Good news! We were successful in our quest to make our very own ice cream. The first attempt we did with only the hubby being involved flanked. It was not even bearable to eat. This time, it turned out that our recipe was one of the most delicious ice creams ever. It’s even more delicious than the ones you get to buy on groceries or ice cream parlor. It was awesome and very yummy indeed.

We had our neighbor test drive it and she confirmed it’s very delicious that she even wanted to order right away. Of course, I still need to deliberate how much would I really charge per order. It was a fun experience and something that I did not expect to learn. True indeed, that this world is full of possibilities and it’s only up to us to find them. Truth be told, it has been quite difficult for us to achieve this. We’ve been looking for people who can help us and this has been a goal of ours for about a year already. We let it go and waited for the right time. Some people refused to teach us but eventually we were led to the right people who were generous enough to give us their recipe. They just texted the instructions because they live far, so we were apprehensive as to the success of our endeavor. But, we tried. We tried eagerly. We were excited and so tell you the truth, I had a belief in our failure of 80 % and a belief for success of only 20 % for this procedure. Luckily, it turned out well. Let’s say where this takes us from here. Who knows, this will take us to far larger scales. Farther than we could ever imagine. Just like how I started this blog.

Tomorrow we will have our second attempt to make ice cream. Our first attempt was a failure. I just had the hubby try the receipe I found from the internet. It was nothing but failure. It didn’t turn into ice and it didn’t freeze no matter how long it stayed on the freezer.
This time, I got the recipe from my mom’s friend who according to her, makes one of the most delicious ice creams ever. She tasted their ice cream some time ago when she visited them, and they were generous enough to text us how it should be done. The ingredients were pretty basic and the instructions were also easy.

The hubby went to the mall today to buy electric mixer. It worked perfectly. For 600 pesos, he was able to buy a trusty mixer that will be our ally in our quest to make our first business if ever - ice cream business. Tomorrow, we shall know if this will be a success or what. Whatever it will be, we will try and try until we finally get the result we want. AJA!

This is one of the latest books I have in my hand. I searched books to buy earlier today at Cagnaan Book Sales. They do sell affordable and stateside books. I bought many books from them already and I thought it was time to add some more to my collection, as it has been some time since I bought a book. I’m so excited to read this book and learn some principles that will be of great help in my life as a working mom and wifey.

From It’s Cover:

Being selfish isn’t always bad. Taking care of yourself so you can take care of others is the key to finding greater happiness as a mother.

This book is a breaking new ground for mothers everywhere. It stands the motherhood-as-sacrifice model on its head. The result is healthier mooms and healthier families.

Whether you’re the mother of toddlers or teens, work inside the home or out - if you’re exhausted from trying to be perfect, this book can help you. Mothers Need Time-Outs too uses hundreds of real-life stories, and mom-tested tips to demonstrate how taking time-outs will transform your life. Practical and inspiring, this book will launch you on a voyage of discovery that takes you back to yourself, and it will help you become the best mother you can be by becoming the best woman you can be.

Each and everyday in my practice, I see mothers worn out from neglecting themselves. This book offers them thoughful and ground breaking new ideas on how to thrive during this stage of life, not just survive. (Dr. Richard Dupee)

My family is the reason why I stayed for 3 years in a fast paced environment where pressure is present every minute of the day. If not for them, I would never have achieved this. I would never have gotten the chance to be promoted as a QA because most probably I would have quit before I get the reward. Yet, after almost a year of working in the QA, I realize this job still has a lot of pressure and still does not allow me to be my best when it comes to managing our home life. It looks like the toll of working continuously for the past 3 years in a work environment full of pressure is just showing up. My back aches when I don’t rest every now and then. My body feels lethargic and heavy. Working is a dread and I so look forward to the thought of resigning.

I already got the approval and support of my other half and I also explained this to my sister who also support me but was doubtful of the process. So, finally, I am resigning at the end of this year or perhaps the beginning of next year. Yes, I am. And right now, I am preparing for this day. This day, would probably be the happiest day of my life. I feel that I am not in good physical shape right now. I am too thin and it’s just a blessing that I don’t get sick. I am so excited and nervous at the same time. There are some apprehensions if we would be able to support our small family but I know in my heart that this is the best thing to do. I feel that I am in line with God’s plan. This would be the time that we would live in total dependence to God’s mercy. I think it’s the perfect time because my mom needs to rest from taking care of my baby and I already have loads of knowledge on where I could possible get freelance writing gigs aside from blogging itself. By then, I would also be saving up for a small business. I am planning to go into t shirt printing where probably a scanning software would be handy. Another option is also ice cream business. We are eyeing on these two. I need to get a credit card the soonest for emergency purposes and also for us to buy some equipment right away in case we would go into business. It would surely come handy.

My focus for this month is “time management”. I wanted to learn how to manage my time better. I did an introspection on my life and realized that there are so many wasted time and days in my life doing stuff which are not really important or not doing anything at all. I don’t want this to happen anymore. I wanted more control of my time, energy and of my days. I wanted to make sure nothing will go to waste again. I will make each day count and I will make a difference in each day of my life. In relation to this goal, yesterday, I read a time management article from zenhabits.net. It teaches that in order for us to manage our time well, we need to manage our energy well. We need to know when to take a break when we have to and what to do to replenish our lost energy. So, I am actually starting to track my activities in a span of one hour to check what I have achieved.  I will be writing every now and then on this matter for me to track my progress. So from now, I usually take note of my activities and goals for the day such as when I have to buy apidexin or any supply for the house.

