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He could have understood when I told Donald that I don’t trust the strength of the hooks that are holding the hammock…..

So he held on tightly for his dear life.

I should write a series of posts this morning while Eman is in his hammock. We were at Manang Inday’s place the other day for lunch (to break the monotony of them being here everyday for lunch and dinner) but we have to bring him home right after we finished our food. He was getting very fussy because he was so sleepy and was looking for his hammock. This hammock really helps a LOT. During our first few days here, Eman naps in the bed (he wouldn’t want to be put down in his crib even during playtime and I wonder why) and wakes up every now and then when he hear a noise. We wouldn’t want to be hammering nails on the walls here because this is not our place but Donald figured out what to do. He brought out some big hooks that Mama Ingrid sent along with the stuffs in the big boxes and drilled it on the ceiling. I was very hesitant to put Eman down because it might not hold Eman’s weight but thank goodness we didn’t had any fall yet and I must say we won’t have any of it.

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I am making cloth diaper again. Not just for Eman but for all the moms and babies around there who wish to experience the magic of cloth diapering. Been going back and forth downtown to get some fabric and I just wish I have the funds to stock up since stores used to carry only one roll of fabric each color (that I learned from the fabric cutter) and if I would need the same fabric, I might not get it again until the supplier will replenish their stock.  For the printed fabric, he said they are not having the same print again when the one roll was gone.Since the fabric I chose to use are pretty much expensive than before and since I am on a limited budget, I must be very careful to chose colors that might not be hard to find. I have some printed ones and I will put it as Limited Edition.

My cloth diapers is absolutely more absorbent and stylish that my first batch so I am pretty thrilled to start my little business. Here’s my New Improved cloth diaper in solid yellow outer lining and powder blue inner lining.

So we bought the last pack of disposables and will be exclusively cloth diapering Eman when I am done making a dozen for him. I gave everything away what I have sewn for him in newborn and small sizes. I made him a medium but I guess he’s already large. I already have put up my online store in multiply and have talked to some friends to help me start making a name. I will obliged my sister Crislyn to blog about it. I also made Ate Arlene agree to gossip about it too in her blogs. So nice of her. I have also posted my handmade burp pads and receiving blankies in my online store and already got some orders which I am thrilled to death. Guess who ordered? My online friends from the US. Look at what Facebook can do!  Then I am also exchanging emails with Ms. Alex Hao, founder of Mommysense Davao (a group of breastfeeding mommies). I wanted to become a member and along with our conversation, I asked her some tips on how to promote my cloth diapers. Guess what? She wanted to buy a sample in newborn size for her to show as demo in her birthing class!!!! She also asked for a quote for a dozen diapers for her son! I don’t know if this is something you will be thrilled about…but to me it is.

Meet Miyaki. Ella’s dear friend.

If you gonna ask me what’s her breed, I am not sure how to answer but all I know is her mum is pure bred Shi Tzu and her pop is half Shi-Tzu and half Chihuahua. I did the math and I must say she’s 1/4 Chihuahua and 3/4 Shi-Tzu.

Ella has been out of school since August so as not to bore her, we let her play with her new friends and ride her bike around neighborhood. At least it is much safer here and I never worry as much as I did while we were in Trento. Last week we went to the mall and we passed by the toy section. I was looking for a toy for Eman that we can bring to the hospital during the VCUG. There was none in store that I wanted. I want the one that plays melodies to distract him during the procedure but everything they carry didn’t suit my taste. However Donald showed Ella a hand held game and she instantly fell in love with it but its way too expensive for me. Donald could have bought it if I have only agreed but I cannot waste money on such stupid game so we told her the battery is not working. I call it stupid but honestly there was a point that I was the one who wanted it for her so she can be seated for a long time. I was tired of seeing her so restless and listening to her rants about being so bored that I thought giving that game to her will keep me at peace and so is she. But see, we are still paying off debt and the price will be enough for our week’s food.

