Caroleen’s Treasures

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

Then from bad I am 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!!!!

I am not feeling well today. I guess it’s the over-exertion from holding Eman. He is becoming more and more active and when he’s on my lap, he tries to reach for things that he finds interesting. He also have this attitude of making his head fall back when he can’t get what he wanted. Well I am the mother and he can’t get his way. I am giving him a swat on the leg and tell him it’s not good each time he does that. He’s 9 months and he’s not too young for discipline. So there you go, nip it in the bud.

So the whole morning I was feeling sick. Donald gave me a massage and he said what I needed is a joy ride. I don’t want to be called a wet blanket so I agreed. We went to Mintal taking the back road as usual. The afternoon breeze was cold and I somehow felt better. We wanted to eat so we looked around for a resto that serves Pansit Guisado and the like and so we did some kind of a little tour because we are not yet familiar with the place. While we are looking around I told Donald about the fellow blogger, Chikai, who grew up in that place. Last night I scoured her blog for the post she did many months ago when her grandma died. It has photos of their house. I was lucky to have found it last night so I told Donald about it and he was interested in finding it too. I knew the name of the street but we didn’t get around to asking people where it can be found because on our next turn I saw a house that I thought their house (I mean her parent’s house - since she is married and is based in the US now). But the house is not like what I saw in the pictures…..theirs is green and beside it is their grandma’s house. We are slowly moving and as we got near the curb, I saw a very familiar house. Read more… »

Looks like I was more tired after my afternoon nap. We’re still here at my sister’s apartment. Maybe it’s because I am not used to having afternoon naps? Or was it because of long hours infront of the sewing machine? Some old friends came to worship with us. We are happy to see Ate Lourdes too! She’s from Trento but is staying here in Davao as of the moment while her children attend college. We seldom meet but we will be visiting them at their home next week when Kuya Roger (her husband) arrives from Luzon. Got to talk a lot of stuffs about the church in Trento. We went home with my sister and BIL in a taxi while Donald dropped by at the mall to ship the order (6 one-size-fits-all cloth diapers, 4 extra inserts and baby sling) of a teacher in UP Diliman. I think we are staying until after dinner. My sister’s PIL (who are our wedding godparents too) are coming over for dinner and we love to stay! hehehehehe….. Of course we want to spend some time with them too because we missed them last Christmas.
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No, you are not lost. This is my son Eman and I have a new theme for a change.

Isn’t he beautiful? Ella tried her headband on her little bro and I can’t resist taking a photo and sharing it here. He will really kill me. Will show this to his girlfriend someday. harharhar…..

Anyway, I got two domains now in addition to this. Weeeeeee!!!!!!! I have long been wanting to get another domain that I will be using as my online store so from my meager earnings from sheriff last pay out (i.e. $15), I spent the $10 to buy my very own domain name. Yes, sheriff forgot Read more… »

I had a very bad leg cramps that woke me up early in the morning. I can’t move my right leg and my gastrocnemius was like being twisted very very tightly. That was the second time I had it and the pain is still there each time I move my leg. I could tolerate the cramps on my feet but not on my legs. The pain is really bad and all I could do is moan. I could not get myself to wake up Donald to help me. I was able to go back to sleep after what it seems like eternity of agonizing pain. I am just so thankful my muscles relaxed and the pain went away.

When I woke up, Ella was holding a denim dress and said she will go to the chapel ahead of me. I slowly made myself get out of bed because she hasn’t showered yet. Donald just came from the bathroom and made me a cup of hot coffee (not that strong….I know it is bad for me but let me have it just for today) and then he fixed a bowl of cereals for Ella. I have 11 kids in my class today and all looking forward for the food. There is a little boy who is always accompanied by her mother (who also has a 3 month-old baby) in our class and I was able to try the cloth diapers to the baby. The newborn size could still fit her but the small size is better. Such a tiny baby. She only weighs almost 3 lbs when she was born. Read more… »

In a month I will be celebrating the first birthday of my blog. Yay! It’s like I’ve just started blogging yesterday. Oh where, oh where did the time go? Thanks to my sister Crislyn who taught me blogging 101. I remember the sleepless nights that  I spent tweaking my theme which ended up in a fatal error. ;The price I got from wanting more from the free theme that I have  downloaded. I also got the chance to learn more about parenting, crafts and everything else. I also found some blogs that I’ve been attached to and kept on checking for updates about their personal lives. I remember too when I went crazy on blinkies and pasted everything that I liked on my blog so it wouldn’t look so bare. Read more… »

Hi! Been off from blogging for a short while but it looks as though I’ve been on hiatus for weeks. As much as I wanted to blog, I couldn’t brought my rear on the computer chair. After ranting about my sore arm, my days are spent dosing on an off in bed like I’ve just came home from climbing the peak of Mt. Everest. Thank goodness I was able to gather little strength today that I went out of the house to do some yard work. After one hour outside, I went back lying in bed for 2 hours. Then took a shower and just in time that I got dressed, the wife of our church treasurer came by for a surprise visit to bring us a bag of chico (Sapodilla-one of my favorite fruit and my mother’s as well) and bananas. Since she’s as chatty as I am, we spent the rest of the afternoon chatting until she remember she have to go home to prepare dinner for her FIL and son. Donald, Ella and I went out with her to make sure she could safely get a ride home since it was pretty dark in here and our place is known for notorious residents.

It seems like today is a perfect day to do the laundry with a lot of sunshine. But I have to double time writing posts so there would be some moolah coming in by next month after the last month’s earning has been completely sent to my paypal. How I really wish I could maintain this blog as personal as it was before…. Maybe I would just get another domain soon for my personal posts and I am hoping I won’t be tempted to monetize it. Read more… »

I do not know why I feel I wanted to clean the whole house. It was like I am going somewhere for a vacation and I do not want to see any clutter when I return. When we did the laundry yesterday, I feel the same way too. I wanted to empty the laundry basket and have fresh and clean clothes to bring on our trip. Although I know that we aren’t making the trip to my hometown anymore, I still feel we are going somewhere.

I have been making some cleaning-up project since Monday. I already washed the windows, dusted shelves and tables, waxed the floor, rearranged the bedroom, totally cleaned and sorted out the stuffs on Ella’s desk and the laundry just dried up. But there’s more to do around this small house. Read more… »

Yes you read it right, my blog has been reviewed by Shen, the author of The Blog Reviewer. I came across a blog which he has reviewed, I am not sure when but I was very interested about it so I left a personal message asking him to review mine. And surprisingly he did! Here’s his complete blog review of my blog. 

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