At around 3:30 earlier, I woke up to the noise of our neighbors outside our house. I looked out the window and found my mother and our neighbors looking up. I was confused on what they were looking at. I thought it was the moon or any phenomenon which is not normal only to find smoke and sparkles of fire. Two blocks away and it was already our house. I thought, “Oh Gee! this is another fire again.” I silently secured some important things. It was less scary this time and I thought it is most likely under control and I was right. After a few minutes, the fire subsided and I only saw a tall dark smoke up in the sky. I was calmer this time and I did not panick. I silently thought how God has rescued us and kept us safe the first time and I never doubted it this time again. No matter how many fire will break, I will not fear, because God is with God.  I thought as well that it is not very wise to spend too much on material things when any time a fire could take it all. Buying luxuries such as HDTV is not very wise as of now. We should only invest on material items once we already have our own house far from other houses.

Right now, everything can be found on the internet. It is a very good medium for selling and buying different items according to your interests. I decided to start a new endeavor - to start an online shop which sells accessories ranging from bracelets, earrings and necklaces. I love fashion, accessories and clothes. Hopefully, it will be successfully so I can add more items such as selling clothes and t shirts. I have to delay the t shirt business because of some financial constraints. With this accessory business, I need to shed more than 10 thousand so I can get a distributors discount from the manufacturer of the items. The items were all great. The designs cannot be easily found anywhere. They are unique and I love them. I know, I would not have any difficulty selling them. I believe in my products. Hopefully, I can learn someday how to make my own unique designs. Perhaps I can also learn how to make personalize photo Christmas cards some day. Who knows? For me, it is very good that I am engaged in these things while working. So, I don’t get too bored and I won’t feel like my life is all about work and responsibilities. I will consider this as my hobby. Something that I really love to do. Something that gets me excited every time I am into it. I love this new endeavor!

Sometimes, God has His own way of teaching me patience. I am one of the most impatient person you could ever know. If I want something, I want it right away or else my enthusiasm for it will fade away or I might most likely forget about it. God has tested my patience again today. He made me wait for some things that I have been waiting to happen. It is so inconvenient and I don’t feel good. But, I know, this is His way of telling me that things has its own time and that I just don’t have control over some things.

I am glad that despite all of this, I have the option to choose to stay positive. I have to believe that this is all part of the plan. I have to believe that there’s a reason behind this and that this will contribute to my well being. I have to believe that my dreams has its own time, it’s own beginning. It’s not yet time. But, I am glad to know that with God, a bright future is waiting for me and my family.

I don’t need to do anything as of now. All I have to do is to stay still and be patient.

I already called Cebu Ink to inquire about their t shirt printing machines package and their’s is quite expensive. I would need 16,000 pesos for the t shirt heat printing machine and another 13,000 for the CISS pigment printer. So that’s near 30,000 pesos. That is quite expensive than I expected.

I also called Inksuppy in Manila and their package is only 18,000 pesos. This already includes the heat printing machine and the CISS printer plus 10 free shirts and lots of free transfer papers and other freebries. To top it all, they have free basic training and free sample designs. OMG! This is really affordable.

I really want to start this business already. I wanted to sell online and even offline. I have so many plans. I told the hubby about it but he’s prioritizing on our plan to buy a lot and build a house. Though, I know that is a higher priority, I also want this t shirt printing business to pull off.

However, I need more funds for this venture. So my plan is to get a small loan to add to my current savings and once I have the loan, I will go to Manila or have hubby go there to process the buying of the necessary equipments and to attend to the necessary training to start off.

My next plans? : Apply for the loan and while waiting for the loan I would save as much as I can so I can use it to add to the buying of the necessary equipment and possible buying of our own computer at home. My old computer is no longer working and the laptop from work has admin rights. So, I would have difficulty installing the necessary program if I use this one.

I would say that I am a private person. My friends in Facebook are only those that I really know and those who know me well. Though, it is a great area for meeting people and being updated with other’s lives, I plan to keep private matters in my life as private as I could. This is the reason why no one of my friends or anyone who knows me in person, knows about my personal blogs. I do not want them to peek in to my blog and know what I am currently doing in my life. I write a lot about personal matters in my blog. My dreams and plans are all here, and for some reasons, I just don’t want to be an open  book, ready to be read by anybody. I am comfortable being read by my friends in the blogosphere, but for my friends in the real world, this space is a secret. It is my only space, where I can be myself and I can write about my dreams and aspirations, my weaknesses, about the things that makes me sad and happy and almost about everything. I plan to keep it this way for now. Though, there are times I get tempted to open it up to all my friends in facebook, I have to control myself from doing so. I want this to be my hideaway from everything. I can write about est affiliate marketing program or I can write personal matters. It’s all up to me.  I do not know when I will be opening this small diary up to everybody. I am not yet ready.