That night, my SIL and I had a chat. She asked me if Donald wanted a puppy. He was already asleep (it’s past midnight) so I answered for him. I said yes because I know Ella will be very happy and that she was begging us to get her one even before she turned three. So the following morning, I asked her what she want….a puppy or the hand held game and she chose the pup. Donald and she are actually waiting for it for a long time (longer than the wait she did to have a brother). hahahahaha! And so to make the long story short, MIL brought it to my sister’s place the day before Eman’s CVUG. Such a pitiful puppy for she might be very confused for having the most number of names. When she arrived, she knew her name is Chai…..but we fiddled around and baptized her with more or less 10 names that even us got confused. For a week now, we are most comfortable calling her Miyaki so I think that’ll be it and she’d die with it.

This is another long shot, bear with me as I try to catch up. See yah again! Please see for youself the great site on projector headlights.

It’s been very hot for the past days here and my throat always feels burning hot. I could gulp down one glass of water in just seconds which is good because I am not drinking water this much when we are still in the province. Our water there is from the well and smelled very icky. They say it’s potable but I didn’t dare drink it. I think if they use water filters it will help it to be cleaner but I doubt if it can make its odor acceptable. I am just so thankful we moved back here in Davao where water is so sweet and so refreshingly clean.

My head is spinning from staying up until almost 2am. After I wrote my post, I checked my cafe on FB and hang out there for a while when I saw one friend online. All of my online friend are asking if we were just alright. Yes we are! We are so lucky we are not hit by the typhoons coming in and out of the archipelago. She was pretty much envious that we can work from home and asked if our boss is hiring. I told her not yet but if they do I doubt if she can give up her current job for it since she is earning in a day what we could earn in 15 days. Better she take medical coding training courses ‘cos she could earn much through transcription from where she is.

We had the lamest excuse of not going to church today and that is getting up late. Ella was the most disappointed and I just realized we should bring her to church every Sunday morning because she detests the evening worship. When I told her we will go to the mall first and proceed to Matina for the evening worship, she protested violently telling me she woke up early because she wanted to go to church in the morning because evenings don’t have Children’s class. I know, I know….the bad parents award goes to us. Anyhoo, even if justifying it won’t make any sense at all….I would just like to write down here that Donald and I are both working online until late last night (he even left the laptop on while it was running some seo tools software thinking it will get done before we leave for church in the morning) not to mention it was hot like hell that made me stay up longer, then the aching head and back that I got from the scares brought to me by the little fella with his rolling over and snake crawls. Many times did we catch him near the edge of the bed even if we just put him a while ago in the side of the wall. So back on the disappointed Ella…..since it will take us an hour to get there, we faithfully sworn that we will not miss morning service anymore (so help us God).

I just didn’t realize that our 15 month stay in Trento had made a great impact to her. She’d knew it was Sunday because Donald plays acapella Christian songs while we are still in bed. She will wake up hearing the songs and she even memorized even the part of the base and alto. Then she is used to me teaching them at Children’s class. We live in the parsonage right next to the chapel so she was never absent from the class (except when we had trips to the city) and that is what she is missing. I honestly thought it’s fine with her to be absent once in a while. Now I know it would be a major disaster. Read more… »

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My back is sore….AGAIN….but I do not want to rant on here tonight. How I wish I could experience full body massage again. When we were still in Davao, we used to treat ourselves to a massage parlor. I loved shiatsu than Swedish massage because the latter has more pressure and I just love the feeling. I don’t know why my back is sore again. Was it because of carrying Eman or too much farming? I hope I can sweet talk Donald to give me back massage tonight, if not then I will just wish I could put my back infront of me so I can massage myself.:lol: Now I better grab some more opps so I could save for a Human Touch Massage Chairs that I saw online. It amazingly do the kneading, rolling, compression and percussion techniques like that of the professionals. I think it’s the greatest invention that one with back problem could ever imagine. No more bargaining and bribing Donald to massage me. All I do is pull that chair out and sit on it….then voila! It starts to give me the massage I so wanted and needed. So what I am waiting for? Blog and blog until I drop.

I am helping my sister Crislyn plow BIL’s farm but I remember I should blog first so I am here…….I bet she’s wondering if I got booted again.
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There’s not much going on here that is why I haven’t blogged yesterday. Eman has been too fussy today which made me a little bit annoyed at myself because I cannot go on dancing and rocking him for a long period. It makes me feel like I’d pass out anytime. He’s getting heavier each day. He just wanted me to hold him while standing and when I try to sit, he’d know it! So like what Donald said to me through IM, I was unproductive today. Yes, he cannot tell it to my face so he sent me a message. Read more… »