Year: 2020

Life Update

What makes us busy nowadays are going to the farm and taking care of my plants.

Last Sunday, we finally put the welcome sign in our little farm. I bought it online and I find it cute in our entry.

I bought this rose cabbage succulent 2 weeks ago and I am glad that it is doing good. I air dry it for 24 hours only then repotted it right away and so far it looks great.

Just by seeing my plants doing good somehow makes me feel good. This new hobby somehow excites me going out to the garden and check my plants every now and then. Before I start working, I make sure to check on them. I am happy that most of them are healthy.

I bought 2 new mums the purple pink and the white. It is an additional for my yellow one. Now they look so pretty and I can’t stop appreciating them.

The succulents above them are already exposed in the sun and rain. They are my stable plants already so I somehow stressed them to let their true colors out.

One of my dreams…

I received a notice from my school that I am a candidate for graduation. I was so happy when I got the notice and still can’t believe it.

I just want to share…

After high school, I was so excited to go to college. I picked a school that is near to our house so I can save for the transportation. But, we were struggling financially that time. My parents cannot afford my college tuition fees, so I have to work. I was a working student that time but it was really hard juggling school and work. I need to choose work because I was helping my parents financially.

Due to poverty, I was not able to finish my college. As early as 18 years old, I was already working but I always wanted to finish college.

Since then, I just focused on helping my family then eventually build my business. Then last 2 years ago, I was looking for a perfect school that I can attend while I am still doing my business. Then God answered my prayer.

It was the busiest 2 years so far and I was scared at first because I might not meet the school requirements. I master the art of multitasking. I am working while studying. I need to manage my time well if I want to survive the homeschooling.

I can’t believe that I made it. I learn a lot from this experienced and it made me realize that it was never too late to fulfill my dreams.

Now that I am done with this chapter, I am now more confident to work hard to grow my business. I know that I am on a right track of growing my business so I can help more.

I know that I need to learn more… I have so much things to learn but I am taking things one at a time.

I am thankful for my husband for understanding and supporting me in this journey.

That’s my look before I feel so haggard from the travel time. LOL

Finally, my dream come true. Thank you Lord God for the blessings. All Glory to You My God.

Tea Sets from London

I started collecting tea sets and plates around 5 years ago, then lately I think I got it over the top. When I checked etsy, I found cute pieces that I like. I looked for one seller that has everything that I like.

I ordered it last July then it arrived at the end of August. Actually, my package went all the way to Mindanao and DHL needs to reship it to Antipolo.

Two cups are broken and it saddened me but I know it is because of the handling. But at least just two and the rests are perfectly fine.

I am happy with my new sets and I think I have to stop collecting this time because I don’t have enough space yet. I will definitely resume when my place is ready for them.

I never thought that this little things will make me happy….

Flowers from my Garden

Everytime I saw flowers from my garden it somehow made me feel so good. It made me happy.

I started planting last July and since then I never stop planting. I keep on buying succulents and flower plants.

Everyday, I checked on them I am glad that they are growing beautifully.

This somehow helps me with my anxiety and worries lately. Because of so many things going on right now, we need to divert our mind to do something productive and planting is one of my stress reliever lately.

So, if you are not yet into planting I think you should give it a try…

I hope you are all safe and healthy!

Random Things

Our mini farm gate is now finally done. The place is now clean and ready for the new plants such as fruit bearing trees and some vegetables. We are now planning where to place the plants and these things made us feel excited.

I have new set of succulents, I ordered it online and I like preparing it myself. This new hobby somehow feels me better despite of the chaos around me. I feel excited everytime I have new plants coming because I love cleaning them, drying them and repotting them. I also love seeing them grow. I think I check on them at least 3 times a day. This is somehow new to me because before I start collecting succulents, I can spent my week without going out in the garden. I just stay inside the house reading books and watching movie and of course working. But now that I started planting, I love going out and checking on my plants. I am beginning to love this new hobby of mine.

This is Xavier’s costume during their Filipino Month Program in school. He is wearing that in their online program and he was so uncomfortable with it but before he take it off, I asked him to post for a picture first. LOL

So that’s it… nothing much exciting happening lately. Aside from business, which made me so busy and drain after the day, I am glad that I have something to look forward like checking the farm and my garden.

Succulents Collection

So here’s the update of my succulents collection.

I never thought that I can collect this much and I am enjoying it.

I can’t stop buying online different kinds of succulents. I have rare and common.

When my orders arrived, I just let them rest for a day and then I will start cleaning them. I throw the old soil and wash the roots. I even cut some of the unhealthy roots and leaves.

Then, I let it air dry for 2 – 3 days then I start repotting them.

So far, there was no casualties. My succulents are healthy and I am so happy everytime I look at them.

Though we are in this trying times because of the pandemic, somehow taking care of my plants helps me makes feel better.

I have less anxiety and I can now focus on my work.

This brings me a happy feeling and somehow it made me feel positive.

I realized that when I am happy, everything around me is good. I am now inspired to work and to make my business grows more.

Welcome to our Farm

For the past 2 weeks we were busy looking for a farm in a nearby town. Then luckily we finally got a place that we love.

We are now cleaning the area and I am so happy that it has a nearby creek that we can swim during summer.

We are planning of adding fruit bearing trees and some vegetables and this will definitely make us busy in the coming weeks.

Random Things

We are now under MECQ, so we seldom go out but I have a very important meeting, so I need to go out.

These are the signs in our office door.

For 2 weeks, I finished the new KDrama “It’s Okay Not to Be Okay” and while I am watching Gareth is working on his puzzle.

This is Dennis, he has the weirdest sleeping position of all the cats we have. So everytime I catch him sleep like that, I can’t help myself but laugh and took a picture. This cat somehow brighten my day. 🙂

Shopping Time

When I saw this Gentle Monster online, I immediately like it but it took me a while before I purchased it because I am still thinking if I really like it. But.. it made me realized that I really like it and I know that I can use it after the quarantine. So there…

When my order arrived, I just like it so much. Para talagang yong sa mga KDrama. Ang ganda.. I can’t wait using it.

Yeah, I know.. we are all at home and we don’t need to wear makeup! ahaha but.. I have my zoom meeting every now and then and I want to look at least good in the camera. So ayan palusot lang yan, because I still makeups but I can’t control myself when I saw this new makeup release by Happy Skin. In reality, I don’t have makeups from Happy Skin yet, so eto sinubukan ko na. So far, I love it, specially the blush and the eyebrow set. I can easily apply it when I have a zoom meeting and viola I am ready.

This pandemic brings out something from us. Sometimes we are so positive about life and on the next day we start to worry. Then we got sad and don’t want to do anything anymore… but I think it is normal to feel sad and we know that we can’t control it. We should let ourselves feel those feeling, give yourself time to be sad but don’t dwell on it for so long. You need to think of things that can inspire you to do things. You should look around and still be productive. Try to think of things that can make you happy, it might be small things as long as you are happy with it then go for it. We are already in this gloomy time so whatever can make you feel good then do it. If you are happy then you can easily find ways on what to do next and that is being productive.

Stop analyzing too much… learn to let go of things that you can’t control. Focus on positive things that you can do for your own and for the people around you. Make sure that you boost your immune system to fight against the virus and let us hope that this pandemic will be over soon.