome but I was told beforehand that all she wanted is a simple invite. I will also have to finish 100 pieces of key chain as wedding give-aways. Glad that I will not sew pouches for it. She showed a little pouch that I think can be found downtown. It contained new five peso coins that will serve as their wedding coins. I suddenly thought about the ancient weddings of Egyptians, Greeks and Romans where they use real gold coins as wedding coins. That would be so awesome if we can do that nowadays. Buying gold has been recognized for centuries as one of the best ways to preserve one’s wealth and purchasing power and it is a great investment.

Christmas is in the air! Oh how I love to hear Christmas songs being played on the local radio. It brings a LOT of good memories during my younger years…the years we spent with Mamang. The nights when we sit down and watch the lights dance. She always made sure we have something to open during Christmas or New Year’s eve even how small it is. She is just soooooo thoughtful. A trait that I am proud to say we siblings and my kids inherited. For the kids, I will put up a small Christmas tree adorned with white led christmas lights. Why white? because it’s my Mamang’s favorite color!

So how do you miss me talking about gold bullion? I have been busy the whole month with our small business plus the little guy that demands much of my attention. I call him Mr. Jealous Guy because one time he saw me lying beside Ella and he squeezed his tiny body in the little space between us. But I find it cute! Anyway, the business is doing good but still we need not to focus on one merchandise alone so we also put Tupperware and Avon products in the store. How I wish we could be lucky with the business that we will be able to afford to invest in buying gold. As we all know, gold is the best and wisest investment of all times and I want to get into it too. Wish us luck!

I wish September will end without any of the two kids getting sick again. First week of the month Eman ran a fever. Not quite high but enough to send us to the ER at past 9 in the evening to do blood works to rule out dengue fever. The result was ok although he has viral infection and the cause is unknown. The following week, we were at the clinic again to get Ella’s complete blood count and platelet count because of fever too. Result was negative but her tonsils are swollen. Third week came and Eman showed some signs of onset of recurring amoebiasis. Glad we are quick enough to do fecalysis and the lab test confirmed it. He was put under medication but we are so thankful that it was nipped in the bud. No hospital admission happened because if there was, I don’t know if I can survive days in the hospital again. I think I now have strong dislike of hospitals. Seeing just a wheelchair or medical cart makes me feel uneasy and thinking about how many needles would they need to get Eman’s right vein makes me weak.

She was over the moon the day when she first wore her GSP uniform.

We can’t believe how fast she is growing. We now have a Star Scout and soon she’ll be a Girl Scout. We attended her Investiture Ceremony last August 26 and it was something that she cannot forget. I remember when I was her age, Mamang has a salary as grade school teacher but she was frugal because life was hard. I was rarely bought new stuffs. I usually wear hand-me-downs and incomplete uniform. So when Ella told us they are going to wear GSP uniform, Donald and I (along with the little guy) went downtown to buy. She was even glad that I forgot to bring her extra clothes. We went buying some stuffs for the store after the ceremony and she was beaming with pride each time someone notices her uniform. I wish she won’t grow too fast because Donald and I dreaded the time when we will be shopping not for little girls clothes anymore but for prom dresses and shoes.

It has been known worldwide that gold is not the most expensive metal on earth BUT is the best investment. So if you buy gold coins, you just made the right decision in securing your family’s future. For some that is fond of jewelries, buying gold jewelries is also an option. I don’t own even a single piece of gold, not even a ring (our wedding ring is the cheapo type and was broken a couple of years after we were married) and I do not have problem with that. But of course who would not want it knowing that it is by far the best investment? I want to get some pieces from auctions that I can give to Ella and Eman as “little” inheritance. I could not own a good batch of jewelries but one or two is possible. I am thrilled of the idea of having a ring that soon be passed from me to my children, then to my children’s children and so on.