Caroleen’s Treasures

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… »

I think I am the laziest blogger on the face of the planet but then I am finding some reasons which are valid of course to justify my laziness. I am trying to figure out if I am just overwhelmed with too many stuffs that needs to get done and add to top it all, Eman’s health issues.Yesterday was a Sunday and we all went downtown to attend the service at Uyanguren. But hey, there’s more that you didn’t know! Last Sunday we went back to Trento and packed our stuffs. I did most of the packing since wives cannot rely on the husbands to do it. Yes they can be asked to help and they can do it thrice our speed BUT I would like to spare myself from pulling my hair while unpacking here in our rented place. I am not very OC but I want it organized so it will not be difficult for me. I don’t want to be digging the frying pan in the bag of laundry so I decided I will do it alone. Donald was the one in charge in finding a truck, bathing Eman, buying meals and making the bed so it is just fair. The neighbors are kind enough to help out too.

Ella was not very sad the day we moved mainly because her bestfriend Charlie and his parents went with us here in Davao. The truck we hired was of the neighbor. The couple asked them to accompany them here in the city so the truck was packed with stuffs and people. We left Trento at 2am that day. Donald and I didn’t slept since it was 10pm when they were done arranging our things in the truck and it was midnight when the last neighbor left. We left bags after bags of clothes, the crazy wall fan, beds, toys and other stuffs to the neighbors. Remember the crazy neighbors that I blogged about before? They are the ones who helped me with all the packing and of course they got most of the stuffs. Ella and Eman did slept for a couple of hours.

So here we are now living in the city. Got to update this blog more often because I don’t want to loose my PR and ops. Also, please check this post sometime later. I will be editing this to insert some happenings that I have not written now since I am in a hurry to meet the deadline and to do the first batch of laundry. See yah!

I hope we could get the PC in Trento so Donald and I can work at the same time while we are here in Davao. For the time being, he works and I blog each time I got the chance. Since I am planning to buy 5 more domain names, I really need the PC badly. That is the only thing I wanted to get in the province aside from some of our Sunday dresses. I don’t care about the mattresses and other stuffs for now as long as we can work full time here then there is no problem.

Guess where we are now…….Here in Davao…..again. After feeling really really not right last Friday, we decided it is best to go see my doctor tomorrow. We left Trento at around 9am. Sunday service has already started but Inang let us have our Lord’s supper before leaving. Bro. Adonis prayed for it and prayed for our safe trip too. Eman slept most of the time but Ella felt sick and threw up on us. The dizzy tab has no effect on her. She was on Donald’s lap and we thought she was sleeping when suddenly she threw up and I am glad it was not that bad. Donald was holding a bag and he made her finish it all there. Sorry guys but I just want to share it here so when she reads it when she’s old…..she will remember that she really hates the bus. Anyhoo, she was back to her old self after we cleaned her up and was really very active here in her tita’s place. Tomorrow I’m gonna see Dr. Roy….wish we have low cost health insurance here that is reliable. It could really help especially with the tests.

There are so much stuffs going on here, the reason for the lack of updates. And if you are following my blog, you know that if I miss blogging in one day or two….I might as well be missing the rest of the week. I hate it when my blogging momentum is suddenly disrupted because I had a very hard time trying to get my brain to write something about what happened the past days. Maybe you noticed I am not writing long posts now as I do not have the time and I do not want to bore ya all with stories from the jungle.

So where did I stopped? Oh the email of Cecilia. After reading it a bazillion times, I still couldn’t get her point and so I just guessed what she was trying to say and I am lucky that I got it right. I was too exhausted that day because we woke up very early to get two kids ready. While Donald and I did some last minute preparation for our long day, these two had a great time together.

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Nagawi ako sa isang blog na naging inspirasyon ko na sumulat sa Tagalog. Gustong-gusto ko noon pa na sumulat sa Tagalog ngunit lagi kong nakakaligtaan. Masyado naman kasing mahaba kapag itinagalog ko pero ngayon susubukan ko para naman maski isang beses lang sa tanang buhay ko bilang blogger ay maranasan kong ‘di dumugo ang ilong ko.

Parang kailan lang, sakay kami ng isang trak mula sa Davao patungo dito sa bayan na naging tahanan namin sa mahigit isang taon. Ika-2 noon ng Mayo taong 2008. Isang taon na pala mula noong nadiskrube kong nawawala pala ang isang paa ng mesang plastik ni Ella. ‘Di ko alam kung paano ito iniayos ni Donald sa likod ng trak, ang sabi niya iyong binatang kasama nung drayber ang siyang pinag-abutan niya….ay ewan basta ang alam ko inilipad ito ng hangin at sa sama ng loob ko napaiyak ako dahil heler….wala kaya kaming datung para ipambili ng bagong mesa. Wala ring kalaman-laman ang bahay na dinatnan namin kundi ang isang gahiganteng mesa na kung kumakain kay parang nakatingala ka sa langit. Eh hindi naman din pwedeng paa niya ang ikakabit ko sa mesang plastic ‘di ba? Mahal na mahal ni Ella ‘yong mesang ‘yon at mula pa noong mahigit isang taon pa lang siya ay kasama na niya ito. Nasa daan pa lang kami noon iniisip kong ang mesang ‘yon ang mesang pagsusulatan at pagdro-drowingan ni Ella. Dito din siya kakain o kaya kaming tatlo gaya nung nasa maliit naming kuwarto sa Davao pa kami. Mag lilimang taon na siya nung naghiwalay sila at ewan bakit ako ang masyadong apektado. hahahaha! Read more… »

I was happy to be back here in our little town with our little bundle of joy. It was Tuesday morning when we decided to pack our things and head home, Eman’s first bus ride at 11 days old. Read more… »

The waiting is finally over and today she was pretty thrilled for being able to wear toga.

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So we are home after three weeks of being gone. The trip was good with no complains from Ella. Thanks to Dizzytab that she has taken an hour before we left my sister’s apartment. I noticed that I also have less problems with traveling from here to Davao. I feel nauseated before and really tired even we are riding the King Long bus which supposed to give me comfort. I don’t know why but one thing for sure, this won’t change my mind on moving back to my hometown before June. One thing that made me more comfortable traveling today is the fact that I am wearing a medium sized adult diaper. Read more… »

I was wondering the other day why I was rushing to get all the cloth diapers done like I was preparing for something that I am not certain of. The baby won’t show up until April yet I felt the need to finish the sewing project. Donald and I stayed up until 2am yesterday and I was awakened by a call at quarter past 5. Since I just have dozed off, I am in a not-so-normal state of mind while I was trying to reach for the cellphone on the table. It was my SIL’s number and I knew right then what was it. My FIL went home to the Lord at the age of 59.

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