Caroleen’s Treasures

Hello! I am blogging from Davao and I am working on my own computer. Yey! I have succesfully sweet talked Donald to bring it here at my BIL’s place for our long vacation so I could still blog. Good that he willingly packed the cpu, monitor (good thing that mine is lcd), keyboard and everything else except the scanner/printer.

It’s still dark when I get out of bed this morning and started the computer in hopes that I could grab some opps. I think my screen froze because it’s been the same opps count since last night. I was planning to leave before 8am but Donald and Ella were still asleep until almost 7am. Since it’s drizzling, I let them snuggle in bed longer while I read and replied to some emails. Read more… »

Whenever Donald gets his hands on the task that has to be done without any fuss, I see him as someone sent from heaven with wings in white robe. I just told him this afternoon that we needed to clean and get rid of the trash that accumulated in there for 5 months and moments later, unexpectedly he started getting his hands on it. He could be a procastinator too like me and sometimes it ticks me off when I needed to remind him over and over again. Of course if I am not pregnant, I could have done it alone but since there’s a lot of carrying to do I needed his Super powers. Read more… »

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And YUMMIER too …I am talking about our Caramel Popcorn not the one you are thinking about. This afternoon I made another batch of Caramel Popcorn using the Jolly Time Popcorn that was sent by Mama Ingrid. I could say it is so much better because it pops great! No waste! Unlike the local popcorn that Donald bought in the grocery store here. Many kernels did not pop at all. I also did some adjustments again of making the caramel and it turned out better!!!! It is crunchier and the caramel is not grainy as the first batch. I still have to see the result if it was baked. Donald like it more and I do too. I think I will send some to Ella at school tomorrow so the whole class could help us tell if this is just perfect and if we could start selling. Read more… »

Like last month, our meal fellowship went very well. I’ve been looking forward to this since I have noticed a great improvement on the members participation. When we arrived here last May, there was no such activity such as this and we figure out to start an activity wherein members could spend time getting to know each other more and so the meal fellowship was initiated.

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Our popcorn was a hit at Ella’s class! Tehee!!!! I packed popcorn in a small microwavable container and when she called there’s free popcorn, everyone ran to her and she wasn’t able to eat. So tonight she asked me if she could bring popcorn again tomorrow. When I gave her the permission, she climbed up the chair and filled the biggest container she found in the cabinet. I could not careless because she’s just making sure she can eat too. Read more… »

My three-day absence from blogging was totally unplanned.

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I am not in my best mood today because I have not yet taken a bath and it’s already 6pm. We woke up this morning with no power and since there’s no announcement regarding this 12-hour power interruption yesterday, we have not showered nor done the dishes. Read more… »

We’re back! Actually we arrived yesterday afternoon but I was too tired to blog. Although I really did miss it, I have yet to straigten the house after being gone for ten days. Ella was teary eyed while we were in the taxi yesterday on our way to the bus terminal. She said she will miss being with her tita’s. She got that from Mamang Eling who cries each time she bids goodbye during her visit in Davao before. She sure do enjoy her vacation. Read more… »

For more than a week now we have plenty of rain around here and since it would be sunny after the rain or the other way around, people are getting sick. Poor Teddy Bear, he has come down with flu and Ella won’t bring her to the doctor….she said to the other bear (Teddy’s brother), “Alagaan natin siya. Huwag na tayong pumunta sa doctor kasi sayang lang ang pera. Pagpahingahin na lang natin siya dito sa bahay….” (Let’s take care of him. We won’t be going to the doctor because we will just be wasting our money. We will just let him rest here at home.) I do not know where does she got that idea of wasting money when going to the doctor because I can’t remember that we have said that to her. Maybe too much watching tv? But I can’t say she has poor mothering ability by that statement because you could laugh at how she takes care of Teddy. She wraps him with blankets at night and she puts on bonnet, sweater and pyjamas so he won’t get cold. How I wish Teddy will get well soon because I am hearing her drama for days now. Our drama queen has her script written somewhere in her brain. Read more… »